Greatness! I have seen this movie like 10 times.
The movie was beautifully written, directed and the actors played the hell out of their characters. It touches so many different subjects properly (ex: war veterans PTDS, alcoholism, inner-city life, love, Etc) while keeping its focus mainly on: Jason (Allen Payne) and Josh's (Bokeem Woodbine) relation and how they affect each other. But then Lyric (Jada Pinkett Smith) comes into the picture to stop Josh from ruining Jason's success which wasn't an easy task.
Jason's Lyric comes up toward the top of my list of most underrated movies of all time. This movie had been more of a staple if it had more promotion back in 1994 because a lot of people weren't even aware of it while it was showing in the theaters.