-[beeps] -[woman] Bro, remember Obama?
[man] I do not. Who's that?
[woman scoffs] Asshole. You do. Cut it out, man.
-[man] Barack Obama. Just hit me. -[woman] Of course.
Barack Hussein, which by the way is the coldest middle name in the game.
It's like if my middle name was Gambino Crime Family.
-It's just gangster. Come on, man. -[man laughs]
-I mean, he smoked Newports. -[woman] Newports.
[man] What else you gonna say?
The president of the United States was smoking Newports.
I'm like, this is my guy.
[woman] Bro, has to be.
He's smoking the preferred cigarette of crackheads across the globe.
[man laughing]
[woman] That's what I love about Barack, is like, he's become such an icon.
He's kind of like Jesus.
Like, he could just be whatever version of him you want him to be.
-[man] Hmm. -[Mo] My Barack does gay stuff sometimes.
-[man laughing] -[woman] Only when on coke.
You know what I'm saying?
He don't do a lot of coke, just, like, a little bit off the nail.
And just only when it's, like, special occasions.
Like a real big win.
He's like, "I'mma do coke and a little bit of gay stuff."
[man] Does your Barack do coke to excuse his gay stuff?
-[woman] Of course. -[man] Right.
Then he just has an out at the end to go, like, "I was on coke. It was fine."
-[woman] Yeah. -[man] Okay.
But really he just woke up that day wanting to do some stuff.
-[woman] "Gonna do gay stuff." -[man] Yeah.
-[woman laughing] "Let me get a bump." -[man chuckles] Yeah.
-["Chitty Bang" by Leikeli47 playing] -[vocalizing]
♪ Back again up in this motherfucker Entertain us, all you motherfuckers… ♪
[woman] Yo, yo, yo! Welcome to The Mo and E-Z Show.
I'm Mo, and to my left is my favorite Jew with nothing to do, my boy E-Z.
It was a better time, in general.
-2014, bro. Just a good year. -Unbelievable.
-Meek Mill was with Nicki. -Mm-hmm.
Bobby Shmurda came out and went in.
-[chuckles] -You had the Ice Bucket, uh, Challenge.
-[Mo] Yes, yes. -[E-Z] What was that, ALS?
Dude, ALS is the most paid disease of all time.
-[laughing] -ALS made more than LeBron that year.
-ALS is on the boat with Jay and Beyoncé. -[laughing] For sure.
They're like, "Let me tell you what it's like to be rich."
♪ Ooh, chitty-chitty bang… ♪
The BLM movement, though, is so serious right now.
It's everywhere, for sure.
This feels like they got the same people who did marketing for Cuties and kale.
-[laughing] -They're Blackening everything.
Black iCarly, Black Wonder Years,
which is set in the same time period,
and it's like, bro, I don't wanna watch Black Kevin Arnold
gets sprayed by a hose for a half an hour every friggin' Friday.
[laughing]
Yeah, I feel like once a Black person won a gold medal for swimming,
it was pretty much a wrap on race relations.
Yo, I saw a dude fencing in the Olympics, a Black dude, this past Olympics.
-I was like, "Man, too much." -[laughs] You're like, "Over the line."
-Over the line. Back up. -[laughing]
Like, when they took the Confederate flags out of NASCAR,
I was like, "Nah, let 'em have that."
You take too much too fast, they be out looking for meat.
-[laughing] -You know what I'm saying?
[crowd singing in Hebrew]
[singing continues]
-Please be seated. -[E-Z] Oh, my God.
That was standing up for 45 minutes.
-That was, like, the longest one. -[woman] Shh!
So we just finished widduy, the confession,
which we do in the plural.
-We take responsibility… -[woman 2 chuckles]
Mom, why do I have to wear this dress,
and he gets to dress like he's at Summer Jam?
[rabbi] …lives were created, but these…
Ezra, where's your yarmulke?
Oh, shit. Left it in the car.
Okay. Honey, I'm not square, okay?
Nobody thinks I'm square. Everyone thinks I'm cool.
-I'm hip. -[groans]
People think I'm a very youthful person.
"I get it." You know, you're expressing yourself with these illustrations.
Graffiti all over your body. Okay, fine.
But it is Yom Kippur, goddamn it.
First of all, can you please stop saying "I get it" and using air quotes?
And second of all, when someone says, "I'm cool. I get it,"
they never are cool, and they never get it.
-You shouldn't have to say that. -That's not true.
You won't be able to be buried in a Jewish cemetery.
Bubby, I love you so much, respectfully,
but I'll be dead.
I don't give a shit where I'm buried, respectfully.
You can take my ashes, and you can flush them down the urinal
at Dodger Stadium, respectfully.
Oh, so now you're disrespecting the Dodgers?
I wanna be buried next to Rihanna.
-[mother] Rihanna? -[man] Yeah.
Okay, I'm gonna scrape those tattoos off myself,
and I'm gonna bury you in a double-wide coffin with me.
-Okay, how about that? -Sounds good.
Sounds good.
[rabbi] …their children to bed…
[mother sighs]
Thanks for that. I appreciate it.
You look like a dad who lost his kid at Coachella.
You look like the principal of a Hebrew school version of Hogwarts.
You look like a young Hulk Hogan.
I have a question. What do you and the rabbi talk about in the car
on the way to the rabbinical witch outlet store?
Is it a lot of music? Or is there heavy conversation?
[hip-hop music playing]
♪ Maybe sometime… ♪
[chattering]
[Ezra] Hi.
-Ezra! [laughs] -[Ezra] Hey, how are ya?
-How are ya? -How old are you?
I'm… I'm 35 now.
Got a girlfriend?
No.
You say that so cavalier, like it's a bad thing.
You don't like getting pussy?
Well, hearing the word pussy come out of your mouth
does make me question whether or not I like it.
It's 2022!
Maybe the kid enjoys smoking the Hebrew Nationals.
I know you're trying to be progressive, but it's coming off crazy homophobic.
But it's… it's good to see you. And, uh, stay… stay alive.
-[man] Hey, hey, bud, bud. -Hey, Doc.
Hi, how's your penis?
Uh, I think it's… I think it's good.
-Yeah, uh, listen, uh, come with me. -I think--
Let's go to the bathroom, and, uh, we'll take a look, okay?
-I'm good. -No, no, it's fine. It's fine.
Don't… don't worry. Uh, it's on the house.
There's not gonna be a charge.
-No, it's not the price that concerns me. -Oh.
-It's more the concept. -I see.
-You sure? We can go-- -[grandmother] Doctor!
My teeth are getting crooked again.
[doctor] Uh-huh. If you open your mouth real wide.
-[mother] Ezzy. -[Ezra] Uh-huh.
I want you to be chill right now.
-But Kim Glassman is over there. -Mm-hmm.
And she is totally checking you out.
-Right now, okay? -Uh-huh.
And she just completed her doctorate at Harvard,
and she is crazy lit.
Right over there. You see her?
Yeah, she just-- and she saw you point at her.
-She didn't see. -[Ezra] Yeah, she 100% percent saw.
She's got it here, here, the whole nine yards.
Yeah, you like her body and her mind.
-I do. I do. -Okay.
Yeah, I think, um, my old orthodontist
just did some really weird sexual shit with me just now.
Who? Oh, Dr. Green?
-Yeah, Dr. Green. -Oh, yeah, he's in a lot of trouble.
-He's in trouble? -Yeah, he's in a lot of trouble.
-Yeah. -Okay, so that's like a thing?
[inhales] Uh, well, he hasn't been convicted.
Totally. In the four seconds I spoke with him,
he tried to pull me in the bathroom and look at my dick,
so I'm just gonna say I might support the accusers on this one.
I will say that there is a legal system,
and you have to have respect for the legal system, Ezzy.
-Okay. -Yeah.
You're backing him on this one. All right, okay.
Well, you know…
Innocent until proven guilty. I believe in that. I'm sure you do too.
-Correct, and I think I'm gonna bounce. -Right?
-This has been a lot for one Yom Kippur. -Honey. I love you.
-I love you. You look great. Okay. -I love my baby boy.
♪ Feeling like I'm floating to the ceiling Is it magic? ♪
♪ Baby, tell me why you disappearing This is magic ♪
♪ I won't ever tell 'em how I did it It was magic ♪
♪ Can you imagine? ♪
♪ Money in the mattress Love the way I stack it ♪
♪ I can make it rain blue… ♪
So, um, your mom says you work in finance?
Yes, I'm a broker.
Well, that's, like, gotta be so exciting, working with so much money all the time.
Yeah, it's not really my dream job.
Well, what is?
You're gonna laugh if I tell you.
-[laughs] -Oh, God.
You're not, like, a Reiki instructor, are you?
No. No, my homie and I, we have a podcast.
[laughing]
[clears throat] Seriously?
Yeah, yeah.
Well, what's it about?
The culture.
What culture?
You know, the culture.
Music, fashion, sports.
I mean, you're a Jew from West LA. What do you know about the culture?
Maybe deli culture, but… [laughs]
Hmm. [chuckles]
-[continues laughing] -Mm-hmm.
[slurps]
That's a good one.
Honestly, I'm starting to think
I'm never gonna meet a woman who understands me.
Bruh, you have got to stop being so thirsty, man.
It's disgusting!
I don't think I've heard of a man ever
who wanted to be in a relationship so badly besides Drake.
And I'm talking Views Drake.
I feel like Views Drake.
I feel like I'm alone on a building in Toronto
dangling my legs off,
wondering what it's like to feel companionship.
That's the space I'm in.
Well, I need you to dig deep down in that little Jewish body of yours
and pull out CLB Drake, okay?
Certified Lover Boy energy all through here.
I don't have Certified Lover Boy energy, Drake energy right now.
I just don't. I'm… I'm literally… I'm literally Take Care Drake.
I'm at an Italian restaurant by myself
with a bunch of chains, drinking Manischewitz out of a goblet
and wondering when the fuck is it my turn
to feel, like, deep happiness and connection.
And if I'm being honest about our friendship,
I feel like you're being a bit Pusha T right now towards me.
And I need you to be more Future to me.
I need a collaboration instead of a diss.
Well, maybe your ass needs a bully right now, bro.
Someone to push you around.
You're not even giving me Take Care Drake.
You're giving me "Houstatlantavegas" Drake.
I'm talking crying over strippers, no beard,
big upper lip.
Get it together, dawg.
You're right, I'm…
I need to be more CLB Drake.
[Mo] You'll be all right.
Just gotta find that person, You know what I mean?
Like, you need a shorty who surfs, but also can Milly Rock.
[hip-hop music playing] ♪ Doesn't mean we shouldn't try… ♪
-Can I help you with that? -[scoffs] Oh, my God. No, I'm good.
Come on, why are you acting like this? I feel like you blocked me.
Um, I didn't block you, okay? I don't do weird shit like that.
-Well, did you change your phone number? -[sighs] I did.
Yo, you don't think that's weird?
Chris, do you wanna know why we really just don't work out together?
Yeah, I'm… I'm really, really curious.
'Cause you don't know how to keep it real.
You just say whatever you think I wanna hear,
and it feels fake.
And I don't really feel seen by you in any way.
[scoffs] All I do is see you, girl.
I'm always on your social media. I'm staring at you right now.
You know what? It's like James Baldwin said.
"The most dangerous creation of any society
is the man who has nothing to lose."
I don't have shit to lose 'cause I already lost you.
[sighs] All right, gimme your phone.
Girl, you had me out here sweating.
It's so crazy because my dad loves James Baldwin,
and that is, like, one of his favorite quotes.
And here's a text message from my dad to you,
telling you to tell me the same shit.
Your father and I are in a book club together.
-I don't-- -[woman] Peace.
-Bye, Chris. -It's an information exchange.
-[woman] Stay away from my house. -We put each other onto different authors.
[engine turns over]
-Ra-Ra. -[woman] Stop calling me that!
-[Chris] Ra-- -[woman] It's so weird.
-[hip-hop music playing] -[vocalizing]
[men and women chattering]
[man] My mom just bought some last night.
[laughs] Here he is. Biggest swinging dick in the West!
[Ezra] There he is.
Got his-- You have a big swinging penis yourself there, my man.
The boss man.
You made that exchange weird, Ezra.
Goddamn it, all right. What's done is done, right?
I'm… I'm not good with greetings, so…
Just throw back a "hey."
-Hey. -Grease the wheel and say, "Hey."
-Swing it up. -[boss] "Hey, boss."
-Hey, boss. -"Champ. Killer."
"Dude." Not dude.
Big dick boss.
Or whatever you wanna say.
"Here he is, biggest swinging dick in the West."
There we go. You have a big penis.
-Fuck, dude, I'm sorry. -I'm not even looking for a shake.
