"Every girl needs her father." "Every woman has the perfect desire." Mary Marie Lynn (Jhene Aiko) was an average teenage leader, but with a small disadvantage that her boyfriend (Childish Gambino) couldn't bare. She and her mother, mama Mary (Alicia Keys) lived in a 3 bedroom home in the not so subtle part of California. Compton- where it was very rare to be a virgin at the age of 19. Disturbing news of her father, Joe Lynn (Common), being a drug addict didn't sit so delicately with her mother and caused a major break in Mary's tiny household. After her grand mother's passing, she became vulnerable and found herself craving for attention. The nice neighbor, Keenon Jackson (YG), knew a little about teaching. Slow updates.

Two brother's navigate life, love and the annoyance of brotherhood, and realize that the most important thing in life can be summed up in one word - family.

An unlikely pair come together to live out their dreams.

August and Amber newly married learn to navigate the tricky waters of married life. Trilogy to If That's What It Takes.