Dance with the Devil (2024) Movie Script
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[intense music]
I'll take my crown now
These voices in my head
I'm telling you to bow down
You don't got control no,
so bow down
I don't give you control no,
so bown down
I'll take my crown now
These voices in my head
I'm telling you to bow down
You don't got control
so bow down
I don't give you control no
so bow down
Bow down
You got to tell them to
bow down
If you don't match up with
the word then you got to tell it
to bow down
You got to cry out, you got
to tell it to bow down
Voices in my head telling me
that I won't make it
but I like a challenge,
so I just keep going trusting the Lord,
the more that I know, the more that
I grow, the more that I show the devil
that he's on the bottom of my soul,
the time is now
and I ain't going nowhere
when good comes around
I tell it bow down, down, down
[Girl] Good morning, Mr. Gilmore!
Good morning! How you doing?
[woman] Hey, Mr. Girlmore!
Hey! I see you over there.
How you doing?
Alright. (laughs)
Hey, Mr. Gilmore!
- Hey, Lisa. How you doing?
- Good.
Can I ask you a question?
Sure. Hope I can answer it.
Now, why you always walking
when you have a perfectly good car?
(laughs)
Well, Lisa, you know what? I like walking.
It's good exercise.
And I realize, Lisa,
you know, I'm not as young as I used to
be, and I got to stay in shape somehow.
Right?
- Yeah.
- So, hey.
- You should walk with me.
- Oh,
it's too hot.
- (laughs)
- See there!
- Mess up my hair.
We can't do that.
Alright, well, you have a good one,
Mr. Gilmore.
- You too, Lisa.
- Have a nice day.
I'll see you.
Hey, Mr. Gilmore!
How you doing?
Hey, Ms. Darlene. How you doing?
I'm good.
Come here for a minute.
You all right this morning?
- Now, Mr. Gilmore,
- [Mr. Gilmore] Uhuh?
You do know you can read that
newspaper from your phone app now, right?
Wait a minute, Ms. Darlene, now.
Now, you talking about this phone
right here?
I don't think so.
- Ou, (laughs)
Yeah, probably not.
- (both laugh)
Aye, aye look babe,
I'm just happy having this one, you know?
- [Darlene] I get it.
Hey, Ms. Darlene?
Now, you know, I'm a bachelor,
and I live in this house all by myself.
Here we go.
But I'm just saying, Mr. Darlene,
I can't cook.
I've got a lot of skill but, cooking
ain't one of them.
When you going to bring me some of them
famous Oxtails I've been hearing about?
You know?
You know what, Mr. Gilmore, this
is the second time
you done asked about these Oxtails.
- It's gone be a third time.
- (laughs)
You know what?
I'm gonna make you some oxtails. Okay?
Real soon.
I promise.
Now, just because I'm making you
these Oxtails, don't think
you gone get no other kind of tale.
Just saying.
- Now Ms. Darlene, come on!
- I'm just saying!
I promise.
I'll be the perfect gentleman.
- And I'm going to hold you to that.
- Alright.
Yes, ma'am.
Well, all right, now, Mr. Gilmore,
I'ma be seeing you.
- Have a good day, Mr. Gilmore.
- Take care, Ms. Darlene.
[Mr. Gilmore] Mm.
[Mr. Gilmore] Mm.
[Hip Hop music]
Yo!
What's up with you girl?
- Nothing.
- What's your name?
I'm not going to tell you my name.
Why not?
You are a stranger.
You might try to sex traffic
me or something.
What? I ain't even one them
type of dudes,
man, come on now. Sex, maybe.
But sex trafficking? What type of
weird shit is that, girl?
All I'm saying is you in your car,
and I'm out here.
If you want to talk to me,
you need to come over here and talk to me.
Now you know, that ain't a
fucking problem girl.
Not at all.
So what's up with you?
- What's your name?
- Trez
What's your name?
Run me everything you've
got in your pockets
now before I shoot your ass
out here.
Man put that little baby ass
pistol up. You ain't
about to do shit with that
motherfucker, girl,
quit play in.
Nigga you heard what the fuck
she said.
Come on.
Wallet, phone, keys, all that. Run it.
Hurry up, nigga.
Thank you.
Thank you.
This too.
Now strip.
You got me fucked up, man.
I ain't about to do shit, dog.
Y'all can get the fuck on. I ga-
Nigga, you can either strip out here,
or die out here.
Yeah.
Ou, he stripping.
Drop em.
Drop em!
[dramatic music]
Damn!
That's a big motherfucker.
I got one just like it at the crib,
don't I bae?
And do. I mean, how
you just sit on the toilet and it
don't touch the water? (laughs)
- Shut the fuck up.
- Fuck all that.
Get your pale ass out of here.
Before I shoot yo dumb ass.
Get the fuck on man, go!
Come on.
Praise the Lord, everybody.
Praise the Lord,
everyone. Come on, stand to your feet,
and give God praise.
If you excited about what God is doing?
I know I am.
Listen, every day I want Him
to use me.
Come on, everybody hey
Your son
Simple song to sing
Any way you bless me Lord
I'll be satisfied
Any way you bless me Lord
I'll be satisfied
Any way you bless me Lord
I'll be satisfied
Say I'll be
I'll be
I'll be satisfied
Listen, Lord use me
any way you please
And take my life
as a living sacrifice
Lord I wanna be
what you created
me to be
I want to go to the masses and
compel them to come to the
Just say use me
Use me oh my Lord, I'll be satisfied
Say use me
Use me Lord, I'll be satisfied
Use me Lord, I'll be satisfied
Just use me
Use me Lord, I'll be satisfied
Say use me
Use me
On my job I said use me
Use me
In my home I said use me
Use me
Even at the bank said use me
Oh Lord I said use me
Every day said use me
Use me
Everyday use me use me
I need
Hey y'all use me
I will be, I'll be satisfied
Lord say use me, use me Lord
I will be, I'll be satisfied
Use me Lord, I'll be satisfied
Say use me, use me
Oh don't care how you use me
use me
Make me a moment use me,
use me
Do what you will say use me
Hey Lord, use me
Break me down and build me up
Break me down and build me up
Lord use me
I will be, I'll be satisfied
Say use me Lord, use me Lord
I'll be, I'll be satisfied
I will be
I'll be satisfied
Hey! Amen, amen!
[crowd cheering]
Use me Lord, I'll be satisfied
Woah!
Thank you, Elder Deon.
The David Whitfield Production Choir
Give it up, amen.
Keep the praise going.
Use me, Lord, I'll be satisfied.
Who's satisfied with being used?
I am if it's by the Lord, amen?
[crowd cheers]
Use me, Lord, I'll be satisfied. Amen?
- [crowd] Amen!
- Amen.
Thank you so much again
for that wonderful song of praise.
I'd like everybody to take their
seats as quickly as you can.
I don't want to keep you here longer
than, I'd like to get right into the word.
But first, first
I'd like to take this moment
to honor my lovely wife,
the first lady, Annette.
Amen.
[crowd cheers]
And our son, Chris.
Amen.
[crowd cheers]
Now, those of you
who have your word with me, please
turn to one of my favorite passages,
the 91st Pslam.
Amen.
And it reads
He that dwelleth in a secret place,
shall dwell in the shadow of the Almighty.
Of the Lord
I will say He is my refuge
and my shelters,
my God in Him,
will I trust.
[crowd cheers]
I'm gone tell y'all why
I love this passage of Scripture.
Because it reminds us
that we don't have to live in fear.
God is always protecting us
and he's always keeping us safe.
Now, if we look at verse four,
it says, He will cover the
with his feathers. Under his wings
shall you trust.
(stammers)
A little further down, in verse
seven, reads, A thousand.
Shall fall by thy side.
10,000, shall fall by your right hand.
But none shall come close to you.
[crowd cheers]
All right, now, I thought I was
gone have to repeat myself.
Church folk don't know when to shout.
It says, none
- [crowd] None.
- shall come close to you.
No near misses, no grazes,
none shall come close to you.
How many of us give God praise
and thank Him for that type of protection?
[crowd cheers]
Hallelujah to God.
No matter what
situation you may find yourself
in, God is a keeper.
He will keep you safe from anything
the enemy
tries to bring your way.
Amen?
Protects us, keeps us,
He is our Father, covering us.
[crowd cheers]
Glory to God.
Hallelujah. No near misses.
None shall come close to you.
[crowd cheers]
Protection
saith the Lord.
[Pastor Mitchell] Chris.
Yes, sir.
Come here for a minute, son.
Is something bothering you, son?
Naw, I'm good.
You sure?
Cause you seem like you got some things
you want to get off your chest.
I said I'm good.
Boy, you watch your tone with me,
I am still your father.
Sorry, Dad.
Now,
is this about your sister?
So if you know, then what
you asking me for?
I just told you to mind your tone
with me in this house.
Hey Ma!
- Hey, Chris.
- [Chris] Hey.
Dad.
What the hell are you doing here?
Look, I just came and get a few of
my things, and then I'm gone. All right?
You're not about to be running
in and out my house when you feel like it.
Now you get all your things and you leave
my keys on the table on the way out.
- Dwayne, please calm down.
- Knowing that
I don't need to calm down.
We did not raise our daughter
to be a weed head,
running around in
the street with gangsters.
- Especially not...
- Especially what?
Especially what, Dad?
Especially gay ones?
You said it so I didn't have to.
Dwayne, you're doing too much.
No, honey, look, if this is how she wants
to live her life, that's fine.
It's between her and God.
But she's not about to do it in my house.
Dad, you tripping.
Oh I'm tripping, son?
Well, you can leave right along
with her!
- [Annette] No!
- Hey Bae.
You good?
- Yeah, I'm good.
And I thought I told you not to ever have
this, thugged out,
boy-girl, back in my house ever again.
And you?
How dare you come into my house
asking her if she's good.
How you gone protect her from me?
That is my child.
See nah, that's my woman.
And since you put her out,
she not your problem
no more. I got her.
Oh, so you got her?
Yeah, I got her.
Well, since you've got her,
why don't her and both y'all
get the hell
out of my house
and don't come back.
- Gladly.
No, no, no, no.
Stop this! Y'all stop it!
Nah mom, tell him to stop!
- Oh no, she don't tell me nothing around here!
- Dwayne!
Don't Dwayne me.
Wait!
Boy, like I said, you can go right
along with her.
- Stop!
- Don't Dwayne me, Annette, they can go!
- Go! It is time!
- Chris, wait! Wait!
- I'm out then!
- Out! Bye!
Chris, what are you doing?
I want to go with you, I'm
sick of this shit.
Nah Chris, It's too dangerous.
I can handle myself.
Hey, y'all figure it the fuck out,
because I'm about to pull off
before I have to smoke this
old ass nigga.
I'm going with you.
Chris.
Chris!
(grunts)
Ou!
Ms. Darlene!
Those are some of the best tasting
Oxtail I've had in a long time.
As a matter of fact, last time
I had some this good, my mother made them.
- Oh really?
- Mhm!
Okay, well,
I will take that as a compliment.
As you should. My mother
could cook, now.
So, uh, where is Mrs. Gilmore?
Mrs. Gilmore? Well, you know what?
I never got married.
I mean, I had a lot of girlfriends,
you know,
but I just never settled down.
Ah. I see, I see.
You was one of them old
player players from the Himalayas.
- Player player! (laughs)
Listen, I know I'm
old, but do you have to say things
that make me sound old?
I'm just calling it like I see it.
But look, I was just young,
had some money at the
time, you know?
And I just didn't think my lifestyle
would fit into married life, you know?
I see.
I see.
Well, what did you do for a living?
Well, hold on.
[phone rings]
Oh, let me take this.
Hello?
Hey, sweetie.
I'm all right.
Yes, I ate.
Listen, my friend, Ms. Darlene,
she brought me over some Oxtails,
some Greens, macaroni and cheese
and cornbread, mhm.
Don't worry about who she is.
Look, you're making me be
rude to my company now.
I'll call you later.
Okay? Bye.
Sorry. That was my daughter,
who think she my momma.
(laughs) I understand that.
How many children do you have?
I got two.
A boy and a girl.
My daughter, she stays out in Troy.
And my son,
he's incarcerated.
- Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
- That's okay.
