-You Iying.
-It's all in your grill.

That's him right there. Come on.

Men, grab your Iadies.
Ladies, grab your weaves.

It's about to be on.
Y'all got three minutes till couples' skate...

...and four weeks till Skate Wars.

But until then, hold this.

Man, I got that good...

...the bad...

...and, man, the ugly herbal.

-I gotta smoke something.
-Hey.

Man, I don't understand
a word that you been saying.

What you want, man?

Well, well, well.
So we meet again.

What's up, gorgeous?

You tell me.
You're the one that's shining.

Oh, you know, that's how we do.
But you Iook mighty fine yourself.

Oh, thank you.

So do you wanna hook up or what?

Yeah, you know, Iike...

...if it set up all right.

You know, I be real--

-Stepped on that shit.
-Yeah, boy.

This thing's off the chain, tonight, man.

I got shotgun.

Hey, whoa, whoa.

-What are you doing?
-Come on.

Come on, Brooklyn.

-You heard me call shotgun.
-Come on, man.

AII right, you see up in here, right?
You see it, right?

It's Iike a goddamn
Negro clown car up in here, man.

Come on, get your ass in the back, man.
That's real.

-Damn.
-Come on, I don't Iike him, man.

He never sits in the front.
Now he wanna sit in the front.

-Sit your ass over.
-Shut up.

Hey, man, what you doing?

-Ain't you gonna wait on Ant?
-He say he got a ride.

That tickles.

That's my belly button, baby.

Yeah, yeah. I know.

Good, baby.

You're getting closer.

-That's strong, baby.
-What's up? What's up?

-Was it a good idea to keep my money?
-No, no!

Shut up. Come on. Get up.

Come on. Come on.

Boy,
don't you know I graduated with a 3.68?

Lord, I'm parched.
Let me get my drink.

This supposed to be my family,
my blood cousin.

-Give me the money. Give me the money.
-AII right.

-It was only 1 00 dollars.
-That's it?

Shut up.

Shut up.

You better not tell my mama.

Come on, baby.

That empty space right there on the bar,
that's for this year's trophy.

That empty space right there on the bar,
that's for this year's trophy.

Don't even worry about that.

Don't even worry about that.

A Iittle confident, aren't we?

A Iittle confident, aren't we?

For good reason. You Iike the pole?

For good reason. You Iike the pole?

You wish.

You wish.

What's this?

What's this?

Nothing.

Nothing.

These are fly. You did these?

These are fly. You did these?

Yeah, but it was just
me fooling around, though.

Yeah, but it was just
me fooling around, though.

This ain't somebody just fooling around.

This ain't somebody just fooling around.

This is good, Rashad.

This is good, Rashad.

Is this me?

Is this me?

-My mouth is not that big.
-Hey.

-My mouth is not that big.
-Hey.

It's artistic expression.

It's artistic expression.

And I'm sensitive about my shit,
so I'd appreciate it....

And I'm sensitive about my shit,
so I'd appreciate it....

Thank you.

Thank you.

Cute.

Cute.

But for real, Rashad...

But for real, Rashad...

...you got talent.

...you got talent.

-I don't know.
-Like you can't have no talent.

-I don't know.
-Like you can't have no talent.

Be real with me. Come on.

Be real with me. Come on.

Be real with me. I'm serious.

Be real with me. I'm serious.

AII right.

AII right.

Well, when I was younger,
every Sunday...

Well, when I was younger,
every Sunday...

...my pops used to give me...

...my pops used to give me...

...the comics out the of Sunday paper.

...the comics out the of Sunday paper.

I guess I kind of had this dream...

I guess I kind of had this dream...

...that one day I could be the one...

...that one day I could be the one...

...who drew the comics
in the Sunday paper.

...who drew the comics
in the Sunday paper.

-That's it.
-You still can.

-That's it.
-You still can.

What's happening, Uncle G?

What's happening, Uncle G?

How you doing this morning?

How you doing this morning?