You're belaboring a greeting.
Right.
What if I said "great fucking weather" to you, what would you say?
The weather's great for you too.
You would say that?
I don't know, I--
Forget it. Just… Just pick up the phone, come on.
-I understand. Got it. -We're burning time. Come on.
-Pick it up. -Let's go. Let's sell some stuff.
You're the man.
-[boss] Giddyup. -Let's go, baby.
Money, money, money, baby.
["Gold Fronts" by Fousheé playing] ♪ They don't make enough paper… ♪
[engine revs]
-[GPS] Make a complete U-turn. -[tires screech]
Then a sharp left turn, then another U-turn.
What? [scoffs]
♪ They can't take my gold fronts They can't take… ♪
[GPS] Make a complete U-turn, then a sharp left turn.
-Then another U-turn. -What the fuck!
♪ That I just rolled up ♪
♪ They can't take my gold blunt Can't tape my bullet holes up ♪
♪ Can't take my close-up They can't break my hoes up… ♪
-[GPS] Make a complete U-turn, then-- [screaming]
-What the fuck! What are you doing? -Get the fuck out!
-Get out! Help! I'm being attacked! -What?
-You're attacking me! Stop! Stop! -Get out!
-Please, relax! Fine, okay! -[whimpers]
But you're not getting five stars. This is fucked up.
Fuck you. I'm not no Uber driver.
You're not?
No, I'm not. I'm on my way to work, weirdo.
-[GPS] Make a complete U-turn… -[sighs] Oh, shit.
I am so sorry.
No, you're not.
You saw a Black woman in an inexpensive car
and thought it was your God-given white right
to get in my backseat and tell me where to go.
It's a tale as old as time with your racist ass. Get out!
I know this seems like a racism.
-[scoffs] -But it's not.
My… My Uber driver is a Black woman who drives a Mini Cooper.
Her name is Hyacinth Ajanlekoko…
-Oh, wow. -Butatembe.
-So… -Okay.
So I guess Hyacinth-whatever looks like me since we all look alike.
I mean, honestly, fucking you guys are twins.
[woman] Oh, my God, wait. She really does look like me.
Yeah, this is like a 23 and Me situation.
Like, I wanna introduce you guys.
-Okay… -You're better looking for sure.
Sir, can you get out of my car, please? Thank you.
Look, look, look. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[chuckles] This was insane.
Let me make it up to you. I know my way around Century City.
Let me get you where you're going.
Who said I was lost?
[GPS] Make a complete U-turn, then a sharp left turn,
then another U-turn.
-Look, okay, but can you hurry up? -[chuckles]
Because I really cannot be late to work, for real.
[Ezra] Of course.
-Just make a right at the light. -Okay.
This ain't no Driving Miss Daisy shit, okay?
-Okay. -[woman] Don't kill me.
[Ezra] I'm not gonna kill you. Please don't kill me.
-[woman] I'm not. -[Ezra] You're the one who beat me.
[woman] I don't know you. Shit.
[Ezra] My name is Ezra. What is your name?
[woman] Amira.
["Last Time That I Checc'd" by Nipsey Hussle playing]
♪ It was no smut on my rep Last time that I checked ♪
♪ I was selling zones in the set ♪
♪ Make a quarter mil no sweat Last time that I checked ♪
♪ I'm the street's voice out West Legendary self-made progress ♪
♪ Last time that I checked ♪
♪ First you get the money Last time that I checked ♪
[man] Who's Ezra?
Hello. Dang, why y'all up in my business?
[man] Why's your phone all up in my business?
Ezra is somebody I met that I'm going to lunch with.
What kind of name is Ezra?
Is he like a third-generation civil rights activist
or keeping-the-peace ass nigga?
[chuckles] No, he's… he's white.
He's white?
-Nigga! -Shut up!
I'm sorry. Just that's new for you.
-I know. -Sounds interesting.
Well, first of all, you know, don't let Akbar find out about that. Jesus.
Well, for your information,
I don't date based off of Daddy's approval, okay? I'm grown.
["The Payback" by James Brown playing]
♪ Revenge ♪
♪ I'm mad! ♪
♪ You get down with my girlfriend, huh ♪
♪ That ain't right… ♪
[man] Okay, you're not tough.
Oh, hi, Daddy!
-What's up? -Gimme a kiss.
What's going on, boy?
-Same thing. Yeah.
Hey, now, is it my imagination,
or are Black folks' hair getting curlier and curlier?
Look. Look at everybody's hair.
Everybody in the place is all wavy.
Except for this nigga.
I actually have the nappiest hair in this place.
-[Amira clicks tongue] -And I wear it proudly.
-[chuckling] -How am I the darkest person in the room?
There's not one tar-black nigga in this whole room.
And I mean, back in the day,
that was what you saw the most when you went in a room.
It was, you know, niggas everywhere. Now you got…
Eventually everybody gonna be looking like Bruno Mars.
A lot sooner than you think.
What that mean?
Gonna tell him about your date, Amira?
-Shut up, Omar. -[Omar] Oh, okay.
What you talking about? Chris?
Oh, no, Daddy, not Chris.
-No, not Chris. -Not Chris.
He's a Muslim, right?
Um, yes. He's African.
-He's African. -[Amira] He's definitely African.
And, um, he's Muslim. I think so.
Is he Sunni or Nation?
S-Sunni.
Watch out for those brothers. Yeah, they like Lakers fans.
Don't know shit about basketball, but love to be all up at Staples,
looking around at everybody, trying to be seen.
Isn't the Nation more like Laker fans,
'cause they're the ones who just discovered the religion?
Shut up, stupid.
What you drinking?
A tropical banana whip with bee pollen. It's good.
Bee pollen? Why you need bee pollen?
Bee pollen? What, they ain't have no butterfly dust?
You know, I'm starting to hate the world more and more each day.
You know, this place used to be our thing.
Then white folks figured out
that not only did Magic Johnson and Dr. Sebi figure out how to cure AIDS,
but we also have delicious patties and smoothies.
Yeah, but, like, shouldn't we be happy that they're patronizing our business?
But at what cost, Amira?
Uh, financial freedom, cultural empowerment, market expansion.
You know what? Somebody gonna bust your teeth out one day.
[Amira chuckles]
You just make sure you pray with this guy.
That's how I met your mother.
We prayed together, and we knew we was meant for each other.
-[Amira] Mm-mm. -Didn't you meet Mom at Pep Boys?
Trying to return a half used bottle of Fix-a-Flat?
No, I met your mother,
and we fell in love through our mutual love of God and prayer.
-[Amira] Hmm. -[father] I'm always telling y'all.
If you get your beliefs in line, your heart's gonna follow.
Hmm.
So I just imagined the Pep Boys thing?
What the fuck is wrong with you, man?
["Classic" by Meek Mill playing] ♪ Meek Milly's coming, Daddy ♪
♪ Hey! Spitting all this hot shit Every single bar cool ♪
♪ Diamonds in the Rollie face Animated cartoon ♪
♪ Call me Meek Milly I don't play that shit ♪
-♪ Right ♪ -♪ I'm gonna rock this ball, man ♪
♪ Like I make that shit ♪
♪ I've been front row Fashion Week Looking like I'm in the show ♪
♪ Sitting in the foreign leather… ♪
[chuckles] Hold up. You're dating a "Black girl" Black girl?
I mean, I wouldn't put it that way.
Yo, shut-- Bro, you bagged a real one?
This is crazy.
Wait a minute though. This is way out of your league.
If this girl is what you say she is,
then I'm pretty sure she smells like cocoa butter and expectations, bro.
-You may wanna slow down. -What do you mean?
[Mo scoffs] I'm just saying, I hope no one ends up dead.
Dead?
[scoffs] Yeah, dawg.
In this social climate,
with this much racial intensity going on in this country now,
you chose to pull a move like that?
Bold, bro. Real bold.
I'm not pulling anything.
This isn't 'cause it's, like, a hot new thing.
I'm not talking about a tie-dye sweatsuit. I'm talking about a person.
A woman who I met, who I found interesting,
who's different than the other women that I know, so I asked her out. Who cares?
Yo, please tell me you didn't buy a tie-dye sweatsuit.
Thank you.
-[Amira clears throat] -[sighs]
You look great.
Oh, thank you.
I like your fit.
Thank you. You don't look so bad yourself.
Are those Gucci slides?
Yeah. Why? Are you trying to clown?
No, I'm not trying to clown. No, not at all. I think they're awesome.
And I actually think they're the perfect shoe for a first date.
Oh, this is date?
Yeah. I mean, we're two adults,
at least one of us is interested in getting to know the other one,
meeting at a specific place at a designated time,
and I'm pretty sure if I asked Siri, "Siri, what is a date?"
That would be the exact bar she would spit back at me.
Bar? Okay.
[chuckles] All right, Ezra.
-Trying to cap me up. Brave. -[chuckles]
And I would never talk shit on your slides.
If you like something, you like it.
I don't think anybody should be put in a box ever.
That's real. I agree with you.
["Stay High" by Childish Gambino and Brittany Howard playing]
[indistinct chattering]
[laughing]
[Amira] …eats a blueberry with a damn fork.
[chattering continues]
♪ And we hustle all day, don't we? ♪
♪ Yes, we do ♪
♪ There comes a time ♪
♪ At night, where we come play… ♪
[chattering and laughing continue]
♪ Laughing, hoping… ♪
[laughing]
[laughing continues]
♪ I just wanna stay high… ♪
[chattering]
♪ With you ♪
[Amira laughing] You know…
Oh, my God, it looks like a fort.
[Ezra] It's cute. You know what we're doing? We're being cute!
-[Amira laughs] We're being cute! Oh, God! -Yeah. [laughs]
-[Amira] You're crazy. -It's like a little tent.
[Amira] I've never done this before.
You've just never dated such a creative blanket architect before.
Never. I've never dated anybody so cute.
[Ezra] Yes, come on, isn't it fun?
It's like we're in our own little world.
It does feel like we are in our own little world.
Play some music. We need, like, a vibe.
-[Ezra] Yeah? -Mm-hmm.
Yeah. Any requests?
No, I trust you.
How about this?
["Best Part" by Daniel Caesar and H.E.R. playing]
Oh, I love this song.
You do?
[Amira] Mm-hmm.
♪ You don't know, babe ♪ [echoing]
♪ When you hold me ♪
♪ And kiss me slowly It's the sweetest thing ♪
♪ It's the sunrise ♪
♪ And those brown eyes, yes ♪
♪ You're the one that I desire ♪
♪ When we wake up… ♪
So look.
I just don't be having sex with just anyone,
so, whether you like it or not,
we kind of go together now.
Yeah, that's crazy. I was gonna say a similar kind of thing.
Maybe a little less junior high, a little more mature, but, uh…
Yeah. You're my boo, come on.
You already know.
-You're obsessed with me. -No!
I'm obsessed with you?
-Yeah. -Okay.
I see you leaving stuff around here.
Judaism swagger.
It's such a turn-on.
-I just want a bagel and lox right now. -[laughing]
I love you so much!
So much!
-I can't even restrain you! -[laughing]
Shut up.
♪ Oh, you're the best part ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! You're the best part ♪
I think I'm a little nervous.
No, don't be nervous. I'm nervous.
Why are you nervous?
'Cause my family's crazy.
Everybody's family's crazy.
-No. They're nuts. -[doorbell rings]
-[laughing] Hello! Oh! -[Ezra] Hey, Mom. How are you?
-[laughs] -Hi.
-Mom, this is Amira. -[gasps]
Amira, this is my mom Shelley.
Hi, Miss Shelley.
-It's so nice to meet you. -Oh. Miss Shelley.
Oh, my mom would kill me if I didn't address you in that way.
Oh, absolutely. Whatever makes you comfortable is fine with me.
Oh, my gosh, you are so beautiful.
I love your hair. I love your fingernails.
Look at these rings!
-I love them. [chuckles] -Thank you.
-[gasps] Look at that, your name.
What about her earlobes and the bottom of her feet?
-Oh, shut up. He loves to give me shit. -[Amira laughs]
But I think your earlobes are good too.
-[laughs] I do. Come in. Come in. Come in. -[laughs]
-[Shelley] Isn't this fun? -Yeah, good stuff.
Honey, honey, come and meet Amira.
I hope I'm saying that right. Amira.
-Yeah. Amira. It's just Amira. -Amira. Arnold.
Come in, come in, come in and sit.
-Uh, Amira. Yes! -[Amira] Yeah.
[Shelley] We've got cheese and crackers, but if you need something else,
I can have Lupita run to Whole Foods. Don't worry.
She's going anyway because she's picking up my dry cleaning from Browns.
She's, uh, she's from Guatemala.