My daddy told me a long time ago,
hard head makes a soft ass.
But nothing 20 years in prison won't fix.
So what about you?
You got any kids?
I do.
I do.
I have three children.
Two girls, one boy.
- [Mr. Gilmore] Oh, okay.
They're all grown.
- [Mr. Gilmore] Yeah.
And I was married.
My husband died, COVID
Three years ago.
I'm sorry for your loss.
You know what?
Thank you.
I'm-I'm still healing,
but I'm doing much better.
Tell you what, let's make a deal.
You keep the oxtails coming over here,
and I'll take care of anything
that you might need. Everything.
See? See, that's that old player charm
I'm talking about right there.
You know, old habits die hard now.
But I'm serious,
I'll take care of whatever you need. Okay?
I'd like that.
[hip hop music]
Jason?
Yeah that's me, what's up?
Okay.
What up doe? Where the Xbox?
First things first,
where the money at?
(chuckles)
Relax, bro.
My bad,
I'm a little on edge
because I never sold nothing on
market marketplace before.
You can relax, man.
I'm good people.
Okay, for sure.
Let me pop it out the trunk.
Actually, you can leave it in there.
Oh shit.
And tell your bitch
to get out the car too, nigga.
Unless she trying to come with me
and my girl to have a threesome
or something.
[Jason's girl] What?
Run them pockets, my boy.
Hurry the fuck up. Hurry up.
Give me all this shit.
Pick it up. Pick it up. Hurry up.
Yeah, get that bag.
I'm in a good mood today.
Usually I'll make them strip.
I'm gonna let you
get the fuck out of here.
Y'all look back, I'm shooting
both y'all dumb asses.
Man, them broke ass niggas ain't
have nothing but $200
and this fake ass Louis purse.
Fuck, man!
We might as well give this to
your brother. Yo Chris!
Come here real quick,
I got something for you.
What is it?
Take it little, nigga.
Aye, watch how you talking
to my brother.
He just standing there and shit.
Thank you?
Thanks.
- That little nigga weird as hell.
- You gone
stop talking about my brother.
Look, we need to hit a lick lick.
Yeah, for real. Otherwise,
we both gone have
to get some jobs around here.
Job? Shit who?
[Meka] You.
If I get a job,
it's going to be to figure out
how to rob that motherfucker.
Yeah yeah, whatever.
[guns shooting]
[door knocking]
You okay?
Yeah, I'm good.
Look, Chris,
I appreciate you standing up to
dad for me and everything,
but you got to go back home.
This ain't no environment for you.
But I don't want to go back home.
And I definitely don't
want to go back to that stupid church.
Chris,
I'm tired of all the rules,
all the judgement,
and all the fake people.
To me, y'all are free.
Y'all do what y'all want,
you make your own rules,
and I want to be free just like y'all.
It's other ways to be free, Chris.
Trust me on that.
But I want to be free like y'all.
Chris,
I want to go on a job with y'all
A job?
Yeah, a job.
A lick?
- (laughs)
- Or whatever y'all call it.
Boy bye. You are not built for the
street life.
Plus, if anything happens to
you while you with me,
daddy gone kill us both.
Man, fuck dad.
Woah, church boy.
You cussing, cussing now, huh?
Hey, don't call me that
because I ain't no church boy.
Oh, don't call me that,
I ain't no church boy.
Whatever,
church boy.
Look, just ignore her.
But seriously, Chris, it's crazy
out there, and I can't jeopardize
your safety like that.
Look,
either y'all take me with y'all,
so you can teach me the right way,
or I'll take my chances
and figure it out on my own.
What's up with this fool man?
I know, I ain't talk to this
motherfucker all day.
- Rip!
- Me either.
It's hotter than a motherfucker
out here.
Banging on my door like you
the police, nigga.
Got your attention, didn't it?
Coming out this bitch fresh as
hell. What's up?
Yeah!
What's the deal? What up doe?
Ain't shit.
What you into?
Robbed this nigga earlier for
a couple dollars.
You still doing that shit?
Man look, fuck with this shit.
Me and P on this shit.
That's about three bands right there.
You see them crystals in that
shit?
That pill shit smooth and all,
but I like the rush of the stick
up, gang.
Rush?
Rose. Yeah, they got a rush.
Yeah nigga, the rush!
- What rush?
- Ain't nothing like seeing the fear
on people's faces when I up
blick on them,
Knowing I got the power of life and death,
I be feeling like God, nigga.
Man, such your dumb ass up fool,
talking about you feel like God.
God rich.
That little money you got
ain't hitting on shit.
Hey, you ain't lying.
You need to rob some old people,
though.
That's the move.
What type of sick, twisted ass nigga
is you, bro?
Nigga, that shit an easy ass lick.
Look, old people always got
cash on them.
They always got jewelry,
they don't use none of them
Cashapps we use,
all that shit.
They be, tums, motherfuckers
watching MASH all night.
Run in there while they
watching that shit.
Motherfucking stool softener,
they be fucked up in the crib
and you can take all they shit.
You good!
Shit green.
Think about it, dog.
I ain't ever thought about that.
[PJ] What's there to think about it?
You know what?
Y'all ass going to fuck around
and catch murder one,
from giving they old
asses a heart attack.
- Don't listen to this nigga.
- No faking.
- Don't listen to this nigga.
- You know what?
I got one better for both of y'all though.
You want to hear it?
We about to roll, because
y'all tripping.
- Man lets hit the store.
- Let's go bro. I'm out.
- Alright man, get with me.
- Aye, bump what he talking about,
get on that shit.
Think about it.
I see you thinking about it right now.
What them fools want?
And why are you sitting here
with this look on your face?
Cause,
I think I just found our next lick.
Okay well, tell me
about it when I come back.
I got to go hit my mom's real quick.
(chokes) Hold on.
You must want your pops to
cuss your ass out again.
I ain't gonna be there to protect you
this time.
Whatever I'll see you
when I get back.
Whatever.
Bring me some Funyuns.
[doorbell]
- Hey Ma.
- Hey, baby.
You sure it's okay for me to be here?
Yes, babe, this is my house, too.
Plus,
your father is at the church
so he'll be gone for a while.
Typical.
Come on.
So what's up?
Meka, listen,
I know you and your father bump heads,
but it is
because you all are so much alike.
Headstrong and stubborn.
Yeah, that's true.
And although
he can be
heavy handed with you at times,
he's right.
We didn't raise you to be in the streets.
I know you didn't, Ma.
Okay, so what is it?
What are you looking for out there?
Honestly, it's exciting.
Exciting?
Yeah! It's a whole world out there
that I knew nothing about,
and that's exciting.
So risking
your freedom in your life is exciting?
Look Mom,
I don't expect you to understand.
You're so used to conforming, and
fitting in the box and doing what's right.
And I don't want to live my life
like that.
At least not right now, anyways.
Baby,
tomorrow is not promised to any of us.
Exactly.
So while I'm alive, I'ma enjoy it.
Plus, he don't care no way.
Why would you say that?
Because growing up,
he put the church before everything.
Before me, before Chris,
Ma, he even put the church before you.
Tameka, your dad is a pastor.
What was he supposed to do?
He was supposed to be my father.
Okay,
look,
I didn't bring you here to argue.
Look, I get it,
Dad had to tend to the church.
He had to do him.
So now I'm doing me.
It's a whole world out there,
and I want to see what's out there.
Baby, that's just it.
There is nothing out there.
Okay, well,
let me find that out for myself.
I'll get tired of how I'm living,
come back to the church,
y'all could throw me a party
and everything.
Call me the prodigal daughter.
(laughs)
Tameka, this is not a joke.
You only get one life.
Now, if you want to gamble yours
away, that's fine,
but now, you have my son
sniffing up behind you.
I don't have him doing nothing.
I told him to come home. He ain't
listening to me.
Of course he's not listening.
He wants to be what he sees.
Look, Chris is almost 18.
If he wants to be out there, there's
nothing
you, me, or nobody else can say to him.
Do you even care what happens to him?
Of course I care what happens to him.
Look,
I'm sorry for yelling,
but I'm just saying,
if Chris wants to be out there,
we can't stop him.
All I can do
is guarantee to look out for him.
And who's going to look out for you?
[phone chimes]
Look, I got to go.
You gotta stop worrying so much, alright?
Come on.
I love you.
I love you too, baby.
[somber music]
(both laugh)
You really said that?
You know I did.
You something else girl.
So Daddy,
who is this new woman that's
been bringing you dinner?
(sighs) Here you go being nosey.
Mhm, I am.
Her name is Darlene.
Okay.
She's my neighbor.
Daddy.
What?
You know you're not supposed to
shit where you eat.
Oh girl, please!
Girl please what? You the one
who taught me that.
Okay, you're right.
But I really do like this, Ms. Darlene.
And I also taught
you rules are made to be broken.
Right?
- Mhm.
But she better be treating you right,
because if not, I'ma be offing
that ass.
Oh, there you go talking like that.
What do you want to do? You want to
end up where your brother's at?
My brother is in jail
because he's stupid.
Me? I'm the smartest kid you got
(both laugh)
You...
Okay.
That's a fact. That's a fact.
You got it. All right.
- Daddy, can I ask you a question?
- Sure.
You have any regrets?
Regrets?
Yes, I do, Jess.
I mean, I hurt a lot of people,
and I believe your brother, and our
relationship, is my karma.
Daddy, I'm not mad at you.
Honestly, I'm just happy
that you're here with me now.
I'm happy to be here.
Did you ask God for forgiveness?
Everyday, Jess,
everyday.
Okay, so if God forgave you, and I
forgive you,
that's all that matters, right?
(laughs) I guess so.
I know so.
(laughs)
Jess, thank you.
For what?
For giving me a chance to make things
right after being gone all this time.
Thank you.
You're welcome, daddy.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Alright, let's stop all this mushy
stuff girl.
Please do.
Hey listen, I feel lucky.
Why don't you take me to the
store so I can play my lottery.
What you playing lottery for and
you already got money?
Because I told you, you forgot?
You never, ever have too much money.
You know what? You right!
Let's go to the store!
Let's go! Let's go, babe.
Hey Corey!
- You alright?
- What's up with you? How you doing?
You alright today?
- I'm good.
- Good! Feel lucky, man.
Any winners for me today, huh?
I got the Lucky Hot 7's for you.
Oh, the Hot 7's? Okay.
[inaudiable]
- Shit, man.
- Shit, for real man.
Yes indeed. I'm hungry as hell
[indistinct chatter]
Yeah!
[indistinct chatter]
- Oh it's on you?
- Hell yeah!
- Oh, say less man.
- Fuck it.
- What's good with you, Big C.
- Let's get some woods too!
- What's up dog?
- All right, all right.
Yeah, yeah give me a Dark Leaf.
Alright.
- Two pack or five pack?
- Two pack.
[brooding music]
[indistinct chatter]
Hey Corey,
let me have a couple of Hot 7's, okay?
And um, can you break a hundred
dollar bill for me?
- No problem.
- Okay, my man!
See, that's whyl like coming to you, man.
You take care of me, whew!
Winners, right? (laughs)
Appreciate you.
Grab that for me.
Damn!
Damn baby, what's your name?
Boy, bye!
Man, fuck this bitch, man. We out.
Who you calling a bitch, nigga?
Ho, you better watch your
mouth before we rob yo ass.
Try it, and your momma gone be putting
together a GoFundMe
for your old dusty ass.
Fellas.
Is there a problem?
Mind your business, old ass nigga.
What's up?
This is my daughter, so this is
my business.
Get this nigga, man. Aye, aye, aye.
We up.
You lucky, old ass nigga.
[dramatic music]
Daddy?
Daddy, come on.
[police officer] Is there a problem
here sir?
Oh! Everything's okay, officer.
Just a couple of young punks.
But you know what?
I was a young punk once.
Good thing you live long enough
to change, right?
Amen to that.
Have a good day, sir.
You too, Officer. Be safe out there.
Thank you.
So, you sure you gonna be okay, Daddy?
(laughs) Come on, baby girl.
Now you know, your daddy
can take care of himself, right?
So I want you to do is, just
go on home.
I'll be fine.
[gun cocks]
Man, let's slide on his old ass right now.
Nah.
