David Makes Man (2019) s01e01 Episode Script
David's Sky
1 [CRYING.]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS.]
[SIGHS.]
[WHISPERING.]
Quit doin' this, J.
- JG.
- What?! [NORMAL VOICE.]
Shut up.
Mom asleep.
Open the door.
No, I can't.
I'm naked.
Nak Come [SLAP.]
Ow, stupid! [HEARTBEAT.]
Come on, JG.
I told you I wasn't waitin'.
Stay calm today, JG no fightin', nothin'.
- Remember.
- Yeah.
She can't have to come down here.
- All right.
- Hey! [WINGS FLAPPING.]
[DJ KHALED'S "BORN-N-RAISED" PLAYS.]
Born-n-raised in the county of Dade Born-n-raised in the county of Dade The land of the haze, the cocaine capital We ain't just hittin' you, buddy We Warren Sapp'n you we comin' hard Like them Cubans in the '80s, dog Go ahead, throw it in the pot I bet it's raw pero ten cuidado Con un tumbe porque se lo llevan todo Hey, don't touch my clothes.
Chevy heaven, old-school niggas preachin' You stashin' in there? No.
Luke, he's the king I'm Mr.
305 put that on a triple beam They they done, Ms.
Quimby.
You can check.
I was just Holla at them Haitians let 'em know this lick's on me Welcome to Dade you see 'em, you see 'em Born and raised in the county of Dade Ross, you see 'em - Turn around.
- You see 'em Listen, boy.
I'm about to beat yo ass.
Right? Pitbull - Born and raised - DJ Khaled, 305 M-I-Yayo Born and raised in the county of Dade I got road dogs doin' that 20 to life You try me and I'm-a get 20 tonight You think ya bitch bad, boy, I got 20 alike Not the car but they know I be pushin' the white Dip the chevy in syrup Digital dash no bank accounts My money in bags go do the physics 'Cause when I whip it and I love to whip it That's just another digit This my city, in my city you gotta tote fire Overtown will bust yo head 'cause it won't slide Brown Sub will wet yo ass like a dunk ride You're dead wrong for thinkin' them chicos won't ride Opa Locka revolve around that big 4-5 Them Little Haitians will take yo ass for a boat ride In Carol City, niggas quick to board a plane with it [BIRDS CHIRPING.]
[SIGHS.]
[BRAKES SCREECH.]
DRIVER: Boy, y'all Vil kids kill me.
You ain't see the big ol' bus comin', huh? Shoulda been had your money ready.
Uh, you gotta pay the full fare.
I don't know you goin' to school.
I'm goin' to school.
What school? - Galvin Middle.
- Huh? Magnet.
Huh.
Ain't you gonna be late? If you don't drive off, yes.
Oh! Oh-ho! Okay.
[LAUGHS.]
Boy, y'all Magnet-school kids kill me.
Next time you get on my bus with all that mouth, I'm-a leave you behind standin' right there, you hear me? Huh? Magnet.
You a'ight? Rough morning? Hey, don't let Holmes bother you.
Fuck Holmes.
He mad 'cause his kid's at regular school.
[CHUCKLES.]
You ain't regular, are you? You're at Magnet.
You're at Magnet.
That's good.
Magnet means you made a choice.
It is gonna lead to prep.
What, you tryin' to go to to Hurston, young bright? Hey! There's nothin' down there nothin' at all.
People need to see your eyes, Dave.
You cannot sink down not today.
Ain't today your presentation? Yeah.
Yeah, stay on top like a man of war.
Keep your head up.
Make sure you go first.
You stay ready, you ain't got to get ready.
[BRAKES SCREECH.]
[DOOR HISSES.]
David Makes Man 1x01 David's Sky [INDISTINCT TALKING.]
Man Of War.
What are you doing? MRS.
KELLY: Seren, get out now.
Good mornin', D.
J.
Morning, Mrs.
K.
Hey! [DOOR SLAMS.]
[TAPPING.]
Have a great day, Ma.
You, too, baby.
[SMOOCHES.]
- Better.
- [DOOR SLAMS.]
Good luck today.
[DOOR SLAMS.]
[ENGINE STARTS.]
Hey, I'll see you, bro.
Yeah, after sloooooow And that.
[LAUGHING.]
Yo, you a clown, bro.
What? Everybody can't be full-time Magnet like you.
Genius, that boy! That boy's a genius! [CHUCKLES.]
- Stay ready.
- Ugh, D.
J.
- It's too early for all that.
- Stay ready.
Stay ready, you won't have to get ready, Ms.
Cheryl.
Get your ass to class, D.
J.
[BELL RINGS.]
WOODS-TRAP: Did no one take the time during the barbecue and football with the family dog to think of old Woods-Trap? Where do you come from? Show of hands, please.
How many did the assignment? Ha! Haclam! Haclam! Haclam! [LAUGHTER.]
From? Come on, people.
I'm not making a fool of myself for no reason.
Next year, you will thank Dr.
W-T.
High-school classes won't be this precise Except, of course, if you get into Mast or your parents can afford Lourdes or Hurston maybe if you get into Hurston.
Now, where's it from? Was that really from somethin', or were you just makin' some noise? Two points off, D.
J.
- Two? - I don't waste your time.
Don't waste mine talkin' 'bout "is that real?" Come on, boy, please.
Earn 'em back.
Where's it from? Something Native or original American.
Nice.
Jessie Edward, were you ready? - Mm-hmm.
- He wasn't ready.
Marissa, north or south? - Huh? - "Huh".
if you can "huh", you can ALL: Hear.
WOODS-TRAP: Thank you.
There were thousands of languages amongst the indigenous people of North and South America.
Did old Woods-Trap learn that in a course in some dusty college hall, or did her ancestors wash 'round the other side of the Andes and take up the war against the Spanish with the Native people? How did I get here? What is your story? Will there be one? Um [CLEARS THROAT.]
I-I-I prepared, um More like WOODS-TRAP: "More like" or "prepared"? Don't waste our time, Seren.
No, I begin my study on music.
And you can sing, so you thought it an easy "A"? Admitting that music can at times comes easy to me, I used that as my start, which led me to the Galvin family, the family that started this school back in, um [CLEARS THROAT.]
back in 1939 as the only all-black school in the area.
There weren't any other places for them to learn, so they came here.
Uh, my dad my stepdad, Ray he's a great-nephew of the farm family the Galvins.
Anyway, what made this school so popular wasn't the Teaching.
I-I-I mean, most of the people around were were day laborers and farmhands in the strawberry and melon patches.
But the school had a choir that would sing.
Uh, so, okay, hold on.
[ELECTRONIC FEEDBACK.]
Oh, sorry, sorry.
[FEEDBACK CONTINUES.]
[DISTORTED WHOOSHING.]
You all right, D.
J.
? Be my woman, girl I'll be your man That's just an example of the types of songs they sung.
