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♪♪

♪♪

♪ Now ♪

♪ I lay me down to sleep ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I just can't find a beat ♪

♪ Flash light ♪

♪ Oh I will never dance ♪

♪ Flash light ♪

Let's go.

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Get down yeah ♪

Come on, here we go.

♪ Ooh ♪

Dance...

Oh, we gonna dance.

♪ Oh-la-da-de ♪

♪ Oh-la-da da-da-da-da ♪

♪ Oh-la-da-de ♪

♪ Oh-la-da da-da-da-da ♪

♪ Oh-la-da-de ♪

♪ Oh-la-da da-da-da-da ♪

♪ Everybody's got a little light ♪

♪ Under the sun, under the sun ♪

♪ Under the sun ♪

♪ Under the sun, under the sun... ♪♪

(boy) X!

Yo, X!

♪♪

Hey, man, stop playin' around.

For real, man, you skatin' or what?

(boy) Yeah, let's go. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, come on.

(all) Southside!

(man) Attention, all you wallflowers

and all you seat-warmers,

this is DJ Smooth Dee talking,

telling you get on the floor

and skate 'til you can't skate anymore.

'Cause after today

the Garden will be closing its doors indefinitely.

And if you don't know what "indefinitely" means

you shouldn't be in here skating anyway.

You should have your ass in summer school.

(laughing)

I say it with love, people.

I say it with love, so...

get up out your seat.

We'll turn this mother sucker out.

All-skate, people.

This is an all-skate.

♪♪

♪ Rock ♪

♪ Rock skate ♪

♪ Roll bounce ♪

♪ Rock skate ♪

♪ Roll bounce ♪

♪ Rock skate ♪

♪ Roller skaters celebrate the disco wave ♪

♪ Give your feet the freedom ♪

♪ Let's bounce today ♪

♪ Roller skaters one in front and one behind ♪

♪ Bounce left bounce right ♪

♪ It's disco time ♪

♪ Ain't no stoppin' keep on rockin' ♪

♪ This funky kind of music ♪

♪ Seems to take you by the hands ♪

♪ Bounce left go on and bounce ♪

♪ Rock skate ♪

♪ Roll bounce ♪

♪ Rock skate ♪

♪ Roll bounce ♪

♪ Rock skate ♪

♪ Roll bounce ♪

♪ Rock skate ♪

(boy) All right, fellas, let's form

this train, y'all, come on, come on.

(all) Whoo!

(Smooth Dee) Whoa!

X and his boys is doin' it!

Ha-ha!

X and his boys is bad!

Whoo!

(laughing)

Boy, hit my butt again and see what happens!

Ooh, ooh!

Ooh!

Y'all make me sick.

Whoo!

♪ Roll bounce ♪♪

(X) Dang!

There goes our summer.

For real.

I mean, y'all, this is jacked up

(sobbing)

Damn, Naps.

I know you ain't cryin'.

No.

My eyes just water like this sometimes.

I have a condition.

You ain't got no condition.

The only condition you need to have is some for that hair.

(laughing)

Man, we can't keep nothin' open in the hood.

How'd Mr. Dunbars gonna go broke all of a sudden?

Shoot, you'll go broke too if you had 15 kids.

Hey, 16.

15, 16, 36, whatever.

That got a whole football and a basketball team.

Blue 42!

(X) Yeah, but I wonder what they're gonna build there.

(boy) Come on now, X.

You know what they're gonna build there.

Same thing they always build.

Either a gun shop...

Barbecue shack.

Chicken spot. Liquor store.

(all) Or all four in one.

(boy) But I hope they build that chicken spot.

Ooh, that'd be nice.

I guess we gotta go over to Sweetwater to skate now.

Mike, you're stupid.

Look, I'm not goin' all the way over to

no North Side to go skate.

Why not, X?

You're afraid you can't compete with those

North Side boys, huh?

Mm-hmm.

Who said I was afraid?

Look, bottom line is I don't wanna go over there.

X just doesn't wanna run into that ug-mug

he took to the movies last time.

Yep, mm-hmm.

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, Naomi?

Naomi, the duck?

Chick's so ugly, every time you see her, you gotta duck.

Watch out, quack!

Hey, I heard Sweetwater has some

nice-looking girls, though.

For white girls.

So? My ma's white, Junior.

It's cool, she got a black woman's body,

so, you know, it don't count, she good, she cool.

No, didn't I tell you to keep my mom's name

out your mouth, huh?!

Man, get back on your bike, man!

She's got an apple shape, I look sometimes.

Hey, I say we go up there.

Listen, Boo, all right?

I'm not-- hey-- oh!

(all laughing)

Look at his wheel!

Man, I told you to stop rollin' around

on those Buster Brown Goodwill skates.

What did I tell him, didn't I say that? Uh-huh.

Thank you. Sure, you're right.

For real, X, man, it's time to chuck them bad boys.

Hey, my mom bought me these skates, okay?

Man, just 'cause your mom bought 'em for you

doesn't mean we can't talk about your old-ass skates.

Man, Harriet Tubman wore them skates.

She skated her way to freedom.

♪ I's be skatin' my way to freedom ♪

♪ For freedom, freedom, freedom ♪♪

Look, man, these are not old, they're classics.

Yeah.

You know, like your mama's hairdo.

Oh! He got you!

She still singin' with The Supremes, right?

She was!

(all) ♪ Bald and beautiful ♪

♪ Bald and beautiful ♪

♪ Bald and beautiful ♪♪

Oh, snap!

Later!

(boy) Oh, shoot, Junior, sorry.

Yes!

(sighing)

I made it.

I made it.

Daddy!

X is late again!

Girl, shh!

Oh, girl, you better not let me catch you.

Come here! (dog barking)

(man) Xavier!

Huh?

Boy, get your butt out here!

Man, I hate her.

(dog barking)

(man on radio) ... a beautiful summer night here in the Windy City.

Perfect night for a baseball game.

One to nothing in favor of Boston.

They started the first inning

with two outs and a walk...

You're pushin' it, son.

Really pushin' it.

What, Dad?

I beat the light.

Did I say anything about a streetlight, Xavier?

I asked you to be home early

so we can get these gutters cleaned out, didn't I?

Oh, yeah.

"Oh, yeah."

Boy, this ain't a Kool-Aid commercial.

Dad, the Gardens closed down today for good.

I had to be there. No, son.

You had to be here, okay?

Here.

Now, look, I know it's summertime

and you wanna be runnin' the streets

with the Mod Squad,

but I'm gonna need your help around here.

It's just us now, son.

And I'm gonna need you to step up.

You understand what I'm sayin' to you, son?

Yes, sir.

♪♪

(ratchet clicking)

(sighing)

(sighing)

(Dad) Xavier! (knocking on door)

(snoring)

Xavier! (knocking on door)

Come on, now, let's go, trash day.

What'd, you forget?

Oh, shoot, the trash!

Uh-huh, uh-huh, don't try to move 'em now.

You know we don't like backtracking.

Yeah, we're highly opposed to backtracking.

My fault.

Look, I'll just bring 'em out at night next time.

Oh, bring 'em out at night?

No, you ain't gonna just bring 'em out at night next time.

What, so the German shepherd and the pit bull puppies

could snatch the bag outta there and have empty diapers

and cigarette wrappers and Snickers packages

and tampon and Stayfree boxes

laid all out in the middle of the street?

Yeah.

Then the neighbors calling down to the plant,

complaining. Right.

Like we did it, talkin' about how we

didn't do our job correctly.

And then we get complaints and warnings from our boss.

Then after the warning comes a demerit. Right.

And when you get to three demerits,

you know what happen then?

A (blank) lose his job!

Oh, God, man.

His house!

His family! Yeah.

Get kicked out of church 'cause you no longer

got money for the collection plate.

They want you out! Right.

All because you bringin' out the garbage late.

That's right.

And I'm tellin' you straight up, man,

if I lose my job, man,

you gonna put on a little Evel Knievel suit

and sell some dimes and nicks

around here on a Big Wheel or something.

You're gonna get my money some kinda way.

Yeah, and then,

'cause of our rock-hard bodies

we developed from liftin' trash...

Right.

... we end up in the alley... Right.

... as prostitutes. Ri...

Yeah, that's right, you too!

I don't know about all that. Yeah, it could happen.

You end up in the alley with the shirt off, sweaty.

Yeah.

Selling. Right.

Not for money!

Just for a bite off the man's hamburger.

