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and I was late for work.

So why didn't he

wake you up this morning?

Because he was gonna surprise me

with breakfast in bed.

That bum.

You need to drop him fast, girl.

Oh, D, it's not funny.

Your ass was probably up all night

writing, weren't you?

You seriously involved chicks kill me.

You've been out

of the single arena too long.

-Oh, my God.

-Ain't nothing out here.

D, it's not about being single

or anything.

It has nothing to do with someone else.

So then what's the problem?

We've been having financial problems,

like, this past year...

Let me tell you something, Claudine.

Jobs, finances...

They come and go.

But I've always admired you

and James' relationship.

And it would be a shame

to see it fall apart

on the account of things

you two have no control over.

You understand?

I'm sorry about that. I...

He's an idiot. I always tell him serve

the customers with the food first.

Oh, it's all right, Ali. I can wait.

It's no problem.

No, you deserve...

You demand that kind of attention.

You're a strong, decisive queen.

You know what you want.

Therefore if there is something

You can ask of me

Surely, I cannot front

-What?

-I wrote down more of it.

-I'll show it to you.

-Let me find out you rhyme, Ali.

That was cute. You got some skills.

I've been dabbling a little poetry

since your last show.

-Hey, when's your next one?

-Actually, it's tonight.

Well, I'm going to the Jazz Lounge

with Reggie,

celebrate his promotion.

So I'm gonna surprise him with a poem

and a song that I wrote for him.

You know, a little something.

That's nice.

You know you trying

to put it on a brother today.

I know you don't think you came up here

just to give me one round, right?

Come on, I don't...

Don't even come at me like that.

You know I'm a heavyweight.

-I hear you.

-You hear me, all right.

-Yeah.

-You gonna be hearing me in a minute.

Oh, good thinking.

It's hotter than a motherf***er out here.

Damn, baby, where're you going?

I'll be right back.

I'm just going to the store right quick.

Get some Cheez Doodles or something.

-You want anything?

-No, I'm good.

-You got some change or something?

-Check my pockets.

You know I gotta be home at 6:30.

Yeah.

You might wanna be ready

when I get back, then.

All right.

Yo, so I'm gonna come through later,

tell you what I want you

to cop for me, all right?

Yo, come through. It's nothing.

What you about to get into right now?

-Nothing. Just chilling.

-No doubt.

Be safe out here, man.

-Stay out of trouble.

-All right.

-For real, son.

-All right, yo.

-Hey, what's up, Mr. Chang?

-Hey, CJ.

Hey, we're a little busier than usual.

We can do inventory later. Can you

help Nancy with the customers?

Got you.

Hey, Nancy.

-Hey.

-How you doing?

Hey, what's up?

Can I help you with anything?

Yeah, man.

I'm trying to get size 12 in these.

Twelve? These are dope.

You're gonna... I like these.

All right, now.

-Sol?

-George.

This is a surprise.

I wasn't expecting you to...

-We have a meeting set for today?

-No. No. Would you mind?

I'm not disturbing you, am I?

You weren't asleep or something

like that, were you?

Why would I be sleeping

in the middle of the afternoon?

Look, George,

I'm gonna be straight with you.

I've been starting to get some

complaints from the tenants

about your keeping up with

the maintenance of the buildings,

and I mean,

maybe you're getting a little old.

Something like that. If that's the case,

I'm gonna have to replace you.

And if I do that,

unfortunately, I'm also going to have to

remove you from this apartment.

Now, look. If you want to get rid of me,

and you need a scapegoat,

well, then you just go right ahead.

You're not fooling anybody.

I mean, you know these buildings

are run-down.

We're getting a little

ahead of ourselves here, okay?

That's why I came personally, George.

I'm here, personally,

so that you and I both

can go check on the conditions

of these apartments with the tenants.

We'll talk to them,

we'll make an assessment,

we'll come back down here,

we can just talk

reasonably about the whole matter.

Is that all right with you?

-As you wish. You're the boss, boss.

-All right, let's get started.

-Y'all think Kobe did it, man?

-No. No.

There's no way my man

could have did that.

His wife way too fine

for him to be doing that sh*t, B.

You know what they say

about every fine woman out there.

There's a brother behind her

that's tired of hitting it.

Yes, sir.

Nah, nah. I don't see Kobe

hitting nobody. I don't see it.

I know, but that's what a man get

for f***ing with them white chicks.

Oh, here we go. Now the woman

in you want to come out.

How come every time

something like this go down,

the sisters wanna bring up

the white girl issue?

Nel, you ain't pay your bills, dawg?

Now what?

-What's wrong?

-My hair.

-Huh!

-Look at my hair!

Well, I'll tell you what.

Instead of $10, give me $5.

Mr. Landlord!

What happened to my electricity, sir?

Wait, could you calm down a minute?

-You got an electricity problem, right?

-Yeah!

Happened when,

about five minutes ago?

Okay, well, it happened to

everybody at the same time.

We checked our circuit board.

It's not our fault. It's not our building.

We got to see... Maybe the whole

block's electricity has gone.

So we'll go next door, we'll check them

and see what's going on.

All right, okay. All right, okay.

I understand. I understand.

I didn't turn off...

Police news and special report.

The Northeast...

...power outages, blackouts, if you will,

all along the Eastern seaboard,

specifically in the Northeastern U. S.

New York affected,

Detroit, Toronto, Ottawa,

as far west as Ohio.

as far west as Ohio.

In New York City, JFK, LaGuardia,

Wall Street all experiencing

major outages. Just how widespread

these outages are is unclear at this time

and whether there's any connection

among any of them

is unclear at this time.

Well, I'm glad this

happened in the daytime.

Yo! Yo! Get some money over here!

What are you doing here?

Yo! Yo! Yo what the f*** is wrong

with y'all, man? Get out!

Yo, kid, you heard?

There's a blackout in the whole city!

Yeah, I know, we heard.

Where the hell 5-0 rushing off to?

I don't know,

but this sh*t right here is crazy.

No, no, no, stop!

Stop! Stop!

Chill, son!

Yo, yo, son, I work here, son.

Yo, dawg, what you care?

You act like this sh*t belong to you!

This sh*t ain't right, son. It's not right.

Yo, Rasheed, what you doing?

What the f*** is your beef?

Don't put your hands on me again,

nigga.

I ain't f***ing with you, man.

Yo, just open the front gate halfway.

We'll sell through the opening.

Ain't no telling how long

this is going to last.

I got nothing. Can I borrow your phone?

No use. I don't have no reception either.

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

What if James got stuck in

one of those trains

in those tunnels

with the temperature so high.

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