They were work songs, and when the laborers and the farmers would hear it all around while they were working, they would come and sign their kids up for classes.
So, the topic is how these songs that built railroads, plowed fields, and constructed schools, even how their call and response became our music of today.
[CLAPPING.]
Be my woman, girl, I'll be your man Be my woman, girl, I'll be your man [APPLAUSE AND MURMURING.]
A-and that's why my How our music, the legacy of our people's music, black people's legacy that's who I am, where I come from both joy and pain, work and free.
And and I just want to teach it to you all so you could so you can know some of how I got here and where I come from.
Well done.
Let's have it.
"If music be the food of life" "Play on.
" Amen.
Someone takes his education seriously.
Uh Can you all come closer? [MURMURING.]
Stick to the promise and I'll So I'm gonna say that first part, and then y'all say Be your man You too, Doctor.
[LAUGHING.]
Okay.
Stick to the promise and I'll Be your man Stick to the promise and I'll [DISTORTED WHOOSHING.]
[APPLAUSE.]
[WHOOSHING CONTINUES.]
Ray teachin' you somethin' new at night, huh? [GRUNTS.]
Hey! Hey, hey, hey! Hey! Principal's office, gentlemen.
[CLOCK TICKING.]
If you two can't resolve this, I'm gonna have to suspend you both.
Seren, out.
David, in-school suspension.
And that will live on your records.
I I called him out.
Pardon? I antagonized Seren.
You wanted him to hit you? No, ma'am.
Well, what happened? What did you say? I-I called him I called him a white boy.
I called him a wannabe nigga.
Is that true? Seren, go and wait for me outside.
Don't go or speak to anyone.
FALLOW: Wow.
Why would you use that language? - Dr.
Woods says you're - Woods-Trap.
Excuse me? Do you know we can have you removed from this school? You decided to fight during your only gifted class the reason you're in a Magnet school.
- I didn't hit him.
- You provoked.
I told him the truth.
You called him a racial slur.
I'm black.
He wants to be.
That ain't racist.
Dr.
Woods-Trap says you are interested in Hurston Prep.
Is that right? I asked you a question.
Yes, ma'am.
If they saw the word "altercation" on your school records whether you punched or provoked, if they saw it, they wouldn't even look at your application.
Do you understand? Yes, ma'am.
Now, get your mom on the phone.
I can't.
FALLOW: Why not? The the phone's off.
She doesn't have a phone or even a cell? FALLOW: How long? Since the lights came back on.
You don't have lights? They're back on now.
When wait.
David, did you have breakfast this morning? [LOCKERS SLAMMING, INDISTINCT TALKING.]
[BELL RINGS.]
[PENCIL SCRATCHING.]
Seren, your parents.
I cannot believe you two.
Wait till your stepdaddy hears about this.
David is it's a gifted class.
Everyone else in the class does not look like him, and it's happened before where I have caught him making comments about light skin this, Rican that.
That's my point.
Please, may I It seems like In all of David's other classes, the ones that aren't gifted, he's surrounded by people who look like him.
But in my class, it's different.
He's the only one Seren is black.
The only one who looks like him.
Oh, surely, you don't want me to diagram colorism just now, Principal.
He looks around and it cues him that he's the only one.
And he tries to excel.
He tries to be the best.
And he tries to prove that he deserves to be there, and I think this time, it just got the better of him.
I'd like him to see the counselor.
Okay.
But Thank you.
You're not the mother.
He needs his mother to sign off for him to do that.
Well, I didn't say Okay.
I have real concerns here.
He just told me they didn't have lights in the home and the phone is out of service, and I'm not sure he's even eating.
I think we need to see if this student is acting out because of home.
He told you this? Mm-hmm.
I'll talk to Dr.
Bree.
But I need his mother's signature or it's in-school suspension.
[INDISTINCT TALKING.]
[YAWNS.]
[INDISTINCT SINGING.]
Hey, yo, I was entombed in the belly Of the shadow of death joker on my right hand Coward on my left doin' a dance With the devil in the pale moonlight trouble Hoping everything will be all right - Hoping everything will be all right - Trouble come easy Trouble come sweet trouble catch yo ass Layin' in the bath next week Trouble take everything you own And make you pay just to [CRASH.]
[INDISTINCT TALKING.]
[BUS ENGINE REVS.]
Get your black ass on, now.
[CAT MEOWING.]
SKY: Man of war! Go on, boy.
We can't speak? Af afternoon.
Vespers.
Woods-Trap taught y'all that? What's vespers? It's, um It's Blessed by the name.
Oh, shit.
Come on, G.
Let me know more.
Vespers comes from Latin "vesperis".
All love.
Meaning - Meaning - Meaning Evenin' song.
Look, why ain't you let me finish? You wasn't ready.
You come up in here lettin' that cat distract you.
Pussy will get you stuck.
[LAUGHS.]
What happened? Uh, I'm tired.
Weary, look like.
How'd it go with the assignment? I'm tryin' to go home.
Oh, yeah? This home? Sky, you know what I meant temporary.
Watch your words about the Vil, young sir.
This line it ain't here to protect you.
It's to protect them from these projects.
[KIDS SHOUTING IN DISTANCE.]
- S-Sky.
- Ready to walk past here? I mean, if you stay ready, you ain't got to get Get ready! Right.
I get it.
How'd it go? - I didn't go.
- What? - I told you to go first! - I know.
Look, I gotta go.
What happened at the schoolhouse? You supposed to try to impress Dr.
W-T.
She could make you a prep-school man.
- No.
- No? No! You know! Dave! [SHOUTING.]
Ugh! [SHOUTING CONTINUES.]
[GRUNTING.]
- No! - Come on, JG! - Let go! - Step back! Aw, Dave! JG was just about to get loose on him.
Why you stoppin' shit, Dave? This your brother, Shinobi? Where yours at? You lookin' out for yours? Watch your mouth, nigga.
Nah, nah, nah, don't tell him nothin'! Keep talkin' shit! I struck yo ass, nigga.
What? Yo, you heard me.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! You did, my nigga.
Nobody can't understand what the fuck you're sayin', bro.
A'ight, y'all.
Show's over, y'all.
Disperse.
Get the hell on.
[INDISTINCT TALKING.]
Say, brother Dave.
We got a situation here.
Think you can help me? We need a lookout for tonight On the backs without eyes.
We asked, uh, Willie Derrick here if he'd do it.
He was more than happy to.
In fact, little nigga decided to run his mouth all over elementary that he was lookout for the Vil tonight.
Nah, nah, Raynan, that's not how it happened.
JG was the one snitchin'.
I oughta drop yo ass again! Keep puttin' my name with snitch, I'm gonna.
I'm sayin' who told them! I told your broke ass that you nothin' but a po-po.
Runnin' trump is in my blood.
And this nigga right here is my blood.
