Battered Emotions (2023) Movie Script
(foreboding music)
(somber pensive music)
Don't you know the
thoughts that's in my mind
They creep up,
they seep up, death
- You think a
restraining order's
gonna keep me away from you?
You think a piece of paper
is gonna keep me away
from my family?
We could've worked things out.
But you had to go
and mess it all up.
I'm gonna teach you.
Gonna teach you, yeah.
Nobody's gonna have you.
Nobody, I mean nobody!
Nobody's gonna have you.
(pensive chill music)
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
Used to be the
love of my life
You used to be the
one important thing
In my life
But then you
started changing
Oh you started acting crazy
But now I know just
what I gotta do, boy
I gotta get away
from you, boy
'Cause there ain't
no turning back
We've been here before and
I'm headed out the door
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you
(distant traffic rumbling)
- Just because you're going
through it with Rashida,
that's no reason to
treat me like this!
- Really, did you just
mention my sister's name?
(flesh smacking)
You have nothing to do with
what's going on with my sister.
What you need to think about
is taking responsibility
for all your shortcomings.
And I do mean short.
So what you need to do
is get outta my face
'cause I have things to do.
(mellow music)
- So y'all hear about that fool?
Who set his girlfriend
on fire in the basement.
- Crazy.
She brought it on herself.
She got what she deserved.
She was with a man
that beats her.
I mean, what did she
expect him to do next?
- She brought it on herself?
I just wanna make sure
you just said that.
- Now that right there.
That was an
ignorant-ass comment.
You think it feel
good to be burnt?
Did you see this right here?
I was on fire before,
it don't feel good.
- I don't care what the
situation was, it was evil,
and no one deserves
to die like that.
And then for you to
say she asked for it.
I mean that's stupid.
You know, some people
don't have nowhere to go
or nobody to turn to.
So they trapped.
- Trapped my ass.
That's what shelters
are for, okay?
Look, he was hitting on her,
and she was too blind to see
that it could end up in death.
- Like I said, no one
deserves to die like she did.
It was uncalled for.
- Whatever, she should've
left when she had the chance.
Burn, baby, burn.
- Tell me she did
not just say that.
- Boo boo, you need
Jesus, like for real.
- Hell wrong with her?
She crazy.
(train rattling)
(phone vibrating)
- Hello, Casandra
Taylor speaking.
- Hi, Casandra,
how are you, dear?
- Hey.
I'm all right.
How are you?
- Well, today is
a good day for me.
I'm just so glad to be home.
- Well, when I get off
work, if you're up to it,
I'm gonna come out
and see you, okay?
- Yes, I'm up to it.
Okay, I'll see you later.
Drive safe.
- Okay, all right, bye.
(somber pensive music)
- [Vocalist] Sometimes
we put up with things
and we don't know why.
We started off good
Now we're ending bad
- Bunny!
Your hand placed
- Bunny!
Firmly across my face
What is this
Oh my god, what is this
(door sliding)
- Hey, baby, how was your day?
- How was my day?
Same as always.
Hold up, I don't smell
nothing cooking in here.
What's for dinner?
- I went to see Rashida.
She came home from
the hospital today.
I just got in a few
minutes before you did.
- So I guess the worms will
be getting to her soon.
- What did you say?
- I said I guess the worms
will be getting to her soon.
Ain't like she got much
longer to live, right?
- [Bunny] Are you serious?
I can't believe you.
- What you can't believe?
You know what?
Why you sitting here doing
so much non-believing?
You need to be getting
me something to eat.
- I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't feel
like cooking tonight.
Can we just order pizza?
- Pizza.
You think I'm worth pizza?
You know what?
I've been out here
working all day.
And when I come home,
I don't want no damn old pizza.
Now you've been out here
running the streets,
chasing around your
soon-to-be-corpse girlfriend.
And all I want is
a home-cooked meal.
- All right, I'm gonna
change my clothes.
And I'll warm up some leftovers.
- Yeah, you do that.
You, you know what?
Actually, come,
come here, sit down.
You don't even have to do that.
Have a seat.
- Thanks, baby.
- You welcome.
(unsettling music)
You know what?
You think I'm worth leftovers!
Huh, I be out there
all day, all right?
Nah, that's right,
nah, I, you know what?
Yeah, make me some leftovers.
Your dumb-ass always
doing stuff like this.
Worring about other
people when you should be
worried about what's
going on at home.
Bring me leftovers.
- No.
- Get up, bring me leftovers.
Get up, bring me leftovers.
I'll bring you some leftovers.
Now I'll make you
some leftovers.
I'll (indistinct).
Do me leftovers.
I'll, I'll (indistinct).
I'm worth leftovers, huh?
You think (indistinct).
(Bunny sobbing)
Huh?
You want leftovers, huh?
You wanna leftovers?
Get leftovers.
All right, you don't
want leftovers?
Huh?
Think I want leftovers, huh?
Leftovers, huh?
You think I want leftovers?
Why don't you think about
that next time, huh?
Leftovers.
Hands off me.
(Bunny sobbing)
(distant traffic rumbling)
- I hate to see when you
feel that you failed him,
but you haven't.
You haven't.
You're doing God's work.
And he knows you're
doing the best you can.
He knows your heart.
I see it.
God sees it.
I just wish you could see it.
- [Casandra] It's just
sometimes too much.
It's just too much
to handle right now.
- Please, no tears now.
Just know I'm going home.
I'm going home.
To be with the Lord.
Rent free.
My rent's been paid, baby.
Paid in full.
You all don't have to
see me suffer anymore.
All this pain that I'm enduring,
no more.
It's all in the
hands of the Lord.
(somber music)
I just want you all to just
think of all happy times
and just live your life.
It's in God's hands.
(insects chirping)
- Baby, I'm sorry.
(melancholic music)
- Sorry for what?
- For getting sick.
I mean, I should've been
more aware of my health.
- Come on, baby, it's
nothing to be sorry about.
I mean, it's all in God's plan.
It's in His diagram.
I think I see it in you
I think I see it in you but
you're telling me that I don't
Oh oh
- I just wish we had more time.
Wish we had more time.
Girl, I know
what's real, I know
(distant traffic rumbling)
- [Terry] Hey, girl, here's
some more files for you.
- Thanks, Terry.
- Casandra, we know you've
been thinking about Mona.
As to what happened to her.
But there's nothing
else you could do.
You have to let it go.
You can't keep putting
yourself through this.
- There was nothing else
that could've been done.
We're fighting a
battle right now.
We live in a
society that refuses
to accept that domestic
violence affects everybody.
And it's eating
away at our society.
We may not be able
to save everybody,
but we can't give up this fight.
We gotta keep doing
what we doing.
And we can't second guess
what we doing either.
(insects chirping)
- Tara, let me talk
with you for a second.
- About?
- What you and
Stephan got going.
It ain't good.
It's not good.
- [Tara] What you
mean it's not good?
- It's no different
than Bunny and Andre.
- Did you just say
Bunny and Andre?
- Yes I did.
- I came over here
to see about you, and
you gonna sit here
and bring up me and
Stefan's relationship?
- You have so much hate
buildup inside of you
that I'm scared.
But if you, if it's
not working, walk away.
Leave.
- Look,
I don't wanna talk
about this right now.
I ain't got time for all this.
- Well, guess what?
I ain't gonna be
around too much longer.
I don't have that much time.
And I won't be here
to have your back.
- Do you know how many people
are affected by your illness?
And you gonna sit here
and make jokes about it?
It's not funny.
You know what? I ain't
got time for this.
I got things to do.
I'll talk to you later.
- Really, sis?
Girl, if you don't get
your hind parts over here.
(mellow pensive music)
Yeah, I ain't gone nowhere yet.
Huh.
- I love you.
- I love you too.
Don't you play with me.
Get on up outta here.
- I'll see you later.
(door knocking)
- [Bunny] Who is it?
- [Serviceman] Electronic
Cable Services.
- Coming.
Please come in.
- Thank you.
All right, oh, I'm
sorry, hi, I'm Chris.
Heard you had a few
problems with the cable.
- [Bunny] Yeah.
- Ah, ma'am, are you okay?
- Yes, I'm fine.
I fell at work so
I'm a little sore.
- Are you sure you're okay?
- Yes, I'm fine.
The room's to the right.
- To the right.
Okay, I'll just take
a quick look at it
and see if I can see
what the problem is.
- Okay, thank you.
(Bunny sobbing)
- [Andre] Leftovers!
- Yo, I'm almost finished this.
I'm gonna need another one.
- Psh, I got you, brother.
- [Andre] Man, drinking that
gonna take your pain away, huh?
Nah, but it's gonna help me.
- Dog, I do not get you, man.
- [Gary] And what is
it that you don't get?
Look, I feel you.
I feel your pain with Rashida
dying and all, a'ight?
I mean, it's a real Hallmark
Lifetime Movie Network
tear-jerker-type situation.
But dog, you are
not married to her!
Now, she got plenty of friends
and family to help her out.
It's stressing you
out, I can see it.
Look at your face, man.
You need to just walk
away from this, for real.
- Dre, why we keep doing our
circles beyond me, homie.
You don't know
nothing about love
and you probably never will.
What Gary and Rashida got,
something special, man.
What you and Bunny got,
something terrible.
- You know what?
And it's a good thing I
don't give a rat's ass
about what neither one of
y'all two think about love
or y'all definition of it.
- Man, you need to step back.
Take a look on how
you living, man.
And how you doing things.
Real talk.