[splutters] She, uh, Lupita.
Uh, but, you know, we're like sisters, actually.
She's literally like family.
I mean, it's not even like work for her, really.
[Amira chuckles]
I'm pretty sure it's like work for her.
I don't think Lupita's coming all the way down here just, uh, pro bono,
no money exchange, you know.
-[laughs] Oh, come on. -[Ezra] I know. I'm just saying.
-[Shelley] No, no, I get it, yeah, but-- -Yeah.
Thank you, but that's not necessary.
-This looks nice. -[mouths]
-Thank you. [chuckles] -[Shelley] Oh, fabulous.
So, I understand you're a stylist.
Yeah, kind of, I'm, um-- I'm a costume designer.
-But that's kind of like styling. -[both] Oh.
-Okay. -And she has the best style.
[laughing] Yes.
[Shelley] No, that I can tell, yes.
Yeah, I actually do, uh, a little styling myself.
-[Amira] Really? -[Shelley] Yeah.
Oh, Ezra never said anything to me about that.
I know, 'cause it's 100% not true. It's the first time hearing of it, so…
No, no. No, no. I mean, on me and Dad-- or on Arnold.
-And a few of our friends, yeah. -Okay.
Yeah, I… I audit their closets.
Oh, um, how do you do that?
Oh, uh, like, curate their clothes--
Prune.
[Shelley] Exactly. Yeah, and also give away things to shelters.
I'm just known as someone with good taste.
And, I mean, I'm not trying to brag. That sounds so braggy.
[laughing]
So, um, Amira, where are you from?
-[Amira] Here. -Oh.
Well, Baldwin Hills via Inglewood.
Okay. Baldwin Hills.
Oh, that's something, yeah.
I understand that Mike…
uh, Magic Johnson has done a lot of wonderful things.
[Arnold] Magic. What a ballplayer.
Boyish enthusiasm he played with.
-Oh, yeah. -The smile!
-[Shelley] Yeah, he has a marvelous smile. -[Arnold] Yeah.
[Shelley] Yeah. I saw him once at Gelson's.
-He's really tall. -[exhales]
Actually, we had an opportunity to buy there about--
-It was 15 years ago, but… [scoffs] -[groans] Oh, yeah.
-…Arnold wouldn't go for it. -[imitates gunshot]
Yeah, it's a shame you missed out on that first wave of early gentrification.
You could've screwed a lot of people out of their property value.
[chuckles] Okay, so this is our lovely and very opinionated daughter Liza.
Come and meet your brother's new girlfriend.
Hi.
Hi. [chuckles]
I mean,
hey.
Okay.
[scoffs] Pull over.
[laughing]
-She's spoken for. [chuckles] -[Amira chuckles]
Um, Liza's gay. She's queer. She's lesbian.
-L-G-B-T-Q. -[Shelley] You got it all.
-Which we love and accept. -[Arnold] Yes.
"Because that is our vibe."
"That's how we roll." [laughs]
I think she understands. Is she doing the air quote thing again?
Yeah, she's just warming up.
[laughs]
Oh, I… I really like your glasses. Those are cool.
Oh, thanks. I actually made them out of recycled cans of Mountain Dew.
Oh, really?
I could easily make you a pair. You could have-- they're prescription--
Okay, so I wanna put this out to the group and see how it lands.
Oh, shit.
-I think the police… -Okay!
…are and always have been, by the way,
fucked up towards Black people.
And I, for one, hate it.
-To be fair, it's an impossible job. -Dad.
Okay, Mom, I'm gonna help you in the kitchen.
-[Shelley] What? -[Ezra] Now.
You've never offered to help with anything in your life.
We're gonna do it now.
-Know what else too? -Come on.
The National Anthem, I think everybody should kneel.
-[Ezra] Enough. Thank you. -[Shelley] No, I do. Really.
-Not just the players, in fact. -[Ezra] We're gonna go check this out now.
-[Shelley] What are you doing? -[Ezra] Thank you.
[chuckles]
I'm sorry about my mom.
-She's literally a moron. -I like your braids.
Thank you. [sighs]
Xzibit had braids.
Uh, yeah.
Remember that show Pimp My Ride? That was a blast. I loved that show.
He seemed like such a cool dude. Such a gentleman.
You ever bump into him at any of your showbiz things?
-No. -[Arnold] No?
-[groans] Is he still in the rap game? -Dad, stop.
-What? -Just, like, producing sound.
-I like X to the Z. What can I say? -[Liza] Dad.
-Over here right now. -What are you-- What's wrong with you?
Okay, can you just cool it
on everything you are doing and saying in, like, complete totality?
You are so rude and annoying.
-All right? Yes, you are. -[scoffs]
I am being me, and I am thriving.
And I have gotten through my entire life being me,
and I certainly don't need my son to tell me how to behave.
My God.
It's just with the police stuff and, like, Magic Johnson.
Like, you're talking to her like she's a Black person
and not my girlfriend who is a person.
-That's absurd. I said-- -Is it?
Yes, of course! I said, "to the group," okay?
I literally said, "I'm throwing this out to the whole group."
You weren't throwing it out to the group.
'Cause you weren't trying to hear Dad's perspective.
You never asked a question like that
in every dinner we've had for the past however many years.
-I talk about that a lot. -With who?
With all of my friends. With everybody I know. We are always--
Name one friend you talk about police brutality with.
Marilyn.
Uh, uh, Josephine…
You and Marilyn talk about police brutality?
Can't get enough of it.
-Can't get enough of that conversation. -I don't buy that.
It's a hot topic right now.
All right, look. Can we not do this right now?
Seriously.
This is about meeting that lovely woman out there.
And I gotta tell you something, I think she's absolutely wonderful.
-You do? -I do.
-And I've got a people sense, you know. -[whispers] No, you don't.
Anyway, I think she's wonderful.
She is.
What?
I am… I'm gonna ask her to marry me.
[gasps]
Oh, my God! Oh, my…
-[Ezra shushing] -[laughing]
I'm so excited.
[Ezra] Yeah.
-[exhales] -So you're okay with that?
Of course I'm okay with that.
Why wouldn't I be okay with that? [sniffles]
I don't know. Well, she's not Jewish.
Oh, Ezra, you're my baby boy.
And you found an amazing woman who makes you happy.
End of story.
I mean, would it be nice if she were Jewish? Sure.
Our people's numbers are dwindling.
-It would make your life easier. -[exhaling]
But… But this is great too!
Our family is growing in such a cool and hip and funky way, you know.
Oh, my God! I'm gonna have Black grand babies. [laughing]
Okay. Jesus Christ.
[gasps] We're a family of color.
-Mom. -We are the future now.
Mom, just, please, don't ever say that or think that again.
-What? -I know it's exciting, but…
-["Ordinary People" playing on piano] -[Arnold] ♪ This ain't the honeymoon… ♪
-[Ezra] Shh. -I know. I won't…
[Arnold] That was a while back.
-♪ Right in the thick of love ♪ -[Shelley gasps]
[Arnold] ♪ At times, we get sick of love ♪
It's true.
♪ Seems like we argue every day, uh! ♪
♪ I know I misbehaved And you made your mistakes ♪
♪ And we both ♪
-♪ Got some room left to grow ♪ -[mouths] What is happening?
So true.
♪ Though love sometimes hurts Well, I'll still put you first ♪
♪ But I think we should take it slow ♪
♪ We're just ordinary people ♪
That's the truth.
♪ We don't know which way to go ♪
Where?
-[sighs] -I'm so sorry.
-[mouths] It's okay. -♪ …it slow-whoa-whoa! ♪
-[Mo] Well, I'm happy for you, E. -[Ezra] Thank you.
Have you talked to her family yet?
Uh, no.
Do you plan to?
Yeah, just haven't had the chance to meet them.
So you're telling me you're about to ask their only adult daughter
to marry you with this baby-ass ring,
and you haven't even met her parents?
Bro. [scoffs]
White dudes really do be out here living by their own code.
You're gonna have to make up a story or something for this, bro.
Yeah, it is a small ring.
You think her family will judge me and stuff?
I'm judging you, nigga. This is terrible.
Yeah, I thought of that. I thought of that.
I'm just gonna be like, "It's my grandma's Holocaust ring."
-That's good. That's great. -I mean, game over.
They can't say shit. Once you drop the Holocaust, they're like…
But you gotta get it out this box.
-It's not a Holocaust box. -You're right.
Yeah, you wanna put it in, like, a satchel, dirty it up.
-Yeah. -I think you should Holocaust it down.
Yeah, we gotta Holocaust it down, for sure.
-Indeed. -Yeah. All right, that's a good call.
-There's a plan. -Thank you, dude. I appreciate it.
["6 'n the Mornin'" by Ice-T playing]
♪ Fresh Adidas squeak Across the bathroom floor ♪
♪ Out my back window, a simple escape… ♪
It is so nice to meet you guys.
What's going on? Tell me about life.
How are you? How's work?
Talk to me.
Work… Work is fine.
Grinding. I know.
I know. I'm in the grind myself.
[mother chuckles]
So do you hang out in the hood all the time,
or do you just come up here for our food and women?
It's a valid question.
-It is. -[mother] Mm-hmm.
I guess I'm one of those guys who kind of goes wherever.
You go wherever?
Yeah, I'm kind of like a chameleon in that way, I guess.
You know, I'll pop into Marathon and grab a hoodie and some socks,
or, you know, go play ball at Langston Hughes Park
if there's a good run going,
and Roscoe's is obviously one of my go-to's.
I mean, the Carol C. Special. Come on! Where's our waiter?
I'm gonna go see if the waitperson's here
because I feel like we should get it,
'cause I think you guys deserve more than this.
This is your white granddaddy coming back to haunt me.
-What? -That nigga never liked me.
And it started off by him putting them strong ass genes in you
that lighten up the coffee in my babies.
-Akbar, you sound ridiculous. -Yeah.
And then he planted a poison pill in my little baby girl
and it has grown into this white boy that has invited us to lunch at Roscoe's.
Those children got beautiful cultural experiences
from those moments with my granddaddy, so please stop.
-What they got was confused, clearly. -They are not confused.
They are confused. You don't think this is confusion?
All I'mma tell you is we don't need to be arguing in front of the white boy, okay?
I'm not gonna change how I feel about this…
I'm saying what I wanna say,
and I don't give a fuck about this white boy.
I'm not asking you to do that.
Hey, gang.
[clears throat] I'm back. I spoke to the waitress,
and she was upset that I interrupted her smoke break.
Um, so,
you guys are probably wondering why I asked you to… to lunch.
It crossed my mind.
-Yeah, what the hell is this about? -[Ezra] Um…
I wanna… I wanna… I wanna go way back for a second.
I wanna go back to…
Well, let's go with Jesus,
'cause Jesus Christ was half Black, half Jewish, right?
Let's start with Jesus. Legend, right? So…
Jesus Christ, technically, I imagine, had mixed-race children,
which I think is… is great because mixed-race people are really awesome.
You know, you have, like, Mariah and Derek Jeter,
and then, of course, you have the GOAT. He was mixed race.
The GOAT?
The Greatest of All Time.
Yeah, I know what it means, but who are you referring to?
Our guy, the legend. Malcolm X.
-Our guy? -[Akbar laughs]
-Not-- the GOAT. Not… Not my guy. Mr. X. -[mother laughs]
And I'm saying that, like, he's mixed race
and then if Amira and I had a kid, that kid would be mixed race,
and it would be a very nice baby.
Maybe not as important as Malcolm X, but maybe. Maybe!
Maybe my son would be as important as Malcolm X.
I don't know 'cause I haven't--
And she's not pregnant. She's not pregnant.
Because we don't even do that much stuff
and when we do,
I… I am careful.
And she's not a prude.
She's gr-- really, she knows her way around it.
-Okay. -What I'm saying is I love your daughter!
I… I love her, and I would make a good husband.
What in the mother of--
I know I quoted Forrest Gump.
Yeah, you know what? I did quote Forrest Gump.
Because you know who Forrest's best friend was in the world?
Bubba.
-What? -And was Bubba Black and Forrest white?
You bet your fucking ass they were.
And… And you know what? It wasn't about race.
It was about shrimp and partnership, and they made it work.
And Amira and I have done a lot of the similar stuff
that Bubba and Forrest did together, and now we're here,
and I just wanna marry your daughter, if that's okay.
We never seen no fucking Forrest Gump.
[inhales]
-Ain't this about a bitch? -[exhales]
So it's not bad enough that y'all make me have to get a vaccine
so I can go into the casino.
-Now y'all coming after my kids? -[mother groans]
So you wanna marry my daughter?
Yes. Yes, I do.
Well, Ezra…
you can try.