He's gonna be a boss.
He was runnin' with Sky.
You got a lot of that fire, man.
Said you was about to be king of this, Dave.
No disrespect, Raynan, but my brother misspoke.
I was about nothin', man.
Nah.
Since, uh, Willie Derrick here just got dusted in front the whole damn 'jects, we gonna need somebody else to be watchboy for us tonight, you understand? - Man.
- Go play! You see what I'm dealin' with, Dave? We need somebody to take his place.
As you well know, pay is pretty good for late-hours work if, uh, you know, JG wanna come through.
Nah, he he busy.
- Doin' what? - Being 9! I hear ya.
Hey, hey.
I hear ya.
I'm only askin' as a Temporary thing While I'm settin' up shop, until we could find someone else.
I got you.
I'll do it.
The fuck you on? You can't.
Not with faggot-ass Miss Elijah watching y'all.
Nigga, what I say? It's only for the night, though, man.
JG not in this.
Well done, brother Dave.
Well done.
I asked you to go home, man straight home! Man, Willie Derrick was talking shit.
Jonathan, what if I was late? What if you had busted his lip or even the police that come around and caught you dustin'? Then what? Man, Raynan's got your back, though.
Nigga, Raynan ain't with nobody, man.
He may talk like he runnin' shit for Sky, but don't believe it, JG.
Hey, you got to learn to look people in the eyes when they talk.
Stop listenin' to they mouth, and look in they eyes, man.
Don't say nothin' about tonight.
- Well, hey, hey! - Hey, mama! Hey, baby J! Why you look like that? Oh He was dirt diving Willie Derrick when I walked up on him.
Wash up, JG.
Was he fightin'? It was me fightin'.
What? Who? Me and Seren we got into it.
The principal said she called.
You lyin'? No, ma'am.
You lyin' to me.
I don't lie to you, ma'am.
Mm.
You just don't tell me everything.
The principal's watching me.
Watchin'? What does that mean? [SIGHS.]
She say you gotta sign this.
JG: Ma, I got soap in my eyes.
It's washin' dirt.
That's why it hurt, baby.
Just use the water.
This says you need to see the counselor.
David.
What she say? Why you gotta see the counselor? Sh-she's worried I'm not Getting everything I need.
At home? I'm clean.
Yes, ma'am.
I don't lie to you.
I-I know that.
Things been better, right? Why you home? I got a shift switch so I could come bring you some food before the next.
This for tonight.
This for after school tomorrow if I'm not here.
So, what? You not stayin'? Take that money on the counter to Miss Elijah.
Please don't lose your mind! You ain't the only one had a hard day, David.
And you comin' in here tellin' me you fightin'.
You like me.
Oh, God.
You so like me.
But you ain't grown enough to stop social services from marchin' in here and draggin' you and Jonath if they I got one more before they There are people looking to tell the office we ain't doin' right.
Remember the summer how they were comin' to the house, how the police wanted to talk to you remember? Yes, ma'am.
I look 'round, and I'm believin' you tuckin' your brother in at night, and you're runnin' these streets with dope boys, talkin' 'bout Sky watchin' over.
- 'Cause he was.
- David! I wasn't here, then.
And I'm I'm I'm here now, though.
I'm here now.
If it was up to me, we wouldn't even be here.
It's not good for any of us.
Old people Old places, and old things.
That's right.
Not good for nothin'.
Y'all man.
All man.
Gonna keep workin' these extra shifts at the truck-stop spot, and then we gone.
Maybe we move closer to that high school you keep talkin' about, yeah? That Hurston.
I gotta go, and You gotta go.
Just just hold on, okay? Just hold on.
Take this money to Miss Elijah, please? MISS ELIJAH: Now, you know better.
Huh? [INDISTINCT SONG PLAYS ON STEREO.]
Why you beatin' on the door that way, huh? Hey, Miss Elijah.
Hey, David.
My mom asked me to bring you this for watchin' us.
I asked Gloria not to do that.
Did you tell her? She said she gotta give you somethin'.
What's ailing you? - I'm good.
- I seen good.
You are not him.
Hmm.
Come out the doorway, dear.
Don't dwell, sir.
It's rude.
Keep that.
What's the matter with you? I'm gettin' a slip of paper to write the number down I need you to play.
The last time I sent you to play the number, you forgot and had to come back.
Remember? Yeah, I just moved 'cause I didn't want to run into you.
Respect is simple.
Your mother sent me money to thank me for watching y'all, just like you will watch the block for your homies tonight, right? Oh! Surprise.
[KIDS LAUGHING AND TALKING INDISTINCTLY.]
[RAP SONG PLAYS.]
- Ooh, there go Tare's man! - Mm-hmm.
- You're a magician.
- I bet he had to be.
[LAUGHTER.]
WOMAN: Who is that talkin' nasty, like that? Kayla, fall away from here.
I'm not supposed to be seeing you.
And yet.
Okay, well, I'm walkin'.
I can do that.
What happened at the schoolhouse? I didn't used to have to ply this outta you.
Hey, I ain't gonna be walkin' all over the Vil, chasin' this story, Dave.
You know I ain't scared of loud talkin', G! I'll do it! A'ight! - Okay - [SIREN WAILS.]
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER.]
Bitch but you be runnin' your lip Write up a check, yeah Don't you see I have that shit you gonna respect, yeah? Got your man [WIND WHISTLING.]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING.]
MAN: Hey, big guy.
10, pushin' 11.
You good? [SIGHS.]
- Uh-huh.
- Caught you slippin'.
You need to be more quiet sneaking out of Jenna's window.
Yeah? Why? It's right under Elijah's, fool.
Aw.
Miss Elijah keep all our secrets.
Why'd you show 'em? Nothin' to be ashamed of.
Got you somethin'.
Hmm? [LAUGHS.]
Um I-I'm good, man, I'm really not even hungry.
I'll keep reachin' out, man.
What? I'll keep reachin' out, tryin' to connect with you, yo.
I mean, we Me and you have been through a lot.
We lost a lot, me and you.
[LAUGHS.]
Oh, my bad, B.
Look, I'm an only child, you know that? You know, as far as I know, I was his only.
Look, I get jealous.
Always wanted a little brother like you got, somebody I could keep safe.
Can't force it, though.
Might not be for us, Dave.
Might have to find somebody else.
[CAT MEOWS.]
Oh, shit! Did you see that? Tricky little buddy who's a gangsta stole your sausage, Dave.
That cat eat more than you and me.
I'm I'm gonna see where he go.
Pussy will get you stuck.
I'll keep reachin' out, man.
I'll keep reachin' out.
Get back to work, kid.
[DOG BARKING.]
WOODS-TRAP: Where do you come from? Well, where I'm from I'm from the Vil.
I come from the 'hood The gutter! What is your story? A couple of people who know how I work.
Oh, oh, oh.
