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(♪♪♪)
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(OVER RADIO)
♪ It's Slinky, it's Slinky ♪
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MAN 1 (OVER RADIO): ...protest U. S.
involvement in the Vietnam War.
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MAN 2: Muhammad means "worthy of all
praises" and Ali means "most high."
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MAN 3: With Marvin Gaye on WD...
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MAN 4: You guessed it, The Beatles...
MAN 5: The astronauts of Apollo 11
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began their ritual-like
preparations for this blastoff.
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MAN 6: Something is happening in our world.
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MAN 7: Detroit's number one
radio station sponsoring...
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MAN 8: Open Mike Night
at the Discovery Club.
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If you have a voice,
we want to hear it.
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Come on down and see if you can
knock Big Black off his block.
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♪ I feel so dirty but stays so clean ♪
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♪ 'Cause I'm a man
Yes, I am ♪
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♪ I'm built to last
Like a love machine ♪
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♪ But I'm a man, mm ♪
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♪ I said, good or bad
Right or wrong ♪
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♪ Oh, you take me as I am ♪
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♪ But when you need somebody
To scratch that itch ♪
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♪ Use these helping hands
Ow, I'm a man ♪
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SPARKLE: Come on. I wrote
this one just for you.
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I don't know why I let you
talk me into coming.
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I think I'm the oldest sardine
in this can.
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Well, you don't look it.
Well, that's true.
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But it's your song.
You go up and sing it.
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You're the singer in our family.
Honey, you sing.
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Yeah, but you know
how to hold people's attention.
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People love to just hear you talk.
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Imagine how you're gonna knock it out
when you get up there.
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♪ Oh!
Let-let-let me shake it ♪
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♪ And feel that
'Cause I'm a man ♪
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♪ Yes, yes, I can ♪♪
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(CROWD CHATTERING
AND CHEERING)
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All right, now. Whoo.
Fellas.
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Fellas.
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Nice.
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Keep that applause going.
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Give it up one more time for Black.
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If you guys are having a good time,
say "oh, yeah."
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ALL:
Oh, yeah!
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Please.
I went over everything with the band.
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Please. I just want
to hear my song. Please.
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Are you sure you want to do this?
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You, are you sure?
MAN: That man is Black!
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You hear that?
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That's the sound of success, baby.
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What you doing?
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Ahem. Wait a minute.
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Let's get a room.
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Wait a minute. Bro, you see her?
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Good God, woman.
What's wrong with you?
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MAN: Coming up to the stage right
now is a beautiful young lady.
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She's just as fine as she wants to be.
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Now, this lady is a Detroit native,
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and she's never been
to the Discovery Club
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so I want everybody
to show her some extra love.
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Strutting up on-stage right now
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is Sister Anderson!
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Thank you.
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♪ Oh
Let me tell you something ♪
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♪ That's been on my mind ♪
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♪ They can't pay me
To ever leave you ♪
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♪ Ain't enough money ♪
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♪ See, we've been through
Yes, we made it ♪
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♪ And I refuse to let you go ♪
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♪ And I
I wanna spread the news ♪
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♪ There's no one out there ♪
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So, what's up, Mr. Manager?
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We gonna do some business or what?
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Black, you got to lose
some weight, baby.
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Man, you must be crazy.
Man, all the ladies love me.
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And besides, this old belly
is what helps me sing.
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TV's getting bigger.
Uh-huh.
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Clothes getting smaller.
Yeah.
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You know, you'd be good on radio.
Man, that's cold, man. That's cold.
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♪ You gotta listen to me, baby ♪
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♪ Please don't ever run away
From me, baby ♪
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(MEN CHATTERING)
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MAN:
Lord have mercy!
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♪ I wanna spread the news ♪
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♪ No one out there
That could ever treat you ♪
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♪ As good as I do
Please believe, believe that it's true ♪
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♪ Baby, I love you ♪
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♪ Oh, you know that it's true
Yes ♪
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♪ Well, baby, I love you ♪
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♪ Baby, I love you ♪
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♪ Whoa, whoa, yes, I do ♪
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♪ Oh, baby, I love you ♪
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♪ Yes, I do ♪
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♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh
Yeah, yeah ♪♪
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(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
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Whoo-hoo. All right.
I see you looking. Sure, you're right.
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You were so great.
But we have to hurry.
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We have five minutes
to catch the bus.
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Give it up one more time
for Sister Anderson.
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My goodness gracious.
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Excuse me. Excuse me.
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It's Sister, right?
Mm.
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You gotta forgive me for earlier.
I was all wrong about you.
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You were foxy up there.
Promise me you'll come back next week.
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Maybe. Maybe not.
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But, baby, I gotta.
STIX: - Excuse me. Excuse me.
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I really don't date younger men.
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No, no, please, you were so...
I'm sorry, but we have to go.
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Where can I find you?
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(THE BAR-KAYS' "SOUL FINGER"
PLAYING)
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Ow!
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Next time it's your turn.
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Hi.
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Hi. Thank you.
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You were so good.
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(CHUCKLES)
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SISTER:
Whoo!
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That was so fun!
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Yeah, it was.
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Next time, can you get through
the chorus before you do your solo?
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Miss Thing, next time?