We know where we at now.
We'll be back.
Alright, Daddy.
I love you.
- I love you, too, sweetheart.
Okay?
[dramatic music]
[car engine starts]
Dwayne,
what's wrong?
Annette, maybe,
what's right?
I'm a failure.
Why would you say that?
I spent all this time
trying to save everyone else.
Preaching to everyone else.
Counseling everyone else's family,
helping everyone else's kids.
Only to lose my home?
Honey, it's not your fault.
You did the right thing.
You did your best to teach them
what's right,
and that was up to them to practice it.
Or not.
Okay, but maybe it was me.
Maybe I was too hard on them.
Maybe I didn't do enough to shield them
from the scrutiny
and drama of being a preacher's kid.
You know, church folks is messy.
What good is to be a successful pastor,
and a failure as a father?
Baby, you are a wonderful husband
and father.
I am so proud of you.
You've sacrificed so much for us.
At this point,
all we can do is pray for them
and put them in God's hands.
Sometimes God shows us grace.
There's other times,
God allows us to eat for the table
that we have prepared for ourselves.
(sighs)
And God only knows what them children
are out there in the streets doing.
At this point, we have to put our faith
in God.
And what He chooses to do,
that's His business.
[somber music]
[dramatic music]
[sighs]
[door knocks]
Yo, why is you at my crib?
Came to talk to my son.
Get the fuck off my porch, man.
I'm not leaving without my son.
You do whatever it is
you feel you need to do.
Dad, what are you doing here?
I came to talk to your brother.
Now, look, I know you're a grown woman,
so I can't tell you what to do.
But your brother is a minor,
and he's still my responsibility.
Dad, he don't want to go home.
What part of that don't you understand?
And he is my son.
What part of that don't you understand?
Hey, I really don't appreciate you
bringing all this drama to my crib.
And I really don't care
what you don't appreciate.
Dad?
What are you doing here?
Son, come home.
Your mother and I miss you. We love you.
Dad. I'm not going.
Chris, please go with this man.
- I'm not going nowhere.
- But why, son?
This ain't no place for you.
Listen, Pops, I'm gonna go in the house,
and when I come back out here,
if you still here,
I'm treating you like an intruder.
I'm out here on your porch. I'm not
in your house.
You won't be when twelve get here.
Rip, go inside. I got this.
Now, thank you.
Now, listen, Dad,
if I want to live my life,
how I want to live it,
I should be able to do just that,
and if Chris want to do the same thing,
then I got him.
Babygirl, why would you want your
brother to live a lifestyle
that you know is dangerous?
But dad, I can handle myself. I'm good.
Oh, you good?
Yeah, We good.
Okay.
I see what I need to do.
I will leave the two of you
in God's hands.
Nah, you ain't got to do that.
In fact,
your God, ain't ever done anything
for me
but take you away from us.
You be so, God, this God that
but did you ever stop for one second
and think that maybe God is the reason
we're here in the first place?
Maybe if you spent as much time with us
as you spent with God, we wouldn't
be here right now.
Baby girl, you got to listen.
Look, guys, I'm sorry.
I know the church pulled me away from you,
I did the best that I could
to try to make it up to you.
I tried to make you guys comfortable.
We didn't ask for comfortable, Dad,
we asked for you.
I get it.
So let's go home so I can fix it.
- Nah.
- Guys,
give me a chance to fix this.
- Nah, it's too late for all
- Rip!
That old man.
Now get the fuck off my porch
before you be talking to God
face to face.
Oh my gosh, Dad!
Mhm, yeah!
I ain't always been no preacher.
See, old me?
I would've blow your head
clean off your shoulders.
Went out to a nice dinner with my family
like it never even happened.
Dad, please stop.
But I'm a changed man now.
So I'ma leave you with your
life and a lesson,
you never pull your weapon until the
moment you're ready to use it.
[gun cocks]
And you never judge a book
by its cover.
The next time I see you, it's
on, old man!
Hey! There she is!
How you doing, baby?
I'm good!
Good to see you! Ou, you smell good!
Thank you.
Thank you.
Whew, is she here?
She'll be here in a minute.
Now, wait a minute,
you nervous?
Me? No, of course not.
Mhm.
Okay, well, maybe just a little bit.
Listen, sweetheart, relax.
My daughter is going to love you.
- I hope so.
- She will!
See, here she come now.
Hey, sweetheart.
Hey daddy!
You alright?
I'm good.
Goo to see you. Now, Ms. Darlene,
this is Jessica. Jessica, this is
Ms. Darlene.
You can just call me Darlene, sweetheart.
It's a pleasure to meet you, Darlene.
I've heard a whole lot about you.
What?
Really?
- My daddy really likes you.
- Oh, Jessica!
You do!
It's okay. It's okay.
I really like him, too!
See? She really likes you too,
and I think it's nice!
Embarrassing your dad is not nice!
Stop!
Listen, I'm going to bring dinner
by later, and maybe we can talk more then.
Yeah!
That sounds good babe.
Sounds good
So good to finally meet you, Jessica!
Likewise. See you later.
So, babe?
- (laughs)
- Don't you start, okay?
Don't start!
That was cute.
Yeah, that's my girl.
- I got an idea.
- What's that?
I'm gonna bring my new friend,
Omar, over
and we can have a double date.
Who's Omar?
I just told you Daddy, my new friend.
Well, see you later.
But you-
But you ain't tell me about no new friend.
- Bye daddy!
Jessica!
What you doing, baby?
Nothing.
You good?
Yeah, I'm okay.
You still thinking about what
happened with your pops?
Yeah, I mean, I'm still mad at him,
don't get me wrong,
but as my daddy and I love him.
But he don't love you though!
He put the church before y'all.
And who is your pops, anyway?
That nigga had that look in
his eyes.
What look?
That killer look
Real gangsters know that look.
I don't know.
I mean, I know that he used
to be in the streets,
and I know he got locked up before,
but that's about all I know.
Shit, I know the rest.
That nigga was looking like
he was gonna blow my ass
Now you know
I wasn't going to let that happen to you.
Man, look,
you and your brother are a
whole lot of trouble.
Maybe y'all should just bounce.
Come on, man.
You know I'm riding with you.
Alright, prove it then.
I ain't gotta prove shit.
I've been proving it this whole time.
All right, so you remember that lick
I told you about?
Mhm.
It's on the floor tonight.
Okay, so what about it?
Just a old nigga,
with a lot of money, and a
whole lot of mouth.
Old nigga?
Just get the tools ready, baby.
What's up y'all?
Hey.
What up doe?
You a whole lot of trouble.
When is you going home?
When he get ready.
I told y'all, I ain't going back there.
Meka, this little nigga has to go.
I ain't going nowhere.
So whatever y'all got on the floor,
I want in.
- [Meka] Look,
- Hell nah!
He gonna fuck around and get us all
killed.
Look, I'm not gonna keep going back
and forth
and arguing with him about it.
What's the harm in going on one
little lick?
The I'm not gonna take this
lame ass,
corny ass, goofball ass nigga on
no lick with us!
[hip hop music]
Here, hit this.
No, I'm good.
Man, hit this. It's going to help
you relax.
I said I'm good.
Bae, he said he good.
All I know is, he better not freeze up
when it's time to put the play down.
Look, you gone chill on my brother.
Ms. Darlene, everything is amazing.
Why thank you, Jessica.
So, Omar, what do you do for a living?
I work at GM.
Yep, been there 15 years.
GM? That's good.
So you got good benefits?
Yeah, something like that.
It's a very good job.
My husband retired from the factory
right before he passed.
Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that.
Oh no, no, it's okay.
I'm still healing,
But your dad is making things
a lot easier for me.
Where are we going?
Man, I told you, to hit this old
nigga.
Old man? Why are we
robbing an old man?
Yeah, I'm with him on this one.
Why are we doing that?
Look, if y'all not with the shit,
I'll gladly drop y'all the fuck off
and pick up PJ and Trey.
Come on, Bae,
you know I'm with you for whatever.
No, Meka I ain't trying to rob
no old people.
I told you this little nigga
wasn't ready.
Look, you wanted in, so this is in.
We gone go in there, scare
them a little bit,
get what they got and get out.
Easy.
Right?
Easy peasy.
[suspenseful music]
Here, take this.
Don't put your finger on the trigger
until you ready to shoot.
Chris?
Yeah?
Did you hear what she said?
Yeah, I heard her.
- [Jessica] Daddy!
- I'm just saying, Omar,
my daughter, she is high maintenance.
I am not.
Okay, what other kids do know,
going to middle school,
are wearing Gucci, Fendi,
hair, nails, feet done?
And who made me that way?
Your mama.
Yeah, right!
My Lord! Seems to me like you created
that monster.
Exactly. Thank you.
Well, I'm not worried about it at all.
I don't mind spoiling her.
Just a little bit.
A little bit? You mean a lot?
You see there? You see what
I'm taking about right?
Okay.
Oh shoot. I forgot dessert.
I baked us a whole cake.
I'm just going to go back home
and grab it.
No, baby, I'll go get it.
Oh no, no. You don't have to do that.
No, I have to.
I'm not going to have you
walk down the street at night by yourself.
Come on.
- Alright. So,
- Alright.
- When you get there, it's right there on the counter.
- Okay.
- Okay?
I'll see you in a minute.
(all laugh)
I just want to tell you, thank you for
taking good care of my daddy.
Oh, it's no problem at all, sweetheart.
Your dad takes good care of me.
[Jessica] Okay.
He takes out my trash,
he comes and
mows my grass for me.
Just last week
he came by, fixed my sink.
I was wondering why that toolbox
was at the door.
So as far as I'm concerned,
which I'll say is is fair exchange,
no robbery.
- Agreed. (laughs)
[doorbell]
That must be my daddy.
He must've left his key.
I'm going to go let him in.
Daddy, you left your keys?
If we weren't here,
you would have been locked out.
You can't be doing that...
- Get the...
- Oh my gosh!
- Get the fuck back!
Oh my gosh!
Oh my gosh!
[gun shot]
- (screams)
- Sit your-
Sit the fuck down.
- Come on!
RIP you ain't have to shoot him!
Shut the fuck up, nigga! Don't
say my name
no got damn more.
Everybody calm down and
do what the fuck we say
and nobody else gotta get hurt.
All right, where is he?
(stammers)
[RIP] The old nigga that live here,
that's who.
Where is he?
- He left.
He left? Okay.
We'll wait.
Tie they asses up.
(inaudible)
[tense music]
What's up, old man.
You know what the fuck it is.
Hey, take it easy, fella,
I don't want no trouble now.
- I'm a fucking female.
- Ow!
(women scream)
- [Chris] RIP!
- Stop saying my fucking name!
Y'all, chill out so we can get in and out.
Look, old man,
This is clearly a robbery, his bitch ass,
made me turn into a homicide.
But nobody else gotta die, though.
Just give me what I'm looking for.
Look, you came to the wrong house,
I don't have anything for you to rob.
I'm at the right house, old man,
I seen that knot at the store!
Sir, just tell us what you got up in here
so we can get it
and bounce.
Okay.
I've got some money and I've got
jewelry stashed in the upstairs
bedroom.
Now see? Was that so hard?
Come on, baby, let's go check
it out.
You keep an eye on him, and if he move
you shoot him.
Hey,
Y'all alright?
Listen to me,
Everything is going to be okay.
They're going to go upstairs
and take what they want,
and then they're going to leave right?
Yes, sir.
He that dwelleth in the secret place
of the Most High,
shall abide under the shadows
of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, He
is my refuge,
my fortress,
my God.
In Him, will I trust,
(both) surely,
He shall deliver thee
from the snare of the father
and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with His feathers
and under His wings shall
thou trust.
His truth shalt be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid
for the terror by night,
nor for the arrow that flyth by day.
You seem to know that Scripture
very well, son,
do you believe in God?
Yeah.
Heard it in church all my life.
My dad is a pastor.
And Psalm 91 is one of his
favorite scriptures.
Well, boy, if you believe In the Lord,
why the hell you out here
robbing old people?
We're too old for that shit.
(both laugh)
Fuck! Yes!
Bae, look, come here.
Hell yeah!
What the fuck is you doing?
I'm gonna text PJ and Trey.
For what?