-[knock on door] -No, that's him right now, Mama.
-Oh, okay, I'll call you back. -[phone beeps]
Hey, what's up?
I just got off the phone with my mom.
Oh, you… you did? Yeah, what… what did she have to say?
About…
Well, she just told me that you took her and my dad out to lunch.
It was a nightmare, okay? I totally blacked out. I fucked up.
I have no idea. I don't remember anything.
Well, lucky for you, my parents remember everything.
Why would you take my parents to Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles
and without asking me?
I was taking a shot at something, okay? Just forget it.
Forget it? Oh, no, please, Ezra, keep going,
'cause I would love to know about this little brilliant plan of yours.
[exhales] You wouldn't understand, okay?
[sighs]
Oh, my God.
-[Ezra] I was gonna take your parents out… -Wait, oh, my God.
-We were gonna have a great time, -Oh, my God.
And then I was gonna ask their blessing,
and I had this whole cute proposal planned,
where I was gonna reenact our first few dates, but then it got messed up.
-No, it's not messed up. It's not. -No, it is, 'cause your dad--
-No, it's not. Ezra! Ezra! -Like, it's ruined.
-What? -You can still go through with it.
When?
-Now! Right now! -Like now?
Yes, right now.
-Right-- -Hurry up!
Okay, I'm gonna take off my shoe so I don't crease it.
Amira… [exhales]
-I love you so much. -Hmm.
I have never felt so understood by somebody in my entire life.
I am blown away by your beauty
and your intelligence and your grace.
[Amira sighs]
And now you just do whatever you wanna do.
And if you let me,
I will do everything in my power to give you the most beautiful life,
filled with love and laughter and joy.
Amira, will you marry me?
Of course.
You will?
-[Amira chuckles] Yes! -Oh, my God.
[exhales]
Oh! Oh, my God!
It's from the Holocaust, so that's why it's small.
-[Amira] Oh, I love you. -I love you.
[Amira] I need some color, look.
Sorry it's so small.
No, it's beautiful.
So what's the story again? It's your grandmother's?
Yeah, it's my grandmother's. It was her--
She got it in the Holocaust or whatever.
But like, how old is she if it's from the Holocaust?
It's been a minute. I don't know.
I think she got engaged when she was, like, three or four years old.
[laughing]
-It was a different time, you know. -So stupid.
-It was a different… -What is wrong with you? [laughing]
[chattering]
[Amira laughing]
[Ezra] Don, known you my whole life.
You've been an incredible boss.
I grew up with your kids.
Been on family vacations together. You've always looked out for me.
-Mm-hmm. -Been like a father to me.
And working for you these past ten years has been life-changing.
But it's time for a new adventure.
That's it? That was great!
-That was really good. -An adventure in podcasting.
Uh, maybe leave the podcast part out.
I'm gonna throw up.
No, wait, no, no, no. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Listen.
-Dude, I'm… [sighs] -Listen. Listen to me though. Relax.
You're doing the right thing. You just gotta do it.
You understand? You got the juice!
Repeat that. "I got the juice."
I got the juice.
-I got the juice. -I got the juice.
Say it with some nuts. I got the juice.
-I got the juice! -Believe in yourself!
-I got the juice! -I'm not a buster. I got the juice.
I'm not a mark-ass buster like Don. I got the juice, bitch!
-Period. -Period!
Okay. Now, when you get home, we're gonna watch Juice,
because I'm sure Shelley didn't let you watch Juice growing up.
That is so disrespectful.
-Is it? -I've seen Juice more than you.
-Ooh! [laughs] -I love you.
-I love you. You got this, okay? -Thank you. All right.
Come on, Don! You little bitch-ass Don!
I'm coming for you, Don!
-Okay. -[Ezra] Come on!
-[hip-hop music playing] -♪ Insane… ♪
[Don] I do not care, Javier.
-[exhales] -[Don] Just get it!
♪ I'm just in pain… ♪
I don't give a rat's ass, okay? How about that?
My Maserati sounds like it got gangbanged by the Toronto Raptors,
so fix it!
Jesus!
What's up?
-Cars, huh? -[Don sighs]
Yeah.
[Ezra] Mm-hmm.
On… On that.
Um… [sighs]
I, uh, I don't…
I don't think I'm gonna--
I think I'm gonna not come to work at this address…
-What? -…anymore.
What are you talking about?
[splutters] At a different address, I'm gonna work--
I'm not gonna work here at this address, so I'm gonna, like, do a different place
that I'm gonna do the work from that's different work.
Are you trying to quit on me?
Yeah. Goodbye.
Pathetic. Who resigns in Helvetica?
Wait, so you said, "Fuck you, Don"?
Pretty much.
What did he say?
He was like, "You're a great guy. And like, I'm sorry that--"
"Like, I wish I did better in a weird way too."
And I was like, "It's all good, but also like, don't…"
-Period. -You know, period.
Oh, I love that.
-To the juice. -To the juice!
[Ezra] Mm. Mm. Mmm!
All right.
Let's talk wedding before I think too hard about what I actually just did.
[inhales] Um, sure.
Huh. That's a super reassuring response.
No, babe, I'm sorry.
Look, you know I love you to death. I really do.
Uh-oh.
I'm just a little worried.
You know, since we got engaged and got the house, my family,
they've just been on my head and not in a good way.
So they hate me.
-No! No, no, they don't. -Your family hates me.
They just don't know you yet, you know. And I think…
Look, this is gonna take some getting used to for them.
I mean, and can you honestly say that your family's excited
to have my Black ass in the picture?
I think a good portion of them are.
For sure.
[sighs] All right.
Let me think about this.
[Amira sighs]
From where I'm sitting, I think there's only one thing left to do.
[Shelley] I mean, there are just so many primary colors in this space.
-Which is very uplifting. -[Arnold] Alive.
It really is.
-And we are so thrilled about this. -[mother] Mm.
-Mm! -[Shelley] I mean, they're just precious.
[laughing]
So have you cuties made any, uh, wedding plans yet?
You know, we've thrown some ideas around.
Yeah, we're thinking something really small and intimate
that really just represents us.
[Shelley] Uh-huh.
But we should probably talk about who's gonna officiate the wedding.
Oh, Arnold already talked to Rabbi Singer.
Singer is in!
[Shelley] Yeah, he'd be honored.
Rabbi Singer.
-[mother] Hmm. -So you're not gonna go with an imam?
-[Amira hesitates] Um… -Who's Auntie Mom?
-There's no Auntie Mom. It's an "imam." -Imam.
Mm. I'm so sorry. Can you spell that for me?
I'll spell it for you later. It's like a rabbi for Muslim people.
-Thank you, Ezra. -[Arnold] Oh.
-[mother chuckles] -Oh, so you're all Muslim?
-Yes. -Oh, yes, very much so.
I love it.
That's why I wear this crown.
I love your crown. It's gorgeous.
Babe, you wanna, um, tell them the story behind that crown?
Well, this kufi that I'm wearing right now
was actually a gift from the honorable Louis Farrakhan.
Mmm! Love Farrakhan.
You… You love Farrakhan?
Love him. Can't get enough.
He's… He's one of the GOATs. He's another one of the GOATs.
-Really? What do you love about Farrakhan? -Yeah, what do you love about Farrakhan?
Probably the same stuff that you do, just more stuff.
[Shelley, mother] Hmm.
Can you be a bit more specific?
Yeah, um,
I think what I love about him is his general vibe.
-[Akbar] Ah. -He's got kind of a no-frills attitude.
And I just think he tells it like it's gotta be told sometimes.
-Just stop, babe. -For sure, yeah.
[mother] Ooh! Oh, babe, maybe you should finish telling them
about our private dinner with the minister.
Oh, well, we were blessed to be in Brother Minister's company,
and, uh, I got to speak with him for maybe, like, an hour or so.
-Oh. -[Akbar] We talked about everything.
How far we've come and how far we have to go as a people.
No kidding.
And at the end of the conversation, he actually took this kufi off
and put it on my head.
So this is one of my most treasured gifts.
-Isn't that incredible? -Yes.
Are you familiar with, um, the minister's work?
Well, I'm familiar with what he said about the Jews.
Let's have dinner.
-Yeah. -I am fucking-- so fucking hungry.
Let's get up and do it. Whoo!
I found this great new Sirius station on the radio.
-It's '90s West Coast bangers. -Hey!
It has all the stuff.
Yeah, Dad, I see you driving down Xzibit highway,
and let's refocus it to this dinner that Amira made,
because she's a genius.
-[chuckles] Okay, well, let's dig in. -All right.
So wait, wait, wait, wait. We're not gonna say grace first?
-[Ezra] No, I mean, yeah. -Yeah.
Oh, I was gonna say grace.
-I mean, we say grace all the time, so… -All the time.
[Ezra] Muslim style, so because you're here,
maybe out of respect, you would wanna lead.
-[mother] Mm-hmm. -Well, I will do the honors.
-[exhales] -[silverware clatters]
[Shelley] Oh.
[Akbar] All praises be to Allah, who fed us and provided us with drink…
[whispers] Close your eyes.
[Akbar] …and made us from among the Muslims.
All praises be to Allah,
who fed me this and provided it for me
without any power or might from myself.
-Correct. -[Akbar speaking Arabic]
-Amin. -[Ezra] Definitely.
-Amin. -Amen.
-[all] Amin. -[Shelley splutters]
I couldn't have said it better myself.
So, Ezra tells me that you guys used to have a boat growing up.
[Shelley] Yeah.
I was thinking that maybe one day
we can rent a boat and go out.
-Hang out. -[Arnold] Oh.
-All of us. -That would be really fun.
-I can make that happen. -We'll think about it.
Because Black folks don't really have a good relationship with boats.
[laughing] That's very true. Or water.
[chuckling] Kind of like Jews with trains, right?
-[Arnold] Wow. Bingo. -[Shelley] Hmm.
[laughing]
[scoffs] Are you trying to compare the Holocaust to slavery?
Oh, no, no, no, no, I'm not doing-- I mean, I wouldn't do that.
Al… Although, you know, if you think about it,
I think the Blacks and the Jews have a similar struggle.
-[Arnold] Hmm. -[Shelley] Yeah.
No. So you are kind of sort of comparing the two.
-Just a little bit. -Can you pass the potatoes this way, hmm?
Well, the Jews were technically the original slaves.
-Right? OG slaves. -[Shelley] Oh, that's interesting.
Oh, you going all the way back to Egypt.
Okay, well, you do know that that was 3,500 years ago.
Slavery is one great-grandparent away for us.
-That is correct. -You know. My grandmother picked cotton.
Well, Daddy, I don't think that they were trying--
-No, it's true, honey. -My grandmother picked cotton.
I don't have to go back to Egypt. I just go back 75 years.
You know, Jews make up one-half of 1% of the world's population,
because we were systematically annihilated.
Exactly.
The one and one-half percent of the population that you make up
seems to be doing pretty good right now.
Uh, yeah, okay, but… [chuckles]
Here's the thing. It's not like we don't work hard for it.
You know? I mean Arnold, he works super-duper hard in his practice.
-He's a podiatrist. You do, honey. -And… And what did his father do?
He was a podiatrist.
And what about his father?
He was a… a podiatrist.
-Yeah, so… -[Arnold] Well.
-And a bookie. -Yes, he did that on the side.
He went straight.
[Shelley] All I'm saying is that our people
came here with nothing like everybody else.
Actually, you kind of sort of came here
with the money that you made from the slave trade.
-What? Oh! -[Akbar] Preach.
-Preach, Mother. Preach, Mother. -[Arnold] Holy moly.
-Come on. -It's true. It's very tr--
-I would like to see your sources on that. -Baby, go get my purse.
I've got my slave receipts in my purse.
-Go get my purse. -[Akbar] Take that off the table.
I don't turn on the news every day and see people in yarmulkes getting shot
by police because they was out minding their business.
Okay, first of all, you have no idea what you're talking about.
-A very uncomfortable conversation. -[chattering]
Ever figure out what happened with the potatoes? An ETA on those?
I'm trying.
[mother sneezes]
Are you okay?
I think we need to blow the candles out. I'm getting an allergic reaction.
Babe, can you move the candles?
-Yes. -Can you get these candles out of here?
-[Shelley] Yes. -Candles smell like shit.
-[chattering] -No, it's okay. I got it.
When my grandmother was picking cotton, your grandfather's picking feet.
Yes, I agree.
[Ezra] I just want you to sit down. I am hosting.
-[chattering] -No, no. There they go!
I am supposed--
-Oh, shit! Oh, shit! -[screaming]
-Oh, shit! -[Ezra] Oh, shit!
-Grab some water or something! -[Akbar] Oh, shit! What the fuck!