That's funny to you? And I know y'all see me as a clown, but my grandfather My grandfather.
My granddaddy had to run out of Alabama for for smashin' a white dude in the head with a bottle, for spittin' on him.
You see, he didn't play that.
Nei neither neither do I.
Stupid.
I come from Growers.
[THUNDER CRASHES.]
Hollow one With inverted tongue From whence does fulfillment come? And I expel from this mortal shell Will I die for living numb? I come from dirt.
How am I vital if my heart is idle? I come from water.
And I do I come from laughter.
I feel you But nobody else Though you're someone I can't see Yet you say nothing Of the stoic sufferin' That stirs lukewarm in me If lovelessness is godlessness I come from runners.
Will you cast me to the wayside? Well, I feel the peeling of half-painted ceilings Reveal the covering of a blank sky [GUNSHOT.]
MAN: Yo! Nailed! Gotta go! [SIREN WAILS.]
Hey, yo, yo, yo! Gotta go! Gotta go! Move.
Nigga, move.
[SIREN CONTINUES.]
Shit.
12, 12, 12, 12! [PANTING.]
All clear.
MAN #2: They're gone, y'all.
They're gone.
- The fuck? - Yo, yo.
MAN #3: We good, we good? Bro? MAN #4: Who the fuck got our back, man? MAN: #5: Who the fuck was on watch? [THUNDER RUMBLES.]
Damn.
SKY: [HUMMING.]
[LIGHTER CLICKS.]
It's me.
Come see.
"No longer a throne of A goddess to whom we pray.
" "Full Moon" by Robert Hayden.
I read that when I was your age.
[LIGHTER CLICKS.]
I asked you to look that up for me.
You find it? So, what you doin' in there? Hidin' out? I keep messin' up.
Yeah? Well, I would say they give you an eraser for that, but Raynan be a'ight.
No, he won't! No, he won't.
Look, you supposed to be focused on school.
I am.
Oh, yeah? How that Dr.
W-T assignment go? Had my speech prepared.
We didn't do it.
Then Seren got up first? He was tryin' to impress you all the while.
He was pissin' me off.
Then what'd you do? Hmm? Got into it.
I said what'd you say? You still ain't ready to talk about it? Look, I know you feel bad.
[SCOFFS.]
You saw red.
You thought somebody close to you was tryin' to stand in your way.
But that's the world, yeah? Sometimes you gotta hit 'em - I didn't hit him.
- There you go.
I made him hit me.
[LAUGHS.]
That's better? Good plan.
No! No.
They got me seein' the school psychologist.
Well, play that shit.
Get her to see that you're one of the good ones.
Get her to see that you're exceptional.
But Seren Look, you ain't got time, man.
You ain't got time to be nobody else's cheerleader.
Decide who team you on, right now.
Go look at that Hurston booklet.
You see two black faces or one? I know.
I was where you at.
I had to make a choice, and you see how that turned out.
You a'ight.
You better.
You better.
Make the hard choice.
You still thinkin' 'bout it what you said to him? You think you went too far? First bite is the hardest, Dave.
"Some I love who are dead were watchers of the moon.
It shines tonight upon their graves.
" Man.
You found it.
Damn.
Say it to me again.
I always loved that piece.
"Some I love who are dead were watchers of the moon.
" [WATER RUSHING.]
Ma? [SIGHS.]
Be dressed when I get back.
Come on, JG.
Come on! [AZEALIA BANKS' "SODA" PLAYS.]
I tried to hide behind tired eyes, I sigh I'm tired of trying to try not to cry And I say soda, soda tye-dye o'er I roll the die I coast, I dose, I I been I, I, I, I A smile, a guise I'm trying to hide behind tired eyes, I sigh I might survive the nighttime I might die I say soda, soda I'm a high roller Yo, sir I pose for the poster, yep - Yo, yo, yo! - [BELL RINGS.]
Sprite I love the most-a I ride roller coasters Sorry, Ms.
James.
I'm late.
The bus didn't come today.
I had to take the metro.
- D.
J.
- Yes, ma'am, I know.
The bus stop is 1562 Redly Road.
Hold on.
He's arrived.
I'm sorry I'm late.
You forget something? Ma'am? Oh, the form.
I promise I gave it to my mom.
Ooh, you surprise me.
Ma'am? I spoke with your mother this morning.
She called me.
She wanted to make sure you were telling her everything.
You could have easily not told her, her phone not working.
You could have not.
But you did.
That's Integrity, David.
Integrity it means something.
You understand? Yes, ma'am.
I'm not gonna action the in-school suspension.
But I want you to see Dr.
Bree.
He's gonna talk to you and get an understanding of how you're doing here at Galvin just a couple of sessions.
He's not in today, but next week.
Okay? Wh-what about Seren? Hmm.
Get your late pass.
Get to class.
Integriiiiity! [LAUGHS.]
Yo, S.
K.
! Takin' a deuce, ya-hey? What? Y-you want something? [WATER DRIPPING.]
[THUNDER RUMBLES.]
SKY: Got past me today.
I ain't get a chance to talk to you.
I ain't supposed to see you.
[LAUGHS.]
Dang.
Yeah, it's cool, li'l man.
I'll go.
I ain't supposed to be seeing you at all.
You ain't here.
Kept talking about I gotta do what I gotta do, and make a choice now.
[THUNDER CRASHES.]
What do I do now, huh? Yo, you need to calm down, Dave.
I'm ready! A'ight, Dave.
You need to go on and sit down.
Yo, fuck you! That dude is my friend.
He told me that shit 'cause he didn't have no one.
Just like I ain't got no he told me that shit about Ray 'cause he was scared.
Hey.
That ain't your fuckin' problem.
- That's my boy! - You got your own shit to deal with.
Ray layin' his hands on him is my problem.
His stepdaddy touchin' on him at night, then beatin' him down like that it's my fuckin' problem, too! You don't [THUNDER RUMBLES.]
you ain't supposed to abandon your boy when they And I did that.
I did that.
I got mad 'cause he was doin' better than me and whispered that shit to him.
Ray teachin' you somethin' new at night, huh? I told him that shit like it wasn't nothin', sayin' that shit in front of the class and all, like it wasn't nothin', Knowin' knowin' it was gonna hurt him, knowin' it's fucked up! And 'cause of you! You in my head telling me to make the hard choices, and to choose now, but you ain't here! Just a stupid-ass fucked up dope boy that got ran up on! They shot your ass, remember? You dead! I know.
Look, I gotta go.
Don't ever talk to me again! I'm not supposed to be seeing you.
You dead, Sky! "Some I love who are dead were watchers of the moon.
" I can't even see you! Ugh! "It shines tonight" Aaaaah! " Upon their graves.
" You dead! They they shot you dead! Remember?! Go! Go! Go! [POUNDING.]
[WHISPERING.]
First bite is the hardest, Dave.