So we can take all this shit.
We don't need them.
We need to get what we gone
get and get out.
Man, you tripping. We about to
take all this shit.
Bet. He said he'll be here in
20 minutes.
20 minutes? We need to be
gone in 20 minutes, RIP!
You bullshitting.
Man, chill out! They not going nowhere.
So what's your name, son?
Come on man, I ain't telling
you my name.
Now kill all the talking.
Okay. Okay.
I just want to know who I
was talking to, is all.
My name is Mr. Gilmore.
Chris.
Pleasure to meet you, Chris.
And like I said,
what would make a good church boy
like you start robbing old people?
Look, I'm supposed to be watching you,
not running off at the mouth.
Okay.
My family's just nervous right
now, Chris,
and I'm nervous and talking
just relaxes me, you know?
And plus, I just keep on wondering
what would push a
positive young man,
like yourself, to take such a dark path?
I just can't understand it.
Look,
because I'm tired, okay?
I'm tired of being a good
ol little church boy.
Now, there's your answer.
Now, look, old man,
I don't want to see you get hurt,
so just cooperate
so we can get out of here.
Young man,
God knows your heart
and he still loves you.
And you still have time
to turn your life around
before you do something
you're going to regret.
Man, look
I don't want to hear that shit right now.
Just shut up, old man.
But it's the truth.
God has a calling on your life, Chris.
And the devil,
the devil
is trying to make you abort it.
Man, whatever. Just be quiet!
I can see it, Chris.
You don't really want be here doing this.
I could see it in your eyes.
You don't know me. Okay?
Just shut up.
I'll tell you what,
Just hand me the gun, Chris.
Give me the gun.
- No.
- Let me pray with you.
Then I'll let you guys go.
Chris, I won't even call the police.
I can't do that.
Yes, you can do it, Chris.
You can do it.
Listen, come get your blessing.
God still loves you, Chris.
This is not the life God
wants for you, Chris.
He wants you have a better life.
You don't want to do this.
You want God's blessing, don't you?
Yeah, I know.
He wants God's blessing.
- (sobs)
Just get it out, get it out.
Get it out.
- I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I know, Chris. I know.
It's going to be all right.
Now-now just clean it up.
Clean... there you go.
It's gone be just fine, Chris.
Wipe it away, Chris.
It's gone be okay.
- Sir?
- Mhm?
Are you still going to let us go?
[gun cocks]
No.
[gun shot]
(women scream)
[gun shot]
Aht.
I'll kill him right now.
- Just give me the gun, sweetie.
- (gasps)
Alright. Just don't kill him.
Just give me the gun,
and everybody's going to be all right.
Meka, don't give him your fucking gun.
What am I supposed to do?
Let him kill my brother?
Yeah, that's it.
Now, give me the other one.
That's a good girl.
[gun shots]
- No!
You fucking shot him, you bastard.
You gone pay for this, I swear
to God.
Chris, I'm sorry.
You gone pay for this, I swear.
Untie them.
I ain't doing shit!
Oh you ain't gone do shit?
Then I'm going to lay your ass out right
next to Chris
Don't you say his name!
Don't you dare say
his fucking name!
Chris.
Now what, bitch?
[Meka] (sobs)
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Now untie them.
[brooding dramatic music]
(sobs)
It's alright. It's okay, baby.
It's okay.
Come here.
Now listen, listen, listen to me!
Listen!
You take Darlene home to her house
okay? And you stay there.
What?
Calm down!
We gotta call the police!
No police. You hear me?
What the fuck do you mean,
no police?
Darlene, look.
He said no police, so it's no police.
Let's go!
Look, Old Man,
if you know what's good for you,
you'll let us go.
Just let you go, huh?
Just like that?
Yeah, nigga, (coughs)
Just like that.
You know what?
You should really calm down.
I mean,
you know,
save your strength.
I mean,
you really bleeding out there
a little bit
you know...
- Fuck you, nigga!
No. Fuck you.
[cocks gun]
Okay. Okay, chill!
You're right.
You are right, man.
This is getting way out of hand.
I haven't killed anybody since 1992,
but as you can see,
comes right back to you.
Just like riding a bike.
Look at that! My hands
are shaking.
Probably because I never cared
for killing women.
Back in the day, we had a code
no women,
no children.
But I have to break those rules
every now and then.
If the price was right.
Nigga, you better not touch my girl.
Oh her?
She's dead already.
I just haven't decided when, yet.
[Meka] Nigga fuck you, you
ain't gone do shit.
Chris.
Chris.
Meka don't think I'ma do shit!
Would you tell her how good of a shot
I am?
Oh that's right, Chris, you dead.
I'm sorry.
(coughs)
Man, who the fuck is you anyway?
Oh, that's right.
We haven't met yet.
The name is James Robert Gilmore,
but out in the streets,
they used to call me
The Devil.
I heard about you
Used to be a hitman back in the day.
They say you killed over 30 some people.
(laughs)
No. It was way more than that.
After a while, I stopped counting.
Yeah, I did my first hit back in 1973.
I was 17 years old,
had nightmares behind that one.
But after that one,
each hit after that got easier and easier
until I became the best.
In 1993, I was making $50,000 a hit.
But then they sat me down for 30 years.
I just got out a year ago.
(coughs) So what you do?
Leave a witness alive or something?
Yep.
The motherfucker who hired me
for the job. You know, he decided that
it was better for him to snitch on me,
then pay me my damn money.
Sounds like he was a piece of shit.
Yup.
Was is right.
You want to know what I used to love
about being a hit, man?
No, nigga,
I want you to call me a fucking ambulance.
It was that moment that I call the flip.
You see, the flip is a moment,
where the predator becomes the prey.
Kind of like this situation.
Those niggas I hunted,
they were so tough,
so hard, so street.
But in the last moments of their lives,
I got to see the real them.
You know, niggas always talk about
they don't care
where they live or die,
until, it's actually time to die.
Well, if you so gangster,
why the fuck
you telling us all your business?
Well, it's not like you're
going to leave here and tell anybody.
Oh no, no, no.
This is pretty much the last conversation
you gone ever have.
Well nigga if you gone kill me,
kill me,
because I ain't afraid to die.
You ain't afraid to die?
- (coughs)
- We'll see about that.
We'll see.
You know, you must feel real stupid.
You got your friend killed,
you bleeding out,
and out of all the old men on
this block you could've robbed,
your dumb ass chose me.
The most notorious hitman
in Detroit history,
Dumb!
Which bags the question,
were your parents idiots, too?
I don't know, nigga.
They died when I was little.
Sorry to hear that.
How did they die?
Man, I ain't gonna sit here and tell
you my whole fucking life story.
Okay,
okay, that's fine.
- You're done talking?
- (coughs)
- I can kill your ass right now.
- Okay okay,
damn! Chill!
My father was a drug dealer
named King.
He was taking over the city
and cutting a lot of people out.
(coughs)
So one day,
a group of drug dealers
decided to get together
and put $100,000 tag on his head.
We were leaving the mall,
and I was in the backseat.
We were on Livernoise,
[Mr. Gilmore] And six mile.
I never wanted to kill your momma,
but your daddy was a hard man to catch.
So I had to get him when
I could get him.
Your momma, was collateral damage,
and I saw your little ass in the backseat.
(coughs) - [Mr. Gilmore] I
started to kill you right then,
but I figured, you weren't a threat.
(laughs) Isn't it amazing how wrong
we can be, ain't it.
Nigga, it was you?
- You killed my family?
- Hey!
I told you it was business, not personal.
It was personal to me. Nigga.
[door knocks]
Shut up!
You, get up!
Get your ass up and answer
the damn door.
Get up!
Don't do nothing stupid.
- What't the deal, sis?
- What's up?
Hey, what's up?
(screams)
[gun shot]
- Fuck!
(sobs)
What you gone do, nigga?
- Alright.
- Fuck!
Aw shit.
We got ourselves a party now!
Y'all done really fucked up.
You, get on the floor.
- (grunts)
- Get on the floor, nigga.
So y'all gone come around me, huh?
But y'all ain't know who you was
robbing, did ya?
So you wanna dance with the devil
motherfucker!
- [Meka] (sobs)
- Fuck!
But y'all tough,
y'all gangsters,
y'all hard!
Get your ass up!
- What the fuck!
- Get over here!
- [Rip] Come on, man!
Now I'ma show you...
I'ma show you how I used to
extract information
from hard ass motherfuckers.
- Fuck you!
- Yell.
Oh, I'ma fuck you in just a
minute.
Now let me show you how how I
used to do this.
Open your mouth, nigga.
Hell nah, nigga. Fuck you, nigga!
(screams)
(inaudibly yelling)
- (coughs)
- Nigga!
(coughs)
Nigga!
[Rip] Fucking crazy.
I'ma show you how fucking crazy I am.
So you want to steal from old people, huh?
Bitch,
well I'ma beat your ass like you
stole something,
fucked up!
- (screams)
Don't go nowhere!
(screams)
Son of a bitch.
Now,
oh!
You wait right here.
Don't go nowhere.
I'll be right back.
God, please.
I'm sorry! Please get me out of this!
If you get me out of this,
I will live for you,
I'll go back to chruch and everything!
I'll be just like my daddy.
Please, just get me out of this, please!
Quit lying bitch!
Do you know how many times I've heard
people say that
same damn lie?
Oh Lord, please, if you
help me get out of this one,
I promise.
Shut up, bitch! It's your judgement day!
- Get your ass over here. Come on!
- No!
- No! No!
- Come on now! Don't fight me!
- I will break your motherfucking neck!
- No!
I'll do it! Get your ass down here!
Who you think you're running from,
bitch?
- Get down here! Get...
- Nigga, let her the fuck go!
Chris, Chris, I'm sorry!
I'm so sorry!
God, please forgive me!
God forgives, but the devil don't.
(gun shot)
Meka!
You mother-
Motherfucker.
- Come here, motherfucker.
You motherfucker!
[gun shots]
[somber music]
James Robert Gilmore.
Detective Brown.
It's been a long time.
Not long enough.
You mind telling me
what the hell happened up in there?
It's obvious, Detective.
Five young punks broke in the wrong house.
You got that right?
They broke in on me and my family.
They killed my daughter's boyfriend,
so I defended myself.
Well, from the look of things in here,
seems like you did a hell of a lot more
than
just defend yourself.
Detective, I did what I had to do.
Well, as long as the evidence
we have suggests that,
then you and I won't have a problem.
Good night, Detective.
Good night.
Who was that?
That man used to be one
of the most dangerous killers in the city.
I arrested him 30 years ago.
Sent him away for a long time.
Well,
it looks like he's back.
These streets better pray that he isn't.
- [Police officer] No, no.
- Please,
I think my kids are in the house.
Just let me see who's in there.
Officer, listen, someone called us and
said there was a shooting
in this area.
My son's phone location was on,
so we just came
right over.
- Look, I'm sorry,
this is still an active crime scene.
I can have one of my officers take
your information,
and we"' call you as soon as we identify
to bodies, I promise.
(sobs)
I'll be right there.
Want to tell me what happened in there?
Didn't the detective fill you in?
No, nigga, I'm asking you.
What the hell happened in there?
What does it matter to you? Huh?
If I find out you had anything
to do with the death of my kids,
I swear to God...
You swear to God, what?
What are you gonna do, Pastor, huh?
You know what I'm capable of.
And you know,
I taught you everything that you know.
So from the number one
hit man to the number two,
I suggest you concentrate on your church
and the family you've got left.
And you leave me the fuck alone.
Because as you can see,
I'm still the devil.
(laughs)
You mother-
(gun shot)
There goes the devil
telling me to lie again
But since I'm around me
says it's all right to pretend
that you can get more than you give
And he has a raincoat that
celebrities have
autographed, and they're
working for him
on his seat with special staff
He gets a couple more yeah
sent to him every week
Dear God
I hate to say I'm sorry
but I just want you to love me
even though I still love money
And there goes the devil
creeping in my life's design
Said where does it get you,
being such a damn nice guy?