- Look, let me school
you two brothers
on something real
quick, all right?
See, I'm living my life the
way I wanna live my life.
Everything Bunny
get, she get from me.
When I say, "Bunny, jump, baby."
She be like, "How high?"
And then she be like, "How
fast I need to come down?"
See with a woman, it's like,
it's like disciplining
a puppy, all right?
If the puppy pee on the floor,
you gotta take the puppy
face and put it in the pee,
and then roll up the
newspaper and go pow.
"Don't do that."
All right?
It's real simple.
If I don't do that,
she gonna run wild.
- Damn, did you just say
what I think you said?
- What, you want me
to say it in Spanish?
She need el disciplinio, okay?
- Man, your Spanish need work.
But like Bee said, man,
Holly didn't keep you around.
- You know what?
I'm wondering the same
thing 'cause both of y'all
acting real feminine right now.
Man, do your shirts
snap at the bottom?
You got shoulder
pads in your shirt?
Man, y'all acting
like women, man.
I don't know what's going on.
Look, I thought we was
gonna have guys' time,
but I got here, y'all
in here ready to wait,
y'all waiting to exhale.
All right, look, Jason's Lyric,
you gonna be all
right, all right?
And Love Jones, you
gonna be all right too.
Y'all need to stop watching
so much Lifetime
Movie Network, man.
It's turning y'all into girls.
Look, call me the next time
y'all ready to have guy time.
Guy time, all right?
Damn, man.
I'm gonna holler (indistinct).
- Yeah, I got your
girl, all right.
I really don't know what
happened to that brother
right there, man.
(distant traffic rumbling)
(somber music)
- So what you gonna do now?
- She staying with him.
Yes, she is, she
gonna stay with him.
Gonna stay right with
him, look, you ain't,
she ain't gotta
answer the question.
She's gonna stay with him.
Let me tell you this.
If you go back to him, don't,
don't call me, don't text me,
email, DM, don't
do none of that.
None of that.
If you go back to him, it's
like committing suicide.
- Suicide?
- Suicide.
(Bunny speaking softly)
- Suicide?
Come on, if you go back to
him, he's going to kill you.
What am I getting into?
I'm out.
And you know one more thing?
One more thing.
I don't have time to be buying
no dresses for no funerals.
I don't have time for it.
- You feel the same way?
- Hmph, me and you both
know, Mishu is high-strung.
All the way up there.
But she got a point.
And right now, the way
you two going, baby,
this can't continue.
It just can't.
- Andre, I'm gonna get
right to the point.
The economy is getting better,
but business is still slow.
So unfortunately, we
have to let you go
at this current time.
- Are you serious?
- I'm afraid so.
- Come on, man.
You gonna let me go?
Man, I do everything
I'm supposed to.
I'm, I'm always on time,
I never show up late.
Well, let me ask you a question.
- Okay?
- When did you know I was fired?
- We had some idea last week.
But everything was pretty much
confirmed early this morning.
- Early this morning.
So you had me work all day?
- Of course I had
you work today.
Did you think I was
gonna run your day shift?
You're one of my best
workers, like I said.
So of course I'm gonna
have you finish your route.
I'm sorry, but that's how
business is sometimes.
- Whatever, man.
- Well, I can tell you what,
you can leave out my
office how you want,
or I can call security,
however you wanna do it.
However you wanna do it.
But at the time, I'm about to,
you have to leave my office,
sir, I'm sorry, you have
to leave at this time.
- BS, man.
(melancholic music)
Hey, hey
Hey
Hey hey
(melancholic music
turning lively)
On the corner, the corner
On the corner, on the
corner, yeah, on the corner
On the corner, on the
corner, on the corner
Yeah, on the corner
On the corner, on the corner
On the corner, yeah, on
the corner, on the corner
Life is (indistinct)
shouldn't be so rough
Trying to maintain with
the stress in my brain
The pain from the streets
got me going insane
The (indistinct)
can't let it worry me
Throughout the metro, bammas
get killed, yo, off the hook
The crook young, they shook
But Michael (indistinct) and
help you see the other side
I try to analyze success
for what is success
Well, man, bammas at my
chest, but I don't sweat it
My style's poetic, I'm
athletic, I gotta get it
The cream, yo, it's
like a bright dream
My emotion deep
within the ocean
I'm cold stick to another
level or just my trouble
I'm coming from the
dark side, dark side
I had to open my eyes,
squeeze, it made me realize
Keep your eyes on the prize
Watch a Black man rise
I gotta hold on and keep
my mental state straight
In fact, the skills I can
fake when I react or attack
Yo, it's hot
I'm packing my Glock, they've
got me ducking for shots
On the block, why
On the corner, on the corner
(vehicle passing)
(door shutting)
- Baby, how was your day?
- [Andre] So where
the hell you been?
- What are you talking about?
- You know I called up to
the shop earlier today.
They said you was out to lunch.
But I wanna know is
who was you out to lunch with?
- I was at the park.
I wasn't with anybody, I was
reading, doing some writing.
- Oh, reading and writing, huh?
So you think you miss Maya
Angelou or somebody now?
You know what did I
tell you about that?
It's not gonna get you anywhere.
What you think, you gonna
be some type of writer?
Or singer, or something?
It's a stupid idea and it's
not gonna get you anywhere.
But you know what?
You're too dumb to realize that.
But what I do wanna know is.
(mildly tense music)
- Who were you with?
(voices overlapping)
- [Bunny] You promised.
You promised you
wouldn't do this to me.
- Oh, I promised?
Huh?
(Andre grunting)
(tense music continues)
(distant traffic rumbling)
You know I, I did lose my job.
And you.
Baby, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, baby.
Look, I didn't
mean to, come here.
(Andre smooching)
Come here, baby, that's right.
(Andre smooching)
Come here.
(somber music)
(Andre smooching)
Come here.
Come here (smooches).
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
(water running)
- You have the power to
be whoever you wanna be.
You have the power to stand up
for what you believe in.
You have the power to soar
higher than your highest point.
Elevated so high that your
head will touch the sky,
reach for the clouds.
They're closer than you think.
Holding your head up high.
You will never sink.
Travel deep into your mind
and see what you can find.
The answer was there all along.
The power to carry on
was there.
(pensive chill music)
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
Used to be the
love of my life
You used to be the
one important thing
In my life
But then you
started changing
Oh you started acting crazy
But now I know just
what I gotta do, boy
I gotta get away
from you, boy
'Cause there ain't
no turning back
We've been here before and
I'm headed out the door
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you
(water spraying)
You used to be
tired of this life
You used to give me
(indistinct) so good
Every night
But now you won't
even touch me
I'm saying it's not nice
I tried so many times
to talk to you, boy
You just turn your back and
walk away, you fool, boy
And since my mama
ain't raise no fool
I know I exactly
what I should do
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
(train rattling)
(train beeping)
- [Automated Voice]
Doors opening.
Step back to allow
customers to exit.
Walking out
- Bunny.
It's me, Chris, remember the
guy who fixed your cable?
Well, look, I was
just on my way to work
and I saw you sitting here,
so I just wanted to
make sure you were okay.
- I'm all right.
This is a bus stop, right?
So I'm waiting for the bus.
- Bunny, it's Sunday morning.
Ain't no buses
coming through here.
- Oh, so you work for Metro now,
please just go to work
as you were doing.
I'm fine.
- You're not okay, all right?
And you need help.
So please let me help you.
Help you up.
- Don't touch me.
I don't need your help.
- You may not want my help.
You may not even need my help,
but I'm gonna give it
whether you like it or not.
So let's save us
both some breath.
Stand up, wipe your tears.
And come with me
so I can help you.
(mellow music)
Gotta guy
I wanna make plans with you
(mellow music continues softly)
- Well, have a seat.
Make yourself at home.
- Why are you doing all this?
If you think you're getting
something from this,
and you know what
I'm talking about.
- Sweetheart, listen, I don't
have to go that route at all.
I mean, you cute, but
you got a lot going on.
I can tell that from just
picking you up at the bus stop.
So in your words,
I'm not trying to get
anything out of this.
I saw that you needed help
and that's what I'm doing.
- Well damn.
- Look, just lay down.
I'm gonna get a blanket and
you can fall asleep, all right?
- What, the couch?
You're not gonna
offer me your bed?
- My bed?
Woo.
Um, what I do know
is that that couch
is much more comfortable
than that bus stop
that you were just
on, all right?
So have a seat on that couch.
I'm gonna get you a blanket.
My bed.
You cute.
But you ain't all that.
(mellow chill music)
- Oh, you're just gonna
send me to voicemail?
Look, it was real cute how
you snuck out the house
while I was asleep.
Do not make me come looking
for you 'cause you know I will.
I'll look under every rock
until I find your
little dumb self.
Call me.
- So um, let me guess.
That was him leaving
another threatening message.
- You think you
know so much, huh?
- Was I wrong?
- No, you were right.
What makes you think
you know so much about
what I'm going through?
- Yeah, been there, done that.
Let's just say that I'm real
familiar with the routine.
My ah, my mother,
she was murdered by an abuser.
So I kind of know what
you're going through.
- I'm sorry to hear
that about your mother.
Well, thank you for all this.
But it's time that
I should be leaving.
- Going where?
Back to him.
- No, I'm not going back to him.
This was the last time.
- And how many times
have you said that
this was the last time?
Look, Bunny, you can stay
here as long as you want.
I mean, until you get
your head cleared.
- I can't do that.
