(hip hop music)
- [Keenan] Psst, hey.
Yeah, I'm talking to you.
This is Mr. Robinson.
Better known as
Keenan or Capone.
He's a school teacher, here
in low income neighborhoods
in Music City
Nashville, Tennessee.
You wouldn't know
by looking at him,
but this guy, he comes
from being a foster kid,
sleeping outside,
homeless, momma on drugs
and no dad in the house.
So his story didn't
start like this.
Let me tell you a little
bit about this guy.
I used to hear people
talking about God,
but I was so angry because
of the way my life was.
One day, I had a real up close
and personal talk with God.
I spoke to hime like he was
just another guy on the street.
I cussed him out, yelled, cried.
I said, "God, you know,
I don't wanna be the kid"
"with no parents
that nobody loves,"
"holey shoes and no food"
"or a place to call home."
I said, "I don't
have to be rich,"
"but I just wanna be regular."
"I'm far from perfect, but I'll
give you everything I have."
I felt like I was
negotiating with God.
I asked, "Hey, if
you do this for me,"
"I will dedicate everything
in my life for you."
I was raised in the streets.
I used to wanna be
like the hustlers.
- What's up, little bro?
- Big bro, I wanna be like you.
You got the money, the women.
How do I be like you?
- Man, I'm a hustler.
(smooth music)
- What's up, Kelso?
- What's up, homie?
- Man, about to walk down here
and holla at little
Mary real quick.
- Aight, let me holla at
you later, little shorty.
How you doing, man.
- You need to cut
that grass, bro.
- Ah, don't worry
about all that, man.
Don't worry about all that.
- Lay it on the night,
lay it on the night.
I'm telling you, man--
- What's up D.T.?
- Hey, I'm gonna
call you back, aight?
Okay.
What up, man?
- Man, chillin'.
About to go down here and holla
at little Mary real quick.
You gonna walk with us?
- Yeah.
- Aight.
- How you doing, man?
- Fo sho.
- What's up, man?
- Chillin', man.
- Straight chillin', man.
Straight chillin'.
- Trying to get this paper on.
- You've got to have it.
- I dare you to get
that paper made.
- Fo sho.
What's up, bro?
(hip hop party music)
- I'm about to go to class, man.
I gotta break out, bro.
I'm gonna holla at y'all
when I get out, though.
Fo sho, fo sho.
Y'all smoke some for me, though.
(beat music)
- [Keenan] Now, me, I go to
Tennessee State University.
I'm a college student.
One day, my aunt said,
"Hey, you think because
your mom's in jail"
"and you don't know
that your dad is bad?"
I said, "Heck yeah."
She said, "Nah, use
it to your advantage."
"You score high enough on
you ACT test in high school,"
"guess what?"
"Boom, you go to
college for free."
"You made."
Now, today, the most beautiful
girl in the class is there.
She normally doesn't show up,
but she's here today
and I can not keep
my eyes off of her.
The professor even noticed.
- Are you here?
- [Keenan] I'm here.
- All right.
Okay, as I told you last time,
you're gonna get your
take-home test tonight.
I want you to think
through for a minute--
(smooth music)
- [Keenan] Now, I
work in the game room.
It's when you get financial aid,
but they give you work studies.
There's also a lot
of beautiful women
running around there too.
(beat music)
Plus, I'm a DJ,
among other things.
Jack off all trades.
So when we get
financial aid checks,
most people go and by
jays or some clothes.
Me, I had to flip mine.
I'm a hustler.
(door knocking)
Dang, who is it?
Acting like the police.
Rule number one,
don'e get high on
your own supply.
What's up, bro?
Come on in.
Hurry up, man.
- Why you always
rushing me, man?
- Going too slow.
- Don't worry about all that.
- What's up, man?
- Chillin', man.
What's going on with you, bro?
- Doing this little
homework real quick.
- You need to stop that, bro.
- What's the problem?
What's up?
- I need some of
that green, bro.
- What you need?
- How much you got?
- Man, it ain't
about how much I got.
How much money you got to spend?
- I always got the money, bro.
At least a blunt, man.
- Okay, I figured.
Hold on, man.
(laughs)
- Okay, get that.
- [Keenan] I was always
told that what you do now,
plant seeds for what's
gonna happen in your future.
- Ready.
- [Keenan] What you gonna do?
- About to do this.
Would you wanna dip out?
- Man, let me tell
you what, though.
Man, we can roll up.
I'll just hit it a couple times.
- Hold on, what's this?
- Man, that's that
Fast and Loud.
Anyway man, what're you
talking about, what's this?
That's really tender blunt.
You know what I'm sayin'?
I'm tryin' to let you
slide with the fin.
- Oh okay.
- Always complaining.
- I know what you're
talking about.
Okay.
- Let me roll up.
- Go ahead and do that.
This little cut
buddy I got, man,
she got a a little friend.
- What she look like?
- Oh, you know, she's
bad as you know what.
- I mean, she dark
skin, light skin?
What?
- She got a little
thick box on her.
- Got a box on her.
Yeah.
All right.
- We should do a
double thing, man.
(knocking)
- Who is it?
(knocking)
Who is it?
- [D.T.] D.T., man,
what do you think?
- Ah, man, what this fool want?
Man, it's early.
- [D.T.] Man, come on, man.
- What's up, bro?
- What up, man?
Hey, man.
- Man, you clean ain't you?
- Yeah, got a job interview.
- Okay.
- Ew, man, go put
on clothes, man.
- (laughs) It's just, you know.
Man, what's up, though?
- Look, man.
T.I. out, man.
- T.I.? When did he get out?
- Man, I don't know
when he got out,
but they got a party for him.
I can't even look at you, man.
Look, they got a
party for him tonight,
down there in Miss Field's.
- Okay.
- They need DJ, man.
