[door unlocks, opens]
[Danial] Where've you been? You're late.
[sombre music]
I said where've you b...
What happened?
You alright?
Marcus!
-[Marcus] Ugh! Ugh! -[crashing, glass shattering]
[Marcus groaning]
[groans]
[heavy breathing]
[high-pitched ringing]
[ "Piano Sonata No. 14" by Beethoven plays]
[lion growls]
[no audible dialogue]
What's up, bro?
There's nothing to eat.
So what about the food from the other day?
Can't be finished already. What about the rice and the other stuff?
[kisses teeth]
[groans]
Alright, let me go to the shop and get us some food, innit?
Just make sure that you're showered and you're ready for bed
by the time I get back home.
Alright, cool.
[groans]
[door opens and closes]
[Vivian] Hey, Marcus, is that you?
Oh, baby, listen, listen.
I'm not feeling too good.
Please, can you, like, lend me £20? I need to get some medicine, man.
I ain't got it.
You eaten?
I'm gonna go get some pizza, that's if you want any.
[kisses teeth]
[theme music]
[narrator] Fear.
When you're young, black and from the hood,
fear is just one of those things you're taught never to show a man.
It makes you weak, we're told, makes you a target.
So what else can you do?
You learn to hide it,
disguise it by wrapping it up in a certain mannerism,
like anger or aggression.
That way no one could tell it was ever there,
and that deep down inside you're still that young,
scared little kid who was forced to grow up so quickly.
Not because you wanted to,
but because you had to, to survive.
And you know what? Most outsiders won't even get it, you know?
Like, like the way we are around here.
The way we look.
Our style, chains, iced out,
sometimes completely matching from head to toe in designers, even when we're broke
or, like, the rent is due.
It's like it's somewhat strange to them, like,
our language, like, the way we talk, communicate with each other,
loud, animated at times, aggressive even.
But let me try and explain.
See most of us, like, we haven't come from much.
We're the children of immigrants, born into struggle in strange lands.
We grew up not quite fitting in, confused, torn between cultures,
like, neither one really accepting us, so...
so we created our own.
We wear our hoodies up as a...
like a fuck you to a society that never really accepted us in the first place.
It's kind of like our uniform, like, it represents our mindset kinda.
Our words and dialect reflect the environment
in which we've been raised, like, harsh and unforgiving.
Like, we dress the way we do, in designers, with gold in our mouths
and diamonds around our necks, wearing expensive watches on our wrists,
like, just to feel important,
just to feel some sort of worth in a society
that's forever telling us that we're worthless.
There's no rocket science to it, man.
It's just simple cause and effect, I guess.
So, like I said, like, we didn't come from much.
So every time we step out, it's like a celebration for us,
look how far we've come,
but yet a reminder of how far we still have left to go.
-[siren wails] -So, yeah, keep your head up, my people.
God bless the hood.
[trap music plays]
[indistinct chatter]
[Jiggy] Doing your dirty work, bro!
[man] Alright, man... [indistinct]
Mad tings, know what I mean?
-[chuckles] -Yo, that's a mad black eye.
[Jiggy] What happened to your arm, bro?
[Stacks] Blud, yo, what happened, man? It's looking wild.
I got caught out, fam.
[man] By who?
Some ex-yute, blud.
[indistinct]
Yo, that's a joke ting.
♪ Yo, dog, what you dealing with? ♪
♪ That's a joke ting Man ain't feeling it ♪
♪ If you roll with man Then you know it's gangland ♪
♪ Loaded bang and a serious ting ♪
♪ I know, man, I was on my own, fam ♪
♪ You know I'm strapped up Should've phoned man ♪
♪ They had me backed up I couldn't call, fam ♪
-♪ That's bad luck ♪ -♪ That's cold gang ♪
♪ Anyway, what's the mandem on? ♪
♪ Me and bros outside Till the pack gets gone ♪
♪ Alright buss me I wanna make some P's too ♪
♪ Drive around in C63 coupe ♪
♪ Yo, mind your mouth You don't know what we do ♪
♪ Man's grown I ain't nothing like these yutes ♪
-♪ Start him off ♪ - ♪ Hold these three cubes ♪
♪ You'd better have my bread When I see you ♪
So you're good now, yeah?
You see, I look after you.
Don't forget it's a two-way street though.
You owe me, innit? Yeah?
-Yeah, anything, man. -Yeah, man.
-Done now. -My G.
You get me.
We're gonna put my man on, you get me now?
Yo, follow me quick! Going shop.
[door opens and closes]
Come, man!