- Well, I'm, I'm
not gonna force you
to do anything that
you don't wanna do.
But I have a few errands to run.
So let's do this.
There's an extra key.
If you are here when
I get back, great.
I'll cook dinner.
And just so you don't think
there's any funny
business going on,
I make dinner for
myself every night.
- So let me get this right.
You're just gonna leave me here?
How you know I'm not gonna
rob you or something?
- Rob me?
By all means, rob me.
I am very insured.
Problem, girl.
(birds chirping)
- So you know you won't be
doing this much longer, right?
- You never stop, do you?
I've been doing this for a while
and I never met anyone like you.
- [Rashida] I hear that a lot.
- How do you do it?
- Well, my faith is what
really keeps me going.
I was never a church-going,
bible-quoting person.
But I've always
believed in the Lord.
And when I found out I
had breast cancer, whew.
I just looked towards him.
And I asked him to please
guide me through this.
And he did.
I could've got mad.
Angry.
Would've done no good.
But (indistinct) how
God to do his work.
Hmm.
And what a piece of work.
When you know you're right,
baby girl, listen to me,
there is no reason
to be mad or upset.
And guess what?
- What?
- I'm right.
- That you are.
All right, love.
(friend speaking softly)
(somber pensive music)
- [Vocalist] Sometimes
we put up with things
and we don't know why.
We started off good
Now we're ending bad
Your hand placed
Firmly across my face
(door knocking)
What is this
Oh my god, what is this
(knob turning)
- Hi, come on in.
Hello, may we help you?
Yes, I saw this
brochure on the train
and I'm a victim of
domestic violence.
But I no longer
wanna be a victim.
What is this
Am I going through abuse
I've been awakened to
something I've never seen
Or felt, never felt
Never felt
I thought you loved me
How could you strike me
With forcefull blows
That could almost kill me
I thought we was
better than this
(distant traffic rumbling)
(dish rattling)
(cutlery scraping)
(mellow music continues)
Make me feel
like (indistinct)
- There she is.
All right, so dinner is served.
- When you said you
were gonna cook,
I didn't think you were serious.
- [Chris] Absolutely.
Now, whoa, before
you start eating,
your honest opinion is very
much appreciated, okay?
I take my cooking
seriously, all right.
- I will let you know.
- [Chris] Mm mm?
Yeah?
- Okay, pretty good.
(birds chirping)
So can I ask you something?
(Chris chuckling)
- Damn, you sure got
a lot of questions.
- Why are you alone?
You have no kids, no
girlfriend, no wife.
You have all this to offer
and you have nobody?
And you have benefits?
No, come on.
No, really?
Why don't you have
anybody in your life?
- Mm, well, ah,
what makes you think
I don't got nobody?
- Oh, excuse me.
- No, no, no, I just,
I'm just playing.
All right, I'm just
playing with you.
So why don't I have anybody?
That's your question.
- [Bunny] Yes.
- Well, to be honest with you,
the man who murdered my mother,
he was convicted for
manslaughter instead of murder.
His lawyer argued that
my mother came at him
with the knife first.
And that the case should
therefore be considered
a case of self-defense.
And of course there
were no police records
of when they came by,
or hospital records
of when she was abused.
It was almost as
if he knew how much
he could do and what
he could get away with.
So they sentenced him to
eight years in prison.
He's about to get out.
And when he does,
I'm gonna kill him.
So for eight whole years
I never allowed myself
to get close to anyone or,
let alone start a family.
Because if I do
what I'm about to do
I'll either be in
jail or prison.
And I just didn't
want my loved ones
to go through the
same thing that I did
by me not being there.
So that's why.
(mellow music)
Say the name
- Hold, hold it right there.
I'm gonna get my way
Say my name, tell
me you love me
You never change
Take it slowly
but keep the pace
No one before me
No other way
Let me love you my way
We can't let nobody, so
good, you gonna say my name
You ain't gotta rush
this, take your time babe
Only you inside me
Boy, I'll make it go away
(unsettling lively music)
(singing in foreign language)
- [Andre] Look, Slim,
you know why I'm here.
Where is Bunny at?
- What?
- [Andre] I said
where is Bunny at?
Can you, can you hear
me, are you deaf?
- First of all, who you
think you talking to?
Second off, who in the
hell do you think you are
running up on me like
you have lost your mind?
- [Andre] Look, I ain't
here for all the convo.
All I need to know
is where Bunny at.
Can you help me with that?
- So I guess she
finally decided to leave
your little sorry ass
behind and alone, huh?
About damn time.
- [Andre] Whatever.
- Yeah, whatever.
- Well, look,
you need to tell her
I'm looking for her.
- I'm not gonna tell her squat.
Why would I?
For real.
You got me twisted, homie.
- Whatever.
- Yeah, whatever.
Keep looking at me like that.
I got something for you.
I got something for that ass.
- Whatever, I ain't-
- Yeah, all right.
You know what?
Hey, Andre, wait a minute.
You know what?
I do know where she at.
- That's right.
- Mm-hm.
- You need to say what's up.
- Yeah, I know where she at.
But you think I'm
gonna tell you?
Homie, don't you
ever walk up on me
like you done lost your mind.
I'll cut you from ear to ear.
And as it goes for
Bunny, my home girl,
my sister, keep messing
with her if you want to.
I ain't gonna kill you.
I'm just gonna get
you where it hurt.
You got me?
You got me?
- [Andre] You just tell
her I'm looking for her.
- Uh-huh, I'm good with it too.
Uh-huh, keep it moving.
Do what you need to do.
Because this blade
look kind of sharp.
- Who is that at my door?
What are you doing?
- Look, where's Bunny at?
- Bunny ain't here?
What, what are you doing here?
- [Andre] Look, man,
I know she here.
- First of all, let me get
something straight here.
First of all, don't be
walking up on my door.
She's not here.
- Look, I ain't here to
play games. I know she here.
- We ain't playing no games.
First of all, she's not here.
Can you, can you leave?
Can you walk down these steps?
Do you need some help?
Turn around, goodbye.
- Look-
- Bye-bye.
- You just-
- Bye bye.
- You-
- Bye bye, okay?
- You tell her-
- Dismissed.
I ain't telling her nothing.
What, I supposed to flinch?
Get your ass down the steps.
And hold onto the railing.
You about to fall.
Punk ass.
(insects chirping)
- Hello?
What do you want?
Look, I told you
not to call my phone
until I give you permission
to call my phone.
So now all of a sudden
'cause your phone work,
you wanna blow my phone up?
Boy, I'm over my sister's house.
What do you want?
Okay.
You finished?
All right.
Such a dumb ass.
- Bunny, tell me something.
What would make you happy?
- Love.
Because love is not
supposed to hurt.
And with Andre, I
allowed myself to believe
that was love but it wasn't.
It was just him controlling me.
And as much as I thought
that it would get better,
it just got worse.
And I just allowed him to take
a lot of things out on me.
I was like his punching bag.
- Well, believe it or not,
you are actually doing
what a lot of women
are searching for
the strength to do.
But you actually doing it.
- What's that?
- You decided that
enough was enough.
That you wasn't gonna
take it anymore.
And believe it or not,
that's the hardest part.
- Thank you.
- Thank you?
Thank you for what?
- Just thank you.
- Yeah, I see, I did it too.
- Did what?
- Made you smile.
- Yes, you did do that.
(somber chill music)
- [Andre] Where's Bunny at?
- What?
- What.
Did you hear what I said?
I said where is Bunny at?
- Wait a minute, hold, hold up.
Don't come up in my shop
acting like a damn fool.
She not here.
So you better get out.
- I ain't going nowhere
till I'm good and ready.
- Oh no, not, not today.
- Y'all gonna
bring her out here.
- Who the hell you think
you are coming up in here
screaming and yelling
like you about that life?
I said she not here
so you better get out!
- Look, what you need to do is
get back to doing her kitchen
and bring-
- This my shop!
You ain't about to do
nothing up in here.
- Hey, Bunny!
I know she's back, Bunny!
- You better get out my shop!
(door sliding)
- Hello, there she is.
Hey, baby.
- Hey.
What's, what's all this?
- Just trying to do
something nice for you.
Loo,, I know you've been
going through it with Rashida.
- So you think buying
me this cheap wine,
those ugly-ass flowers,
which are not even roses,
was gonna cut it for you?
I mean, can you
get anything right?
Once again you and
your dumb-ass thinking.
I mean, what good are you?
Stupid-ass.
We need to slow down
Take a view
- Oh, so you gonna
just walk away from me
while I'm talking to you?
- Come on now,
here you go again.
I tried to do
something nice for you.
Then once again,
you put me down!
Baby, we need to slow down
Take a view
- Do you know what?
You need to chill out.
- Shut, man, you crazy, man.
- You are stupid as hell.
Because you know I
don't like no red wine.
- I don't even know why,
I don't even know why I
put up with this, man.
- [Tara] Clean this mess up!
(singing in foreign language)
- I'm hot, I'm hot,
and I'm ready to go.
- Come on.
- Catching a breeze.
- I'm gonna get you a breeze.
- I don't wanna do it.
- A little bit.
But anyway, hold on.
Let's get to the
bigger and better news.
- Oh yeah.
- What's up
with you and your little friend?
You know the one
that cooked for you?
What's up with him?
You was telling me,
finish telling me
he was doing all
these things for you,
and he ain't, he ain't
trying nothing with you?
- Nothing.
- Nothing?
- He's just a nice guy.
Just for-
- A nice guy?
They still make those?
