This film poignantly captures the resilient subculture of those caught between two worlds, proving that brotherhood becomes the ultimate survival strategy when the state fails. It is a sobering look at how shared displacement can forge a deeper sense of home than any legal document.
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So we go ride a gak to the new arena.
connect the ban okay.
Oh, no internet. Nice.
>> 4223.
>> No, we got a bigger one.
Oh yeah. Next time we got to come the night time, man.
>> Huh?
>> Next time.
>> Oh, that'd be >> I know.
Good video.
The one in the backpack.
>> The one in the back.
>> In the back.
Come on. Come on.
Yeah.
>> You say didn't die.
back. Yeah.
But you can't even get on, >> bro. You supposed to be too tall. How we going to get back with y'all?
Oh, hell no.
>> Then so they came from um >> they always so they going back over there.
>> Yeah.
>> We always where we're where Larry say.
>> Oh [ __ ] >> Oh man.
>> Oh hell.
>> What's up man? Yo, long time no see.
>> Yeah, I just been hiding out in the country.
>> Hey, what's up?
>> Not today.
>> Not today.
>> We at He went golfing. Yeah. And then he just got back.
>> Oh, sorry.
>> Tell him come through.
>> He said, "Look, look, look. I'm going to call him right now."
>> Come through, y'all.
>> Yeah, that's what I tell you.
>> That's my quarterback, right?
>> Look, let me just call him right now.
Let me just call >> my quarterback.
>> I knew it. Let me just call him so he got time.
>> That's what I told him.
>> You call from here?
>> It's from the boys. When it come from the boys, it's easier.
>> When it come from me, he be like, >> "Nah, no, no, no. Call him. Call him.
my quarterback.
>> No, my thing is I don't know. It's just my phone. My phone >> acting up. Let me call.
>> Yeah.
>> See, look. It's my phone calling.
>> He going.
>> So, uh Okay. When I did when I asked him, it was the for the house.
>> So, I guess we wanted to do the interview at the house. So, were you going to the house?
>> What time?
>> It's right after this.
>> What time they stop?
>> It's an hour play.
>> An hour.
>> You let me know after >> after the game.
>> Okay. Friday night. Friday. Friday.
>> How you?
>> Long time no see.
>> I know. It's been a month now. No.
>> I'm out in the country now.
Where?
>> How far is that?
>> How far is that?
>> About 47 minutes.
>> No, I feel right here.
I'm bringing up fast.
Hey.
All right.
He's ready. He's ready.
down.
>> Guy in the blue blue blue blue blue shirt and short. He look like he's from here.
Yeah. No, >> the one right by the door.
>> Yeah, he is from here.
>> He is from here.
>> Mhm.
>> He's loud.
>> Tell if anybody over 50.
>> The OG.
>> They say all the OG too loud.
>> Over 50.
>> And you don't see anybody like in the 20s.
>> Yeah. No, they got one coming.
>> Yeah, they got they got one or two.
>> 25 smoke. Oh yeah. Yeah, I'll hang out with him other day. So you visiting, right?
>> My lady.
>> So how long you stay in LA, >> man? been about here for a month. We've gone to June 6th.
>> Yeah.
>> Just for a month.
>> My mom's in here.
>> Yeah, man.
>> That's crazy, man.
>> Big homies, man. You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
>> Yeah. A lot a lot of people.
>> Oh, yeah. Still more to come.
>> We We the first group and >> J big group. Yeah. I thought you was deployed, too. Hey, >> I got lucky. I used to watch watch your videos YouTube snake eye goofy look. I used to stay out there in Springdale.
>> Springdale.
>> Yeah.
>> Bird Yoshi. Um Yeah.
>> Fade Bill. Springdale. Yeah.
>> That's back in 2000.
>> Yeah.
>> Way back. Way back in the day.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> [ __ ] still going on then. Back then.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah, man. Guess who where you stay at now? Yeah. Hey man in Atlanta now.
>> In Atlanta that area been for like 12 years.
12 years.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I see you when uh when they got a corona virus.
>> He was post with uh he just passed away.
Uh J is it JG?
>> Damn. JG pass.
>> He passed away. Remember the one with the mask on? He just passed away like a month ago. You know >> JG >> JG Damn. I didn't know he >> Yeah, the one that when they beat up old people, he's the one that protest.
>> Oh, JB.
>> JB is JB. Yeah, >> man. We tapped in, man. He He came in from California. We did that protest, man. Tapped in with me. Yeah. Got up together.
>> Yeah.
>> Caught up, you know.
>> Even at that time, man, he was already having like heart problem, man.
>> Yeah. He was already like bad shape, but you know, >> ta his body gave up on him, man.
>> That's sad, >> too, man. Rest.
>> You don't rap no more, >> man. You know what I'm saying?
>> Oh, you still do boxing?
>> Not me, but how many you know?
>> Well, you man, you introduce me to some uh in Lao.
I want to I want to I want to get back in shape.
>> And then you got uh Manor. That's like 20 minutes from here. Give me the >> Send me the link. You got what's >> is it Facebook or >> United Facebook?
Let me go check.