Get myself some orange juice.
Good morning, brother.

Get myself some orange juice.
Good morning, brother.

-Good morning, Uncle George.
-What's happening?

-Good morning, Uncle George.
-What's happening?

What is y'all so happy about?

What is y'all so happy about?

How come you here grinning?
You just grinning.

How come you here grinning?
You just grinning.

Grinning, Iike you
a new man or something.

Grinning, Iike you
a new man or something.

No, Rashad's a New New man.
He got some cutty Iast night.

No, Rashad's a New New man.
He got some cutty Iast night.

Shut up.

Shut up.

You got some booty
in this house?

You got some booty
in this house?

I told you I don't want
no company in my house.

I told you I don't want
no company in my house.

I told you I don't want
them fast girls in my house.

I told you I don't want
them fast girls in my house.

No females in this house, that's the rule.

No females in this house, that's the rule.

There's a one-bowl rule in effect.

There's a one-bowl rule in effect.

Okay, Uncle George.

Okay, Uncle George.

One bowl.

One bowl.

What is with you?

What is with you?

I ain't gonna Iie.

I ain't gonna Iie.

-I got some cutty Iast night.
-Stop Iying.

-I got some cutty Iast night.
-Stop Iying.

You ain't got no cutty.

You ain't got no cutty.

With your Iittle scrawny ass.

With your Iittle scrawny ass.

If anybody gets some cutty,
it's supposed to be me.

If anybody gets some cutty,
it's supposed to be me.

I gets the booty here.
I gets the drawers.

I gets the booty here.
I gets the drawers.

I gets the booty. I gets the trim.

I gets the booty. I gets the trim.

I'm the one supposed to be getting cutty.
I'm a grown man.

I'm the one supposed to be getting cutty.
I'm a grown man.

I get the cutty, not y'all.
Understand what I'm saying?

I get the cutty, not y'all.
Understand what I'm saying?

Uncle George. Me.

Uncle George. Me.

Well, I guess we see
who didn't get the cutty Iast night, huh?

Well, I guess we see
who didn't get the cutty Iast night, huh?

Give me my cereal.

Give me my cereal.

I hope your Iittle weenie fall off.

I hope your Iittle weenie fall off.

You say something?

-No, man, Iet me see this.
-See what?

This thing gonna make
her neck turn green.

Man, shut up, man.
It got the 1 4-karat stamp on it.

I don't know how you bought that.
You never bought a girl anything.

-So what, man?
-You need to watch it, Rashad.

This girl got your nose wide open.

Let you tell it.

Yeah, it ain't even Iike that.
She real, man.

He bought a cheap-ass necklace
for New New.

I was about to buy her some shit, man.

-Yeah, right.
-We gotta go, man.

It's my first day, B.

K.K. Soul Food.

I'm with my people now, homey.

Free collards. Free collard greens.

Why you blocking, man?

That's what I'm talking about.

Who this?

-New New.
-Shut up, man.

-What you want?
-I need a ride tomorrow.

I got you.

You got some gas money?
Hold on.

-Who this?
-It's New New.

Y'all need to find something to do,
because y'all ain't funny.

-I Iove that.
-Hold on.

-Yo.
-Who's that?

-Teddy.
-Hey, how old is he anyway, 30?

Hold on. Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

My bad, man.

I just wanted to see what was popping.

Hey, y'all going to the pool tomorrow?

I don't know.
I gotta take Esquire up to Sandy Springs.

Teddy? Teddy.

If you don 't get off that damn phone
and clean them dishes....

Hey, Ma, I'm 21 years old, man.

Still getting on the phone?

I never feel comfortable
on this side of town.

Man, kind of how I feel
about our neighborhood.

I don't see what this cat making you
drive all the way up here for.

He invited me to dinner, fool.

Man, this is John Garnett.

The millionaire.
If he want me to cook dinner, I'm with it.

-Hey, man, that's 31 Canterbury.
-Right here?

Damn!

Yeah.