You down?
- Yeah, man, how
much they paying?
- Man, look, they ain't
really got no budget.
- No budget?
- You know what
I'm sayin', though.
- Ah, man.
- Look, look,
you get all the food you want.
Everything is on the house, man,
and they gonna have them girls.
- She do be putting no foot
in them steaks, though.
- Put some clothes on.
Man, are you coming or what?
- What time, man?
- Man, just come down
and set up by eight.
Is that cool?
- Aight, bro, tell
them I'll be there.
I'm going back to bed.
Aight, don't touch me.
(laughs)
- Hello?
- What up, KB?
- Man, I'm just chillin'.
Trying to rest before
this thing tonight.
I gotta DJ.
- You're DJing?
So what time you going
down to the party?
- Probably about 7, 7:30.
Cause it don't start til 8.
You know what you could do?
Help me take some of this
equipment down there.
- Aight, I'll be out
there about 7, 7:30,
to help you with it.
- I appreciate it, bro.
Peace.
- Man, we going to the
party tonight, buddy.
(knocking)
- Who is it?
- What up, KB?
It's Little Man.
- What up, bro?
You good?
- What're you doing, homie?
- Man, I'm chillin',
trying to get ready
for this party, man.
- Man, gonna do the
thing tonight, man?
- You already know we are.
- What's up, man?
So what does it all look like?
- Yeah, man, the gear
is supposed to be there.
We'll get the CTI.
- I'm finding me a little
honey dip or something.
- Man, that's what you're
supposed to do anyway.
You know who's
cooking, don't you?
- Who?
- You.
- I gotta cook?
- (laughs) I think you cook.
- Ah, man.
(Keenan laughing)
- I think you cookin'.
- I'm gonna make D.T. cook.
- That's what you need to do.
You know you throwing down.
I think he just got that job
at a cooking place or
something like that.
He was telling me about,
he had an interview.
- You're gonna
make him cook, man.
- Yeah, he be throwing down.
He put his foot in there anyway.
I thought Miss
Fields gonna cook,
but she said she
ain't feel like it.
She said she was
lending the house,
so it don't even matter.
Yeah, do you wanna go ahead
and get the stuff in the car
and then we can
chill, smoke or drink,
or something, before the party?
- Yeah, man.
- All right, let's
go get the equipment.
(smooth beat music)
(hip hop party music)
(cheering)
- You got some
meat on that grill.
- Got meat on the grill, baby.
You know what I'm talkin' about.
- [Keenan] Now, here go T.I.
Not to be confused
with the rapper.
His real name was Tim.
He was a big time hustler.
I heard he even
smoked a few fools
before I was even
out of high school.
But he was cool to me.
I met him through True
Lee a few years ago.
He and I had a lucrative
business going.
He got locked up.
Fronted me a few
thousand dollars
before I got my school money.
(saxophone music)
(trumpet and saxophone music)
- Hey, you need to stay
out of my business.
- Who the hell you
think you talking to?
Get the hell out of my face.
- Hey man, what you doing?
(intense music)
(yelling)
- [Keenan] I'm just glad
everybody made it home safe.
I know our hearts were
in the right place,
but it seems like we
can't just get together
without some stuff popping off.
I feel asleep with
a heavy heart.
Yeah, man, can't
never get together
without no problems, man.
Fo sho.
I didn't get paid.
Oh, excuse me.
Let me get you back, bro.
Okay.
Excuse me, I'm sorry.
I'm in your way.
- It's okay, Mr. DJ.
- You must of heard
me on the phone.
Yeah, it was a rough night.
I'm Keenan, by the way.
- Okay, I heard.
- You heard?
What's your name?
- Angel.
- You sure are.
(laughs)
(guitar music)
♪ Oh, if I could go
back to the start
♪ With you
♪ I'd soak in all the
glances once more
- Excuse me, excuse me.
Can I talk you for a second?
- I'll be with you, girl.
- Hey, I was wondering
if you were hungry
and wanted to grab
something to eat.
My treat.
- Sure.
- Okay.
- I'd love to.
- All right, my car is this way.
♪ You've got me thinking
♪ Baby, your love is sweet
♪ Got me shaking
♪ In the knees
♪ All I know is you healed me
(guitar music)
♪ When I don't wake
up in your arms
♪ I'm lost
♪ Cause looking into
your sleepy eyes at dawn
♪ It's the hope that
leads me to carry on
♪ The places we'll go
♪ The things we'll see
♪ There's no one else
with whom I'd rather be
♪ This life is ours
♪ One day we'll catch the stars
♪ Cause you know that baby
♪ Your love is sweet
♪ And it's everything this
little heart could need
♪ All I know is you healed me
♪ All I know is you healed me
- [Keenan] When I finally
got her to her apartment,
she gave me a big
kiss on the cheek,
hugged me goodnight and
said she had a great time.
We talked on the
phone all night.
The next day, I get a
call to DJ this spot
called Donk's bar and
grill off of Trinity Lane.
Hope it's cool.
I heard they gotta good
mixed crowd in here.
(hip hop club music)
- Hey.
Hey man, I need to
ask you a question.
Can you stay a little
while longer, man,
so we can clean this club
with a little bit of music?
- Aight, aight, cool.
- Check this out.
We got a little extra
something for you.
- I appreciate that, man.
Thank you, man.
- You have a good night.
- Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
- [Keenan] Man, I'm taking
special requests, twine,
step songs from
Chicago to New Orleans.
(hip hop club music)
The good thing is, I
got a text from Angel
saying she wanted to
stop by tonight. (laughs)
- Oh, that feels nice.
Is this what you like?
- I like you.
- That's a good answer.
- Oh yeah.
- Are you getting fresh with me?
- No, ma'am.
(laughing)
No, ma'am.
- I think you are.
You need to slide under here.