-What you talking about, bro? -Come on.
-I have the best walk, man. -I got the best walk.
You can't compete against me.
I got the best serious face.
Oh, shit! That's mad! That's not yours!
Course it's mine. Can't you read?
It says ‘M' for a reason.
What? Your name's Jay, you idiot.
That's my government name, you fool!
My road name is Money, man.
No, it's not. You're chatting shit!
I've never heard anyone call you that, ever!
I've decided it is, so from now on, that's what you call me.
I'm calling you Jay.
That's your stupid name, so that's what I'm calling you.
And that ting's not yours, so stop lying, liar!
Alright, it's my brother's. He's gonna give it to me.
Let me wear it.
Ah, man. Shop's closed.
Where you going?
Go to the corner shop in the Maple Estate. That's always open.
Are you mad? You can't go them sides! It's peak round there.
Are you scared? Pussy! Come, man!
Not sure about this, not gonna lie.
[till dings]
[Stacks] I've got the new pattern now.
I'm gonna bust the mandem. You get me?
[daunting music]
Nah, man. This ain't a good idea.
[Stacks] I've got a new pattern for us, yo, it's the future.
Remember I was telling you.
-Gold? -Gold dust, yeah!
[Stacks] GD!
-GD. Man's gonna be flying and that. -[indistinct] You get me.
Hold up, hold up, hold up.
You don't see big man standing here?
-Where'd you think you're going? -Shop.
You're not from around here.
Yeah. Yeah, we are.
-What area? -Gafton Road.
Nah. I know everyone from that block,
and I ain't ever seen you lot there before in my life.
Hey what, Stacks. Reckon man should tax these lot?
Why, round here ain't no tax free zone still, you know.
Trust bruv.
-Mmm. -Wait, hold up, what's that?
Man, I swear that's your ting.
Hold on, hold on. Where'd you get this chain from? Huh?
Where the fuck did you get this chain from?
Where'd you get this chain from?
Ah, you man, trying to violate me, man.
I got robbed for this chain a week ago.
It's Shorty's, it's his brother's! He took it from his brother!
Yo, what? Shorty, blud?
I swear that yute's an opp, bruv. Ain't that the ex-yute, fam?
Oi!
[tense music]
[laughter]
Oi, oi, come, man! Oi, come, man, come!
[panting]
[door shuts]
[Danial] Marcus!
[sigh of relief] Finally! Let's see what you've got.
Ah, Marcus, man! Vegetarian!
Who even eats that?
Seriously.
[sighs] I need meat!
What happened to meat feast or something? Marcus?
Vegetables are for adults! Marcus.
Ma...
[Marcus panting]
Go to the kitchen, I'm coming. I said go!
[foreboding music]
[alarm blaring]
Yo, big head, wake up. You've got school.
[kisses teeth] Oi, big head.
Why you eating tea and biscuits first thing in the morning, man?
I'm hungry. Nothing else to eat.
Mmm. [kisses teeth]
What? Has she come out yet?
Think she's still in bed.
How's the job search going? Found a job yet?
None of your business, man. That's how it's going.
That's a no. Don't worry.
I'll get you a job, once my business empire kicks off.
-Alright. -Office cleaner, or chef maybe even.
Hey, you're a clown, man.
Listen, why are you eating these biscuits, man?
[tense music]
[Vivian] You lot are fucking useless, man.
Huh?
What, between the two of you, you lot couldn't fix up a little breakfast, nah?
Nah, not a piece of toast or nothing, nah?
This is fucking shit. [kisses teeth]
[kisses teeth] Come, man, I'm taking you to school.
Let's go get some proper food.
I'll get you a patty or something on the way, yeah?
Whoa, seriously though.
I don't even want to go school no more, man. It's a waste of time.
I could be using that time to set up my business empire.
Nah, it's not a waste of time, man. It's important.
Can't be that important. You didn't go.
Exactly. Look at me.
This is why you have to go, bro. Ain't no discussion about it.
Anyway, they ain't happy with me, just letting you know.
And Miss Hampton keeps asking me when's Mum gonna come in.
I've warned you about this already, bro, man.
You're spending too much time online, bruv.
[kisses teeth] Let me fix your tie as well, man.
Always got this shit messed up.
Give your schoolteachers my number, man.
It's like you don't listen, bruv.
I do listen, but you're only 17 years old Marcus,
and, well, I think they'll notice you're not my mum.
You're idiot, bruv.
Listen, man, just tell them Mum's busy, man,
or she's sick or something, she can't come.