The point is we tryin' to make--

don't mess with the Department of Sanitation

or you will come up dirty!

♪ I wanna know your name ♪

♪ What's your name baby? ♪

♪ Mm-mm ♪

Hey!

Hey, hey....

Ooh!

♪ I wanna know your name ♪

Good God!

Mmm, mmm, mmm...

♪ What's your name? ♪

Ooh, Duncan Hines!

♪ I love you in my... ♪

Mmm! Look at her!

Skin just glittering.

(chuckling)

Oh, yeah.

Whoo, boy!

Good...

Lord have mercy.

Is that a Lustrasilk?

Look at how her hair blow.

Look at her, look at the walk!

Chocolate city, chocolate city.

That must be jelly, 'cause jam don't shake like that.

Yeah, I'm outta here.

See ya later, little man.

Hey, look it here.

Why don't you check your package.

You got a little fruit hangin' out of the loom.

Huh?

Oh...

Daddy, can we please go to McDonald's?

No, honey, it's too early now, I gotta go to work.

Come on.

Where are your clothes?

Um, Dad--

Never mind, I'm taking your sister to Pam's house to play,

and then I gotta go to work.

Dad, shouldn't you comb her hair first?

I did comb it.

(sighing)

(clearing throat)

Looks good.

Get in the car, honey.

Anyway, I'm outta here.

Don't burn down my house.

And put some clothes on, boy, this ain't Africa.

What's the matter with you?

Hey, Curt, what's up, baby?

Mr. Astronomical Man!

Hey, Byron, Victor.

Boy, you know I wanna be

just like you when I grow up.

Wear the jeans with the whole sweater

tucked down in the pants.

Oh, boy.

No, man, all jokes aside, man,

how the airplane engineering business treatin' you?

Never better, brother, never better.

"Never better, brother, never better."

He's cool, man.

Curt is Uncle Tom, man.

Damn, so what you think about me, man?

If you think he's Uncle Tom?

He ain't down with the struggle like you and me.

That dude voted for Nixon. You're right about that.

♪♪

Can I take a message?

Sure, you can try back in about an hour.

All right, thank you.

Yes, good morning, hi.

Good morning, I'm Curtis Smith.

I'm here to apply for the engineering position.

I'm sorry, but that position's already been filled.

Sorry.

(phone ringing)

Good morning, McGill and White, how may I help you?

♪ When I wake up in the morning love ♪

What the...

♪ And the sunlight hurts my eyes ♪

Hey!

♪ And something without warning love ♪

Oh!

♪ Bears heavy on my mind ♪

♪ Then I look at you ♪

(man) Hey, man!

Hey, how you doing, Mr. Johnson, all right?

Boy, what you doing?!

♪ A lovely day ♪

♪ Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ♪

♪ Lovely day, lovely day... ♪♪

♪♪

All right, here he comes, arm yourselves.

(boys whispering)

(boy) Ooh, squishy.

Go! Go!

(gasping)

Oh!

(all shouting)

(X) He, hey, hey, come on, man, stop it!

Stop playin'!

Ahh!

Get him!

(all shouting)

(laughing)

You little punks!

(laughing)

Oh...

(horn honking)

Whew.

(man on radio) Bill Withers on your radio.

It's 97 degrees on the Southside...

Hi.

Hi.

♪♪

Whoa!

Oh! Oh, shoot!

Oh, man, are you okay?

Yeah, yeah.

All right, I just wanted to--

Yeah, I'm cool. You know, I wanted to make sure.

Just breaking in some skates.

Tori. Hi.

My mom and I just moved in over there.

Oh, okay, I'm X.

Oh, okay, I think I seen your mom take out

the trash last week.

Mm, black woman, skintight jeans,

wearin' a top with no bra on?

Uh, look, I don't-- Yeah, that was her.

(laughing)

She knows she be workin' it.

So I see you skatin'.

Um, you're a skater?

Yeah, uh...

my daddy sent these for me.

He lives in Atlanta with his new wife.

A white woman, but I ain't mad.

Shoot, she's rich as a mug.

(chuckling)

What about you?

Do you have any brothers or sisters?

(X) Well, yeah, I have a little sister.

I mean, she's five goin' on 40.

(Tori laughing)

And then there's my dad.

Well, no comment.

What about the people here?

What about 'em?

You know, they all nice like you?

Yeah, of course, I mean, this is a nice city.

(X) They're all nice like me.

Oh, really? Yeah.

Better yet, I'm gonna prove it to you.

Hey, guys, this is Tori. Hi.

(all) Damn!

Dang, girl!

Did a whole silverware drawer

explode in your mouth?

(all laughing)

I'm just sayin', Amtrak called.

They said they need some of their tracks back.

(all laughing)

Lay me some tracks, come on...

Look, don't trip on him, all right?

He's always like this.

Oh, don't worry, I'm not.

I know punk rides on the short yellow bus.

(all) Ooh!

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, Heavy Metal.

I know you don't wanna start.

Yeah, you don't wanna start.

Because I ain't the one. He ain't the one.

See, look at you.

Your mouth look like a daggone tin foil factory!

That's what it look like.

(all laughing)

Well, at least I'm gettin' my teeth corrected.

Look at yours. What?

You need to stop chewin' on them yellow crayons

and start scrubbin' with some Colgate, Yuck Mouth!

(all laughing)

What?

Oh, see, that ain't fair.

You can't say Yuck Mouth,

because I'm allergic to toothpaste anyway.

And I was eatin' Cheetos!

Look, look, forget you, all right?

I got you, I got somethin' for you.

Why you laughing at that, man? 'Cause it's funny, Yuck Mouth.

(Mike) Yo, X.

We're goin' over to Sweetwater to check it out.

And maybe even get a glimpse at Sweetness.

What's a Sweetness?

Only the baddest mofo to ever slap on a pair of skates.

Mm-hmm. Yeah, best on the North Side.

I mean, not over here.

Man, whatever.

He wins the skate-off every year.

Dude is good.

Hey, I heard he had his own theme music, like on "Baretta." He ain't got no theme music.

Yeah, and I heard that one time some fool challenged Sweetness

in the middle of the rink to a skate-off.

He made homeboy look so bad

that he went number two on himself.

Stop jivin', man, you're lyin'!

Man, I swear, number two in white jeans.

He boo-booed on himself.

Nasty. So, X, man, you comin' or what?

I mean, guys, how come we just can't skate

over here like we've been doin'?

X, stop bein' a little punk, man.

Look, we'll have you home

before the streetlight come on, all right? Yeah.

Look, my boy's comin'. Mm-hmm.

Cool, I'm comin', too.

Oh, he-he-hell, no.

Junior, man, come on!

Can you even skate?

Yeah.

Yeah?

Just don't fall on your face.

It's already hurt enough.

Boy, don't touch my face.

Hey, y'all, be quiet, be quiet, shh.

A moment of silence for her face, please.

All right, amen, hallelujah, let's go.

(boys laughing)

♪♪

Let's do this.

Oh, I'm telling you...

Hey, man, we're gonna have a good time at Sweetwater.

I promise, man, look at this.

My goodness! Whoo!

♪ Kiss good night ♪

See that right there, they got video games.

♪ Good night ♪

♪ I'm there at your side ♪

♪ I'm part of all the things you are ♪

(Naps) Can I get your name? Excuse me.

Your number?

Dang, this place is live.

I could live up in here. Me too-- for real.

I didn't expect all of... this.

What was that?

I don't know, was that a girl or a guy?

Hey, man, this place has everything. Yeah.

Yeah, everything.

But some real music.

Okay, I mean, the Gardens used to bump.

(Tori) What?

Boy, this is a jam.

♪ In the words of a broken heart ♪

♪ It's just emotion ♪

♪ That's taken me over ♪ She's crazy.

♪ Tied up in sorrow ♪♪

"Emotion" by The Bee Gees.

(all) The Bee what?

Come on.

Y'all never heard of The Bee Gees?

No, but it sound like somethin'

my cousin caught from his girlfriend.

I heard it make your balls fall off.

Fo-for real? Yeah, so watch out.

Yo!

Check this out! What?

Whoo!

Now this is what I'm talkin' about.

"Come compete in this year's skate-off.

"Show your talents in group roller dancing competition.

Grand prize $500."

(whistling)

Man, you know what I could buy with $500?

Hopefully a comb, Naps.

(laughing)

Well, guys, I'm good, I've seen enough.

What?

(Boo) X, we just got here, man, what are you talkin' about?

(Mike) For real, man, why are you actin' all funky?