Nice guys?
All right, well, I
guess anything is better
than that asshole
you was dealing with.
And speaking of which,
don't you know that fool
dropped past my house?
He lucky I was
expecting company,
otherwise he would've got it.
- Hold up, wait, he
pulled up on you too?
You know this dude
has the audacity
to do these bammerish things,
to walk up on me sneaking
and creeping up to my car.
Anyway, I just wanna,
since we all out here,
all hot and stuff,
I might as well just go and
get this off my chest now.
You know, last time we met up,
you know I went off and
I apologize for that.
But I just wanna let you
know that I love you.
And I only want
the best for you.
And he's not the best for you.
So I hope you understand
where I was coming from.
But girl, he ain't right.
And I'm glad, I'm happy
that you moved on.
Just, just accept my
apology and I hope we still,
we cool after this.
- Thank you, guys.
And I know this, I just,
I don't know but I'm sorry
for putting both
of you in danger.
Messing with that fool Andre.
That's not gonna happen again.
- So what's going on between you
and Miss Bougie Barbie?
- Ah, see you got jokes.
- Seriously, like
has things gotten
any better between you two?
- Mm.
No, actually gotten worse.
Man, it's like walking
eggshells with this girl, man.
Like every little thing I do,
she just wanna blow up on me.
There's no reason to
treat me like this.
- I mean I understand
but honestly,
I think you should call
this relationship quits.
Like let's be honest.
Like I understand she's
stressed out and depressed.
Her sister's dying
from breast cancer
but she's just
using it as excuse.
Come on, she's just plain evil.
- Well they ain't having her.
I know every
relationship go through
their rough patches and all,
but I ain't giving up on Queen.
- I don't even know
why you continue
to go through this with her.
- [Stefan] Look, me
and Queen just fine.
- See that's your problem.
Queen is what she's not.
Her govern name is Tara.
And that's what I'm gonna
continue to call her.
- All right, see you talking
about the woman I love now.
- Exactly, the woman you love.
The woman that don't give
you an ounce of respect,
downs you while you
continue to love her.
Like serious time to let it go.
And let me be the
first to tell you
you're in an abusive
relationship.
- [Stefan] All right,
cuz, see I ain't got time
to hear all this, man.
- I mean that's the problem.
First rule, you're in denial.
- Look, ain't nobody
in denial, Christine.
I told you I'm sick and
tired hearing about this.
And on that note, I'm gone.
- So you do poetry,
you song-write.
And you sing.
- I do.
- You know my friend
Trey, he owns a studio.
You ever wanna go in, lay
something down, lemme know.
(foreboding music)
- [Bunny] That'd be nice.
- [Chris] I think
that'd be good.
(menacing music)
(mellow music)
(lyrics indistinct)
Big fish in a sea
I know (indistinct)
- That sound good, sound
good, take five, take five.
What are you thinking, man?
- What you talking about, bruh?
- Bruh, she bad.
She can sing.
She talented.
But outta all these
women around here,
you gonna pick the one
with the most drama?
Look, whatever, I ain't
trying to hear that right now.
All right?
- I ain't trying to
hear that right now.
She's in a abusive
relationship, bruh.
Meaning her man or whatever,
he gonna come looking for her
and you gonna be right
there in the middle.
- You really think I care about
some punk who abuses women.
- I know you, I know what it is.
You still tripping off moms.
That's why you trying to save
her 'cause you still feeling
guilty about moms, man.
It wasn't your fault,
you wasn't there.
This what you do.
Throw a couple dollars,
get her out the house now.
We got bigger and
better things to do.
You my boy, I can't see
you go out like that.
She is cute though.
But you playing a
dangerous game, bro.
I can't see it.
Know that.
- Baby, I know it's hard on
you, the girls, and Gary.
I know it's hard.
But if I wasn't sick,
I would have tore into
Andre like no tomorrow.
Do you hear me?
Hmm.
I'm just so sorry that I
haven't been there for you.
- If I was as strong as you,
I would've never allowed
myself to fall so far.
And allowed Andre to
do all he did to me.
Don't apologize for
that, I did that.
- Baby girl, you are
stronger than you know.
You are stronger than you know.
(mellow music)
- Thank you, Rashida.
(mellow pensive music)
Done, done
Coda, coda
Don't wanna wake up
without feeling your touch
Girl, I would
die slowly inside
If you ever gave up
I know that things
Haven't been perfect
In our relationship
Girl, I don't want
You to ever quit on me
'Cause I will fight
for you with every inch
I don't think God
put us together
For our love
too (indistinct)
Just wanna
(somber pensive music)
Oh oh oh
I wake up every morning
Thinking to myself
Trying to cope with
These dreams that I'm having
These strange feelings
(Rashida sobbing)
- No.
No.
(somber music)
(bottles rattling)
(Rashida sobbing continues)
God, no.
Why?
Why me?
Why is this happening to me?
I choke, I choke all the time.
'Cause I don't want
you, Gary and the girls,
to ever know my pain.
I can't take it.
I can't take it anymore.
Sister, please hold me.
- Don't give up.
(mellow music)
Hey boys
- Where have you been?
It's 6:30 in the morning
and you're just
coming in the house?
- You lucky I came home at all.
- I can't do this anymore.
I just can't.
I am so tired.
I help abused women every day.
And every day, I tell
them that they're strong,
that there's help for them.
That they deserve to be
in healthy relationships.
I also tell them that they
are nobody's punching bag.
But at the same time
that I tell them this,
I do it with a straight
face knowing full well
that exactly what
they're going through,
I'm going through
the same thing.
Okay, I'm living a lie.
Nobody knows the pain and
the hurt that's inside of me.
Or how you caused me
to lose our child.
Or how you beat me so bad
that one more blow to
the back of my head
will paralyze me for
the rest of my life.
But you know what?
They're gonna know.
You know why?
Because I'm gonna tell it.
(Gary laughing)
Tell your story.
(Casandra squealing)
- You don't have to do this.
- Sit your ass down.
Too early in the morning to
keep whooping your ass in here.
- You're not allowed to
tell me to shut up no more.
(Casandra yelling)
Hello, this is Casandra.
At 146 Casper Lane.
Yes, send the police.
I killed my husband.
Yes.
Yes (sobs).
- You know I had no idea.
All this time I work with her.
Just, just taking care of people
that's in abused relationships.
- You never know what
people are going through
in their life.
I guess that's why she took
all her cases so personal.
I mean, 'cause she was
actually living it.
Sis.
Sis.
Are you okay?
I am calling the
doctor right now.
(somber music)
I can't let go
No matter how I try
I gotta kiss your
memory goodbye
Stop wasting time
Thinking you'll
come back to me
I gotta set you free
Living on a memory
Can't get you off my mind
Somehow I thought
that I'd be fine
Living on my own
But I can't let go
No matter how I try
I gotta kiss your
memory goodbye
Stop wasting time
Thinking you'll
come back to me
I gotta set you free
You'll always (indistinct)
You and me forever
- Rashida said that
she was scared.
I asked scared of what.
She said she was scared
of what we were becoming.
The things I've done to you
have not always been right.
And for that I think we
should just part ways.
I ask that you forgive
me for what I've done
and what I've said to you.
Because a lot of men
would've just left me.
But you stayed.
You are a good man and
you deserve better.
So, I think it's
time for me to leave.
We love each other
a little too fast
It's time to step back 'cause
I don't wanna damage you
And you don't
want to damage me
We need to slow down
Take a few steps back now
Moving too fast
Don't want us to crash, baby
We need to slow down,
take a few steps back now
Moving too fast
Yeah, let's go
- Bunny, where you at?
- Andre, what the
hell did you do?
- I told you, didn't I?
Didn't I tell you, huh?
Didn't I tell you?
You thought you got away, huh?
You thought it was that easy?
Huh?
You thought it was that easy?
- Andre.
What are you doing, Andre?
- You thought it was
gonna be that easy?
Huh?
If I can't have it, nobody can.
And I meant that.
Get up.
Didn't I tell you,
huh, didn't I?
- No, no, get off, no!
- You again?
- Get in the back.
- Andre, what the hell
are you doing here?
- So lemme guess,
you're Andre, right?
- That's right, I'm Andre.
- Let's do it then, bro.
- Look, look, look, look,
I ain't even come here
for all that.
I just wanna talk to Bunny, man.
- Nah man, she ain't got
nothing to say to you right now.
- Look. Bunny, baby.
I'm sorry.
- What?
- Just, just hear
me out, all right?
Baby, I'm sorry for
everything I've done to you,
all I put you through.
Baby, just I'm asking
you for forgive,
no, I'm begging you
just gimme a chance
to right all my wrongs, and
the stuff I can't make right,
at least gimme a chance
to do it different.
- Are you serious?
- Bunny? What are you doing.
- Now, baby look, I've
been going to meetings,
going to church.
I mean, look, I got this shirt,
I got these shirts for us baby.
Man I promise you everything
is going to be different
but you just gotta gimme that
chance to prove it to you.
But I need you to
know I love you, baby.
Take my hand.
- Bunny.
You know who he is and you know
what he brings to the table,
and you know what he's done.
I'm standing here before you
telling you that I
am ready to live.
And not just live, but
live a life with you.
Don't do this.
(pensive chill music)
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
Used to be the
love of my life
You used to be the
one important thing
In my life
But then you
started changing
Oh you started acting crazy
But now I know just
what I gotta do, boy
I gotta get away
from you, boy
'Cause there ain't
no turning back
(somber pensive music)
Don't you know the
thoughts that's in my mind
They creep up,
they seep up, death
- You think a
restraining order's
gonna keep me away from you?