I've been trying to reach you
ever since you bought that
suit and tie
Man you look nice
Dear God I hate to say I'm sorry
But I just want you to love me
even though I still love money
Dear God
I hate to turn the table
But I just hate waiting table
in my mid twenty
()
[intense music]
I'll take my crown now
These voices in my head
I'm telling you to bow down
You don't got control no,
so bow down
I don't give you control no,
so bown down
I'll take my crown now
These voices in my head
I'm telling you to bow down
You don't got control
so bow down
I don't give you control no
so bow down
Bow down
You got to tell them to
bow down
If you don't match up with
the word then you got to tell it
to bow down
You got to cry out, you got
to tell it to bow down
Voices in my head telling me
that I won't make it
but I like a challenge,
so I just keep going trusting the Lord,
the more that I know, the more that
I grow, the more that I show the devil
that he's on the bottom of my soul,
the time is now
and I ain't going nowhere
when good comes around
I tell it bow down, down, down
[Girl] Good morning, Mr. Gilmore!
Good morning! How you doing?
[woman] Hey, Mr. Girlmore!
Hey! I see you over there.
How you doing?
Alright. (laughs)
Hey, Mr. Gilmore!
- Hey, Lisa. How you doing?
- Good.
Can I ask you a question?
Sure. Hope I can answer it.
Now, why you always walking
when you have a perfectly good car?
(laughs)
Well, Lisa, you know what? I like walking.
It's good exercise.
And I realize, Lisa,
you know, I'm not as young as I used to
be, and I got to stay in shape somehow.
Right?
- Yeah.
- So, hey.
- You should walk with me.
- Oh,
it's too hot.
- (laughs)
- See there!
- Mess up my hair.
We can't do that.
Alright, well, you have a good one,
Mr. Gilmore.
- You too, Lisa.
- Have a nice day.
I'll see you.
Hey, Mr. Gilmore!
How you doing?
Hey, Ms. Darlene. How you doing?
I'm good.
Come here for a minute.
You all right this morning?
- Now, Mr. Gilmore,
- [Mr. Gilmore] Uhuh?
You do know you can read that
newspaper from your phone app now, right?
Wait a minute, Ms. Darlene, now.
Now, you talking about this phone
right here?
I don't think so.
- Ou, (laughs)
Yeah, probably not.
- (both laugh)
Aye, aye look babe,
I'm just happy having this one, you know?
- [Darlene] I get it.
Hey, Ms. Darlene?
Now, you know, I'm a bachelor,
and I live in this house all by myself.
Here we go.
But I'm just saying, Mr. Darlene,
I can't cook.
I've got a lot of skill but, cooking
ain't one of them.
When you going to bring me some of them
famous Oxtails I've been hearing about?
You know?
You know what, Mr. Gilmore, this
is the second time
you done asked about these Oxtails.
- It's gone be a third time.
- (laughs)
You know what?
I'm gonna make you some oxtails. Okay?
Real soon.
I promise.
Now, just because I'm making you
these Oxtails, don't think
you gone get no other kind of tale.
Just saying.
- Now Ms. Darlene, come on!
- I'm just saying!
I promise.
I'll be the perfect gentleman.
- And I'm going to hold you to that.
- Alright.
Yes, ma'am.
Well, all right, now, Mr. Gilmore,
I'ma be seeing you.
- Have a good day, Mr. Gilmore.
- Take care, Ms. Darlene.
[Mr. Gilmore] Mm.
[Mr. Gilmore] Mm.
[Hip Hop music]
Yo!
What's up with you girl?
- Nothing.
- What's your name?
I'm not going to tell you my name.
Why not?
You are a stranger.
You might try to sex traffic
me or something.
What? I ain't even one them
type of dudes,
man, come on now. Sex, maybe.
But sex trafficking? What type of
weird shit is that, girl?
All I'm saying is you in your car,
and I'm out here.
If you want to talk to me,
you need to come over here and talk to me.
Now you know, that ain't a
fucking problem girl.
Not at all.
So what's up with you?
- What's your name?
- Trez
What's your name?
Run me everything you've
got in your pockets
now before I shoot your ass
out here.
Man put that little baby ass
pistol up. You ain't
about to do shit with that
motherfucker, girl,
quit play in.
Nigga you heard what the fuck
she said.
Come on.
Wallet, phone, keys, all that. Run it.
Hurry up, nigga.
Thank you.
Thank you.
This too.
Now strip.
You got me fucked up, man.
I ain't about to do shit, dog.
Y'all can get the fuck on. I ga-
Nigga, you can either strip out here,
or die out here.
Yeah.
Ou, he stripping.
Drop em.
Drop em!
[dramatic music]
Damn!
That's a big motherfucker.
I got one just like it at the crib,
don't I bae?
And do. I mean, how
you just sit on the toilet and it
don't touch the water? (laughs)
- Shut the fuck up.
- Fuck all that.
Get your pale ass out of here.
Before I shoot yo dumb ass.
Get the fuck on man, go!
Come on.
Praise the Lord, everybody.
Praise the Lord,
everyone. Come on, stand to your feet,
and give God praise.
If you excited about what God is doing?
I know I am.
Listen, every day I want Him
to use me.
Come on, everybody hey
Your son
Simple song to sing
Any way you bless me Lord
I'll be satisfied
Any way you bless me Lord
I'll be satisfied
Any way you bless me Lord
I'll be satisfied
Say I'll be
I'll be
I'll be satisfied
Listen, Lord use me
any way you please
And take my life
as a living sacrifice
Lord I wanna be
what you created
me to be
I want to go to the masses and
compel them to come to the
Just say use me
Use me oh my Lord, I'll be satisfied
Say use me
Use me Lord, I'll be satisfied
Use me Lord, I'll be satisfied
Just use me
Use me Lord, I'll be satisfied
Say use me
Use me
On my job I said use me
Use me
In my home I said use me
Use me
Even at the bank said use me
Oh Lord I said use me
Every day said use me
Use me
Everyday use me use me
I need
Hey y'all use me
I will be, I'll be satisfied
Lord say use me, use me Lord
I will be, I'll be satisfied
Use me Lord, I'll be satisfied
Say use me, use me
Oh don't care how you use me
use me
Make me a moment use me,
use me
Do what you will say use me
Hey Lord, use me
Break me down and build me up
Break me down and build me up
Lord use me
I will be, I'll be satisfied
Say use me Lord, use me Lord
I'll be, I'll be satisfied
I will be
I'll be satisfied
Hey! Amen, amen!
[crowd cheering]
Use me Lord, I'll be satisfied
Woah!
Thank you, Elder Deon.
The David Whitfield Production Choir
Give it up, amen.
Keep the praise going.
Use me, Lord, I'll be satisfied.
Who's satisfied with being used?
I am if it's by the Lord, amen?
[crowd cheers]
Use me, Lord, I'll be satisfied. Amen?
- [crowd] Amen!
- Amen.
Thank you so much again
for that wonderful song of praise.
I'd like everybody to take their
seats as quickly as you can.
I don't want to keep you here longer
than, I'd like to get right into the word.
But first, first
I'd like to take this moment
to honor my lovely wife,
the first lady, Annette.
Amen.
[crowd cheers]
And our son, Chris.
Amen.
[crowd cheers]
Now, those of you
who have your word with me, please
turn to one of my favorite passages,
the 91st Pslam.
Amen.
And it reads
He that dwelleth in a secret place,
shall dwell in the shadow of the Almighty.
Of the Lord
I will say He is my refuge
and my shelters,
my God in Him,
will I trust.
[crowd cheers]
I'm gone tell y'all why
I love this passage of Scripture.
Because it reminds us
that we don't have to live in fear.
God is always protecting us
and he's always keeping us safe.
Now, if we look at verse four,
it says, He will cover the
with his feathers. Under his wings
shall you trust.
(stammers)
A little further down, in verse
seven, reads, A thousand.
Shall fall by thy side.
10,000, shall fall by your right hand.
But none shall come close to you.
[crowd cheers]
All right, now, I thought I was
gone have to repeat myself.
Church folk don't know when to shout.
It says, none
- [crowd] None.
- shall come close to you.
No near misses, no grazes,
none shall come close to you.
How many of us give God praise
and thank Him for that type of protection?
[crowd cheers]
Hallelujah to God.
No matter what
situation you may find yourself
in, God is a keeper.
He will keep you safe from anything
the enemy
tries to bring your way.
Amen?
Protects us, keeps us,
He is our Father, covering us.
[crowd cheers]
Glory to God.
Hallelujah. No near misses.
None shall come close to you.
[crowd cheers]
Protection
saith the Lord.
[Pastor Mitchell] Chris.
Yes, sir.
Come here for a minute, son.
Is something bothering you, son?
Naw, I'm good.
You sure?
Cause you seem like you got some things
you want to get off your chest.
I said I'm good.
Boy, you watch your tone with me,
I am still your father.
Sorry, Dad.
Now,
is this about your sister?
So if you know, then what
you asking me for?
I just told you to mind your tone
with me in this house.
Hey Ma!
- Hey, Chris.
- [Chris] Hey.
Dad.
What the hell are you doing here?
Look, I just came and get a few of
my things, and then I'm gone. All right?
You're not about to be running
in and out my house when you feel like it.
Now you get all your things and you leave
my keys on the table on the way out.
- Dwayne, please calm down.
- Knowing that
I don't need to calm down.
We did not raise our daughter
to be a weed head,
running around in
the street with gangsters.
- Especially not...
- Especially what?
Especially what, Dad?
Especially gay ones?
You said it so I didn't have to.
Dwayne, you're doing too much.
No, honey, look, if this is how she wants
to live her life, that's fine.
It's between her and God.
But she's not about to do it in my house.
Dad, you tripping.
Oh I'm tripping, son?
Well, you can leave right along
with her!
- [Annette] No!
- Hey Bae.
You good?
- Yeah, I'm good.
And I thought I told you not to ever have
this, thugged out,
boy-girl, back in my house ever again.
And you?
How dare you come into my house
asking her if she's good.
How you gone protect her from me?
That is my child.
See nah, that's my woman.
And since you put her out,
she not your problem
no more. I got her.
Oh, so you got her?
Yeah, I got her.
Well, since you've got her,
why don't her and both y'all
get the hell
out of my house
and don't come back.
- Gladly.
No, no, no, no.
Stop this! Y'all stop it!
Nah mom, tell him to stop!
- Oh no, she don't tell me nothing around here!
- Dwayne!
Don't Dwayne me.
Wait!
Boy, like I said, you can go right
along with her.
- Stop!
- Don't Dwayne me, Annette, they can go!
- Go! It is time!
- Chris, wait! Wait!
- I'm out then!
- Out! Bye!
Chris, what are you doing?
I want to go with you, I'm
sick of this shit.
Nah Chris, It's too dangerous.
I can handle myself.
Hey, y'all figure it the fuck out,
because I'm about to pull off
before I have to smoke this
old ass nigga.
I'm going with you.
Chris.
Chris!
(grunts)
Ou!
Ms. Darlene!
Those are some of the best tasting
Oxtail I've had in a long time.
As a matter of fact, last time
I had some this good, my mother made them.
- Oh really?
- Mhm!
Okay, well,
I will take that as a compliment.
As you should. My mother
could cook, now.
So, uh, where is Mrs. Gilmore?
Mrs. Gilmore? Well, you know what?
I never got married.
I mean, I had a lot of girlfriends,
you know,
but I just never settled down.
Ah. I see, I see.
You was one of them old
player players from the Himalayas.
- Player player! (laughs)
Listen, I know I'm
old, but do you have to say things
that make me sound old?
I'm just calling it like I see it.
But look, I was just young,
had some money at the
time, you know?
And I just didn't think my lifestyle
would fit into married life, you know?
I see.
I see.
Well, what did you do for a living?
Well, hold on.
[phone rings]
Oh, let me take this.
Hello?
Hey, sweetie.
I'm all right.
Yes, I ate.
Listen, my friend, Ms. Darlene,
she brought me over some Oxtails,
some Greens, macaroni and cheese
and cornbread, mhm.
Don't worry about who she is.
Look, you're making me be
rude to my company now.
I'll call you later.
Okay? Bye.
Sorry. That was my daughter,
who think she my momma.
(laughs) I understand that.
How many children do you have?
I got two.
A boy and a girl.
My daughter, she stays out in Troy.
And my son,
he's incarcerated.
- Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
- That's okay.