Man, I'm not actin' all funky.

(Junior) You are too.

Plus, there's way too much new booty

for us to be jaw-jacking with you.

For real.

I'm rentin' skates. I'm with you, Naps.

Come on, come on, come on.

(man) Let's pick up the pace

and groove to the sound of The Real Thing.

"Can You Feel The Force?"

Excuse me? (bell dinging)

Excuse me?

Excuse me! (bell dinging)

Oh...

Hold on. Excuse me.

Y'all need somethin'?

Nine.

All right, Lite-Brite.

Ahh...

No, man, these are 12s, I asked for nines.

Oh, my fault, little man.

Well?

Could you go get 'em?

Hey, man, you know, I can't be wearin' these big old boats--

Check this out, youngblood.

You're gonna wear whatever skates Bernard gives you.

Dig that?

Don't start nothin'.

Won't be nothin'.

We cool?

Be cool.

(woman) Oh, baby, you're so smart.

(Bernard) Don't forget fine.

That dude's crazy! (Boo) Really.

Look like Jimi Hendrix.

Oh, damn! What?

Diablo mama! Damn.

(man) Ooh!

"Love to Love You."

I do.

♪ I'd love to love you baby ♪

♪ I'd love to love you baby ♪

♪ I'd love to love you baby ♪

♪ When you laying so close to me ♪

♪ There's no place I'd rather you be than with me ♪

♪ Ee ♪

♪ Oh I'd ♪

♪ Love to love you baby ♪

♪ I'd love to love you baby ♪

♪ I'd love to love you baby ♪

♪ Do it to me again and again ♪

♪ You put me in such an awful spin in a spin... ♪

Be cool.

She comin', don't look. Hey, baby.

Hi, Xavier.

What?

Naomi? Yes.

How are you?

Oh...

I'm-- I'm fine.

So when did you start comin' down here? Is that the duck?

Oh, well, this is the first time down here. Damn!

See, the Gardens got closed down, so...

They closed the Gardens?

I didn't know that.

(Junior clearing throat)

Like it.

(clearing throat)

Um, so are these your friends?

Yeah.

Uh, this is Mike, uh, Boo, Junior, Naps and that's Tori.

How you doing? Can't call it, can't call it.

Hi!

How's it...

Shh... What?

You're messin' it up!

Those lips hit my neck.

So, um...

... you look great.

Yeah, so do you.

He ain't lyin'.

He ain't lyin'.

So I'll have to tell my mom that I ran into you.

Oh, okay.

Come here for a minute.

Um, I never had a chance to tell you, but...

... I'm really sorry about your mom.

Oh, um, it's fine, really.

What she say? Shh, shh.

She said somethin' about a ham sandwich.

No, I know, but I just wanted you to know that I--

I am sorry. Naomi, really, it--

(clearing throat) Would you look at that?

500!

I'm fine.

All right.

(crowd cheering)

(boy) Comin' through, comin' through!

Move, move!

Get out of the way!

Y'all know what's going on.

Make room for Mr. Fantastic.

The pretty boy, the super bad!

He's super bad.

Super fly. He's fly.

Baddest mofo on eight wheels.

Make some noise for...

Sweetness!

(cheers and applause)

♪♪

Chill.

♪ I'm stronger than a locomotive ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ That old saying is true ♪

♪ But I can't understand sometimes baby ♪

♪ Why I'm so weak for you ♪

♪ But they call me the Superman lover ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ They call me the Superman lover ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ But something's wrong ♪

♪ Something's wrong with me it's you ♪

♪ Something's wrong yeah... ♪

Sweetness, you so fine!

Yes, you are!

Junior! I was talking to--

Pull yourself together, Tori.

Cape.

(woman) You're the man!

♪ I've outflown a few yes I have ♪

Lint. Lint.

♪ But I must be flying awful slow sometime babe ♪

(woman) Be carefully, honey.

(woman) Sweetness! ♪ I can't keep up with you ♪

Towel.

(woman) Look at that chest, baby.

♪ I got X-ray vision ♪

♪ And I can see see through steel too babe ♪

(women squealing)

It's mine!

No, no!

♪ 'Cause I can't see through you ♪

♪ But they call me the Superman lover... ♪

I skate now.

♪ Say they call me the Superman lover yeah ♪

♪ But something's wrong... ♪

(man) Sweetness!

Ah-hah, he's too cool.

Boogie on down.

♪ Yes it is ♪

See, see?

I told you Sweetness had his own theme music.

Damn the music.

Sweetness got the honeys.

I think Tootsie is scoping me.

Here, Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie!

Man, I hope she don't got The Bee Gees.

I guess everybody loves Sweetness around here, huh?

Not everybody.

♪ They call me Superman lover yeah ♪♪

♪♪

Naomi!

What, Troy?

Come on, now.

You don't have to get all attitude on me.

I thought we were cool.

Hey, what's up with that fake number you gave me?

Yeah, what's up with the fake digits?

It wasn't fake.

They just weren't mine.

(laughing) Loser.

Okay, okay.

I see how it is.

Okay, so you won't give me... me your number?

Instead you give it to

a raggedy dude with a crooked-ass 'fro.

Yeah.

Jackpot natural.

Whatever.

I'll see you later, X. All right.

Excuse me.

Hey, Roy.

Roy, check 'em out, check 'em out. I'm checking, I'm checking.

Wearin' them hand-me-down skates.

I mean, come on.

Who y'all supposed to be, the food stamp crew?

No, no, man, these are the welfare rollers.

(laughing)

Man, I know you ain't talkin' with them

"American Bandstand" glittery pants on.

What, what?

You crazy?

These are the threads of champions.

Sweetwater Rollers, group skate champions.

Five years runnin', baby, dig it.

(all) "Sweetwater Rollers, five years runnin', baby."

(Junior) Until now!

(all) Dig that!

John Travolta!

Is this a challenge, Mr. Mouth?

Whatever you want it to be, Kung Fu!

(speaking gibberish)

You just say when.

Right now, Cosby kids, come on.

Why don't you bring your old Salvation Army

rent-a-skate crew out here right now, punks?!

Man, you ain't said nothin' but a word.

We'll see, Jackson Five.

(Mike) What the hell was that?

I don't know, man.

Hey, look, let's show these dudes how we do it on the...

(all) Southside!

Can I come too? 'Cause I--

(all) No!

(Junior) Hell, no!

I didn't want to skate with them anyway.

Aah!

(crowd cheering)

♪♪

Yeah!

♪ So this ain't the end I saw you again today ♪

♪ I had to turn my heart away ♪

♪ You lying so low in the weeds ♪

♪ I bet you gonna ambush me ♪

♪ You'd have me down, down, down, down... ♪

Oh, shoot, come on, Junior, come on, Boo.

♪ On my knees now wouldn't you ♪

♪ Barracuda ♪

Dang, y'all!

I said size nine, size nine!

(X) Dang, they're too far ahead.

All right, X, man, cut through the middle. Hell, yeah.

Come on, y'all, we gotta catch up.

Man, that Chinese boy's fast.

Let's get the train together.

(all) Whoa!

♪ If the real thing don't do the trick ♪

Watch out!

♪ You better make up something quick ♪

♪ You gonna burn, burn, burn, burn ♪

♪ Burn to the wick ♪

♪ Ooh Barracuda ♪

♪ Yeah ♪♪

(Junior) Y'all go on!

You're all weak anyways!

A bunch of suckers.

(crowd cheering)

Yo, they was doin' moves I never even seen before.

Whatever.

(X) Yeah, they were pretty good.

(Junior) Whatever, man.

It's home court advantage, don't even count.

(Boo) Whatever, Junior.

I'm about to go to the snack bar

and get an ICEE or somethin'. I'm with you, man.

Boo, you okay?

(Boo) Man, my eye's actin' up.

Man, I'm rentin' new skates.

I'm-- I'm gonna go sit down.

Well, y'all, y'all go on.

I'm about to get me some of Tootsie.

Here, Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie!

That thing that you're doin',

kind of like a twist, like you're jumpin',

and then kind of like...

Tori, Tori, please, okay?

I'm telling you-- Please!

♪ Our love is like a ship on the ocean ♪

♪ We've been sailing with a cargo ♪

♪ Full of love and devotion ♪

Gotcha! (screaming)

♪ So I'd like to know where you got the notion ♪

♪ Said I'd like to know where you got the notion ♪

Oh, damn, Junior!