>> Oh yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. I need to get in shape. Do something, you know.
>> Well, this is it right here, too.
One of the ways not just fitness kickboxing told them he train.
>> So they got a location here and all that, right?
>> Like 20 minutes from the top house.
>> Oh yeah.
>> So look for 6 minutes. Like it's still in around here, right? Yeah. I ain't too far at all. Check it out. I ain't too far off.
You don't you just train right D just train that's it man and then I train other people fighters over there that's about it man stay busy like that fight >> busy man get home too late busy with man >> busy with life your days go by faster do activity >> don't have that drive for me no more man it's fight I'm saying it >> can feel it in I was Oh, you I'm 43. I just turned 43.
>> No, we the same age.
Yeah. J, >> how far out?
>> What you talking?
>> Oh, it's going to be a while. You know that [ __ ] drive slow already.
>> By the time he get here, >> we done. Yo, he come back here. He come here to party.
I'm here for a month.
Yeah.
Almost clear. Almost clear.
>> No. No. No, no, I'm good. I'm good.
>> That's what I was thinking too. I saw you.
>> No, I'm good. I did a lot of [ __ ] but I ain't on the list, man.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> But yeah, I'm in the Taco area.
>> Are you going to wait?
>> Okay. When you go or whatever.
>> Okay. Okay.
You say, >> "Can you all three get in the back?"
>> Oh, yeah. Okay.
>> We got >> two ATM JB >> JDB >> JDB do.
Look, he got he got his tools right there.
>> Oh, >> he don't want to get stuck.
>> Yeah. Oh, you better build this. Oh, I like this. I like this.
temple.
How is loud?
apartment helmet right there.
No helmet the hat.
>> No helmet. Yeah, it's cheap.
>> Oh, no. I bought mine 7,000. 700,000 700.
>> Oh, damn.
>> That's only 50. the doctor inside. I don't do the doctor.
>> Is it like sire?
>> Yeah, sire.
>> Yeah, but I you probably got a good one.
>> I'm going to say you American. You look like you foreign >> because no got the shape.
>> I ain't going to lie. I when I when I saw you when I saw you, I thought you cut down with hair. You >> don't cut down with hair.
>> You look you just look automatic outside.
>> Yeah, you can tell, right? I mean us we can we can you know you nah you look like you yeah don't look like >> I'm telling you you you look some you look somehow that's not all >> that's why I asked when I first saw you right I said I who's knew the I said no he not he yeah December before this.
>> Oh, really?
>> December.
>> December.
>> Yeah. Group.
>> Oh, you you like I say, you stay in group, but you didn't come out. You haven't been out.
>> No, I would.
>> Well, not with us. Not with us.
>> Yeah. Not with y'all.
>> Yeah. Like this. Like I come a whole year. I mean, my my football is special days.
It's like up there.
Hi.
Heat.
again.
who man I can't Too young. Too young for you. It's too young. Too young.
My chicken eat my chicken.
That's a good chicken.
My chicken.
>> Oh my god. That's a rough ride.
>> Yeah, the ride the rocks.
like that.
>> Very good charge though.
Oh, no. No.
>> Prison.
>> Oh, they build a the new thing.
>> The prison.
>> No, no condo.
>> Yeah. You see the apartments, the condos right there? And those in the house like this.
>> This is all from the embassy. People that work in the embassy. You see the security guard? Tough flight, bro.
>> Oh, US flag.
>> Mhm.
>> I said they work for US embassy in our >> Oh, US embassy.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh.
Oh, got >> Oh, they got wake out here, too.
Oh no.
Drink salmon.
>> Oh, look. Look at Sandwake.
What's up?
Go low, bro.
That's a good tip right there.
>> Do that, you know.
>> I know.
>> You got to go this game, bro.
>> Hey, you still look good for your age, though. How old are you?
>> 60.
>> 55.
The same time, bro.
>> He was here. I was in the knife. He was the seven. The seven person.
>> The same foot that came.
>> Seven. I was the ninth. Oh yeah.
>> All right.
>> Listen to the same age.
>> Yeah. The same age.
>> He's 55. I'm 55.
>> See, everybody here is almost the same age. So everybody >> I'm in my 40.
>> I'm owing you up there.
>> Yuh.
Oh, he say he want to do dip.
>> Oh [ __ ] >> Yeah, I see that.
Easy.
Shower now.
You think he shoot, right?
He can't beat me, bro. He can't beat me, bro.
>> No, you can't beat me, though. You can't beat me back here, bro.
>> Hey, if you can beat him with your >> I got my suit on today.
>> I know. I see last week.
My eyeball go.
>> Well, look how thin he is though. He He could do a lot of though.
Get on fire.
>> Get out.
Funny one. 101.
101 again.
make it first.
>> Let's do an >> two. OG my sandals over here like How much 41 this way? I'm gone.
He he went back. He went back to Amarello yesterday.
>> Cool.
>> Huh?
>> Amarillo. That's where I was from.
Amarillo.
>> Oh, yeah. You know Batman.
>> Yeah. I know. I know. I know.
>> Yeah. That's who that's who I'm house singing for.
