Tray excitedly prepares for his kids' graduation but is interrupted by an illicit request from Percy. After Tray helps a student out of a jam, Veesy begins to see Tray in a new light. Shahzad stresses over having to give a graduation speech.
Tray is an ex-con who is released from prison for good behavior after serving fifteen years. He returns to his old Brooklyn neighborhood to find that it has become gentrified. His ex-girlfriend, Shay, is now married to a white man named Josh and is raising his twin children Amira and Shazad. Tray decides to become a better man and a father with the help of the owner of a halfway house, Mullins, and his cousin Bobby.