Gully (2021) Movie Script
[waves lapping]
[man] Today I'm gonna pray.
I'm gonna pray
that God, as usual,
ain't looking.
I'm gonna pray that he slept in
and didn't make it
to the office.
I'm gonna pray
that today will be different...
[dog barking]
...will be new.
Today, I'm gonna pray
for peace of mind...
in the name of the abused
and neglected...
and the motherfucker
that owe us all some money.
Amen.
[engine off]
[woman] Mr. Charlie.Hey, Angela.
[Angela] You and me
need to have a little talk.
[sighs] What happened?
I don't want
the motherfucking police
coming over here, okay?
They acting wild,
they acting crazy. They
drawing attention to everybody.
Oh, goddamn it. I'm sorry.
I... I'll have a talk
with them.
No, you said that shit
two months ago and ain't
a motherfucking thing changed.
It's like you let him do
whatever the fuck he wants.
That's not really fair,
Angela.It is fair, Angela.
No, that's not really true.
Boys will be boys.
You know that.
But I'm gonna have a chat
with him right now.
You handle your shit, okay?
I'm tired of this shit.
Bringing everybody's
motherfucking property down!
Shh!You shh. Shushing me.
[door opens][Charlie] Hey. It's me.
[door closes]
Brought you some lunch.
[water running]
[knocking]
Listen... [sighs]
Angela is screaming at me
out in the middle of the street
about you and your buddies.
You guys gotta bring
the noise levels down, okay?
I'm tired of listening
to her crazy ass.
I gotta go run some errands,
so I'm gonna
leave your allowance
on the dining room table.
Are you gonna
help me out with this?
Keep it down? Huh?
Promise? All right.
Little. Little circles.
All right. Bye.
"Earth."
"Venus."
[woman] Calvin!
Calvin,
you hear me talking to you?
Don't play deaf.
What?Did you take your meds?
[Calvin] No.Take your meds, Calvin.
I don't even like pills.
Get your ass up
and get to school.
I don't got school today.
Boy, would you quit lying?
The school called and said
you only been
showing up for lunch.
Meals are important.
Gotta get
those meal tickets.
Get your ass up and let's go!
I'm not playing!
"I'm not playing, Calvin."
Don't mock me, Calvin.
I was being nice. [sighs]
[mimicking airplane flying,
crashing]
You didn't think
that was funny?No.
No. [scoffs, laughs]
Can't get lucky.
What class you got today?
Math.Math?
You like math, right?
Yeah.All right. I'm gonna
help you practice. Um...
All right.
What's, uh, five times five?
Twenty-five.[scoffs]
Eat up, baby.
Thanks, Mom.
I need you
to watch him on Friday.
Gloria got surgery.
Back to the club then.
Yeah, back to the club.
Shit's been
a little tight around here,
in case you haven't noticed.
Tight? [chuckles]
That's funny
of you to say.What's so funny?
Eat your breakfast.
Nice one... Mom.
[chuckles]
All right.
What's, uh, ten times ten?
A hundred.Pshh! My God.
[both laugh]
Stop this shit
and go to school. Now.
All right. Geez.
[snickers]
Nicky, I'm not kidding.All right.
[chattering]What's that?
[boy] My mom
taught me this saying--
"Sorrow is like treasure.
You only show it
to your friends."
Nigga, I'm going to school,
get my "edu-ma-cation."
You ain't been all year.School is fun, Calvin.
Exactly.
School is fun!
Fill that brain with knowledge.
You feel me? Ah!
[boy] Then life taught me
some treasures
you got to keep buried.
Everybody,
I'm going back to school!
I'm going back!
[woman] No, you ain't.
Nigga, stop!
Come with me.
I'm going back.
[speakers:
hip-hop music playing]
[hip-hop continues
playing, louder]
What's up, Greg?
Long time no see, nigga.
What's that been like?
You tripping.Catch you in the hood,
homey.
Peace out.
[helicopter whirring,
faint]
Bye-bye. [speaking Spanish]
[in English]
Oh, here you go.
Oh, thank you.
[chuckles]
Hi.Hi. How you doing?
Great. Let's see.
Okay.
Do you have a form of ID?
That's all the ID I got.
We need two forms of ID.
That's our policy here.
Uh... I just--
I just got out of prison.
Um... I don't
make the rules, you know?
It's cool. All right.
Uh, let me give you
my PO's number.
Uh, but we still need
two forms of ID.He'll straighten this shit out.
Do you have, like,
a driver's license?
Ain't got no goddamn
driver's license, woman.
I just got out
of fucking prison.
[speaks Spanish]It's cool, dawg. It's cool.
Look, just call this number.
I can't.
I'm sorry.
No, you ain't.
[cashier] Next.
I'm serious here, Calvin.
You are a very, very smart
young man.
I mean,
perhaps even-- even gifted.[Calvin muttering]
Last year you scored
in the top ten percentile
on the PSAT,
and yet this year
on the SAT...[scoffing] Nah.
If you just applied yourself,
there's no telling
how far you could go.
Venus.
Excuse me?
I will be using my genius...
[mimics explosion]
...to go to Venus.
I'm trying to be serious--
Nigga, I'm being serious, too.
[chuckles, clears throat]
I'm gonna make arrangements
for you to retake the exam.
But you have to
apply yourself,
and for God's sake,
do not answer every question
with a "D."
I mean, why would
you do that anyway?
You really want to know?Yes.
"D" is for "damned."
[school bell ringing]
All right.
Mess this nigga up!
Motherfucker, what?
What, nigga?[men clamoring]
Come on. Get up.
Get up. [grunts]
Hey! Bringing
the motherfucking smoke, homey!
[grunts]That's that East Side shit,
nigga!
[hip-hop music
playing on car stereo]
[Calvin]
Well, we have arrived.
[door lock clicks]
Thanks, Nicky.Tell the doctor to suck
that shit out of you, okay?
Shut the fuck up, Calvin!
Stupid ass.[Calvin laughs]
[Calvin] I don't know why
you're getting all
high and mighty with me.
You don't give a fuck about her.
I don't even know
why you're acting all concerned.
I'm not arguing about it.
Me and Jesse
are going somewhere else.
You can stay here
and raise your fucking baby,
'cause I'm not
staying around for that shit.
He's not getting the cape.
He is not getting it.
[man] We are all operating
on borrowed time.
Dancing from dream to dream
in between nightmares,
like little frightened children
waiting for our mothers
to pick us up from school.
And she's gonna ask us,
"What kind of day did you have?"
[helicopter whirring overhead][man] Five-O! Five-O! Run!
Come on, man! Run!
[police sirens wailing]
[man on video game] Get up![blows landing]
Yeah! Get some! Get some![men shouting]
Yeah. What you want?
Come here. Come here.
Don't let him go. Whup his ass.
[woman] Okay, would you
rather have peas for the rest
of your life or broccoli?
Broccoli.[woman] Okay, would you rather
have chicken or steak?
Steak.[woman] I knew
you were gonna say steak.
[shouting, grunting continue]
What up, Shawn?[man] Welcome back, homey.
You need your yard cut?Nah. Nah, I'm good.
All right.
[knocking]
[chuckles]
Damn, Greg.
It's been a minute.
When'd you get out?
Uh, shit.
What, a week ago.
You look good.
You look real good.
I mean, I know
there's nothing else to do
but lift inside,
but it's working for you.
Yeah, you know.
Uh, so I seen there was
some oil up under your car
in the street.
They hook you up
with a job yet?
I'm still on the wait list,
but, you know,
I'm out here, doing me.
Yeah. Yeah.
Good for you, baby.
Uh...
if you need a tune-up
or something,
you know,
whatever you can afford,
it's cool.
Thanks, but truth is,
I'm kind of tight on cash
these days.
But, um...I hear you.
You need your hair braided?
On me.
I don't think
it's there quite yet.
A few months, maybe.
Yeah. Almost.
[chuckles] Girl.
[both laugh]
All right.
Uh--When it is,
come back and see me.
On me, for old times.
All right then.
Be careful.
It was good seeing you.Yeah, yeah.
Bye.
[Calvin muttering]
[imitates gunfire, laughs]
[barking]
You smooth, baby.
[chuckles, sighs]
[helicopter whirring overhead]
Oh, shit. Oh, fuck. Wait.
Slow the fuck down.
Oh. Us? Me?
Fuck. [laughs] Yeah.
[screams]
[laughs] Fuck you!
[imitates cocking gun, firing]
[imitates rapid gunfire]
[screams, laughs]
You're fucking scared.
Fly away, bitch! Fly away!
[laughing]
That motherfucker ain't right,
Nicky. What is that shit?
I'm serious.
Hey, hey. Wait up.
Listen, wait up--
Nicky, I can't get no abortion,
and I'm tired of Calvin
saying that shit.
He's just
fucking with you,
all right?
I'm gonna take care of it.
Don't worry.
[woman] He ain't gonna
take care of shit.
Get your cracker ass outta here
before my slipper
goes to slapping.
Hey, Curtis, come on out here.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Wait!You white-trash,
Seabiscuit-lookin' motherfucker.
We got all these
beautiful Black kings
and you open your legs
up to white trash.Go sit down.
[glass shatters]Hey, tell your mama
check in with the homeys.
She still working nights?
Hey, Nicky.
[woman]
Better not come back
around here no more.
Mm-mmm.
No, I'm not having it.
You in trouble.I can't do it.
[spraying]
Hey, man, what you up to?'Sup, bro?
[grunts]
Fucking bitch. Shut the fuck up.[groaning, coughing]
[paint can rattling]
[screaming]
[groaning, coughing]
[man 1] How you doing?[man 2] You know
what they call me, baby.
Yo, what's up?Now you come home.
This what's going on
when I'm at work?
[man 3] What's good?Hey, Dad.
Fuck you up. [grunts]
Sit the fuck down!
[woman] Nicky, stop!Stay there!
Fucking stop, Nicky.
Stay there, Nicky.[woman]
What's wrong with you?
Sit the fuck down, bitch!
Shut the fuck up!Nicky, stop!
Fuck 'em.Nicky, stop. Don't be stupid.
Nicky, stop.
What's wrong with you?
Nicky-- Oh, fuck!
[groans] Nicky, fuck!
[woman]
Nicky, what'd you do?[Nicky Sr.] You did this!
Come here, baby.
Are you crazy?
What's wrong with you?
Come on, baby.