♪ To rock the boat don't rock the boat baby ♪

♪ Rock the boat don't tip the boat over ♪

♪ Rock the boat don't rock the boat baby ♪

♪ Rock the boat... ♪

Shut up, shut up!

(Junior) No, no, baby, it's big!

Damn...

♪ Rock the boat ooh ♪

♪ Rock the boat rock on with your bad self ♪

♪ Rock the boat ♪♪

(laughing)

Shut up, shut up!

First of all, they're support briefs,

and all the athletes wear 'em.

Wilt Chamberlain, uh,

Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, O.J. Simpson.

They say they make you run faster.

All the ones that wear bras!

(laughing)

Shut up, hippie!

I'll show you somethin' big!

Hey, man, this ain't funny!

This is not no joke.

These dudes don't even respect us.

They just chalk us up

to be some poor ghetto boys from the Southside

that don't even have a pot to piss in.

And that's not even us.

We're them boys used to go down

to the Gardens to skate our asses off.

♪♪

Now, I know I was the one against goin' over there.

But now... fellas, we gotta go there.

Get back on top, no matter what.

We need to kick ass at this skate-off come August.

I see somebody got their balls off layaway.

Yeah, whatever, you just stop wearin' purple panties

and start puttin' lotion on your ashy butt.

Hey, where we from, y'all?

(all) Southside!

Hey, there's your home right there!

(shouting)

(crickets chirping)

(groaning)

♪♪

What?

Bad dream?

(sighing)

All right, come on.

(sighing)

Xavier?

Go to sleep.

What was Mom like?

Huh?

Tell me what she was like again.

Um...

Well...

... she was a lot like you.

She was-- she was always fantasizing

like she was somebody else.

Diana Ross, Tina Turner.

But she couldn't sing, though.

No?

No, not a lick.

See, me and Dad didn't have the heart to tell her,

so we would just sit back on the couch

and just let her rip.

Yeah.

Mom was so pretty.

Dad would always tell me,

"Son...

God must really like us."

Back then you couldn't keep Dad from smiling.

But when he looks at you,

he gets that same grin on his face,

just like when he used to look at Mom.

Mom was like an angel.

A black angel?

Yeah, I guess so.

(exhaling)

(Dad) Have a good time, son.

Make sure you hold your sister's hand.

And spend all his money, honey.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Smith.

Uh-huh.

♪♪

(bell dinging)

(woman) Oh, baby, I love you.

(Bernard) Yes, you do.

I love you.

And I love you back.

Ah, gotcha.

Size 12.

What it is?

What's up?

You know, the ladies,

they can't get enough of Bernard.

I think it's the lips, you know?

Not too pouty, not too brave.

You know, firm and tender like sirloin.

I used to do lip exercises on my pillow.

And a-one... and a-two...

Can I get a size nine, please?!

Now... today... ahora?

All right, 'fro magnum.

Dude, calm down.

Tryin' to bond with a brother, man, that's all.

You ain't tryin' to bond with me.

You ain't trying' to bond with me.

You done gave me my skates a long time ago.

I wouldn't have to be waitin'.

Dude, these are size 15s!

Man, why you keep doin' me like this?

Check this out.

The ladies around here

like a brother with a big... skate.

♪ Hold on ♪

♪ Oh hold on... ♪♪

(girls giggling)

(laughing)

You got a size 17 back there, Bernard?

Size 17 back there, Bernard?

Talkin' my talk now.

Pretty state of mind.

Let me get you the get-up.

(chuckling)

Bye, X.

I told you I didn't want to bring her. Oh, she don't wanna be with you.

She's goin' over there.

Look who it is.

(laughing)

What's up, X?

And how'd you get in, Jaws?

I see the metal detector must be broken.

(mimicking beeping)

I don't know.

Ask your big-boned mama.

She the one workin' the door.

(all laughing)

(Boo) She got you again, Junior.

You two need to quit, okay?

Oh, don't talk to me, talk to him.

Stupid.

(Junior) Oh, no, man.

There go them dude in them tights again.

(Boo) What's wrong with him?

Whatever-- hey, yo, X, lace up.

I was watching Kung Fu Theater.

I know this move we could use. All right

All right, yo, hey.

Man, your friends are so stupid.

Hey, you're just now figurin' that out?

(laughing) All right.

(man) Session two is now beginning.

This next skate will be for couples only.

This is a couples' skate.

Oh, look, look, look. What, what?

There goes your other friend.

Hi. Hey.

Hey, X.

Hi.

Hi.

(laughing) How are you doin'?

(clearing throat)

So how's everything going?

It's all right, everything's cool, cool.

And real cool.

So...

So... (chuckling)

So?!

Isn't this couples' skate?

You two should go skate.

I don't mind.

Thank you, I mean...

Hey, I remember those.

You've had those for a long time.

Your mom gave 'em to you on your 13th birthday, right?

Right.

So you wanna go get out there together?

Uh... I can't.

I ate somethin' today and my stomach is actin' up,

and-- and I don't think that it's--

Hey, it's okay.

Um, maybe another time.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

♪ Baby come back ♪♪

What a doof!

What's happenin'? (laughing)

(engine struggling)

Hello?

Come on, come on, come on.

(engine stalling)

Hello?

Hello.

I'm Vivian, Vivian Turner, your new neighbor.

Oh... hi, I'm Curtis.

Uh, yeah.

I just got home from work,

and I got this note from my daughter saying

she went skating with an-- an X?

Yes, um...

X is my son, Xavier.

I dropped 'em off a little while ago at the rink.

Okay, well, is this a once-in-a-while thing,

or do you make a practice of dropping off

people's kids that you don't even know?

Hey, what--

'Cause if it is, then maybe the authorities

should be notified about your activities.

Look, Mrs. Turner...

Miss Turner.

Oh, it's Miss.

Okay, Miss Lady With A Bad Attitude-- whatever.

Calm down, okay?

The kids were gonna ride the bus to the rink.

But, you know, bein' the neglectful parent that I am,

I decided to give 'em a ride anyway.

Now, since you're so concerned about your daughter's welfare,

I suggest you take a ride up to the rink.

It's about 30 minutes up Imperial.

They close at midnight.

However, my son will be here at 8:00.

So you can either wait,

but, you know, in your garage.

Or you can go down there

and be known as the party-crashin' mama

on the block and give your daughter a serious complex

for the rest of her natural-born life.

Your choice. (door slamming)

Your carburetor's flooded. So is yours.

Big old Fat Albert look-alike.

Must be crazy talkin' to me like he's out of his mind...

How do you know the carburetor's flooded?

You need to put some lotion on them feet.

♪ Everybody was kung fu fighting ♪

♪ Those kicks were... ♪

(Junior) Man, this is Bruce Lee's "Fists of Fury."

Ain't nobody doin' this in the competition.

I wonder why, Junior.

(Junior) Ah, now what?

(crowd cheering)

(man) And here he is, center floor,

Sweetwater's finest.

Give it up for Sweetness.

♪♪

(crowd cheering)

♪ I'm your boogie man that's what I am ♪

♪ I'm here to do ♪

♪ Whatever I can ♪

♪ Be it early morning late afternoon ♪

(crowd chanting) Go Sweetness, go Sweetness!

♪ Or at midnight ♪

♪ It's never too soon ♪

♪ To want to please you ♪

♪ To want to keep you ♪

♪ To want to do it all ♪

♪ All for you ♪

♪ I want to be your ♪

♪ Be your rubber ball ♪

♪ I want to be the boy ♪

♪ You love most of all ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man ♪

♪ Turn me on ♪

♪ I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man ♪

♪ I'll do what you want ♪

♪ I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man ♪

♪ Turn me on ♪

♪ I'm your boogie man I'm your boogie man ♪

♪ I'll do what you want ♪

♪ I'm your boogie man that's what I am ♪

♪ I'm here to do ♪

♪ Whatever I can ♪

♪ Be it early morning ♪

♪ Late afternoon ♪

♪ Or at midnight ♪

♪ Oh it's never too soon ♪

I don't know, y'all, I mean, he's good.

Told you.

He's okay.

But I've seen X do all those moves.

♪ And I want you to ♪

♪ Completely understand ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

(sighing)

♪ I'm your boogie man, boogie man... ♪

Oh, oh, oh, hell, no!

Oh! Except that one.

Now, that was good, I'll give that a ten.

Whoo!

♪ Boogie man, boogie man turn me on ♪

Hey, Poindexter, get off me.

... bueno. Get off of me, man!

You okay?