Furthermore, get better grades
and we won't be having this discussion in the first place.
Yeah, either that or we let them know
-my mum's a drug head on gold dust. -What?
What did you just say?
What did you just say, bruv?
Huh? Don't let me ever hear you say that again, ever!
Do you hear me? Do you hear me?
Mum ain't no drug head, do you understand?
[kisses teeth]
Look, bro.
Mum's just sick, alright?
We've gotta look after her, man. Me and you, bro.
If we don't look out for each other then no one's gonna look out for us.
Who's gonna look out for us, bro?
[kisses teeth]
I can't even come get you later on, you know?
What, why?
I've gotta look for a job, innit?
[foreboding music]
Listen, make sure you head home straight after school, innit?
No hanging around, nothing.
[laughter] Yo, hey, look who it is, blud.
-Oh, bro. -Marcus.
Wagwan, fam?
Where you been at, blud? Moving like some civilian now?
Are you too good for the gang?
Nah, man. Just been too busy.
You know how it gets. What's the mandem on?
You know what we're on, blud. We're out here, innit?
Business as usual, you get me,
dropping tings off, picking tings up.
What are you on though? You rolling?
I'm just looking for a fucking job, fam.
[laughter]
He saying job, fam?
What kind of job are you getting, blud?
No one ain't hiring you. You're from the hood, fam.
What you gonna be doing, flipping burgers, fam?
Well, I guess that's it, innit, like?
If it's a burger ting, it's a burger ting, innit?
At the end of the day, money's money, man,
and I need that right now.
That's not no money, blud.
You need to be making that gold dust money, you get me? The proper money.
Shining, cuz.
You know, man, you know what's going on.
Yo, you know what though, blud? You've changed, fam.
What's going on, man? You're acting different, blud.
Nah, man. Change ain't always a bad thing.
See your lickle brother the other day though. He's getting big.
Might have to start make him rolling with the mandem now, you get me?
Take your place in the gang, you feel me?
Come on, man. Check you lot later, man.
Yeah? Say nothing, man. Roll easy, innit?
[foreboding music]
[indistinct chatter]
[kisses teeth]
[Vivian laughing]
I love you for this, man.
Bare food.
-Love you for this, man. -It's something amazing.
-I really fucking love you! -Yeah?
[Vivian giggles]
[Darren mumbling]
-[Vivian coughs] -Yo!
What's good, Marcus?
[Vivian whimpers]
-[Vivian groans] -Yeah.
[Vivian] Fucking love you for this, man.
[Darren] Bare food.
Get the fuck out!
I said get out!
Yeah, ah...
What the fuck? Darren, Darren, Darren, where you going?
Nah, please, nah, nah, nah. It's cool, it's cool.
Get the fuck out! Get out!
Please don't take the things.
[indistinct]
Go! Move!
[Vivian grumbling]
So what? You ain't got no respect for us no more, huh?
You forget that me and Dan live here too, huh?
Letting drugheads into the yard now, yeah?
Shut up, man!
I'll do what the fuck I like.
Why you always fucking complaining, man, huh?
I can let whoever the fuck I like in my house!
What do you mean it's your house?
Are you forgetting that we live here as well, huh?
Why the fuck we gotta keep seeing this shit, man?
You ain't giving me no money, are you?
Huh?
So what the fuck do you expect?
What'd I tell you about leaving this shit here? What if Dan saw that, huh?
No, no! Marcus! Please don't... Please!
Get off me! Get off!
-Please, please, Marcus! -Get off me, man! Get off!
-Fucking sit down, Marcus! -[Marcus] Get off!
-Please, Marcus! -[Marcus] Get off me!
-Marcus! -Get off me!
-Marcus! Please!
[no audible dialogue]
[sombre music]
[sighs] I'm sorry.
For what? [kisses teeth]
[sighs]
Jeez, man. [kisses teeth]
You done it again!
[kisses teeth] You let him in, innit?
He was banging on the door and I... I got scared.
He said he was a friend of Mum's, and I froze again, Marcus.
You know I get scared when I hear the door--
What do you mean you get scared? Scared for what?
What did I tell you to do when someone bangs on the door like that
and I'm not here, huh? What did I tell you?
Don't open it.
Exactly. And if they keep banging,
you get the bat by the door and you call me!
I'm sorry.
[kisses teeth]
Nah, man, forget about it still, don't worry about it.
[kisses teeth] It's not your fault.
It's just bringing back mad memories,
like when my dad used to come home drunk and stuff,
and then my mum, the police...