[whistles, speaks Spanish,
laughs]
[hip-hop music playing]Lot of them old niggas
better than him.
No, sir. Nobody sing
motherfucking like him.
[mutters]
Oh, fuck, man!
[scoffs]
Look at these motherfuckers.
They're supposed to be
in school and shit.
Little motherfucker
got a bomb lollipop
on his face.
Look at that nigga
man his gear, bro.
[video game chimes]
Fight! Fuck 'em up!
Fuck 'em up!
Calvin, don't get
no motherfucking Cheetos
on my vending machine, nigga.
Jerk.
Nigga crazy.
Be speaking in tongues
and shit.
Fuck.Hey, Calvin. Show the homey
that shit you been doing.
Watch this shit.
Abracadabra, motherfucker.
[laughs]
Sit your little ass down,
nigga.
Hey, Larry. Larry!
Fuck you always in here
lurking, man.
Ain't nobody lurking, man.
Fuck you, man.
Fuck me?Niggas have
an Apple TV anyway.
That nigga ain't got
no motherfucking Apple TV.
Look at special needs
little nigga over there.
If he was trapped
in the crib on fire,
that nigga won't say shit.
[laughing]Nigga just be crisp.
Fuck![grunts]
I'm a god, nigga.Quit talking about
the homey, D.
Talkin' about the homeys?
[video game:
grunting, shouting]
Hey! We closing
in ten minutes, nigga.
Ten minutes?Ten minutes.
Word?Chop-chop.
We got ten minutes.Hurry up.
I'ma buy a movie first.
Nigga,
remember this fucking movie?
Used to love
this fucking movie.
Hey, you touch it,
you buy it.
Should buy this shit--
No, fuck this shit!
What the fuck? Hey--Fuck your movies!
What y'all niggas doing?
[Calvin laughs]
Fuck you up, Calvin.Fuck all these movies.
Fuck you up, nigga.
[laughs] Come out
from behind the glass!
This shit is fucked up,
Calvin.
Hey, eight minutes, nigga.
Grow the fuck up,
little nigga.
I've ran out of time,
my nigga.
Fuck!
[laughs]
Who the fuck gonna
clean this shit up, nigga?
Not me.Yeah, you, nigga.
Whoa.
Oh, shit.
That's the fucking
ocean breeze calling us.
You feel that shit?
We going to the beach
this week.
We're going
to the fucking beach
this week!
All right! Let's go!
[no audible dialogue]
[no audible dialogue]
[video game: sirens wailing]
Slow down!
Get out of the way! Watch where you goin'!
[man shouting][tires squealing]
[Calvin hoots]
Restart that shit.Oh, come on, bro.
Restart
that motherfucking shit.
[video game noises stop]
My shit on?
[video game noises resume][snickers]
[shouting][gunfire]
Oh, shit.
Holy shit.
[Jesse] Calvin had an idea.
[Calvin shouting]
He said why don't we
take the game outside?
Now, I knew
what he meant.
Oh, shit, oh, shit.
And I can't say
I disagreed with him.
[chattering]
But had I known
what it would lead to,
I probably would have
just said, "Let's stay home."
...with the young bitches
with the yoga pants.
And we turn them bitches
all the way the fuck up!
We turn them bitches up!
And we go on this wild ride
in the sky like Superman
and come back down
with some Offwhite, too,
mixed up, fixed up,
rolled up with some Sour OG
and we only do switches.
We only do
motherfucking switches.
And I need me some Slurpee.
I need a Slurpee.
Slurpee got some juice.
Want some fucking juice.
I could do juice too
'cause I love that shit.
That shit just be--
The motherfucking flavor!
Know what I'm sayin'?
No air traffic control,
just stratosphere.
And then we just fucking
take a ride in the air,
like, whoo!
And we just... go!
You know what I'm saying?
Just us and the wind.
Nigga, that shit
got my dick all hard!
Greg,
handle your business.
Check out this nigga,
Crackhead Leonard.
[shouting]
What's up with that bread
you owe me, man?
Oh, come on, man.
There you go again!
[man]
You ain't getting it, nigga.
And this weird-ass nigga.Oh, shit.
Look who got out.
What's up, homey?
[speakers: hip-hop playing]Hey, shit, nigga.
Come holler at me.
Fuck he doing
with a lawn mower?
[chattering]
Whose lawn mower
you just stole?
Jesus?
You stole Jesus's lawn mower?
I'm riding out here, nigga.
I heard there
was some snitching going on.
Now you out early?
Rolled up.
Out here trying to make a dime.
You feel me?
I'm fuckin' with you.
I know. [chuckles]
You look good, boy.I'm all right.
Trying to make a dime, huh?You got some work here?
You got some work
I can do?
I got work all day.
You trying to
get back on?
Nah, dawg.
Going straight.
Got some work
I can do around the yard
that you need?
Nah, I like
all my weeds.
Right here
looking like Jurassic Park.[laughs]
Hold up. Yo, Jasmine.
You see my homey right here?
Ask the nigga
if he wants some food.
You can't make him a plate?
I'm cool, dawg.
I'm cool. It's cool.You cool?
You ain't got no manners
about yourself.
Yo mama burn that shit up, dawg.
I'm all right.You cool?
Yeah.Why don't you
take this bread then?
Dawg. I'm away.
You feel me?
I see you.
I see you.
Just let me know
if you need something.
Anything.
Sure. All right.
Gonna put
some rims on it?Hey, dawg, don't be--
[laughs]
[man] Our father,
who art on my back...
I'ma stay outside.
Owner don't like Bruiser....wretched be your name.
Thy kingdom come,
your shit gets done
on Earth.
And wherever else
you can make
a fucking dollar, right?
Sin is encrouched
at your door, young man.
And for you is its appetite.
Will you get
the mastery over it?
You steal!
You stole me!I'm gonna take a piss.
You took me from my mama.
You stole me!
And you promised me
a fucking mule!
Where's
my motherfucking mule?
I'm that nigga
that's left the pawn shop,
and I got a gun.
Hey, what's up, bro?
What's good?I like your hat.
[grunting]
[Nicky] The keys!
Calvin, the keys!
Give me the keys.
[laughs]
[engine starts]
[Calvin screams]
[Calvin muttering]
[man] Calvin, you hear me?
You brush your teeth today?[young Calvin] Yes.
Can't be leaving the house
smelling like these other
little niggas out here.
There's things that separate us.
Truth or lies. That's it.
The truth is who you are.
You hear me?
A lie is everything else.
I'm still putting together
that spaceship for you.
Know that?
Fly wherever
you want to go.
It's gonna run
off pure energy.
[thumping]
[all laugh][Calvin] Oh, shit!
I fucking love you.
Thank you. Whoo!
Whoo! Whoo!
Think, motherfuckers.
[muttering]
Oh, sh--
[muttering continues]
Gimme
the motherfuckin' pill.
Did you get those pills?Yeah, I got 'em.
Who got the pills?
Oh, you got 'em.I ate 'em all!
[Nicky laughs]Kiss it goodbye
till next time.
Till next time! Boom!
[laughs]
[mother] Okay,
would you rather have peas
for the rest of your life
or broccoli?
Broccoli.Okay, would you rather have
chicken or steak?
Steak.I knew you were
gonna say steak.
I'll be right back.
Going to the bathroom.
Stay right here.
Okay.Okay? I love you.
Hey, look at
this asshole.
Can't believe
he's still running shit.
[sighs]
[chattering]
[Charlie]
What you got there?
What's that, like,
an upside-down chicken?
Okay, that's what I want.
I'm starving.
[sighs]
Got the prettiest ears.
Come on.
Come on.
Yeah.
[breathing rapidly]
Hey!
Hey, get the fuck away
from their window!
Hello? Get over here!
Nigga, don't act like
you don't hear me.
I will call 911, motherfucker.
Get over here.
What do you think you're doing
over here in their window?
[Greg] Calvin!
Get the-- Calvin!
Calvin, dawg! [panting]
Get the fuck over here.
The fuck is wrong with you?
I'm looking at life right now.
It's Jesse, dawg.What'd you just say?
Fuck! Fuck!What the fuck you just say?
What's wrong with Jesse?
He saw it
through a fucking window!What are you talking about?
Mr. Charlie is fucking Jesse!
That's what's happening!
Fucking kill him!
I'ma fucking kill him.
I'ma fucking kill him.
He's fucking him, man!
Come on, Nicky! Come on!
Let's go! Let's go!
Jesse!
I'ma kill him!
I'ma fucking kill him!
Where the fuck is--
Have you seen my son?
Have you seen him?
He was right here! Aaron!
Jesse!Where the fuck are you?
[mother] Aaron![Calvin]
Jesse!
Aaron! Aaron![Calvin] I don't fucking know!
Have you seen my son?
A little boy?
Jesse!
Aaron! Oh, my God! Aaron![Calvin] Jesse!
[gunshot]Jesse!
You see that shit?
Do you see that shit?
When we was younger,
was he doing this shit
the whole fucking time? Huh?
I don't fucking know.
I don't fucking know.
I don't fucking know.
Jesse doesn't say anything.All right.
We gotta have a plan.
Piece of shit. Piece of shit.
That disgusting piece of shit.
That motherfucker is dead.
He's fucking dead.
[door opens, closes]
[lock clicks]
[Jesse]
I always have the same dream.
In it,
there's three palm trees.
Like three really tall friends.
But then I'm alone...
by the ocean.
My feet
feeling the cool water.
[no audible dialogue]
Dreams ain't real.
[chattering]
Hey, Mama.Hey, what you doing back here?
Trying to get it right.Get what right?
Oh, you need
your own little space.
Just need a place--
place for my own, Mama.
Mm-hmm. Just don't make
a bigger mess
than is already back here.
You wanna maybe roll with me
to the hardware store later?
Sure, we can do that.
You want something to eat first?
Oh. [chuckles]
My cooking's okay for you,
but my house isn't.
Hey, hey. You know.
[laughing]
Love you, too.Thank you, Mama.
You're welcome, sweetie.
We gotta take Keisha
to the doctor tomorrow.Uh-uh!
Don't forget.Uh-uh! Fuck no.
I'm not doing that shit.
Oh, don't start with that.
Come on.
No, I'm not doing that shit.We agreed.
No, we didn't agree on shit.
That's your business.
Your business.
Come on, General.General? I'm fucking viceroy.
Get that shit right.
