:07:02
Hey, Teri! Come on, now!
:07:04
MOTHER JOE: Just cut out
all that hoo-shaw jawing.
:07:07
Y'all do this every Sunday.
:07:08
I've been cooking longer
than you've been alive.
:07:09
I found a gig.
:07:11
Cornbread.
:07:12
Cornbread is my specialty.
:07:13
LEM: Heh heh heh.
:07:15
KENNY: Um, Lem...why'd you
get thrown in the joint?
:07:16
Yeah, Kenny called me yesterday,
and told me about a job...
:07:20
MILES: Kenny, don't--
:07:21
at the biggest in-house
printing company in town.
:07:22
KENNY: What?
:07:24
I went in cold...
:07:25
and they didn't even know
who the hell Kenny Simmons was.
:07:26
I ain't gonna lie to y'all.
:07:29
I made a stupid mistake.
:07:31
Came here from New York
to help my cousin out and...
:07:32
-I knew I had to kick some game.
-Right.
:07:34
I guess I got caught.
:07:34
So I told the man
next to the goddamn man...
:07:36
-Doing?
-Kenny, dang.
:07:39
I was the best man for the job,
you know?
:07:39
LEM: It's all right.
:07:41
I got caught sellin' somethin'.
:07:41
Yes.
:07:43
He paid his debt to society.
:07:43
So, finally, he looks at me...
:07:44
It's no different
from Daddy and his gambling.
:07:45
Mm-hmm?
:07:47
...stands there, says...
:07:47
In life,
we all make bad choices.
:07:49
you're hired.
:07:51
Right there on the spot.
:07:51
My husband was gamblin',
and he was bad at it.
:07:52
Like he knew that I knew
that he knew that I knew...
:07:55
Fact, we almost lost this house.
:07:56
that l...was...the man. Yeah!
:07:57
But I worked...
on my hands and knees...
:08:01
cleanin' up after white folks,
takin' in laundry.
:08:02
BIRD: You are the man.
You're my man.
:08:05
You do what you have to do
to stay strong...
:08:06
LEM: With enough hours,
you know what that means?
:08:08
to save the family...
:08:08
BIRD: What?
:08:10
Gonna get us our own place,
baby.
:08:11
even if you stumble tryin'.
:08:13
-Oh, yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
:08:13
I'm gonna tell you something.
:08:14
-Aah!
-Aah!
:08:15
One finger pointing the blame
don't make no impact.
:08:19
But you ball up all them fingers
into a fist...
:08:22
and you can strike
a mighty blow.
:08:26
This family got to be that fist.
:08:34
Oh, my Lord...
:08:37
Faith.
:08:42
MOTHER JOE: Come here, baby.
:08:48
AHMAD: Cousin Faith--
Lord have mercy.
:08:50
The niece Big Mama took in
after her sister died.
:08:54
In case you missed the news,
Faith is trouble, big-time trouble.
:08:58
What's she doing here?