We've both seen a lot from young.
Look, Dan, I need you to be stronger for me, bro.
You need to be brave now.
Remember what I told you you are?
What are you when I'm not here? What are you?
The man of the house.
Exactly. You're in charge.
You know what used to help me?
Like, when I used to get anxiety when I was younger and that.
I'd just take a deep breath,
I'd clench my fists like this, real tight, look.
I'd poke my chest out
and I'd just imagine that one bang would just knock a man's head off clean.
Boom! You see that. [chuckles]
Hmm... Put your hand down.
Scrap the mean face as well, bro, it's not working.
I know. It's rubbish, innit?
Yeah, bro, man. [laughs]
Look, take this.
Go wash it in the sink with some warm water and soap.
-It should get rid of it, alright? -Alright.
Cool.
I'll be back in a bit, yeah?
Make sure you look after Mum for me.
And remember what I told you, bro? Man of the house.
Yeah. Man of the house.
[traffic rumbling]
[sirens wailing]
["Am I A Good Man" by Them Two plays]
♪ Am I a good man? ♪
♪ Am I a fool? ♪
♪ Am I weak? ♪
♪ Or am I just playing it cool? ♪
♪ I have a woman ♪
♪ And I know she's no good ♪
♪ But still I keep my head up high ♪
♪ And try to do the things That a good man should ♪
♪ Am I a good man? ♪
♪ Am I a fool? ♪
♪ Am I weak? ♪
♪ No, somebody tell me ♪
♪ I play it cool... ♪
[Marcus] Yo, you know you're not supposed to be eating this kind of food, you know?
-What? -Yeah, it's not good for us.
It's poison. It's just slowly killing us, man.
I know for a fact that is not chicken in that burger.
Tastes like chicken.
Why'd you think they've got so many of these fried chicken shops on the ends?
I ain't never seen none of that in no posh white neighbourhoods, not once.
OK.
If I'm gonna die, I'd rather die from tasty chicken poisoning,
rather than anything else.
What the hell? What's your name anyway?
They call me M.
M? [scoffs]
I don't do that whole ‘M' stuff. What's your real name?
-My government name? -Yeah.
[kisses teeth] Marcus.
Hi, Marcus. I'm Bianca.
Umm, would you like any flowers or are you just hanging around?
Yeah, just hanging around giving out some free advice, you get me?
Maybe I'll see you round later on, innit?
Yeah, maybe.
Aight.
Alright, I'm off.
-Oh, alright, love. Bye. -Take care. See you tomorrow.
Get some rest.
Lol. You weren't joking about hanging around then.
So is this your thing, yeah? Chat up girls then walk them home?
Who said I'm walking you home?
[kisses teeth] Bye.
[chuckles] No, I'm joking, wait! I'm joking, wait!
[chuckles]
That GD pack, dog.
Wagwan, cousin. Wagwan.
Yo. Wagwan, lickle man. What, this yours, yeah?
Come here, man.
Wagwan.
Listen here, little man, you alright, yeah?
Don't be scared, man, this is the team.
That's Kenke, that's Nas.
Yo, that's the mandem over there.
You get me? So what you been up to anyway?
Just on the grind, innit?
[laughter]
-What do you know about grinding? -Man can flip anything.
He knows a lot, blud.
Yo, lickle man, let me show you something, bruv.
Yo, you know what this is?
Err... Gold?
[laughter]
Nah. This is power.
Here, man, take this.
Take it.
Nah. I shouldn't take this--
No, you can, and you will.
Don't worry, man.
Just say you found it on your way home from school or something, you get me?
Just don't tell no one you got it from me, man.
Here.
Yeah.
-You owe me now, innit? -[laughter]
So what are you, like, job hunting, working, college?
Nah, man. I never had time to go college, you know?
I was too busy on the grind.
And the grind is what exactly?
Come on, man, I mean, the grind's the grind, innit, like?
Hustling, trapping, all of that kind of stuff.
Don't get it twisted, though.
Don't let the looks fool you. I'm pretty book smart, you know.
Like, I would have been making some big boy cash right now or some shit like that.
But anyways, man,
my dreams got killed by the hood time ago.
Only cos you let it though.
Oi, I don't know, man.
Brah.
This is sick! What design is that?
Did you do it?
Nah, why?
You're lying, man.
This is you, I can tell. This is dope.
I mean, it's old, man. I done it back in the day, man.
[scoffs] Well, I'm impressed. It's really good.
Thanks.
Why hide it though?
I just can't be arsed.
The world don't even care about that kind of stuff anyway, like.