[laughs]
Hey, why aren't you
the king again?
I'm working my way
to the fucking top.
All right?
The nerve of some people.
You really want to live
this regular fucking lifestyle?
You wanna raise a baby
in this shit?
This shithole? Dumbass.
[sniffs]
Oh, shit, you smell that?
You fucking smell that?
You smell that shit?
It's fucking intrigue,
my nigga.
[sniffs] Mmm. Oh, shit.
[engine starts]
We're going to the beach!
You hear me?
We're going to the beach!
Taking motherfucking
my nigga Jesse,
my white friend Nicky
to the fucking beach.
[Calvin singing, faint]
[singing continues]
[singing continues]
We going to the beach
We going to the beach
We going to the beach
They all gon' see us
In the street
[screams][laughs]
[Calvin] You motherfuckers
ready? You see this shit?[Nicky] Ow!
Soon as I see me a dolphin,
I'm jumping clean on his back.
Clean on it.
Dolphins, where you at?
[car honking][laughs]
Fuck you!
Who the fuck is that?[honking continues]
Go around!
[sighs] Keep it cool.
Yo, all right.Oh, are you
fucking kidding me, bro?
[honking continues]Go the fuck around.
This bi--
What the fuck
are you dumb shits doing?Fuck you!
You don't wanna
fuck with me.Get your fucking ass back!
Fuck you!
Why don't you
fucking go?
Fucking peasants, man!I like my fucking car.
Let's get out of here.Bitch, I'ma fuck him up.
Fuck him up.
[Calvin's father]
Calvin? Calvin, you hear me?
I asked you what you want,
not what you like.
Nobody give a damn
about what you like.
You gotta
tell the motherfucker
what you want.
Now say it.
I want ice cream.Say it like you want some.
I want some ice cream.
I want that fucking car.
I'ma fuck you up.Let's get that fucker.
Dolphins gonna have to wait.
Yeah. Yeah.
Now this nigga
trying to speed off.
I'm running that light.
You thought I was stopping.
[police sirens wailing]What the hell do they want?
Make me stop in the street
'cause you don't know how to say
you want some shit.
Now I'm pulled the fuck over.
We got a possible 503.You stay in that spot.
Don't you move.
[officer]
Sir, get out of the car.
Hands where I can see them!
Fuck you, fuck you,
fuck you.
What you want, man?Put your hands
where I can see them!
I'm talking to my son
in the car.
Back up! I said back up!What you gonna do?
Shoot me?
[gunshot][body thuds]
[Calvin's father]
Don't you forget that shit.
You understand me?
Let's fucking do this shit.
Come on.
Chri, chri. Chri,look.
Do you love it?
Tell me you love it.
Hello.[screams]
Fuck![imitates screaming]
Get the fuck out of my house!
[grunts]
[imitating woman]
Oh, my gosh.
[grunts][woman screaming]
Pull your ass up!
Who's the fucking peasant now?
Hmm? [screams]
Get off me!
[fabric ripping][Calvin laughing]
[woman screaming]
[all laughing]
[woman screaming] Fuck you!
[man singing]
Look a killer in the eyes
[gunshots]Russian roulette
Bless your brunette
[Calvin] Fuck yeah.
I told you, that's my shit.
That's your shit.I steal your fucking car.
I told him. I said,
"That's a nice
motherfucking Mercedes, bitch."
This is my shit now.That's your shit.
Now we driving to the beach
in his shit.
[Nicky] Took his car.
You took his bitch.
[laughs]
Took her away.
"I got you something nice, baby.
Look at these
beautiful flowers."
[laughs][Nicky] Yo, look at Jesse.
Look at Jesse.
Hey, you like
a motherfucking rock star
up there.
A fucking rock star.[Nicky laughs] Yeah.
[Calvin] I need some liquor.Let's get something to drink.
I need some liquor
to bring these pills down.
I need to get sober.
[man singing]
Look a killer in the eyes
[engine off]
[Nicky] Yo.[Calvin]
You see that shit?
[Nicky] See what?
105, 405--
[chattering][Calvin] Damn. They is the shit.
[Jesse] LA is funny.
Tell somebody you're famous,
even if they don't know
who you are, they get excited.
Man, let's take
these motherfuckers
for a ride.
[woman whispering]Excuse me.
Is that him?
I mean, is that him,
like, for real?
Oh, yeah, that's him.It's fucking him. Sure it is.
Um, can we go talk to him?
Nah, nah, nah.
He just got out of the studio.
Doesn't like to be bothered.Oh, my God.
I knew it. I told you
he was gonna make another album.
So what are you ladies
doing tonight?
Uh... we don't know.
We just got here this morning.
Maybe go to a club
or something.
Hell yeah.[both chuckle]
Let's party.
Let's get out of here.
Leave your car here.
Where we going?Come on.
The unknown, motherfucker.
Get in the car.
Just get in the car.
Come on.
We gonna get high tonight.
Yes, indeed.
We gonna get high tonight.
[chattering, laughter]
And I'm gonna let you
look right at me.
[car tires screeching]I ain't scared. No.
[laughs]
Laugh, motherfucker.
I ain't scared, man.
'Cause I see you.
He sees you.
Dare the devil to step aside.
Ask him to say your name.
See which name he says.
You know his name.
[Calvin] The po-po
ain't catching us.
[Nicky] We got
a lot of shit in here.
[women laughing]We got a lot of shit in here.
[laughs]This is cool,
but y'all got anything harder?
"Harder," the young man says.
Excellent, my dear Nicholas.
I believe we've found
a colleague in recreation.
Now, now, my dear comrade.
We can't assume
that this is a man of leisure.
He could be, uh,
an upstanding family man.
Then more outstanding
for the cause of this adventure.[laughs]
Surely, if his thirst
for the game is ample,
then mere formalities
will not intercede and spoil
the spirit of the night.
[all laugh]Be chance or favor,
I wager my own honor that
this man fancies the sport.
All right, well,
what does our governor say
about the night's festivities?
Mmm.
[all cheer, laugh]At last!
The great oracle himself
has spoken.
The game it shall be.
[Nicky] The game it shall be.Are we going to see
the Hollywood sign?
We so gotta get a pic.
Fuck no.
We're gonna see the universe.
Take a pill, baby.
What you having?
Ooh. I'm having
what he's having.
I want
what he's having too.
[speakers:
hip-hop music playing, faint]
Take this shit.
Take this fucking shit off.
Fuck this sh--
[grunts]
Fuck this sh-- [laughs]
Yo, Calvin.[laughs]
[Nicky]
What you doing, man?Fuck. Fuck all this.
Whoo!
Juicy booty. Juicy booty.
Come here, girl, come here.
[laughing]
What's up, Eddie?[chattering]
[hip-hop continues playing,
louder]
[speakers, loud] Nigga
I ain't worried about y'all
That how it 'posed to be
Keep a little buzz
And stay down with your dawg
That how it 'posed to be
That how it 'posed to be
[no audible dialogue]
[man]
Violent dreams
Dying, crying
While flying
Silently tracing
Tracing, facing
Violent dreams
Broken, coping
Hoping silently
Building
Killing me till then
Violent dreams
Choose life
[no audible dialogue]
Choose these
Violent dreams
[seat squeaking][woman moaning]
[man] Yo!
[chattering]
[Calvin] Hold your shit.
You're more fucked up than me.
[man]
Yo! What the fuck?
[laughs]My bad.
It's all good, man.Fucking pull up your pants.
Oh! I just saw your penis, man!
What the-- [laughs]
I just saw your fucking penis!
Jesse, Jesse, come on.
Let's fucking go.
Let's fucking go.
I love you.
Fucking cockblocker.
I want ice cream now.
Let's go.
[headphones: music playing]
Nicky?
Nicky, Terry,
breakfast is almost ready.
Come on.
Fuck.What are you doing?
I can't find my phone.
Is it
in these armpits of yours?
[giggling]Let me just check.
Let me just check.
Whoo! Bah!
[woman]
Boys, you're gonna be late!
Nicky, come on!
Forget it.
Let me ride, Nicky.
Okay. Let's go.
Let's get
some of that breakfast.
[helicopter whirring]
[police radio chatter]
[no audible dialogue]
Now... if-if-if four-fifths
of the world is dark,
how is it that--
how is it possible
that one-fifth
rules or oppresses
or exploits or dominates
that four-fifths
who are the majority?
It's by dividing
and conquering.
We're not brutalized
because we're Baptist.
We're not brutalized
because we're Methodist.
We're not brutalized
because we're Muslim.
[horn honking]
We're brutalized because
we are Black people in America.
[Calvin screams]
[thunder rumbling]
Take it easy.
[groans] Arthritis.
Thank goodness
it stopped raining.I got it. I got it.
I did-- [laughs]
I got it, I got it,
I got it, I got it.
Okay. Okay, sweetie.Here's your keys.
Hey, Calvin.
Calvin, yo.
I need to talk to you, boy.
Everything all right?Yeah, Mama.
It's all right.
[Jesse] I think
in that moment for Calvin,
it was the straw
that broke the camel's back.
The promises of his life,
the beginning
of all things broken.
[Calvin's mom crying]
The doctors, they told me
Calvin was special.
They weren't sure
of his condition.
The outbursts,
the violence, the mood swings.
[sobbing]
What was I gonna do?
So I prayed to the Lord
for-- for answers.
And I'll keep on praying
till the Lord
answers my prayers.
[exhaling rapidly]
You think it's time
to take a break?Oh, Mama.
[both laugh]
I thought you might
want a beer, baby.
A beer?
Yes, Mama drinks a beer
every now and again.
Cheers.
Mmm.You all the way
gangsta now, huh?
Got your beer,
got your crib.
[laughs]I ain't mad.
Oh, you're not mad at me?
[chuckles]
You got any papers?
Oh, you trippin'.Gotcha. [laughs]
Yeah, it's getting there.
It's on its way.
'Bout how much longer?
Soon.Mm-hmm.
I'm gettin' ready
to go to the store.
Want anything in particular?
PB&J.[laughing]
So nothing's changed.
Why you asking
if you already know?
Extra crunchy?Extra crunchy.
I'm just checking.
I thought maybe
you growed up or something.
Nah.[laughs]
Okay, baby. Love you.
[sighs]
[Calvin crying]
[sniffles, muttering][door opens]
Calvin?
I got you this
for your birthday.
I was gonna give it
to you then, but I thought
maybe you could use it now.
