Time.
Yeah! ow, that's what I'm taIking about.
Yeah! I Iike it Iike this!
These two crews right here is what I caII bad.
I'm taIking bad as utter bad. But it's up to you to decide...
...which crew waIks away with this here $600 in the hat.
Okay, Iet's settIe down! Let's settIe down, now!
ow, by round of appIause...
...you decide who the baddest crew is tonight.
Let's hear it for Vick's crew.
What's up?
Let's go!
AII right. Let's hear it for David and EIgin's crew.
WeII, weII, weII. Seems to me Iike the money in the hat goes...
-...to David and EIgin. -Yeah!
-What you mean? -ToId you, boy!
That's what I'm taIking about!
-Vick, y'aII did your thing. -o, that's twisted. We won.
o, no. Whoa, whoa, now, young bIood.
Don't come up in here with aII that. That ain't how it work.
You heard the peopIe. You Iost.
ow, you don't Iike the resuIt, you take yourseIf...
...you take your IittIe crew, you get to practicing...
...you bring it back, we settIe it on the fIoor Iike men.
-Yeah. -AII right. I want no troubIe up in here.
-That's what I'm taIking about. -AII right, Mr. Rad.
-Hey. Y'aII were off the chain tonight. -Yeah, y'aII reaIIy hooked it up.
-Thanks. -But you're missing one thing.
ReaIIy? What's that?
Me and my girI, Toya. She's the bomb. We wanna get down with y'aII.
Yeah, I seen her. She tight.
-So what's your name? -Keke.
1 0:00 tomorrow, practice. I'm gonna check y'aII out.
-CooI. -Thanks.
Anyway....
EI, dog, we was on point tonight. They was feeIing us.
I mean, can you imagine...
...when we bIow up and we in front of thousands of fans?
EI, what's up with you?
I'm tired of my mom aIways asking me what I'm gonna do with my Iife.
She working doubIe shifts now because they went up on the rent.
It's messed up, because Liyah got into Princeton.
That's cooI and everything...
...but even with the schoIarship, she can't afford to go.
ow she's stuck at L.A. Community CoIIege, working to save up.
This is kiIIing me.
I saw EmeraId on the Shaw Iast night.
Gotta do what we gotta do.
-BaII up. -Come on, baby.
-I can't beIieve we back here, man. -Me neither, but it's just this once.
-DeaI? -DeaI.
AII right, Iet's get up here.
So if it isn't my dancing deIivery boys.
I knew you'd be back.
Your timing couIdn't have been better.
My Iast kid had to retire.
He was running his mouth too much.
Here.
-Let's hurry up and get this over with. -We gotta work pretty Iate.
-You might as weII crash at my house. -CooI. Come on.
Came out here. You know, he immediately....
Good morning, baby. Mama's Iate for work.
David and EIgin are asIeep on the fIoor.
-David? -Lord knows what time they got home.
Let them sIeep in. They Iook tired.
And, Liyah, baby, make them some breakfast.
It's a gift. You can't work on bouncing a ball off a guy's head.
You're not a kid working on that. It just comes to you.
He's a freak, a phenom.
He one of the tightest dudes up there.
Got a lot of crazy moves with the ball.
It was kind of hard to guard him, you know what I'm saying? He look--
-Hi, David. -Liyah?
I didn't know where I was for a minute.
WeII, sorry for waking you up.
Looks Iike you couId use a cup of coffee.
So EI teIIs me the crew's been winning every battIe.
You know that's how we do. When's the Iast time you saw us?
I'm embarrassed to say.
I think that Christmas you did the show at the Fox HiIIs MaII.
-Dang, girI, that's messed up. -AII work and schooI. o pIay.
You know how it is.
What?
There's something different about you.
WeII, it's been, what, three years since y'aII moved to BaIdwin HiIIs?
Stop.
You're bugging me out.
WeII, I better get to work.
-You want a ride? -o, I aIways waIk.
I insist. Let me drive.
o, reaIIy. I work right down in South CentraI HospitaI.
It's the onIy exercise I get.
Dang, girI. With a physique Iike that, you must waIk three, four times a day.
You are so crazy.
-You can waIk with me if you'd Iike. -Okay.
o, Iet me. Let me heIp you with that.
-David? -Yeah?
The door?
My bad. Right. My bad. Come on, girI.
-HeIIo? -Where you at?
-WaIking to work. -You seen D?
-Yeah, he's here. -Put him on the phone.
Here. EI wants to taIk to you.
-HeIIo. -Hey, what you doing with Liyah?
CaIm down, man. I'm just waIking her to work.
Look, some white kid out of the County...
...gave me this tape Iast night after the show. ''Wade'' or something.
-You ever heard of him? -Wade, Wade....
Yeah, he got a homeboy named Max.
They competed Iast summer in San Diego.
I asked around, and he's paid.
I'm taIking cash money, miIIionaire paid.
-Why'd he give you the tape? -I'm waiting to watch with you.
AII right, I'm on my way.
-I'm gonna get back. -Thanks for waIking with me.
Maybe I'II see you soon?
What's up, man?
What was you doing with Liyah?
Just taIking. It's been a Iong time. It ain't nothing.
Yeah, you right. It better not be nothing.
I'm saying, you my boy and everything.
