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and I was in love and...

Come on, Ma. I'm not a baby.

But you're my kid, John.

I'm not a baby, Ma. You're

not fooling anybody, John.

You're not fooling me.

Can you please stop asking me questions?

I'm gonna go to my room.

No.

Don't walk away from me

when I'm talking to you.

Come on. I really don't wanna

talk right now.

If you knew he was

doing all of this,

why you stay with him so long?

Because I loved him, John.

I couldn't tell you

what he was really doing...

because I was

not there with him.

He protected me

from things like that.

He loved you.

He can't even protect me now.

How does he love me?

And when I needed

something, he was there.

When he would call...

You don't remember because

you were so young, but he...

Ma, but it's not all

about the money, Ma.

It's not all about what he gives

you every first of the month.

It's not anything

about that, Ma.

He tried to be a father, a man

of his house, but he couldn't.

All he knew was the streets, so

he went back on the streets,

and I couldn't stop him.

He just couldn't be here, John.

He chose to be out there.

You don't understand that.

When people look at you,

they remember your father.

And sometimes people

wanted to hurt him.

And I don't want the same

thing to happen to you...

just because you

remind people of him.

And every day,

every single time you walk out

that door and you go to that park,

all I can do is worry.

Me and my father are not

the same people, Mother.

You're putting yourself in the same

position that your father did.

No, I'm not. We're

not the same person.

Hanging out with who knows...

with the wrong kind of people.

Ma, can I just go to my room?

I really don't wanna talk

about this right now.

John.

What?

Don't walk away from me.

I'm here. I'm talking to you, but

you're not telling me anything.

What is it that you

want me to tell you?

I want you to tell me who my father was.

What... Who was he?

I told you... Why did he leave me

when I was five years old, Ma? Why?

You're too young to understand.

And that's all I hear over and over

again... that I'm too young, Ma.

Why does no one understand that I

don't have a father anymore, Ma?

And I don't have a husband!

Like I told you before, Ma, just... I

just don't understand this anymore.

I don't know

what I'm supposed to do.

I don't know

what people want from me.

Everybody talks about my father,

saying he's so... he's such a big man.

Like people... people want me

to follow in his footsteps.

Did I told you to follow

your father's footsteps?

No, Ma, but I'm not

talking about you.

Who wants you to follow

your father's footsteps?

Who's putting all this sh*t

in your head?

'Cause I know it's not me.

He was in the streets and he

got shot in the head, okay?

For being in the wrong place

with the wrong people.

I don't want nobody

knocking on that door...

telling me, "Your son

got shot in the head."

How many times...

in just one month you hear that

something happened to somebody...

out there in that street?

Somebody got shot.

Somebody got stabbed.

I ain't my fa... They found

somebody dead in a building.

Me and my father is

two different people, Mother.

We two different people.

That's what you think.

You don't know, John.

Looking sharp.

Think it was a setup?

I don't think it was

a stray bullet.

Who would wanna kill him though?

Well, people get envious.

He was handsome, he was

strong and he could fight.

A stray bullet to the head.

I don't think so.

I'm gonna jump to you, okay?

Jump.

What the hell? That was like

a ballet jump right there.

I wasn't prepared for that.

I need to have weight

structure, weight balance.

My God, whatever.

Salsa is like the same thing.

Catching.

Hey, hey, you gotta catch.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

You know Primo

runs everything, right?

That's what people say.

But then my pop gets capped

and it's, like, bad luck?

What are you trying to say?

How does my pops die

and nobody knows anything?

What do you...

Okay, so this is

what he looks like.

This is the man

you wanna look for.

And I don't even know

if he's gonna show up.

But if he does, just keep it calm.

I just don't want a scene.

Just diffuse the situation.

All the men.

All the ladies.

Grab a hand, girls.

One, two, three!

You gotta shake it better than that.

Let's go.

Get 'em up there!

Get 'em up there!

Whoo!

All the way around.

All the way around.

One more time.

Big pose for that camera.

Give me a pose.

Looking good.

Let's go. Raise your hands!

And now my man.

For Rocky himself. Let's hear it for Adam.

Grab a handle. Grab a handle.

One, two, three!

It's a coming-of-age thing.

You know, the kid's gotta learn

a whole part of the Torah.

He's gotta sing it and read it.

So he recites a mantra and, you

know, memorizes it and says it out,

and that makes him a man?

It's kind of like a mantra. Yeah,

I never thought about it... Yeah.

Yeah, I mean... And we all know

it's not really being a man.

I mean, you're 13. He's got

enough problems, but...

It's kind of similar

to what I do.

I recited and remembered

an oath, a pledge.

Said it out loud to my brothers.

Did my initiation, and...

Now, this is for what? Initiation

for... Being Blood, you know.

Okay. Had to fight

seven different dudes.

What do you mean, at the same time?

Yeah. Shows strength.

When I changed and turned

Blood, I was 12.

After that, you get an oath.

You get a pledge that you have

to recite, you gotta memorize.

You know, back in the days,

you felt like, boom,

I just fought seven dudes.

You know, I feel like I'm a man.

That's like my kid's age.

I was 12. He's 13.

Jesus Christ, he didn't

have to fight seven guys.

A lot of people

look at me and say,

"You know, Prim, at 12

years old, you're a kid."

Behind that was I had nobody.

And the only people that really

embraced me and showed me love...

was dudes that my brother

knew, and, you know...

I joined the life, you know.

I made the decision that if I didn't

have the family at home that I wanted,

that the family outside on the

streets, they accepted me.

And...

I can't give it up, but I'm

ready for a big change.

Like, I don't want the

same things for my kids.

You know, I don't want

my son to ever feel like...

the only choice he has

is the streets.

You know?

That's why I take that time.

I'm getting money.

It'll be good tomorrow.

Promised the kids

I'd take 'em to the park.

So that means you have to do it.

Yeah.

And they're not gonna

let you forget.

No, especially Nevaeh or Elijah.

Why are you with me?

Why am I with you?

You make me happy.

What's up, baby? What up?

What's good?

- Yo, you remember BB?

- Yeah.

All right. You remember RayLo?

Yeah, what's up?

Go over to BB's, pick something

up and take it over to RayLo.

I could do that, man.

We need to get this sh*t popping.

For real.

Yo, what up, yo?

What's good, RayLo?

What's going on, big man?

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