Hey, man, go ahead and push the buzzer.

Yes, may I help you?

It's Benjamin-- It's Benjamin Gordon
for John Garnett.

Yes, Benjamin. John 's expecting you.
Come on in.

Ben. Right on time.

-AIways, sir.
-Come on in.

I talked to some friends
at the Falcon Society.

This should help.

Thank you.

One thing you should Iearn
early in this Iife:

It's not always what you know.

Sometimes it's who you know.

Yes, sir.

You'II be fine.

-You hungry?
-Oh, I could eat.

Well, dinner's almost ready.

I'd Iike you to meet my daughter.
She's going to Brinton next year too.

Erin, honey?
Come down to dinner.

-You hear me?
-Yes. I'm coming.

Have sons.

I just wanna say again,
I appreciate this a Iot.

Oh, well, just do well.

You'II be fine.

-Here she is.
-That shirt is just so cute.

-Dad, I already ate.
-That's all right.

Come here.

Erin, I'd Iike you to meet Ben.

-This is her friend Holly. She Iives next door.
-Hi.

I gotta go. Bye.

Bye.

Strange chick.

Erin, nice to meet you.

It's always a pleasure
meeting new people.

It's nice to meet you too.

You're not telling Rashad.

Wow, you even talk different.

You're not telling him.

Oh, I'm telling him. PIease believe that.

You're not saying anything to him...

...and I'm not telling my dad about you.

If I tell him where you're from,
you're done.

-Is that a threat?
-Call it what you want.

I gotta tell him in my own way.

I knew it. Because Rashad was
telling me how "New New is this"...

...and "New New's so real."

-I am real.
-You ain't shit.

Excuse you?

How did you even find Cascade?

What, you go buy you a 99-cent ghetto
handbook to show you how to keep it real?

The salad fork goes on the other side.

I'm from the Trey.

You from the Trey? That's funny.

-Well, my dad is.
-I never read that.

-He never talks about it.
-I don't blame him.

Are you serious?

He's a sellout.

You really wanna be ghetto.

Believe me, you can have
the piss in the hallway.

I'II take the Picasso.

You got a Picasso in your house!

You need to Iower your voice. Shut up.

I bet when you go to Brinton,
you won't be all up in here...

...doing all that New New stuff.

I'm not going to Brinton.

-I'm going to Spelman.
-Oh, you going to Spelman.

Well, your daddy seems a Iittle confused.

Yo, what happened?

She took care of me in the parking Iot.

-No.
-Yeah, that right.

Here come your boy.

Hey, yo, Ant.

What up, big time?
Hey, man, I heard you got that fire.

How come I'm the only one that ain't
getting blessed? Hook me up, man.

Fine, nigga, what you need?

-Whatever, man. Whatever, nigga.
-Right. Exactly.

Hey, where Esquire at?

I don't know, man. I ain't seen him
since I dropped him off Saturday.

-I ain't seen him either.
-Rashad. Rashad.

Rashad, Ant just got arrested.

-Come on, they got your brother.
-Get up!

-What the hell going on?
-Let's go, man. Let's go, man.

-Anton Swann.
-Right here. Right here.

-Swann.
-That be me, sir.

-Swann. Front and center.
-Oh, man.

I got a gun, man.

Come on, boss. Let me be out.

Thank you, man.

It's all part of the game, young buck.

Now all you got to do is
put a Iittle overtime in, you know.

We get the books square,
you be good.

You have to get in the house
before your brother get hurt.

Where he coming from?

I think he's coming right about now.

What you doing with my
brother in your car?

You got him trapping?
That's what's happening?

-Get out.
-Hey, hold up, hold up.

What you reaching for?
You ain't fitting to do nothing.

With your bitch ass.
Bust a move, then.

-Thought so. Anton, get your ass out the car.
-You don't know--

Watch your rabid ass, man.

-Get in this house, man.
-Get off me.

Both of y'all get in the house
before I take off my belt.

Whatever, partner. You know me.
Come get some. Get in the house.

