All language subtitles for House Party - 1991 - 2.en

[The Flex singing
"It's So Hard To Say
Goodbye"]

♪ It's so hard ♪

♪ To say goodbye ♪

♪ To yesterday ♪

♪ Yesterday ♪

(male narrator)
Now I lay me down to sleep.

I pray the Lord
my soul to keep.

Pop, I guess
you're up there in heaven

so you know
I'm a little nervous.

Tomorrow's my first day
at college.

I really wish you were here.

And, pop, about that party,
you were right to whup my
ass.

[Ralph Tresvant singing
"Rated R"]

♪ What's up? ♪

♪ C'mon ♪

♪ Myth of a brother
risin' from undercover ♪

♪ Superfly for the '90s
as I finally discovered ♪

♪ Had to get it corrected,
'cause I heard that you wanted
♪

♪ Makin' sure that it's
funky
so you never sleep on it
♪

♪ Straight from the get-go
what
the people don't get though ♪

♪ Is the might of the rhythms
from the heart of the ghetto ♪

♪ So it singles my letter
till my thoughts get fatter
♪

♪ Then I'm strugglin' hard
and it's makin' me madder ♪

♪ So I start to kick it
make the bubbly bigger ♪

♪ While the rebels get public
and the suckers get licked ♪

♪ Couldn't wait to release
it
I knew you would feel it ♪

♪ And relate to the topic
so it's time I reveal it ♪

♪ Let's bring it on ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Just do it, baby ♪

♪ Just do it, baby ♪

[thunder rumbling]

This final exam is truly
an extraordinary piece of
work.

This student has
succinctly summarized

'everything he's learned
here at university.'

Nothing!

[laughing]

[male #1 laughing]
'You fucked up!'

Christopher,
you've wasted your mind

and a mind is a terrible
thing to waste.

Do you know what
your punishment is going to
be?

The Deans of Discipline!

[thunder rumbling]

And we're gonna kick
your fuckin' ass.

[laughing]

Help! pop, help!

[laughing continues]

Pop!

No. Me, Play.

What, you having
a nightmare, man?

You've been keeping me up
all night with this.

What the hell's
wrong with you?

It was for real.

I dreamed I was in college.

I messed up real bad.

Yeah, see? A nightmare, man.
That's your sign.

You shouldn't go.

(male #1)
'Listen.'

Boy, I'm trying to make you
a responsible person.

Damn, I'm late.

- Ow!
- 'You know somethin'?'

You'd forget your dick
if it wasn't screwed on,
man.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I'm just running late.

Kid, Kid.

You know, I'm really gonna
miss this place.

After pops died, I didn't know
what I was gonna do.

Oh, c'mon, man. You're the most
disorganized human being I know.

Look, your folks were great
for letting me stay here.

Yo, you don't gotta go.

The way we kicked it at the
community center last week

we had the girls
screaming.
The skins were in.

- You wanna watch the car?
- It was hype, I guess.

Don't understand what's going
on
with this college thing.

Who knows who was
at the center that
night?

Those big town
talent scouts.

You know, producers
and stuff. We could get
paid.

Yo man, not every
successful
person went to college.

Play, you know I promised pops.
Why you sweatin' me, man?

Oh, my picture,
I gotta go get my picture.

I'll get your picture.
Just get your thing..

Straighten up.
You're making me look
bad.

Kid!

I couldn't sleep last night.

Our first day of
college.
Can you believe it?

I couldn't sleep
last night, either.

You sure you still
wanna go?

What are you talking about?
This is a whole new world.

New people, new experiences.

A roommate. She's an
upperclassman, you know.

I can't wait to meet her.

Yeah, new rules.
No curfew.

Ah, you do plan on
learnin'
something, don't you?

Yeah, I guess.

Aye, I'm gonna be
late
for my grandma

and you are gonna be
late
for the church.

I'll see you on campus.

Oh, oh, before you go,
it's just a little something.

A little something
I wanted to give you.

Let those guys at college
know whose girl you are.

This is so nice. Thank you.

See you later.

Bye.

Ain't you gonna
give me
somethin'

to let everybody
know
that I'm your man?

C'mon, we're gonna be late.
Come on, let's go.

(Play)
'When I was in the house,
I was thinking.'

(Kid)
'What, Play?'

(Play)
'Is school worth breaking up
a team like we got?'

- 'What're you talking?'
- 'Keep your feet on the
mat.'

(Kid)
'Sorry.'

[organ music]

(male #2)
'This is a great day
for First Corinthians
Church.'

(all)
Amen.

'A great day
for this community.'

'But most important, a great
day
for young Christopher.'

[crowd cheering]

We are very proud of you.

(all)
Yes.

Yes, you have suffered the
tragic loss of your father

but you have not lost your way.

We are proud because
you have taken the high road

and not the low road unlike
some of our other youngsters

'who shall remain nameless.'

'Today, we are sending
one young man'

from this fortress of Jesus
to a citadel of higher
learning.

♪ So, honor of his father
who was loved by this church ♪

♪ Christopher Robinson Junior,
why don't you come on up? ♪

♪ Come on up, come on up ♪

[crowd cheering]

[music continues]

Umm, I want to thank
all of you

for making it possible for me
to go to college.

(all)
'That's alright.'

That was my pop's dream.

[crowd cheering]

I know if he were here,
he'd be very proud of me

and very grateful to all of
you
for putting your trust in me.

I won't let you down.

[cheering continues]

[applause]

(male #3)
'Sheila, they
just rolled in. Yeah, cool.'

'I think everything's
gonna just go smooth.'

What are we doing
at your job?

I thought you were takin' the
day off to drive me to school.

A little
surprise
for my man.

What?

Not what, who, if I told your
ass it wouldn't be a surprise

so just do me
a favor...and come on.

Wait a minute.
What about my stuff?

Kid, it'll be okay.
I don't see the junk man
coming.

That's real funny, Play.
That's real funny.

Just 'cause you got
a ride named Foreplay

don't mean you gotta start
dissing my shit.

Foreplay, what kind of name
is that for a car, anyway?

Just come on, would you?

- Kid.
- Hold up, my scholarship
check.

She's the one that
discovered The
Boyz.

- For real?
- 'Word.'

'Her scout was in the house that
night at the community center.'

She can get us in the studio,
even get us a fat record deal.

Don't blow this
for me, man. Come on.

Yeah, my eight o'clock.
Good. Thank you.

(Play)
'Didn't I give you
inventory
to do? Get to work.'

Kid 'N Play.

Sheila Landreaux.

Rick played me
the tape you sent.

Rick, that's her talent scout.

All the big names have talent
scouts. Remember that.

And, frankly,
I got very
excited.

'I've heard a lot of stuff.'

[squeaking]

But that's yesterday's news.

Today's headline
is "Kid 'N Play."

Gentlemen, I'm willing
to make a commitment to you

if you're willing
to make a commitment to me.

She's ready to commit.

Wait a minute. Just what
do you mean by commit?

I'm willing to commit
in financing and producing

your demo and you will
commit at every waking moment

'in taking Kid 'N Play
to the top of the charts.'

Look, I can't, I can't do this.

Wait a minute.
What's going on?

Let me talk to him, please.

- What do you mean you can't?
- I can't do this and school.

You gonna kick this to the
curb
for school? You crazy?

With the money,
you could buy a school.

You saw all those
people
in the church

and pops, I
can't
let them down.

- But--
- 'Excuse me.'

Maybe I could talk
to your dad.

- Yeah, maybe she could talk..
- Look, I don't think so.

- Thank you.
- Kid, listen.

Sheila, wait a minute.
Fuck!

(Kid)
'Here we are.'

(Play)
'Oh, yes, join the Mardi
Gras.'

(Kid)
'Come on.'

(Play)
'What's up with
the soldiers, man?'

'Come on, Kid, man,
this ain't your style.'

'Oh, yes, boogie fever.'

(Kid)
'That's a fraternity.'

(Play)
'Well, maybe that
I can get with.'

'What's up, what's up
with her clothes, man?'

(Kid)
'Look how involved
everybody is.'

Look.

[drum beats]

(Kid)
'Look at all this
school spirit.'

(Play)
'What's up with the pigs?'

[banging]

Yo, watch the car.

Thanks for helping.

Yo, just watch the car.

You're just mad
about the record deal.

No, I'm mad about you
fucking up the finish.

Yo, you gonna get ill
or you gonna help?

You wanted to be Joe College,
you be Joe College.

[engine revving]

[music on car stereo]

[tires screeching]

[Gil Scott-Heron singing
"Johannesburg"]

♪ What's the word? ♪
♪ Johannesburg ♪

♪ So, what's the word? ♪
♪ Johannesburg ♪

♪ So, what's the word? ♪
♪ Johannesburg.. ♪

[croaking]

Yo, G, hold up.
I'll be with you in a
minute.

Yo, what up, black?

What's going on, man?
Name's Jamal.

'Why you buggin', man?
'Cause I'm white?'