Somebody fan her for me.

(dog barking)

Yeah.

(coughing)

Hey.

I didn't know you were here.

Didn't see the Mustang out front.

Oh, um, yeah.

It's been, uh, giving me a little trouble,

so I put it in the shop.

Hmm.

Hey, Dad, where you goin'?

Oh, just over to Miss Jenkins's house.

She havin' a little get-together.

She kinda cornered me in the frozen food section today

so, you know, kinda have to show my face.

Are there gonna be women there?

It's just that I've never seen you

get all dressed up like this before.

Wearing cologne...

(coughing)

(clearing throat)

Son, it's just a party.

Oh, no, no, no, it's cool, it's cool.

Oh, it's cool? It's cool.

Take your time.

Your time. Thank you so much.

So how was Sweetwater?

Oh, it was good.

See, Dad, we're goin' against this guy named Sweetness

and his crew at the skate-off.

Think you'll make it?

Well, I don't know, son.

I may have to work.

Oh.

You know, to be honest, son...

you could be doin' something a lot more constructive

than wasting time at that skatin' rink.

Mom didn't think it was a waste of time.

(sighing)

(girl) Daddy!

Hey, pretty girl, come on, come on.

Oh, boy, you're gettin' so big, baby.

Oh, man.

You smell good, Daddy Oh, thank you, baby.

Can you read me a story?

Mmm...

yeah, I can read you a story.

Man, you've got to be crazy.

You ain't got to be from Ohio

to be one of the Ohio Players.

This is Tino glamour, baby.

Hey, Rhonda, what's going on, Mama? Hey, Tino, nothing much.

How you doing? Good, good.

How do you get these napkins to match that outfit, Mama?

You know you do your thing...

I gotta do my thing, get off my phone.

All right, Mahogany, hold on,

it ain't long-distance.

Thought I'd bring you a drink.

Oh, uh, thanks, Rhonda, but, uh, I don't drink.

You don't drink?

What, you a Jehovah Witness or something?

No, I'm just not a drinker, that's all.

Mmm.

But, hey, I do like all this, uh, this cheetah thing

you got going on. Cheetah?

It's leopard.

Cheetah's too gaudy.

Oh.

Well, I'll get you a Pepsi.

Okay.

You keep that wall up for me.

Whoo, Curtis, my man, Curtis, my man.

Big Curt.

I ain't know you was on Rhonda.

(Curtis) What? No, man, I'm just--

I ain't on nothing but this wall, okay, just... wall.

Man, if I wasn't miserably married, man,

I'd be trying to tame that big, wild kingdom.

Mm-hmm, whole lot of rumble in that jungle.

Ooh, and she make a damn good rib.

I'll handle that cat.

(hissing)

Beat that cat down!

Man, let me get a piece of that rib.

Hey, man, don't touch my rib.

Rhonda, you ain't slick.

We saw you over there working Curtis. What?

Okay, girl, please, I wasn't doing nothing

but giving that man a Pepsi, that's all.

Mm-hmm.

But he is fine!

(laughing) Oh, girl, yes, he is.

Oh, I just feel so sorry about what happened to Kathy.

Yeah. Yeah, I know.

That was a beautiful woman.

Yes, she was. She was.

Who's Kathy?

(Rhonda) Oh, that's right, you don't know, do you? Mm-mm.

Kathy was his wife. Oh.

She died last year-- what was that--

two weeks or so before Christmas?

Oh.

Turned out she had some sort of a heart condition.

It was sad, I feel bad for those kids.

Oh, baby, is Curtis sad.

Yeah, it is.

But in the meantime, I'm gonna get him that Pepsi.

(chuckling)

It's a cute outfit, girl.

You need to work on your aim.

Aw, they'll find it.

Maybe they'll start paying me on time.

Hey, what's up with you and that Naomi girl?

You guys used to date?

(X) No, we were just friends.

You should like her.

Huh?

You heard me.

She's a cute girl, what's not to like?

See you checking her out, drooling, mouth all open.

But you ain't gotta be ashamed.

You know, I was gonna tell you, though.

When you're with a girl, you've gotta be cool, okay?

You can't be no nerd letting her see you dribble

because that-- that you should be ashamed of.

Your daddy should've told you this, but anyway--

Tori.

Throw a paper.

Ugh...

♪♪

All right, we got a live one, are we ready?

We're ready.

(dog barking)

Tori!

(laughing and shouting)

(screaming)

(screaming)

Tori!

(screaming)

No!

Ohh...

(X) Man, no!

Get out of here, you little punks!

Tori, you all right?

(chuckling) Shut up.

Shut up.

(boy) Got you!

(laughing)

We got three weeks to the skate-off.

We need to step it up.

Last week at Sweetwater...

I ain't gonna name no names-- Naps.

What?

But last week at Sweetwater, some of us looked like crap.

What?

I'm gonna be ready, I'm clutch.

No, what you need to do

is clutch some skating skills, clown.

Yeah, and stop renting skates.

Why don't you just wear the ones that you have on?

Dude, what do I look like rolling in my sister's skates?

No different, you still look goofy.

Eh, forget you, Mike, albino punk.

Whatever, Ricky Ricardo.

Hurry up.

"What's Happening" comes on at 4:00.

Mind your own business, Chainsaw Lips!

Nap, take the box.

Get in formation.

♪♪

♪ Make the decision to follow your vision ♪

♪ You just won't feel complete ♪

♪ 'Til you get on your feet ♪

(Junior) One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Come on, Boo, good job, man.

Here we go, fellows, come on, fellows.

(laughing)

♪ Oh everybody wants to roll ♪

♪ Break the chains and lose control ♪

♪ Do you set 'em free? ♪

♪ It's all good ♪

♪ Follow me ♪

♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ Be what you want to be ♪

♪ And let go ♪

♪ Ooh let your body be free ♪

♪ And just dance to this new way of life ♪

(all) Southside!

♪ Let's roll, let's roll ♪

♪ Let your body release ♪

♪ And let shine like the star in the night ♪

♪ Let's go ♪♪

(phone ringing)

Hi, um...

(clearing throat)

I'm here to inquire about

the quality-control engineering position.

Oh, yeah, it's open.

So, do you have any experience, um...

Curtis.

I'm sorry, Curtis Smith.

Any experience, Curtis?

Yeah, as a matter of fact, I do.

I, um, I got my degree in mechanical engineering

from Arizona State University.

Uh, I've been at Chicago Air

designing airplanes for ten years,

well, 'til, uh, they folded,

so, um...

yeah, yeah, I guess, yeah, I have a little bit.

(chuckling)

Yeah, what's so funny?

Oh, my man, I don't think this is the job for you.

Why?

Now I know I can handle the job.

Now just-- you haven't even seen--

Curtis, Curtis.

"Quality-control engineer"

is just a fancy way of saying "janitor."

I'm looking for a janitor.

And the last I checked, you don't need a degree to mop.

Sorry, brother.

Yeah.

(clearing throat) Excuse me.

How much does it pay?

(Junior) Oh, now it's like this.

Hey, yo, pass the chips.

X, can I play?

No, go play with your Barbies or something.

I'm telling Dad you won't let me play with you.

So?

(Boo) "I'm telling Dad you won't let me play with you." Bye.

That's why I can't be no older brother, man.

There's too much stress.

That's why I'm happy my mom got her tubes tied, you know?

(Boo) So are we.

(all) Ohh...

Y'all liked that one, I know y'all liked that one.

Ain't that a blip, Boo?

No, no, better yet.

Ain't that some lips, Boo?

Because I know your choco-butt ain't trying to bag on somebody.

He walking 'round here looking like a skid mark.

I don't look like no skid mark, Junior.

I know-- I know, you're not laughing, half-breed.

Yeah, that's right, 'cause you all mixed-up.

You don't know if you want a sweet potato pie

or pumpkin pie.

(laughing)

Barry White or The Bee Gees, which one is it?

Look at you, looking like a white boy with sprinkles.

Man, get off me, man.

Man, get off me, man.

Naps, aren't you Puerto Rican, huh?

Aren't you supposed to have good hair?

(speaking Spanish)

What is this, man, you a disgrace to your race?

His hair's so nappy, when he comb,

it sound like he biting an apple.

(imitating crunching)

Ahh, ahh...

No wonder your daddy mad, your daddy don't claim you, do he?

(speaking Spanish)

Ah, my hand's stuck, somebody help me.

Mine too, hold up, hold up.

(laughing) Hey!

I do have good hair!

