Make no mistake, he's the prize.
You're gonna get my family killed, pendejo!
Meet me at the warehouse. I just need to talk to you about something.
Hi, Mom!
Guess you weren't kidding about the trouble.
Quite an impressive mess you brought my daughter into.
It's funny. That's what she said about you.
You fighting with Jerome and Louie is gonna help you get that?
I don't think I can stop it now.
If I can help open up a door, would you be willing to walk through it?
I was watching the young man that you were gonna become
and now look at you.
Is it my fault that you become a bitch-made nigga that you are right now?
If you hadn't let yourself get played by that trick you married...
- Nigga, you ain't gonna do shit! - Oh, yeah?
They wanna see the next generation in chains. So it's time to get out the game.
That mean I'm in charge?
Domino, motherfucker!
You have to study everything and travel.
So, I can just go to Africa?
You're the only girl I've ever loved. Come away with me.
Delta!
- Ghazi! Hey, how are you? - Solid.
What's up? I'm getting ready to drive my shift.
Have you seen Wanda?
Did you look at the other side of the bed?
Of course, and she wasn't there.
You sleep too long, man, and a beautiful lady like her will get restless.
She kept me dancing all night. I had to get some kind of rest.
But wait, you know Misi?
She's at her sister's fabric store. I think she might know.
Cool, cool. Appreciate it, man. Thank you.
- Wait, wait. One more thing to tell. - Yeah, what?
I saw an old man at a sister's herb stand.
And what the old man have to say?
So, he said it's about time to go to Elmina.
- All right, man. - My man!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Somisi?
One second.
- So you made me lose back there. - Sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm looking for Wanda. And Ghazi said you might know where she is.
- I do. I do. Come with me. - Take me there.
- Excuse me one sec. - What's up, baby?
- Okay, I love this for my grandma. - That's nice.
- Right? - This is nice.
Yeah? And then look how it looks on.
No. It might even be for you.
And I found something for you.
- You love that too? - We'll see.
- How much is this? - 4,500 Ghanaian cedis.
- Okay, so I want this. - Yeah?
And then I wanna get that. And then let's...
There are some nice... Okay. I see.
This is nice.
Okay, I see.
- For you. - Thank you!
- This is living! - Thank you.
Thank you.
Cheers.
It's really good. Really good.
So good.
It's so perfect here.
Lee...
- Do we have to go back? - I don't wanna go. I don't.
- Lee? - Everything's moving so fast, you know.
Yeah. There's nothing back there for me.
Just...
Look at our people.
Look at how beautiful and free.
And then, here we can be whoever we want to be.
Not our past, not our stuff we've done.
But who we really are in here. People see us.
We're not back, getting chased by cops or shot in the back by friends.
Let's just stay here.
I hear everything you saying. And I feel exactly what you feeling.
No, Lee. You don't know.
But I have to think about it. I love it here too. I feel free. Trust me.
Promise I'ma think about it. And I ain't never lied to you.
Trust me.
But guess what though? I love you.
Prove it.
Foreigners from North Africa and Europe
started buying our people many centuries ago.
The foreigners bought Black souls from Black traders
representing the Holy Songhai, Asante and Benin empires.
That was a result of tribalism.
After a war, the winners sold the losers into servitude.
This practice continued for centuries. It was accepted. It was a part of life.
But things changed when foreigners bought our people.
And after that they were gone as if they had never been.
Daughters and sons, not dead so they could be buried and eulogized.
Much later we learned that our women were raped and defiled.
Young mothers drowned themselves and their babies.
Brokenhearted men and women died from typhus,
their wills and bodies shattered.
Nearly two million souls perished
on the middle passage from the motherland to hell.
Those that survived could not remember their names,
their gods, languages and their people.
And we did not think about them.
They were souls lost on us.
So we keep that door...
to remind us of the sins against the children of Africa.
To remind us...
of our bargain...
with the devil.
Those Black people selling their own brothers.
They weren't alone though.
At least they forgave themselves.
Vowed to never do it again.
But they did it and it was over with.
And here I am...
I was doing the same thing less than a month ago.
You ain't never sold your people into slavery.
I sold 'em crack.
I wrapped them chains around their necks.
Sometimes I think it's easier to escape slavery
than to escape crack.
How so?
If you gave a slave an opportunity for freedom...
they'll take that and never look back.
If you gave the same opportunity to a crackhead...
they may always look back.
Fuck.
I gotta get free from America, Lee.
There's nothing there for me but rock and a pimp that want me on my knees.
- I ain't gonna let that happen. - Again.
You won't let that happen again.
Why can't you just help our people back home from over here?
- How am I gonna do that? - Use your contacts.
Your money can help places like Alton's shelter.
You could bring our people over here to see how beautiful it is.
Okay, but if I do that,
I gotta go back to get my money and set up some kind of system anyway.
They just want to destroy us, Lee.
They want us in jail. They want to kill us. They
They want to break up our families.
Look, look. Wanda, I can't do this without you.
Then where does that leave me?
- I love you. - And I love you.
You may kiss.