My daddy told me a long time ago,
hard head makes a soft ass.
But nothing 20 years in prison won't fix.
So what about you?
You got any kids?
I do.
I do.
I have three children.
Two girls, one boy.
- [Mr. Gilmore] Oh, okay.
They're all grown.
- [Mr. Gilmore] Yeah.
And I was married.
My husband died, COVID
Three years ago.
I'm sorry for your loss.
You know what?
Thank you.
I'm-I'm still healing,
but I'm doing much better.
Tell you what, let's make a deal.
You keep the oxtails coming over here,
and I'll take care of anything
that you might need. Everything.
See? See, that's that old player charm
I'm talking about right there.
You know, old habits die hard now.
But I'm serious,
I'll take care of whatever you need. Okay?
I'd like that.
[hip hop music]
Jason?
Yeah that's me, what's up?
Okay.
What up doe? Where the Xbox?
First things first,
where the money at?
(chuckles)
Relax, bro.
My bad,
I'm a little on edge
because I never sold nothing on
market marketplace before.
You can relax, man.
I'm good people.
Okay, for sure.
Let me pop it out the trunk.
Actually, you can leave it in there.
Oh shit.
And tell your bitch
to get out the car too, nigga.
Unless she trying to come with me
and my girl to have a threesome
or something.
[Jason's girl] What?
Run them pockets, my boy.
Hurry the fuck up. Hurry up.
Give me all this shit.
Pick it up. Pick it up. Hurry up.
Yeah, get that bag.
I'm in a good mood today.
Usually I'll make them strip.
I'm gonna let you
get the fuck out of here.
Y'all look back, I'm shooting
both y'all dumb asses.
Man, them broke ass niggas ain't
have nothing but $200
and this fake ass Louis purse.
Fuck, man!
We might as well give this to
your brother. Yo Chris!
Come here real quick,
I got something for you.
What is it?
Take it little, nigga.
Aye, watch how you talking
to my brother.
He just standing there and shit.
Thank you?
Thanks.
- That little nigga weird as hell.
- You gone
stop talking about my brother.
Look, we need to hit a lick lick.
Yeah, for real. Otherwise,
we both gone have
to get some jobs around here.
Job? Shit who?
[Meka] You.
If I get a job,
it's going to be to figure out
how to rob that motherfucker.
Yeah yeah, whatever.
[guns shooting]
[door knocking]
You okay?
Yeah, I'm good.
Look, Chris,
I appreciate you standing up to
dad for me and everything,
but you got to go back home.
This ain't no environment for you.
But I don't want to go back home.
And I definitely don't
want to go back to that stupid church.
Chris,
I'm tired of all the rules,
all the judgement,
and all the fake people.
To me, y'all are free.
Y'all do what y'all want,
you make your own rules,
and I want to be free just like y'all.
It's other ways to be free, Chris.
Trust me on that.
But I want to be free like y'all.
Chris,
I want to go on a job with y'all
A job?
Yeah, a job.
A lick?
- (laughs)
- Or whatever y'all call it.
Boy bye. You are not built for the
street life.
Plus, if anything happens to
you while you with me,
daddy gone kill us both.
Man, fuck dad.
Woah, church boy.
You cussing, cussing now, huh?
Hey, don't call me that
because I ain't no church boy.
Oh, don't call me that,
I ain't no church boy.
Whatever,
church boy.
Look, just ignore her.
But seriously, Chris, it's crazy
out there, and I can't jeopardize
your safety like that.
Look,
either y'all take me with y'all,
so you can teach me the right way,
or I'll take my chances
and figure it out on my own.
What's up with this fool man?
I know, I ain't talk to this
motherfucker all day.
- Rip!
- Me either.
It's hotter than a motherfucker
out here.
Banging on my door like you
the police, nigga.
Got your attention, didn't it?
Coming out this bitch fresh as
hell. What's up?
Yeah!
What's the deal? What up doe?
Ain't shit.
What you into?
Robbed this nigga earlier for
a couple dollars.
You still doing that shit?
Man look, fuck with this shit.
Me and P on this shit.
That's about three bands right there.
You see them crystals in that
shit?
That pill shit smooth and all,
but I like the rush of the stick
up, gang.
Rush?
Rose. Yeah, they got a rush.
Yeah nigga, the rush!
- What rush?
- Ain't nothing like seeing the fear
on people's faces when I up
blick on them,
Knowing I got the power of life and death,
I be feeling like God, nigga.
Man, such your dumb ass up fool,
talking about you feel like God.
God rich.
That little money you got
ain't hitting on shit.
Hey, you ain't lying.
You need to rob some old people,
though.
That's the move.
What type of sick, twisted ass nigga
is you, bro?
Nigga, that shit an easy ass lick.
Look, old people always got
cash on them.
They always got jewelry,
they don't use none of them
Cashapps we use,
all that shit.
They be, tums, motherfuckers
watching MASH all night.
Run in there while they
watching that shit.
Motherfucking stool softener,
they be fucked up in the crib
and you can take all they shit.
You good!
Shit green.
Think about it, dog.
I ain't ever thought about that.
[PJ] What's there to think about it?
You know what?
Y'all ass going to fuck around
and catch murder one,
from giving they old
asses a heart attack.
- Don't listen to this nigga.
- No faking.
- Don't listen to this nigga.
- You know what?
I got one better for both of y'all though.
You want to hear it?
We about to roll, because
y'all tripping.
- Man lets hit the store.
- Let's go bro. I'm out.
- Alright man, get with me.
- Aye, bump what he talking about,
get on that shit.
Think about it.
I see you thinking about it right now.
What them fools want?
And why are you sitting here
with this look on your face?
Cause,
I think I just found our next lick.
Okay well, tell me
about it when I come back.
I got to go hit my mom's real quick.
(chokes) Hold on.
You must want your pops to
cuss your ass out again.
I ain't gonna be there to protect you
this time.
Whatever I'll see you
when I get back.
Whatever.
Bring me some Funyuns.
[doorbell]
- Hey Ma.
- Hey, baby.
You sure it's okay for me to be here?
Yes, babe, this is my house, too.
Plus,
your father is at the church
so he'll be gone for a while.
Typical.
Come on.
So what's up?
Meka, listen,
I know you and your father bump heads,
but it is
because you all are so much alike.
Headstrong and stubborn.
Yeah, that's true.
And although
he can be
heavy handed with you at times,
he's right.
We didn't raise you to be in the streets.
I know you didn't, Ma.
Okay, so what is it?
What are you looking for out there?
Honestly, it's exciting.
Exciting?
Yeah! It's a whole world out there
that I knew nothing about,
and that's exciting.
So risking
your freedom in your life is exciting?
Look Mom,
I don't expect you to understand.
You're so used to conforming, and
fitting in the box and doing what's right.
And I don't want to live my life
like that.
At least not right now, anyways.
Baby,
tomorrow is not promised to any of us.
Exactly.
So while I'm alive, I'ma enjoy it.
Plus, he don't care no way.
Why would you say that?
Because growing up,
he put the church before everything.
Before me, before Chris,
Ma, he even put the church before you.
Tameka, your dad is a pastor.
What was he supposed to do?
He was supposed to be my father.
Okay,
look,
I didn't bring you here to argue.
Look, I get it,
Dad had to tend to the church.
He had to do him.
So now I'm doing me.
It's a whole world out there,
and I want to see what's out there.
Baby, that's just it.
There is nothing out there.
Okay, well,
let me find that out for myself.
I'll get tired of how I'm living,
come back to the church,
y'all could throw me a party
and everything.
Call me the prodigal daughter.
(laughs)
Tameka, this is not a joke.
You only get one life.
Now, if you want to gamble yours
away, that's fine,
but now, you have my son
sniffing up behind you.
I don't have him doing nothing.
I told him to come home. He ain't
listening to me.
Of course he's not listening.
He wants to be what he sees.
Look, Chris is almost 18.
If he wants to be out there, there's
nothing
you, me, or nobody else can say to him.
Do you even care what happens to him?
Of course I care what happens to him.
Look,
I'm sorry for yelling,
but I'm just saying,
if Chris wants to be out there,
we can't stop him.
All I can do
is guarantee to look out for him.
And who's going to look out for you?
[phone chimes]
Look, I got to go.
You gotta stop worrying so much, alright?
Come on.
I love you.
I love you too, baby.
[somber music]
(both laugh)
You really said that?
You know I did.
You something else girl.
So Daddy,
who is this new woman that's
been bringing you dinner?
(sighs) Here you go being nosey.
Mhm, I am.
Her name is Darlene.
Okay.
She's my neighbor.
Daddy.
What?
You know you're not supposed to
shit where you eat.
Oh girl, please!
Girl please what? You the one
who taught me that.
Okay, you're right.
But I really do like this, Ms. Darlene.
And I also taught
you rules are made to be broken.
Right?
- Mhm.
But she better be treating you right,
because if not, I'ma be offing
that ass.
Oh, there you go talking like that.
What do you want to do? You want to
end up where your brother's at?
My brother is in jail
because he's stupid.
Me? I'm the smartest kid you got
(both laugh)
You...
Okay.
That's a fact. That's a fact.
You got it. All right.
- Daddy, can I ask you a question?
- Sure.
You have any regrets?
Regrets?
Yes, I do, Jess.
I mean, I hurt a lot of people,
and I believe your brother, and our
relationship, is my karma.
Daddy, I'm not mad at you.
Honestly, I'm just happy
that you're here with me now.
I'm happy to be here.
Did you ask God for forgiveness?
Everyday, Jess,
everyday.
Okay, so if God forgave you, and I
forgive you,
that's all that matters, right?
(laughs) I guess so.
I know so.
(laughs)
Jess, thank you.
For what?
For giving me a chance to make things
right after being gone all this time.
Thank you.
You're welcome, daddy.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Alright, let's stop all this mushy
stuff girl.
Please do.
Hey listen, I feel lucky.
Why don't you take me to the
store so I can play my lottery.
What you playing lottery for and
you already got money?
Because I told you, you forgot?
You never, ever have too much money.
You know what? You right!
Let's go to the store!
Let's go! Let's go, babe.
Hey Corey!
- You alright?
- What's up with you? How you doing?
You alright today?
- I'm good.
- Good! Feel lucky, man.
Any winners for me today, huh?
I got the Lucky Hot 7's for you.
Oh, the Hot 7's? Okay.
[inaudiable]
- Shit, man.
- Shit, for real man.
Yes indeed. I'm hungry as hell
[indistinct chatter]
Yeah!
[indistinct chatter]
- Oh it's on you?
- Hell yeah!
- Oh, say less man.
- Fuck it.
- What's good with you, Big C.
- Let's get some woods too!
- What's up dog?
- All right, all right.
Yeah, yeah give me a Dark Leaf.
Alright.
- Two pack or five pack?
- Two pack.
[brooding music]
[indistinct chatter]
Hey Corey,
let me have a couple of Hot 7's, okay?
And um, can you break a hundred
dollar bill for me?
- No problem.
- Okay, my man!
See, that's whyl like coming to you, man.
You take care of me, whew!
Winners, right? (laughs)
Appreciate you.
Grab that for me.
Damn!
Damn baby, what's your name?
Boy, bye!
Man, fuck this bitch, man. We out.
Who you calling a bitch, nigga?
Ho, you better watch your
mouth before we rob yo ass.
Try it, and your momma gone be putting
together a GoFundMe
for your old dusty ass.
Fellas.
Is there a problem?
Mind your business, old ass nigga.
What's up?
This is my daughter, so this is
my business.
Get this nigga, man. Aye, aye, aye.
We up.
You lucky, old ass nigga.
[dramatic music]
Daddy?
Daddy, come on.
[police officer] Is there a problem
here sir?
Oh! Everything's okay, officer.
Just a couple of young punks.
But you know what?
I was a young punk once.
Good thing you live long enough
to change, right?
Amen to that.
Have a good day, sir.
You too, Officer. Be safe out there.
Thank you.
So, you sure you gonna be okay, Daddy?
(laughs) Come on, baby girl.
Now you know, your daddy
can take care of himself, right?
So I want you to do is, just
go on home.
I'll be fine.
[gun cocks]
Man, let's slide on his old ass right now.
Nah.
We know where we at now.