Like, all the way in.
- All the way under?
(giggling)
- Don't grab.
(laughing)
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Ya'll too loud.
Ya'll need to go
across the street.
That's too much noise.
- Yes, ma'am.
Respect this.
Come on, let's bounce.
(everyone groans)
- [Men] Goodnight Miss Fields.
- [Miss Fields]
You all too loud.
(laughing)
- Hey man, hey!
- [Men] What's going on?
(hoot and hollering)
- Man, I thought I saw that cop.
- [Man] Oh, damn.
I'm trippin'.
- [Cop] Everybody
get on the ground.
Come on, man.
You all making me nervous, man.
Everybody get on the ground.
Take your IDs out your pockets.
- Let me see some IDs, fellas.
- He just took my whole wallet.
- [Officer] Name, social
security numbers, let's go.
- [Lee] You know
my name, friend.
- [Officer] All right, Mr. Lee.
We've looked up your record.
You do have an
outstanding warrant.
We're gonna have to
take you down town.
- For what?
A warrant for what?
- We'll talk about
that down town.
Let's go.
- I don't wanna, man.
(men yelling)
- Why you always messing
with us in our hood?
Go somewhere else.
- You gotta right
to remain silent.
I advise you to exercise your
right to remain silent, okay?
That's my advice.
- Freedom of speech act.
- [Guy] This is America.
There ain't no freedom.
- This crazy.
- [Keenan] Man, now I know if
I get caught with these drugs,
man, I'm gonna lose
my financial aid.
That's my whole future.
I know you. I know you.
- I know you, Little Man.
- Man, that ain't me.
- Come on, get up.
- You better get up
on out of my face.
- This yours, man.
- Man, I just got out of jail.
- This yours, man.
- Man, somebody better
take they charge,
cause I ain't going--
Man, you better get your
hands up off me, partner.
- What you mean?
- Man, I ain't going.
- Get up.
- I ain't going, man.
Man, I ain't going, man.
- Turn around, man.
- There ain't no
turn around, man.
(men yelling)
- Officer.
Officer.
It's mine.
I'll do it, it's mine.
It's mine, I threw it.
- [Cop] It's yours?
- I saw you coming
up and I threw it.
It ain't his.
I can't let my man
take charge for it.
- What you mean?
Take the charge, then.
- I'm gonna take
my own charge, bro.
- Come on, Little
Man, what's up?
- Man, that ain't mine, bro.
- [Cop] It's yours, man.
- It's mine.
- Come on, man, what's up?
- I ain't got no record.
I'm a college student, man.
I go to school at TSU.
I ain't got no record.
- Come on, man.
- Man, I'm trying
to tell you man.
- Come on, man, turn around.
- [Keenan] Man, next
thing that happened,
nothing short of a miracle.
- I ran your name, Keenan.
You ain't got no warrants.
I'm gonna let you go, bro.
But Little Man.
Say, Little Man, you
know what it is, bro.
Keenan gonna take
this charge for you.
You better get your
life right, man.
You better get your
life right, man.
- [Little Man] I didn't
want mine to take no charge.
- [Keenan] I
appreciate it, officer.
I appreciate it, officer.
- [Cop] All right,
put it out, man.
Put it out.
I don't wanna see you
around here no more.
I don't wanna see you
around here no more, man.
- Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
- [Cop] All right,
keep it moving, man.
- [Keenan] It was
that night I decided
no more selling for me.
No more hanging out.
I'm just gonna
keep my head down.
Keep to myself.
Go to school.
Hang out with my girl.
I've gotta focus on my future.
(choir music)
- Babe, are you ready
to pass this test?
- Man, I'm ready for
school to be out, for real.
- Well, we gotta pass this test.
If we can get passed
this, then we graduate.
- Man, we can pass this test,
but what does that say?
You need to work on your
hand writing skills.
For real.
- You're the doctor
wannabe, over there.
- For real.
Oh, I know what I
was gonna tell you.
You remember the night that
you dropped me off on the block
so I could hang out
because I needed a break?
Next thing we know, police
coming from both sides.
They took True to jail.
I threw my green.
It ended up being by Little Man.
He almost went to jail.
I had to say it was mine.
They ran my name.
I almost lost my financial aid.
Almost went to jail.
Man, I'm not going back
and hanging out no more.
I need to stay at home.
- Yes, you do need
to stay at home.
You need to think about the
friends that you're with.
The types of friends
that you're choosing.
You have a future with me.
- True.
Well, you know, I just
trying to get out the house
and hang out,
but it ain't even worth it.
For real.
You look beautiful.
- Thank you.
(laughs) Stop.
- For real, come here.
(beat music)
♪ I'm like dope in the flesh
♪ Hope in the flesh
♪ Cause I'm the
awesome, awesomeberg
♪ The ultimate
awesomeness, awesomeness
♪ Hope in the flesh
♪ Don't make me open your chest
♪ Like hope in the flesh
- How you doing?
Where'd you get the bike from?
- My brother.
You know, he needed
to use the car.
I got his bike.
- Smile.
Yeah, take that out.
(laughs)
- All right, all right.
- We're going to see the mom.
Are you excited?
- I am, I am.
- Oh hey, how you doing?
How y'all doing today?
- Keenan, this is mom.
Miss Hill.
- How you doing, Miss Hill?
- Okay, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you also.
- Have a seat.
- You want any water?
- Yeah, I'll take a water.
- Do you, mom?
- Yeah, I'll take some.
- Yeah, I'll take some water.
- While you all talk,
I'll get some water.
- Well, hi Keenan.
- Hi.
- My daughter told
me you met in class.
What class was you
taking with her?
- I think it was
a business class.
- Okay, business class?
Okay and how long you
been going to TSU?
- This is my second and
a half year. (laughs)
- Okay.