What are you doing? Hey! No!
-[shouting] -No! No!
-Stop it! -I'm sorry! Oh, my God.
[gasps]
[mother] Oh, Lord.
Oh, shit.
[Amira sighs]
What are we gonna do?
-About the kufi? It's gone, baby. -No, our parents.
Who cares?
Like, we don't even have to worry about that.
I mean, your dad's intense, yeah, but we knew that going in.
What is that supposed to mean?
Guess it's supposed to mean that he didn't smile or make one joke--
Oh, wow. Are you trying to say that my dad's an angry Black man?
I never said he was angry, no.
Yeah, but you're saying a Black man is intense,
which is insinuating that he is.
He is Black, and he's intense.
Yeah, but you don't say that as a white person about a Black person,
calling them "aggressive" or "intense."
That's being passive-aggressive saying that he's an angry Black man.
-Should I say he's not intense? -Say nothing about my dad.
If anyone should have any beef, it's with your mom.
She set my dad's kufi on fire.
What's wrong with my mom? I mean, yeah, she's, like, an idiot,
but she still, like, means well.
It's not like she did it on purpose.
Mm. Yeah, I don't know about that.
All right, I'm not gonna argue about something so ridiculous, okay?
[sighs] All right, let's talk about the rabbi.
I don't think we need that. Let's just have a friend of ours do it.
[inhales] Um, I would like to use our imam.
Your imam?
[Amira] Mm-hmm.
Okay, Miss Shakur. When did you get so Muslim?
I've been Muslim. I was born Muslim.
And it's important to my dad, so I think we should go with it.
Was that Muslim bacon you ate yesterday?
It actually was. It was Jewish bacon.
-Jewish bacon? -Yeah.
-I don't claim to be super Jewish. -Okay.
-I eat bacon all day. I don't care. -Okay. Well, so what? And?
-Yeah, you want an imam to marry us. -So?
Want me to face the bed towards Mecca?
-I can do that. -Actually, I do. Very much so.
Okay, cool, I love that four hours ago you became a devout Muslim.
-For sure. -Your dad's not even that Muslim!
He heard "Fight the Power" once and changed his name from Woody to Akbar.
Okay, now you're going all out of line. Relax.
-You told me that. We joke about it. -Yeah.
But I didn't tell you that for you to turn around and tell me.
You're being-- Really, low-key, you're being an asshole.
-I'm being an asshole? -Yes.
-[Ezra] Okay. -[exhales]
You know what? I really-- I don't wanna fight. I can't.
I don't wanna fight about it, okay?
We just had too much going on tonight. I just… I can't.
Me either. I don't wanna fight about it either.
[exhales]
[inhales] Look, I think our time would be best used
if we just think about how to move forward.
I agree.
I'm gonna pitch that we just never speak to these people ever again
and just a full, clean break.
We cannot do that.
You know, I'm thinking that maybe if we spend more time with them together,
maybe you and my dad can kind of hang out, just you and him.
Sounds rad.
Then I think he can get comfortable with you, you know.
And then maybe he'll see what we have going on.
Just might make him feel, you know… and you too.
-Okay. -Okay.
-[sighs] -Okay.
I gotta go to sleep. I started my period, and it's just been hell.
Yeah, I'm worried too,
'cause I haven't gotten my period in, like, 35 years.
-I should see a doctor or something. -[both laughing]
["Hood Took Me Under" by Compton's Most Wanted playing]
♪ I got another gang story to tell ♪
♪ Peep about how a Black nigga Was born in hell ♪
♪ And right then and there is no hope ♪
♪ 'Cause a nigga can't escape The gangs and the dope ♪
♪ Damn! And when it's Black on Black That makes it shitty ♪
♪ Can't survive in the Compton city… ♪
Amira told me that you gave up a job in finance
so you could start a podcast.
[sighs] Yes, that is true. I know it sounds crazy.
Oh, so you do know that that sounds crazy?
Yes, yeah, I mean, I do. I mean--
-You know it sounds crazy. -I do. I do, and she, you know…
Look, she's amazing, and she was like,
"Life is short, and you gotta follow your dream," you know.
How are you gonna support my daughter by following a dream?
Do you have, like, some dream Bitcoin
or a dream 401(k) or some shit?
I don't have a dream 401(k).
But I am gonna give it everything I have.
[accented] You're gonna give it everything you've got?
That sounds like some white boy shit.
"I'm gonna give it everything I've got!"
[Ezra] Yeah, I see it. I can handle the jokes like that, for sure.
[Akbar] I'm not joking.
No, I know you're not joking. I think that's-- I'm saying you're doing a good--
I'm not trying to do shit. I'm saying what you just said.
[Ezra] Right. You weren't doing an impression.
Again, I wasn't saying you were doing an impression.
[Akbar] Nigga, I don't do impressions.
I don't think-- I don't even-- I don't think you do impressions.
[Shelley] You know, I really did enjoy meeting your parents the other night,
but I felt so horrible about your father's kufi.
-You know? -[sighs]
I… I actually… I have a little piece of it left,
and I was thinking maybe I could frame it or something.
-Oh, no. It's okay. -Yeah.
-You sure? I could take it to Michaels. -Oh, yeah.
And they actually do a pretty good job.
You wouldn't think it for a craft store, but they do.
[hesitates] He has a lot of kufis at home. It's fine.
-Oh, he does? -Yes.
Oh, okay. He's got a kufi closet. [laughs]
No, it's not a closet.
-[Shelley] No, I'm just making a little… -It's actually a respectful situation.
[Shelley] Oh, yes, absolutely. I'm sure it's just a nice shelf, yes.
-["N****s in Paris" playing] -Oh! Love this song!
Sorry. I love this song.
Yeah, it's a hot one.
-It's provocative. Gets the people going. -Why--
Why you like this song so much?
Oh, it's amazing, man. It's provocative.
Yeah. What, you like the lyrics?
I just think it's, like, a jam. It's just a jam, you know.
Yeah, you know what?
What's the title of this song again? I forgot the name of this song.
[music continues playing]
-The name of this song. What is it? -[Akbar] It's so provocative.
-What is it? [mutters] -♪ This shit crazy… ♪
I don't know. I think-- is it "In Paris?"
[Akbar] Something about something in Paris.
-What is it? -It's "Midnight… Midnight in Paris"?
-That's not it. -Is it "Midnight in Paris"?
It's not "Midnight." It's not "Midnight."
It's somebody else is in Paris.
-A pack of pals in Paris? -That's close.
Are you cold?
-No. -There's seat heaters even.
-Oh. No, I'm okay. Thank you. -Okay.
-["Rise Up" by Andra Day playing] -[gasps] Ooh, I love this song.
It is so fire.
-Do you love it? -[music continues playing]
-Oh, yeah, I know this song. -♪ I rise unafraid, I rise up ♪
Oh, it kills me.
♪ A thousand times a day ♪
[inhales, vocalizes]
Don't you love that part?
[continues vocalizing]
You know, it's so funny 'cause I think I don't know the title of the track.
But I think-- And that's not what I respond to.
I think I respond to more what it's about,
which is like friendship with a Parisian backdrop.
-[music continues playing] -[vocalizing]
♪ Mountains ♪
♪ Pretty Jewish feet ♪ [vocalizing]
♪ Mountains ♪
-[music continues playing] -It's about everybody, you know.
More your friends maybe together than mine--
[splutters] But we… we should go to Paris.
-Or the four of us. -Four of us will go to Paris.
Then we'll be just like this record.
If we went to Paris. Almost like this record.
It'll be 75% of this record if we went to Paris together with you.
I'm not putting the math together on it, but…
-[music continues playing] -[vocalizing]
Can't quite do that note.
[vocalizes]
-[music continues playing] -[singer vocalizing]
["CussWords" by Too $hort playing] ♪ Cuss words, just let 'em run ♪
♪ And all their fucking shit Goddamn asshole… ♪
[man 1] Hey, nigga, didn't I tell your ass no guns in here?
-[chattering, laughing] -[man] Put that away.
That's the third time I told you. God damn it!
[man 2 laughs]
[razors whirring]
Oh, hey, what's up, Ak?
-What's going on, Ant? -[Ant] I'm all right.
-You got me? -Oh, yeah, man. Yeah, you and your, uh…
You and your pigment-challenged friend have a seat there.
I got a bleeder. Let me get this Gorilla Glue.
[inhales] I hope the wait ain't too long.
You don't have a problem with getting lined up here, do you?
Yeah. I'm chilling. This place is dope.
That's right.
Although, there appears to be a dress code that I wasn't informed of.
[Akbar] Great, then we're good.
Hey, Ak, what's up with White Cuzz?
Well, I don't know, man. You know, honestly, I don't really know this nigga.
Am I White Cuzz?
-Well, I'm not. -Hey, yo, White Cuzz.
I'm White Cuzz, for sure.
What's up, man?
Why don't you do me a favor, slide out of that dead hoodie for me?
[Ezra] Hmm?
Your hoodie, nigga, wrong color. Why don't you take that shit off?
Oh, shit.
Oh, yeah, you know what? It is humid as fuck. Definitely.
It's funny. You were so cold in the car a second ago.
I know, because the AC was blowing at my throat.
And I was scared of getting strep, and then I'm not anymore,
because we're in this, like, small place with a bunch of people.
So I'm like, it's all good. I'm just gonna take the hoodie off.
[splutters] Okay. Wait a minute. Are you sure you wanna do that?
I mean, who am I?
But what's gonna happen after you take that off? What's next?
Gonna be getting cornered by his crew out in the shower.
Fighting for your manhood every day, till you get tired and tap out.
And then you be a certified rag doll.
Certified rag doll?
Have you doing their laundry and taking your commissary tray.
And the very last face you see
before you cry yourself to sleep every night will be his.
And the first face you see in the morning
when you wake up from your nightmares will be his.
Now, is this the kind of never-ending vicious cycle
you wanna get subjected to
just 'cause you wanted to take your hoodie off?
They have a commissary here?
[Shelley] I always wanted to take my daughter-in-law on a date like this.
-Okay, I'm excited. -Yeah. Yeah.
-Hi. -[mouths] One second.
-[exhales] -[receptionist] Yes…
Wow. That's attitude.
Anyway, they offer this beeswax wrap here.
-[Amira] Mm-hmm. -It's actually from beehives.
-Really? -[Shelley] Yeah.
They have hives here and--
-[receptionist] Hey. -Hi.
[receptionist] Don't you look cute.
Yeah, that's no problem. Are you okay with a male therapist?
-Oh, wow. -[receptionist] Yeah, Cesar's great…
I am so sorry.
Sorry for what?
Did… Did you not just see what happened?
No, what just happened?
Okay. Just so you know, I come here all the time.
-Right? -Okay, yeah.
-And so then I come in here with you. -Mm-hmm.
And they let some white woman just go in front of us. [scoffs]
-[scoffs] -Oh, oh, I didn't…
I mean, maybe her appointment was just ahead of ours.
I can't believe what you have to go through.
-What? What are you--? -Hang on just a second.
-No, I really don't think you should-- -I got it.
Okay, you are.
Hi.
Oh, hi. [scoffs]
Okay, so, um…
as a future mother-in-law
of an African-American woman in America,
I am appalled, and I am disgusted
to have witnessed the racism that I just witnessed.
Wait, what are you talking about?
Oh, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
Hey.
[receptionist 2 laughs, types]
[chuckles] Miss Shelley. How about we get us some air?
-Uh, yeah. We're gonna get some air. -Get some air.
-[receptionist] Oh. -Um, it's under Cohen with-- with a C.
-Yep. -[Amira] Get some air.
["Tonite" by DJ Quik playing]
♪ Here we go, here we go… ♪
-[tires screech] -[siren wailing]
-[clamoring] -[man] Right here, right here!
[hip-hop music continues]
[cheering]
♪ They say that I'm hopeless ♪
♪ But I don't really care So blame it on the… ♪
-This looks like a decent run. -Yeah, man.
-[player] What's up, Ak? -What's up?
Hey, is this anything like Hughes Park?
Huh?
Langston Hughes Park.
You mentioned that you play there all the time.
Although a pretty extensive Google search
and literally every single person I asked about it never heard of it.
No, for sure, for sure. Google's been like…
Definitely being weird.
-And that's been, like, issues for me, so… -Ah!
I would take it to the Genius Bar on that one, but, uh…
Also, it's like a pop-up Langston Hughes,
but this definitely has, like, a Langston Hughes Park…
-Mm-hmm. -Sort of charisma to it, for sure.
Yeah, man, why don't you go out there and get a run in?
-Now? -Yeah, man, go play.
I think there's, like, a lot of people waiting and stuff.
Hey, can my man play?