Yo, you want some bean pie?

Rick, we've run into
a serious problem
here.

We have half of a fabulous team.

- Unless, uh..
- Unless that's all we need.

I can do the
session.
I can do it.

- It was both of you on tape.
- Whoa, wait a minute now.

I'm the one who came up with
the whole Kid 'N Play idea.

I wrote all the lyrics.

The only thing that guy ever
did
was just put his name first.

I don't know about this.

Sheila, my take on this,
Play's on the money.

Sounds like he's the
driving
creative force.

Then, let's do it.

Look, look, look.

A-ah!

Let me see this.

'Isn't it cute?'

I know you don't think this
is what college is all
about.

No. It was a gift from a
friend.
Besides, what's wrong with it?

Nothing, I mean,
when I first got here

I had a drawer of little
boy-toy
frou-frous just like that.

- So, what happened?
- 'I grew up.'

I let my consciousness evolve.

And when I left all that
male materialism behind

I began to see things in a
more
politically correct light.

You do like boys, don't you?

'I like men, girl.
Thousands of them.'

[laughs]

No, I'm just kidding.
I like men.

But I don't need one
to define me.

And any woman who wants
to define herself

by herself and for herself
just has to free herself

of all that tired,
lame, male bullshit.

Pick a color.

Any color.

'Male bullshit.'

Excuse me.

Bilal's in the house!
Hook me up. Hook me up.

Hi. My name is Play.
I'm the manager here.

I couldn't help, but notice

that you seem to be looking
for something, um..

Selena. I'm just browsing.

Well, if there's anything
in particular you need

anything at all,
don't hesitate to come see me.

I won't.

That was real cute.
Now, hook me up, man.

Bilal, I cannot keep giving
you
your own personal discount.

Play, you ain't looking
at the big picture, man.

I need these records 'cause
I'm working on some
scratches

for our demo session.

Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa!

What do you mean
our demo session?

Let's check out
the psychology
department.

O-oh, this one sounds good.

"Social Psychology of
Black
Awareness. Psych 222."

God, it is so hard
to figure out what to
do.

What are you doing?

I'm trying to get
a closer look at the catalog.

Yeah, right. You're not
even paying attention.

Am too. Look, "Psych 100,
Human Sexuality."

[laughs]

I hope that's not the only
thing you're interested in.

Of course not.

I'm interested in your mind,
as well as your body.

Now, well, you need to put
a check by that, uh..

...humping and hauling course.

That's Hubble and Hawking.

Whatever. Check that one.

Ah! Get off,
get off. Get
off.

Stop playing. We have
to be serious now.
C'mon.

Damn, Play! Don't you know
shit about the music
business?

Look, when a MC
cuts a record

the DJ is the producer.

Because the DJ

is the one who made
your sorry ass

what it is from
the motherfucking giddyap.

Now, hook me up,
thank you.

Nice sales
pitch.
Twenty dollars.

Twenty dollars? I thought
you was gonna hook me up.

Bilal, for fifteen cuts, I
should be charging your ass

a house note and would you
get from around my counter?

- I'll bust that ass.
- I don't think so.

Get these boxes out.

Oh! Hi.

I'm Mrs. Deevers.
I'm here for the job.

Uh, how you doing, Mrs. Deevers?

Um, the job
requires
a lot of heavy
lifting.

- Oh, it's not for me.
- 'Oh, no?'

- It's for my boys.
- 'Your boys?'

Bring your ass in here!

- 'Come on in here now!'
- Yo, look!

- Right now, here.
- 'That's that punk Play.'

'Where's Kid?'

Shit!

These three rap stars,
they got a rap group.

And if they could
work
in your shop here

maybe some big-time producer,
would give them a break.

Oh, they got the tapes.

Do that rap thing
y'all do at home.

Yo, mama, we not
auditioning for
him.

- C'mon, fellas.
- We ain't auditioning for
him.

I said, do the rap!

Alright!
Kick the rap, man.

♪ On and on
and on, on, and on ♪

♪ Like hot butter on,
say what? ♪

♪ A popcorn ♪

♪ Dibby dibby die,
so-socialize
Clean out your ears ♪

♪ Open up your ♪
♪ Eyes ♪

♪ Now, well, maybe so
I don't think so ♪

♪ Well, funky ass
Mmm ♪

(both)
What up with that?

- That didn't even rhyme.
- Yo, man, just a move--

'Uh, excuse me, Mrs. Deevers.'

I'm very sorry,
but the job has been filled.

Right, Bilal?

Right, Bilal?

You got $20
I can
borrow?

- Bilal.
- I would appreciate it.

Thank you.
Sorry,
guys.

Job's all filled,
but loved the rap.

Don't stand there
like a pile of dog
shit!

Move it, move
it.
Get on out.

Bye-bye.

Yo, I saved your ass.

I should charge you the whole
motherfucking store.

But here, thanks for
buying these records.

[crowd chattering]

Yo money, if the sister
won't cut you no play

you got to assert yourself.

What do you know about sisters?

I know I like a fat booty.

And just 'cause the sister
be sweatin' you

about getting positive
on the politically correct tip

don't mean that she kickin'
the nasty to the curb.

You know what I'm sayin'?

- Jamal, do me a favor.
- What?

Talk white.

Will you be paying
your registration
fees

with cash,
check,
or credit card?

- What?
- Cash, check, or credit
card?

What?

Will you be paying by
cash,
check, or credit card?

Oh!

My check!

[gurgling]

♪ If loving you is wrong, baby ♪

[gurgling]

♪ I don't wanna be
right, yay, yay ♪

Foreplay.

What is this?

He signed it.
It's like cash.

Always losing shit. And if
his dick wasn't screwed on

he'd leave that shit, too.

(male #4)
'Of course, I
don't
socialize with

Hey, wait.

Tell father I played
four sets of tennis

with Professor
Vonault.
Of course I did.

(Kid)
'Give me that phone,
you selfish punk.'

(male #4)
'It's my phone.
You can't have it.'

'Ow!'

'My father gave that to
me.
I'll report you.'

[female moaning]

[telephone ringing]

(Play)
'Selena, right?'

(Selena)
'Play, am I really gonna sing
backup on your demo?'

(Play)
'You can have anything
you want.'

[moaning continues]

[ringing continues]

(Play)
'Excuse me.'

Who is it?

Oh, Kid, now, chill, chill
out,
man. Don't worry about it.

Your scholarship money
is-is as good as in the bank.

It's way in there. Bye.

[both moaning]

(Kid)
'Hey. Hey, you,
Sidney, Zora.'

Hey, Kid. Hey, Jamal.

(Jamal)
Hey, what's up?

Um, I'm over here

taking Afro-American Studies,
Consciousness Of The Sixties.

Just imagine, you and I

exploring the roots
of blackness
together.

Kid, I'm not taking it.

I couldn't fit it into
my schedule this semester.

Well, kind of at the last minute

I decided that I really,
really, really wanted to
take..

Male Mythology,
A Feminist Perspective.

Right, anyway..

...I hope you enjoy
Consciousness Of The Sixties.

Zora says the professor's
really great.

Very good. You'll like him.

Damn!

[imitating Sidney]
Zora says the
professor's
really great.

Zora says take this course.
Zora says three steps
forward.

Zora says take three steps back.

Just because Zora says it,
doesn't mean she has to do
it.

Hey, you got played, yo.

(Mrs. Deevers)
The perfect job for my boys.

Stop pushing me!

Get your butts into
that employment office.

Now, get in there! I don't
care
what your sorry ass..

Malcolm X.

Everybody knows what Malcolm
was about, right?

(male #5)
'Right.'

- Right?
- 'Right'

I mean, he must
have been important.

'Cause you can go into any
shopping mall in the country

and buy a T-shirt
with his picture on it.

Right next to the
Ninja Turtles T-shirts.

[students laughing]

'But what do we
really know about Malcolm?'

'We know he was a Muslim'

'who made
a pilgrimage to Mecca.'

'And returned to America,
a changed man..'

'...with a changed philosophy.'

'Now...if you were printing
that philosophy on a T-shirt'

'what would it say?'

'Mr. Robinson?'

[indistinct chattering]

'Mr. Robinson?'

Mr. Robinson!

Malcolm X's philosophy..

...on a T-shirt?

I'm happy you asked me
that question.

I'll be even happier
when you answer it.

Okay. Okay, see, uh

Malcolm X was pro-black.

Very pro-black.

And in his pro-blackness

he believed
that the white man

in his pro-whiteness,
was not very pro-black.

(male #6)
Yo, man, stop bullshittin'.

[laughing]

Class...I think Mr. Robinson
wants to know if you can say

white-devils.

Why don't we hear from one
of these white-devils?

Maybe, the one
sitting next to you

and I know
I'm scared of you, Mr..

Johnson. Jamal Johnson.

Johnson. Mr. Johnson.

Are you familiar with
what Malcolm X believed

when he returned from Mecca?