Nobody told y'all Iight-skinned dudes
ain't in style no more?

-Get off!
-You out your rabid-ass mind, homeboy.

Rookies.

Man, get in your room, man.

Man, I ain't playing with you, bro.

Man, you ain't nobody's dad!

You heard what I said.
What you gonna do?

I'm gonna Ieave.

-You think you're a dope boy?
-Hey, hey!

-You tough, huh?
-Get up. Get off of him.

You all right?

What the hell is going on here?

OId dumb-ass here
got arrested for selling weed.

You better get in your room,
Iike he said.

I ain't gonna have y'all tearing up
my house.

Come on, man. Let me talk to you.

Look here. Now, I know
you might be a Iittle upset...

...but Iet's be grown folks
about this thing, all right?

Now, you may not wanna hear it,
but that boy gonna do what he wanna do.

A few extra dollars
in the house ain't gonna hurt.

I can't believe you, man.

Look, hey, hey, hey.

I got a mortgage to pay every month.

-You know the water heater done cracked.
-What that mean?

You just gonna Iet your nephew
ruin his Iife over a few dollars?

What kind of man is you?

I'm the same kind of man
took his sister's two kids in...

...so they could stay together.

Take us--? Hey, we took you in, man.

-What?
-Hey, be clear, this is my daddy's house.

I been running things here
since I was 1 5.

-You just been getting over.
-Getting over?

Boy.

You best....

Yeah, right.

I ain't never wanted none of this.

Pushing a damn broom the rest of my Iife.
I'm 41 years old.

I'm a grown-ass man.

You see a decent car sitting
out in that driveway?

You see women rolling through here?

-That's your fault, man.
-Hell, no.

Because don't no woman want no man
with two dumb-ass kids and no money.

A janitor.

Shit, I'm a janitor. A janitor.

Boy.

Yeah, I should've just Iet
y'all's asses go to foster care.

Then I wouldn't even be in this mess.

What?

-Hello?
-Hey.

Can you meet me somewhere?

-Hi.
-Hey.

Why are we here on old people's night?

They from College Park.

How you know that?

Every side of town got
their own way of skating.

They got, Iike, a Iittle bounce to them.

That's Chicago. And that's Detroit
all day Iong, right there.

You talk to Esquire today?

Ain't seen him all day.

Why?

Nothing, I was just....

Rashad?

I kind of have something
I need to tell you.

If it's bad...

...I don't even wanna hear it.

Got enough shitty news for one day.

What's wrong?

Everything.

My Iife's a mess right now.

Just tired of being Iied to.

I keep trying to think of
what my pops would do.

Can't come up with nothing.

Hey...

...it's gonna be okay.

Hope you right, shorty.

Hey.

I'm starting to think this is our song.

Oh, yeah?

Too bad we didn't bring our skates,
though, huh?

Hey, babies, how y'all doing?

AII right, now. Be careful, babies.

Oh, man, is that the twins' mama?

-Man.
-Ms. Gayle is a hot mess.

I was gonna wait till Sunday,
but I got something for you.

What?

Thank you.

Watch yourself.

It's beautiful.

-I'm glad you Iike it.
-I Iove it.

It's time we had a brother-to-brother talk.

Or to put it delicately,
a talk about the birds and the bees.

A t 1 3, girls are just like comic books...

...Ioaded with adventure,
easy to understand...

...and don 't cost more
than a quarter to take out.

In this house, we never
discussed our problems.

We just watched Good Times.
It seemed like the answer to everything.

When you get a little older, I'll teach you
how to handle yourself in the NFL of love.

My pops always told me
to take care of my little brother.

I hope I got through to him.

Here we go. It's gonna be
a Iong night for some of y'all.

We got the Warriors, the Preps
and the Ones in the house tonight, baby.

Look, you see them boys
practicing their moves.

Tonight we break out the secret weapon.
Y'all remember how?

-I'm gonna break it down. For real.
-I remember, I got it.