[LOUD SCREECHING.]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS.]
[SIGHS.]
[WHISPERING.]
Quit doin' this, J.
- JG.
- What?! [NORMAL VOICE.]
Shut up.
Mom asleep.
Open the door.
No, I can't.
I'm naked.
Nak Come [SLAP.]
Ow, stupid! [HEARTBEAT.]
Come on, JG.
I told you I wasn't waitin'.
Stay calm today, JG no fightin', nothin'.
- Remember.
- Yeah.
She can't have to come down here.
- All right.
- Hey! [WINGS FLAPPING.]
[DJ KHALED'S "BORN-N-RAISED" PLAYS.]
Born-n-raised in the county of Dade Born-n-raised in the county of Dade The land of the haze, the cocaine capital We ain't just hittin' you, buddy We Warren Sapp'n you we comin' hard Like them Cubans in the '80s, dog Go ahead, throw it in the pot I bet it's raw pero ten cuidado Con un tumbe porque se lo llevan todo Hey, don't touch my clothes.
Chevy heaven, old-school niggas preachin' You stashin' in there? No.
Luke, he's the king I'm Mr.
305 put that on a triple beam They they done, Ms.
Quimby.
You can check.
I was just Holla at them Haitians let 'em know this lick's on me Welcome to Dade you see 'em, you see 'em Born and raised in the county of Dade Ross, you see 'em - Turn around.
- You see 'em Listen, boy.
I'm about to beat yo ass.
Right? Pitbull - Born and raised - DJ Khaled, 305 M-I-Yayo Born and raised in the county of Dade I got road dogs doin' that 20 to life You try me and I'm-a get 20 tonight You think ya bitch bad, boy, I got 20 alike Not the car but they know I be pushin' the white Dip the chevy in syrup Digital dash no bank accounts My money in bags go do the physics 'Cause when I whip it and I love to whip it That's just another digit This my city, in my city you gotta tote fire Overtown will bust yo head 'cause it won't slide Brown Sub will wet yo ass like a dunk ride You're dead wrong for thinkin' them chicos won't ride Opa Locka revolve around that big 4-5 Them Little Haitians will take yo ass for a boat ride In Carol City, niggas quick to board a plane with it [BIRDS CHIRPING.]
[SIGHS.]
[BRAKES SCREECH.]
DRIVER: Boy, y'all Vil kids kill me.
You ain't see the big ol' bus comin', huh? Shoulda been had your money ready.
Uh, you gotta pay the full fare.
I don't know you goin' to school.
I'm goin' to school.
What school? - Galvin Middle.
- Huh? Magnet.
Huh.
Ain't you gonna be late? If you don't drive off, yes.
Oh! Oh-ho! Okay.
[LAUGHS.]
Boy, y'all Magnet-school kids kill me.
Next time you get on my bus with all that mouth, I'm-a leave you behind standin' right there, you hear me? Huh? Magnet.
You a'ight? Rough morning? Hey, don't let Holmes bother you.
Fuck Holmes.
He mad 'cause his kid's at regular school.
[CHUCKLES.]
You ain't regular, are you? You're at Magnet.
You're at Magnet.
That's good.
Magnet means you made a choice.
It is gonna lead to prep.
What, you tryin' to go to to Hurston, young bright? Hey! There's nothin' down there nothin' at all.
People need to see your eyes, Dave.
You cannot sink down not today.
Ain't today your presentation? Yeah.
Yeah, stay on top like a man of war.
Keep your head up.
Make sure you go first.
You stay ready, you ain't got to get ready.
[BRAKES SCREECH.]
[DOOR HISSES.]
David Makes Man 1x01 David's Sky [INDISTINCT TALKING.]
Man Of War.
What are you doing? MRS.
KELLY: Seren, get out now.
Good mornin', D.
J.
Morning, Mrs.
K.
Hey! [DOOR SLAMS.]
[TAPPING.]
Have a great day, Ma.
You, too, baby.
[SMOOCHES.]
- Better.
- [DOOR SLAMS.]
Good luck today.
[DOOR SLAMS.]
[ENGINE STARTS.]
Hey, I'll see you, bro.
Yeah, after sloooooow And that.
[LAUGHING.]
Yo, you a clown, bro.
What? Everybody can't be full-time Magnet like you.
Genius, that boy! That boy's a genius! [CHUCKLES.]
- Stay ready.
- Ugh, D.
J.
- It's too early for all that.
- Stay ready.
Stay ready, you won't have to get ready, Ms.
Cheryl.
Get your ass to class, D.
J.
[BELL RINGS.]
WOODS-TRAP: Did no one take the time during the barbecue and football with the family dog to think of old Woods-Trap? Where do you come from? Show of hands, please.
How many did the assignment? Ha! Haclam! Haclam! Haclam! [LAUGHTER.]
From? Come on, people.
I'm not making a fool of myself for no reason.
Next year, you will thank Dr.
W-T.
High-school classes won't be this precise Except, of course, if you get into Mast or your parents can afford Lourdes or Hurston maybe if you get into Hurston.
Now, where's it from? Was that really from somethin', or were you just makin' some noise? Two points off, D.
J.
- Two? - I don't waste your time.
Don't waste mine talkin' 'bout "is that real?" Come on, boy, please.
Earn 'em back.
Where's it from? Something Native or original American.
Nice.
Jessie Edward, were you ready? - Mm-hmm.
- He wasn't ready.
Marissa, north or south? - Huh? - "Huh".
if you can "huh", you can ALL: Hear.
WOODS-TRAP: Thank you.
There were thousands of languages amongst the indigenous people of North and South America.
Did old Woods-Trap learn that in a course in some dusty college hall, or did her ancestors wash 'round the other side of the Andes and take up the war against the Spanish with the Native people? How did I get here? What is your story? Will there be one? Um [CLEARS THROAT.]
I-I-I prepared, um More like WOODS-TRAP: "More like" or "prepared"? Don't waste our time, Seren.
No, I begin my study on music.
And you can sing, so you thought it an easy "A"? Admitting that music can at times comes easy to me, I used that as my start, which led me to the Galvin family, the family that started this school back in, um [CLEARS THROAT.]
back in 1939 as the only all-black school in the area.
There weren't any other places for them to learn, so they came here.
Uh, my dad my stepdad, Ray he's a great-nephew of the farm family the Galvins.
Anyway, what made this school so popular wasn't the Teaching.
I-I-I mean, most of the people around were were day laborers and farmhands in the strawberry and melon patches.
But the school had a choir that would sing.
Uh, so, okay, hold on.
[ELECTRONIC FEEDBACK.]
Oh, sorry, sorry.
[FEEDBACK CONTINUES.]
[DISTORTED WHOOSHING.]
You all right, D.
J.
? Be my woman, girl I'll be your man That's just an example of the types of songs they sung.