(laughing)

(dog barking)

♪♪

(boys laughing)

(man) Hey, Curt, what's happening?

Oh, hey.

Ahh!

(Junior) No one can beat my score.

No, no, no.

What's your score? I got 12.

(door slamming)

Hi-- hi-- hi, how you doing, Mr.-- Mr. Curtis?

(bomb exploding on video game)

Whose is this?

Is this yours?

Huh?

Boy, don't try to act like you didn't hear me

with them big ears.

You probably heard the sun come up this morning.

Take this and roll your big-eared butt home with it.

You know, you got--

Mr. Smith, you got a little leaf...

How many times do I have to tell you kids

not to leave nothing on my porch?!

Almost broke my neck out there!

(snickering)

Oh...

What you laughing at, boy?

Diana Ross called.

Tell your mama to give her wigs back.

(Junior) I'm sorry, sir.

It's just sometimes I laugh when I get nervous.

I got a laughing condition.

Doctor said it's serious.

(mimicking laughter)

(Curtis) I'm gonna count to five.

Matter of fact, I'm gonna count to four,

and by the time I get to four... I don't want no whooping!

.. you still in my house...

(Junior) X daddy's crazy with the bushes in his head.

(Naps) Mixed Mike, what about Mixed Mike?

Save yourself! (door slamming)

What you waiting on, Christmas?

Get out of here.

And if I ain't got some Yoo-hoo left,

you gonna see a snake playing the bongos

before you go to that skating rink again!

(door slamming)

And who left the white boy?!

Mervyn like kissing that floor, huh?

And he try that trick like 50 times a day,

and don't never hit it.

Tough little cat, though.

Yeah, I mean, you ask me,

and I just think he should just go on ahead

and just try something else.

I mean, all this falling stuff, it's just not cool.

Hey, you won't fall,

how you gonna know what getting up is like, right?

♪♪

Ahh!

Two...

(grunting)

Ahh!

(sighing)

(engine sputtering)

Hey!

(engine struggling)

Hello?

Daddy!

(stammering)

(giggling)

Thank you.

If you're looking for your daughter, I haven't seen her.

Actually, I'm not here for that.

I'm here for a do-over

for when I blew up at you a while back.

I was out of line, and I apologize.

(tool clanking)

Ooh, slippery.

Um... anyway, I have a peace offering.

Strawberry shortcake for me

and a chocolate éclair for you.

(sighing)

What do you say?

(Tori) So next summer, when I visit my daddy in Atlanta,

ooh, boy, he's taking me everywhere.

Sightseeing in New York and then to Orlando to visit NASA.

Yeah, and then he's taking me to the Bahamas

to lay on the beach and soak up the sun.

Maybe you should soak up some beauty tips

while you're down there, Chomper.

Shut up!

I understand you can hurt somebody, with those--

Hey, X, isn't that your pop's car?

That car do look familiar.

This can't be your daddy's car, man, for real.

Hey, how much is this?

What?

(X) Excuse me. Yeah?

Uh, when did you get this car?

Couple weeks ago.

She's a honey, ain't she?

X, this is definitely your pop's car.

Oh, Mr. Smith is your father?

Yeah.

Oh, what a nice guy.

Hey, you tell your old man

if he's still interested in a job in sales,

I might have something for him for the end of the month.

Yeah, but my dad already has a job.

Ah, well, good for him.

You know, men like your father,

they never stay out of work for long.

They always land on their feet.

Excuse me, kids, I smell money.

(Junior laughing)

(Junior) That dude's crazy.

"I smell money."

(all laughing)

(Mike) That guy looked like Jimmy Carter.

♪ I know it sounds funny but I just can't stand the pain ♪

I'll be right back.

Xavier... hey.

Hey.

Um... I was thinking

that we should hang out some time.

We should go to the movies or something again.

Um, Naomi, look...

I just gotta go, okay?

(gasping) Oh, my gosh.

X, are you okay? Look, just leave me alone, okay?

♪ That's why I'm easy ♪♪

And it should be a crime for you to comb this girl's hair.

Honey, don't I do a good job on your hair?

(chuckling)

See, that's the truth. Ooh, that's cold.

I thought you was my friend.

She's still your friend. See how you do your daddy?

Ah, there he is. Hey, son.

Hey, Xavier. Hey.

What's the matter with you? (sighing)

I don't wanna talk about it.

"I don't wanna talk about it."

Boy, being a teenager sure must be hard work, huh?

(chuckling) Tell me about it. Kids.

I think you're the last person

that should be talking about work.

I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that.

You want to repeat it? Yeah.

I said that you shouldn't be talking about working.

Seeing that you haven't had a job in months.

By the way...

I found out about the car, too.

"Hot buy."

(clearing throat)

Okay, um, Xavier, go on in the house

so I can explain this to you.

Explain what, huh?

Explain what kind of a liar you are?

(Vivian) Come on, let's go to my house.

Faking us out every morning, like you're going to work?

When really you weren't?

Just a fake.

Son, listen to me.

You think you know, okay?

But you don't know, all right?

You don't know anything.

I know Mom wouldn't have lied to us, I know that much.

You know, you're right.

You're absolutely right.

You got me, son.

You're mother wouldn't have lied to you, okay?

But I'm not your mother, okay?

You want me to tell the truth, here's the truth.

Hear it, understand it, son.

Your mother, my wife, she's gone.

♪♪

Gone, son, she's never gonna come back.

And the sooner you let her go and understand--

Let her go?

You want me to let my mother go?

Why would I do that, you haven't, have you?

Yeah.

You moved around some furniture

and threw up some wallpaper

but you still haven't let her go.

That's why that piece of (blank) car...

Hey, hey! ... is still out in the garage.

Watch your mouth!

Man, it's an old piece of junk!

I hate that car!

You hang out with that car

more than you hang out with your own son.

And then you think by putting in a new engine

you can just bring back the dead?

All right, that's it.

Shut your mouth, get your skates.

Go in the house and go to your room.

Well, maybe if you banged on the hood hard enough,

maybe she'll come back.

Xavier. Hmm?

Is that what you really want?

You want her to come back

to take care of us so you don't have to?

I'm gonna ask you one more time.

Go in the house, son.

No.

Let's see if she'll come back, Dad.

Xavier...

Boy, don't you walk away from me when I'm talking-- Xavier!

Don't you walk away from me when I'm talking to you!

Xavier!

Xavier!

Put it down. No!

You want Mom back, right?

Well, let's see if she'll come back then, huh?

Put it down! Is that what you want?

Mom's not coming back, Dad!

She's not coming back!

Xavier, I'm talking to you!

Boy, you think you a man today?

If I have to put my hands on you, I swear to God,

you gonna find out which one of us is a man today!

All right, my mom's never coming back, all right!

Mom's gone, man.

Huh?!

All right?!

Why'd God have to take my mom, man?

God took my mom away from me.

Son...

(sobbing)

Okay, shh-shh-shh-shh.

Okay, son, all right.

Man, get off!

Well, look like somebody got up early this morning.

Early.

That's what I'm talking about.

Got your Al Green outfit.

Looking like little Lion on the "Wizard of Oz."

"I'll fight you with one hand behind my back.

Put 'em up, put 'em up, put 'em up."

Now he mad.

Hey, son.

Hey.

♪ That boy got stretch pants ♪

♪ That boy got stretch pants ♪♪

(laughing)

Oh.

Morning.

What's up, Curt?

Ain't nobody scared of you.

♪ For all we know ♪

♪ This may only be a dream ♪

♪ We come ♪

♪ And we go ♪

♪ Like the ripples ♪

♪ Of a stream ♪

♪ So love me ♪

♪ Love me tonight ♪

♪ Tomorrow was made for some ♪

♪ Tomorrow may ♪

♪ Never come ♪♪

(birds chirping)

This came for you.

Gotta go fold the rest of my papers.

Hey, X.

Do me a favor, open this for me, would you?

Um, my wrist is kind of bothering me.

I saw how your old ones were falling apart,

so I just, you know, got you these.

Hey, I know they'll never replace the ones

your mother got you, okay, but, um...

I don't know, they're--

they're here if you need 'em.

Why'd you do this?

I don't know, guilt?

Not getting 'em for you sooner.

For not being much of a father to you

since your mother passed.

Listen, uh...

... when your mom died...

... I thought I could just, you know,

handle everything on my own, you know.

Show you kids how strong I was, you know.

And I thought that's what you needed, you know.

I don't know, I just wanted us

to act like nothing ever happened.