No, no, no, Iike this here:

So...and...and...?

-You got a crick in your neck?
-Hell, no. Come on, man.

-Watch what I'm about to do. Hold up, man.
-Watch.

-Before you mess us up again.
-Watch.

-What's up, y'all?
-Hey, what's happening?

-Oh, you wanna hug me.
-We gotta go.

-We gotta go. Ma's coming.
-See you.

-Bye.
-Bye.

-Hey, man.
-Hey.

I just bagged the shorty
that work at the snack bar.

Free hot wings. Let's go, baby. Come on!

-Well, hell, yeah. Come on.
-What? We ain't gotta chase no chicken.

Priscilla, it's Janice.

I have some disturbing news
to share with you.

Shut up!

What they call this, Star?

Damn, who is you?

He a retired rapper or something.

Attitude.

He do got a attitude,
but his car is cute, though.

-I Iike that. Let's touch it.
-Okay.

Let's go.

-Bambi's Iike a ghetto tale.
-How?

Moms gets shot in the head.
She ain't doing nothing.

Pops is never there.
House gets burned down, insurance reasons.

And out of nowhere, she pregnant.

Father's never there,
you know what I mean?

You feel what I'm saying? House
burned down, he meets a girl, then--

-Dad, how did you--?
-Let's go. Erin, get up, now.

That's your fault, man.
How you gonna Iet him take your girl?

See, if she were with me--
Oh, you gonna shush me now, huh?

Why you ain't shushing the old man?

See, now you wanna get buck, man.
He gone, now. He gone, fool.

Get in.

-Yo, what's up?
-Where you going?

-It's all right, it's my dad.
-It's your daddy?

Is he still with your mama?

Keep it up, hear?
Keep it up. Lie to me again.

Lie to me again.

What'd you say?
Get back down here!

How could you humiliate me Iike that?

You were supposed to be over at Holly's
house getting some rest before practice.

Baby, you been Iying...

...about where you been going
and who you been with.

What if something happened to you?

I'm sorry, Mom.

Why can't I pick my friends
and choose things in Iife for myself?

Because you're not making
very good choices, baby.

I mean, you got a Iot of
good opportunities to choose from.

Like what? Going to Brinton?

Oh, baby.

Spelman is a great school,
but your father and I just--

-But what?
-Well, we're saying...

...Iook at some other choices,
some other options.

-What?
-Keep talking to Mother Iike that...

...and your Iips will beat you
to the hospital.

You know how Iucky you are?

Yes, Daddy.
I do know that I am very fortunate.

Thank you for being a great parent.

But I knew if I were to ask to go over there,
you would've had a heart attack!

You damn right! You know why?
Because I was that guy.

I know what he wanted from you.

And it wasn't them big-ass earrings.

Why do you always think somebody
always wants something?

I work too hard.
I don't wanna see you go down--

I don't have to explain myself.

Why? If you don't have to explain,
I don't have to explain.

Because I said so!

You better go to bed now.

Okay, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Let's just calm down...

...and collect ourselves,
and talk about this in the morning.

There's nothing more to talk about.

End of conversation.

Yo, man, you all right?

Just checking on you, man.

You knew, huh?

AII this time.

That was the same car
from the Garnett's house.

Man....

That's foul, man.

-Look, man, I'm sorry, I--
-Hey, hey, hey.

Man, get out.

-But just hear me out, man.
-Bounce.

I don't wanna see you, talk to you,
kick it with you, skate with you.

Nothing, man.

-Come on.
-You still here?

I'm gone.

What you gonna do with it, man?

-Hey-- What up, man?
-Yeah.

And the rest of y'all niggas, man,
get the fuck off my porch.

-What we do?
-Man, you heard me, homes.

Hey, you ain't gotta tell me twice.

-Yeah, well, bust a move then, partner.
-Was it me?

Man, I think it was your breath.
It usually is.

Whatever, man. You always eating
those sunflowers, you country.

-Hey, hey.
-I'm tell-- It's the A-Town.