[player] Yeah, come on in. Let's ball.
You got next.
-[player] Hurry up. -All right, yeah.
All right, now, go out there and get your Langston Hughes on.
I'm gonna.
Yeah. Hey. "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."
-That's good. -Uh, that's Langston Hughes.
I know, dude. I say that shit all the time.
That's my email signature.
[laughs]
[players shout]
-[grunts] -[player] What the hell you doing, bro?
-[Ezra] Oh, you're filming this? -Yeah, kind of.
-You don't have to. -I know it. I'm doing it for me.
-[Ezra] Okay. -[laughs] Come on now, Langston.
[clamoring]
Swing that. [chuckles]
-[player] Come on, dude! -[Akbar] Come on now, Langston.
[dramatic music playing]
-[players shout] -["All I Do is Win" by DJ Khaled playing]
You weren't filming that?
Nah, I'mma get the next one though.
♪ All I do is win, win, win… ♪
Now go around him. That's right.
[players shout]
Come on now. Hey, y'all gonna just let him do that?
♪ Everybody's hands go up… ♪
♪ And they stay there… ♪
[players cheering]
♪ And they say yeah… ♪
[chattering]
Mr. Mohammad, this was awesome. We gotta do it again.
Yeah, I had a ball.
Throw me on a text with these guys. They're too much.
[players cheering]
-[chattering] -[laughing]
♪ And they say yeah… ♪
-[Ezra] What are you saying? -[Mo] Dude.
Black people and white people will never be cool. Period.
-What the fuck are you talking about? -The truth, dawg.
You're my best friend and my business partner.
Yeah, that's how powerful this shit is, bro.
It's kind of like when you cheat on a woman, right?
When you cheat on a woman, it's like you try to move forward but never can.
Why? 'Cause she just keeps asking questions.
She needs to know every detail. She won't let it go, you know.
It's like, "Did you strap her?"
"Did she suck it? Did you guys do anal?"
This is not where I was expecting this to go.
Oh, I mean, it's where it needs to go, man, 'cause it's the truth.
For Black people in this country, white dudes are the cheater.
And we're the chick who can't move on.
No matter how bad we want to,
we can't forget what y'all did and what y'all are still doing.
[hip-hop music playing]
-[man grunting] -[Shelley] Oh.
For those who don't know who I am, I am Demetrius, uh, Amira's cousin.
Love her to death.
And, uh, I'm a wedding planner.
Okay, first off, my name is "Amira,"
and you do day parties at the airport DoubleTree.
Uh, business is expanding as it should, right?
[chuckles] I mean, if you ain't escalating, what you doing?
-You know? -Yeah.
[woman laughs]
Well, um, I am Becca and, uh, also a party planner.
-I am an old friend of the Cohens. -Yeah.
I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be rude or anything.
But why… why do we need them?
-Oh, Amira. -Look, I can't stress this enough.
But I told you stress is gonna be extra
if I'm gonna be dealing with her, 'cause I… I gotta be amazing.
Don't worry about it. She's gonna cooperate.
[Demetrius] Thank you.
You know, you really don't have a lot of time.
so I do think we have to jump in pretty quickly.
I thought maybe we could start with a theme, lock that down.
Um, and I was thinking maybe like an old Hollywood.
[gasps] I love old Hollywood.
Right? I know.
You love the period when Black entertainers
couldn't stay in the hotels they performed in?
[Demetrius groans]
-That's an excellent point. -[mother] Mm-hmm.
You know, I've always hated Gone with the Wind.
Way before you were supposed to.
[Shelley] Before it was cool.
See, the spirit is moving me to move in this direction, which is, uh,
I was thinking more of, like, a Tron type of feel.
You know? Remember the '80s Tron?
-No. -[Akbar] Yeah.
So we have a Tron type of wedding, but a hood Tron, you know.
Keep it…. Keep it less expensive
by having, uh, LED light suits instead of the regular suits.
Have it in the hood, having real people doing real things in the Tron world.
-I… I don't think-- -I like that.
-I don't. -Yeah, yeah, yeah, brother, there we are.
[Shelley] A little clarity.
Do you mean that everybody wears the same suit to the wedding?
Nah, you pick your color, but you gotta get in where you fit in.
First come, first serve.
I want a red-- I want a red one.
You want the red one? We got that. So the red is gone.
[Shelley] Where do we get the suits?
Oh, I'll bring the suits, yeah.
I'll bring the suits. I got 40 hood Tron suits,
and, uh, they light up.
-All of 'em work. It's gonna be great. -[Akbar] Mm.
-And you have 40 of them? -Forty of 'em.
Anybody outside of y'all wedding, more than 40 people,
then that's on y'all.
I wouldn't bring them 'cause they couldn't fit in the suit.
They gonna look weird without being in a suit.
-It'll be cool, brother. There you go. -That sounds different.
-Ain't nobody did the Tron wedding. -[Demetrius] Ain't nobody did that.
Yo, our parents are killing us.
I know.
The good news is we are almost done with it.
And they've been so busy, they're basically out of our lives.
You're right. I haven't heard from my mom in days.
It's been amazing.
Yeah, I haven't heard from my dad either, which is rare,
because he hasn't even sent one of his "form follows function" texts.
Do you think something terrible happened to him?
Oh, my God, no. Why would you say that?
No, I-- that would be horrible.
That would be the worst. I'm just making sure he's okay.
Anyway, babe, I gotta go.
-I don't wanna be late. Kiss. -You look beautiful.
Thank you.
You're gonna kill it. Remember, you got the juice.
You really haven't seen that movie, have you?
If you fucking say I haven't seen Juice one more time,
I will leave your ass.
[Amira laughs]
That's why with the Victorian dress, I went with the blues and the greens.
A very rich color for this time.
And just so you guys know, I have really great relationships downtown,
and I can get high-quality fabrics for, like, a fraction of the cost.
-This is great. -Yeah.
I would love to leave you guys with some of my sketches.
[man] That would be amazing.
Man. And can you remind me when you graduated Harvard?
It's just maybe we know the same people.
Oh, um,
I… I didn't go to, um, Harvard. I went to Howard.
Howard. Sounds kind of similar.
It's like a Black Harvard.
Interesting.
[Ezra] Let's go!
No, I'm telling you, this bachelor party's exactly what you need
to get your mind right before the wedding, homie.
I'm so fucking stressed, bro.
-Oh! -I can't wait.
Vegas with the motherfucking squad, nigga. We gonna have so much fun.
Bro, I'm gonna do molly and lick a stripper's toes, man.
Shit's gonna be lit. [chuckles]
Hey. What's going on, y'all?
-Hey, what's up? -[Mo] Mm.
What's up?
Yeah, man. Hope it's not a problem me being here.
You know, I figure I'd tag along. I brought Omar too.
What's up, nigga?
Hey, Omar.
Yeah, when I found out that Amira
was gonna take your mother and sister to Palm Springs with the girls,
I figured it'd be cool for me to come hang out with the fellas.
-Yeah, that's such a good and normal idea. -Yeah.
Listen, when we're in Vegas,
I don't want you thinking I'm your future father-in-law.
I'm not that guy.
I'm just another one of the fellas, hanging out having a good time.
Hey, what's your boy's name again?
Uh, my name's Mo, and I have titties.
-Oh, I'm sorry, bro-- um, sister-- Mo. -[Mo] Mm-hmm.
-Yeah. -Yeah. [sighs]
-[man] Can I get my seat? -I'm sorry about that, yeah.
We gonna have fun.
Totally.
-What the fuck is going on? -Bro, I don't know.
But his casual nature is terrifying, all right?
He's the type of nigga that'll kill you
and get a solid nine and a half hours of sleep.
I've done that.
Hey, did you know that Mo had titties?
Yeah, they're on her chest.
Dude, uh, so what's your plan?
We catch this kid with the beard doing weird stupid shit,
and you just snitch on him to your daughter?
No, we gonna just go down there and make sure he don't have no fun.
That is very low class of you.
-But I cannot lie. That is a good plan. -Hmm.
Vegas has a knack for bringing out who people really are.
-That's right. -Can tell a lot about a man by his crew.
That's right.
-[cork pops] -[laughing, shouting]
-Cheers! -[man] Shot!
Shot!
-Swallow the pill. -Ahh!
-[Mo] All right, this is for my boy. -[Ezra] Yeah.
The E to the Z to the motherfucking E. You know what I'm saying?
He's trading in his pimp card, boys.
-Yeah, this one's for me. -[Mo] Hell yeah!
[women shouting]
["Drop It Like It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg playing]
♪ When the pimp's in the crib, Ma Drop it… ♪
-[shouting] -[laughing]
-Hi! -You glowing and shit.
Ladies, who's making all the noise in the lobby?
[shouting]
-Hey! -Hi, gorgey!
-Well, hello, titties! Mwah! -[laughing]
-[women chattering] -Hello, girls!
Who is this white woman?
[Shelley] Oh.
You guys, so this is Miss Shelley, Ezra's mother.
-[all] Oh! -[laughing]
Gosh, you are all so gorgeous.
-I can't stop staring at you. -Thank you.
Honestly, it's like, these earrings
and the orange business up top.
-[laughing] -[Shelley] It's just so dope.
-I can't get over it. And the hair. -It's dope.
I mean, I am straight up simping for all of you.
-[all laugh] -Yeah.
[laughing]
And that is a beautiful tattoo.
-Oh, thank you. -Of course. What does that say?
It says, "Rest in peace, Big Rev."
Oh, condolences.
Yeah, he was my heart.
Um, I wonder why you didn't put it…
-…on your other breast. Wha-- -Mom, for the love of God.
-[clears throat] I'm so sorry. -Yes.
For your loss and for my mom.
-What? [scoffs] -[laughs]
-["Popstar" by DJ Khaled playing] -[crowd chattering, laughing]
-♪ Another one ♪ [echoes] -♪ Yeah ♪
♪ DJ Khaled! ♪
♪ Bitches calling my phone Like I'm locked up, nonstop ♪
♪ From the plane To the fucking helicopter, yeah ♪
♪ Cops pulling up Like I'm giving drugs out ♪
♪ Nah, nah, I'm a pop star, not a doctor ♪
♪ Bitches calling my phone Like I'm locked up, nonstop ♪
♪ From the plane To the fucking helicopter, yeah ♪
♪ Cops pulling up Like I'm giving drugs out ♪
♪ Nah, nah, I'm a pop star, not a doctor ♪
♪ Hey, shorty with the long text I don't talk, hey ♪
♪ Shorty with the long legs She don't walk, hey ♪
♪ Yeah, last year I kept it on the tuck, hey ♪
♪ 2020, I came to fuck it up, yeah ♪
♪ I wanna long life, a legendary one ♪
-♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ I want a quick death and an easy one ♪
♪ I want a pretty girl and an honest one ♪
-♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ I want this drink and another one… ♪
[cheering]
♪ I'm a pop star This shit ain't bubblegum ♪
♪ You would probably think My manager is Scooter Braun… ♪
[man snorting] Ah!
[chuckles, clears throat]
Hey, let me get this straight.
Every single person that you know does coke, but you don't?
Yeah, it's crazy and upsetting.
It's… It's driving us apart, honestly.
I miss them the way they were, you know.
Yo! Ezra! Ezra, buddy, buddy. We're almost out.
So we need your guy's number. So we need to call the coke guy.
Your guy, your coke guy. Can we call him? Thank you.
What guy? I don't have a guy!
Ez, what? You definitely have a guy.
-You got a guy. -The coke guy from Vegas from last time.
Just call him. Quit holding out.
I think you're so high on cocaine, you don't know what you're saying.
I don't have a coke guy.
-[laughing] -No. You have a guy.
We bought cocaine from him.
-He is a cocaine dealer. -[man 2] Yeah.
And we bought coke,
and you got so high that you ended up passing out on the Strip.
You had cocaine all over your face.
Wait, I think I remember you.
You… You shit your pants last time.
-Yes, you did! You shit your pants! -[all laughing]
-From cocaine use! You did that. -[mouths] Shut the fuck up.
Sniff, sniff, motherfuckers, guess who I found.
-[all] Coke guy! -[Mo] Exactly! Ho-ho!
Ezra! Ezra, that's the guy I was talking about.
The coke guy!
Look. Look, look at his knuckles.
Yeah, it says "Coke Guy" right there on his knuckles.
Ezra! Thank you for the Edible Arrangement on my birthday.
Such a mensch. For you, Papi.
God damn. That's a lot of cocaine you got there, Ezra.
Yeah.
Hey, you shit on yourself last time you was here?
You shat your slacks?
Yes, but not from cocaine.
It was from… It was from Chipotle.
-[chattering] -[laughing]
-I'm ready. I am ready! -Oh!