Yeah. Malcolm embraced
the brotherhood of all
men.

(male #7)
'Yo, word to the mother.'

Congratulations, Mr. Johnson.

Unlike Mr. Robinson

you obviously did
your pre-class reading.

I won't see you
in summer school.

[slow rock music]

Sheila, what's wrong?
Get out of the way.

- Baby, what's wrong?
- What's wrong?

He cleaned me out.

- Who?
- Who, baby?

Rick, that's who.

But what-what happened?

He took everything
he could get his hands on

for gambling debts.

I don't know why
I ever trusted
him.

But, listen, forget about him.
Are you gonna be okay?

Baby, are you gonna be okay?
Talk to me, woman.

Play, I'm so sorry.
I can't do this
session.

I don't have the money.

And the worst part is
MCA is waiting for the
record.

Without it,
we're
nowhere, Play.

Dang, if I get my hand
on the motherfucker

I'll pop a cap in his ass.
Talk to me. What you need?

Where does he live?
I'm your man. Talk to me.

Bilal, would you please
shut the fuck up?

If I had the cash,
I'd fund the session myself

I swear, I would.

Anywhere you can get
the money from?

All we need is to raise
the deposit for the
studio.

We can do the session

and my accountant is
getting me liquid
again.

But I'm completely busted.

If you hadn't put your money
in that pussy mobile

we wouldn't be in this shit.

Play, you don't understand.
This is our future at stake.

I-I have a check,
but it's made out to Kid.

He did sign it,
so it's as good as cash.

- I'll take it.
- Wait.

That's perfect.
I won't even cash
it.

Wait, wait.

Aw, damn.

Kid's check?

Yo, Play, that's fucked!

The boy needs a education.

Yo, Play, that's
fucked.
That's fucked!

You need to get
with the
program.

Buy the books,
do the reading, end of
problem.

- Well, you keep..
- You turkey.

(female #1)
'Hey, take it easy!'

Hey, guys, I smell
something.
Do you smell something?

- I smell, I smell pussy!
- 'Yo, hold up.'

This is black men using
their power of authority

against another brother.

Yo, black, this ain't correct.

What's up with that?

Yo, who is this man,
your girlfriend?

Yo, what you want, man?
Don't--

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
What are you guys doing here?

What are we doing here?
What up with that?

Motherfucker's in college,
and he can't even read.

Means, any time we want to,
we can fuck you right up.

And right now,
I definitely
feel it.

Zilla, you feel it? I know
you
can feel it. You really feel
it?

- You know what he means?
- What does he mean?

Tell these two
motherfuckers
what time it is.

'It's time to kick
their fucking ass!'

Yeah! Come here!

Motherfucker!

(Kid)
'A hundred and
twenty-three dollars?'

'For books?'

I'm spending so much on books

I won't be able to afford
a trip home until next
spring.

So, what, where's home? Japan?

No, Texas.

Where's yours, Africa?

Um da da, um da da, um da.

Stupid, huh?

No big thing.

(automated teller)
Bad check! Bad check!
Bad check! Bad check!

It declined your check.

You gonna have to go
to the finance office

to straighten it out.

Don't worry,
it happens all the
time.

[man screaming]

- Can I help you?
- 'Time waits for no man!'

[screaming continues]

They told me down the hall,
I'd have to see Dean Kramer.

Don't let him sweat you,
my brother.

Maintain.

[snoring]

[clock ticking]

So.

Christopher

before I get started,
I want you to know

this isn't a racial thing.

What isn't a racial thing, sir?

The fact that your
tuition check bounced.

My tuition check bounced?

Now, this isn't a black thing

it's a deadbeat thing.

I have to take your student ID.

[ticking continues]

Deadbeat, deadbeat, deadbeat!
Deadbeat, deadbeat!

[clock chiming]

[grunting]

Deadbeat!

If you don't pay your
tuition
by the end of the week

I'm going to have
to kick you out of here.

'Stand up, please.'

Goodbye, Christopher.
Have a nice day.

'Don't forget,
time waits for no man!'

'Peace.'

Where is my money?

Kid, you got to promise me
you're not going to yell.

Kid!

'C'mon, Kid.'

I'm not gonna yell.

- Sheila has your money.
- What?

I'll tell you what he said,
Sheila got your money, man.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

You promised you wasn't
going to yell on me.

See? I told him,
I told him not to
do it.

'I said, "Kid, needs his
money.
The boy needs an education."'

I said when you find out,
you going to whoop that ass.

and that's what
you gonna do, whoop that ass.

(both)
Bilal, shut the fuck up.

Whatever.

Let me ask you this

why does Sheila have my money?

I'm glad you asked that, Kid.

Um, see, your money's safe.

Um, Rick, you remember Rick,
right? Well, he was a snake.

He stuck her up for the money
and she couldn't do my record.

- Your record?
- Yeah.

Kid, he dissed you, man.
Look, whoop his ass!

Listen, the only ass that's
gonna get whooped, is yours!

- I don't think so.
- Oh, you..

Um, listen, you wanted
to be Joe College, right?

And I just needed
the check as a deposit down

on the session so that, um

by the time her accountant
liquidates all her assets..

'That's right,
liquidates all her assets'

that we-we'd get the money
back tomorrow at the session

and it'll make sense to you
once you know the business.

(Bilal)
'Let me make it make sense!
Your money is gone, man!'

He fucked you
and didn't even kiss you!

See? Studio, ride.
Ride, studio.

Yo, no!

I'm telling you, man,
ain't no studio in there.

- Shut up, man.
- No, that shit is gutted
out.

I bet you, I'm telling you,
it's a fucking front, man.

(female on intercom)
'Do Me Records.
What can I do for you?'

Sounds like you could do a
lot,
but, anyway, my name is Play.

Uh, yo, and this is, uh,
his producer.

Um, Sheila Landreaux,
she's expecting me.

'Sheila who?'

See, I knew.
Oh, th..

Get off me.

- Shut up.
- 'What?'

I'm sorry. Not you.

But, listen, Sheila
Landreaux,
and my name is Play

and I'm here to cut a record.

'Sorry. Never heard
of Landreaux or Play.'

'There's no way "Do Me"
is doing shit for you
today.'

Yo, she fucked you, man.
Yo, with your money, Kid.

Didn't I tell you when I tried
to tell you that in there?

Let's just go.
I was trying to tell..

So, Play, when are we
going
to record our record?

Your record?
I'm here to cut my record.

What the fuck
are y'all talking
about?

- Who the fuck you talking
to?
- Yo, chill, chill.

Yo, man, fuck your record.
Our record.

Sheila Landreaux
gave you our money

for our recording session
to make our record.

- You know what I'm saying?
- Y'all know Sheila?

W-wait a minute.

She said he has your money
for your recording session?

- You da-you damn right.
- Well, excuse me. Damn.

You know, it sounds like
she fucked all of youse.

- What the..
- Shit, they're taking the
car!

[sirens wailing]

[tires screeching]

Halt! Assume the position!

Looks like we nailed the
purloined Porsche
perpetrators.

- And they're all black.
- What a surprise!

(both)
Hands up!

Now, I want you victims of
crime
to remember in the future

not to give money
to any beautiful woman

by the name of Sheila Landreaux

aka Shareese Taylor

aka Sharnelle Butler

aka..

Well, I think you got the idea.

You, you and you,
this is your lucky day.

- Beat it! Get out of here.
- You hurting me, man.

Oh, shit.

Okay, you three guys
are going for a ride downtown.

- Tell me what the fuck for?
- What up with this?

Car theft, larceny,
mail fraud,
embezzlement?

Damn! Yo, yo, I'm going
to tell you like this, man.

I hope you ain't
getting no pussy.

'Cause that shit
could be lethal, man.

Bilal, would you just
do me a favor and shut up?

Would you just shut the fuck up?

Yo, Play, the bitch has
a record longer than my dick.

Yo, can I ask you something?
Can I ask you something,
please?

What?

You feel real
stupid,
don't you, huh?

Uh, uh, when are
you gonna learn?

Uh, and look
at this motherfucker.

Ass out! No money, no
education.
This shit got to stop. I'm..

How long? How long?

Well, I'm not
the irresponsible one

who left his check around
that I'd be tempted by it.

- You know what I'm saying?
- You..

[train whistle blowing]

Yo!
Kid!

Chill! Yo, I was..

Yo, I was bullshit..
Yo, we boys. We boys!

Shit. Damn!

Yo, you know what I think?

- Shut the fuck up, Bilal.
- Shut the fuck up, Bilal.

Yo, it ain't going
to be too many more

of them shut the fuck ups,
alright? Alright?

Because I'll whup
both of your asses.

You should talk
to the bank, man.

- What are you talking about?
- Your girl, Sidney.

Her parents,
they own mini-malls.

I'm not asking Sidney for money.

Sidney, there's something
I got to talk to you about.

'See, this is really difficult.'

We been seeing each other
for over a year and, well..

'See, well..'