It's already a fucked up place. What's a painting gonna do?
Well, I care.
And a painting could do a lot, trust me.
It can bring a bit of change, to someone's life anyway.
Hey, lickle man's first day on the block.
Out here with the kid, you get me?
Ah, brother, look who it is.
Fucking Babylon.
Ahh, look who it is, blud.
How you doing, Dwight?
All good?
Sold much drugs?
Killed any more opps recently?
Or is it holiday season for you fucking animals now?
Does it fucking look like it's holiday season?
You don't see we're out here?
24/7 on the go, mate.
-Yeah? -Yeah.
Perfect.
Shouldn't take too long for you all to kill each other then, should it?
Save me the hassle.
[Bianca] It's always been me and my bigger brother.
We live together, well, hardly.
He's always on the streets with his friends.
He don't even talk like that anymore, like...
It's deep cos like we both blame each other for...
Just forget it.
Yeah, man. That's the thing, you see?
Sometimes life can be one long, sad story.
Yeah, that's a nice way of putting it.
So why did you stop painting and stuff?
My mum got sick around them times, you know?
That's what really made me stop painting in the first place.
Serious? What happened to her?
[kisses teeth]
She has like this heart condition thing, innit?
Like... It's crazy, man.
I didn't really have time to be a kid.
Just look after my little brother and that from early.
They can be a handful sometimes.
You got a little brother as well?
Had a little brother. Passed like a year ago.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that, man.
I'm so sorry.
No, it's calm.
It's tough at times but like... it's life.
Sometimes it can hard but you've just got to be strong.
Like, five years ago, Mum told me that she had cancer.
It's the worst thing.
Just seeing her die day by day, like,
hardest thing I ever had to go through.
Before she died, I promised her that I'll keep strong, you know?
Now look at me, keeping strong, trying anyway.
Do you know what I hate most about this lot?
It's their smell. It makes me sick.
Reminds me of, err...
What's that thing it reminds me of again? The thing I'm always complaining about?
Sewage.
Yeah. That's it. Sewage.
Stinking. Rotting. Sewage.
The dirty brown stuff.
Well, we'd best be getting off, eh?
-[kisses teeth] -I'll check you later, yeah?
Whatever, man.
Ah, it's-it's beautiful, innit?
Ah, I don't really know about ‘beautiful'.
No, it is. Definitely beautiful.
You've just got to look at it the right way.
Yeah, I guess so.
There's beauty in everything if you look at it the right way.
[calming music]
[Bianca sings] ♪ So for that I'mma tell you keep running... ♪
[Marcus] Wah, you can proper sing, innit?
You've got a nice voice, still. Do you sing like professionally?
[Bianca] Well, like, it's always been a dream of mine.
Like, can you imagine me, performing in front of thousands of people?
-Imagine that. -Yeah.
[soothing RnB plays]
[Marcus] But that's when you make it big time.
[Bianca] Mmm-hmm. I got no choice but to make it.
I have to get out of here, man.
Here's so suffocating.
It's like the energy here is so dead.
But you see when I sing, yeah,
like really sing, from here.
[chuckles] It's crazy.
It's like air to me. It's like life, you know?
♪ Wake up, do the same shit ♪
♪ I think I need a change ♪
♪ Places where I see myself ♪
♪ Going every day ♪
♪ I think I need this more than anybody ♪
♪ I want to make it out ♪
♪ I've been thinking 'bout ♪
♪ I used to dream about the times That I thought I would make it ♪
♪ My life's a struggle every day I got issues I'm facing ♪
♪ My heart be cold than the winter I'm lost in the Matrix ♪
♪ But in reality I'm stuck And I'm waiting on payslips ♪
♪ I never thought I'd be the one To be picking up pieces ♪
♪ I've been a soldier from young And I'm strong and I mean it ♪
♪ I know you're talented It ain't really hard to believe it ♪
♪ Not many people make it out Baby girl, how you feeling? ♪
♪ This real life pain ♪
♪ Same shit, new day ♪
♪ This old news, I make my change ♪
♪ To see a change ♪
♪ I want a different view ♪
♪ I try maintain my thoughts by day ♪
♪ But sometimes it gets stronger Stronger ♪
♪ The feeling's getting stronger I see you've got that hunger ♪
♪ That's probably why I like you, man I'm trying to get your number ♪
♪ Grew up in the gutter Been through the suffer ♪
♪ Things getting tougher But I'll be alright ♪
♪ Grew up in the gutter Rollin' with my cutter ♪
♪ Gotta stay on my grind ♪
[both singing] ♪ But I know it'll be alright, oh, yeah ♪
♪ It ain't easy When you're feeling lonely ♪
♪ I been having dreams Dream 'bout how I made it out ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Dream 'bout how I made it out Yeah ♪
♪ Wish that I could really make it out Yeah ♪
[vocalising]
♪ I been having dreams 'bout How I made it out, yeah ♪
♪ Dreams 'bout how I made it out Yeah ♪
♪ Wish that I could really make it out Yeah ♪
[Bianca] Ah, none of that.