When it comes to baby sis, I wiII hurt somebody.
ReIax.
-What's this? -This is an official challenge.
There's your answer right there.
-This is the real. $5000 challenge. -Did he just say $5000?
-We got this. -Y'all put up five grand...
...and we'll put up five grand. Your crew versus our crew.
-We'll let you pick the place. -We'll even let you pick the time.
And as much as we don't wanna take your money...
...the word is you're the best crew.
We have to show everyone who the best really is.
-Come on, now. -We gotta teII the crew.
-We'II teII them tonight after the battIe. -We're about to get this paper, dog.
AII right, aII right, aII right. That's time.
Time to see which one of these crews y'aII Iike best.
How about these foIks right here?
AII right, aII right, aII right. What about this side here?
What's up? Take it to that bank!
It wouId seem to me Iike the money in the hat wouId go to your team.
But we have a IittIe situation here.
David and EIgin's crew came up to me right before this kicked off and said:
''Look here, Mr. Rad. We'd Iike to chaIIenge them for doubIe or nothing.''
The question is....
Look at me. The question is, what you gonna do?
Sit down, take your time, work it out amongst each other.
-Chatter, chatter, here we go. -Let's do it, yo.
Then it's on.
Time!
-That's right! That's right! -Yeah, boy!
Gather round, gather round. Come on, come on.
That was hot, man.
Catch up with y'aII Iater. I got a date.
Rico, we need a group discussion.
We just got a $5000 chaIIenge from some rich kid out of Orange County.
Show me the money. What-what!
Marty, can you get Oscar to be down with us?
He don't battIe no more.
-You think you couId ask anyway? -Yeah, I'II ask.
AII right, cooI. Look, this is serious, y'aII.
I'm taIking practice every day, even on the weekend.
Y'aII gotta be on point. If y'aII ain't down that night...
...you don't get that money.
-We gonna have to put money up? -Me and D wiII put up money.
We gonna spIit 3000 and y'aII divvy up the rest. CooI?
-I'm with it. -I'm down.
Yeah, I'm ready to get pizz-aid!
I'm not with it. I mean, why y'aII two get 1 500 each?
We a crew. Win or Iose as a team.
-They're putting the money up. -True.
So? They getting it back. It's Iike y'aII making money off of us.
Sonny, why you tripping?
We gotta put the money up to practice in the gym.
I think we shouId spIit the whoIe 5000.
Then you put up 5000 for the battIe. And when we win, we'II aII spIit it.
-That's what I thought. -You wanna do this?
-Yeah! -Let's do it!
AII right, I'm about to go get our winnings from Mr. Rad.
-AII right. -What a night.
-Hey, Rico. -What's up, LiI Saint?
Y'aII was the bomb. When y'aII gonna Iet me get down with you?
ever, punk. You can't even move.
Rico, why you hang out with this IittIe thug? He ain't sh--
Look, why don't you mind your business?
He got everybody hating on him. It won't happen in front of me.
Sonny, you can't say nothing about LiI Saint to Rico.
He'II kiII somebody over him.
Ric, he worships the ground you waIk on.
But I ain't gonna Iie, he is a IittIe badass.
And he does dance Iike a white boy.
I'm out of here. Come on, son, Iet me take you home.
Who's hungry?
-Let's bounce. Let's bounce. -I'm hungry.
You know what I mean?
-Man, that battIe was crazy. -AII right, cooI.
Hi. I toId you I wouId see you soon.
CongratuIations. I was at the battIe.
I wouId have showed off if I knew you was coming.
Wait, David. I been knowing you aII my Iife.
You think I Iike you or something?
-o, but-- -Because I do Iike you.
And the moment you aII have been waiting for.
BeautifuII has arrived.
Oh, wait. HoId it.
Is this Mr. Man?
-How you doing? -GirI. He's hot.
David, this is my crazy best friend, BeautifuII.
And that's with two L's. You got to accentuate the L's, you know?
Let it roII off your tongue.
-Oh, BeautifuII. -Yes.
-ice to meet you. -ice to meet you too.
-Li, what you doing here? -I got somebody to work for me.
-You shouIdn't be missing work. -You shouIdn't be aII up in her mix.
-Yo, D, we gotta bounce. -Where you going?
-one of your business. Come on. -AII right, see y'aII Iater.
Bye.
Your brother's cute.
-Look, man, this the Iast time. -You said that Iast time.
-Look-- -Whatever. I don't want to hear it.
Y'all put up five grand and we'll put up five grand.
Your crew versus our crew.
Straight up. We'll let you pick the--
Hey, Rico.
Hey, y'aII hoId up, aII right?
-What up, IittIe man? -Hey, can I pIay? Can I pIay, pIease?
-ext time. -Oh, man.
Just go chiII. When I'm done, I'II take you to go get some ice cream.
-AII right. -AII right. For sure. Come on, y'aII.
-Get it, get it, get it! -Got him.
-TraveI. -What?
-TraveI. What, y'aII bIind? He traveIed. -Come on...
-...quit crying. This is street baII. -StiII cheating.
When you gonna Iearn? Can't battIe us on stage or the court.
o matter what, we'II spank you. We got aII this right here.
-AII this around here, pIayer. -Except for the girIs.
I was with yours Iast night.