Yeah, brother. I may have to go back to where we came from.
Get my business in order.
To make a way for some people to break away. You know?
- Will you be in danger? - I mean, they ain't killed me yet.
Only the slivers of gold held them to their human.
Because there was so much wealth.
They slaughtered anyone who tried to stop them.
They fought wars to keep the gold in their pockets.
How can one man stop such a thing?
Let's go.
Africa?
Damn.
Y'all went to the motherfucking motherland.
- That shit was fucking amazing. - Yeah.
Like nothing I ever imagined.
Primitive as shit, I bet. Bones in their noses and like that.
Nah. Ghana was once a ancient Ashanti empire.
Wait.
So y'all mean to tell me they have cities and clothes and shit?
Hey, why Deon got all these armed men all over?
- 'Cause of Franklin Saint. - But Franklin not even in the game.
He wasn't for a minute, but then he ripped off Jerome and Louie.
Why is Franklin robbin' Jerome and Louie?
I don't know. But then Jerome hit him back.
And from then on, shit's been crazy.
They say Louie sent the cops after Franklin.
But I ain't never hear what happened.
Somebody sent men in ski masks to grab Franklin out of his real estate office.
What you waiting for? Get the fuck out!
Louie's club got hit after that.
Why any of that gotta do with Deon?
Could have been 'cause Kane's guys killed Big D cousin at the barbershop.
Then Big D went back at Kane. Hit him at the car wash.
But you know what the craziest thing I heard?
Is that Franklin almost killed Big D while he was taking a shit.
Thank you for your service.
Okay. I'm sorry. What the fuck are you talking about?
So you're saying Franklin almost killed Deon at, what? Phillip's?
Look, man, I don't know what to tell you. I mean, they say Franklin hate D.
Look, Lee, I gotta go.
All right. I appreciate it.
It don't make no sense.
Never did, Lee.
Hood rats with Uzis and millions of dollars?
Mothers selling babies?
Women like me?
Yeah, I'm gonna... I'm gonna go talk to Deon and figure out what's happening.
It still ain't gonna make no goddamn sense.
We should head back now if we want to make the drop on time.
Ten more minutes. He'll wait.
- Hey, babe. - Oh, hi. Hello, how are you? Come sit.
- Franklin. How are you? - Fine, thank you.
- Y'all two look like you're having fun. - Yeah, we're having a great time.
Glad to hear it.
- So, take it that means we all set? - Tomorrow at lunch.
He will be out of the office, and his files will be in our hands.
- Good. - One more thing, son-in-law.
Thank you for bringing this beautiful creature back into my life.
Sorry.
I was ridin'. Lost track of time.
Yeah, I understand.
Two adult males. Call it 50 pounds cargo.
Confirmed?
Wheels up, 0400. Thank you.
How'd the deal go?
Good.
How'd Louie seem?
Same as always.
So listen, I need you here at 3:00 in the morning.
- Why? - We're going to Costa Rica.
Costa Rica? Tomorrow?
For how long?
I don't know. A day, maybe two.
Lee...
- Hey, man, when did you get back? - Not too long ago.
- That's a nice jacket you got there. - Appreciate it.
Hey, what's happening?
Sup, Lee.
Fuck!
Look at you. Guy from the motherfucking motherland.
Power to the people, my nigga.
Now what's all this shit going on?
You and Jerome had a cut fucking with Franklin?
He the nigga fucking with me. Nigga tried to kill me.
- Why? - I don't know.
Nigga crazy, that's all. Nigga done lost his motherfucking mind.
He see all this bread I'm getting, and he want a little piece.
Franklin don't need what you got. He makes his own money.
He used to make his own money. Yeah, you've been going a little while, homie.
Word on the street is he lost what he made.
That's why he hit his own uncle's warehouse.
What that got to do with you?
Not a damn thing.
Einstein says you're staying at your old place.
It's the only place I got.
So, what? You trying to come back and work for me?
No, I'm good.
Long as you stay in your lane, we cool, brother.
The Mexican going with you?
Good.
The team meeting you down there are mercs. They like killing.
But if that attack comes, you'll need to take one of these guys alive.
Yeah, I know.
We need to talk now.
- Okay, meet me at the alley. - Okay. See you there.
Something about Avi's last shipment of arms, thought it might be a hit.
Where do you leave from? Where do you land?
I already told you. I don't know.
I can't help you if I don't know what's going on.
And I can't tell you what I do not know, cabrón.
Now that we have the photographs of Louie doing the drop,
we're gonna want to move on Teddy's warehouse in the next few days.
So make sure you make it back from Costa Rica. You hear me?
- You Ramos? - Yes.
Teddy. This is Gustavo.
The Port el Golfito.
Where at 1400 hours
a shipment of cargo will arrive and be off-loaded onto third-party transports.
Our objective is to secure that cargo
and, if attacked, identify the responsible parties.
Only three teams. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie.
Three locations. You'll see a mark there.
He and I will be Delta. We'll be at the tower.
If the hostiles do arrive, you'll stay hidden, you'll wait for our signal,
then you'll engage and eliminate the threat.