Hold it, now.

-John.
-Yeah?

Not Iike playing golf, is it, boy?

Look, sir, this is fun...

-...but I came to talk to you.
-What about?

I came to give you this back.

Did I make an error somewhere?

No, I made the mistake.

Not being honest with you before.

What about?

I Iive five blocks away from Cascade's
on the south side.

-You said you went to Mount Paran.
-I do.

I use the club address
to go to school in a better district.

So you're just a Iiar?

My parents can't afford
to send me to private school, sir.

So you knew Erin before you met me?

Yes, I knew Erin.

-But I didn't know you was her father.
-You expect me to believe that?

-I got your game, Ben.
-My game?

I don't play games, Mr. Garnett.

That's one thing I do not do
is play games.

I'm too busy trying to make it out.

I figured you knew that,
coming up on the south side.

As far as the Ietter, I just thought the Ietter
would give me a better shot, that's all.

We'II never know now, will we?
You can Iet yourself out.

You know, I read in this article...

...where you said being a CEO
didn't make you a proud man...

...being a proud man made you a CEO.

But a proud man doesn't hide
where he comes from.

Be careful.

See, with or without that Ietter,
I'm gonna make it.

And I won't forget Mechanicsville, Georgia,
made me who I am.

With all due respect, sir,
it made you who you are.

Might help your daughter
to know that too.

Come on.

Holler at your boy, man.

I made them come...

...so you wouldn't kick my ass.

Man, come on, dog. Damn.

Man, we friends, man.
We boys. Hear him out.

I just wanted to say sorry.

And if it mean anything to you,
I gave the Ietter back.

What you do that for?

-Hope you ain't think it was for me.
-It was for me.

I didn't want it Iike that.

Hey, Iook, man.
We about to go to Cascade.

Now, tonight is our night.

You already know what it is,
homeboy.

I mean, we're Iike the Yankees, baby.
We're Iike--

We're Iike the Bulls in the '90s.
We're Iike the Lakers.

No, not the Lakers.
But we're a dynasty.

When we're out on that rink,
nobody can touch us, man.

Nobody. Let's go.

No. I'm gonna Iet y'all have it.
I don't skate no more.

Oh, man, you acting Iike a female, man.

-Hell, man.
-Yeah, whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the moment
you've all been waiting for.

Skate Wars is here.

I just got word Rashad Swann
ain 't here tonight...

...so the Ones are not in competition.

Damn. This sucks, man.

-It really sucks.
-Hey, man, my arm is skinnier.

No, no, no. Your arm ain't skinnier,
your face got bigger.

-Hate to put it to you Iike that, man, hey.
-You Iaughing, and we're gonna Iose.

I ain't been down here in a while.
Love what you've done with the place.

Yeah, Iooks Iike you really Iet
your Iittle partners piss you off.

I don't wanna talk about it.

Boy, I just came to tell you
there's some Iemonade upstairs.

Best batch I ever made too.

Now, that's good.

Now, Iook, I ain't trying
to get in your business...

...but, I mean, I do know
a Iittle something about being pissed.

I mean, it's all--
You know, it's all just feelings, man.

From females to friends to funerals...

...it's all about the feelings.

I just want you to recognize
the difference...

...between what you feel
and what's real.

That way you don't Iook back on Iife
with a bunch of regret.

-What's happening?
-This Ant?

-No, this ain't Ant. Who is this?
-Is this little big brother?

What the hell is you calling my house for,
man?

The streetlight's on
and our boy ain 't come home yet.

I'm gonna have to get out here
and go find him.

Hell is you talking about?
My brother ain't your business no more.

Like hell. Yeah, and he ain 't
into me for two G's either.

And I ain 't about to put some hot shit
in his chest, you know what I'm saying?

You better stay away
from my Iittle brother, partner.

Boy, stop.

What's up, Ant?

I ain't heard from you in a while, boy.
Boy, where you been?

No, no, I-- I'm cool.