>> Batman. Yeah, >> I'm from Amarillo. He right there in the white tea. He's from Memoro, too.
>> You know, you know.
>> Okay. Hey, Cat. Cat, come here.
>> From Memorello.
>> Yeah, I know. I know. He's from Amarillo.
>> Yeah, >> I was in I was in >> Oh, you was with him.
>> Uh what's the name?
>> Yeah.
>> We was par together.
>> Yeah. Y was together. Oh, yeah.
>> I came I came before him.
>> Oh, really? Oh, you came before him?
>> Yeah.
>> He came before him.
>> And he know a lot of people from Amarillo, too.
>> That's crazy though.
>> No. Yeah. Batman.
>> You know, you know who he is, right?
>> Yeah.
>> The guy that makes >> you know.
>> Okay. His wife has a sushi sushi restaurant over there.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> Yeah. He's here, too.
>> That's what Damn. Are you all right, though?
Yeah.
>> Yeah. That's that's who I'm sitting for right now. He's going to be gone for money.
>> Oh, that's what's up, >> man. That's a long ass time, dude.
>> Yeah.
Sucking this [ __ ] on the back of her.
She turns every time no matter how listen I'm head to the [ __ ] up the city the home of the village Don't happen near the first heard the front heard.
Get him back.
>> THAT BODY is >> Yeah. Just take him. Take him inside.
Yeah.
easy.
>> I doubt you can't STICK IT IN FOOTBALL.
You can't stick it in basketball. Godamn you burn my basketball.
>> Oh, look at the [ __ ] else.
TASTE [ __ ] I'M SORRY. [ __ ] spectacle.
making sure I record you later. What's happening in with the big homies, man?
Off the muscle. You know what I'm saying?
>> I'mma hit you up. We do we do my thing later.
>> So, you know what I'm saying?
>> Yeah, we going to do something.
>> And we do the uh the for me up doing it 16th.
>> I think we doing 16. I think it's on the big Australia.
My heart is really like everything.
I see you like man. Mom's help me in, >> you know, been do some [ __ ] back, you know, but but never get caught up.
That's good though, you know.
>> Like we we we kind of dumb though. We we we >> don't want to get caught up. Man, you know, it just wrong place, wrong time, [ __ ] You know, our mind of thinking at the time was, you know, maybe altered, whatever.
>> Yeah.
>> It's like everybody out here, you know, nothing but old.
>> Yeah. This like a yard.
>> You don't see nothing. Young stay out here though, you know.
>> You want to get in cho out here like anything? [ __ ] man. Shout out to K man and everything, man. And all the turnies out here, man. Hey, >> make the best out of y'all. It's a second chance.
>> You know what I'm saying? It is what it is. Make the best out of y'all. The money for the homies and the big bros and all that. Big L, all that. Y'all coming through. Whoever's on the list.
Hey man, just stack the [ __ ] up. Do what we can do.
>> That's all it is, man.
>> Oh, I know. I know.
about saying appreciate man.
>> That's cool though.
>> At least at least he got older brother.
Like me, all my family blood brother.
Yeah, that's good.
>> Yeah. Every time they kill ducks, he he do specialty.
>> Okay. Yeah.
>> You know how you make >> Oh, tell you.
>> Oh, man. You would over there.
>> That's crazy. That's cool though.
Happy birthday.
>> Happy birthday, brother.
>> It's over.
>> It's over. It's over. your birthday. You losing tonight. You're going to donate donate back all of our money.
>> Donate back all how we doing state good.
>> Yeah.
>> Pull up.
I'm hanging up. All right.
>> Get your ass in.
>> What do you just ask, [ __ ] Where you get the money from? Hey, man. I I didn't poop it, man. I ain't pooped that [ __ ] man. I I got it flown in from a drone.
You know what I'm saying?
>> He ain't won.
>> We have no say, bro. Oh, [ __ ] I pray off the dope man, you know, the weed man.
>> And then uh I bought I bought a bottle yesterday. I bought another bottle today.
>> Hey, we having fun, bro. You know what I mean?
>> I'm chill.
>> I thought No. Yeah. When you call, I got I got >> Yeah. Same heat. Same heat.
>> Play poker. Yeah, that's right.
>> You want to play? You want to play? I'll play with y'all.
>> Yeah, let's do it.
>> It's not about pranking nobody. We all >> We all have a good time.
>> You got any shout out? Anybody in the state you want to shout out to family?
Uh Johnny, Alan, Jamie, Julie, uh Lazy G, my wife and daughter, Sue, Satie.
>> I know I learn. Yeah. from Long Beach, California.
>> Hey, what's up with you? You got anybody shout out to you?
>> Shout out to my wife, kids, my girl, family, mom, brother.
>> Everybody >> stay strong.
>> Stay strong, man. Stay healthy. That's all we could do, right? All we could do.
And everybody else, >> like I say, I told my kids, take good care of yourself.
>> Don't worry about us over here. We're doing all right.
>> We good. We good. We good.
>> [ __ ] [ __ ] Damn.
Thanks everybody for following. Like, comment, subscribe. Catch me on the next video. Thanks.
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