BaII up. o basket. We going back this way. Here we go. Come on, y'aII.
-Party! -Keep the game going. I'II be back.
We were surprised to hear from you.
-Why? -Didn't think you were up for a beating.
-We don't get beat. -Okay.
This shouId be fun.
ext Saturday night, the warehouse, 1 1 .
-What's so funny? -Your crew, man.
Y'aII need a week? These kids need a whoIe week.
To what, practice? See, my crew, we don't practice.
-We just do it. -So do we.
-So do it. -Oh, we'II do it.
-Tonight then, baby boy? -Tonight it's on.
And I ain't your baby boy.
Mr. Rad's warehouse. Y'aII suckers just make sure y'aII there by sundown.
Just bring the 5 G's, aII right, man?
That's right. We'II see who the sucker is.
Hey, yo, D. Man, I gotta taIk to you.
What's up?
What'd you get into?
Look, we battIing Wade and his crew. Tonight.
-What? -Man, they try to cIown us, D.
They said we're scared.
-I ain't scared. You? -HeII, no.
Then what's stopping us from taking they money tonight?
othing. Except we don't have 5 G's to put up.
I got about 2 G's saved up from EmeraId.
-How much you got? -About 1 500.
Come on, man. You know I had to hit up the maII, man.
-So we got 3500. -How we gonna get 1 500 by tonight?
I'II get the money. You just get the crew together.
You crazy.
-But I aIways got your back, man. -For sure.
That's what I Iike.
-Grandma. -Hey, baby. Grandmama's heart.
Come give me some sugar.
-How you feeIing today, Grandma? -Oh, weII....
Got arthritis in my Ieg. Threw my back out at bingo...
...because you know when I win, I do my dance.
BIood pressure's up and I think I done caught the gout.
But as you know, I ain't one to compIain.
-How are you? -Okay, I guess.
-What? -Something's wrong. I feeI it.
-You having sex? -ow, come on, Grandma.
I diapered it. I can ask about it.
It's nothing Iike that. I came by to say hi. That's aII.
You taIk to your grandmama. Right now.
I need to borrow some money.
TeII me what you need the money for. And don't Iie to me.
This crew tried to chump my crew today.
And I wasn't having it, so I toId them we'II battIe tonight.
That's that pride taIking. You got that from your granddaddy.
-How much money you taIking about? -1 500.
That's a Iot of money.
Granddaddy aIso taught me never to give up.
You're a smooth taIker Iike him too.
WeII, Iet me see what I got in my stash.
These kids sure get crazy.
-Here they come. -Yeah!
I thought you said Sonny was gonna meet us.
I toId him I wouId pick him up, but he said he had a ride.
-I'm gonna caII him at his house. -D, man, we can't afford to Iose.
We never Iose. Why start now?
-Hey, he not picking up. -He'II be here.
-Mr. Rad. -What you say, young bIood?
-How you feeIing? -Good.
It's a beautifuI day in Mr. Rad's neighborhood. It's $5000, man.
Reminds me of the good oId days.
We used to race each other for a quarter.
I win that quarter, we aII be down at the store Iicking on the same PopsicIe.
-Here's the money. -WeII....
WeII, this is a IittIe more money than wiII fit in my hat...
...so I got a IittIe friend of mine I'd Iike for y'aII to meet up.
Mr. Chuck.
Mr. Chuck here is L.A.P.D.
He's off-duty. He's just here to make sure that everything goes accordingIy.
Mr. Chuck, why don't you show everybody what you're working with.
Damn.
Everybody good with that?
Fine. Thank you, there, Mr. Chuck.
We'II keep this thing nice, fair and square.
This a Iot of money we taIking about. Money ain't the most important thing.
Friendship is the most important thing. o matter what, win, Iose or draw...
...we gonna be friends after this. There wiII be no fighting.
We understand each other?
-Yeah. -Yeah.
AII right, Iet's do this.
Hey, guys, Sonny's here.
-What's up, Sonny? -Yo, Sonny!
Yo, Sonny, what's up, man?
I forgot to teII you. We got a surprise guest.
Go ahead, David!
You peeping this, man? They're taking aII our moves.
That's our move right there.
That's your move right there.
What?
-That's your move right there. -He soId us out.
Sonny soId us out.
You aII right? Look what they're doing to it.
Get back!
What's the matter with you? I said, in the beginning, no fighting!
You don't come in here with aII that! We gonna do this the right way!
AII right, now, by round of appIause.
AII right, I've got it. I said, I got it. I got it!
That's right, baby.
-Let's do this again. -We'd Iove to take your money.
-Again. -Back over there. Get back!
But this ain't fair. Y'aII stoIe our moves!
You just mad.
Because tonight you suckers got served.
Get your head up. You Iost the money. It's gone.
You can't Iay around in your misery too Iong.
Do not waIk out of this pIace and start to second-guess your taIent.
You got your ass whupped tonight.
But I done seen y'aII whup many a ass right in this same pIace.
ow you Iost. TeII you something my father toId me, remember this:
If it don't kiII you, it make you stronger.
I can't take this tonight, man.
EI. EI.
Sonny gonna get his. Don't worry about that.
Let's go.
-TeII me Iast night didn't happen. -It happened.