- Yeah, I'm almost a junior.
- Okay and what
is your intentions
with going with my daughter?
- I would like to
develop our relationship
and make her happy.
I mean, I'm not opposed
to getting married.
I would like to have a
family in the future.
- Marriage is kinda
far away for her
because I think that she wants
to go to graduate school and
do a lot of other things,
but tell me a little
bit about yourself.
- I am adopted.
So I've lived in several
different states.
I've traveled a lot.
Lived with different families.
Different things like that.
I am trying to graduate
and get my bachelors
in business administration
and maybe become a banker
or something like that.
- Have you ever been in jail?
- No, ma'am. No, ma'am.
- Okay.
- I don't plan on going to jail.
- Okay then.
- I don't like jail.
- I'm just trying to
look after my daughter.
- I've gotta break the cycle.
Yes ma'am, I understand.
- Okay, well I'm
getting ready to go out.
And just enjoy yourself.
- Yes, ma'am.
- And have fun.
- Where you going, momma?
- Well, I could have
a little fun today.
- Okay.
(laughing)
- Just have fun and
nice meeting you.
- Nice to meet you also.
- Okay then.
- Bye momma.
- Bye, bye.
- So.
- What's up?
- This bike?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, you gonna
take me for a ride?
- I can.
- Okay, let's go.
- All right, let's roll.
Fellas.
What's up, Bass?
- What's up, homie?
- You know.
- How'd the NWG thing go?
- What's up man, it's
going good, Glow.
You know what I'm talking about?
True Lee, freedom.
That's what I'm talking about.
- What's up, bro?
- Glad you out, man.
For real man, I'm
trying to get it, man.
- Fo sho, what's up bro?
I see you over there
reading that book, man.
You know, knowledge is power.
What's up, T.I.?
What's up Nizzle Fo
Shizzle Belive Me?
- What's up with you?
- Man, I'm chillin'
man, you know.
- Man, that was messed up.
When you threw that weed
behind me the other day.
- Man, I'm telling you, I
didn't throw that by you, bro.
The police was coming.
I just threw it.
You wasn't even over there.
I'm trying to tell you.
For real.
- That's what's up, dog.
That was real, how you too
claim to your own stuff, dog.
Ain't nobody else woulda
let me go to jail.
- That's right
man, you my friend.
For real.
You know what I'm talking about?
For real, for real.
You know what I'm talking about?
What you all doing over
here on these bones, though?
- We're about jail, but me.
(laughs)
- You all right?
Sounded kinda
weird on the phone.
- [Angel] I know.
So baby, how do you
feel about kids?
- Kids?
Well, they cool long
as they can go home.
(laughs) For real.
When we was in the car,
you asked me about kids.
What you asking me that for?
Man, what's going on?
- Well.
- You said we needed to talk.
- Yes, we need to talk because
I took three pregnancy tests.
Not just one.
Not two, but three
and they all said
that I'm pregnant.
- You pregnant?
By who?
Baby, I'm here and
no matter what,
I'm gonna take care
of mine, for real.
I got you.
- You promise?
- I promise.
(smooth music)
(knocking)
- [Angel] Mom, that's Keenan.
- Okay.
- Hey babe.
How are you?
- I great, how are you?
- Good.
You wanna go to the swings?
- Yeah, let's go.
- Look at you, trying
to match me today.
So, how are we gonna do this?
- I mean, I was
thinking we could just
kinda ask her to have a talk
and just tell her.
Maybe she'll be happy
to be a grandma,
have grand babies, you know?
- Just tell her?
- Yeah.
- As long as you're
with me, babe.
- I'm with you.
You know I'm with you.
- Well, let's not
waste any time.
Let's go ahead and do this.
- All right, I'm following you.
- Okay.
(water tricking)
You know, I've been dating
Keenan for awhile now.
- Don't tell me you're
getting married.
(Angel and Keenan laugh)
- [Angel] No, mom.
Let me just say it.
We've been dating for awhile
so I want you to
be understanding,
but I'm pregnant.
- What?
You are what?
- I'm pregnant.
- I can't believe this.
Why would you waste your
time and get pregnant
by somebody named
Keenan, first of all,
who lives in North Nashville.
It doesn't make any
sense, whatsoever.
- Mom.
- Sir.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Sir, do you know
how to use protection?
- Yes.
- Do you know the
word, protection.
- Yes, ma'am.
- I don't understand,
both of you all adults.
Why wouldn't you use protection?
And then your whole
life is ruined.
You got a baby in your whole--
What you gonna do?
You gonna continue
going to school?
- Yes.
My life's not ruined, mom.
This is the father of my child.
You're gonna have to embrace
it, accept it, whatever.
Like, don't--
- I can embrace it.
I can accept it,
but I can not and will
not never like it.
Do you hear me, sir?
I will not never like it.
You running around here
in North Nashville.
No telling what you're
doing over there
cause I hear about
North Nashville all
the time on the news.
I look up and I cut my TV on
and you'll probably
be in the news.
Why would you go with
somebody in North Nashville?
Sir, what kind of
money are you making?
How can you take care of a baby?
I don't know.
- It doesn't matter.
- Yeah, it does matter,
taking care of a baby.
- It does not.
- Yes, it does. Yes, it does.
You have to take care of a baby.
- He's gonna be there.
- Oh yeah, okay.
So he's gonna be--
- Well, he's not
gonna wanna be there
if you're acting like that, mom.
- Okay, yeah okay.
- I'm gonna go follow him.
- Okay, you go right ahead.
- Baby, wait.
Wait, before you go.
I thought you were supposed
to be in this with me?
- I mean, I am in it with you.
I'm just saying,
your momma tripping.
I don't like that stuff.
You know what I'm saying?
For real, I don't like people
talking to me like that.
I ain't her child. That's you.
- I understand.