You think a piece of paper
is gonna keep me away
from my family?
We could've worked things out.
But you had to go
and mess it all up.
I'm gonna teach you.
Gonna teach you, yeah.
Nobody's gonna have you.
Nobody, I mean nobody!
Nobody's gonna have you.
(pensive chill music)
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
Used to be the
love of my life
You used to be the
one important thing
In my life
But then you
started changing
Oh you started acting crazy
But now I know just
what I gotta do, boy
I gotta get away
from you, boy
'Cause there ain't
no turning back
We've been here before and
I'm headed out the door
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you
(distant traffic rumbling)
- Just because you're going
through it with Rashida,
that's no reason to
treat me like this!
- Really, did you just
mention my sister's name?
(flesh smacking)
You have nothing to do with
what's going on with my sister.
What you need to think about
is taking responsibility
for all your shortcomings.
And I do mean short.
So what you need to do
is get outta my face
'cause I have things to do.
(mellow music)
- So y'all hear about that fool?
Who set his girlfriend
on fire in the basement.
- Crazy.
She brought it on herself.
She got what she deserved.
She was with a man
that beats her.
I mean, what did she
expect him to do next?
- She brought it on herself?
I just wanna make sure
you just said that.
- Now that right there.
That was an
ignorant-ass comment.
You think it feel
good to be burnt?
Did you see this right here?
I was on fire before,
it don't feel good.
- I don't care what the
situation was, it was evil,
and no one deserves
to die like that.
And then for you to
say she asked for it.
I mean that's stupid.
You know, some people
don't have nowhere to go
or nobody to turn to.
So they trapped.
- Trapped my ass.
That's what shelters
are for, okay?
Look, he was hitting on her,
and she was too blind to see
that it could end up in death.
- Like I said, no one
deserves to die like she did.
It was uncalled for.
- Whatever, she should've
left when she had the chance.
Burn, baby, burn.
- Tell me she did
not just say that.
- Boo boo, you need
Jesus, like for real.
- Hell wrong with her?
She crazy.
(train rattling)
(phone vibrating)
- Hello, Casandra
Taylor speaking.
- Hi, Casandra,
how are you, dear?
- Hey.
I'm all right.
How are you?
- Well, today is
a good day for me.
I'm just so glad to be home.
- Well, when I get off
work, if you're up to it,
I'm gonna come out
and see you, okay?
- Yes, I'm up to it.
Okay, I'll see you later.
Drive safe.
- Okay, all right, bye.
(somber pensive music)
- [Vocalist] Sometimes
we put up with things
and we don't know why.
We started off good
Now we're ending bad
- Bunny!
Your hand placed
- Bunny!
Firmly across my face
What is this
Oh my god, what is this
(door sliding)
- Hey, baby, how was your day?
- How was my day?
Same as always.
Hold up, I don't smell
nothing cooking in here.
What's for dinner?
- I went to see Rashida.
She came home from
the hospital today.
I just got in a few
minutes before you did.
- So I guess the worms will
be getting to her soon.
- What did you say?
- I said I guess the worms
will be getting to her soon.
Ain't like she got much
longer to live, right?
- [Bunny] Are you serious?
I can't believe you.
- What you can't believe?
You know what?
Why you sitting here doing
so much non-believing?
You need to be getting
me something to eat.
- I'm sorry.
I don't, I don't feel
like cooking tonight.
Can we just order pizza?
- Pizza.
You think I'm worth pizza?
You know what?
I've been out here
working all day.
And when I come home,
I don't want no damn old pizza.
Now you've been out here
running the streets,
chasing around your
soon-to-be-corpse girlfriend.
And all I want is
a home-cooked meal.
- All right, I'm gonna
change my clothes.
And I'll warm up some leftovers.
- Yeah, you do that.
You, you know what?
Actually, come,
come here, sit down.
You don't even have to do that.
Have a seat.
- Thanks, baby.
- You welcome.
(unsettling music)
You know what?
You think I'm worth leftovers!
Huh, I be out there
all day, all right?
Nah, that's right,
nah, I, you know what?
Yeah, make me some leftovers.
Your dumb-ass always
doing stuff like this.
Worring about other
people when you should be
worried about what's
going on at home.
Bring me leftovers.
- No.
- Get up, bring me leftovers.
Get up, bring me leftovers.
I'll bring you some leftovers.
Now I'll make you
some leftovers.
I'll (indistinct).
Do me leftovers.
I'll, I'll (indistinct).
I'm worth leftovers, huh?
You think (indistinct).
(Bunny sobbing)
Huh?
You want leftovers, huh?
You wanna leftovers?
Get leftovers.
All right, you don't
want leftovers?
Huh?
Think I want leftovers, huh?
Leftovers, huh?
You think I want leftovers?
Why don't you think about
that next time, huh?
Leftovers.
Hands off me.
(Bunny sobbing)
(distant traffic rumbling)
- I hate to see when you
feel that you failed him,
but you haven't.
You haven't.
You're doing God's work.
And he knows you're
doing the best you can.
He knows your heart.
I see it.
God sees it.
I just wish you could see it.
- [Casandra] It's just
sometimes too much.
It's just too much
to handle right now.
- Please, no tears now.
Just know I'm going home.
I'm going home.
To be with the Lord.
Rent free.
My rent's been paid, baby.
Paid in full.
You all don't have to
see me suffer anymore.
All this pain that I'm enduring,
no more.
It's all in the
hands of the Lord.
(somber music)
I just want you all to just
think of all happy times
and just live your life.
It's in God's hands.
(insects chirping)
- Baby, I'm sorry.
(melancholic music)
- Sorry for what?
- For getting sick.
I mean, I should've been
more aware of my health.
- Come on, baby, it's
nothing to be sorry about.
I mean, it's all in God's plan.
It's in His diagram.
I think I see it in you
I think I see it in you but
you're telling me that I don't
Oh oh
- I just wish we had more time.
Wish we had more time.
Girl, I know
what's real, I know
(distant traffic rumbling)
- [Terry] Hey, girl, here's
some more files for you.
- Thanks, Terry.
- Casandra, we know you've
been thinking about Mona.
As to what happened to her.
But there's nothing
else you could do.
You have to let it go.
You can't keep putting
yourself through this.
- There was nothing else
that could've been done.
We're fighting a
battle right now.
We live in a
society that refuses
to accept that domestic
violence affects everybody.
And it's eating
away at our society.
We may not be able
to save everybody,
but we can't give up this fight.
We gotta keep doing
what we doing.
And we can't second guess
what we doing either.
(insects chirping)
- Tara, let me talk
with you for a second.
- About?
- What you and
Stephan got going.
It ain't good.
It's not good.
- [Tara] What you
mean it's not good?
- It's no different
than Bunny and Andre.
- Did you just say
Bunny and Andre?
- Yes I did.
- I came over here
to see about you, and
you gonna sit here
and bring up me and
Stefan's relationship?
- You have so much hate
buildup inside of you
that I'm scared.
But if you, if it's
not working, walk away.
Leave.
- Look,
I don't wanna talk
about this right now.
I ain't got time for all this.
- Well, guess what?
I ain't gonna be
around too much longer.
I don't have that much time.
And I won't be here
to have your back.
- Do you know how many people
are affected by your illness?
And you gonna sit here
and make jokes about it?
It's not funny.
You know what? I ain't
got time for this.
I got things to do.
I'll talk to you later.
- Really, sis?
Girl, if you don't get
your hind parts over here.
(mellow pensive music)
Yeah, I ain't gone nowhere yet.
Huh.
- I love you.
- I love you too.
Don't you play with me.
Get on up outta here.
- I'll see you later.
(door knocking)
- [Bunny] Who is it?
- [Serviceman] Electronic
Cable Services.
- Coming.
Please come in.
- Thank you.
All right, oh, I'm
sorry, hi, I'm Chris.
Heard you had a few
problems with the cable.
- [Bunny] Yeah.
- Ah, ma'am, are you okay?
- Yes, I'm fine.
I fell at work so
I'm a little sore.
- Are you sure you're okay?
- Yes, I'm fine.
The room's to the right.
- To the right.
Okay, I'll just take
a quick look at it
and see if I can see
what the problem is.
- Okay, thank you.
(Bunny sobbing)
- [Andre] Leftovers!
- Yo, I'm almost finished this.
I'm gonna need another one.
- Psh, I got you, brother.
- [Andre] Man, drinking that
gonna take your pain away, huh?
Nah, but it's gonna help me.
- Dog, I do not get you, man.
- [Gary] And what is
it that you don't get?
Look, I feel you.
I feel your pain with Rashida
dying and all, a'ight?
I mean, it's a real Hallmark
Lifetime Movie Network
tear-jerker-type situation.
But dog, you are
not married to her!
Now, she got plenty of friends
and family to help her out.
It's stressing you
out, I can see it.
Look at your face, man.
You need to just walk
away from this, for real.
- Dre, why we keep doing our
circles beyond me, homie.
You don't know
nothing about love
and you probably never will.
What Gary and Rashida got,
something special, man.
What you and Bunny got,
something terrible.
- You know what?
And it's a good thing I
don't give a rat's ass
about what neither one of
y'all two think about love
or y'all definition of it.
- Man, you need to step back.
Take a look on how
you living, man.
And how you doing things.
Real talk.
- Look, let me school
you two brothers
on something real
quick, all right?