Go on.
I think
you're gonna like it.
Can I help you?
Okay.
Here we go.
Right around your shoulders.
Ohh.
Oh, the collar
and the button.
It's so royal.
Look. Take your arms out.
You're such a good boy.
You're a good boy, Calvin.
I need you
to watch Terry tonight.
All right, I'll handle it,
but that's, like,
three nights this week.
Don't you worry about
what I do with my nights.
You need to be worried about
how you're gonna feed that baby
you're supposed to be having.
It's sorted.
I'm just saying, Nicky--You're just saying what?
I'm just saying.
[scoffs] It ain't easy
being a fucking parent.
Shit's hard.
And how the fuck
would you know?
[scoffs]
Watch your fucking mouth.
Say, nigga! Cal!
Been looking
for you, boy.
[Jesse]
Things reversed for Calvin.
When he looked up,
he saw the ground.
When he looked down,
he saw the sky.
We know he buried his hope
with Bruiser.
So, you gonna jump?
Yeah.
All right.[laughs]
Good luck, nigga.Imagine that shit.
But jump to what?
The fucking ground?
No, fuck the ground.
Give me that cigarette.
What you doing up here?
Trying to get closer to God?
Fucking God.
I keep hearing that shit.
Like, where is the motherfucker?
I ain't met the guy.
No, I'm going to fucking Venus.
That's where I'm going.
The planet? Nigga, gimme this.Yes, the planet.
That's where I'm going.
How you gonna get there?
You don't see
what the fuck I got on?
My bad. That's what's up
with the cape?Exactly.
I'm tripping. My bad.Exactly. Got to stay
off the fucking ground.
Ground hot like hell.
They try to say
hell is underneath ground
and fire and pits
and all that devil bullshit.
No, it's right fucking here.
I seen the devil himself.
I talked to the nigga.
He's right here.
He live around
the fucking corner.
Right here?Yes.
For example,
when you hit that motherfucker,
he was already dead.
Did you know that?
You were hitting a corpse.Don't talk about that.
You hit that nigga.
He was gone, like, boom!
The nigga was ash
when he hit the ground.
That shit was wild.
You think that shit cool?Yeah, I thought that shit
was fuckin' cool.
[laughs][laughing]
You scared to die, Greg,
ain't you?I'm saying don't rush it.
You scared to die and shit.
Don't rush it?
Then I guess
you ain't heard.
Heard what, dawg?
I'm already dead.
[door opens]
[Charlie] Hey.
What's with this mess?
Looks like
a little piggy lives here.
Hey. Jesse.
[object clatters]Fuck.
Hey, you in there?
[doorknob rattling]
Jesse.
Why'd you lock the door?
Come on. Open the door.
You--
What's going on?
You all right?
Hey, Jesse, don't fucking
walk away from me.
Goddamn it.
You little prick.
What the fuck's
wrong with you?
Jesus Christ.
Look what you made me do.
Calvin!
The fucker's here!
We gotta go.
Get your shit together. Okay?
I'm gonna give you some space.
I spent 30 fucking dollars
on groceries.
[sighs]
Fuck you.
Jesse!
Jesse, open the door!Open up.
You okay?
Hey, hey, hey.[door closes]
Hey.
You all good?
Look at me.
What the fuck?
Get him a fucking shirt.
Almost fucking had him.
Let's get the fuck
out of here, okay?
It's not your fault, man.
You know that, right?
You know that.
[woman] Aaron?
You're not alone anymore
about this.
You understand me? Aaron!
Jesse? Jesse?
Look at me. Come on, bro. Aaron?
Look at me, man. Come on.
Aaron! Aaron!
Oh, my God, Aaron!
Look at me.
You're not alone.
We're gonna handle it. Okay?
[TV playing][woman laughs]
[woman] Here.
This is the part I like.
Watch.
[laughing] Oh, my gosh!
I love that.
Mom, you're wild.
She used to be, son.
Really, Charles?[TV: people laughing]
[minister on TV]
When the asylum lets you out
into the world
of pain and trouble,
and you ask,
who's responsible
for this hell?
Who's responsible
for my misery?
[laughing][TV continues]
[doorbell rings]Oh, my gosh.
I'll get it.
[minister on TV]
Where's God?
Jesse, where is God?
Is your dad home?
Dad?Oh, my God!
Shut the fuck up.
God is looking for you.
Where is God?
[all shouting]Shut the fuck up.
Are y'all listening to me?Shut the fuck up.
Stop!Shut the fuck up.
Take anything.Shut up.
You gotta find him out here!
Great motherfucking year!
Does God put his children
in bondage?
Shut the fuck up.[screams]
Does God let those
who love him die?
[screaming] Suffer?
Bitch![shouting continues]
Daddy like to rape
little boys.
What is he talking about?I'm sorry.
Can I get a "amen"?Shut up!
Can I get a witness?Shut up!
Can I get somebody here?
[kicking][groans]
Rise up with me.
[woman screaming]Kill this motherfucker.
[minister]
Y'all not paying no attention
to what I'm saying.
[screaming]See you on the other side,
bitch!
Black misery,
I'm telling y'all.
Black misery loves company.
Fuck you!
[chuckles]
[woman sobbing]
Take anything you want.
[minister]
But that misery?
Well, Jesse...
that misery
is yours to end.
[TV: congregation shouting]
[Calvin] Jesse. Jesse.
It's just me.
Uh, I got something
to tell you.
I fucking love you.
I love you like a brother,
you know.
You and Nicky
are all I got.
You're all I fucking got.
And...
It's over.
You hear me?
You won't fucking
see him no more.
It's done.
[sighs]
Anyway, now we can
fucking live a new life
and get the fuck outta here.
You can come stay with me.
Hope you could, uh...
Hope you could
think about that, you know.
Uh...
You got family, man.
Just, uh...
come over later.
I'm here.
[sighs]
[Jesse]
Because I don't speak,
people think that
I don't got a voice inside.
But no, it's there,
and it can get loud.
Are you ready?
Let's fly. Times when it's the loudest,
like now,
is when everything is calm.
Build up the capes!
Because somehow
that voice inside knows...One... two... three!
Jump! Let's go! ...there's a storm coming.
[police radio chatter]
[no audible dialogue]
[no audible dialogue]
Nicky, look at me.
Nicky, look at me!
Look at me.
What did you do?
Nicky, what did you do?
Nicky, look at me.
Look at me!
Look at me. Baby.
What did you do?
What are you fucking looking at?
What are you fucking looking at?
Fuck, man.
What happened?
My phone.
My phone was in the car.
[Calvin] Fuck.
Forget it.
Hey, um...
you tell Jesse?
One other thing.
I need you to promise me,
you and Jesse,
that you're gonna take care
of my little one.
[chuckles]
What are you saying, man?
No, no, no.
I need you to do that.
You understand me?
I fucking promise.
Right.
[train horn blowing
in distance]
[train horn continues blowing]
Wonder where
that train is going.
Far from here.
[train horn continues blowing]
You ever been
on a train, Jesse?
We going
on a fucking train.
We gotta get him
out of there.
Gotta fucking
handle this shit.
Man, I-- I feel stuck.
Hate fucking feeling stuck.
I'm not leaving without him.
Hell yeah.
[laughs]
My nigga.
I love you, Jesse.
[homeless man]
See, baby boy, you gotta be
more like the Earth.
You spin silently,
but shake real loud.
Or you can be more like
the insects, you know,
'cause they carry
their own weight.
Or you could be
like the tree
and just dig your roots
all deep inside the earth.
Or you could be like time.
See, 'cause time,
time waits for nobody.
[man]
Hey, bro! I like your hat!
[laughs]
You got him.That's what you get!
[sobbing]
You gotta be
more like the moon, son.
You gotta know
when to hide.
But now you can be
like the sun.
Shine, baby.
[sniffles]
Goodbye, my brother, you--
We'll see you in--
in Venus.
[sniffling, crying]
Mama, what's wrong?
[crying] No, no!
No, no, no.
No, Jesse, no.
No, no, no!
No, no, no!
Jesse!
[sobbing] Jesse.
I'm...
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[sobbing]
Hey, I'ma roll with you.
I'm driving.
[Jesse]
Sometimes you wish you had
the right thing to say.
Or, in my case, anything.
[Greg] Something nice
about that water, huh?
Life's a lot
like them waves, Jesse.
Sometimes we feeling like...
feeling like there ain't
no rhyme or reason to this shit.
Can't nothing be further
from the truth.
What happened to Calvin, man,
that shit ain't gonna
go unanswered,
but you better believe
it ain't gonna be
answered by you.
Hey, look, man.
Life got a way.
It do.
It got a way of just...
figuring that shit out.
I know why you're here.
You take all the time
in the world.
I'll be right here
when you get ready.
I love you. Don't move.
Hey, little brother.
You ever heard
of a thing called life?
L-I-F-E.
The "L" means life,
the "E" means everlasting,
but there's two letters
in the middle.
"If."
If you watch yourself.
Pick one...
and your wish
will come true.
One might take you to Venus.
That's my favorite.
Keep living, brother.
[woman] What's this?
Shiny rock.
Shiny rock? Okay.
Come on.
Let's go dry our clothes.
All right.
Drying clothes time.
Drying clothes time.
[Jesse]
Today I'm gonna pray.
I'm gonna pray that
God is looking out for me.
'Cause today...
things will be different.
[screams]
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
We go through it
Over and under
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
Then we prove it again
Watch us move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
We never lose
Never crumble
We move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
Smoothin' again
With the sound
Watch us move around
It's hard to love
What I don't know
Easy to hate
What I don't know
I never lose
If I don't want to win
I'm with them
Or rolling soloYeah, yeah
I keep the herb
And the pen close
Ooh, can't nobody know
It's getting
Harder to breathe
But I know
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
We go through it
Over and under
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
Then we prove it again
Watch us move around
You know
Where would I make room
'Cause everything around me
Cash rules
Gotta break through
Gotta have tools
For anything
Anything, so
We stay up
Gotta get my mind right
Smoke signals
That are my right
So you can
Watch us move around
I gotta be aUh-huh
I gotta be a soldier
Soldier
Out on my own
And so
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
[vocalizing]
And we move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
We never lose
Never crumble
We move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
Smoothin' again
With the sound
Watch us move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
We never lose
Never crumble
Move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
Smoothin' again
With the sound
Watch us move around
[man] Today I'm gonna pray.