- She can't call me thug,
telling me where I live at.
- Yes, I understand.
We're gonna work on it,
but I still need
you to be with me.
- Look, I love you
and I'm gonna be
with you regardless.
I got you, okay?
So don't worry about it.
I'm about to go, all right?
- Okay.
- I'll hit you up when
I get to the crib.
(smooth music)
- Get that out of the way.
I'll beat you, man.
- Six, nine.
(knocking)
Come on, bro.
- [Lee] What's up, peace?
- Man, over here.
I served with this
young man, right here.
- Don't believe him.
- What's up, bro?
- You all don't need to
be touching those sticks.
- Yeah, right,
- You know, I'm the
king on the sticks.
I'm the king of the city.
- [Keenan] Hold on, that
look like a skunk to me.
- Oh, please.
- [Keenan] My hang time, 21.
That's how it moves.
- Man, can you play?
- [Keenan] That's why I said.
(laughs)
Skunk, though, man?
- I'll show you how to
get the edge all on.
- Hey D.T., go ahead and
play the game real quick.
I need to make something.
I'm starving, bro.
- Man, hurry up.
- Oh, you outside?
Oh, all right, that's what's up.
Hey y'all, I'm
about to go outside
and holla at my lady.
- Aight, get outta here, fool.
All right D.T., bro.
- Now, I'm gonna
whoop you real quick.
- What's up, fellas.
- What's up.
- Chillin' with my girls
on the phone, talking to.
This is my girl, Princess.
- How y'all doin'?
This is my girl, Ashley.
- Hi.
- How you doin'?
- I'm good, how're you?
Something burning?
- Oh, my bad.
- Man, I told you couldn't cook.
Get that.
- You know he can't cook.
- Not a cooking brother.
- [Lee] Man, had my
attention diverted.
- Take care of them for me.
- Of course.
- Hey bro, let me holla at my
girl, Princess, in the back.
- Oh, you know, fo sho.
You got that.
- Aight.
- I'm gonna go back in here
and try to get this
food, real quick, y'all.
Y'all be cool.
- Hey, take your time.
How you doing, Ashley?
- Hi, how you doing?
- I'm all right.
Where you from?
- I'm from here.
- What side?
- I'm from north side.
- That's my side.
- Is it?
- Hey Ashley,
can you come back here
with us real quick?
- Yeah.
- Hey, can I go with y'all?
- Come on.
- What about me?
Forget y'all.
- What about you?
You ready to get
whooped or something?
I'm ready.
- Man, you less competition.
- Yeah right.
We gonna see what
happens on these sticks.
Are you all about to dip?
- We about to dip, man.
- Well, it's nice to
meet you miss lady.
- It was nice to
meet you as well.
- Come back any time.
- All right, all right.
- All right, Brett.
- I'm taking them
to the car, man.
I'll be right back.
- Nice to meet you.
Come back any time.
- Come back any time?
- That's what I said.
- I asked and I was told
you had a girlfriend.
- Well I do, but you know,
I can have friends
and she not here.
So, you know.
- She better be careful
leaving you alone with me.
- Oh, damn.
- Oh Princess,
girl, he can get it.
- I ain't mad at you.
(guitar strumming)
- Hello?
- May I speak to Keenan.
- This is he.
- Hey Keenan, this is Ashley.
I got your number from Kelly.
I hope you don't mind.
- [Keenan] Oh
yeah, that's great.
That's awesome.
- Okay, I was actually
calling to see if, you know,
we can hang out sometime.
- What you doing tonight?
- Polishing toes.
- Polishing toes. (laughs)
- [Ashley] You polish toes?
- It depends on what kind
of feet they're attached to.
- Mine and they're
beautiful feet.
- We're gonna have
to see about that.
Well, you know I gotta gal,
but you know I won't be
available all the time,
but I definitely can
make time for you.
- I'm okay with that.
- Okay, well,
I'm gonna lock you in
and save your number.
Text me or hit me up
or whatever, whenever.
Yeah, we can do that.
- Okay.
- All right, well you
have a good night.
- Yeah.
(beat music)
- All dressed up like a woman.
- Yeah, that's one of
my favorite movies.
- Okay, speaking of Eddie
Murphy and favorite movies.
- Uh huh.
- So, are you bigger on
Quick in Harlem Nights
or Prince on Coming to America?
Or Marcus in Boomerang?
- Ah man, you gonna ask me that?
I like all of them because
I'm an Eddie Murphy fan,
but I like Quick
because that's a gangster
flick, you know what I'm saying?
But Coming to America
a classic, though.
Because it's so funny.
Man, if I had to pick.
It gotta be a tie between
Quick and King, Queen
(Ashley laughs)
Prince whatever, you
know what I'm saying?
Coming to America.
Which one you like?
- If I had to pick, I'd
put them all together.
- How you gonna put
them all together?
- Quick.
- Okay.
- For the street sense.
- Okay.
- Prince Joffer
because he's a prince.
- He is a prince, okay.
- And then Marcus because
he's a lady's man.
- Okay.
- That makes a perfect man.
- But if you had to
pick one, though.
- Quick, hands down.
- Quick, okay.
Because he's a gangster.
- I guess.
- All right.
What?
Why you looking at me like that?
- I'm thinking Clark Kent.
So if I take those glasses off,
will you turn into Superman?
(laughing)
- Maybe, why don't you find out?
(smooth music)
- I like you.
- I like you too.
- [Keenan] Now, I'll get back
to that situation in a minute.
Now, in the mean time,
all I been doing
is going to church,
going to school and going
to doctor's appointment
with Angel.
That's it.
And trying to get a little
extra money on the side.
But really, I ain't really
been doing that too much.
(preaching)
But knowing I got a baby,
I really need to
fast forward instead
of trying to slow down.
I need this paper.