But, um...

... it did happen.

And it hurts.

But, you know, what hurt the most is...

I forgot

that you and your sister were hurting, too.

You know, you're not grownups, you're just children, and...

... I know she was more than your mother.

She was your best friend.

And I forgot that.

And I'm really ashamed of myself.

But look...

there's some things we gotta put behind us.

You know, you've been angry at me, I've been angry at you,

you know, and...

your mother would be so disappointed...

I just think

she would expect better from both of us.

Whew, um, so look...

(sniffling)

I hope you can forgive your old dad

for, uh, being an idiot and, um...

... I just want you to know, son...

... I see you.

Xavier Curtis Smith.

I see you clearer than you'll ever know, son.

Oh, kid, I love you so much.

Love you too, Dad.

I know, I know.

Xavier.

What are you-- what are you doing down here?

Just come outside.

Look, um, are you going to the skate-off?

On Saturday?

Yeah, I'll be there.

Oh, good.

Uh, look, I was-- I was, you know, wondering.

Maybe, you know, like afterwards, uh,

me and-- me and you could maybe go to a movie?

Are you serious?

Yeah.

Xavier...

I don't think so.

I mean, it's not that I don't like you

or anything, it's just--

Naomi.

Look, I'm-- I'm sorry about before.

All right, I was-- I was tripping.

Yeah.

I just had so much on my mind.

And you just don't even know.

I mean, but I'm cool now.

(chuckling) I'm cool.

You're cool now? Yeah.

Well, you know what?

I'm not.

I don't like being blown off because you have problems.

The world is full of problems,

everybody has their own prob--

♪♪

(woman) Naomi?!

Huh?

Come turn the channel for me.

(muttering)

Yeah.

♪ Boogie fever ♪

♪ Got to boogie down ♪

♪ Boogie fever ♪

♪ I think it's going around ♪

♪ I took my baby to the drive-in show ♪

(girl) There's Naomi!

Hey, guys.

(girl) So anyway, I mean, that's the truth.

Hey, you guys, have you seen X anywhere?

No. No. No.

Stay together, and whatever happens, happens.

Hey, look who showed up.

I didn't know you fellows had enough bus fare

to make it over here.

Really?

Yeah, did you steal a car or something?

Actually, we rode over here on your mama's back.

And damn, she's strong.

(neighing)

Oh, whoa, whoa.

Look, somebody got some new skates.

Huh, hey, we better be scared now, fellows.

Yeah.

And check out their cute, little iron-ons.

Did your mommy do this for...

What is that?

Ain't no sense.

Anyways, look. Boo, remember to cross...

(gasping)

Didn't I just tell you how stunning you are?

X, X...

Man, there's your girl.

Sweetness is all over that.

(Junior) See that, X?

Chicks only go for the athletes

or the pretty boys with good hair.

Not like you, Naps.

I-- I-- what?

It's true.

(Tori) Not all chicks.

(all) Whoo...

I like ugly boys.

Huh, why you think I hang around y'all?

And stop saying "chicks."

It's demeaning.

(all) Damn!

Marry me?

(X) Whoo, Tori.

Good gosh, girl, you look...

Cute? Mmm!

Fine?

Beyond description?

You do.

And then some.

(Junior clearing throat)

(Tori) Spit it out.

I know your big, old rock-head

has something smart to say.

Actually, I came up here to say

that you look really beautiful.

I mean, never seen you look this way before.

I mean it.

Thank you.

Psyche!

(all laughing)

You're still Metal Mouth to me!

Now, you need to put the braces back on--

You know what?

Ha!

Dad, what are y'all doing here?

What do you mean, what are we doing here?

I'm here to watch you win.

And I'm also here to watch your father fall flat on his butt.

(man) All group skaters report to center floor.

All group skaters report to center floor.

Guess that's us. (Curtis) All right, son.

Hey, come here. Yeah?

Go get 'em, son.

Yeah. Thanks.

(Junior) Yeah, yeah, enough with the family reunion stuff.

Let's roll.

Boo, you got the music, right?

Come on, man, you know I got it.

Chic's "Le Freak."

These cats around here don't know nothing about this.

Then let's go.

Where we from, y'all?

(all) Southside!

Let's roll.

(cheers and applause)

(man) Whoo, whoo!

What's happening, what's happening,

what's happening?

Oh!

Oh!

(laughing) What's happening?

I wanna say hello, all you silky, smooth skaters.

Hello and welcome to the sixth annual skate-off.

I'm DJ Johnny Feelgood, and, ladies, I do.

(laughing)

I would like to welcome everybody.

I am presiding over the festivities.

I will be judging the contest, along with my...

Where's my-- my aphrodisiac, where is she?

Oh, there she is.

Give it up for my lady.

Come on.

Oh, come here, Cocoa on wheels.

Ooh.

Oh, that's what I'm talking about.

Now there ain't nothing like

a little sugar to get it started.

You see that, sugar? Bah-room.

(laughing) All right.

Now, skaters, you will be competing for this.

(crowd cheering)

Uh-huh, pretty cool, and $500.

And-- and the chance to get the bragging rights

to call yourself the baddest skaters

that Sweetwater has to offer.

All right... uh-huh.

But-- but-- but-- but-- but

don't get too happy, 'cause, you see,

those bragging rights are currently being held

by the Sweetwater Rollers and their leader,

my man, my mellow...

Sweetness!

♪♪

Yeah, let's hear it for the Sweetwater Rollers

and Sweetness.

Pimping it out on the skates.

(laughing)

Oh, boy.

So that's Sweetness, huh?

Yep.

Daddy, I love him.

Hi, Sweetness!

Oh, boy.

(Johnny) Oh, come on, ladies.

Let's hear it one more time for your man, Sweetness!

(cheers and applause)

Cool breeze.

All right, then, let me break this down for you.

Here's how it's gonna happen.

All teams will have four minutes to skate your routines.

But y'all don't want to hear me talk.

Y'all don't want to hear this smick-smack.

Let's get this mother sucker started!

Let's jam!

♪♪

(cheers and applause)

♪♪

(Johnny) Ow!

All right!

That's what I'm talking about right there.

That's what I'm talking about!

Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together

for Sweetness and the Sweetwater Rollers.

Sweetness!

♪ Ah freak out ♪

♪ Le freak c'est chic ♪

♪ Freak out ♪

♪ Ah freak out ♪

♪ Le freak c'est chic ♪

♪ Freak out ♪

That's our song, they're using our song.

But they can't do that.

Well, they doing it.

Man, this is jacked up.

Our whole routine is to this song.

Not anymore.

♪ Big fun to be had by everyone ♪

♪ It's up to you ♪

♪ It surely can be done ♪

♪ Young and old ♪

♪ Are doing it I'm told ♪

♪ Just one try ♪

♪ And you too will be sold ♪

♪ It's called "Le Freak" ♪

♪ They're doing it night and day ♪

♪ Allow us we'll show you the way ♪

♪ Ah freak out ♪

♪ Le freak c'est chic ♪

♪ Freak out ♪

♪ All that pressure ♪

♪ Got you down ♪

♪ Has your head spinning around ♪

♪ Feel the rhythm ♪

♪ Check the rhyme ♪

♪ Come on along and have a real good time ♪

♪ Freak out ♪

♪ Le freak c'est chic ♪

♪ Freak out ♪

♪ Le freak ♪

♪ I said freak ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪ (crowd) Sweetness!

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪ Sweetness!

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪ Sweetness!

♪ Freak out ♪

♪ Le freak c'est chic ♪

♪ Freak out ♪

♪ Le freak c'est chic ♪

♪ Freak out ♪

♪ Freak out ♪♪

(cheers and applause)

♪♪

(Johnny) Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together

for Sweetness and the Sweetwater Rollers.

They're so good, I-- I-- I don't need to see anything else.

That's, uh-- look, I'm gonna leave, I'm done.

I'm gonna retire, I'm gonna give it up, baby, I'm done.

Baby, stop me, baby, stop me, baby, stop it.

Oh...

Marvin Gaye? No!

Bee Gees? My cousin got that already.

What we gonna do?

I don't-- I don't know, I can't be--

X, man, you're the leader, man.

Ooh, Ooh, ooh!

I got it, I got it.

Got what, Naps?

The perfect song to skate to.

Trust me, I'm clutch.

(laughing)

Have fun, Garden boys.

(snickering)

Dig.

(Boo) Don't worry about them, Mike.

This routine we have is not gonna

match the song that he chose.