I'm gonna pray
that God, as usual,
ain't looking.
I'm gonna pray that he slept in
and didn't make it
to the office.
I'm gonna pray
that today will be different...
[dog barking]
...will be new.
Today, I'm gonna pray
for peace of mind...
in the name of the abused
and neglected...
and the motherfucker
that owe us all some money.
Amen.
[engine off]
[woman] Mr. Charlie.Hey, Angela.
[Angela] You and me
need to have a little talk.
[sighs] What happened?
I don't want
the motherfucking police
coming over here, okay?
They acting wild,
they acting crazy. They
drawing attention to everybody.
Oh, goddamn it. I'm sorry.
I... I'll have a talk
with them.
No, you said that shit
two months ago and ain't
a motherfucking thing changed.
It's like you let him do
whatever the fuck he wants.
That's not really fair,
Angela.It is fair, Angela.
No, that's not really true.
Boys will be boys.
You know that.
But I'm gonna have a chat
with him right now.
You handle your shit, okay?
I'm tired of this shit.
Bringing everybody's
motherfucking property down!
Shh!You shh. Shushing me.
[door opens][Charlie] Hey. It's me.
[door closes]
Brought you some lunch.
[water running]
[knocking]
Listen... [sighs]
Angela is screaming at me
out in the middle of the street
about you and your buddies.
You guys gotta bring
the noise levels down, okay?
I'm tired of listening
to her crazy ass.
I gotta go run some errands,
so I'm gonna
leave your allowance
on the dining room table.
Are you gonna
help me out with this?
Keep it down? Huh?
Promise? All right.
Little. Little circles.
All right. Bye.
"Earth."
"Venus."
[woman] Calvin!
Calvin,
you hear me talking to you?
Don't play deaf.
What?Did you take your meds?
[Calvin] No.Take your meds, Calvin.
I don't even like pills.
Get your ass up
and get to school.
I don't got school today.
Boy, would you quit lying?
The school called and said
you only been
showing up for lunch.
Meals are important.
Gotta get
those meal tickets.
Get your ass up and let's go!
I'm not playing!
"I'm not playing, Calvin."
Don't mock me, Calvin.
I was being nice. [sighs]
[mimicking airplane flying,
crashing]
You didn't think
that was funny?No.
No. [scoffs, laughs]
Can't get lucky.
What class you got today?
Math.Math?
You like math, right?
Yeah.All right. I'm gonna
help you practice. Um...
All right.
What's, uh, five times five?
Twenty-five.[scoffs]
Eat up, baby.
Thanks, Mom.
I need you
to watch him on Friday.
Gloria got surgery.
Back to the club then.
Yeah, back to the club.
Shit's been
a little tight around here,
in case you haven't noticed.
Tight? [chuckles]
That's funny
of you to say.What's so funny?
Eat your breakfast.
Nice one... Mom.
[chuckles]
All right.
What's, uh, ten times ten?
A hundred.Pshh! My God.
[both laugh]
Stop this shit
and go to school. Now.
All right. Geez.
[snickers]
Nicky, I'm not kidding.All right.
[chattering]What's that?
[boy] My mom
taught me this saying--
"Sorrow is like treasure.
You only show it
to your friends."
Nigga, I'm going to school,
get my "edu-ma-cation."
You ain't been all year.School is fun, Calvin.
Exactly.
School is fun!
Fill that brain with knowledge.
You feel me? Ah!
[boy] Then life taught me
some treasures
you got to keep buried.
Everybody,
I'm going back to school!
I'm going back!
[woman] No, you ain't.
Nigga, stop!
Come with me.
I'm going back.
[speakers:
hip-hop music playing]
[hip-hop continues
playing, louder]
What's up, Greg?
Long time no see, nigga.
What's that been like?
You tripping.Catch you in the hood,
homey.
Peace out.
[helicopter whirring,
faint]
Bye-bye. [speaking Spanish]
[in English]
Oh, here you go.
Oh, thank you.
[chuckles]
Hi.Hi. How you doing?
Great. Let's see.
Okay.
Do you have a form of ID?
That's all the ID I got.
We need two forms of ID.
That's our policy here.
Uh... I just--
I just got out of prison.
Um... I don't
make the rules, you know?
It's cool. All right.
Uh, let me give you
my PO's number.
Uh, but we still need
two forms of ID.He'll straighten this shit out.
Do you have, like,
a driver's license?
Ain't got no goddamn
driver's license, woman.
I just got out
of fucking prison.
[speaks Spanish]It's cool, dawg. It's cool.
Look, just call this number.
I can't.
I'm sorry.
No, you ain't.
[cashier] Next.
I'm serious here, Calvin.
You are a very, very smart
young man.
I mean,
perhaps even-- even gifted.[Calvin muttering]
Last year you scored
in the top ten percentile
on the PSAT,
and yet this year
on the SAT...[scoffing] Nah.
If you just applied yourself,
there's no telling
how far you could go.
Venus.
Excuse me?
I will be using my genius...
[mimics explosion]
...to go to Venus.
I'm trying to be serious--
Nigga, I'm being serious, too.
[chuckles, clears throat]
I'm gonna make arrangements
for you to retake the exam.
But you have to
apply yourself,
and for God's sake,
do not answer every question
with a "D."
I mean, why would
you do that anyway?
You really want to know?Yes.
"D" is for "damned."
[school bell ringing]
All right.
Mess this nigga up!
Motherfucker, what?
What, nigga?[men clamoring]
Come on. Get up.
Get up. [grunts]
Hey! Bringing
the motherfucking smoke, homey!
[grunts]That's that East Side shit,
nigga!
[hip-hop music
playing on car stereo]
[Calvin]
Well, we have arrived.
[door lock clicks]
Thanks, Nicky.Tell the doctor to suck
that shit out of you, okay?
Shut the fuck up, Calvin!
Stupid ass.[Calvin laughs]
[Calvin] I don't know why
you're getting all
high and mighty with me.
You don't give a fuck about her.
I don't even know
why you're acting all concerned.
I'm not arguing about it.
Me and Jesse
are going somewhere else.
You can stay here
and raise your fucking baby,
'cause I'm not
staying around for that shit.
He's not getting the cape.
He is not getting it.
[man] We are all operating
on borrowed time.
Dancing from dream to dream
in between nightmares,
like little frightened children
waiting for our mothers
to pick us up from school.
And she's gonna ask us,
"What kind of day did you have?"
[helicopter whirring overhead][man] Five-O! Five-O! Run!
Come on, man! Run!
[police sirens wailing]
[man on video game] Get up![blows landing]
Yeah! Get some! Get some![men shouting]
Yeah. What you want?
Come here. Come here.
Don't let him go. Whup his ass.
[woman] Okay, would you
rather have peas for the rest
of your life or broccoli?
Broccoli.[woman] Okay, would you rather
have chicken or steak?
Steak.[woman] I knew
you were gonna say steak.
[shouting, grunting continue]
What up, Shawn?[man] Welcome back, homey.
You need your yard cut?Nah. Nah, I'm good.
All right.
[knocking]
[chuckles]
Damn, Greg.
It's been a minute.
When'd you get out?
Uh, shit.
What, a week ago.
You look good.
You look real good.
I mean, I know
there's nothing else to do
but lift inside,
but it's working for you.
Yeah, you know.
Uh, so I seen there was
some oil up under your car
in the street.
They hook you up
with a job yet?
I'm still on the wait list,
but, you know,
I'm out here, doing me.
Yeah. Yeah.
Good for you, baby.
Uh...
if you need a tune-up
or something,
you know,
whatever you can afford,
it's cool.
Thanks, but truth is,
I'm kind of tight on cash
these days.
But, um...I hear you.
You need your hair braided?
On me.
I don't think
it's there quite yet.
A few months, maybe.
Yeah. Almost.
[chuckles] Girl.
[both laugh]
All right.
Uh--When it is,
come back and see me.
On me, for old times.
All right then.
Be careful.
It was good seeing you.Yeah, yeah.
Bye.
[Calvin muttering]
[imitates gunfire, laughs]
[barking]
You smooth, baby.
[chuckles, sighs]
[helicopter whirring overhead]
Oh, shit. Oh, fuck. Wait.
Slow the fuck down.
Oh. Us? Me?
Fuck. [laughs] Yeah.
[screams]
[laughs] Fuck you!
[imitates cocking gun, firing]
[imitates rapid gunfire]
[screams, laughs]
You're fucking scared.
Fly away, bitch! Fly away!
[laughing]
That motherfucker ain't right,
Nicky. What is that shit?
I'm serious.
Hey, hey. Wait up.
Listen, wait up--
Nicky, I can't get no abortion,
and I'm tired of Calvin
saying that shit.
He's just
fucking with you,
all right?
I'm gonna take care of it.
Don't worry.
[woman] He ain't gonna
take care of shit.
Get your cracker ass outta here
before my slipper
goes to slapping.
Hey, Curtis, come on out here.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Wait!You white-trash,
Seabiscuit-lookin' motherfucker.
We got all these
beautiful Black kings
and you open your legs
up to white trash.Go sit down.
[glass shatters]Hey, tell your mama
check in with the homeys.
She still working nights?
Hey, Nicky.
[woman]
Better not come back
around here no more.
Mm-mmm.
No, I'm not having it.
You in trouble.I can't do it.
[spraying]
Hey, man, what you up to?'Sup, bro?
[grunts]
Fucking bitch. Shut the fuck up.[groaning, coughing]
[paint can rattling]
[screaming]
[groaning, coughing]
[man 1] How you doing?[man 2] You know
what they call me, baby.
Yo, what's up?Now you come home.
This what's going on
when I'm at work?
[man 3] What's good?Hey, Dad.
Fuck you up. [grunts]
Sit the fuck down!
[woman] Nicky, stop!Stay there!
Fucking stop, Nicky.
Stay there, Nicky.[woman]
What's wrong with you?
Sit the fuck down, bitch!
Shut the fuck up!Nicky, stop!
Fuck 'em.Nicky, stop. Don't be stupid.
Nicky, stop.
What's wrong with you?
Nicky-- Oh, fuck!
[groans] Nicky, fuck!
[woman]
Nicky, what'd you do?[Nicky Sr.] You did this!
Come here, baby.
Are you crazy?
What's wrong with you?
Come on, baby.