I got daycare, Pampers, milk.
All that's expensive.
For real.
And I'm trying to
be there for mine.
- Hold on a second.
- Thank you, baby.
I'll see you later.
- Okay.
- [Keenan] So for right now,
it's church, doctor's
appointments, school,
grinding a little bit,
but really, man, I even had
to pick up some new cliental.
(speaking Spanish)
- What's up?
I'm Alejandro.
You must be Capone?
- Yeah.
- I've heard your
name around town.
Mainly from T.I.
You were a good earner.
Hope we can do business.
- For sure, me too.
- You might not see me around,
but I'll be here.
- All right, all right.
- You got the money?
- You got the stuff?
- Of course.
- All right.
- Let me see your eyes first.
- Let me see your eyes.
Aight.
(laughs)
Crazy dude, man.
Looks good to me.
Smell it through the bag.
All right.
Put my glasses back on.
(laughing)
(cheering)
- What's up, bro?
- What's up with you?
- Maybe going to church.
- Man, I ain't been in awhile,
but you know, I go sometimes.
What's up?
- I need to go to church so
I can pray for my mom, man.
She doing bad.
She kinds sick right now.
Yeah, she doing real bad.
She got sick, man.
I try to go to church so
I can pray for her, man.
I'd like to just
go and pray for her
so she'll get better.
- I go to First Baptist.
You know what I'm
saying, down town?
We can go.
We can flow down there tomorrow.
Fo sho.
- I like to go to church.
You know, I ain't the
best person in the world.
You know, I like to go
so I can pray for her
so she can get
better or something.
- That's real.
Man, it's real.
We going then.
We going.
All right, let's roll.
- [Keenan] Matter of fact, I
said a prayer for his momma
right then and there.
Just so I can know I did it.
Make sure, because
prayer changes things.
- Just ran in and looked, man.
He in there.
Let's do it.
- Okay, okay.
- Do this.
- Okay, okay.
We're gonna get him, man.
About time for him anyway.
- You ain't paying attention.
- Man, who was that fool
that started looking
at you like that, bro?
- Man, that's the dude
that hit that girl, man.
I had a poor little
puff for her.
They don't wanna do nothing.
They ain't talking
about nothing.
- It's all right.
For real.
- I ain't worried about him.
- Aight.
- Get it man.
Get it in there.
(intense music)
(yelling)
- Come on, come on, come on.
- Man, you just stay here.
I'm gonna handle this.
This is my beef.
- Man, nah, they got this traps.
Man, for real.
We ain't got no
guns to bust back.
- Don't worry about it, bro.
I got this.
- Ah, man, come on, bro.
- Come on, come on out,
we ain't gonna shoot you.
- What's up, man?
What's up, homies?
(intense music)
- You lay down
and you stay down.
Pop that fool.
- No, that ain't enough.
That ain't enough.
- Hey! Hey!
(gun shot)
(heartbeat)
- Come on, come on, come on.
- [Keenan] All I can remember
is seeing a muzzle flash
and feeling a stinging burn
on the whole side of my body.
I fall, I hear tires
screech, rubber burn.
(heart monitor beeping)
(alarm)
I've been shot.
It's up to me.
I gotta live.
(smooth music)
- Hi Mr. Robinson,
I'm Dr. Brown.
How are you?
- Pretty good.
How're you?
- We're just following
up from your appointment
from your gunshot wound.
We just wanna make sure that
you're healing correctly.
And I see that--
(Keenan groans)
How does that feel?
- It's a little sore and tender.
- Okay, okay.
It's healing really well.
We're gonna get your
bandages changed.
Everything's looking good
and you should be back to
your regular activities
in four to six weeks.
- Okay.
- All right, well
you have a great day.
- You too.
Thank you.
- All right, bye-bye.
- [Keenan] A few weeks
later, T.I. came to visit me.
He had some news to tell me.
(knocking)
- Who is it?
(muffled)
- Angel.
- [Angel] What baby?
- Door.
- Baby, you hurt your
chest, not your legs.
You can get the door.
Come on.
- Why you talking cray?
- [Angel] Good to see you.
- Nice to see you.
- [Angel] Y'all need anything?
- Nah.
How you been?
- [Angel] Good.
- What's up, man?
- How you feeling?
- I'm all right.
I would get up, but you know.
- I can sit down with you.
- Yeah, man.
- Well, how's everything going?
You look like you're
moving around.
- Man, a little bit.
I'm trying to just get back
and move, get the
strength in my arm.
Physical therapy
and all that, man.
It sucks.
- Yeah.
Progress is progress.
- Yeah, at least I'm here.
- Yeah.
- Fo sho.
- Man, you don't
really gotta worry
about them fools no more, man.
- What're you talking about?
(laughs)
- The fool that tried
to smoke you, man.
- What of it?
- Folks done got debt weed.
- Man, I'm not trying to
keep going back and forth
with these fools, man.
I already got shot.
Next time, somebody
gonna get killed, man.
- Too late.
Wheels already in motion.
(beat music)
- Man, what the
hell do you want?
- [T.I.] You gonna
die tonight, buddy.
- But I ain't did
nothing to you, homie.
- [T.I.] Where your homies at?
- Man, I ain't got no homies.
I come into this world just me.
Man, as is.
- [T.I.] Man, put that
pump in his mouth.
(gun cocking)
What's up?
Where they at?
- Man, look man--
- [T.I.] Hey, where they at?
That's all we want.
- I don't know, man.
I don't know what
you talking about.
I ain't got no homies, man.
- [T.I.] So, you don't know.
(gun cocking)
- I don't know where they is.
- [T.I.] Huh?
- I don't know where they is.
- [T.I.] We gonna go
by your mom's house
if you don't tell
me where they is.
You ain't the only one.
This ain't gonna stop.