They were work songs, and when the laborers and the farmers would hear it all around while they were working, they would come and sign their kids up for classes.
So, the topic is how these songs that built railroads, plowed fields, and constructed schools, even how their call and response became our music of today.
[CLAPPING.]
Be my woman, girl, I'll be your man Be my woman, girl, I'll be your man [APPLAUSE AND MURMURING.]
A-and that's why my How our music, the legacy of our people's music, black people's legacy that's who I am, where I come from both joy and pain, work and free.
And and I just want to teach it to you all so you could so you can know some of how I got here and where I come from.
Well done.
Let's have it.
"If music be the food of life" "Play on.
" Amen.
Someone takes his education seriously.
Uh Can you all come closer? [MURMURING.]
Stick to the promise and I'll So I'm gonna say that first part, and then y'all say Be your man You too, Doctor.
[LAUGHING.]
Okay.
Stick to the promise and I'll Be your man Stick to the promise and I'll [DISTORTED WHOOSHING.]
[APPLAUSE.]
[WHOOSHING CONTINUES.]
Ray teachin' you somethin' new at night, huh? [GRUNTS.]
Hey! Hey, hey, hey! Hey! Principal's office, gentlemen.
[CLOCK TICKING.]
If you two can't resolve this, I'm gonna have to suspend you both.
Seren, out.
David, in-school suspension.
And that will live on your records.
I I called him out.
Pardon? I antagonized Seren.
You wanted him to hit you? No, ma'am.
Well, what happened? What did you say? I-I called him I called him a white boy.
I called him a wannabe nigga.
Is that true? Seren, go and wait for me outside.
Don't go or speak to anyone.
FALLOW: Wow.
Why would you use that language? - Dr.
Woods says you're - Woods-Trap.
Excuse me? Do you know we can have you removed from this school? You decided to fight during your only gifted class the reason you're in a Magnet school.
- I didn't hit him.
- You provoked.
I told him the truth.
You called him a racial slur.
I'm black.
He wants to be.
That ain't racist.
Dr.
Woods-Trap says you are interested in Hurston Prep.
Is that right? I asked you a question.
Yes, ma'am.
If they saw the word "altercation" on your school records whether you punched or provoked, if they saw it, they wouldn't even look at your application.
Do you understand? Yes, ma'am.
Now, get your mom on the phone.
I can't.
FALLOW: Why not? The the phone's off.
She doesn't have a phone or even a cell? FALLOW: How long? Since the lights came back on.
You don't have lights? They're back on now.
When wait.
David, did you have breakfast this morning? [LOCKERS SLAMMING, INDISTINCT TALKING.]
[BELL RINGS.]
[PENCIL SCRATCHING.]
Seren, your parents.
I cannot believe you two.
Wait till your stepdaddy hears about this.
David is it's a gifted class.
Everyone else in the class does not look like him, and it's happened before where I have caught him making comments about light skin this, Rican that.
That's my point.
Please, may I It seems like In all of David's other classes, the ones that aren't gifted, he's surrounded by people who look like him.
But in my class, it's different.
He's the only one Seren is black.
The only one who looks like him.
Oh, surely, you don't want me to diagram colorism just now, Principal.
He looks around and it cues him that he's the only one.
And he tries to excel.
He tries to be the best.
And he tries to prove that he deserves to be there, and I think this time, it just got the better of him.
I'd like him to see the counselor.
Okay.
But Thank you.
You're not the mother.
He needs his mother to sign off for him to do that.
Well, I didn't say Okay.
I have real concerns here.
He just told me they didn't have lights in the home and the phone is out of service, and I'm not sure he's even eating.
I think we need to see if this student is acting out because of home.
He told you this? Mm-hmm.
I'll talk to Dr.
Bree.
But I need his mother's signature or it's in-school suspension.
[INDISTINCT TALKING.]
[YAWNS.]
[INDISTINCT SINGING.]
Hey, yo, I was entombed in the belly Of the shadow of death joker on my right hand Coward on my left doin' a dance With the devil in the pale moonlight trouble Hoping everything will be all right - Hoping everything will be all right - Trouble come easy Trouble come sweet trouble catch yo ass Layin' in the bath next week Trouble take everything you own And make you pay just to [CRASH.]
[INDISTINCT TALKING.]
[BUS ENGINE REVS.]
Get your black ass on, now.
[CAT MEOWING.]
SKY: Man of war! Go on, boy.
We can't speak? Af afternoon.
Vespers.
Woods-Trap taught y'all that? What's vespers? It's, um It's Blessed by the name.
Oh, shit.
Come on, G.
Let me know more.
Vespers comes from Latin "vesperis".
All love.
Meaning - Meaning - Meaning Evenin' song.
Look, why ain't you let me finish? You wasn't ready.
You come up in here lettin' that cat distract you.
Pussy will get you stuck.
[LAUGHS.]
What happened? Uh, I'm tired.
Weary, look like.
How'd it go with the assignment? I'm tryin' to go home.
Oh, yeah? This home? Sky, you know what I meant temporary.
Watch your words about the Vil, young sir.
This line it ain't here to protect you.
It's to protect them from these projects.
[KIDS SHOUTING IN DISTANCE.]
- S-Sky.
- Ready to walk past here? I mean, if you stay ready, you ain't got to get Get ready! Right.
I get it.
How'd it go? - I didn't go.
- What? - I told you to go first! - I know.
Look, I gotta go.
What happened at the schoolhouse? You supposed to try to impress Dr.
W-T.
She could make you a prep-school man.
- No.
- No? No! You know! Dave! [SHOUTING.]
Ugh! [SHOUTING CONTINUES.]
[GRUNTING.]
- No! - Come on, JG! - Let go! - Step back! Aw, Dave! JG was just about to get loose on him.
Why you stoppin' shit, Dave? This your brother, Shinobi? Where yours at? You lookin' out for yours? Watch your mouth, nigga.
Nah, nah, nah, don't tell him nothin'! Keep talkin' shit! I struck yo ass, nigga.
What? Yo, you heard me.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! You did, my nigga.
Nobody can't understand what the fuck you're sayin', bro.
A'ight, y'all.
Show's over, y'all.
Disperse.
Get the hell on.
[INDISTINCT TALKING.]
Say, brother Dave.
We got a situation here.
Think you can help me? We need a lookout for tonight On the backs without eyes.
We asked, uh, Willie Derrick here if he'd do it.
He was more than happy to.
In fact, little nigga decided to run his mouth all over elementary that he was lookout for the Vil tonight.
Nah, nah, Raynan, that's not how it happened.
JG was the one snitchin'.
I oughta drop yo ass again! Keep puttin' my name with snitch, I'm gonna.
I'm sayin' who told them! I told your broke ass that you nothin' but a po-po.
Runnin' trump is in my blood.
And this nigga right here is my blood.
He's gonna be a boss.
He was runnin' with Sky.