[whistles, speaks Spanish,
laughs]
[hip-hop music playing]Lot of them old niggas
better than him.
No, sir. Nobody sing
motherfucking like him.
[mutters]
Oh, fuck, man!
[scoffs]
Look at these motherfuckers.
They're supposed to be
in school and shit.
Little motherfucker
got a bomb lollipop
on his face.
Look at that nigga
man his gear, bro.
[video game chimes]
Fight! Fuck 'em up!
Fuck 'em up!
Calvin, don't get
no motherfucking Cheetos
on my vending machine, nigga.
Jerk.
Nigga crazy.
Be speaking in tongues
and shit.
Fuck.Hey, Calvin. Show the homey
that shit you been doing.
Watch this shit.
Abracadabra, motherfucker.
[laughs]
Sit your little ass down,
nigga.
Hey, Larry. Larry!
Fuck you always in here
lurking, man.
Ain't nobody lurking, man.
Fuck you, man.
Fuck me?Niggas have
an Apple TV anyway.
That nigga ain't got
no motherfucking Apple TV.
Look at special needs
little nigga over there.
If he was trapped
in the crib on fire,
that nigga won't say shit.
[laughing]Nigga just be crisp.
Fuck![grunts]
I'm a god, nigga.Quit talking about
the homey, D.
Talkin' about the homeys?
[video game:
grunting, shouting]
Hey! We closing
in ten minutes, nigga.
Ten minutes?Ten minutes.
Word?Chop-chop.
We got ten minutes.Hurry up.
I'ma buy a movie first.
Nigga,
remember this fucking movie?
Used to love
this fucking movie.
Hey, you touch it,
you buy it.
Should buy this shit--
No, fuck this shit!
What the fuck? Hey--Fuck your movies!
What y'all niggas doing?
[Calvin laughs]
Fuck you up, Calvin.Fuck all these movies.
Fuck you up, nigga.
[laughs] Come out
from behind the glass!
This shit is fucked up,
Calvin.
Hey, eight minutes, nigga.
Grow the fuck up,
little nigga.
I've ran out of time,
my nigga.
Fuck!
[laughs]
Who the fuck gonna
clean this shit up, nigga?
Not me.Yeah, you, nigga.
Whoa.
Oh, shit.
That's the fucking
ocean breeze calling us.
You feel that shit?
We going to the beach
this week.
We're going
to the fucking beach
this week!
All right! Let's go!
[no audible dialogue]
[no audible dialogue]
[video game: sirens wailing]
Slow down!
Get out of the way! Watch where you goin'!
[man shouting][tires squealing]
[Calvin hoots]
Restart that shit.Oh, come on, bro.
Restart
that motherfucking shit.
[video game noises stop]
My shit on?
[video game noises resume][snickers]
[shouting][gunfire]
Oh, shit.
Holy shit.
[Jesse] Calvin had an idea.
[Calvin shouting]
He said why don't we
take the game outside?
Now, I knew
what he meant.
Oh, shit, oh, shit.
And I can't say
I disagreed with him.
[chattering]
But had I known
what it would lead to,
I probably would have
just said, "Let's stay home."
...with the young bitches
with the yoga pants.
And we turn them bitches
all the way the fuck up!
We turn them bitches up!
And we go on this wild ride
in the sky like Superman
and come back down
with some Offwhite, too,
mixed up, fixed up,
rolled up with some Sour OG
and we only do switches.
We only do
motherfucking switches.
And I need me some Slurpee.
I need a Slurpee.
Slurpee got some juice.
Want some fucking juice.
I could do juice too
'cause I love that shit.
That shit just be--
The motherfucking flavor!
Know what I'm sayin'?
No air traffic control,
just stratosphere.
And then we just fucking
take a ride in the air,
like, whoo!
And we just... go!
You know what I'm saying?
Just us and the wind.
Nigga, that shit
got my dick all hard!
Greg,
handle your business.
Check out this nigga,
Crackhead Leonard.
[shouting]
What's up with that bread
you owe me, man?
Oh, come on, man.
There you go again!
[man]
You ain't getting it, nigga.
And this weird-ass nigga.Oh, shit.
Look who got out.
What's up, homey?
[speakers: hip-hop playing]Hey, shit, nigga.
Come holler at me.
Fuck he doing
with a lawn mower?
[chattering]
Whose lawn mower
you just stole?
Jesus?
You stole Jesus's lawn mower?
I'm riding out here, nigga.
I heard there
was some snitching going on.
Now you out early?
Rolled up.
Out here trying to make a dime.
You feel me?
I'm fuckin' with you.
I know. [chuckles]
You look good, boy.I'm all right.
Trying to make a dime, huh?You got some work here?
You got some work
I can do?
I got work all day.
You trying to
get back on?
Nah, dawg.
Going straight.
Got some work
I can do around the yard
that you need?
Nah, I like
all my weeds.
Right here
looking like Jurassic Park.[laughs]
Hold up. Yo, Jasmine.
You see my homey right here?
Ask the nigga
if he wants some food.
You can't make him a plate?
I'm cool, dawg.
I'm cool. It's cool.You cool?
You ain't got no manners
about yourself.
Yo mama burn that shit up, dawg.
I'm all right.You cool?
Yeah.Why don't you
take this bread then?
Dawg. I'm away.
You feel me?
I see you.
I see you.
Just let me know
if you need something.
Anything.
Sure. All right.
Gonna put
some rims on it?Hey, dawg, don't be--
[laughs]
[man] Our father,
who art on my back...
I'ma stay outside.
Owner don't like Bruiser....wretched be your name.
Thy kingdom come,
your shit gets done
on Earth.
And wherever else
you can make
a fucking dollar, right?
Sin is encrouched
at your door, young man.
And for you is its appetite.
Will you get
the mastery over it?
You steal!
You stole me!I'm gonna take a piss.
You took me from my mama.
You stole me!
And you promised me
a fucking mule!
Where's
my motherfucking mule?
I'm that nigga
that's left the pawn shop,
and I got a gun.
Hey, what's up, bro?
What's good?I like your hat.
[grunting]
[Nicky] The keys!
Calvin, the keys!
Give me the keys.
[laughs]
[engine starts]
[Calvin screams]
[Calvin muttering]
[man] Calvin, you hear me?
You brush your teeth today?[young Calvin] Yes.
Can't be leaving the house
smelling like these other
little niggas out here.
There's things that separate us.
Truth or lies. That's it.
The truth is who you are.
You hear me?
A lie is everything else.
I'm still putting together
that spaceship for you.
Know that?
Fly wherever
you want to go.
It's gonna run
off pure energy.
[thumping]
[all laugh][Calvin] Oh, shit!
I fucking love you.
Thank you. Whoo!
Whoo! Whoo!
Think, motherfuckers.
[muttering]
Oh, sh--
[muttering continues]
Gimme
the motherfuckin' pill.
Did you get those pills?Yeah, I got 'em.
Who got the pills?
Oh, you got 'em.I ate 'em all!
[Nicky laughs]Kiss it goodbye
till next time.
Till next time! Boom!
[laughs]
[mother] Okay,
would you rather have peas
for the rest of your life
or broccoli?
Broccoli.Okay, would you rather have
chicken or steak?
Steak.I knew you were
gonna say steak.
I'll be right back.
Going to the bathroom.
Stay right here.
Okay.Okay? I love you.
Hey, look at
this asshole.
Can't believe
he's still running shit.
[sighs]
[chattering]
[Charlie]
What you got there?
What's that, like,
an upside-down chicken?
Okay, that's what I want.
I'm starving.
[sighs]
Got the prettiest ears.
Come on.
Come on.
Yeah.
[breathing rapidly]
Hey!
Hey, get the fuck away
from their window!
Hello? Get over here!
Nigga, don't act like
you don't hear me.
I will call 911, motherfucker.
Get over here.
What do you think you're doing
over here in their window?
[Greg] Calvin!
Get the-- Calvin!
Calvin, dawg! [panting]
Get the fuck over here.
The fuck is wrong with you?
I'm looking at life right now.
It's Jesse, dawg.What'd you just say?
Fuck! Fuck!What the fuck you just say?
What's wrong with Jesse?
He saw it
through a fucking window!What are you talking about?
Mr. Charlie is fucking Jesse!
That's what's happening!
Fucking kill him!
I'ma fucking kill him.
I'ma fucking kill him.
He's fucking him, man!
Come on, Nicky! Come on!
Let's go! Let's go!
Jesse!
I'ma kill him!
I'ma fucking kill him!
Where the fuck is--
Have you seen my son?
Have you seen him?
He was right here! Aaron!
Jesse!Where the fuck are you?
[mother] Aaron![Calvin]
Jesse!
Aaron! Aaron![Calvin] I don't fucking know!
Have you seen my son?
A little boy?
Jesse!
Aaron! Oh, my God! Aaron![Calvin] Jesse!
[gunshot]Jesse!
You see that shit?
Do you see that shit?
When we was younger,
was he doing this shit
the whole fucking time? Huh?
I don't fucking know.
I don't fucking know.
I don't fucking know.
Jesse doesn't say anything.All right.
We gotta have a plan.
Piece of shit. Piece of shit.
That disgusting piece of shit.
That motherfucker is dead.
He's fucking dead.
[door opens, closes]
[lock clicks]
[Jesse]
I always have the same dream.
In it,
there's three palm trees.
Like three really tall friends.
But then I'm alone...
by the ocean.
My feet
feeling the cool water.
[no audible dialogue]
Dreams ain't real.
[chattering]
Hey, Mama.Hey, what you doing back here?
Trying to get it right.Get what right?
Oh, you need
your own little space.
Just need a place--
place for my own, Mama.
Mm-hmm. Just don't make
a bigger mess
than is already back here.
You wanna maybe roll with me
to the hardware store later?
Sure, we can do that.
You want something to eat first?
Oh. [chuckles]
My cooking's okay for you,
but my house isn't.
Hey, hey. You know.
[laughing]
Love you, too.Thank you, Mama.
You're welcome, sweetie.
We gotta take Keisha
to the doctor tomorrow.Uh-uh!
Don't forget.Uh-uh! Fuck no.
I'm not doing that shit.
Oh, don't start with that.
Come on.
No, I'm not doing that shit.We agreed.
No, we didn't agree on shit.
That's your business.
Your business.
Come on, General.General? I'm fucking viceroy.
Get that shit right.
[laughs]
Hey, why aren't you
the king again?