You might as well give them up.
They'd give you up.
- They ain't got
nothing to do with this.
Man, I don't know nothing, man.
I can't tell you
nothing about no one.
That's real, man.
- [T.I.] You know that's not
what we want to hear, right?
What's this plastic
on the floor for?
You think we playing with you?
- Man, last time I seen
him is at the store.
- [T.I.] What store?
- The one over there, out north.
- [T.I.] Where?
- What store up north?
You think this is a game?
- Wendy's man.
The one by the Wendy's.
The one by the Wendy's,
last time I seen them.
- Where they live at?
- I don't know, man.
- You hang with him.
Where he live at?
- I don't know, man.
Used to stay with
some white girl.
I don't know, man.
- What white girl?
Where she be at?
- I think they be in a
anywhere or something.
- Any? Any? Where?
You know more than
what you saying.
- All I know is
they staying in--
- You know more than
what you saying, buddy.
- Man, I stay in my
own neighborhood.
- I'm gonna take your
last breath tonight.
- Man, give me a
cigarette or something.
(laughing)
- [T.I.] Give him a cigarette.
- Get that sissy a cigarette.
- I don't know nothing, man.
- You don't need no cigarette.
But your'e gonna tell us.
Why you holding out?
- Man, I ain't shoot him.
I ain't shoot him, man.
- You think it's
a game, don't you?
You think it's a
game, don't you?
(mumbles)
(cries)
- His name, D, man.
Damn, go and get him.
I ain't shoot you all, man.
Don't kill me, man.
(laughing)
- [T.I.] That's all
we need to know.
(gun shot)
- I got to roll out.
- Okay, okay.
(groans)
Man, just get at me whenever.
You know, I'm here.
You know, I'm gonna
be here for awhile.
For real.
- Don't worry about it.
Hey man, don't worry about
that little bread you owe me.
- What you talking about?
- You know, that little
bread for that thing.
- Yeah, yeah, I know.
- We good on that, man.
- For real?
- You make me like an
honorary, you know,
uncle or something.
- Man, God bless you, man.
Man, that's real
stress off my chest.
I was trying to
get it for you too.
- I know.
That's what's up.
- Aight, fo sho.
(beat music)
(party music)
- Hey sister.
- Hello, brother.
(party-goers laughing)
- [Keenan] Now Angel,
she ride or die.
She took care of
me when I was down.
She helped me do my
homework and everything.
Physical therapy and all that.
(smooth music)
- Ma!
Mom!
- What?
What is it?
What? What's going on?
Why you screaming
my name like that?
- It hurts and I feel wet.
- Oh my goodness, let's go.
We got to go.
Let's go, your water's broken.
Let's go, come on.
Let's go.
Come on.
(phone ringing)
- Hello.
What's up?
Say what?
I'm on the way.
(intense music)
(huffing)
- Push.
Oh, I feel woozy.
(breathing hard)
I'm here.
(baby crying)
- She's beautiful.
- Like you.
- Mr. Robinson, so you know
that there was a complication
with the pregnancy
and everything.
With the birth.
- Yeah.
- The baby was
born under weight.
So, with low birth weight,
we're gonna have to do
a blood transfusion.
The baby was born with a VSD,
Ventricular septal defect,
so there's a hole between septum
and the walls of the heart.
So we're gonna have
to correct that
within the next week or two.
- Is that because
she was so early?
- It is because
she was so early.
It's also genetic.
So there is a congenital
factor, as well.
- She's gonna be okay, right?
- She's definitely
gonna be okay.
We're gonna correct
it with surgery.
We're gonna get it
taken care of ASAP.
- Okay, thank you.
- Yes, sir.
(smooth music)
- Hey, baby daddy.
(laughs)
That baby's still asleep.
Her diapers and her bottle.
- I'm gonna go put
this back there.
- Okay.
You know I'm nervous, right?
- Why?
- This is our first time
you're having the baby
without me.
- Bye honey.
You with daddy now.
- Knocked out over here.
- Super knocked out.
Try to keep it that way.
Bye baby.
- Give me a kiss.
All right, take your time.
I'll see you later.
- Okay.
- All right.
(smooth music)
You with the papa now.
- [Keenan] See, I was
raised by the village.
The preacher, the teacher.
You know, the family
down the street.
They all looked out for me
and that's how I got
to where I am today.
That's why I'm multicultural.
That's why I love everybody.
Because everybody raised me.
America did it's job with me.
Now, I did experience
some bad things,
but at the same time,
I saw love from every side.
Even though I did meet some
adversity along the way,
I learned from that.
Like the philosophy
of the sponge,
I suck in everything round me,
but I keep the good stuff
and I let out the bad things
and I learn from it and
I try to become better.
I could tell by her voice.
As soon as she got on the phone,
something was wrong.
- Hello?
- Hey baby.
- What's going on with you?
What's the problem?
- Nothing.
I just needed to let you know
that me and my mom went down
to the department
of human services
in order for me to get benefits
because my mom
wants to make sure
that me and the child
are taken care of,
I had to say that you were
not the father of my child.
- But you lying, though.
- She's just looking
out for the well-being
of me and my child, though.
- You know I already
signed a birth certificate.
So, they gonna
come looking for me
and you telling them that
I ain't doing nothing
for my kid?
I grew up without my parents.
You know what I'm saying?
I take care of mine.
I'm not gonna let my child
go through the same cycle.
You gonna go down there
and do that to me?
Man, that's like a
smack in the face.
- So what do you want me to do?
- Man, whatever.
I ain't got time for this.
(sighs)
- I know this fool did
not just hang up on me.
- [Keenan] In and out of court.
In and out of court.
Here we go.
No I'm a deadbeat dad,
even though I've been
taking care of my child.
The system was
not set up for me.
She gonna put me in the system.