It doesn't matter, we gonna trust Naps. Think positive, okay?

(Junior) We good? Yeah, we good.

Man, all right, now look, fellows.

All right, this is not no time for no pity party, okay?

We gotta do what we came here to do.

It's time to put up or shut up.

Now what we gonna do, hmm?

Put up.

Put up. Put up.

Put up. That's what I like to hear.

Yeah, put my foot right up their asses.

Close enough.

Y'all, let's win this for the Gardens, all right?

Yeah.

Now rounding out our group-skate competition.

Representing the Southside.

Please put your hands together for the Garden Boys.

(Naomi) X!

X!

Good luck.

♪♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Whatcha got to say ♪

♪ Say hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Whatcha got to say ♪

♪ Hollywood ♪

♪ Hollywood swinging ♪

♪ Hollywood ♪

♪ Hollywood swinging ♪

♪ I remember ♪

Oh, y'all clapping now, huh?

Yeah, all right.

♪ Hot damn I went to a theater... ♪

That's kind of nice, right there.

♪ And I saw the Kool and the Gang show ♪

♪ I always wanted ♪

♪ To fit into a band ♪

♪ To sing my songs ♪

All right, now.

♪ And then become a bad piano-playing man ♪

♪ Said hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Whatcha got to say ♪

♪ Said hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Whatcha got to say ♪

♪ Hollywood ♪

♪ Hollywood swinging ♪

♪ Hollywood ♪

♪ Hollywood swinging ♪

Yeah, the boys from Southside!

(all) Whoo!

♪ Hollywood swinging ♪♪

(cheers and applause)

Everybody, a big round of applause for the Garden Boys!

Whoo!

You better clap for the Garden Boys!

(Johnny) Woo-hoo!

Ah-ha, yes!

Now that's what I call a competition.

Oh!

All right, youngbloods, all right!

All right, can we have all of our group-skaters

out here on the floor?

Bring yourselves out here.

Ladies and gentlemen, a big round of applause

for all these skaters.

All these skaters.

So beautiful, don't you agree?

Now, folks, me and Mrs. Feelgood,

we had a time deciding on the winner because

this was the fiercest competition

that Sweetwater has ever seen.

(cheers and applause)

So without any further delay,

the 1978 Sweetwater skate-off champs are--

drum roll, please.

(imitating drum roll)

Ooh!

It's a draw.

The Sweetwater Rollers and the Garden Boys!

(cheers and applause)

Whoo!

Yeah, that's my boy!

(chanting) We did it, we did it, we did it...

A draw?

A draw? I don't draw, I win.

Not today, Mr. Sweetness!

How's some Southside garbage gonna tie with us?

This can't happen.

(X) Look, man, you guys did good today.

Look, just-- just chill out.

You chill out, punk.

You're a sorry sucker.

I'm the king of this here floor, you dig?

I ain't about to let some ghetto crew from the hood

destroy the house that Sweetness built.

You can believe that.

We need to have a skate-off.

Me and you.

Winner take all.

Nah, that's okay.

We're just gonna take half of our winnings

and hustle back to the poor Southside.

You keep the trophy, chump.

What, you scared?

(crowd) Ooh!

Scared that you don't belong over here?

That you are beneath us?

No.

See, I'm just trying to help you save face.

Because I would hate to see you

get spanked in front of all your fans.

Youngblood, you couldn't spank me

if your hands were glued to my ass.

My hands glued to your ass?

(scoffing)

I don't know, that sound a little sweet to me, Sweetness.

Ha!

(laughing)

Now let's skate.

You just bought yourself an ass-whuppin'.

Winner take all, no falls.

Bet? Bet.

(fingers snapping) Let's do this, Johnny!

All right, now.

Sounds like we got ourselves a showdown!

Come on, son.

We got him now.

You gonna win no matter what.

(Johnny) Now y'all know the rules, right?

This is last man standing.

So I'm about to get a little warmed up for y'all,

with a little, uh, "Fire."

Whoo!

♪ Hey now uh-huh ♪

♪ Hey... ♪

Do your thing, come on!

♪ Fire ♪

♪ Unh, unh ♪

♪ Fire ♪

♪ Hold on ♪

♪ Fire ♪

♪ Fire ♪

(Johnny) Smooth, baby, smooth.

Somebody needs to arrest that man for being so smooth!

Lay it on you.

♪ The way you squeeze and tease ♪

♪ Knocks me to my knees ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm smoking baby, baby ♪

♪ The way you swerve and curve ♪

♪ Really wracks my nerves ♪

♪ And I'm so excited child ♪

♪ Whoo-whoo the way you push, push ♪

(Johnny) Oh, there you go, youngblood!

Oh, dig that.

♪ You gonna get your wish ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

Whoo!

Oh!

Oh!

All right, little man, all right, little man.

♪ Throw some water on me ♪

♪ When you shake what you got ♪

♪ Whoo ♪

♪ And girl you got a lot ♪

♪ You're really something child ♪

♪ Yes you are ♪

♪ When you're hot you're hot ♪

♪ You really shoot your shot ♪

♪ You're dynamite child ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

(Johnny) Sweetness is showing why he's the man.

A double spin down to his knees.

Whoo!

(laughing)

Can't take no more of this!

You're hot, hot!

Get a near miss, almost a collision.

A roller skate to the head is not a good thing, folks.

Remember that, remember that.

Keep it going, keep it going.

(cheers and applause)

Yeah!

So you think you're pretty good, huh?

Well, I got something for you.

♪♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Music may ease and end all discretion ♪

♪ We can get off ♪

♪ We keep under the sheets with two lovelies ♪

♪ Get off ♪

Hold up, you better get out of here!

♪ Said I hope that we get the promise ladies ♪

♪ Get off ♪

♪ Call me up at your place ♪ Come on, son.

♪ In the heat you will understand ♪

♪ So get off ♪

♪ Get off ♪

♪ Get off ♪

♪ Get off ♪♪

(screaming)

(cheers and applause)

♪♪

(man) Hey, yo, where'd you learn those moves?!

♪♪

(exhaling)

(exhaling)

This is for you, Mom.

♪♪

Get 'em, X!

Got the youngblood from the Garden Boys doing his thing.

♪ Oh what wow ♪

♪ He's the greatest dancer ♪

♪ Oh what wow ♪

♪ That I've ever seen ♪

♪ Oh what wow ♪

Ooh... that's it.

♪ Oh what wow... ♪

I taught him that!

♪ ... on the outskirts of Frisco ♪

♪ I was cruising with my favorite gang ♪

♪ He had the kind of body ♪

♪ That would shame Adonis ♪

♪ And a face ♪

♪ That would make any man cry ♪

♪ Oh what wow ♪

♪ He's the greatest dancer ♪

♪ Oh what wow ♪

♪ That I've ever seen ♪

Whoo!

Whoo!

♪ Oh what wow ♪

♪ He's the greatest dancer ♪

♪ Oh what wow ♪

♪ That I've ever seen ♪

♪ I've ever seen ♪

♪ Oh what wow ♪

♪ He's the greatest dancer ♪

What's he doing?

♪ That I've ever seen... ♪

♪♪

Oh, no.

♪♪

(Johnny) And the winner is...

Sweetness!

Yeah!

♪♪

(Junior) X, man!

X!

Man, wake up, man.

X!

Hey, man, you better not be dead.

Hey, Boo, give him mouth-to-mouth.

Nah.

X. X.

X.

Hey, if you're dead, let me get your Atari.

Can you hear me?

(sobbing) Hey, man, please don't be dead, man.

All the stuff we done went together.

Man, that routine was great.

♪ Hollywood swinging ♪

But that, uh,

triple Lutz thing you tried...

you probably shouldn't have done that.

(Curtis) Son...

Xavier, are you okay?

Xavier, wake up, are you all right?

What happened?

You happened.

(chuckling)

My boy, come on.

All right, help me get him up.

Messed up your fro and everything.

I'm so proud of you, son. Thanks, Dad.

(snickering)

(fingers snapping)

Yeah... you did it.

(chanting) X, X, X, X, X...

Aw, come on, man.

(cheers and applause)

Um, look, about the other thing...

Hey, hey.

Nuh-uh, hey.

Whose daughter is this?

Let him go, come on.

(gasping)

Hey, Tori!

Oh, I'm, I'm sorry, Miss Turner.

(chuckling)

Oops.

Tori?

Let 'em go, let 'em go, let 'em go.

Hey, man.

Let's go.