- You wanna see other people?
- Huh?

- Yo, I'm really fine about it.
- 'But, wait, I didn't mean'..

- I'm fine about it.
- I'm fine about it too.

It's so funny.

We live closer to each
other
now than we did at home.

And somehow, we see
less of each other.

Well, you know, you have
your classes and I have mine.

You're making new friends
and I guess I am too.

We're at college to have
new experiences, right?

Why should we tie
each other down?

I don't want to tie you down if
you don't want to be tied down.

Good.

'Cause I feel the same way
about you too.

It's great that we feel
the same way about each other.

So, um

I guess I'll see you
around the campus...buddy.

Yeah. See you
around campus,
pal.

[Chanté Moore singing
"Candlelight & You"]

♪ So I say with every emotion ♪

♪ What falling in love can do ♪

♪ To my romantic heart ♪

♪ You've held me
through the rain ♪

♪ Take me in your arms ♪

♪ I give you control ♪

(Pop)
'Sit down. I need
to talk to you.'

Listen, get your act together.

Keep your mind on them books
and off them gangs.

[laughing]

Hey, what up, man?
Damn, what's wrong with you?

Damn, man, you look like shit.

How could the best
day
of my life

and the worst day of my
life
happen in the same week?

Yo, I ain't got the science
on that, black.

But what I do know is

you better deal with Dean
Kramer
and your financial situation

before that situation
deals with you.

Better get off your behind.

Yo, I gotta get out of here.
I'm gonna check you later.

'Peace.'

Ah, brother Robinson,
I think I can help you
out.

Come here.
Come on,
brother.

Bottom line,
you don't have the
snaps

but you want Dean Kramer
to give you an extension

till you figure out
what your next move
is.

- That's right.
- Now, see, that's fucked.

If you was white he'd give
more
extensions than a bad weave

but a brother,
he ain't gonna play
that.

So, in other words, I'm over.

See, not necessarily.

'See, my boy works
the main computer.'

Now, cuz could lose
your paperwork for a while

'and buy you a little time.'

For a price?

Hey, yo, life's
a bitch, homie.

And not always
a fine bitch either.

Hello, Miles.

Well, hello yourself,
Professor Vonault.

Allow me to introduce you
to young Christopher Robinson.

A most promising freshman.

Professor Vonault
is one of our

most esteemed scholars,
Christopher.

Professor, you know, I still
find myself reflecting

upon our discussions
of Chaucer's scatology.

Then you'll love
my upcoming lecture

on the juxtaposition
of Thanatos and Eros

in the works of Fielding.

Oh, wouldn't miss it, sir.

'Well, I must be off, Miles.'

- 'Ta ta.'
- 'Ta ta, Professor.'

- Christopher.
- 'Ta ta, Professor.'

Wow, that was deep.

Yo, you want to whup
the white man?

You got to know how to play
the white man's game.

- Hook me up.
- 'Wise decision.'

My boy usually charges
the football squad

a couple hundred a head.

Wait a minute. I don't
have that kinda money.

'Well, what you got, brother?'

Come on, brother,
don't let this pass you
by.

- That's all the money I
have.
- I'll take it.

(male #5)
'What is the single most
important question'

'any of us can ask ourselves?'

Who am I?

(Kid)
'Late again.'

My girl left me.

(male #5)
'We've been taught that it's
okay to define ourselves'

'in relationship
with others as..'

- What you doing, man?
- 'Slave.'

Nanny, athlete or entertainer.

But never on our own terms
as individuals.

Ralph Ellison brilliantly
explored that theme

in "The Invisible Man"
which I can see

that Mr. Robinson...is most
anxious to discuss with us.

- Come on, man, don't--
- 'Mr. Robinson!'

I am? Ahem, I am.

"The Invisible Man."

A great book. A very great book.

(male #8)
'Here we go again.'

But I always wondered
why did he call

the invisible man

the invisible man?

Everyone is on the edge
of their seats.

Why?

I think the author was trying
to say that black people

are like that movie..

...where the only way
you could see the guy

is if he was...wrapped
in white bandages.

[students laughing]

So...Ellison was saying that

in order for
white society to see us

we must be wrapped in white?

Yeah.

'I am.'

Very insightful, Mr. Robinson.

You taught me something.

'Could I see you after class?'

(Jamal)
'You're through.'

You wanted to see me, sir?

What I want to know is..

...do you have the gift
that I think you have?

Or am I just being charmed
by your line of bullshit?

Uh, could I get
back
to you on that?

Yes, you can...in a week

with a 20-page paper

in which you discuss how
Ellison, Wright, Baldwin

and the other authors
I assigned to you to read

handle the theme of growing up
as a black male in America.

In a week? Wait a minute.
That's not fair.

Life is not fair, Mr. Robinson.

There are students
on this campus who are
here

only because their parents are
rich alumni, that isn't fair.

And those students
might look at you

and think that
the only reason you're
here

is because you're black
and you got a good jump
shot.

Or you're black, so you
can run with a football.

Or you're just here
because you're
black.

That isn't fair.

And it might not be
fair
that you got to prove

that you're here because
you've earned it, but you
do.

And if you don't
prove
it to me, Mr.
Robinson..

...I'll fail your ass.

[door closes]

Yo, you talk to Kid?

Punk hasn't even
called me to find out

how I'm feeling after
losing my record deal.

Play, it was wrong, man.

Fifteen dollars.

- We hook up later, right?
- 'Alright, peace, man.'

- Peace.
- Yo, peace out.

'Later.'

Yo, Bilal, hold up.
What's up with the extra ends?

Yo, sometimes you got to pay
what you owe, right?

Later.

You're right.

[thinking]
A 20-page paper to write.

All those authors.
It ain't gonna be easy.

You can't get in
without a student ID.

'What up with that?'

Give it up, man.
Yo, here's some food.

Damn. What, you starving?

- Thanks, Jamal.
- No problem, man.

You know, without my ID

I can't get into the
library
or the cafeteria.

This living by my wits
isn't easy. It's hard work.

Hard work? I haven't seen
you do any work yet.

You need to get off your butt

and go down to the faculty
dining hall.

- Huh?
- 'Word, yo.'

Free food, the pay is correct.

But, man, you better
make sure you come correct.

'Cause to work for Mr. Lee,
you gotta be all you can be.

(male #9)
'Move it, move it, move it!'

Loaded tray.

- Do you know where Mr. Lee is?
- No!

Excuse me. Do you..

Out of the way, please.

- Excuse me--
- Move your ass.

Excuse me, do you
know where..

Hey!

(female #2)
Look out.
That's my foot.

Heads up.

[indistinct chattering]

(male #10)
'Alright, so what's
the holdup here?'

This should've been
outta here 15 minutes
ago.

Excuse me, do you know
where Mr. Lee is?

Who wants to know?

You must be the new recruit.

You gotta go to work, boy.

There's a pile of spuds
over there with your name on
it.

Do a good job, boy,
and you'll be on your
way

to earning your
kitchen
assistant first class
pin.

Yes, sir.

Hey! Hey! You
forgot your
cap.

Everybody got
to
wear the hat.

But it won't fit.
I'd look stupid.

Are you saying I look stupid?

No, no, sir. Actually,
it looks kinda good on you.

Are you saying I look good with
a damn plastic cap on my head?

- No, sir.
- Then what are you saying,
boy?

I have no idea.

Listen, son, you
want
to stay off my shit
list

put on the hat.

[indistinct chattering]

[drums beats]

You look good.

If I lose this,
my dad will kill me.

Do you feel lucky?

Um, um, I'm goin'
for it, man.

(Play)
'Scared money
don't win no money.'

Put your weight on it.
Put your weight on it.

(Bilal)
'Gimme it, man.'

Give me my money, man.
Give me my money, man.

Give me, thank you. Fuck, man.
Thank you, man, thank you.

Freak, man, freak.
I'm a winner, man.

- Who's next?
- Me.

(Play)
'Scared money
don't make no money.'

What's up, K-l-D?

Yo, Kid. Here, Jamal,
watch the cash.

Kid, wait, yo man,
wassup? Wassup?

What are you guys
trying to do to
me?

I'm trying to raise
you some dough.

What, by ripping off these
people I have to see every
day?

We'll kick Monte Carlo
night to the curb.

I'm 45 minutes away,
on my days off work

I can come here
and work on a plan.

- Plan?
- Yeah.

Don't mention
plan
in my presence.

I can't afford any
more
of your plans.

[Sounds of Blackness
singing "Optimistic"]

♪ Never say die ♪

♪ Keep, Keep on ♪

♪ When in the midst of sorrow ♪

♪ You can't see up
when looking down ♪

(Bilal)
'We gonna get you a "A."'

You're gonna get
your "A," mm.

Girl, you're gonna get
your "A," you hear me?

(female #3)
'Oh, oh, Play!'

Uh, Kid. Yo, man,
I'm thinkin' hard.