See, I'm living my life the
way I wanna live my life.
Everything Bunny
get, she get from me.
When I say, "Bunny, jump, baby."
She be like, "How high?"
And then she be like, "How
fast I need to come down?"
See with a woman, it's like,
it's like disciplining
a puppy, all right?
If the puppy pee on the floor,
you gotta take the puppy
face and put it in the pee,
and then roll up the
newspaper and go pow.
"Don't do that."
All right?
It's real simple.
If I don't do that,
she gonna run wild.
- Damn, did you just say
what I think you said?
- What, you want me
to say it in Spanish?
She need el disciplinio, okay?
- Man, your Spanish need work.
But like Bee said, man,
Holly didn't keep you around.
- You know what?
I'm wondering the same
thing 'cause both of y'all
acting real feminine right now.
Man, do your shirts
snap at the bottom?
You got shoulder
pads in your shirt?
Man, y'all acting
like women, man.
I don't know what's going on.
Look, I thought we was
gonna have guys' time,
but I got here, y'all
in here ready to wait,
y'all waiting to exhale.
All right, look, Jason's Lyric,
you gonna be all
right, all right?
And Love Jones, you
gonna be all right too.
Y'all need to stop watching
so much Lifetime
Movie Network, man.
It's turning y'all into girls.
Look, call me the next time
y'all ready to have guy time.
Guy time, all right?
Damn, man.
I'm gonna holler (indistinct).
- Yeah, I got your
girl, all right.
I really don't know what
happened to that brother
right there, man.
(distant traffic rumbling)
(somber music)
- So what you gonna do now?
- She staying with him.
Yes, she is, she
gonna stay with him.
Gonna stay right with
him, look, you ain't,
she ain't gotta
answer the question.
She's gonna stay with him.
Let me tell you this.
If you go back to him, don't,
don't call me, don't text me,
email, DM, don't
do none of that.
None of that.
If you go back to him, it's
like committing suicide.
- Suicide?
- Suicide.
(Bunny speaking softly)
- Suicide?
Come on, if you go back to
him, he's going to kill you.
What am I getting into?
I'm out.
And you know one more thing?
One more thing.
I don't have time to be buying
no dresses for no funerals.
I don't have time for it.
- You feel the same way?
- Hmph, me and you both
know, Mishu is high-strung.
All the way up there.
But she got a point.
And right now, the way
you two going, baby,
this can't continue.
It just can't.
- Andre, I'm gonna get
right to the point.
The economy is getting better,
but business is still slow.
So unfortunately, we
have to let you go
at this current time.
- Are you serious?
- I'm afraid so.
- Come on, man.
You gonna let me go?
Man, I do everything
I'm supposed to.
I'm, I'm always on time,
I never show up late.
Well, let me ask you a question.
- Okay?
- When did you know I was fired?
- We had some idea last week.
But everything was pretty much
confirmed early this morning.
- Early this morning.
So you had me work all day?
- Of course I had
you work today.
Did you think I was
gonna run your day shift?
You're one of my best
workers, like I said.
So of course I'm gonna
have you finish your route.
I'm sorry, but that's how
business is sometimes.
- Whatever, man.
- Well, I can tell you what,
you can leave out my
office how you want,
or I can call security,
however you wanna do it.
However you wanna do it.
But at the time, I'm about to,
you have to leave my office,
sir, I'm sorry, you have
to leave at this time.
- BS, man.
(melancholic music)
Hey, hey
Hey
Hey hey
(melancholic music
turning lively)
On the corner, the corner
On the corner, on the
corner, yeah, on the corner
On the corner, on the
corner, on the corner
Yeah, on the corner
On the corner, on the corner
On the corner, yeah, on
the corner, on the corner
Life is (indistinct)
shouldn't be so rough
Trying to maintain with
the stress in my brain
The pain from the streets
got me going insane
The (indistinct)
can't let it worry me
Throughout the metro, bammas
get killed, yo, off the hook
The crook young, they shook
But Michael (indistinct) and
help you see the other side
I try to analyze success
for what is success
Well, man, bammas at my
chest, but I don't sweat it
My style's poetic, I'm
athletic, I gotta get it
The cream, yo, it's
like a bright dream
My emotion deep
within the ocean
I'm cold stick to another
level or just my trouble
I'm coming from the
dark side, dark side
I had to open my eyes,
squeeze, it made me realize
Keep your eyes on the prize
Watch a Black man rise
I gotta hold on and keep
my mental state straight
In fact, the skills I can
fake when I react or attack
Yo, it's hot
I'm packing my Glock, they've
got me ducking for shots
On the block, why
On the corner, on the corner
(vehicle passing)
(door shutting)
- Baby, how was your day?
- [Andre] So where
the hell you been?
- What are you talking about?
- You know I called up to
the shop earlier today.
They said you was out to lunch.
But I wanna know is
who was you out to lunch with?
- I was at the park.
I wasn't with anybody, I was
reading, doing some writing.
- Oh, reading and writing, huh?
So you think you miss Maya
Angelou or somebody now?
You know what did I
tell you about that?
It's not gonna get you anywhere.
What you think, you gonna
be some type of writer?
Or singer, or something?
It's a stupid idea and it's
not gonna get you anywhere.
But you know what?
You're too dumb to realize that.
But what I do wanna know is.
(mildly tense music)
- Who were you with?
(voices overlapping)
- [Bunny] You promised.
You promised you
wouldn't do this to me.
- Oh, I promised?
Huh?
(Andre grunting)
(tense music continues)
(distant traffic rumbling)
You know I, I did lose my job.
And you.
Baby, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, baby.
Look, I didn't
mean to, come here.
(Andre smooching)
Come here, baby, that's right.
(Andre smooching)
Come here.
(somber music)
(Andre smooching)
Come here.
Come here (smooches).
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
(water running)
- You have the power to
be whoever you wanna be.
You have the power to stand up
for what you believe in.
You have the power to soar
higher than your highest point.
Elevated so high that your
head will touch the sky,
reach for the clouds.
They're closer than you think.
Holding your head up high.
You will never sink.
Travel deep into your mind
and see what you can find.
The answer was there all along.
The power to carry on
was there.
(pensive chill music)
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
Used to be the
love of my life
You used to be the
one important thing
In my life
But then you
started changing
Oh you started acting crazy
But now I know just
what I gotta do, boy
I gotta get away
from you, boy
'Cause there ain't
no turning back
We've been here before and
I'm headed out the door
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you
(water spraying)
You used to be
tired of this life
You used to give me
(indistinct) so good
Every night
But now you won't
even touch me
I'm saying it's not nice
I tried so many times
to talk to you, boy
You just turn your back and
walk away, you fool, boy
And since my mama
ain't raise no fool
I know I exactly
what I should do
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
(train rattling)
(train beeping)
- [Automated Voice]
Doors opening.
Step back to allow
customers to exit.
Walking out
- Bunny.
It's me, Chris, remember the
guy who fixed your cable?
Well, look, I was
just on my way to work
and I saw you sitting here,
so I just wanted to
make sure you were okay.
- I'm all right.
This is a bus stop, right?
So I'm waiting for the bus.
- Bunny, it's Sunday morning.
Ain't no buses
coming through here.
- Oh, so you work for Metro now,
please just go to work
as you were doing.
I'm fine.
- You're not okay, all right?
And you need help.
So please let me help you.
Help you up.
- Don't touch me.
I don't need your help.
- You may not want my help.
You may not even need my help,
but I'm gonna give it
whether you like it or not.
So let's save us
both some breath.
Stand up, wipe your tears.
And come with me
so I can help you.
(mellow music)
Gotta guy
I wanna make plans with you
(mellow music continues softly)
- Well, have a seat.
Make yourself at home.
- Why are you doing all this?
If you think you're getting
something from this,
and you know what
I'm talking about.
- Sweetheart, listen, I don't
have to go that route at all.
I mean, you cute, but
you got a lot going on.
I can tell that from just
picking you up at the bus stop.
So in your words,
I'm not trying to get
anything out of this.
I saw that you needed help
and that's what I'm doing.
- Well damn.
- Look, just lay down.
I'm gonna get a blanket and
you can fall asleep, all right?
- What, the couch?
You're not gonna
offer me your bed?
- My bed?
Woo.
Um, what I do know
is that that couch
is much more comfortable
than that bus stop
that you were just
on, all right?
So have a seat on that couch.
I'm gonna get you a blanket.
My bed.
You cute.
But you ain't all that.
(mellow chill music)
- Oh, you're just gonna
send me to voicemail?
Look, it was real cute how
you snuck out the house
while I was asleep.
Do not make me come looking
for you 'cause you know I will.
I'll look under every rock
until I find your
little dumb self.
Call me.
- So um, let me guess.
That was him leaving
another threatening message.
- You think you
know so much, huh?
- Was I wrong?
- No, you were right.
What makes you think
you know so much about
what I'm going through?
- Yeah, been there, done that.
Let's just say that I'm real
familiar with the routine.
My ah, my mother,
she was murdered by an abuser.
So I kind of know what
you're going through.
- I'm sorry to hear
that about your mother.
Well, thank you for all this.
But it's time that
I should be leaving.
- Going where?
Back to him.
- No, I'm not going back to him.
This was the last time.
- And how many times
have you said that
this was the last time?
Look, Bunny, you can stay
here as long as you want.
I mean, until you get
your head cleared.
- I can't do that.
- Well, I'm, I'm
not gonna force you
to do anything that
you don't wanna do.