I'm working my way
to the fucking top.
All right?
The nerve of some people.
You really want to live
this regular fucking lifestyle?
You wanna raise a baby
in this shit?
This shithole? Dumbass.
[sniffs]
Oh, shit, you smell that?
You fucking smell that?
You smell that shit?
It's fucking intrigue,
my nigga.
[sniffs] Mmm. Oh, shit.
[engine starts]
We're going to the beach!
You hear me?
We're going to the beach!
Taking motherfucking
my nigga Jesse,
my white friend Nicky
to the fucking beach.
[Calvin singing, faint]
[singing continues]
[singing continues]
We going to the beach
We going to the beach
We going to the beach
They all gon' see us
In the street
[screams][laughs]
[Calvin] You motherfuckers
ready? You see this shit?[Nicky] Ow!
Soon as I see me a dolphin,
I'm jumping clean on his back.
Clean on it.
Dolphins, where you at?
[car honking][laughs]
Fuck you!
Who the fuck is that?[honking continues]
Go around!
[sighs] Keep it cool.
Yo, all right.Oh, are you
fucking kidding me, bro?
[honking continues]Go the fuck around.
This bi--
What the fuck
are you dumb shits doing?Fuck you!
You don't wanna
fuck with me.Get your fucking ass back!
Fuck you!
Why don't you
fucking go?
Fucking peasants, man!I like my fucking car.
Let's get out of here.Bitch, I'ma fuck him up.
Fuck him up.
[Calvin's father]
Calvin? Calvin, you hear me?
I asked you what you want,
not what you like.
Nobody give a damn
about what you like.
You gotta
tell the motherfucker
what you want.
Now say it.
I want ice cream.Say it like you want some.
I want some ice cream.
I want that fucking car.
I'ma fuck you up.Let's get that fucker.
Dolphins gonna have to wait.
Yeah. Yeah.
Now this nigga
trying to speed off.
I'm running that light.
You thought I was stopping.
[police sirens wailing]What the hell do they want?
Make me stop in the street
'cause you don't know how to say
you want some shit.
Now I'm pulled the fuck over.
We got a possible 503.You stay in that spot.
Don't you move.
[officer]
Sir, get out of the car.
Hands where I can see them!
Fuck you, fuck you,
fuck you.
What you want, man?Put your hands
where I can see them!
I'm talking to my son
in the car.
Back up! I said back up!What you gonna do?
Shoot me?
[gunshot][body thuds]
[Calvin's father]
Don't you forget that shit.
You understand me?
Let's fucking do this shit.
Come on.
Chri, chri. Chri,look.
Do you love it?
Tell me you love it.
Hello.[screams]
Fuck![imitates screaming]
Get the fuck out of my house!
[grunts]
[imitating woman]
Oh, my gosh.
[grunts][woman screaming]
Pull your ass up!
Who's the fucking peasant now?
Hmm? [screams]
Get off me!
[fabric ripping][Calvin laughing]
[woman screaming]
[all laughing]
[woman screaming] Fuck you!
[man singing]
Look a killer in the eyes
[gunshots]Russian roulette
Bless your brunette
[Calvin] Fuck yeah.
I told you, that's my shit.
That's your shit.I steal your fucking car.
I told him. I said,
"That's a nice
motherfucking Mercedes, bitch."
This is my shit now.That's your shit.
Now we driving to the beach
in his shit.
[Nicky] Took his car.
You took his bitch.
[laughs]
Took her away.
"I got you something nice, baby.
Look at these
beautiful flowers."
[laughs][Nicky] Yo, look at Jesse.
Look at Jesse.
Hey, you like
a motherfucking rock star
up there.
A fucking rock star.[Nicky laughs] Yeah.
[Calvin] I need some liquor.Let's get something to drink.
I need some liquor
to bring these pills down.
I need to get sober.
[man singing]
Look a killer in the eyes
[engine off]
[Nicky] Yo.[Calvin]
You see that shit?
[Nicky] See what?
105, 405--
[chattering][Calvin] Damn. They is the shit.
[Jesse] LA is funny.
Tell somebody you're famous,
even if they don't know
who you are, they get excited.
Man, let's take
these motherfuckers
for a ride.
[woman whispering]Excuse me.
Is that him?
I mean, is that him,
like, for real?
Oh, yeah, that's him.It's fucking him. Sure it is.
Um, can we go talk to him?
Nah, nah, nah.
He just got out of the studio.
Doesn't like to be bothered.Oh, my God.
I knew it. I told you
he was gonna make another album.
So what are you ladies
doing tonight?
Uh... we don't know.
We just got here this morning.
Maybe go to a club
or something.
Hell yeah.[both chuckle]
Let's party.
Let's get out of here.
Leave your car here.
Where we going?Come on.
The unknown, motherfucker.
Get in the car.
Just get in the car.
Come on.
We gonna get high tonight.
Yes, indeed.
We gonna get high tonight.
[chattering, laughter]
And I'm gonna let you
look right at me.
[car tires screeching]I ain't scared. No.
[laughs]
Laugh, motherfucker.
I ain't scared, man.
'Cause I see you.
He sees you.
Dare the devil to step aside.
Ask him to say your name.
See which name he says.
You know his name.
[Calvin] The po-po
ain't catching us.
[Nicky] We got
a lot of shit in here.
[women laughing]We got a lot of shit in here.
[laughs]This is cool,
but y'all got anything harder?
"Harder," the young man says.
Excellent, my dear Nicholas.
I believe we've found
a colleague in recreation.
Now, now, my dear comrade.
We can't assume
that this is a man of leisure.
He could be, uh,
an upstanding family man.
Then more outstanding
for the cause of this adventure.[laughs]
Surely, if his thirst
for the game is ample,
then mere formalities
will not intercede and spoil
the spirit of the night.
[all laugh]Be chance or favor,
I wager my own honor that
this man fancies the sport.
All right, well,
what does our governor say
about the night's festivities?
Mmm.
[all cheer, laugh]At last!
The great oracle himself
has spoken.
The game it shall be.
[Nicky] The game it shall be.Are we going to see
the Hollywood sign?
We so gotta get a pic.
Fuck no.
We're gonna see the universe.
Take a pill, baby.
What you having?
Ooh. I'm having
what he's having.
I want
what he's having too.
[speakers:
hip-hop music playing, faint]
Take this shit.
Take this fucking shit off.
Fuck this sh--
[grunts]
Fuck this sh-- [laughs]
Yo, Calvin.[laughs]
[Nicky]
What you doing, man?Fuck. Fuck all this.
Whoo!
Juicy booty. Juicy booty.
Come here, girl, come here.
[laughing]
What's up, Eddie?[chattering]
[hip-hop continues playing,
louder]
[speakers, loud] Nigga
I ain't worried about y'all
That how it 'posed to be
Keep a little buzz
And stay down with your dawg
That how it 'posed to be
That how it 'posed to be
[no audible dialogue]
[man]
Violent dreams
Dying, crying
While flying
Silently tracing
Tracing, facing
Violent dreams
Broken, coping
Hoping silently
Building
Killing me till then
Violent dreams
Choose life
[no audible dialogue]
Choose these
Violent dreams
[seat squeaking][woman moaning]
[man] Yo!
[chattering]
[Calvin] Hold your shit.
You're more fucked up than me.
[man]
Yo! What the fuck?
[laughs]My bad.
It's all good, man.Fucking pull up your pants.
Oh! I just saw your penis, man!
What the-- [laughs]
I just saw your fucking penis!
Jesse, Jesse, come on.
Let's fucking go.
Let's fucking go.
I love you.
Fucking cockblocker.
I want ice cream now.
Let's go.
[headphones: music playing]
Nicky?
Nicky, Terry,
breakfast is almost ready.
Come on.
Fuck.What are you doing?
I can't find my phone.
Is it
in these armpits of yours?
[giggling]Let me just check.
Let me just check.
Whoo! Bah!
[woman]
Boys, you're gonna be late!
Nicky, come on!
Forget it.
Let me ride, Nicky.
Okay. Let's go.
Let's get
some of that breakfast.
[helicopter whirring]
[police radio chatter]
[no audible dialogue]
Now... if-if-if four-fifths
of the world is dark,
how is it that--
how is it possible
that one-fifth
rules or oppresses
or exploits or dominates
that four-fifths
who are the majority?
It's by dividing
and conquering.
We're not brutalized
because we're Baptist.
We're not brutalized
because we're Methodist.
We're not brutalized
because we're Muslim.
[horn honking]
We're brutalized because
we are Black people in America.
[Calvin screams]
[thunder rumbling]
Take it easy.
[groans] Arthritis.
Thank goodness
it stopped raining.I got it. I got it.
I did-- [laughs]
I got it, I got it,
I got it, I got it.
Okay. Okay, sweetie.Here's your keys.
Hey, Calvin.
Calvin, yo.
I need to talk to you, boy.
Everything all right?Yeah, Mama.
It's all right.
[Jesse] I think
in that moment for Calvin,
it was the straw
that broke the camel's back.
The promises of his life,
the beginning
of all things broken.
[Calvin's mom crying]
The doctors, they told me
Calvin was special.
They weren't sure
of his condition.
The outbursts,
the violence, the mood swings.
[sobbing]
What was I gonna do?
So I prayed to the Lord
for-- for answers.
And I'll keep on praying
till the Lord
answers my prayers.
[exhaling rapidly]
You think it's time
to take a break?Oh, Mama.
[both laugh]
I thought you might
want a beer, baby.
A beer?
Yes, Mama drinks a beer
every now and again.
Cheers.
Mmm.You all the way
gangsta now, huh?
Got your beer,
got your crib.
[laughs]I ain't mad.
Oh, you're not mad at me?
[chuckles]
You got any papers?
Oh, you trippin'.Gotcha. [laughs]
Yeah, it's getting there.
It's on its way.
'Bout how much longer?
Soon.Mm-hmm.
I'm gettin' ready
to go to the store.
Want anything in particular?
PB&J.[laughing]
So nothing's changed.
Why you asking
if you already know?
Extra crunchy?Extra crunchy.
I'm just checking.
I thought maybe
you growed up or something.
Nah.[laughs]
Okay, baby. Love you.
[sighs]
[Calvin crying]
[sniffles, muttering][door opens]
Calvin?
I got you this
for your birthday.
I was gonna give it
to you then, but I thought
maybe you could use it now.
Go on.