♪ Telling you this can't
never be done ♪

♪ No matter how hard
reality seems ♪

[beep]

♪ Just hold
on to your dreams, yeah ♪

♪ Don't give up
and don't give in ♪

♪ Although it seems
you never win ♪

♪ You will always pass
the test ♪

♪ As long as you keep
your head to the sky ♪

"(Kid)
"If you have
no confidence in self

"you are twice defeated
in the race of life.

"With confidence, you have won
even before you have started.

Marcus Garvey."

♪ Be optimistic ♪

♪ As long as you keep
your head to the sky ♪

♪ Be optimistic ♪

♪ As long as you keep
your head to the sky ♪

♪ Be optimistic ♪

[violin music]

Professor Sinclair?

What can I do for
you,
Mr. Robinson?

My paper, sir.

Excuse the coffee stain.

I just wanted you to know
I worked really hard on it.

I quoted from your book, which
I must say was really
excellent.

I'll reserve judgment
on your paper, Mr.
Robinson.

but...as far as
your
ass kissing
goes..

...two thumbs up.

[indistinct chattering]

Why don't you roll the dice?

Knock it out, man.
In your ass.

- Chill, my brother.
- I ain't your brother.

Ain't trying to cause no beef
you know what I'm saying, yo?

Come on, why you go and do
something stupid like that?

'Yo, milk, do something
about your boy, man.'

That's it. If your
name
isn't Kid or Jamal

get out of my room, get out.

Without even
hearing
my plan, right?

Oh, you managed to spare
time
to come up with a plan?

Not any plan. The plan of plans,
man, you know what I'm saying ?

Yo, think about
it.
A house party.

House party?

(Play)
'Yo man, not just
any house party.'

The mother
of house parties,
man.

A pajama jammie jam.

'Women in negligees..'

(Bilal)
'Look at this. Mmm.'

- Look, man, come on.
- ...get in free.

Brothers have got to pay
and all of the proceeds

go to the Christopher Robinson
scholarship fund.

Don't worry about nothin'
'cause
I'll take care of everything.

Yo, Kid. I'm takin' care
of everything.

Let me get this straight, you
want a bunch of college women

in their underwear come to my
room so you can charge a bunch

of horny motherfuckers
to be in there with them?

- 'Yes.'
- Ladies, six feet.

Wait a minute.
Slow down, man.

Not here. In the
faculty dining hall,
man.

All you gotta do
is...get the key?

Oh, no. Look, I'm not with
it.
Forget about it, alright?

-'Kid.'
- I'm not with it. I'm out.

Kid! Kid! Why's
he
flippin' on us?

[knocking]

Sidney?

'Sid..'

'Zora.'

Zora, Zora, Zora.

Kid, Kid, Kid.
Boy, what you want?

Uh, I borrowed
this book from Sidney.

Here, you can give
it back to her for me.

Now, you know that's
not Sidney's book.

It's not?

Oh, you're right.
It's not, my mistake.

Yeah, that is your mistake.

You know, comin' around
here with that lame

"do me baby" mentality
is another definite mistake.

I'll tell you
what the mistake is.

The mistake is you think
you know everything.

You don't know me. You don't
know anything about me.

Tell Sidney I asked about her,
and I hope she's doing okay.

Please?

- 'Kid.'
- What?

Look, there's a rally
this afternoon.

It's against the cutbacks
in the Ethnic Studies Program.

So?

So, if a man were looking for
Sidney, he might find her
there.

[crowd chanting]
Knowledge is power!
Knowledge is power!

Come on, sister.

[chanting continues]

Now, if we allow
the administration

to cut back on Ethnic Studies

we will be letting them
deny the contributions

of all of our cultures
that made this country great.

Knowledge is power!

(all)
Knowledge is power!

Knowledge is power!

(all)
Knowledge is power!

Come on, y'all.
Clap with me now.

[clapping]

Listen here.

[Queen Latifah singing
"Knowledge Is Power"]

♪ Well, a rebel without
a cause can turn into a devil
♪

♪ For a moment just
take a pause ♪

♪ So we can reach a level ♪

♪ To open up the doors,
eliminate the gap ♪

♪ You're searching for
perfection in somebody else ♪

♪ You sacrifice yourself
for his illegal wealth ♪

♪ Living in the image
of a man what you are ♪

♪ You're just another Jackie
who wants to be a star ♪

♪ As far as I'm concerned,
I'm getting quite annoyed ♪

♪ There was a brain that
had nothin', just a void ♪

♪ Filled with
materialistic thoughts ♪

♪ Of cars and gold,
things you just bought ♪

♪ Drugs people sold, but I'm
gonna rise like a tower ♪

♪ Tellin' all the people
that it's time to devour ♪

♪ You see, the future
that we live in is ours ♪

♪ Because knowledge,
it is power ♪

(all)
♪ Knowledge is power,
knowledge is power ♪

♪ Check it out, intelligence
captivates my mind ♪

♪ I'm gonna succeed with
my brain and not my behind ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't feel
that as a black woman ♪

♪ I should give up the booty if
the boss thinks it's boomin' ♪

♪ Or some people
who move up on others ♪

♪ Like they own 'em
and they don't treat 'em equal
♪

♪ Can't you see? This is
racist, racist, racist ♪

♪ Where they chase us ♪

♪ Away from knowing who we are
and where we came from ♪

♪ I ain't stopping until
we got this game on ♪

♪ 'Cause I know this is the hour
to make knowledge equal power ♪

♪ Scream it, scream it ♪

♪ Knowledge ♪

(all)
♪ Knowledge ♪

♪ Is power ♪

(all)
♪ Is power ♪

Thank you.

[crowd cheering]

Right now I would like
to introduce our next speaker

Professor Sinclair.

Thank you, Zora.

'As I stand here
and look at your..'

Zora, your performance
was moving.

We need more people like you.
I want you to call me.

I think we can make you a star.

You have the right to learn
about your heritage

'and the heritage of others.'

Support Ethnic Studies.

Knowledge is power!

What's wrong, Sidney?

Uh, nothing really.

It's Kid, isn't it?

- I know he's at the rally.
- You know him?

Yeah, I met him
at the dean's office.

He's having some problems.

Doesn't look too good.

- Really?
- Yeah.

That's too bad.

He was going
on about his ex-girlfriend

and how they were breaking up

because she wasn't into,
"givin'
up the rhythm" as he put it

but the more he said
about her, the more I knew

he didn't know what he had
and I had to meet her

because she sounded
like such a find.

Damn, Miles

give the child
some room to breathe.

Zora, what a surprise.

I should be going.

Can I giv..

Can l..

Can I give you a call later?

Yeah, please.

[thud]

(Miles)
'Ugh!'

- Alright. Um, Zora.
- Miles.

Oh, God. What do you think?

He's so different from Kid.

He's-he's mature,
he's sophisticated.

He's an intelligent
conversationalist.

Yeah. I see you two
were about to get

into a heavy
conversation in French.

Look, Sidney, different
doesn't
necessarily mean better.

Why don't you think about that?

[bells tinkling]

[drum beats]

Dean Kramer's office called

and they want
to see you right
away.

This is a work study job

for students

and they say
you ain't no
student!

[sighs]

[clocks ticking]

[door closes]

Miles, I thought you
were supposed

to be hooking me up
for the black.

Yo, brother
Robinson,
I'm working on it

but delicate situations such
as these sometimes take time.

Ahem.

- Dean Kramer, I was just,
uh--
- Leaving?

Thank you, Miles.

Christopher, the
deadline I gave you

'for paying your tuition
has come and gone.'

And we do have a policy
of encouraging all our
students

be they black or
white,
to pay their
tuition.

So, it's with great
sadness
that I have to tell
you--

Dean Kramer, please,
just give me one more week.

I promise I'll have the money.

- Yes.
- Yes?

Yes, one more week.

But if you don't have
the money by then

it really will be it!

'Time waits for no man!'

Play! Why haven't you called me
about the recording session?

You promised me
I could sing backup.

Listen, Selena,
don't sweat me.

Don't sweat it.
Um, as soon as
the..

[telephone ringing]

If the others don't succeed,
I got the 12-inch you need.

Clarence's Records. What up?

When's the party?

Tell him, tell him
about the pajama party.

- Pajama party.
- The Pajama party.

[Naughty By Nature
singing O.P.P]

♪ Army with harmony ♪

♪ Dave drop a load on 'em ♪

I knew about this party,
I don't even go to school.

Tell me about this party.

Everybody know about
this
party but the three of
you.

'Find out about this party.
Make your grandma proud'

♪ OPP, how can I explain it ♪

♪ I'll take you frame
by frame it ♪

♪ To have y'all jumpin'
shall we singin' it ♪

♪ O is for Other, P is
for People scratchin' temple
♪

♪ The last P, well,
that's not that simple ♪

♪ It's sorta like another
way
to call a cat a kitten ♪

♪ It's five little letters
that are missin' here ♪

♪ You get on occasion
at the other party ♪

♪ As a game 'n it seems
I gotta start to explainin'
♪

♪ Bust it ♪

♪ Well if you do, that's OPP
and you're not down with it ♪

♪ But if you don't,
here's your membership ♪

We can get you signed
in a heartbeat.