You got a lot of that fire, man.
Said you was about to be king of this, Dave.
No disrespect, Raynan, but my brother misspoke.
I was about nothin', man.
Nah.
Since, uh, Willie Derrick here just got dusted in front the whole damn 'jects, we gonna need somebody else to be watchboy for us tonight, you understand? - Man.
- Go play! You see what I'm dealin' with, Dave? We need somebody to take his place.
As you well know, pay is pretty good for late-hours work if, uh, you know, JG wanna come through.
Nah, he he busy.
- Doin' what? - Being 9! I hear ya.
Hey, hey.
I hear ya.
I'm only askin' as a Temporary thing While I'm settin' up shop, until we could find someone else.
I got you.
I'll do it.
The fuck you on? You can't.
Not with faggot-ass Miss Elijah watching y'all.
Nigga, what I say? It's only for the night, though, man.
JG not in this.
Well done, brother Dave.
Well done.
I asked you to go home, man straight home! Man, Willie Derrick was talking shit.
Jonathan, what if I was late? What if you had busted his lip or even the police that come around and caught you dustin'? Then what? Man, Raynan's got your back, though.
Nigga, Raynan ain't with nobody, man.
He may talk like he runnin' shit for Sky, but don't believe it, JG.
Hey, you got to learn to look people in the eyes when they talk.
Stop listenin' to they mouth, and look in they eyes, man.
Don't say nothin' about tonight.
- Well, hey, hey! - Hey, mama! Hey, baby J! Why you look like that? Oh He was dirt diving Willie Derrick when I walked up on him.
Wash up, JG.
Was he fightin'? It was me fightin'.
What? Who? Me and Seren we got into it.
The principal said she called.
You lyin'? No, ma'am.
You lyin' to me.
I don't lie to you, ma'am.
Mm.
You just don't tell me everything.
The principal's watching me.
Watchin'? What does that mean? [SIGHS.]
She say you gotta sign this.
JG: Ma, I got soap in my eyes.
It's washin' dirt.
That's why it hurt, baby.
Just use the water.
This says you need to see the counselor.
David.
What she say? Why you gotta see the counselor? Sh-she's worried I'm not Getting everything I need.
At home? I'm clean.
Yes, ma'am.
I don't lie to you.
I-I know that.
Things been better, right? Why you home? I got a shift switch so I could come bring you some food before the next.
This for tonight.
This for after school tomorrow if I'm not here.
So, what? You not stayin'? Take that money on the counter to Miss Elijah.
Please don't lose your mind! You ain't the only one had a hard day, David.
And you comin' in here tellin' me you fightin'.
You like me.
Oh, God.
You so like me.
But you ain't grown enough to stop social services from marchin' in here and draggin' you and Jonath if they I got one more before they There are people looking to tell the office we ain't doin' right.
Remember the summer how they were comin' to the house, how the police wanted to talk to you remember? Yes, ma'am.
I look 'round, and I'm believin' you tuckin' your brother in at night, and you're runnin' these streets with dope boys, talkin' 'bout Sky watchin' over.
- 'Cause he was.
- David! I wasn't here, then.
And I'm I'm I'm here now, though.
I'm here now.
If it was up to me, we wouldn't even be here.
It's not good for any of us.
Old people Old places, and old things.
That's right.
Not good for nothin'.
Y'all man.
All man.
Gonna keep workin' these extra shifts at the truck-stop spot, and then we gone.
Maybe we move closer to that high school you keep talkin' about, yeah? That Hurston.
I gotta go, and You gotta go.
Just just hold on, okay? Just hold on.
Take this money to Miss Elijah, please? MISS ELIJAH: Now, you know better.
Huh? [INDISTINCT SONG PLAYS ON STEREO.]
Why you beatin' on the door that way, huh? Hey, Miss Elijah.
Hey, David.
My mom asked me to bring you this for watchin' us.
I asked Gloria not to do that.
Did you tell her? She said she gotta give you somethin'.
What's ailing you? - I'm good.
- I seen good.
You are not him.
Hmm.
Come out the doorway, dear.
Don't dwell, sir.
It's rude.
Keep that.
What's the matter with you? I'm gettin' a slip of paper to write the number down I need you to play.
The last time I sent you to play the number, you forgot and had to come back.
Remember? Yeah, I just moved 'cause I didn't want to run into you.
Respect is simple.
Your mother sent me money to thank me for watching y'all, just like you will watch the block for your homies tonight, right? Oh! Surprise.
[KIDS LAUGHING AND TALKING INDISTINCTLY.]
[RAP SONG PLAYS.]
- Ooh, there go Tare's man! - Mm-hmm.
- You're a magician.
- I bet he had to be.
[LAUGHTER.]
WOMAN: Who is that talkin' nasty, like that? Kayla, fall away from here.
I'm not supposed to be seeing you.
And yet.
Okay, well, I'm walkin'.
I can do that.
What happened at the schoolhouse? I didn't used to have to ply this outta you.
Hey, I ain't gonna be walkin' all over the Vil, chasin' this story, Dave.
You know I ain't scared of loud talkin', G! I'll do it! A'ight! - Okay - [SIREN WAILS.]
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER.]
Bitch but you be runnin' your lip Write up a check, yeah Don't you see I have that shit you gonna respect, yeah? Got your man [WIND WHISTLING.]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING.]
MAN: Hey, big guy.
10, pushin' 11.
You good? [SIGHS.]
- Uh-huh.
- Caught you slippin'.
You need to be more quiet sneaking out of Jenna's window.
Yeah? Why? It's right under Elijah's, fool.
Aw.
Miss Elijah keep all our secrets.
Why'd you show 'em? Nothin' to be ashamed of.
Got you somethin'.
Hmm? [LAUGHS.]
Um I-I'm good, man, I'm really not even hungry.
I'll keep reachin' out, man.
What? I'll keep reachin' out, tryin' to connect with you, yo.
I mean, we Me and you have been through a lot.
We lost a lot, me and you.
[LAUGHS.]
Oh, my bad, B.
Look, I'm an only child, you know that? You know, as far as I know, I was his only.
Look, I get jealous.
Always wanted a little brother like you got, somebody I could keep safe.
Can't force it, though.
Might not be for us, Dave.
Might have to find somebody else.
[CAT MEOWS.]
Oh, shit! Did you see that? Tricky little buddy who's a gangsta stole your sausage, Dave.
That cat eat more than you and me.
I'm I'm gonna see where he go.
Pussy will get you stuck.
I'll keep reachin' out, man.
I'll keep reachin' out.
Get back to work, kid.
[DOG BARKING.]
WOODS-TRAP: Where do you come from? Well, where I'm from I'm from the Vil.
I come from the 'hood The gutter! What is your story? A couple of people who know how I work.
Oh, oh, oh.
That's funny to you? And I know y'all see me as a clown, but my grandfather My grandfather.