-[Marcus] You have no one to go to. -[laughter]
[Bianca] Not at all!
Yo, yo, yo, yo. This is where I stop, still.
Wait, why?
Going over to Temple Street and them zones there.
I don't really venture down them sides.
[sighs]
I was beginning to like you as well.
-Like... -Huh?
-This whole gang business... -Gang?
I don't really fuck with it. Like, my brother--
Listen, it's none of that. It's none of that, man.
You know how it is when you go to them sides, you're not even from there.
They move a bit funny.
I'm a good guy, man, can't you tell?
Listen, I've got an idea for you, still.
How about you let me get your number and we'll talk later on.
Alright, cool, cool.
I'll phone you later on, innit?
-Cool. -Alright.
[tense music]
[gang muttering]
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You ready though?
Oi, what you doing out here?
Do you think it's some playtime or suttin'?
Get your arse home, man.
Yo, lickle man's good, bruv. He's out here. He's alright, man.
I said go home! Now!
Yo, don't worry, lickle man. Go home, man, you're good.
Should have been home time ago, man. It's a school night.
School night. We're all out here, cuzzie.
[tense trap music]
Yeah, man.
♪ Yo, it's a crazy life that we live ♪
♪ Hungry, skin tight to our ribs ♪
♪ Take your chain and ice if he slips ♪
♪ Move gold and dust and the bits ♪
♪ Not to make nice That's life where we live ♪
♪ Still ducking and diving for singles ♪
♪ Go straight to the trap off After riding the bid ♪
♪ I was out on the front line I never hid ♪
♪ Ordering bricks ♪
♪ Let him complete, push to his lips ♪
♪ We ain't done We ain't all for the glitz ♪
♪ So act dumb Get one when I push in the clip ♪
♪ This shit's a game to me ♪
♪ But don't you play with the team ♪
♪ Got a big stick with a big clip For the bitch that aim at me ♪
♪ That GD's got you crazy, G ♪
♪ I don't act, man You know how it stays with me ♪
♪ And my mum Still prays for me from school ♪
♪ Had a tool in my blazer, G ♪
♪ You know shit get unsavoury I've seen bare man die over bravery ♪
♪ Back then it was BB guns, laser beams ♪
♪ Now it's star nines and big machines ♪
♪ Two weeks same tracksuit Different fiends ♪
-♪ Two ZKs, I might just rip my jeans ♪ -♪ We don't do no Insta beefs ♪
♪ Just live corn in our clips When we hit the streets ♪
♪ Every day this shit repeats ♪
♪ You know the cycle, ride on, rivals ♪
♪ Get caught, lie on the Bible They run or they snitch ♪
♪ They know what it is When we come on the strip ♪
♪ You know what it is So I got a GD flip ♪
♪ Running through the strip is a myth Tell that man GD quick ♪
♪ If a man flags opposites ♪
♪ Turn a man GD Ping ping BB, life ain't easy ♪
♪ Wish it was but fuck these opps ♪
♪ Look, if you don't wanna drive I'll bop ♪
♪ Knock it, knock it, lock it off! Dem boy washed ♪
-♪ But that block's hot ♪ -♪ I still wanna ride, you know ♪
♪ Same time, wish I live a different life You know? You know, you know? ♪
-♪ Me too ♪ -[kisses teeth]
♪ But that's me, G ♪
♪ First time I ever went jail Was for BBs ♪
♪ Still do a FaceTime selfie for GGs ♪
♪ But that's me, G, you know me ♪
♪ I down man greasy Fuck all the GD ♪
♪ I just want to eat beefburgers, fries Murders, rise ♪
♪ Turn up, fire, burst it by See man's head piece turn inside ♪
♪ For that GD man go weekly Hope he sees me burst that nine ♪
♪ Throw that iron, roll with lions ♪
♪ All my GGs ride for GD ♪
♪ Bring my cake and take that slice ♪
♪ See me cold and froze like ice ♪
♪ And you know what the bros are like ♪
♪ You get a scratch in your skin And we roll tonight ♪
♪ Two man deep on a motorbike Got TT GD and a prototype ♪
♪ All these neighbours know my life ♪
♪ Show up just holding knives ♪
♪ And I still don't know about ragging On GD but I know my gold ain't shite ♪
♪ Shit, you should know What these hoes are like ♪
♪ Told her hold this revolver tight And don’t fold, alright? ♪
♪ If I buck ten yutes I ain't phoning guys ♪