- Really?
- Oh, yeah, no problem.

What are you doing tonight?
There's a pajama party.

(Rick)
'We'll be there.'

♪ You down with OPP,
yeah you know me ♪

♪ You down with OPP,
yeah you know me ♪

(Pee Wee)
'I think it's a pajama
party.'

(Stab)
'And the rules are very
clear on that shit.'

"No university
building
or other property

"may be used as a meeting place
or venue for entertainment

without the
authorization
of the dean of the
college."

Very good, Stab.

'All we need to know is
where the party's gonna be.'

♪ Come on, now let me tell you
what it's all about ♪

♪ When you get down ♪

♪ You can't go 'round
runnin' off at the mouth ♪

♪ That's rule number one in
this OPP establishment ♪

♪ You keep your mouth shut ♪

♪ And it won't get back
to her or him.. ♪

[glass shattering]

♪ Same sorta OPP
is you with ♪

Alright, who was it?

♪ When OPP comes,
damn skippy I'm with it ♪

♪ You down with OPP,
yeah you know me.. ♪

I-I don't think so.

Yo, check that out.

Yo, are you tryin' to..

[laughing]

(Bilal)
'For a midget white boy,
you alright, Jamal.'

'Sneakin' in the house
with the brothers.'

(Play)
'You alright, though you try
to
flex. Can't play dice,

(Kid)
'Will you two be quiet?'

(Play)
Kid, calm down. You're getting
as white as a ghost.'

'And you know that's hard
for you to do, now come on.

- Alright, alright.
- Shh.

Come on, come on, come on.

Yes.

I just want to remind everybody.
Let's be careful in there, okay?

Would you relax?

[glass shattering]

(Kid)
'Careful!'

Y'all want to help me
with my equipment, please?

Thank you.

Yo, I swear if I gotta
carry this shit in by myself

I'll play the village
people
all fuckin' night.

Yo man, chill, chill.
Don't go out like that.

[Zora laughing]

Who are you supposed to be,
Mrs. Kunta Kinte?

I thought this
outfit
was politically
correct.

You know, PC.

Well, it is PC, if PC
stands for poor choice.

Girl, why are you looking
like me instead of you?

I don't know what I'm supposed
to look like anymore.

I don't know what I'm supposed
to feel like anymore.

I miss Kid, but he needs to grow
up, that's what you said, right?

Now, don't go blaming
breaking up with Kid on me.

You're the one always talking
about how immature he is

with his "do me" attitude.

But it's not about what I
think.
It's about what you think.

What's in your head
and your heart.

I mean that's what being a
strong woman is about, Sidney.

Now, this is Zora
going to the party.

I hope I see Sidney there.

[sighs]

(Pee Wee)
All the girls kept talkin'
about was like silk teddies

'and sexy nightgowns.'

(male #11)
All clear! Let's go!

(male #12)
Let's see some panties, boys.

Girl, hurry your fat ass up!

[crowd cheering]

[Ralph Tresvant singing
"Yo Baby Yo"]

♪ Yo, baby, yo, baby, yo ♪

♪ I'm never, never,
ever gonna let you go ♪

(Play)
Brothers are ten each.

Women appropriately dressed..

...or should I say undressed
get in free. Oh, yeah. Oh,
yeah.

♪ She crept into my heart ♪

♪ At a funny time ♪

♪ I met her once or twice ♪

♪ I knew something was right ♪

I was hoping
Sidney
would be here.

Does she ever miss a good
party,
man? She's gonna be here, man.

If you see her,
just let me know,
okay?

I will, but go in there
and try and hit some skins.

♪ Pretty black hair
and big brown eyes ♪

♪ Made my mouth so dry ♪

♪ Shouldn't you be with her ♪

Excuse me.

♪ I don't know ♪

Pardon me.

♪ I tried to tell ♪

Yo, B, you got
some cuties here.

♪ I'm doing the best I can ♪

♪ What, what your papa said ♪

♪ Boy, do things your way ♪

♪ Yo, baby, yo, baby, yo ♪

♪ Yo, baby, yo ♪

♪ Never, never,
ever gonna let you go ♪

♪ I never, ever want
to let you go ♪

♪ Yo baby, yo baby, yo.. ♪

Hi, Patty!

♪ I had to let one go ♪

♪ Love can make you blind ♪

♪ I almost lost my mind,
I just know what I had to do
♪

Sidney, you know, if
any woman gets in for free

you know it's you.

- You ain't gotta do--
- Yes, I do.

We both do.

Hey, you seen Kid?

Last time I saw him,
he was...lookin' for you.

- Really?
- You got a eye problem?

- Come on!
- Fool.

♪ Live all my days
if one could ♪

♪ She had all the right things ♪

♪ Then she touched
the right places ♪

♪ Now I'm in her world ♪

♪ And you're so confused ♪

♪ No place for you ♪

- Yo, yo, Play, man.
- What? What's up?

I think something's wrong
with the toilet, man.

Deja vu like a motherfucker.

♪ Yo, baby, yo, baby, yo ♪

♪ Yo, baby, yo ♪

♪ Never, never,
ever gonna let you go.. ♪

I can't believe it.
I'll be able to stay in
school.

Sidney, you look incredible.

Actually, I was
hoping
you'd be here.

It's like I told you before

'if you ain't givin'
up the rhythm '

the boy ain't interested.

Let's dance.

Yo, ain't nobody here!

Damn! Damn! Damn!

[humming]

- Yo, man.
- Yo. Yo, Pee Wee!

Pee Wee!

What?

Do you hear any music?

No. What up with that?

Yo, and there ain't
nobody here dancin'.

Aw, shit!
And I wanna shake my ass!

[Tony! Toni! Toné! singing
"House Party II"]

♪ I don't know what
you come to do ♪

♪ I don't know what
you come to do ♪

♪ So, I come to clap my hands ♪

♪ I come to stomp my feet ♪

- You wanna dance, Sidney?
- No, I don't wanna dance.

- Come on.
- I don't wanna dance.

- Come on.
- No.

♪ Throw my feelings
out on the shelf ♪

♪ Baby ♪

- Come on.
- Alright. Alright.

Okay, okay.

Don't make me laugh.

♪ Baby ♪

♪ So let's gather
'round the people ♪

♪ Let's have a funky
party tonight ♪

♪ But I've been
down all day today ♪

♪ Let's have a house party ♪

♪ I don't know
what you're gonna do ♪

♪ I don't know
what you come to do ♪

♪ I come to dance my steps ♪

♪ I come to clap my hands ♪

Come on, girl, let's do this.

♪ And the bass
is really pumpin' ♪

♪ The groove
is funkin' hard as hell ♪

♪ Baby ♪

♪ And there's gotta be a honey ♪

♪ At the party
gonna treat me well ♪

Let's do this.

♪ But there's no one
like my baby ♪

♪ My baby knows
just who she is ♪

♪ Yeah, she knows,
she knows, she knows ♪

♪ But no matter
what the problem ♪

♪ My cookie's gonna fix it,
you dig? ♪

♪ See, 'cause I been down
too long today ♪

♪ Let's have a house party ♪

Come on. Go, boys.

♪ So everybody bring
your dancin' shoes ♪

♪ Let's have a house party ♪

♪ I don't know what
you come to do ♪

♪ I come to clap my hands ♪

♪ I come to stomp my feet ♪

♪ I come to dance my steps ♪

♪ I come to shout for peace ♪

♪ I don't know what
you come to do ♪

♪ I don't know what
you come to do ♪

♪ I don't know what
you come to do ♪

♪ I don't know what
you come to do ♪

♪ I came to clap my hands ♪

♪ I come to do my steps ♪

♪ I come to jump up and down
Check it, check, check ♪

♪ Gimme some of that cookie ♪

♪ Mmm, gimme some
of that cookie ♪

♪ Gimme some of that
cookie, cookie ♪

♪ That's what I said ♪

♪ Gimme some of that cookie ♪

♪ Gimme some of that cookie ♪

♪ Gimme some of that
cookie, cookie ♪

♪ Gimme some of that
cookie, cookie ♪

♪ That's what I said gimme
some of that cookie ♪

♪ You heard the man, give him
some of that cookie ♪

♪ Gimme some of that
cookie, cookie ♪

♪ That's what I'm sayin' ♪

♪ Gimme some of that cookie.. ♪

[screaming]

Damn, ain't nobody here!

Aw, shit!

- Come on, Pee Wee!
- Damn!

Shit. I just busted my ass.

Hey, ladies!

Look here,
it's ladies' choice.

And we're going to slow it up
for all the beautiful ladies.

It's ladies' choice, Sidney.

Excuse me. I was here first.

Step off, brother.

Let Sidney make the choice.

Wait a minute. She's my girl.