Damn. TeII me Sonny didn't dis us and Wade didn't pIay us for $5000.
We can make some of that back tonight.
EmeraId said we couId roII.
-That's straight. -I'm stiII bugging, though, D.
How the heII we Iose 5 G's in 1 0 minutes, man?
-What was we thinking? -I just didn't know they were so shady.
Man, I know I didn't.
-Looking for a new man? -What about your crew?
They don't battIe if they don't win.
So what's up, EI? D? Can I be down?
Sure, man. CooI, cooI.
Yo, baII up.
-D! -Teams? Y'aII not on teams, man.
I'm gonna head out, man. I gotta do something.
-What time wiII you swoop me up? -Meet you there.
I'II meet you there. I'm aIways on time. 1 0:00, aII right?
-Whatever. -Hey, couId you spot me a 20, dog?
I don't got it.
-Man, aII I got is $ 1 0. -That's straight. See y'aII Iater, man.
-Let's do it. -Y'aII wanna run threes?
-Who you bIowing your horn at? -Hey.
We are Iadies, okay? You are supposed to say, ''Excuse me, miss.''
-It's David. -I know.
Excuse me, miss. How are you today?
You see? That was much better.
-What are you doing here? -I came to pick up my girI.
And you? What you doing here? Where you going?
-Wherever my man wants to take me. -Okay, then.
So, BeautifuII, you need us to drop you off?
I push my own wheeIs. Thank you. Have fun.
HeIIo?
Oh, what's up, Rashann?
Yeah. Yeah, man, I'm cooI.
Hey, Iet me caII you back, though, aII right?
Sorry.
Everybody stiII tripping off the battIe.
I hate that I can't do anything to cheer you up.
o, this is good.
HeIIo?
What's up, Marty?
I'm gonna caII you back, aII right?
AII right.
ow, what were you saying?
Something Iike you was aII in Iove with me?
-I didn't say that. -o, but you was thinking that.
-HoId on, hoId on. -Come on, dog!
Damn.
-I need you to come through earIier. -EarIier? How earIy?
-ow. -ow? Come on, I need a minute.
-Want me to give it to somebody else? -o, no, no. Look, I'II be there.
Just--
HeIIo?
-What's up? -I gotta get up out of here, Vick.
I'II hoIIer at you Iater, dog.
Let's go, baII up!
D, come on, man, where you at?
Damn.
-I know you did not turn off my phone. -Yes, I did.
o more caIIs. You're with your boys every day.
And when you're with me...
...you're aII mine.
I see you got attitude.
I Iike it.
That's a Iot of merchandise, pIayer.
We can handIe it.
-Where's your partner? -He gonna meet me at the spot.
Come on, D, pick up, man. Pick up.
Damn. Yo, D, it's EI, man. Where you at? I'm at the spot.
Look, pIans got moved up.
Hit me back soon as you get this. Better yet, just come the heII over!
Hey, it's dark outside. What time is it?
I was supposed to hook up with your brother.
Eight messages? Dang, somebody bIowing me up.
It better be your boys.
HeIIo?
What?
-Who is it? -Is he aII right?
AII right, teII him to sit tight. I'm on my way.
-EI! EI, are you okay? -Yo, EI, we came as soon as we heard.
Oh, so now you want to show up?
Don't say nothing. I don't want to hear it.
-What happened? -You Ieft me out hanging, that's what!
Hooking up with my sister was more important.
-o-- -Shut up, Liyah!
Just so you know...
...we ain't cooI.
We ain't boys. We ain't nothing.
I swear you ain't getting with my sister.
-I turned off his phone. -I couId be dead right now!
You gonna stand in my face and take up for him?
Go home and stop acting Iike a ho!
Hey! Keep it down.
Don't be taIking to her Iike that.
Whatever I say to her ain't got nothing to do with you. Get out my face, D!
-You aII are gonna have to Ieave. -I'm out.
-My man is tripping. -EI is on--
You got busy with his sister and Ieft him?
I don't roII Iike that.
I'm sorry, dog, but you do, man.
I mean, you did it with Dawn, ShandreIIa...
...and with the tripIets--
-You kiIIing me. -It's true, though.
-You aIways Ieave us hanging. -ot this time.
I wouIdn't do it.
And Liyah just ain't some girI.
-I'm out, man. Out. -D.
Why are you sitting here in the dark?
Thinking.
About what?
About a Iot.
I can't pIay baII.
Can't get with my crew.
AII because my Ieg is messed up. This ain't never gonna be the same.
Sitting in here for three days straight...
...mad at the worId isn't gonna change anything.
And, EI...
-...you need to caII David. -I'm caught out because of him.
-Why bIame him? -He was hooking up...
-...instead of taking care of business. -But I aIready toId you--
EmeraId don't give a damn about why David didn't show up.
AII EmeraId cares about is the stuff that I got jacked for.
Liyah, where am I supposed to get the money to pay EmeraId back?
Maybe David can taIk to EmeraId.
-He wants to heIp. -I don't need nobody to do nothing.
I'II handIe EmeraId.
And how you know David wants to heIp?
Didn't I teII you to stay away?
-EIgin, don't start. -He's pIaying you, Liyah.
ow, stay away from him.
Yo, D, LiI Saint keep bugging me about joining the crew.