♪ Since a yute, man I been getting load outside ♪
♪ Cold sweats got jakes on the tap in ♪
♪ Bros on the wing for slapping Robbery season napping ♪
♪ Bally on, no capping Op block tours, no snapping ♪
♪ Live in the field, got medals Six and spin on pedals ♪
♪ Zando show dem levels ♪
♪ Bang man's face off Show man's settled ♪
♪ Tool to your mouth No price for dental ♪
♪ Shit, I think no one likes me ♪
♪ I'm shitesty, I ain't changing though ♪
♪ And I still got plugs for food ♪
♪ I don't care if you're gang G The price ain't low, I'm tapped ♪
♪ So if bros just go Try know, I'm taking ‘em out ♪
♪ Taking ‘em out, dog Gold dust, the golden grub ♪
♪ These fuckers can't get enough ♪
♪ Elevation come from the mud ♪
♪ Burst the pipes, street get flood ♪
♪ Good food, yum, yum, yum ♪
♪ Gold dust transformation Turned tramp dog to a fucking don ♪
Ya see me? Yeah.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
[Marcus] Ah, so you're home, yeah?
Alright, good.
Yo, it's M, by the way.
I mean, it's Marcus.
I know. I'm home. Just laying down.
Yeah, same. Me too.
Cool.
I guess we'll speak tomorrow maybe.
Yeah. Maybe.
[ethereal music]
Yo, Dan.
What you on?
Got school, innit?
We need some help, man.
Follow us to The Avenue. Got some of Stacks' hard-dust to move.
I can't. I'm already on warnings.
Ah, bun that, man.
Man will cut you in, make some money.
Come on, man.
Alright, cool. But make sure though I'm not missing school for nothing.
Yeah, yeah.
[hip hop plays]
Stacks. He takes about 80%.
And this is what we're left with.
So... you have that.
You have that and the rest is mine.
I'm want to see you boys same time, same place tomorrow.
If you don't work, you don't earn.
And I don't want no excuses.
-Alright, cool. -Man like Dan.
[door shuts]
[gentle knocking on the door]
Oi, where you been, you idiot?
I had homework to do. It was mad hard.
-So I had to go to after school-- -Shut up, you fool!
Why you gotta lie to me?
Since when have you ever had after-school club?
[kisses teeth]
Listen, yeah, whatever bullshit you got planning, it's not gonna work.
You'd better stop that ASAP.
If I find out... [kisses teeth] ...you're in big trouble.
Oi!
That's rubbish! I can draw way better than that.
Bro, you can't draw for nothing.
No pictures, no gal, nothing.
Anyways, get out my room, man. You're messing up my concentration.
[phone buzzing]
I bet that's her, again!
One second. Get out! Get out!
[tense music]
Yo, what's good?
Nah, nothing.
Yo, you alright?
Yeah, I'm cool.
[sighs]
Don't matter.
Huh?
Just a bit down.
Gonna be a hard few days.
Bad memories around this time of year.
I lost someone very special.
Wanna talk about it?
No, it's cool.
Can I ask you something though?
Don't take no offence.
Alright, go on.
Do you regret not making more of yourself?
Like realising your talent?
Do you regret that?
It's just one of those things, innit, like.
Didn't really have much of a choice in my situation.
Had to look after little man and take care of him and that.
Fuck it, man, I've got much bigger regrets than that anyways.
Like what?
Er, hello?
Dunno know, man. There's been kind of a few.
Yeah, but like what's your biggest regret?
Look, can I tell you something?
Don't go running around telling anyone, yeah?
I haven't really spoke to anyone about this before.
Course not. I won't say anything.
It's deep though. It's not a joke.
[sighs]
There was this kid a while back.
When I say kid... [kisses teeth]
I mean, he was definitely young.
I do remember that.
There's a lot I don't remember about that night, to be honest.
It's like I've got a mental block or something.
But I just recall it being very quiet, like...
It's not usually that quiet, but on that night it was so quiet.
He was with his friend, like, they were walking.
I didn't recognise him from my area,
but... he came across onto my block, innit,
and I think they were lost or something, just looking for shops.