But I have a few errands to run.
So let's do this.
There's an extra key.
If you are here when
I get back, great.
I'll cook dinner.
And just so you don't think
there's any funny
business going on,
I make dinner for
myself every night.
- So let me get this right.
You're just gonna leave me here?
How you know I'm not gonna
rob you or something?
- Rob me?
By all means, rob me.
I am very insured.
Problem, girl.
(birds chirping)
- So you know you won't be
doing this much longer, right?
- You never stop, do you?
I've been doing this for a while
and I never met anyone like you.
- [Rashida] I hear that a lot.
- How do you do it?
- Well, my faith is what
really keeps me going.
I was never a church-going,
bible-quoting person.
But I've always
believed in the Lord.
And when I found out I
had breast cancer, whew.
I just looked towards him.
And I asked him to please
guide me through this.
And he did.
I could've got mad.
Angry.
Would've done no good.
But (indistinct) how
God to do his work.
Hmm.
And what a piece of work.
When you know you're right,
baby girl, listen to me,
there is no reason
to be mad or upset.
And guess what?
- What?
- I'm right.
- That you are.
All right, love.
(friend speaking softly)
(somber pensive music)
- [Vocalist] Sometimes
we put up with things
and we don't know why.
We started off good
Now we're ending bad
Your hand placed
Firmly across my face
(door knocking)
What is this
Oh my god, what is this
(knob turning)
- Hi, come on in.
Hello, may we help you?
Yes, I saw this
brochure on the train
and I'm a victim of
domestic violence.
But I no longer
wanna be a victim.
What is this
Am I going through abuse
I've been awakened to
something I've never seen
Or felt, never felt
Never felt
I thought you loved me
How could you strike me
With forcefull blows
That could almost kill me
I thought we was
better than this
(distant traffic rumbling)
(dish rattling)
(cutlery scraping)
(mellow music continues)
Make me feel
like (indistinct)
- There she is.
All right, so dinner is served.
- When you said you
were gonna cook,
I didn't think you were serious.
- [Chris] Absolutely.
Now, whoa, before
you start eating,
your honest opinion is very
much appreciated, okay?
I take my cooking
seriously, all right.
- I will let you know.
- [Chris] Mm mm?
Yeah?
- Okay, pretty good.
(birds chirping)
So can I ask you something?
(Chris chuckling)
- Damn, you sure got
a lot of questions.
- Why are you alone?
You have no kids, no
girlfriend, no wife.
You have all this to offer
and you have nobody?
And you have benefits?
No, come on.
No, really?
Why don't you have
anybody in your life?
- Mm, well, ah,
what makes you think
I don't got nobody?
- Oh, excuse me.
- No, no, no, I just,
I'm just playing.
All right, I'm just
playing with you.
So why don't I have anybody?
That's your question.
- [Bunny] Yes.
- Well, to be honest with you,
the man who murdered my mother,
he was convicted for
manslaughter instead of murder.
His lawyer argued that
my mother came at him
with the knife first.
And that the case should
therefore be considered
a case of self-defense.
And of course there
were no police records
of when they came by,
or hospital records
of when she was abused.
It was almost as
if he knew how much
he could do and what
he could get away with.
So they sentenced him to
eight years in prison.
He's about to get out.
And when he does,
I'm gonna kill him.
So for eight whole years
I never allowed myself
to get close to anyone or,
let alone start a family.
Because if I do
what I'm about to do
I'll either be in
jail or prison.
And I just didn't
want my loved ones
to go through the
same thing that I did
by me not being there.
So that's why.
(mellow music)
Say the name
- Hold, hold it right there.
I'm gonna get my way
Say my name, tell
me you love me
You never change
Take it slowly
but keep the pace
No one before me
No other way
Let me love you my way
We can't let nobody, so
good, you gonna say my name
You ain't gotta rush
this, take your time babe
Only you inside me
Boy, I'll make it go away
(unsettling lively music)
(singing in foreign language)
- [Andre] Look, Slim,
you know why I'm here.
Where is Bunny at?
- What?
- [Andre] I said
where is Bunny at?
Can you, can you hear
me, are you deaf?
- First of all, who you
think you talking to?
Second off, who in the
hell do you think you are
running up on me like
you have lost your mind?
- [Andre] Look, I ain't
here for all the convo.
All I need to know
is where Bunny at.
Can you help me with that?
- So I guess she
finally decided to leave
your little sorry ass
behind and alone, huh?
About damn time.
- [Andre] Whatever.
- Yeah, whatever.
- Well, look,
you need to tell her
I'm looking for her.
- I'm not gonna tell her squat.
Why would I?
For real.
You got me twisted, homie.
- Whatever.
- Yeah, whatever.
Keep looking at me like that.
I got something for you.
I got something for that ass.
- Whatever, I ain't-
- Yeah, all right.
You know what?
Hey, Andre, wait a minute.
You know what?
I do know where she at.
- That's right.
- Mm-hm.
- You need to say what's up.
- Yeah, I know where she at.
But you think I'm
gonna tell you?
Homie, don't you
ever walk up on me
like you done lost your mind.
I'll cut you from ear to ear.
And as it goes for
Bunny, my home girl,
my sister, keep messing
with her if you want to.
I ain't gonna kill you.
I'm just gonna get
you where it hurt.
You got me?
You got me?
- [Andre] You just tell
her I'm looking for her.
- Uh-huh, I'm good with it too.
Uh-huh, keep it moving.
Do what you need to do.
Because this blade
look kind of sharp.
- Who is that at my door?
What are you doing?
- Look, where's Bunny at?
- Bunny ain't here?
What, what are you doing here?
- [Andre] Look, man,
I know she here.
- First of all, let me get
something straight here.
First of all, don't be
walking up on my door.
She's not here.
- Look, I ain't here to
play games. I know she here.
- We ain't playing no games.
First of all, she's not here.
Can you, can you leave?
Can you walk down these steps?
Do you need some help?
Turn around, goodbye.
- Look-
- Bye-bye.
- You just-
- Bye bye.
- You-
- Bye bye, okay?
- You tell her-
- Dismissed.
I ain't telling her nothing.
What, I supposed to flinch?
Get your ass down the steps.
And hold onto the railing.
You about to fall.
Punk ass.
(insects chirping)
- Hello?
What do you want?
Look, I told you
not to call my phone
until I give you permission
to call my phone.
So now all of a sudden
'cause your phone work,
you wanna blow my phone up?
Boy, I'm over my sister's house.
What do you want?
Okay.
You finished?
All right.
Such a dumb ass.
- Bunny, tell me something.
What would make you happy?
- Love.
Because love is not
supposed to hurt.
And with Andre, I
allowed myself to believe
that was love but it wasn't.
It was just him controlling me.
And as much as I thought
that it would get better,
it just got worse.
And I just allowed him to take
a lot of things out on me.
I was like his punching bag.
- Well, believe it or not,
you are actually doing
what a lot of women
are searching for
the strength to do.
But you actually doing it.
- What's that?
- You decided that
enough was enough.
That you wasn't gonna
take it anymore.
And believe it or not,
that's the hardest part.
- Thank you.
- Thank you?
Thank you for what?
- Just thank you.
- Yeah, I see, I did it too.
- Did what?
- Made you smile.
- Yes, you did do that.
(somber chill music)
- [Andre] Where's Bunny at?
- What?
- What.
Did you hear what I said?
I said where is Bunny at?
- Wait a minute, hold, hold up.
Don't come up in my shop
acting like a damn fool.
She not here.
So you better get out.
- I ain't going nowhere
till I'm good and ready.
- Oh no, not, not today.
- Y'all gonna
bring her out here.
- Who the hell you think
you are coming up in here
screaming and yelling
like you about that life?
I said she not here
so you better get out!
- Look, what you need to do is
get back to doing her kitchen
and bring-
- This my shop!
You ain't about to do
nothing up in here.
- Hey, Bunny!
I know she's back, Bunny!
- You better get out my shop!
(door sliding)
- Hello, there she is.
Hey, baby.
- Hey.
What's, what's all this?
- Just trying to do
something nice for you.
Loo,, I know you've been
going through it with Rashida.
- So you think buying
me this cheap wine,
those ugly-ass flowers,
which are not even roses,
was gonna cut it for you?
I mean, can you
get anything right?
Once again you and
your dumb-ass thinking.
I mean, what good are you?
Stupid-ass.
We need to slow down
Take a view
- Oh, so you gonna
just walk away from me
while I'm talking to you?
- Come on now,
here you go again.
I tried to do
something nice for you.
Then once again,
you put me down!
Baby, we need to slow down
Take a view
- Do you know what?
You need to chill out.
- Shut, man, you crazy, man.
- You are stupid as hell.
Because you know I
don't like no red wine.
- I don't even know why,
I don't even know why I
put up with this, man.
- [Tara] Clean this mess up!
(singing in foreign language)
- I'm hot, I'm hot,
and I'm ready to go.
- Come on.
- Catching a breeze.
- I'm gonna get you a breeze.
- I don't wanna do it.
- A little bit.
But anyway, hold on.
Let's get to the
bigger and better news.
- Oh yeah.
- What's up
with you and your little friend?
You know the one
that cooked for you?
What's up with him?
You was telling me,
finish telling me
he was doing all
these things for you,
and he ain't, he ain't
trying nothing with you?
- Nothing.
- Nothing?
- He's just a nice guy.
Just for-
- A nice guy?
They still make those?
Nice guys?