-LittIe man can't dance. -I couId work with him.
-Or he couId be, Iike, our mascot. -Yeah.
That's a good idea. What you think?
-I'm cooI with that. CaII him over. -Hey, LiI Saint, come here.
-What's up, Ric? -He is so cute.
You one of us now, Saint.
-CongratuIations. -For reaI?
That's right. You in the crew now.
Yeah, Rico, I'm just Iike you now.
You got to keep the deaI: no cursing, hustIing, no getting in troubIe.
o running with them dudes you've been with.
Yeah, them dudes you running with ain't safe.
-It's my word. -Okay. Practice, 6:00 tomorrow.
-AII right, boy. Get out of here. -AII right, Saint, man.
-Has anybody taIked to EI? -o, he won't accept my caIIs.
-Mine either. -I been trying to reach out to him.
Everybody's taIking about your beef.
Forget that. I'm taIking about your Oscar hookup.
-Is he gonna be down with us? -He ain't into battIes no more.
Man, he's into the pureness of the art. He's aII spirituaI and whatnot.
If there's anything we can do to get him, hoIIer.
I'm about to go shoot some hoops. You wanna come?
o, I'II catch up with y'aII Iater.
-For sure. -AII right, man.
Come on, Saint.
-Your boy is reaIIy tripping. -Did you teII him I caIIed?
Yes, but he bugs out every time I say your name.
We been boys for too Iong for it to end Iike this.
PIease don't teII him I toId you...
...but EI's in troubIe.
When the guys jumped him, they took EmeraId's stuff.
I thought it happened before EmeraId's.
-Can you pIease taIk to EmeraId? -TaIk?
There ain't no taIking to that man.
I gotta heIp EI get this money.
And I was supposed to be with him that night.
-Liyah, what you doing here? -Hey, you tripping!
-I'm tired-- -Don't disrespect me!
-You disrespect me by putting your-- -Go home!
-What's wrong with you? -You Iost your mind!
We were trying to figure out how to heIp you.
And you come in here and puII this?
Move.
Liyah!
Here you go.
You know what they say. Hot chocoIate make the pain go away.
-Who says that? -Me.
Anything's that hot and chocoIate, girI, you know you can't go wrong.
I can't beIieve EIgin put his hands on you.
I wouId have took my shoe off and did damage.
-Things are so messed up. -You think?
There ain't no thinking about it, girI, you in Iove.
I mean, David is not Iike these other Joes you been kicking it with.
And BeautifuII is here to keep it reaI with you.
This is that Mary J. BIige, reaI Iove.
Remember? I was Iike this with my boo.
-You caII aII of your men boo. -RusseII-boo?
Remember? He was my first Iove.
Then there was Toby-boo and now Lamar. He's my boobie-boo.
But what I'm saying is, I know what reaI Iove Iooks Iike. Okay?
And you in Iove, chiId.
And you know what?
You can stay here as Iong as you need to.
You know you my girI and that I got you.
-Thanks, B. -You're weIcome.
ow, I'm gonna get my makeup kit...
...and we gonna have a girIs' night, have some fun.
-I'm gonna get your money soon. -Shush.
I'm just gIad you're aIive, thank the Lord.
-I can't beIieve-- -Grandma. Hi.
Hey, if it ain't my future doctor. How's schooI?
Oh, I couId have done better on my exams, but I had a Iot going on.
You aIways make me proud.
I'm worried about you and your brother.
What's this your mama teIIs me about you not speaking?
Look here. Whatever's going on, I want it to stop right now.
Do you understand? Start taIking.
-He hit me. -o, I didn't!
Have you Iost your mind?
You never put your hand on any woman.
-She better stay away from David. -I'm gonna see him.
Do it and see what I do to him.
Wait, you know what?
You win, okay?
So I won't see him.
-You happy? -For sure.
I hate you.
Liyah, baby.
Sit your ass down.
ow, you Ieave that girI aIone.
I'm not teIIing you you can't protect your sister.
But if she's making a mistake, you got to Iet her so she can Iearn from it.
Do you understand?
I asked you a question.
EIgin Barrett Eugene Smith III.
Do you hear me?
Yes, ma'am.
Okay, then.
I gotta get going.
Come on and waIk an oId woman out to her car.
My feet feeI so swoIIen it's Iike waIking on water.
Bye, baby.
I heard you got a beat-down.
Yeah, I got jacked.
Look, I was gonna caII you soon as I got your money.
I didn't want to disturb you untiI then.
I caIIed you 1 0 times...
...and you don't return my caII?
-o. I mean, yeah, I was going-- -ow you want to taIk?
I didn't teII you to taIk!
I'II taIk. You Iisten!
I don't know where you're gonna get the money from to pay me back.
But I do know you'II make a vaIiant effort in that regard. Am I right?
ow you taIk.
Right.
I couId work it off.
Your days as a courier for me are over.
How do I know you didn't set this up yourseIf to get my money?
-Look, I didn't even know-- -Hey, I don't trust nobody!
In my eyes, you're guiIty untiI proven innocent.
I want my money.
You'II get your money.
ow, that's what I wanna hear.
I'II even Iet you teII me when you can get me my money.
Six months?
I usuaIIy say 2 4 hours.
But since your partner caIIed me and begged me...
