“Crab in the barrel mentality”. Well Tommy was that crab and the Hood was the barrel and he was trying to continue to drag down Sincere with him. When all Sincere wanted to do was just get up out the hood and take his family and his good friend (Tommy) with him but Tommy wasn’t hearing it. Tommy was just ok with trying to be the biggest drug dealer out there and just move up in the drug chain. He was satisfied with living this lifestyle until he died.
But….
Then again he also taught us that everyone can change doesn’t matter how late in the game it is.