My granddaddy had to run out of Alabama for for smashin' a white dude in the head with a bottle, for spittin' on him.
You see, he didn't play that.
Nei neither neither do I.
Stupid.
I come from Growers.
[THUNDER CRASHES.]
Hollow one With inverted tongue From whence does fulfillment come? And I expel from this mortal shell Will I die for living numb? I come from dirt.
How am I vital if my heart is idle? I come from water.
And I do I come from laughter.
I feel you But nobody else Though you're someone I can't see Yet you say nothing Of the stoic sufferin' That stirs lukewarm in me If lovelessness is godlessness I come from runners.
Will you cast me to the wayside? Well, I feel the peeling of half-painted ceilings Reveal the covering of a blank sky [GUNSHOT.]
MAN: Yo! Nailed! Gotta go! [SIREN WAILS.]
Hey, yo, yo, yo! Gotta go! Gotta go! Move.
Nigga, move.
[SIREN CONTINUES.]
Shit.
12, 12, 12, 12! [PANTING.]
All clear.
MAN #2: They're gone, y'all.
They're gone.
- The fuck? - Yo, yo.
MAN #3: We good, we good? Bro? MAN #4: Who the fuck got our back, man? MAN: #5: Who the fuck was on watch? [THUNDER RUMBLES.]
Damn.
SKY: [HUMMING.]
[LIGHTER CLICKS.]
It's me.
Come see.
"No longer a throne of A goddess to whom we pray.
" "Full Moon" by Robert Hayden.
I read that when I was your age.
[LIGHTER CLICKS.]
I asked you to look that up for me.
You find it? So, what you doin' in there? Hidin' out? I keep messin' up.
Yeah? Well, I would say they give you an eraser for that, but Raynan be a'ight.
No, he won't! No, he won't.
Look, you supposed to be focused on school.
I am.
Oh, yeah? How that Dr.
W-T assignment go? Had my speech prepared.
We didn't do it.
Then Seren got up first? He was tryin' to impress you all the while.
He was pissin' me off.
Then what'd you do? Hmm? Got into it.
I said what'd you say? You still ain't ready to talk about it? Look, I know you feel bad.
[SCOFFS.]
You saw red.
You thought somebody close to you was tryin' to stand in your way.
But that's the world, yeah? Sometimes you gotta hit 'em - I didn't hit him.
- There you go.
I made him hit me.
[LAUGHS.]
That's better? Good plan.
No! No.
They got me seein' the school psychologist.
Well, play that shit.
Get her to see that you're one of the good ones.
Get her to see that you're exceptional.
But Seren Look, you ain't got time, man.
You ain't got time to be nobody else's cheerleader.
Decide who team you on, right now.
Go look at that Hurston booklet.
You see two black faces or one? I know.
I was where you at.
I had to make a choice, and you see how that turned out.
You a'ight.
You better.
You better.
Make the hard choice.
You still thinkin' 'bout it what you said to him? You think you went too far? First bite is the hardest, Dave.
"Some I love who are dead were watchers of the moon.
It shines tonight upon their graves.
" Man.
You found it.
Damn.
Say it to me again.
I always loved that piece.
"Some I love who are dead were watchers of the moon.
" [WATER RUSHING.]
Ma? [SIGHS.]
Be dressed when I get back.
Come on, JG.
Come on! [AZEALIA BANKS' "SODA" PLAYS.]
I tried to hide behind tired eyes, I sigh I'm tired of trying to try not to cry And I say soda, soda tye-dye o'er I roll the die I coast, I dose, I I been I, I, I, I A smile, a guise I'm trying to hide behind tired eyes, I sigh I might survive the nighttime I might die I say soda, soda I'm a high roller Yo, sir I pose for the poster, yep - Yo, yo, yo! - [BELL RINGS.]
Sprite I love the most-a I ride roller coasters Sorry, Ms.
James.
I'm late.
The bus didn't come today.
I had to take the metro.
- D.
J.
- Yes, ma'am, I know.
The bus stop is 1562 Redly Road.
Hold on.
He's arrived.
I'm sorry I'm late.
You forget something? Ma'am? Oh, the form.
I promise I gave it to my mom.
Ooh, you surprise me.
Ma'am? I spoke with your mother this morning.
She called me.
She wanted to make sure you were telling her everything.
You could have easily not told her, her phone not working.
You could have not.
But you did.
That's Integrity, David.
Integrity it means something.
You understand? Yes, ma'am.
I'm not gonna action the in-school suspension.
But I want you to see Dr.
Bree.
He's gonna talk to you and get an understanding of how you're doing here at Galvin just a couple of sessions.
He's not in today, but next week.
Okay? Wh-what about Seren? Hmm.
Get your late pass.
Get to class.
Integriiiiity! [LAUGHS.]
Yo, S.
K.
! Takin' a deuce, ya-hey? What? Y-you want something? [WATER DRIPPING.]
[THUNDER RUMBLES.]
SKY: Got past me today.
I ain't get a chance to talk to you.
I ain't supposed to see you.
[LAUGHS.]
Dang.
Yeah, it's cool, li'l man.
I'll go.
I ain't supposed to be seeing you at all.
You ain't here.
Kept talking about I gotta do what I gotta do, and make a choice now.
[THUNDER CRASHES.]
What do I do now, huh? Yo, you need to calm down, Dave.
I'm ready! A'ight, Dave.
You need to go on and sit down.
Yo, fuck you! That dude is my friend.
He told me that shit 'cause he didn't have no one.
Just like I ain't got no he told me that shit about Ray 'cause he was scared.
Hey.
That ain't your fuckin' problem.
- That's my boy! - You got your own shit to deal with.
Ray layin' his hands on him is my problem.
His stepdaddy touchin' on him at night, then beatin' him down like that it's my fuckin' problem, too! You don't [THUNDER RUMBLES.]
you ain't supposed to abandon your boy when they And I did that.
I did that.
I got mad 'cause he was doin' better than me and whispered that shit to him.
Ray teachin' you somethin' new at night, huh? I told him that shit like it wasn't nothin', sayin' that shit in front of the class and all, like it wasn't nothin', Knowin' knowin' it was gonna hurt him, knowin' it's fucked up! And 'cause of you! You in my head telling me to make the hard choices, and to choose now, but you ain't here! Just a stupid-ass fucked up dope boy that got ran up on! They shot your ass, remember? You dead! I know.
Look, I gotta go.
Don't ever talk to me again! I'm not supposed to be seeing you.
You dead, Sky! "Some I love who are dead were watchers of the moon.
" I can't even see you! Ugh! "It shines tonight" Aaaaah! " Upon their graves.
" You dead! They they shot you dead! Remember?! Go! Go! Go! [POUNDING.]
[WHISPERING.]
First bite is the hardest, Dave.
[LOUD SCREECHING.]