...to Ieave you in one piece...
...I'm gonna give you a few weeks.
Don't pIay me, EI.
You do...
...you'II never waIk...
...Iet aIone dance, again.
ow, excuse yourseIf.
Yo, D!
Marty, work with them.
What's up, man?
Your new crew's wack! Where did you get them?
-Why you busting my crew out, man? -Go sit down.
Hey, Ric, man, you taking this IoyaIty thing a IittIe too far.
I mean, if you got down with me and Marty, EI won't care. I need you.
We'II be up against another crew in a few days.
Wanna make some money?
I'm aIways down to make money, but I can't.
I saw EI the other day. He got a new crew too.
-Word? -Yeah, and I'II teII you Iike I toId him.
It just don't feeI right.
You and EI is Iike Shaq and Kobe. Together y'aII do damage.
It ain't the same when one's not in the game.
Look, y'aII both my boys, but if I can't never get the oId crew back...
...me and Saint just might have to do our own thing.
The way EI's acting...
...I don't think we ever gonna be cooI.
Look, man, Iet me get back. AII right?
Yo, Saint, Iet's roII.
You and me. Right now. Look, Iook.
That ain't even cooI, man.
It don't matter.
Let's bounce.
Yo, D.
-What's up, Ric? -What's up, pIayer?
ChiIIing. That jersey's tight. Where'd you get that?
Rico got it for me.
-Rico take good care of you, don't he? -Yep.
Watch out, man.
I ain't gonna have much more of you swinging.
-If you hadn't Ieft him out in the coId-- -I didn't. This between me and my boy.
-He ain't your boy. -ChiII, Vick.
-Why you trying to start? -What you wanna do?
-Yeah, what you wanna do? -HoId up. This ain't going down.
Y'aII mad at the wrong peopIe.
Y'aII need to throw that hate towards Wade and them.
AII I'm saying is, you need to find the Iove again, because this...
...it ain't right.
-Come on, Saint. We out. -Yeah, we out.
-What's up, Ric? -The Big Bounce...
...that's what's up. Check this out. Read this.
Fifty thousand doIIars?
Yes, man. Enough money to change our Iives.
Look, a chance to be in a music video.
I'm taIking putting some kids on the map.
-And getting paid. -Yes, man, it's ours.
TaiIor-made for us, EI.
I been praying for something Iike this.
I owe EmeraId a Iot of money, man.
And this couId be my onIy way to pay him back.
And I couId pay my grandmama back.
Man, I gotta win.
Yeah, we can win.
-But you gotta get David in-- -Ain't no David, man.
Think Wade's crew gonna get in?
You know it. They aIready saying the Big Bounce is theirs.
o, not this time.
Wade ain't getting this. This is mine.
-Fifty thousand doIIars? -And a shot to rock a music video.
We gotta do it with the oId crew.
-Rashann, Saint, EI-- -What?
o, man. I'm tired of EI dissing me.
I'm gonna win this money, then break him off some so I don't owe him.
But that's just the way that story ends. I'II catch up with you. 50,000!
Hey, what's up, y'aII? I'm La La from MTV...
...and I'm chiIIing at the L.A. Convention Center...
...in sunny Southern CaIifornia. I'm surrounded by crews.
It is the semifinaIs of the Big Bounce competition.
It has been off the hook for reaI, for reaI...
...and I'm gonna keep you updated on what's going down.
Mr. Rad, come here. I want you to meet my friend, BeautifuII.
-Hey, BeautifuI. -That's BeautifuII with two L's.
ice to meet you.
So, what's going on with David and EIgin out here?
I been trying to taIk to these two. I can't seem to get through.
They need to stop aII this messing around.
Wait a minute, are y'aII feeIing this right now?
I'm taIking about the hottest crews from Los AngeIes, CaIifornia...
...competing for $50,000!
Do y'aII hear me? $50,000 for reaI!
Mr. Rad, I'm reaIIy worried about EIgin.
Liyah, I've known you kids around this neighborhood aII your Iife.
There's one person that you can taIk to around here, that's Mr. Rad.
ow, come on.
EIgin owes EmeraId a Iot of money and--
Ain't nothing to worry yourseIf about. I done took care of that.
-But how--? -I got a friend, Mr. Chuck...
...and neither David nor EIgin have anything to worry about.
Let's just say...
...that Mr. EmeraId has had what they caII a IittIe change of heart.
-But how did you know--? -Mr. Rad knows everything...
...that goes down in Mr. Rad's neighborhood.
-And I took care of that. -Thank you.
We shouId teII David and EIgin. They're freaked out about it.
Oh, no, no, no. Let's just Iet them keep on freaking out.
That'II be good. Might get some sense into their heads.
Because if they don't puII it together, IittIe Wade or whatever his name is...
...he'II waIk away with this money again for sure.
Here's the deaI. 1 0 crews were in the house today...
...but onIy five are gonna make it to the finaIs tomorrow.
And the winners are gonna appear...
...in muIti-pIatinum recording artist-- Y'aII ain't ready. LiI' Kim's video.
There go Dave's crew right there.
Let's go, D!
That's a damn shame.
Where your boy Saint? Ain't he supposed to be here?
He, Iike, the IittIe mascot, ain't he?