I mean, I'm cool.
It's just taking me a minute, that's all.

But I'm gonna straighten everything out
as soon as I get that money.

Cognac.

Remember what I told you, right?

-Yeah.
-What'd I say?

-It's grown-man business.
-It's grown-man business.

Got your ass.

Scared as hell, man.

-Goddamn, Carl Lewis, where you going?
-Come on, man, please.

PIease what?
What? What? PIease what?

Boy, you're shaking Iike a stripper.
Tighten up.

I'm so disappointed in you this evening.

Look at me when I'm talking to you, boy.

I know that ain't who I think it is.

-Little big brother.
-Get in the car, Ant.

I told you to Ieave my brother alone.

-Y'all so funny.
-You got a problem, you deal with me.

-Nigga, who the hell is you?
-He owe you some money?

-Here you go.
-Oh, shit.

-Yeah, I'm tired--
-That was so disrespectful.

You done hit me in my mouth
with some goddamn money.

Yeah.

You don't get it, do you?

I'm his daddy now.

Get out the way.

Pleasure turns to the pain

Of the lessons learned from the strain
Of the questions burned in my brain

About whether love is humane
In its touch.

These thoughts are like salmon

Swimming upstream
In the tears of your deceit

Fighting the current hurt
That kills more than is created

By the chaos of our intertwined emotions

Chaotic because the anchor
Of Eros ' arrow

Has been plucked from the vessel
Of my undying infatuation

Separation not as simple
As the distance between us

My mind no longer possessed
By the demons

That had been the overseers
Of my enslavement to your lies

The seeds of these lies
Rooted so deeply

They have cracked the foundation
Of what we once shared

Allowing the faith in us I had sealed inside
To gush out like a river

Ripping the image of our future together
From my thoughts

As violently and as brutally
As if it were a child being taken

From his mother's arms

I'm left surrounded in darkness

But I refuse to be swallowed by it

My loneliness like the night air.
Invisible to the eye, obvious to the touch

In its cold uncomfortableness

Yet if I could do it all over again

I'd do it in the same skin I'm in

To lay down and let love die

Just stay down and let love lie

No, no, not I

I'll stay 'round and let love fly

Even though I have seen
Its darkest form, deceit

Nothing else could taste this warm
Or feel this sweet

So you gonna stay mad at me forever?

It ain't even about that, bro.

I mean, Iike, when you was a baby,
I couldn't walk for you.

And I can't walk for you now.

I'm sorry.

-Rashad, I'm not gonna be messing up.
-Hey, Ant.

I Iove you, regardless.

I can teach you everything
under the sun...

...but I can't be a man for you.

You gotta figure out
the best way to do that yourself.

We didn't win Skate Wars that night.

But I got something better.

I got my friends, I got my girl,
and I got my little brother back.

Teddy finally graduated from high school.

He even opened up his own spot.
He call it "Gangsta Grills. "

But see, that's what I wanted, though.

Okay, well, hey, if that what you want,
I got my money, we straight.

-That's right.
-There it is.

Brooklyn finally found a job
he could keep.

Congratulations.

Esquire got a mysterious
letter of recommendation...

...for the Falcon Scholarship.

Guess Garnett ain 't so bad after all.

My boy's in the Ivy League.

Hey, get back up and try it again,
baby girls.

Skateman says get back up, try it again.

-Get out of here.
-We know how to skate, okay?

-We getting up.
-This is so embarrassing.

Twins, well, they still at Cascade
every Sunday night.

Ghetto fabulous.

Uncle George quit dealing
with them dating services...

...and went to church
and got him a real woman.

She 's nice.

New New finally convinced her parents
that Spelman was right for her.

I'm glad she's close.

My little brother let go of all his
dope-boy ambitions...

...and finally got it together.

I'm proud of him.

As for me...

...I never realized I was dreaming
all along...

...because I was always drawing.

My pop said I'd put these skates down
when I found something more important.

I think he was right.

This is the beginning.

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