-Seven letters. Plural. -Yeah, right.
A group of people who move beautifully.
Okay, you said plural, so there's an "s."
-[mother] "S." -Good.
-Oh, strippers! Strippers! -[woman] Too many letters.
[imitates buzzer]
Oh, wait. Oh, no, no, no, I've got it.
Is it an "n" word?
[mother exhales]
[Shelley] No.
No, no. I meant N-Navajos.
-[woman] Oh, jeez. -[Shelley] No, that's where I was going.
Was Navajos, because, um…
-You know, when they move, the Navajo-- -[Liza] Mom.
Mom, please.
[Shelley] What?
-Oh. Dancers! -[screaming]
Oh, my God!
What the hell!
What the hell is wrong with you?
-[woman 1 shouts] -[gasps]
-[woman 2] Oh, my God! -[shouts]
[shouting]
No, no!
[woman 2] It's okay. Your braids look good.
It's hooked onto my…
-It's okay. Somebody get her a wig. -[chattering]
-Did you know this was a wig? -No, I… I didn't know that.
I mean, this… this is kind of amazing craftsmanship, don't you think? Because--
-Gimme the girl's wig back. Gimme the wig. -What--
-Now it's all tangled up. -[woman 3] You're okay.
-[woman 1] Let's go! -[woman 2] Okay.
[woman 1] We out.
What ha--
-[Ezra] Was your trip as bad as mine? -[Amira] I guess you could say that.
[exhales] Yeah, mine was rough.
Did your dad say anything?
No. Why? Should he?
No, just that, uh, everything went okay,
and it was totally normal, so, yeah.
-Okay. -Why was yours rough? 'Cause my mom?
[Amira sighs] I don't wanna talk about it.
[scoffs] What'd she do this time?
Ezra, I don't-- I really don't wanna talk about it.
Just tell me what she did.
[sighs] Okay, she pulled the same tone-deaf shit she does all the time.
But that's what y'all do, so…
What type of shit is that to say?
I'm sorry. I just got a lot on my mind.
I'm sorry.
[Ezra sighs] Okay.
Whoa, whoa. What are you doing?
-Throwing this shit away. -Why?
Because I didn't get the job, Ezra. That's why.
What?
The producer called me and told me that he went with someone else.
Someone who has more period piece experience. I don't know.
[Ezra] Baby, I'm sorry.
If it's any consolation, I can hold you down for a while.
[scoffs] No, Ezra, I don't wanna be some kept woman.
I'm just trying to think of ways to help you, all right?
Like… [sighs]
-Let me-- -[Amira sighs]
Let me call my family friend Rick Greenwald.
He's got connections,
and he'll look out for you on your next job.
Oh, the fucking luxury.
Are you not listening to what I'm saying? Are you not hearing me?
Everything I have, I've gotten on my own.
I've worked really hard for it
and worked through all this racist bullshit,
all for you to be able to come in
and call your family friend to give me a job
I probably should have got five years ago?
How do you think that makes me feel?
Well, I'm not trying to make you feel bad. I'm just trying to, like, help.
And it's okay to accept help from someone who loves you.
That's really easy for you to say because that's how life has worked for you.
That's not how it works for me.
Whatever. We have to get ready for this rehearsal dinner.
I'm going to the bathroom. Alone.
Please.
Yeah, I don't wanna go to the bathroom with you.
[Amira] Since when?
My charger's in there though.
Let me just grab my charger before you're in there for a while.
[Amira] Oh, my God!
-[man] One, two… - ♪ Moon ♪
♪ River ♪
♪ Wider than a mile… ♪
[chattering]
♪ Some day… ♪ [vocalizing]
[chattering]
-[chattering continues] -[laughing]
-Woody! -Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
My name is Akbar Mohammad, bro.
Oh, man. Mama named you Woody. I'm calling you Woody.
Yeah, Mama didn't give birth to no fake-Versace-wearing,
PPP-loan-scamming career criminal, but here we are.
This is Versace.
Nigga, please.
Anyway, I ain't no criminal, okay?
It was a peeping Tom charge, okay?
I was looking in there, peeping to see if my baby mama was cheating,
so I could get lower prices on my child support.
Why peep through the window?
Because I wanted to see somebody have her broke down over, like a shotgun.
That ain't gonna lower your child support.
The judge seen her being a ho, my child support will go low.
Can't go up in the judge, "I seen her bent over, Your Honor."
"I should get less."
[chuckles] The judge ain't gonna give you less money.
I've done it before.
-Hi, Uncle EJ. -[EJ] Hey, baby!
Hey!
This is Ezra. Ezra, this my Uncle EJ.
-What's up, Ez? What'd you say, Ez-- -Ezra.
-Famous Uncle EJ. Heard a lot about you. -This is my uncle.
[EJ] Okay.
Yeah, this is Ezra. This is the man.
-My man, all right. -[Akbar exhales]
Okay, I'm gonna go say what's up to Renee.
-[EJ] Yeah. -Y'all be nice.
We'll be nice to Ezra.
You gonna let this credit card sit here, we gonna swipe him.
[Amira laughs]
He look like an AmEx, standing here with his hair slicked back.
-Oh. He lying. -[chuckling]
-[laughs] All right. -All right. Okay.
Come back soon if you want.
-Ezra does a podcast on Black culture. -Oh!
Tell him, Ezra.
Yeah, I do podcasts.
About what?
The culture.
Oh, you're gonna just say "culture" and leave "Black" out?
[EJ laughs] You gotta get that money some kind of way, baby, huh?
Give me $150 real quick. Don't tell her I asked for the money.
-I won't. I'll Venmo-- -Give me a Cîroc.
And, uh, the white Barry White something to drink.
[laughing]
["Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" by Barry White playing]
-[chattering] -Cheers!
[laughing]
♪ My darling, I… ♪
[tapping glass]
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! I got something to say.
-I got something to say. Uh… -[man] Okay, say it!
This is nice, y'all. This is real nice.
I ain't never had no, uh, wedding like this,
but I mean, I've been married three times. That's right.
Two times at the courthouse
and then one time at the Benihana's. [chuckles]
We ain't had no reservations, nothing like that.
Amira, my cousin, I just wanna say how happy I am for you and Ezra--
Girl, we just wanna say congrats. You marrying this white man.
-Girl, all these white people are here. -[scoffs]
If you like it, we love it, right? [chuckles]
-I stormed the Capitol. -[crowd gasps]
I did. I was there.
Ezra tried to stop me.
He's a liberal cuck, but he's a good man.
To my best friend Ezra, who's kind and thoughtful,
but for whatever reason didn't think to sit me on the Black side of the table,
which just aesthetically makes sense, you know.
Cheers to inclusion and our newly found generational wealth.
"He left the family early, um,
leaving his mother responsible for everybody, including the house."
"And after Mom died in 1984,
Xzibit had no choice
but to move in back with his father in New Mexico."
I… I wanna say… I wanna say it was Albuquerque.
-Okay. I think we can wrap it up. Yeah. -I think.
That vaccine…
makes you gay.
So the moral of the story is
never date a woman who don't respect your wife.
[diners groaning]
No, I didn't mean to-- I said the wrong shit. [sighs]
-[chattering] -[laughing]
Can I have everybody's attention, please?
Attention, everyone.
Yeah, I know it's, uh,
it's customary for the father to give a speech on the wedding day.
But I thought there was some things that I needed to, uh, address tonight.
Um,
when a man's daughter gets married,
they say that the man is giving her away.
Now, that's a really hard pill to swallow.
Because you don't usually know
who the man is that you're giving your daughter away to.
Usually.
But I consider myself fortunate,
because I think I kind of do know who Ezra is.
[mother chuckles]
And he's not a drunken, drugged-out, dream-chasing whore monger
who surrounds himself with a bunch of, uh, racist degenerates.
[chuckling]
I didn't get that guy.
I got this guy.
-[woman] Mmm. Aww. -[chuckling]
[EJ] All right, okay, okay.
So, here's to my beautiful baby girl.
-[all] Cheers! -[mother] We love you.
[Shelley] Congratulations!
[laughing and chattering continue]
Thank you, sir.
Hey.
Oh, Ezra.
Thank you for, uh, what you did back there.
What did I do back there?
Your speech.
You could've, uh, could've blown up my spot.
You didn't, so thanks.
Well, save your thank you, 'cause I didn't do it for you.
I did that for my daughter.
You think I'm gonna embarrass her in front of her whole family?
No.
You don't know me too well.
But here's the thing. I know you.
I've known you from the very start.
I had your number from day one.
And for the life of me,
I do not know why my daughter continues to go down this path with you.
There's one thing that I'm crystal clear on,
is that you are absolutely, positively, unequivocally
not the right the guy for my daughter.
Period.
-Why? -Excuse me.
Why am I not the right guy for your daughter?
Well, shit, where do I begin?
Anywhere.
Well, what… what about we start at your bachelor party?
When I saw you in the room with the strippers and the cocaine,
how about we start there?
Why don't we start with
why you were at my bachelor party in the first place?
You had no right to be there.
Bachelor parties are for people to be weird.
That's not who I am.
Okay? It's my dumb fucking friends.
But you deeboed your way in, and you got what you wanted.
I had a shitty time.
As a matter of fact, I have a shitty time whenever you're around.
You're like the cooler to my life, and I don't know why.
Because the truth is all I've ever done
is love your daughter,
wholly and completely.
And she loves me,
and we wanna marry each other.
And you just decided before you even met me
that you hated me.
[scoffs] And then once you met me, you put all your energy
just towards, like, smoking me out
or trying to prove I don't belong around Black people,
or that I'm a researcher and not a witness.
That's why you brought me to play ball at that park.
Why you brought me to that Crip barbershop
while I'm wearing a red hoodie like an idiot.
It's why you fuck with me about my podcast and my music taste and how I talk
and how I think and who my friends are
and basically everything that I'm a part of.
And I just take it. I take it!
I take your shit. I take it all day.
And it did teach me one thing that you were right about.
[Akbar] And what's that?
I will never, ever, ever
know what it's like to be a Black person in this country.
But I do know what an asshole is.
Yeah, yeah, I know.
I'm really pleased with the way-- and they're such a nice group of--
Oh, Amira! Amira. Hi!
Would you excuse me for just a second?
-Oh, my gosh! -[Amira] Hi.
Hi! I just wanted to stop you
and tell you that I think you look so pretty.
Thank you.
Is that a roller set?
-Hmm? -Your hair. Is it a roller set?
Um, no, it's not.
Oh. Shoot. Okay. It's not individuals, right?
[Amira] No.
No? Okay. Shit.
All right, well, I guess I'm gonna have to go back to the drawing board.
I, uh-- Ever since the bachelorette party…
[Amira] Mm-hmm.
…I just did this really deep dive on Black women's hair.
And, um, oh, for example, I watched the Chris Rock documentary.
I don't know if you've had a chance to see it. It's absolutely fantastic.
And he's so funny.
There's something about his voice that always makes me laugh.
But anyway, there's nothing funny about Black women's hair, you know.
I mean, my God, I just had no idea.
I mean, it really blew my mind.
You know, the energy and the time
and the… the pain and the suffering that Black women go through.
And so, anyway, I just wanted to be well-versed
for when I saw you next, and I'll let you get back to it.
Yeah, and-- but before you go, can you just tell me…
[exhales] What is this style? Just so I know for next time.
-Shelley, I'm not a toy. -[Shelley] Because I--
Hmm?
I really don't appreciate you treating me
like some shiny little object you can show off to your friends.
Oh, no, I would never do anything like that.
-[Amira] No, you are. -No--
-[Amira] Just let me finish. Yes, you do. -Oh, no, I--
Since I met you, I've been nothing but kind and respectful.
And it's starting to feel like
you're all happy that you have this Black daughter-in-law
now that it's cool to care about Black people.
I bet every time we hang out, you tell one of your friends,
and I can guarantee you that what you don't tell them
is that every time we hang out,
you are wildly offensive and incredibly inappropriate.
-Well, I'm not-- -[Amira] Oh, and now you're gonna cry.
You're gonna clutch your pearls and play the victim
as if everything I just said, none of that was valid.
My feelings are not valid.
Your feelings are hurt.
-Am I being too aggressive with you? -[splutters]
[Amira] Am I giving you "angry"?
The crazy thing is that I really genuinely wanted to get to know you,
woman to woman.
I thought you would see me.
-That's what I-- -[Amira] No, it's not.
Because you can't just see me for me.
It doesn't matter how many books you read
or how many documentaries that you watch,
because at the end of the day, I won't just be Amira to you.
I'll always be Amira, the Black token daughter-in-law,
and that's ignorant.
Amira, are you okay?
Not really.