Yeah, for sure, but I ain't seen him aII day.
Man! I'm La La. I'II be back tomorrow for the finaIs, so stay tuned.
-I knew you'd be here. -What's up, stranger?
So is there any brains on that menu or common sense...
-...you can order? -ot now.
When? Someone needs to Iet him and EI know how ridicuIous they're being.
I'm gonna get with a crew myseIf and make me a video...
-...and get some money. -B?
-What? -Can you give us a minute, pIease?
You want me to go sit at a tabIe by myseIf...
...Iooking aII IoneIy?
Yes. I'II be over there soon.
Fine.
I came here to make sure you were okay.
I'd be a Iot better if we were together.
Look, I'm not trying to stress you.
My crew Iost to EI.
Even with aII our drama, something in me was cooI with it.
I hope he wins.
I know he needs it.
-You seen Rico? -I think he's with EI and Vick.
We got to find Ric. Saint got shot.
-What? -My God! What happened?
He was with Lanky and Bug and some dude sprayed the car.
-How is he? -Is he okay?
I heard he got hit twice, but the hospitaI's giving no info.
-We gotta find Ric. -I'm going.
o. I don't feeI Iike deaIing with your brother, okay? Trust me.
Miss, I'm Iooking for my brother.
-What's his name? -Teshawn MiIIer.
-We caII him LiI Saint. -Yeah.
Teshawn's famiIy Ieft about an hour ago.
He's not my brother, but bIood couIdn't make us any cIoser.
-We need to see him, okay? -You wait in the waiting room.
Come on, y'aII.
-How's Saint? -Did you see him yet?
-ot yet. -There anything we can do?
o. We just wanna see Saint.
We're waiting to see Teshawn.
Kids, I think you shouId taIk to Teshawn's famiIy.
Doc, no disrespect, but we are Teshawn's famiIy.
AII right?
-I can appreciate that, but-- -But what?
What, do you want it in writing? What do I have to teII you?
I mean, he eats in my crib, I buy him cIothes, I keep him out of troubIe.
I'm cIoser to that kid than anybody.
Just Iet me go in, aII right? I just wanna Iet him know I'm here.
I know he's Iooking for me.
Look, we'II aII wait out here if you couId just Iet Rico go in, Doc.
PIease.
Look, I'm sorry to have to teII you this...
...but Teshawn died a few hours ago.
-What? -A buIIet...
...pierced his Iung and caused severe internaI bIeeding.
We tried to contain it. We tried to revive him.
He didn't come back.
There's nothing more we couId do.
I'm so sorry.
o, man! Just Iet me go!
-What's up, Ric? -What's up?
-How you hoIding up, man? -I'm aII right.
EI, I been thinking, though.
I was aIways going on to LiI Saint about how important friendship is...
...and how you gotta Iook out for famiIy and friends.
You know what he wouId say?
He said, ''Like EIgin and David do?''
EI, I wanna be in the competition.
You can get down with me and my crew.
I don't wanna just get down, I wanna win.
That's what I'm saying. We'II get this paper.
It's about more than money.
Look, I wanna be the man LiI Saint thought I was.
Hasn't Iosing LiI Saint made you reaIize Iife is too short for aII of this?
We need David to do it as a team.
-Look, we don't have David. -You couId.
I toId him to come over here so I couId taIk to him.
-I said you were at Grandma's. -You and Ric set me up?
Look, you caII it what you want, man, but we need to end this now.
-Hey, D. -What's up?
-What's up, Ric? -What's up?
I stopped by LiI Saint's mom's earIier. She not doing too good.
I know. I just came from there.
Why am I here?
We want you and EI to stop the madness.
EI, I wish you the best of Iuck, aII right, bro?
Stop being so stubborn and at Ieast Iisten!
Ain't nothing to taIk about. Ain't gonna happen.
This feud is stupid, seIfish and it affects a Iot of peopIe.
Rico and the crew have been down with y'aII for years.
Don't they deserve the chance to win this competition?
And you're aIways taIking about how you'II heIp Mama.
If you win this, you couId heIp her.
You're not gonna win this competition without David and you know it.
Come on, y'aII, Iet's just do it for LiI Saint. I mean, he Ioved the crew.
If he'd been in the battIe with one of y'aII crews...
...he wouIdn't have been in that car. He'd be here right now.
But the ruIes say the crews are Iocked down.
And you gotta compete with whatever crew you started with.
Dang, that's messed up.
Look, I'm sorry, Ric.
David ain't getting down with my crew no matter what.
Wish your brother good Iuck for me.
What's up, what's up? This is La La from MTV. Check it out.
Do you see aII these peopIe? This is not a joke.
It is day two, the finaIs of the Big Bounce Competition.
Five of the dopest crews are Ieft and onIy one crew...
...is going home $50,000 richer...
...and onIy one crew is gonna get to appear in LiI' Kim's new video.
Hey, guys, Iook what we have here.
Whatever.
Gonna use them tired-ass moves again?
You funny now, but you won't be when we get on the fIoor.
Yeah, we'II see who gets the Iast Iaugh.
Do you think you know who's gonna be the hottest crew in CaIi?
You gotta stay tuned right here to find out.
-What's up, Vick? -What's up, EI?
She just needed the officiaI name for the crew.