But I looked at him and I clocked he was wearing a chain.
When I looked properly, I clocked it was my chain, like.
I just got so mad, like proper angry cos...
that was a chain that got robbed from me a week before and I just... I...
I just...
What happened?
Ah, man... Look, he's just dead.
The whole thing was a blur, like.
It just happened so fast.
I watched him die, man, right in front of me.
That exact moment, I saw it.
I saw the life in his eyes just fade away.
It's all fucked up, man.
Can't even bring myself to go anywhere near that shop where it all happened.
That Turkish shop on Marbury Road.
[sombre music]
Gives me anxiety every time I pass by there as well.
That I didn't even help him, like.
I didn't even call an ambulance or nothing.
I just... I just ran, man. I think I was scared.
Anyway, the one thing that always stays with me no matter what, it's that smell.
It's the smell of that urine and blood.
It was everywhere.
He must have been so frightened, like...
and so scared that he wet himself before he died.
He was just a kid, man.
Poor kid.
I just wanted to lay it off my chest, you know?
I ain't really spoken about it to anyone like that before anyways.
Anyways, man, fuck it, it's done now.
That was time ago. It's your turn. What's your biggest regret?
Not being there when he needed me the most.
Yo... You still there?
Look, I gotta go.
Bianca! Yo!
[sombre music]
[indistinct chattering]
-What's going on with my man? -Who?
Shorty. He's been acting moody, bro.
-It's been a year, innit? -Since what?
Bro, since Jay.
Oh, shit.
It's been a year already? Fuck.
What you man talking about?
What you talking about?
Umm...
Spit it out, man.
-Miss Jay, innit. -Don't talk about my brother.
You man don't ride. Man don't want to ride out.
No one ain't dead. No one ain't been shot.
No one ain't been bored, you man are not on nothing.
Don't talk about my brother. You man are idiots.
Jay's been dead a whole year, you man ain't done nothing.
Lowe it, man. What's wrong with these guys, bruv?
Little kids, man.
Jokers, man. Don't talk about Jay, bro. You're not allowed to talk about Jay.
♪ It's true what broski's saying ♪
♪ Everyone's jacked But no one ain't dead yet ♪
♪ I know I can't rest yet, they ain't been Shot in the side of their heads yet ♪
♪ What, you think Man's letting that slide?
♪ I've been round there many a times ♪
♪ They're all ghosts, dem man hide ♪
♪ I won't rest till one of them dies ♪
♪ There's too much crying No one ain't riding ♪
♪ All this talking's getting me mad ♪
♪ My bro's been dead for a year ♪
♪ And the people killed him We ain't got back ♪
Facts.
♪ Furthermore Tell the young G's scope on peds ♪
♪ I can't talk no more Cos all this talking's getting me vexed ♪
♪ What you mean, bro, bro you're vexed? ♪
♪ I done scored. Man check ♪
♪ Nah, it's true. Man's stepped ♪
♪ We've looked right. We've looked left ♪
♪ Yo, Shorty, my brother don't stress ♪
♪ And we don't got man down with the chef Hey, Shorty, so what's next? ♪
♪ We're gonna turn their block to a mess ♪
♪ OK, I've got a dingered up car ♪
♪ Ready to go, just change its plates ♪
♪ I got waps in my guy's place But you ♪
♪ Gotta go round there The phone ting's bait ♪
♪ We can't be rolling bait ♪
♪ Roll and beat make no mistake ♪
♪ We can go get the 3 by 8 Or we get the 4-4 from our old estate ♪
♪ Why you wanna step out now? ♪
♪ It's been a year my bro's been gone ♪
♪ Cos the mandem's talking about him ♪
♪ Cos you heard his favourite song Fuck that, man's getting it on ♪
♪ Less talking, man, let's do it ♪
♪ Jay was only 11 I can't believe my bro went through it ♪
[narrator] Life is all about choices,
from one day to the next.
And there's a shit load of them to choose from too.
I mean, look, think about it.
We get to choose the friends we keep around us,
like, the progressive ones,
inspiring us to do better, live a better life.
Or the toxic ones, like the negative ones, holding us back, dragging us down.
I mean, we even get to choose the lifestyles we lead, right?
Our habits, like, whether good or bad.
We choose our attitude from day to day,
whether it's a positive one or a not so positive one.
But see, there is one thing, of course, that we don't get to choose...
That's my sister, still.
And that thing is our family.
I've got something to tell you.
And that's where one's loyalties will always lie.
[theme music]