So we had to take a
break, needless to say.
But I'm gonna take care
of mine, regardless.
(beat music)
- You know I heard you
busting down the block.
(laughing)
- Man, you know, I'm tying
to be low key, though.
- You can't be low
key like that, boy.
You know you gotta
make some changes, bro.
- Man, you know change
don't happen over night.
- I understand,
but after suffering
a heat attack, bro,
you know I have to make
the most of my changes.
- That's real, though.
- You gotta daughter.
That's enough to make
change for a brah.
You might need to calm
down a little bit.
- Okay.
- I have.
I quit cigarettes
and everything.
- You need to do.
Where you trying to
go anyway, though?
- Do you think you can
drop me off at Little Man.
- Yeah, I got you.
- Aight, bro.
- We out, we floating on out.
- [Keenan] In the meantime,
I had been, how you say,
exploring other options.
(beat music)
You know, I'm not
saying I'm perfect,
but if you look at the
state of what's going on,
man, they slaughtered us.
We in jail, dead, absent or
whatever it is you wanna say,
but it's not working.
The police are killing us.
We killing each other.
We need leadership.
We need to know
that we are somebody
and we are powerful
and we are children of God.
You can not sit here
and keep dehumanizing us
and think that it's okay.
I was talked about
more by black folk
because of the color of my skin
because I was dark,
then by anybody else.
So that shows self-hatred.
We need self love.
We need to build up our people.
And I'm not just talking
about people of color,
I'm saying all people.
American people.
People all over the world.
We need to come together
if we want this thing
to be done properly.
Right now, it's falling apart.
(Jazz music)
- So, you having a good time?
- Yeah, I'm enjoying myself.
- Word, word.
You been here before?
- I have been here before.
A few times.
- Okay, sometimes I come in
and I do a little
spoken word poetry.
- Let me hear it.
- Nah, you gotta wait on that.
You want something
else to drink?
- No, I'm good.
Thank you.
- I wanna bring a young man
up to the stage right now.
He is a little bit
from everywhere,
but he calls Nashville his home.
So I want you all to put
your hands together right now
and welcome up to
the stage right now,
a spiritual poet,
up to the stage.
Give it up for my man, Keenan.
(audience cheering)
- Music dedicated to whom,
the best assume.
Like Gordon's flash, we zoom.
God knew our story,
even from the womb.
So act up?
Nah, back up.
Give me breathing room.
For true love, I
wrote this tune.
So stay tuned for our I do's,
because I do.
Thank you.
God bless.
(cheering)
- [Keenan] I mean, we
went out a few times
and then, I got that phone call.
- Hello?
- Hey babe, what're you doing?
- I'm just chillin',
trying to get this mine.
- Hey, I got some news for you.
- I hope it's good news.
- Well, it just depends
on how you take it.
- Huh?
- I don't know how to say this,
but I think I'm pregnant.
- What you mean, think?
You ain't took no
test or nothing?
- I missed my cycle
and my cycles are never late.
- For real?
Before we jump into
conclusions or whatever,
we use protection.
- Protection?
What does protection
have to do with anything?
- Well, first of all, before
you come stressing me out,
you need to take a
test or something
so we can know for sure.
- You know what, don't
even worry about it.
I'll take care of it myself.
- Yeah, no problem.
Hello?
- Hey babe.
What're you doing?
- Doing what I do every day.
Trying to take over the world.
- Well, I have some more news.
First of all, before
you say anything,
I wanna apologize for the
way I acted yesterday.
Second, I'm not pregnant.
- What?
Man, I told you you
wasn't pregnant.
- Well, I only told you that
because I see the
way you treat Angel
and I want that
same thing for us.
I wanted us to have
a relationship like
you and Angel had.
I apologize if I hurt you
or upset you in any kind of way.
- Man, you already know
I'm under all this pressure
from school and baby
mama and all that
and you playing games too?
Man, I don't need no extra
stress in my life, for real.
I'm glad you not pregnant
because you fired.
- [Keenan] Me and my baby mama
start trying to work it out.
See what happens, you know?
Give it another try.
For our kid, at least.
- Hey, I'm gonna get the baby.
- Okay.
- [Keenan] So, me
and Angel, you know,
we get back to the crib.
Now, I haven't had
any contact with her
since the pregnancy scare.
She be calling and I'll
never answer the phone.
I blocked her, actually.
- Hi, how can I help you?
- You can't, I'm here
to see my man, Keenan.
- Your man?
- Yeah, my man.
- Keenan, you need to come
get your little punk--
(intense music)
- [Woman] What's going on here?
Get off of her.
- No.
- Stop, stop, stop.
- Really?
Where were you?
(slap)
Give me my child.
- Man, you can't be coming--
- I got this for you.
It's for your graduation.
- You can't be coming
up here like that.
You know I gotta baby mama.
I mean, you gotta go, man.
I'm sorry, but you gotta go.
- Really?
- You gotta go.
Let's go.
For real.
You disturbing my home.
You can't be just popping up.
Man, you gots to go.
For real.
- [Keenan] I guess there's
no one-size-fits-all
approach to life.
Man, on the everyday basis,
things could happen so quick,
at the blink of an
eye you could be gone.
One day could be
your whole lifetime
and I thank God that I'm here
for the many opportunities
I'm here in blessings.
Overall, I wanna say,
without God, I'm nothing.
I been shot, robbed,
jumped, broke, everything.
But God said he had
other plans for my life.
I never even could fathom
in my wildest dreams
that I would be
where I am today.
Graduation day.
God is so in control.
He is the author and
finisher of our faith
and my storyline.
You know, when you hear
about something happening
to somebody and they don't die,
that's because it's up to God
who comes and goes.
He has his own plans
and if you haven't
learned anything,
just know, we are
nothing without God.
7:20.
(beat music)