Wait. I don't remember
saying I was anybody's
girl.

And you seem to have
already made your
choice.

What?

Ta-ta.

[London Jones
singing I Lust 4 U]

(female #4)
'Mmm, you could look'

'but you better not touch.'

Zora, I want you to meet
my producer, Miriam Mobuto.

This is Zora Henderson,
a wonderful young talent.

(male #13)
Oh, I could put my beer
on that booty!

I gotta pass on that.

You see, my brothers,
what you hold in your hands

is one of the many chains that
enslave the black man today.

Think about it.

(male #14)
Damn, vanilla
about to strike oil.

'Booyah!'

'Yo, that's some jungle booty
and I'm Tarzan.'

(Stab)
Yo, I know where
everybody's at, man!

They in the library, man.

[upbeat music]

Oh, damn!
Chill!

- We got enough yet?
- Uh-uh.

What you mean, "uh-uh"?
All that? Come on.

- We ain't there yet.
- Aw, man.

Yo, Kid, Play, come up here!
Rack some shots, boys.

Y'all look good down there.
I'm proud of you.

- Jamal, I didn't call
"Jamal."
- Excuse me, man.

- Let me see the mic, man.
- Jamal, chill, alright?

Bilal, think about it, man.

He likes big booties, dice.

He likes bean pie.
Sure, put him on.

You probably got
a big dick too, huh?

A big tremendous white dick.

Great show, Kid.

♪ I talk trips and zips
as I flip an enemy bird ♪

♪ Suckers can't fake
the flavor candy like nerds ♪

♪ 'Cause I made the track
react with a vengeance ♪

♪ Scooping up more pigeons
and suckers with vengeance ♪

♪ Wild hip-hop, slip-shot,
I grab for my pistol ♪

♪ 'Cause I act strapped,
and this is what I call it
♪

♪ 'Cause when I got the mic,
I excites life, that's right
♪

♪ In it with a pimp limp
sent to get hipper ♪

♪ You're provoked, choked ♪

♪ Now you're stumped
and stay lumped ♪

♪ The J-A-S man ♪

♪ I totally like dancin'
with the K-l-D and the P-L-A-Y
♪

♪ And better believe
I sell tracks then ♪

♪ I'm proud to be black,
and YBT, we be maxin' ♪

♪ The dopest action with the DJ,
the boogedy boogedy bing bang ♪

♪ I slip shit, flip shit
with the hip-hop street slang
♪

♪ I got 'cause I rock
the big groups, is that not?
♪

♪ I hits the boots, 'cause the
hookers love the dreadlocks ♪

[crowd cheering]

[Kid N' Play singing
"Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody"]

♪ Ain't gonna hurt nobody ♪

♪ We just dancin', y'all ♪

♪ Ain't gonna hurt nobody ♪

♪ Out there on the floor ♪

♪ Ain't gonna hurt nobody ♪

♪ We just dancin', baby ♪

♪ Ain't gonna hurt nobody ♪

♪ Gonna give you more ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

Yo, Kid, check this out,
I'm about to reach out my
soul.

♪ If you're lookin' for
more,
step on the dance floor ♪

♪ Check your coat
and your troubles at the door
♪

♪ 'Cause for sure,
you're gonna see a smile today
♪

♪ The problems of the world
seem miles away ♪

♪ The only thing that matters
is a good time ♪

♪ That can be had
with the help of a good rhyme
♪

♪ The DJ's hype,
more than up to par ♪

♪ Uh-oh,
there goes a cutie at the bar
♪

♪ So I strolled
on over to say hi ♪

- I don't want any.
- Come on, just a little
taste.

It's a party.

♪ I'll do anything
to see you smile ♪

♪ You see, my job is
to take you higher ♪

♪ After a couple of songs,
I'll require ♪

♪ Having fun? Well,
I ain't done ♪

♪ The best is yet to come ♪

♪ Ain't gonna hurt nobody ♪

♪ We just dancin', y'all ♪

♪ Ain't gonna hurt nobody ♪

♪ Out there on the floor ♪

♪ Ain't gonna hurt nobody ♪

♪ We're just dancin', baby ♪

♪ Ain't gonna hurt nobody ♪

♪ Gonna give you more.. ♪

Baby, let's get
some refreshments.

Okay.

Come on man, What's the matter
with you? Come on, kick it.

♪ The music's hype,
and if it's alright with you
♪

♪ I wouldn't mind spending
the rest of the night with you
♪

♪ No kidding, baby,
we can make some noise ♪

♪ You and your girls
and me and my boys ♪

♪ Just feelin' right,
a night filled with pleasure
♪

♪ We can take it slow
with no pressure ♪

♪ Enough respect ♪

♪ You won't regret ♪

♪ This'll be a night
you won't soon forget ♪

♪ And that's a promise
from me to you ♪

♪ Take my hand, girl,
I'm gonna see you through ♪

♪ You don't strike me
as a woman who fronts ♪

♪ Here's your chance ♪

♪ You only live once ♪

♪ I wanna hear you say,
oh, what a blast, Kid ♪

♪ We sure had good fun
while it lasted ♪

♪ Hung out with friends ♪

♪ And hit the skins ♪

♪ Next week, we're gonna
do it again ♪

She's mine, fool!

♪ Ain't nobody, ain't nobody ♪

♪ Ain't nobody
gonna hurt you.. ♪

Yo, Miles, where you
goin' with my girl?

- Let go or I will fuck you
up!
- Yo, who you talkin--

(Sidney)
'Kid! Get off me, Miles!
Get off me.'

Stop! You're hurting me!

'Kid, help.
Help me!'

It was very nice meeting you.
I'm sure we could..

Those are the motherfuckers
who stole Kid's money!

- Oh, shit!
- What is going on here?

Get out of my way!

[glass shattering]

Hey, hold up!

- Rick, she's right behind
us.
- Hey, somebody stop her!

[screaming]

- Get out of the way.
- Now, you're gonna get it!

- Let go or I'll fly that head.
- She ain't nothin'. Take her.

Hold her.

(Pee Wee)
Hey, get the fuck out my way.

He-e-ey!

Yo, what you looking at,
boy?
Campus security.

Nobody make a goddamn move.
This is an illegal party.

Yo, what kind of fuckin'
lyric was that?

Turn your damn badge around.

Oh, what up with that?
I'm sorry. It's upside down.

Everybody stop this shit!

(Rick)
Get out of my way!

Shit, motherfucker's
trying to get away.

Come on, man.

(Pee Wee)
Get the fuck out the way.

(Play)
Go on, grab her, She stole
Kid's scholarship check.

(Sidney)
Hold her.

Let me go.

- I ain't tryin' to let you
go.
- Zora, knock her out.

[cuckoo clock chiming]

[whistling]

(male #15)
'Jungle fever, baby.'

- Jungle.
- Fever.

- Jungle.
- Fever, fever.

Punk!

Watch it, pops!

Damn, man.

- Excuse me, man.
- And a colored too.

- Oh, shit.
- I'm gonna kill you. Come
here.

(Pee Wee)
Get out of my way.

'There he is right now,
give it to him.'

'D.'

Get him, Mo.

Oh, shit.

(Play)
'Freeze that ass.'

(Rick)
Oh, shit!

(Pee Wee)
Motherfucker.

(Miles)
See ya, mop head.

Argh!

Away!

Goddamn!

That must be
the fifteenth..

We lost the pussy.

(male #16)
Whose pussy is this?
Give me that good college
pussy.

Get up, punk, get up.

Wait, get that mother..

Get him.

[all screaming]

(male #16)
'Yeah, right there.'

[screaming continues]

(male #17)
'Freak show.'

(male #16)
What the fuck is going on?
Where's my gun?

[gunshots]

[all screaming]

'He's got a gun!'

- He ain't got no bullets'
- Hurry up.

You crazy motherfuckers, you
fuck around, I'm tryin' to
fuck.

(Kid)
'Miles!
You ain't shit.'

'I'm through messin'
around with you.'

(Miles)
'Oh, you gonna squab
like a man now, boy?'

[groaning]

'This one's for the black.'

'Is that all you got? Come on.'

Oh, oh, oh, oh..

[all screaming]

See ya.

And I sure wouldn't wanna be ya.

[laughing]

[screaming]

Would you pull me up?

- Stay still.
- 'Get me out of here.'

I'll never listen to another of
your harebrained schemes again.

You're in no position
to talk shit.

'Just-just get me up.'

'Just calm down, buddy,
I got ya.'

[grunting]

[birds chirping]

[both panting]

[piano music]

[coughing]

[all screaming]

What is going on here?

Hey, get-get off me
What up with that?

Yo, man, yo, we just
doing our goddamn job.

We got an 819,
breaking and entering.

The description
matches, you three clowns.

Now, wait a minute,
I am a very patient
man

but I want somebody to tell
me,
what is going on here?

I'll tell you what's going
on.
She stole my boy's money.

Oh, so that's where
your tuition money
went.