-Miss Shelley, are you okay? -Mm-hmm.
All right. Uh, Amira, honey.
[sniffles]
[both] Can I talk to you for a second?
Yes.
[gasps] You wanna go first?
-I do, but it sounds like you do too. -I do. [exhales]
Ezra…
I don't know how this is gonna work.
Okay.
[Amira] It's just…
You know, your family,
my family, the whole thing,
I don't know if it's supposed to be this hard,
and if I'm being honest, I just…
Oh, God, I don't have it in me.
I'm so sorry.
[Ezra sighs]
Uh, I don't disagree.
The stuff with our families, like…
my mom, your dad.
Yeah, I guess I don't see it changing, so…
I do, uh, I do want you to know that,
uh, this time with you has been, like, the happiest time of my life, so…
I feel the same way. [sobs]
Okay.
[slow-tempo music playing]
[vocalizing]
[sniffles]
[Ezra] I've been thinking about something you said.
[Mo] Nigga, if I had a dollar for every time I heard that one.
[Ezra] You're extremely unlikable. You know that, right?
-What? -Whoa-ho!
-[chuckles] Yee-hee! -[Ezra] Oh, my!
[Mo] Anyways, what did I say
that's been profoundly rattling around in your consciousness?
You said that Black people and white people could never be cool,
and I think you're right.
[scoffs] Yeah, bro, of course I was right.
I'm always right.
["Where Did the Day Go" by Wet playing]
[chuckles] Is that what's bothering you? That I'm always right?
[Ezra] No, what's bothering me is, for a second, I believed you were wrong.
That there was hope for us. For the future.
[Amira sighs]
[Ezra] That when two people from two different walks of life came together,
they could get by on their compassion for one another
and their curiosity and their love.
♪ Watch as the distance ♪
♪ Leads to the fallout ♪
♪ The sun is setting now ♪
♪ Somewhere in the back of your mind… ♪
But at the end of the day, when it comes to Black and white people,
I don't think love is enough.
There's too many other outside factors.
♪ Where did the day go… ♪
Whether it be your friends or your family,
people can't accept what they don't understand.
Whether it's right is one thing, but factually, it's true.
We really do live in two worlds.
There's no escaping it.
♪ I see a field below… ♪
I was raised by hip-hop shit.
It's made me who I am, but even with that,
I still wasn't prepared for the realities of a world I'm just not from.
I'll always be an outsider.
Which is why, as fucked up as this sounds,
I feel like if you love something,
as much as you wanna share it with everybody,
I think it's best you keep it for yourself.
See, I told you. The white Barry White, he be spitting some shit!
Him and Joe Rogan.
I ain't mad at Joe Rogan for saying "nigga" every other word,
long as he don't say that shit in my face.
[Mo] To make a relationship work, it's the hardest thing…
Man, you kind of dragged bruh a little bit.
What are you talking about? Ezra? I ain't drag him.
You drug him like a fat bitch's left foot.
No, no, no, no, no, you can miss me with all that shit.
I did exactly what any father would do.
[chuckles] You played him like a white boy,
'cause you knew you could get away with it. Tell the truth!
Oh, you would've handled it differently?
I would've got a car out of his ass.
I'd have probably started me a line of credit,
probably got me a washer and dryer,
probably a bottle of cologne.
Try to get my back patio done.
This is the stuff that he probably wanna do.
You in your own reality, huh?
That shit ain't gonna happen.
It don't matter what I would've did.
Times have changed. The world is different, Woody.
Akbar, bitch. My name is Akbar.
-It's the same amount of syllables-- -See? See?
You didn't see what I saw.
Him and his friends, the degenerates, was doing so much cocaine in Vegas,
it looked like they was doing a reboot of Scarface.
So that's what it's about? Cocaine?
Yes, that's one of the main reasons. Yes, cocaine.
He was doing not just cocaine. Lots of cocaine.
It was copious amounts of cocaine, everywhere.
He did so much cocaine, he shit on hisself!
-You seen him shit on hisself? -No, I ain't see him shit on hisself.
But I heard about the other time when he was there and he shit on hisself,
and everybody still talks about it.
-So the whole town knows. -[laughs]
How we gonna be falling in the spot with this nigga?
[EJ] Wow.
Look, I'm not saying it's right, but you did your shit back in the day.
You remember they came out with the Cold Blooded Rick James album?
No, I don't remember the Cold Blooded Rick James album.
Okay, but coke do.
[laughing]
Man, we loved that album.
That was the only time I felt related to you.
And I think you shorted him a little bit.
Yeah, you… you shorted him.
And… And you shorted Amira.
Shorted both of 'em.
-["Where Did the Day Go" playing] -♪ The sun is setting now ♪
♪ Over the city ♪
♪ The light is coming down ♪
♪ You're not with me, oh! ♪
♪ Where did the day go? ♪
♪ I never get to see you ♪
♪ I never get to feel you ♪
[vocalizing]
Can you please stop smiling so big?
-You're freaking out the locals. -What?
Well, I'm excited that my son is gonna buy me some tennis shoes.
[scoffs] I just don't understand why all of a sudden
you need a pair of Dunks so badly.
Because Diane Kaplan's son bought her a pair of tennis shoes
and the bitch won't stop talking about it.
Oh, shit.
What?
Oh, well, that's cool. We can just go in and get the shoes, doesn't matter.
I think you gotta let Diane one up you on this one, Mom.
-I don't really wanna-- -[Shelley] It's…
Ezra?
Oh, uh, Amira, what's up, girl?
Mm. "What's up, girl"?
Why are you sounding like LL Cool J? What's up?
Sorry, I just wasn't expecting to run into you here.
I mean, yeah, same.
Daddy, what's going on?
Oh, fuck me.
Good timing.
Yeah. Okay, I didn't bring you here to buy me shoes.
-Yeah, starting to put that together. -Yeah.
Yeah, and, baby girl, I don't know what I told you to get you down here,
but whatever it was, it was a lie.
The truth is Shelley and I have been talking.
Yep. Uh, we screwed up, you guys.
-Badly. -Yeah.
And we feel like we owe y'all some apologies.
[Shelley] Mm-hmm.
-Can I go first? -[Shelley] Yeah, please, go, go.
Ezra.
Brother.
Man, listen.
I been riding your back from the moment we first met,
and I'm sorry.
'Cause you didn't deserve that.
It's just I couldn't handle the fact that you weren't
what we ever thought Amira would bring home and, uh, you know…
And I never ever thought that I could see my reflection in you, so…
But I do.
And you're a good man.
And a hustler.
And most importantly,
we both love Amira very much, and we'll do anything to make her happy.
[sighs] Okay, it's my turn.
Um, Amira.
[inhales] I am so sorry for everything that I did
and said that was offensive to you.
The truth is I… I was just lost.
You know, my son came home with this beautiful, amazing woman,
and I didn't know anything about her world.
I mean, I thought I did.
And I was just so excited to have a new and different culture in our family,
and I just hope that you accept my apology,
because I do apologize on behalf of all white people.
Except for the racist ones, the actual racist ones.
-[chuckles] -And on behalf of all Jewish people.
Except for Aunt Mitzi because…
-Yeah, she's racist. -She's actually racist.
She's a horrible human being. [sighs]
But really mostly on behalf of me,
Shelley Cohen of Brentwood, California.
I am so sorry, Amira,
because I love you and you are not a toy.
I see you as the real, powerful,
individual person that you are.
Thank you so much, Miss Shelley, that means a lot to me.
And I fully receive that.
It felt very genuine and sincere,
so thank you so much.
And, Ezzy.
[exhales] I'm also sorry for always getting in the way.
No, you're not.
I'm not, honey, but I love you.
-Yeah. I love you too. -I love you, baby, very much.
Okay, so…
Akbar and I had a little idea.
Yes, and we think you're both gonna like it very much.
A lot.
So, did you miss me as much as I missed you?
I missed you so much.
I even got a pair of slides the other day 'cause I wanted to feel close to you.
-[laughs] Eww! -They were Umbros. It was all they had.
-I know. -No.
-I got 'em 'cause I was so sad. -Aww.
-[Ezra] Missed you. -I missed you too.
-[crowd cheering] -["Stay High" playing]
[laughing]
♪ I just want to stay high… ♪
[laughing]
♪ With you… ♪
[laughing]
[Ezra] This is great!
I love you.
[Ezra] Aww!
[mother chats indistinctly]
[laughing]
[rabbi] Blessings to all who are present
to witness Ezra and Amira unite their lives in marriage.
Two hearts as one.
Ezra and Amira, you choose each other to build a home,
not of brick and mortar, but a home and haven in your hearts together.
May it be fulfilled each day
as you are on this beautiful journey of love.
["N****s in Paris" playing]
[audience] Aww!
Just a little heavy on the tongue.
Most white people do.
[cheering]
♪ So I ball so hard Motherfuckers wanna fine me ♪
♪ But first, niggas gotta find me ♪
♪ What's 50 grand to a motherfucker Like me, can you please remind me? ♪
♪ Ball so hard, this shit crazy… ♪
-[chanting] -[shouting]
[shouting continues]
[Amira] Oh!
[laughing]
Can you believe this is happening?
Yep! [laughs]
Wow. They look so happy, huh?
-Yeah, they do. -[woman shouts]
Mr. and Mrs. Cohen.
Mr. and Mrs. Mohammad-Cohen.
Yep.
Ain't that a bitch!
[laughing]
♪ Gold bottles, scold models ♪
♪ Spillin' Ace on my sick J's ♪
♪ Ball so hard, bitch, behave ♪
♪ Just might let you meet Ye ♪
♪ Chi-towns, D. Rose I'm moving the Nets, BK ♪
♪ Ball so hard Motherfuckers wanna fine me… ♪
♪ Ball so hard Motherfuckers wanna fine me ♪
["Trauma Baby" by Malcolm Mays playing] ♪ Trauma so deep can't change me, baby ♪
♪ Pain so deep that it changed me, baby ♪
♪ Trauma too deep can't save me, baby ♪
♪ Scars ♪
♪ Trauma so deep can't change me, baby ♪
♪ Pain so deep that it changed me, baby ♪
♪ Trauma too deep Can't save me, baby, no ♪
♪ Fuck an arrest, fuck up a check ♪
♪ I can't sleep tonight ♪
♪ She fuck with the best It's all in her chest ♪
-♪ She got the sweetest life ♪ -♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ She gonna complain about a ring ♪
-♪ Bought her a Range, be quiet ♪ -♪ Uh! ♪
♪ I can't explain, I'm just in pain I'm with the Jays, we slide, mmm! ♪
♪ They killed my brother From other mothers ♪
-♪ They gonna pay the price ♪ -♪ Oh! ♪
♪ I'm trying to change But I got my ways ♪
- ♪ So I'm in the street tonight ♪ -♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ This ain't a phase, candles and graves We come with beams and pipes ♪
♪ I'm above waves, I walk on water Like I'm with Jesus Christ ♪
♪ Trauma so deep can't change me, baby ♪
♪ Pain so deep that it changed me, baby ♪
♪ Trauma too deep can't save me, baby ♪
♪ Scars ♪
♪ Trauma so deep can't change me, baby ♪
♪ Pain so deep that it changed me, baby ♪
♪ Trauma too deep Can't save me, baby, no ♪
♪ Chain about a key, shoes about a key ♪
♪ My hood look up to me Treat me like Ghetto G.O.D. ♪
♪ Know it's blasphemy ♪
♪ But sometimes when I sleep ♪
♪ Pray to God that A shooter's soul he keeps, Lord! ♪
♪ If it's too late for me It ain't too late for them ♪
♪ When we step at shows Kappas Omegas, we kick it in ♪
♪ I keep a blicky right on the hip Stick hold like 50 for many men ♪
♪ Ain't seen a Bible stop bullets yet ♪
♪ Funerals only church we attend, oh! ♪
♪ Trauma so deep can't change me, baby ♪
♪ Pain so deep that it changed me, baby ♪
♪ Trauma too deep can't save me, baby ♪
♪ Scars ♪
♪ Trauma so deep can't change me, baby ♪
♪ Pain so deep that it changed me, baby ♪
♪ Trauma too deep Can't save me, baby, no ♪
♪ We ironed up, we don't hide the poles Touch one of us then we all on go ♪
♪ You know it stuck if it's on the floor ♪
♪ We air it out, someone close the door ♪
♪ We do it up, and we do the most We from the side, need all the dough ♪
♪ Higher the stakes is all I know All I know, all I know ♪
♪ Trauma too deep can't change me, baby ♪
-[hip-hop music playing] -[vocalizing]
♪ So lay your head beside me ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Maybe sometime ♪
♪ Maybe… hey! ♪
[slow-tempo music playing]