Once the location's secure, I need every member of the assaulting party searched,
their gear confiscated.
I'm not talking about being patted down.
I'm saying if they got intel in their goddamn socks, I need it found.
You understand?
Securing the cargo, and not finding out who came after it,
will be considered a mission failure.
- Any questions? - Yes, what's the signal?
Hey, Grandma.
Wanda?
- You look good. - Thank you.
Can I come in?
What do you want?
I brought you a present from Africa.
- Where are my rose-colored pearls? - I don't know.
That was a long time ago, Grandma. When I was on the rock. I gave that up.
Like you did them pearls.
I'm sorry. But I bought you a necklace from Ghana.
- What the fuck you want? - I miss you.
You should have thought about that
before you robbed me and hit me and cursed me before God.
That's a nice dress you got on,
but I bet you, dollars to doughnuts, that they has got blood on the hem.
- Can I at least leave my gift? - I'm gonna close this door.
And if you want to leave it on the knob, you can do that.
Police say, "It's the love of drugs and money
"that keeps the death toll high and climbing."
This a good moment. Enjoy it.
- I didn't think she was coming. - Yeah, me neither.
Hey, Mama.
- Hi, baby. - Hi.
Hi, baby.
Thanks for coming.
Here it is.
Everything you've been fighting for.
Mom...
It's for Jerome and Louie.
Appreciate y'all seeing me.
It's all right. Welcome home.
Brought you something, but your man outside opened it.
Guess he thought I was bringing y'all a bomb or something.
- It's a wedding gift. - Aw, you got us a wedding gift.
Yeah, I figured better late than never.
When a member of a tribe travels, they use this as they passport.
The man who gave me this said it belonged to a chief,
and that was his wife's face. So it just made me think of y'all.
- Thank you, Leon. - You're welcome.
It must be nice. You run off to Africa.
Come back, wave that shit in our face, right?
No. I came back to talk.
And I don't think you wanna hear what I got to say--
Don't say it, nigga.
Jerome, if you was in my shoes, what would you do?
I can't just sit back and let this shit happen.
Sure you can.
- That's the easiest shit in the world. - Okay, well it ain't easy for me.
Why's that?
You high and mighty now.
You see them bullets out there, Leon? They came at us here.
Then they came at us at our hotel on our fucking honeymoon.
And when Jerome extended his hand, Franklin bit it.
Okay, I understand that. But if you kill Franklin, or Franklin kill you,
that'll destroy Cissy and the whole fucking family.
Fuck it got to do with you?
You ain't family!
- What you mean by that? - You know what the fuck I mean by that.
Franklin used you. He used you the same way that he used us.
He got you out here catching bodies.
And then 'cause you kill a goddamn kid, now you see the light, nigga?
And now you come here, and what? You wanna make peace?
Right?
Forgive and forget.
Get the fuck outta here, lil nigga.
And take that dumb shit with you.
This is yours, you can do whatever you want with it.
How long will we wait?
Why, you got somewhere else to be?
You all right?
Been reading the papers about this war.
Some say it will end soon...
And whose side will win?
You guys have the expression, "Don't count your chickens"?
Nah. Do not cry victory too soon.
But it gonna end, right?
Yeah, someday it will.
And then what happens to you and me?
Reckon I'll go my way, and you'll go yours.
I understand.
Green light.
You're good?
Who sent you?
All right. Collect everything you can! Five minutes, we're out of here!
God.
What?
Holy fuck!
Now what? What does it say?
- I don't know. - You don't know?
But I know who wrote it.
Russians.
Russians?
They're trying to blow up this operation.
'Sup, Lee?
'Sup.
Come on in.
The fuck happened here?
Jerome and fucking Louie.
Sent 30 cops here to search the place.
- Had a warrant and everything. - Sharon and Kane not here though?
And they weren't looking for nothing.
You gonna leave?
When I'm good and ready.
I got burgers, nigga.
Wishing you was back there by now?
It was so different.
Couple weeks in, all this shit started to fade.
Kev, Tiana, money, rock.
At the end of the day, being gone just...
It ain't feel right.
Felt like I was running, you know?
What's it like over there?
That shit was beautiful.
Beautiful. But hard.
They've been through so much.
Colonial rule. One coup after another. Warring against they people.
- Sounds familiar. - Yeah.
But they did get a new leader.
A man who will do what needs to get done and push the country forward.
Even if that means bloodshed. That's some shit Avi talked about.
Said the world would've wiped the Jews out if they hadn't fought.
Violence as a act of salvation.
What?
Avi's gone.
What you mean "gone"?
He's dead?
His warehouse got burned down.
Nobody's seen or heard from him since.
You know who did it?
Sorry, Lee.
I felt that shit too.
Listen, man. I know I haven't always done shit the right way.
Nothing I can do about that now.
But my back is against the wall, man.
And I know that you're trying to figure shit out. But hear this.
If you gonna be here and be in this shit,
then you gotta pick a side.
Otherwise, take your wife,
get on a plane,
and get the fuck out of here while you still can.
You hear me?
Yeah.
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