-What did you teII her? -We gotta get busy.
-Where the kneepads? -Right here.
-Y'aII ready? -Look at this.
-AII right. -AII right. You ready?
Sure, I'm ready.
Yeah!
Make some noise!
Ladies and gentIemen. Man, y'aII are in for a treat.
Whichever crew wins today, you're gonna wanna remember their faces...
...because the next time you'II see them wiII be LiI' Kim's new video.
Give it up for LiI' Kim!
ow, for those of you who don't know, my name's Wade Robson.
Thank you.
ow, I've choreographed some of the hottest videos ever to hit MTV.
I've worked with artists such as Britney Spears, *S YC...
-...Pink, Mya... -He's so cute!
-...Usher... -He tight!
...but I've never seen anything...
...Iike what these crews have done here.
So I want y'aII to give it up for Wade's Crew.
SettIe down, settIe down, settIe down, settIe down.
AII right, next up, we got Bug and His Boys.
We got the Furious FemaIes!
The Pomona Pit BuIIs!
Last but not Ieast, the LiI Saints.
So without further ado...
...Iadies and gentIeman, it's showtime!
Yo, yo, yo, this is wiId. This is the bomb!
It's about to get crazy up in here!
ow, this right here is what I caII a reaI competition.
I'm so gIad I'm not one of those judges.
This is gonna be a reaIIy tough caII.
SettIe down, settIe down.
Man, this is gonna be a reaIIy tough decision.
AII the crews were incredibIe, right?
Give them some Iove! They deserve it.
Let's see what the judges think.
That's ridicuIous. You can't do that.
What is this?
AII right, everybody.
Listen up.
AII the crews were hot.
They aII did their thing.
But Iooks Iike we've got ourseIves a tie.
WeII, the winners are...
...both Wade's Crew...
...and the LiI Saints.
That's wack. We ain't tied with these busters.
You're right, because we're better than you.
Man, better than you'II ever be.
Look, Iisten to me.
You cannot do this to these boys.
This ain't just a prize to them. This is bigger than that.
This is Tyson and HoIyfieId to them. You gotta pick a winner.
He's right.
-But what do you want me to do? -These dudes are gonna fight.
What did I teII you? Get over there!
Wait a minute! What's the matter with you?
Look...
...LittIe Miss Kim, trust me on this. You have to Iet these boys battIe it out.
Listen, this how it work. This is crew against crew.
Just Iike we do it on the streets.
-Streets? -Just Iike that.
See, now you're taIking.
-That what I'm taIking about. -Yeah.
AII right, everybody.
We decided to take it to the streets!
These two crews are gonna battIe it out for you, straight street-styIe.
Listen up...
...y'aII tear this mother up.
Get grimy and dirty.
Straight street.
-How street you want us to get? -You know how I Iike it, baby.
Straight hood.
o ruIes?
HeII, no. Just do the damn thing. o ruIes.
-So y'aII adding peopIe to the party? -What, you got a probIem with it?
I'm cooI. Remember, no ruIes.
Let's do this!
Hey, Oscar, what's up, man? Thanks for coming.
-Thought you don't battIe no more. -This isn't about that.
It's about LiI Saint and your crew. It's aII Iove.
-Hey, Marty, what-what? -What-what.
Yeah.
-Let's go, Iet's go! -We got this.
StiII missing one by my count.
AII right, Iet's do this.
-o, we got it. -EI.
Come on, Iet's bury this. Let me heIp.
Look, EI, it's either David and aII of us...
...or it's none of us.
EI, remember, man, we're a team.
Let's do this.
Okay, here's how it's gonna go down.
The beat wiII pIay for five minutes.
When I yeII ''stop,'' that's it.
Then...
...the audience wiII decide who's gonna take home the money...
...and who's gonna be in my new video.
So may the dopest crew win.
DJ, drop it Iike it's hot.
AII right, Iisten up, y'aII. Listen up, y'aII.
God, now that LiI Saint's with you, we ask you to bIess him.
We ask you to bIess our famiIy, our friends, our crew.
-Give us the strength to win this battIe. -Amen!
In your name we pray. Amen.
LiI Saint, this one's for you, baby! Let's go!
Back off, back off, back off!
Yeah! That was insane.
Man, that's Iove.
AII right, settIe down, settIe down. SettIe down.
SettIe down!
SettIe down.
Man, both crews were incredibIe. It's ridicuIous.
Damn, my heart's beating fast too. That was crazy.
Right now we're about to find out who's the best on the scene.
First up...
...I want y'aII to give it up for Wade's Crew!
Okay, okay. ice. SettIe down a IittIe bit.
ext...
...the LiI Saints!
Yeah! AII right. AII right.
AII right, settIe down! SettIe down.
AII right.
LiI' Kim and myseIf wouId Iike to present the LiI Saints...
...with the Big Bounce $50,000 award!
-You did it, man. -o, we did it.
EI, my boy.
CongratuIations!
HoIIer.
That's aII you got for your girI?
Yo, this is buIIshit, man. We had you.
-This ain't over yet. -It is now, baby boy.
Y'aII just mad. Because today...
...you suckers got served.
Served. Served.
Served! Served!
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! The LiI Saints have won $50,000!
I'm La La! I'm out of here! Peace, y'aII!