- Got it.
- That's right.

And he stole his money too

and hurt his girl.

Listen, it'll all make more
sense if you knew the
business.

- It's close enough.
- And...Sheila Landreaux--

Sheila Landreaux?

- Aka Shareese Taylor?
- Aka Sharnelle Butler?

- That ho again?
- Well done, gentlemen.

Let these men go.

And I am very concerned that
your treatment of my officers

indicates
a deep-seated
hostility

toward black men
in positions of
authority.

- But, sir, I'm a black man.
- Then act like one.

These men have
performed
duties

uh, above and beyond
the call of duty

and they will be
rewarded for it.

Rewarded? Hey, fellas,
that means we get our stripes.

Young man, you have a
bright
future at this university.

Miles, your future is behind,
you're out of here. Take him!

But, Dean Kramer,
it's a complete fabrication.

It's a miscarriage of
justice,
I ain't goin' out like that.

Get 'em out of here.

As for the rest of
you,
fair warning.

Time waits for no man.

You have 59 minutes
and 32 seconds

to put this building
back
in its original shape

or you face
expulsion,
have you got that?

Peace.

Will you look
at this place?

I thought they fucked
my place up.

- What am I gonna tell Mr.
Lee?
- It's okay, man.

I don't know,
but it better be real good.

I'm out.

That's your ass.

Mr. Lee.

Mr. Lee, my ass.

I got three telephone calls,
including Dean Kramer

asking if I gave
authorization to use this
hall.

Now, now, uh,
Mr. Lee, right?

Check this out,
I know it looks bad

but it was
for a good cause, my brother.

See, we had to borrow the place
to raise money for my man.

Play, thanks,
but no
excuses.

Give me the money.

What, the ends for school?
Are you crazy?

Play, no excuses.

Give me the money.

I have to do this by myself.

Oh, and you expect me to stand
around and watch this, right?

I-I can't do it.

[crying]

Kid, illegal party,
half-naked women.

What kind of way is that
to handle a money problem?

How come you didn't come
to talk to me?

I'm sorry I
disappointed
you, Mr. Lee.

Hey, I don't want your money.
I want to kick your ass.

I know, but take this.

And if it's not enough
to cover all the
damages.

I'll do whatever it
takes
for as long as it
takes

to make things right.

[birds chirping]

Sorry, pop.

'It's alright, Kid.'

Pop?

No, man. Hello,
Play, what's up?

What are you doing here?

I had a feeling you'd be here,
I figured I'd give you a lift.

Thanks, but if you don't
mind,
I'd rather be alone.

Got a couple of cuties
waitin' in the car, man.

Remember the ones
in the pink negligee..

[The Flex singing "It's So
Hard
To Say Goodbye To Yesterday"]

♪ All I know ♪

♪ Is where we've been ♪

♪ And what we've been through ♪

♪ If we get to see tomorrow ♪

♪ I hope it's worth
all the pain ♪

♪ It is so hard ♪

♪ To say goodbye ♪

♪ To yesterday ♪

♪ Yesterday ♪

You know, I'm really
gonna miss you.

Come on, now.

You know I'm gonna be up here
every weekend looking after
you.

♪ And if I had to live
my life all over again ♪

♪ What I would do ♪

♪ Is be with you.. ♪

[clears throat]

Kid, I'm your boy.

You know I'll take care
of your girl while you're
gone.

Don't worry about it.

Just keep those nasty-ass
dreads off my woman,
alright?

Yo, guys, I got to get
this stuff downstairs.

Play's already an hour late.

That means I got another
15 minutes before he gets
here.

That kid be
on some serious CPT.

Wait. Hold up.

There's some people
I got to see before I go.

- Mr. Lee.
- Hey.

- How you doin', son?
- Not so good.

Things didn't work out,
so I'm gonna be leavin'
school.

Just remember what I told you.

Sometimes you gotta do
what you don't wannna do

in order to get
where you want to be.

Remember, if you
ever need anything

I'm here for you.

Thanks a lot, Mr. Lee.

I'll be back.

I'll save a plastic
cap for you

with your name on it.

Professor Sinclair?

Sir?

I was wondering
if you had a minute?

Missed you in class today.

I miss being in it.

I guess that's something
I have to get used to.

I have to drop out of school.

Money problems.

You quitting, Mr. Robinson?

Well, I guess I just haven't
proved I belong here.

At least not now.

I thought that the
student
who wrote this paper

did prove that he belonged here.

A minus.

I had to take off
for the coffee
stain.

Chris

you are a talented writer.

And you have earned
a place in this
school.

I have?

If I got you a job
as my student
assistant

could you get by?

No, it just wouldn't cover
all my expenses.

But, hey, it's no big deal.

I'll get a job, save my money

I'll be back.

Chris...a lot of
brothers
and sisters say that

and they never come back.

Make sure that you do.

[The Flex singing "It's So
Hard
To Say Goodbye To Yesterday"]

♪ And I'll take ♪

♪ With me the memories ♪

♪ To be my sunshine ♪

♪ After the rain ♪

♪ It's so hard ♪

♪ To say goodbye ♪

♪ To yesterday ♪

♪ Yesterday ♪

(Pee Wee)
Check out our new car.
We got our stripes.

(Play)
I'll be right back.

- Y'all don't be long now.
- Okay, baby.

Alright.

(Play)
Kid, Kid.

Play.

- What's up?
- Where's Foreplay?

Yo, it's my fault you
had to drop out of
school

and we can't have
that.
Here. I'm sorry, man.

You said the "S" word.

What do you want, a
fucking
bullhorn or something?

I can't believe it.

You sold Foreplay?

Oh, yeah.

Sometimes you got
to pay what you owe,
man.

I-I can't believe it, man.
I don't know what to say.

Yo, man, just let your
grades
do your talking, man.

That's all I want.

Play, we're going to be
late
for our centerfold shoot.

Shh.

I'm the photographer.

Hurry up.

(Kid)
'Wait a minute.
You'll need an assistant.'

I'll put my things away and
get
right with you on that, okay?

Wait a minute, what I
need
you to do is go upstairs

study your ass off 'cause
I'm coming back
periodically.

I'll check with the professors
and make sure you're doing
good.

Don't let me down,
you're an investment
now.

'I'm out of here,
5000 on this
thing.'

'Come on, girls, let's go.
Come on, Bilal.'

(Play)
'Bilal, did I mention,
the guy who bought Foreplay'

'has a brother who's
in the record business?'

Thanks, pops.

- Hey, what's up? You stayin'?
- Yo, I got the dough, man.

- Word?
- Yeah!

You in there, money.

[both laughing]

(Sinclair)
'"Know from whence you came.'

'"If you know whence you came'

'"there is really no limit
to where you can go.'

'James Baldwin."'

♪ Myth of a brother risin'
from undercover ♪

♪ Superfly for the '90s
as I finally discovered ♪

♪ Had to get it corrected
'cause I heard that you wanted
♪

♪ Makin' sure that it's
funky
so you never sleep on it ♪

♪ Straight from the get-go what
the people don't get, though ♪

♪ Is the might of the rhythms
from the heart of the ghetto ♪

♪ So it singles my letter
till my thoughts get fatter
♪

♪ Then I'm strugglin' hard
and it's makin' me madder ♪

♪ So I start to kick it,
let the public pick it ♪

♪ While the rebels get public
and the suckers get licked ♪

♪ Couldn't wait to release it
'cause I knew you'd feel it ♪

♪ And relate to the topic,
so it's time I reveal it ♪

♪ Let's bring it on ♪

Not, "F."

"F minus."

[laughing]

Atten-hut.

About face.

Papa say, papa say,
papa say, papa say.

Wake up! Wake up!
Wake up! Wake up!

Slide.

We are proud because
you have taken the high road

and not the low road

'unlike some of our
other youngsters'

'who shall remain nameless.'

Now, break it on down.

[grunting]

Mr..

...Robinson.

'Mr. Robinson.'

[female moaning]

Oh, damn, Kid.

Uh, I'm thinkin'
like a motherfucker, man.

Oh, you gonna get
"A" today, girl.

♪ Yo baby, yo baby, yo ♪

♪ I never never,
ever wanna let you go ♪

Fever! Fever! Fever!

[gunshots]

I'll get you, motherfuckers.

Brothers, atten-hut!

[humming]

- Yo, yo, Pee Wee.
- Ta ta ta..

Pee Wee

What?

Hey, man, do you hear any music?

No. What up with that?

Yo, and there ain't
nobody here dancin'.

Aw, shit! Now,
I wanna shake my ass.

[Tony! Toni! Toné! singing
"House Party II"]

♪ I don't know what
you've come to do ♪

♪ I don't know what
you've come to do ♪

♪ I don't know what
you've come to do ♪

♪ I don't know what
you've come to do ♪

♪ I come to clap my hands ♪

♪ I come to stomp my feet ♪

♪ I come to lift my voice.. ♪

[laughing]

[feet stomping]