I think
you're gonna like it.
Can I help you?
Okay.
Here we go.
Right around your shoulders.
Ohh.
Oh, the collar
and the button.
It's so royal.
Look. Take your arms out.
You're such a good boy.
You're a good boy, Calvin.
I need you
to watch Terry tonight.
All right, I'll handle it,
but that's, like,
three nights this week.
Don't you worry about
what I do with my nights.
You need to be worried about
how you're gonna feed that baby
you're supposed to be having.
It's sorted.
I'm just saying, Nicky--You're just saying what?
I'm just saying.
[scoffs] It ain't easy
being a fucking parent.
Shit's hard.
And how the fuck
would you know?
[scoffs]
Watch your fucking mouth.
Say, nigga! Cal!
Been looking
for you, boy.
[Jesse]
Things reversed for Calvin.
When he looked up,
he saw the ground.
When he looked down,
he saw the sky.
We know he buried his hope
with Bruiser.
So, you gonna jump?
Yeah.
All right.[laughs]
Good luck, nigga.Imagine that shit.
But jump to what?
The fucking ground?
No, fuck the ground.
Give me that cigarette.
What you doing up here?
Trying to get closer to God?
Fucking God.
I keep hearing that shit.
Like, where is the motherfucker?
I ain't met the guy.
No, I'm going to fucking Venus.
That's where I'm going.
The planet? Nigga, gimme this.Yes, the planet.
That's where I'm going.
How you gonna get there?
You don't see
what the fuck I got on?
My bad. That's what's up
with the cape?Exactly.
I'm tripping. My bad.Exactly. Got to stay
off the fucking ground.
Ground hot like hell.
They try to say
hell is underneath ground
and fire and pits
and all that devil bullshit.
No, it's right fucking here.
I seen the devil himself.
I talked to the nigga.
He's right here.
He live around
the fucking corner.
Right here?Yes.
For example,
when you hit that motherfucker,
he was already dead.
Did you know that?
You were hitting a corpse.Don't talk about that.
You hit that nigga.
He was gone, like, boom!
The nigga was ash
when he hit the ground.
That shit was wild.
You think that shit cool?Yeah, I thought that shit
was fuckin' cool.
[laughs][laughing]
You scared to die, Greg,
ain't you?I'm saying don't rush it.
You scared to die and shit.
Don't rush it?
Then I guess
you ain't heard.
Heard what, dawg?
I'm already dead.
[door opens]
[Charlie] Hey.
What's with this mess?
Looks like
a little piggy lives here.
Hey. Jesse.
[object clatters]Fuck.
Hey, you in there?
[doorknob rattling]
Jesse.
Why'd you lock the door?
Come on. Open the door.
You--
What's going on?
You all right?
Hey, Jesse, don't fucking
walk away from me.
Goddamn it.
You little prick.
What the fuck's
wrong with you?
Jesus Christ.
Look what you made me do.
Calvin!
The fucker's here!
We gotta go.
Get your shit together. Okay?
I'm gonna give you some space.
I spent 30 fucking dollars
on groceries.
[sighs]
Fuck you.
Jesse!
Jesse, open the door!Open up.
You okay?
Hey, hey, hey.[door closes]
Hey.
You all good?
Look at me.
What the fuck?
Get him a fucking shirt.
Almost fucking had him.
Let's get the fuck
out of here, okay?
It's not your fault, man.
You know that, right?
You know that.
[woman] Aaron?
You're not alone anymore
about this.
You understand me? Aaron!
Jesse? Jesse?
Look at me. Come on, bro. Aaron?
Look at me, man. Come on.
Aaron! Aaron!
Oh, my God, Aaron!
Look at me.
You're not alone.
We're gonna handle it. Okay?
[TV playing][woman laughs]
[woman] Here.
This is the part I like.
Watch.
[laughing] Oh, my gosh!
I love that.
Mom, you're wild.
She used to be, son.
Really, Charles?[TV: people laughing]
[minister on TV]
When the asylum lets you out
into the world
of pain and trouble,
and you ask,
who's responsible
for this hell?
Who's responsible
for my misery?
[laughing][TV continues]
[doorbell rings]Oh, my gosh.
I'll get it.
[minister on TV]
Where's God?
Jesse, where is God?
Is your dad home?
Dad?Oh, my God!
Shut the fuck up.
God is looking for you.
Where is God?
[all shouting]Shut the fuck up.
Are y'all listening to me?Shut the fuck up.
Stop!Shut the fuck up.
Take anything.Shut up.
You gotta find him out here!
Great motherfucking year!
Does God put his children
in bondage?
Shut the fuck up.[screams]
Does God let those
who love him die?
[screaming] Suffer?
Bitch![shouting continues]
Daddy like to rape
little boys.
What is he talking about?I'm sorry.
Can I get a "amen"?Shut up!
Can I get a witness?Shut up!
Can I get somebody here?
[kicking][groans]
Rise up with me.
[woman screaming]Kill this motherfucker.
[minister]
Y'all not paying no attention
to what I'm saying.
[screaming]See you on the other side,
bitch!
Black misery,
I'm telling y'all.
Black misery loves company.
Fuck you!
[chuckles]
[woman sobbing]
Take anything you want.
[minister]
But that misery?
Well, Jesse...
that misery
is yours to end.
[TV: congregation shouting]
[Calvin] Jesse. Jesse.
It's just me.
Uh, I got something
to tell you.
I fucking love you.
I love you like a brother,
you know.
You and Nicky
are all I got.
You're all I fucking got.
And...
It's over.
You hear me?
You won't fucking
see him no more.
It's done.
[sighs]
Anyway, now we can
fucking live a new life
and get the fuck outta here.
You can come stay with me.
Hope you could, uh...
Hope you could
think about that, you know.
Uh...
You got family, man.
Just, uh...
come over later.
I'm here.
[sighs]
[Jesse]
Because I don't speak,
people think that
I don't got a voice inside.
But no, it's there,
and it can get loud.
Are you ready?
Let's fly. Times when it's the loudest,
like now,
is when everything is calm.
Build up the capes!
Because somehow
that voice inside knows...One... two... three!
Jump! Let's go! ...there's a storm coming.
[police radio chatter]
[no audible dialogue]
[no audible dialogue]
Nicky, look at me.
Nicky, look at me!
Look at me.
What did you do?
Nicky, what did you do?
Nicky, look at me.
Look at me!
Look at me. Baby.
What did you do?
What are you fucking looking at?
What are you fucking looking at?
Fuck, man.
What happened?
My phone.
My phone was in the car.
[Calvin] Fuck.
Forget it.
Hey, um...
you tell Jesse?
One other thing.
I need you to promise me,
you and Jesse,
that you're gonna take care
of my little one.
[chuckles]
What are you saying, man?
No, no, no.
I need you to do that.
You understand me?
I fucking promise.
Right.
[train horn blowing
in distance]
[train horn continues blowing]
Wonder where
that train is going.
Far from here.
[train horn continues blowing]
You ever been
on a train, Jesse?
We going
on a fucking train.
We gotta get him
out of there.
Gotta fucking
handle this shit.
Man, I-- I feel stuck.
Hate fucking feeling stuck.
I'm not leaving without him.
Hell yeah.
[laughs]
My nigga.
I love you, Jesse.
[homeless man]
See, baby boy, you gotta be
more like the Earth.
You spin silently,
but shake real loud.
Or you can be more like
the insects, you know,
'cause they carry
their own weight.
Or you could be
like the tree
and just dig your roots
all deep inside the earth.
Or you could be like time.
See, 'cause time,
time waits for nobody.
[man]
Hey, bro! I like your hat!
[laughs]
You got him.That's what you get!
[sobbing]
You gotta be
more like the moon, son.
You gotta know
when to hide.
But now you can be
like the sun.
Shine, baby.
[sniffles]
Goodbye, my brother, you--
We'll see you in--
in Venus.
[sniffling, crying]
Mama, what's wrong?
[crying] No, no!
No, no, no.
No, Jesse, no.
No, no, no!
No, no, no!
Jesse!
[sobbing] Jesse.
I'm...
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[sobbing]
Hey, I'ma roll with you.
I'm driving.
[Jesse]
Sometimes you wish you had
the right thing to say.
Or, in my case, anything.
[Greg] Something nice
about that water, huh?
Life's a lot
like them waves, Jesse.
Sometimes we feeling like...
feeling like there ain't
no rhyme or reason to this shit.
Can't nothing be further
from the truth.
What happened to Calvin, man,
that shit ain't gonna
go unanswered,
but you better believe
it ain't gonna be
answered by you.
Hey, look, man.
Life got a way.
It do.
It got a way of just...
figuring that shit out.
I know why you're here.
You take all the time
in the world.
I'll be right here
when you get ready.
I love you. Don't move.
Hey, little brother.
You ever heard
of a thing called life?
L-I-F-E.
The "L" means life,
the "E" means everlasting,
but there's two letters
in the middle.
"If."
If you watch yourself.
Pick one...
and your wish
will come true.
One might take you to Venus.
That's my favorite.
Keep living, brother.
[woman] What's this?
Shiny rock.
Shiny rock? Okay.
Come on.
Let's go dry our clothes.
All right.
Drying clothes time.
Drying clothes time.
[Jesse]
Today I'm gonna pray.
I'm gonna pray that
God is looking out for me.
'Cause today...
things will be different.
[screams]
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
We go through it
Over and under
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
Then we prove it again
Watch us move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
We never lose
Never crumble
We move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
Smoothin' again
With the sound
Watch us move around
It's hard to love
What I don't know
Easy to hate
What I don't know
I never lose
If I don't want to win
I'm with them
Or rolling soloYeah, yeah
I keep the herb
And the pen close
Ooh, can't nobody know
It's getting
Harder to breathe
But I know
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
We go through it
Over and under
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
Then we prove it again
Watch us move around
You know
Where would I make room
'Cause everything around me
Cash rules
Gotta break through
Gotta have tools
For anything
Anything, so
We stay up
Gotta get my mind right
Smoke signals
That are my right
So you can
Watch us move around
I gotta be aUh-huh
I gotta be a soldier
Soldier
Out on my own
And so
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
[vocalizing]
And we move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
We never lose
Never crumble
We move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
Smoothin' again
With the sound
Watch us move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
We never lose
Never crumble
Move around
We stay up
When the whole world
Lets us down
Smoothin' again
With the sound
Watch us move around