All right, well, I
guess anything is better
than that asshole
you was dealing with.
And speaking of which,
don't you know that fool
dropped past my house?
He lucky I was
expecting company,
otherwise he would've got it.
- Hold up, wait, he
pulled up on you too?
You know this dude
has the audacity
to do these bammerish things,
to walk up on me sneaking
and creeping up to my car.
Anyway, I just wanna,
since we all out here,
all hot and stuff,
I might as well just go and
get this off my chest now.
You know, last time we met up,
you know I went off and
I apologize for that.
But I just wanna let you
know that I love you.
And I only want
the best for you.
And he's not the best for you.
So I hope you understand
where I was coming from.
But girl, he ain't right.
And I'm glad, I'm happy
that you moved on.
Just, just accept my
apology and I hope we still,
we cool after this.
- Thank you, guys.
And I know this, I just,
I don't know but I'm sorry
for putting both
of you in danger.
Messing with that fool Andre.
That's not gonna happen again.
- So what's going on between you
and Miss Bougie Barbie?
- Ah, see you got jokes.
- Seriously, like
has things gotten
any better between you two?
- Mm.
No, actually gotten worse.
Man, it's like walking
eggshells with this girl, man.
Like every little thing I do,
she just wanna blow up on me.
There's no reason to
treat me like this.
- I mean I understand
but honestly,
I think you should call
this relationship quits.
Like let's be honest.
Like I understand she's
stressed out and depressed.
Her sister's dying
from breast cancer
but she's just
using it as excuse.
Come on, she's just plain evil.
- Well they ain't having her.
I know every
relationship go through
their rough patches and all,
but I ain't giving up on Queen.
- I don't even know
why you continue
to go through this with her.
- [Stefan] Look, me
and Queen just fine.
- See that's your problem.
Queen is what she's not.
Her govern name is Tara.
And that's what I'm gonna
continue to call her.
- All right, see you talking
about the woman I love now.
- Exactly, the woman you love.
The woman that don't give
you an ounce of respect,
downs you while you
continue to love her.
Like serious time to let it go.
And let me be the
first to tell you
you're in an abusive
relationship.
- [Stefan] All right,
cuz, see I ain't got time
to hear all this, man.
- I mean that's the problem.
First rule, you're in denial.
- Look, ain't nobody
in denial, Christine.
I told you I'm sick and
tired hearing about this.
And on that note, I'm gone.
- So you do poetry,
you song-write.
And you sing.
- I do.
- You know my friend
Trey, he owns a studio.
You ever wanna go in, lay
something down, lemme know.
(foreboding music)
- [Bunny] That'd be nice.
- [Chris] I think
that'd be good.
(menacing music)
(mellow music)
(lyrics indistinct)
Big fish in a sea
I know (indistinct)
- That sound good, sound
good, take five, take five.
What are you thinking, man?
- What you talking about, bruh?
- Bruh, she bad.
She can sing.
She talented.
But outta all these
women around here,
you gonna pick the one
with the most drama?
Look, whatever, I ain't
trying to hear that right now.
All right?
- I ain't trying to
hear that right now.
She's in a abusive
relationship, bruh.
Meaning her man or whatever,
he gonna come looking for her
and you gonna be right
there in the middle.
- You really think I care about
some punk who abuses women.
- I know you, I know what it is.
You still tripping off moms.
That's why you trying to save
her 'cause you still feeling
guilty about moms, man.
It wasn't your fault,
you wasn't there.
This what you do.
Throw a couple dollars,
get her out the house now.
We got bigger and
better things to do.
You my boy, I can't see
you go out like that.
She is cute though.
But you playing a
dangerous game, bro.
I can't see it.
Know that.
- Baby, I know it's hard on
you, the girls, and Gary.
I know it's hard.
But if I wasn't sick,
I would have tore into
Andre like no tomorrow.
Do you hear me?
Hmm.
I'm just so sorry that I
haven't been there for you.
- If I was as strong as you,
I would've never allowed
myself to fall so far.
And allowed Andre to
do all he did to me.
Don't apologize for
that, I did that.
- Baby girl, you are
stronger than you know.
You are stronger than you know.
(mellow music)
- Thank you, Rashida.
(mellow pensive music)
Done, done
Coda, coda
Don't wanna wake up
without feeling your touch
Girl, I would
die slowly inside
If you ever gave up
I know that things
Haven't been perfect
In our relationship
Girl, I don't want
You to ever quit on me
'Cause I will fight
for you with every inch
I don't think God
put us together
For our love
too (indistinct)
Just wanna
(somber pensive music)
Oh oh oh
I wake up every morning
Thinking to myself
Trying to cope with
These dreams that I'm having
These strange feelings
(Rashida sobbing)
- No.
No.
(somber music)
(bottles rattling)
(Rashida sobbing continues)
God, no.
Why?
Why me?
Why is this happening to me?
I choke, I choke all the time.
'Cause I don't want
you, Gary and the girls,
to ever know my pain.
I can't take it.
I can't take it anymore.
Sister, please hold me.
- Don't give up.
(mellow music)
Hey boys
- Where have you been?
It's 6:30 in the morning
and you're just
coming in the house?
- You lucky I came home at all.
- I can't do this anymore.
I just can't.
I am so tired.
I help abused women every day.
And every day, I tell
them that they're strong,
that there's help for them.
That they deserve to be
in healthy relationships.
I also tell them that they
are nobody's punching bag.
But at the same time
that I tell them this,
I do it with a straight
face knowing full well
that exactly what
they're going through,
I'm going through
the same thing.
Okay, I'm living a lie.
Nobody knows the pain and
the hurt that's inside of me.
Or how you caused me
to lose our child.
Or how you beat me so bad
that one more blow to
the back of my head
will paralyze me for
the rest of my life.
But you know what?
They're gonna know.
You know why?
Because I'm gonna tell it.
(Gary laughing)
Tell your story.
(Casandra squealing)
- You don't have to do this.
- Sit your ass down.
Too early in the morning to
keep whooping your ass in here.
- You're not allowed to
tell me to shut up no more.
(Casandra yelling)
Hello, this is Casandra.
At 146 Casper Lane.
Yes, send the police.
I killed my husband.
Yes.
Yes (sobs).
- You know I had no idea.
All this time I work with her.
Just, just taking care of people
that's in abused relationships.
- You never know what
people are going through
in their life.
I guess that's why she took
all her cases so personal.
I mean, 'cause she was
actually living it.
Sis.
Sis.
Are you okay?
I am calling the
doctor right now.
(somber music)
I can't let go
No matter how I try
I gotta kiss your
memory goodbye
Stop wasting time
Thinking you'll
come back to me
I gotta set you free
Living on a memory
Can't get you off my mind
Somehow I thought
that I'd be fine
Living on my own
But I can't let go
No matter how I try
I gotta kiss your
memory goodbye
Stop wasting time
Thinking you'll
come back to me
I gotta set you free
You'll always (indistinct)
You and me forever
- Rashida said that
she was scared.
I asked scared of what.
She said she was scared
of what we were becoming.
The things I've done to you
have not always been right.
And for that I think we
should just part ways.
I ask that you forgive
me for what I've done
and what I've said to you.
Because a lot of men
would've just left me.
But you stayed.
You are a good man and
you deserve better.
So, I think it's
time for me to leave.
We love each other
a little too fast
It's time to step back 'cause
I don't wanna damage you
And you don't
want to damage me
We need to slow down
Take a few steps back now
Moving too fast
Don't want us to crash, baby
We need to slow down,
take a few steps back now
Moving too fast
Yeah, let's go
- Bunny, where you at?
- Andre, what the
hell did you do?
- I told you, didn't I?
Didn't I tell you, huh?
Didn't I tell you?
You thought you got away, huh?
You thought it was that easy?
Huh?
You thought it was that easy?
- Andre.
What are you doing, Andre?
- You thought it was
gonna be that easy?
Huh?
If I can't have it, nobody can.
And I meant that.
Get up.
Didn't I tell you,
huh, didn't I?
- No, no, get off, no!
- You again?
- Get in the back.
- Andre, what the hell
are you doing here?
- So lemme guess,
you're Andre, right?
- That's right, I'm Andre.
- Let's do it then, bro.
- Look, look, look, look,
I ain't even come here
for all that.
I just wanna talk to Bunny, man.
- Nah man, she ain't got
nothing to say to you right now.
- Look. Bunny, baby.
I'm sorry.
- What?
- Just, just hear
me out, all right?
Baby, I'm sorry for
everything I've done to you,
all I put you through.
Baby, just I'm asking
you for forgive,
no, I'm begging you
just gimme a chance
to right all my wrongs, and
the stuff I can't make right,
at least gimme a chance
to do it different.
- Are you serious?
- Bunny? What are you doing.
- Now, baby look, I've
been going to meetings,
going to church.
I mean, look, I got this shirt,
I got these shirts for us baby.
Man I promise you everything
is going to be different
but you just gotta gimme that
chance to prove it to you.
But I need you to
know I love you, baby.
Take my hand.
- Bunny.
You know who he is and you know
what he brings to the table,
and you know what he's done.
I'm standing here before you
telling you that I
am ready to live.
And not just live, but
live a life with you.
Don't do this.
(pensive chill music)
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
I'm walking out
tonight on you
I should've been gone
But you know
Used to be the
love of my life
You used to be the
one important thing
In my life
But then you
started changing
Oh you started acting crazy
But now I know just
what I gotta do, boy
I gotta get away
from you, boy
'Cause there ain't
no turning back