We'll be back.
Alright, Daddy.
I love you.
- I love you, too, sweetheart.
Okay?
[dramatic music]
[car engine starts]
Dwayne,
what's wrong?
Annette, maybe,
what's right?
I'm a failure.
Why would you say that?
I spent all this time
trying to save everyone else.
Preaching to everyone else.
Counseling everyone else's family,
helping everyone else's kids.
Only to lose my home?
Honey, it's not your fault.
You did the right thing.
You did your best to teach them
what's right,
and that was up to them to practice it.
Or not.
Okay, but maybe it was me.
Maybe I was too hard on them.
Maybe I didn't do enough to shield them
from the scrutiny
and drama of being a preacher's kid.
You know, church folks is messy.
What good is to be a successful pastor,
and a failure as a father?
Baby, you are a wonderful husband
and father.
I am so proud of you.
You've sacrificed so much for us.
At this point,
all we can do is pray for them
and put them in God's hands.
Sometimes God shows us grace.
There's other times,
God allows us to eat for the table
that we have prepared for ourselves.
(sighs)
And God only knows what them children
are out there in the streets doing.
At this point, we have to put our faith
in God.
And what He chooses to do,
that's His business.
[somber music]
[dramatic music]
[sighs]
[door knocks]
Yo, why is you at my crib?
Came to talk to my son.
Get the fuck off my porch, man.
I'm not leaving without my son.
You do whatever it is
you feel you need to do.
Dad, what are you doing here?
I came to talk to your brother.
Now, look, I know you're a grown woman,
so I can't tell you what to do.
But your brother is a minor,
and he's still my responsibility.
Dad, he don't want to go home.
What part of that don't you understand?
And he is my son.
What part of that don't you understand?
Hey, I really don't appreciate you
bringing all this drama to my crib.
And I really don't care
what you don't appreciate.
Dad?
What are you doing here?
Son, come home.
Your mother and I miss you. We love you.
Dad. I'm not going.
Chris, please go with this man.
- I'm not going nowhere.
- But why, son?
This ain't no place for you.
Listen, Pops, I'm gonna go in the house,
and when I come back out here,
if you still here,
I'm treating you like an intruder.
I'm out here on your porch. I'm not
in your house.
You won't be when twelve get here.
Rip, go inside. I got this.
Now, thank you.
Now, listen, Dad,
if I want to live my life,
how I want to live it,
I should be able to do just that,
and if Chris want to do the same thing,
then I got him.
Babygirl, why would you want your
brother to live a lifestyle
that you know is dangerous?
But dad, I can handle myself. I'm good.
Oh, you good?
Yeah, We good.
Okay.
I see what I need to do.
I will leave the two of you
in God's hands.
Nah, you ain't got to do that.
In fact,
your God, ain't ever done anything
for me
but take you away from us.
You be so, God, this God that
but did you ever stop for one second
and think that maybe God is the reason
we're here in the first place?
Maybe if you spent as much time with us
as you spent with God, we wouldn't
be here right now.
Baby girl, you got to listen.
Look, guys, I'm sorry.
I know the church pulled me away from you,
I did the best that I could
to try to make it up to you.
I tried to make you guys comfortable.
We didn't ask for comfortable, Dad,
we asked for you.
I get it.
So let's go home so I can fix it.
- Nah.
- Guys,
give me a chance to fix this.
- Nah, it's too late for all
- Rip!
That old man.
Now get the fuck off my porch
before you be talking to God
face to face.
Oh my gosh, Dad!
Mhm, yeah!
I ain't always been no preacher.
See, old me?
I would've blow your head
clean off your shoulders.
Went out to a nice dinner with my family
like it never even happened.
Dad, please stop.
But I'm a changed man now.
So I'ma leave you with your
life and a lesson,
you never pull your weapon until the
moment you're ready to use it.
[gun cocks]
And you never judge a book
by its cover.
The next time I see you, it's
on, old man!
Hey! There she is!
How you doing, baby?
I'm good!
Good to see you! Ou, you smell good!
Thank you.
Thank you.
Whew, is she here?
She'll be here in a minute.
Now, wait a minute,
you nervous?
Me? No, of course not.
Mhm.
Okay, well, maybe just a little bit.
Listen, sweetheart, relax.
My daughter is going to love you.
- I hope so.
- She will!
See, here she come now.
Hey, sweetheart.
Hey daddy!
You alright?
I'm good.
Goo to see you. Now, Ms. Darlene,
this is Jessica. Jessica, this is
Ms. Darlene.
You can just call me Darlene, sweetheart.
It's a pleasure to meet you, Darlene.
I've heard a whole lot about you.
What?
Really?
- My daddy really likes you.
- Oh, Jessica!
You do!
It's okay. It's okay.
I really like him, too!
See? She really likes you too,
and I think it's nice!
Embarrassing your dad is not nice!
Stop!
Listen, I'm going to bring dinner
by later, and maybe we can talk more then.
Yeah!
That sounds good babe.
Sounds good
So good to finally meet you, Jessica!
Likewise. See you later.
So, babe?
- (laughs)
- Don't you start, okay?
Don't start!
That was cute.
Yeah, that's my girl.
- I got an idea.
- What's that?
I'm gonna bring my new friend,
Omar, over
and we can have a double date.
Who's Omar?
I just told you Daddy, my new friend.
Well, see you later.
But you-
But you ain't tell me about no new friend.
- Bye daddy!
Jessica!
What you doing, baby?
Nothing.
You good?
Yeah, I'm okay.
You still thinking about what
happened with your pops?
Yeah, I mean, I'm still mad at him,
don't get me wrong,
but as my daddy and I love him.
But he don't love you though!
He put the church before y'all.
And who is your pops, anyway?
That nigga had that look in
his eyes.
What look?
That killer look
Real gangsters know that look.
I don't know.
I mean, I know that he used
to be in the streets,
and I know he got locked up before,
but that's about all I know.
Shit, I know the rest.
That nigga was looking like
he was gonna blow my ass
Now you know
I wasn't going to let that happen to you.
Man, look,
you and your brother are a
whole lot of trouble.
Maybe y'all should just bounce.
Come on, man.
You know I'm riding with you.
Alright, prove it then.
I ain't gotta prove shit.
I've been proving it this whole time.
All right, so you remember that lick
I told you about?
Mhm.
It's on the floor tonight.
Okay, so what about it?
Just a old nigga,
with a lot of money, and a
whole lot of mouth.
Old nigga?
Just get the tools ready, baby.
What's up y'all?
Hey.
What up doe?
You a whole lot of trouble.
When is you going home?
When he get ready.
I told y'all, I ain't going back there.
Meka, this little nigga has to go.
I ain't going nowhere.
So whatever y'all got on the floor,
I want in.
- [Meka] Look,
- Hell nah!
He gonna fuck around and get us all
killed.
Look, I'm not gonna keep going back
and forth
and arguing with him about it.
What's the harm in going on one
little lick?
The I'm not gonna take this
lame ass,
corny ass, goofball ass nigga on
no lick with us!
[hip hop music]
Here, hit this.
No, I'm good.
Man, hit this. It's going to help
you relax.
I said I'm good.
Bae, he said he good.
All I know is, he better not freeze up
when it's time to put the play down.
Look, you gone chill on my brother.
Ms. Darlene, everything is amazing.
Why thank you, Jessica.
So, Omar, what do you do for a living?
I work at GM.
Yep, been there 15 years.
GM? That's good.
So you got good benefits?
Yeah, something like that.
It's a very good job.
My husband retired from the factory
right before he passed.
Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that.
Oh no, no, it's okay.
I'm still healing,
But your dad is making things
a lot easier for me.
Where are we going?
Man, I told you, to hit this old
nigga.
Old man? Why are we
robbing an old man?
Yeah, I'm with him on this one.
Why are we doing that?
Look, if y'all not with the shit,
I'll gladly drop y'all the fuck off
and pick up PJ and Trey.
Come on, Bae,
you know I'm with you for whatever.
No, Meka I ain't trying to rob
no old people.
I told you this little nigga
wasn't ready.
Look, you wanted in, so this is in.
We gone go in there, scare
them a little bit,
get what they got and get out.
Easy.
Right?
Easy peasy.
[suspenseful music]
Here, take this.
Don't put your finger on the trigger
until you ready to shoot.
Chris?
Yeah?
Did you hear what she said?
Yeah, I heard her.
- [Jessica] Daddy!
- I'm just saying, Omar,
my daughter, she is high maintenance.
I am not.
Okay, what other kids do know,
going to middle school,
are wearing Gucci, Fendi,
hair, nails, feet done?
And who made me that way?
Your mama.
Yeah, right!
My Lord! Seems to me like you created
that monster.
Exactly. Thank you.
Well, I'm not worried about it at all.
I don't mind spoiling her.
Just a little bit.
A little bit? You mean a lot?
You see there? You see what
I'm taking about right?
Okay.
Oh shoot. I forgot dessert.
I baked us a whole cake.
I'm just going to go back home
and grab it.
No, baby, I'll go get it.
Oh no, no. You don't have to do that.
No, I have to.
I'm not going to have you
walk down the street at night by yourself.
Come on.
- Alright. So,
- Alright.
- When you get there, it's right there on the counter.
- Okay.
- Okay?
I'll see you in a minute.
(all laugh)
I just want to tell you, thank you for
taking good care of my daddy.
Oh, it's no problem at all, sweetheart.
Your dad takes good care of me.
[Jessica] Okay.
He takes out my trash,
he comes and
mows my grass for me.
Just last week
he came by, fixed my sink.
I was wondering why that toolbox
was at the door.
So as far as I'm concerned,
which I'll say is is fair exchange,
no robbery.
- Agreed. (laughs)
[doorbell]
That must be my daddy.
He must've left his key.
I'm going to go let him in.
Daddy, you left your keys?
If we weren't here,
you would have been locked out.
You can't be doing that...
- Get the...
- Oh my gosh!
- Get the fuck back!
Oh my gosh!
Oh my gosh!
[gun shot]
- (screams)
- Sit your-
Sit the fuck down.
- Come on!
RIP you ain't have to shoot him!
Shut the fuck up, nigga! Don't
say my name
no got damn more.
Everybody calm down and
do what the fuck we say
and nobody else gotta get hurt.
All right, where is he?
(stammers)
[RIP] The old nigga that live here,
that's who.
Where is he?
- He left.
He left? Okay.
We'll wait.
Tie they asses up.
(inaudible)
[tense music]
What's up, old man.
You know what the fuck it is.
Hey, take it easy, fella,
I don't want no trouble now.
- I'm a fucking female.
- Ow!
(women scream)
- [Chris] RIP!
- Stop saying my fucking name!
Y'all, chill out so we can get in and out.
Look, old man,
This is clearly a robbery, his bitch ass,
made me turn into a homicide.
But nobody else gotta die, though.
Just give me what I'm looking for.
Look, you came to the wrong house,
I don't have anything for you to rob.
I'm at the right house, old man,
I seen that knot at the store!
Sir, just tell us what you got up in here
so we can get it
and bounce.
Okay.
I've got some money and I've got
jewelry stashed in the upstairs
bedroom.
Now see? Was that so hard?
Come on, baby, let's go check
it out.
You keep an eye on him, and if he move
you shoot him.
Hey,
Y'all alright?
Listen to me,
Everything is going to be okay.
They're going to go upstairs
and take what they want,
and then they're going to leave right?
Yes, sir.
He that dwelleth in the secret place
of the Most High,
shall abide under the shadows
of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, He
is my refuge,
my fortress,
my God.
In Him, will I trust,
(both) surely,
He shall deliver thee
from the snare of the father
and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with His feathers
and under His wings shall
thou trust.
His truth shalt be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid
for the terror by night,
nor for the arrow that flyth by day.
You seem to know that Scripture
very well, son,
do you believe in God?
Yeah.
Heard it in church all my life.
My dad is a pastor.
And Psalm 91 is one of his
favorite scriptures.
Well, boy, if you believe In the Lord,
why the hell you out here
robbing old people?
We're too old for that shit.
(both laugh)
Fuck! Yes!
Bae, look, come here.
Hell yeah!
What the fuck is you doing?
I'm gonna text PJ and Trey.
For what?
So we can take all this shit.
We don't need them.
We need to get what we gone
get and get out.
Man, you tripping. We about to
take all this shit.
Bet. He said he'll be here in
20 minutes.
20 minutes? We need to be
gone in 20 minutes, RIP!
You bullshitting.
Man, chill out! They not going nowhere.
So what's your name, son?
Come on man, I ain't telling
you my name.
Now kill all the talking.
Okay. Okay.
I just want to know who I
was talking to, is all.
My name is Mr. Gilmore.
Chris.
Pleasure to meet you, Chris.
And like I said,
what would make a good church boy
like you start robbing old people?
Look, I'm supposed to be watching you,
not running off at the mouth.
Okay.
My family's just nervous right
now, Chris,
and I'm nervous and talking
just relaxes me, you know?
And plus, I just keep on wondering
what would push a
positive young man,
like yourself, to take such a dark path?
I just can't understand it.
Look,
because I'm tired, okay?
I'm tired of being a good
ol little church boy.
Now, there's your answer.
Now, look, old man,
I don't want to see you get hurt,
so just cooperate
so we can get out of here.
Young man,
God knows your heart
and he still loves you.
And you still have time
to turn your life around
before you do something
you're going to regret.
Man, look
I don't want to hear that shit right now.
Just shut up, old man.
But it's the truth.
God has a calling on your life, Chris.
And the devil,
the devil
is trying to make you abort it.
Man, whatever. Just be quiet!
I can see it, Chris.
You don't really want be here doing this.
I could see it in your eyes.
You don't know me. Okay?
Just shut up.
I'll tell you what,
Just hand me the gun, Chris.
Give me the gun.
- No.
- Let me pray with you.
Then I'll let you guys go.
Chris, I won't even call the police.
I can't do that.
Yes, you can do it, Chris.
You can do it.
Listen, come get your blessing.
God still loves you, Chris.
This is not the life God
wants for you, Chris.
He wants you have a better life.
You don't want to do this.
You want God's blessing, don't you?
Yeah, I know.
He wants God's blessing.
- (sobs)
Just get it out, get it out.
Get it out.
- I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I know, Chris. I know.
It's going to be all right.
Now-now just clean it up.
Clean... there you go.
It's gone be just fine, Chris.
Wipe it away, Chris.
It's gone be okay.
- Sir?
- Mhm?
Are you still going to let us go?
[gun cocks]
No.
[gun shot]
(women scream)
[gun shot]
Aht.
I'll kill him right now.
- Just give me the gun, sweetie.
- (gasps)
Alright. Just don't kill him.
Just give me the gun,
and everybody's going to be all right.
Meka, don't give him your fucking gun.
What am I supposed to do?
Let him kill my brother?
Yeah, that's it.
Now, give me the other one.
That's a good girl.
[gun shots]
- No!
You fucking shot him, you bastard.
You gone pay for this, I swear
to God.
Chris, I'm sorry.
You gone pay for this, I swear.
Untie them.
I ain't doing shit!
Oh you ain't gone do shit?
Then I'm going to lay your ass out right
next to Chris
Don't you say his name!
Don't you dare say
his fucking name!
Chris.
Now what, bitch?
[Meka] (sobs)
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Now untie them.
[brooding dramatic music]
(sobs)
It's alright. It's okay, baby.
It's okay.
Come here.
Now listen, listen, listen to me!
Listen!
You take Darlene home to her house
okay? And you stay there.
What?
Calm down!
We gotta call the police!
No police. You hear me?
What the fuck do you mean,
no police?
Darlene, look.
He said no police, so it's no police.
Let's go!
Look, Old Man,
if you know what's good for you,
you'll let us go.
Just let you go, huh?
Just like that?
Yeah, nigga, (coughs)
Just like that.
You know what?
You should really calm down.
I mean,
you know,
save your strength.
I mean,
you really bleeding out there
a little bit
you know...
- Fuck you, nigga!
No. Fuck you.
[cocks gun]
Okay. Okay, chill!
You're right.
You are right, man.
This is getting way out of hand.
I haven't killed anybody since 1992,
but as you can see,
comes right back to you.
Just like riding a bike.
Look at that! My hands
are shaking.
Probably because I never cared
for killing women.
Back in the day, we had a code
no women,
no children.
But I have to break those rules
every now and then.
If the price was right.
Nigga, you better not touch my girl.
Oh her?
She's dead already.
I just haven't decided when, yet.
[Meka] Nigga fuck you, you
ain't gone do shit.
Chris.
Chris.
Meka don't think I'ma do shit!
Would you tell her how good of a shot
I am?
Oh that's right, Chris, you dead.
I'm sorry.
(coughs)
Man, who the fuck is you anyway?
Oh, that's right.
We haven't met yet.
The name is James Robert Gilmore,
but out in the streets,
they used to call me
The Devil.
I heard about you
Used to be a hitman back in the day.
They say you killed over 30 some people.
(laughs)
No. It was way more than that.
After a while, I stopped counting.
Yeah, I did my first hit back in 1973.
I was 17 years old,
had nightmares behind that one.
But after that one,
each hit after that got easier and easier
until I became the best.
In 1993, I was making $50,000 a hit.
But then they sat me down for 30 years.
I just got out a year ago.
(coughs) So what you do?
Leave a witness alive or something?
Yep.
The motherfucker who hired me
for the job. You know, he decided that
it was better for him to snitch on me,
then pay me my damn money.
Sounds like he was a piece of shit.
Yup.
Was is right.
You want to know what I used to love
about being a hit, man?
No, nigga,
I want you to call me a fucking ambulance.
It was that moment that I call the flip.
You see, the flip is a moment,
where the predator becomes the prey.
Kind of like this situation.
Those niggas I hunted,
they were so tough,
so hard, so street.
But in the last moments of their lives,
I got to see the real them.
You know, niggas always talk about
they don't care
where they live or die,
until, it's actually time to die.
Well, if you so gangster,
why the fuck
you telling us all your business?
Well, it's not like you're
going to leave here and tell anybody.
Oh no, no, no.
This is pretty much the last conversation
you gone ever have.
Well nigga if you gone kill me,
kill me,
because I ain't afraid to die.
You ain't afraid to die?
- (coughs)
- We'll see about that.
We'll see.
You know, you must feel real stupid.
You got your friend killed,
you bleeding out,
and out of all the old men on
this block you could've robbed,
your dumb ass chose me.
The most notorious hitman
in Detroit history,
Dumb!
Which bags the question,
were your parents idiots, too?
I don't know, nigga.
They died when I was little.
Sorry to hear that.
How did they die?
Man, I ain't gonna sit here and tell
you my whole fucking life story.
Okay,
okay, that's fine.
- You're done talking?
- (coughs)
- I can kill your ass right now.
- Okay okay,
damn! Chill!
My father was a drug dealer
named King.
He was taking over the city
and cutting a lot of people out.
(coughs)
So one day,
a group of drug dealers
decided to get together
and put $100,000 tag on his head.
We were leaving the mall,
and I was in the backseat.
We were on Livernoise,
[Mr. Gilmore] And six mile.
I never wanted to kill your momma,
but your daddy was a hard man to catch.
So I had to get him when
I could get him.
Your momma, was collateral damage,
and I saw your little ass in the backseat.
(coughs) - [Mr. Gilmore] I
started to kill you right then,
but I figured, you weren't a threat.
(laughs) Isn't it amazing how wrong
we can be, ain't it.
Nigga, it was you?
- You killed my family?
- Hey!
I told you it was business, not personal.
It was personal to me. Nigga.
[door knocks]
Shut up!
You, get up!
Get your ass up and answer
the damn door.
Get up!
Don't do nothing stupid.
- What't the deal, sis?
- What's up?
Hey, what's up?
(screams)
[gun shot]
- Fuck!
(sobs)
What you gone do, nigga?
- Alright.
- Fuck!
Aw shit.
We got ourselves a party now!
Y'all done really fucked up.
You, get on the floor.
- (grunts)
- Get on the floor, nigga.
So y'all gone come around me, huh?
But y'all ain't know who you was
robbing, did ya?
So you wanna dance with the devil
motherfucker!
- [Meka] (sobs)
- Fuck!
But y'all tough,
y'all gangsters,
y'all hard!
Get your ass up!
- What the fuck!
- Get over here!
- [Rip] Come on, man!
Now I'ma show you...
I'ma show you how I used to
extract information
from hard ass motherfuckers.
- Fuck you!
- Yell.
Oh, I'ma fuck you in just a
minute.
Now let me show you how how I
used to do this.
Open your mouth, nigga.
Hell nah, nigga. Fuck you, nigga!
(screams)
(inaudibly yelling)
- (coughs)
- Nigga!
(coughs)
Nigga!
[Rip] Fucking crazy.
I'ma show you how fucking crazy I am.
So you want to steal from old people, huh?
Bitch,
well I'ma beat your ass like you
stole something,
fucked up!
- (screams)
Don't go nowhere!
(screams)
Son of a bitch.
Now,
oh!
You wait right here.
Don't go nowhere.
I'll be right back.
God, please.
I'm sorry! Please get me out of this!
If you get me out of this,
I will live for you,
I'll go back to chruch and everything!
I'll be just like my daddy.
Please, just get me out of this, please!
Quit lying bitch!
Do you know how many times I've heard
people say that
same damn lie?
Oh Lord, please, if you
help me get out of this one,
I promise.
Shut up, bitch! It's your judgement day!
- Get your ass over here. Come on!
- No!
- No! No!
- Come on now! Don't fight me!
- I will break your motherfucking neck!
- No!
I'll do it! Get your ass down here!
Who you think you're running from,
bitch?
- Get down here! Get...
- Nigga, let her the fuck go!
Chris, Chris, I'm sorry!
I'm so sorry!
God, please forgive me!
God forgives, but the devil don't.
(gun shot)
Meka!
You mother-
Motherfucker.
- Come here, motherfucker.
You motherfucker!
[gun shots]
[somber music]
James Robert Gilmore.
Detective Brown.
It's been a long time.
Not long enough.
You mind telling me
what the hell happened up in there?
It's obvious, Detective.
Five young punks broke in the wrong house.
You got that right?
They broke in on me and my family.
They killed my daughter's boyfriend,
so I defended myself.
Well, from the look of things in here,
seems like you did a hell of a lot more
than
just defend yourself.
Detective, I did what I had to do.
Well, as long as the evidence
we have suggests that,
then you and I won't have a problem.
Good night, Detective.
Good night.
Who was that?
That man used to be one
of the most dangerous killers in the city.
I arrested him 30 years ago.
Sent him away for a long time.
Well,
it looks like he's back.
These streets better pray that he isn't.
- [Police officer] No, no.
- Please,
I think my kids are in the house.
Just let me see who's in there.
Officer, listen, someone called us and
said there was a shooting
in this area.
My son's phone location was on,
so we just came
right over.
- Look, I'm sorry,
this is still an active crime scene.
I can have one of my officers take
your information,
and we"' call you as soon as we identify
to bodies, I promise.
(sobs)
I'll be right there.
Want to tell me what happened in there?
Didn't the detective fill you in?
No, nigga, I'm asking you.
What the hell happened in there?
What does it matter to you? Huh?
If I find out you had anything
to do with the death of my kids,
I swear to God...
You swear to God, what?
What are you gonna do, Pastor, huh?
You know what I'm capable of.
And you know,
I taught you everything that you know.
So from the number one
hit man to the number two,
I suggest you concentrate on your church
and the family you've got left.
And you leave me the fuck alone.
Because as you can see,
I'm still the devil.
(laughs)
You mother-
(gun shot)
There goes the devil
telling me to lie again
But since I'm around me
says it's all right to pretend
that you can get more than you give
And he has a raincoat that
celebrities have
autographed, and they're
working for him
on his seat with special staff
He gets a couple more yeah
sent to him every week
Dear God
I hate to say I'm sorry
but I just want you to love me
even though I still love money
And there goes the devil
creeping in my life's design
Said where does it get you,
being such a damn nice guy?
I've been trying to reach you
ever since you bought that
suit and tie
Man you look nice
Dear God I hate to say I'm sorry
But I just want you to love me
even though I still love money
Dear God
I hate to turn the table
But I just hate waiting table
in my mid twenty