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Yeah. I have a lot more songs.
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Then you better get a lot more confident
and learn to sing them yourself.
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Slavery is over.
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Really? You're not gonna
sing any more?
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No.
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Assume the position. What?
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(THE BAR-KAYS' "SOUL FINGER"
PLAYING)
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Whoop. Ha-ha.
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♪ Soul finger ♪
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♪ Soul finger ♪♪
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(WHISPERINGS)
Y'all are late, and she's up.
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Shh.
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(GIGGLING)
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Sparkle. Hush.
Sorry.
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Shh!
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SISTER (CHUCKLES):
Hurry.
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What y'all doing in there?
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My babies.
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But I know y'all don't
love each other that much.
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Sister and Sparkle, curl your hair.
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Church in the morning.
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You hear me?
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Dolores, why is my window open?
I'm not trying to heat the outside.
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Close it.
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Good night.
GIRLS: Good night.
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(DOOR CLOSES)
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SISTER:
Is she gone?
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Y'all heifers sneak out,
and I get fussed at?
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(SISTER & SPARKLE LAUGHING)
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Laugh at... Laugh at that.
Is that funny?
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Peace be with you.
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ALL:
And also with you.
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(ORGAN PLAYING HYMN)
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Good morning.
ALL: Good morning.
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You know, the Lord loves a church
full of happy, good-looking black folk.
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ALL:
Amen!
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REVEREND: I know y'all
happy this morning, right?
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ALL:
Yes!
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REVEREND: Ain't no frowns in
this church today, is there?
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No frowns, no clowns,
not in church.
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And look at the choir.
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How y'all doing this morning?
CHOIR: Good!
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Levi, there she go.
What? What?
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Seven Sundays, seven churches,
and $7 later, and I find her.
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LEVI: That light-skinned girl?
STIX: There.
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LEVI:
Oh, man. Well, that's Tammy Anderson.
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Yeah, man, she is smoking hot.
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Tammy.
Two sisters. They all fine.
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They can all sing too.
Is that right?
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Sure, you're right.
But they mama crazy, though.
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Shh!
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(WHISPERS)
Y'all know better.
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REVEREND: I know I can't sing,
but I can love to hear singing.
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WOMAN: Yes!
REVEREND: Right?
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(♪♪♪)
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I'll see you next week, right?
Okay. See you later.
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Excuse me. You was
at the Discovery a few weeks...
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Shh.
...ago.
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(CHUCKLES)
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Oh... Bible study's
at your house this week?
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Yeah, it is.
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You know, you bad at this.
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Just act natural.
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Hi. My name's Stix.
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Sparkle.
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Sara.
Huh?
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Who is my baby talking to?
Nineteen ain't no baby no more, Emma.
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What? No need in eyeballing me.
I tells the truth.
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It's in my contract as your friend.
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I'm telling you,
you hold on too tight to that one,
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she'll be unmarried
and back on your doorstep like Sister.
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That's just temporary, okay?
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Well, New York just spit her
right on back out, huh?
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No.
You know what?
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You worry about your daughter,
I'll worry about mine.
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I'm just saying.
Yeah, what?
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Mom, I need some money.
SARA: What?
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They selling dinners in the basement,
and they going fast.
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Mom?
Don't do it.
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Mama, please.
Come with me.
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Now you stop.
See y'all later.
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(LAUGHING)
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(♪♪♪)
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Sparkle.
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Let's go.
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So I will see you
at Bible study, Sparkle?
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Maybe.
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(TV AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
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Another one of my white friends
came to me the other day and said,
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"Where's the best place
to hide something from a Negro
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and he'll never find it?"
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I told him, "A work boot."
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(LAUGHING)
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Y'all know he talking about us, right?
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SATIN:
People are always asking me...
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Where is she?
I don't know.
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Ms. Anderson, where's the bathroom?
Down the hall, second door to the right.
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Second door.
Mm-hm.
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Thank you.
Yeah, second door.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Satin Struthers.
Let's give him a hand.
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Great job. Thanks for coming.
Isn't he funny?
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There you are.
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Why you not in Bible study?
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Haven't you heard?
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I'm a heathen. Don't want to sit in there
and be a hypocrite.
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Well, we already
got something in common,
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because I only came
just so I could ask you out.
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(CREAM'S "SUNSHINE OF
YOUR LOVE" PLAYING ON TV)
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The other door. To the right.
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Other door. Sorry.
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(ON TV)
♪ In the sunshine of your love ♪♪
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EMMA:
Oh, y'all like that, huh?
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Funky dance, huh? You like that.
You like that music? Funky, huh?
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It make you want to dance.
Come on.
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Get it, Mama.
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Uh-huh. Yeah, Mama gonna get it.
Mama gonna get it.
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And you will too.
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You keep dancing like that,
you'll bring home a baby you can't feed.
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(ALL LAUGH)
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Let's open our Bibles.
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SPARKLE:
Oh.
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The deal was color television
for an hour of Bible study.
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I lived up to my end,
now you live up to yours.
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So let's go to Psalms 10...
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Reverend Bryce called.
Says he need you to check the books.
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The numbers are not adding up.
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All right.
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What are you watching?
246
00:13:00,655 --> 00:13:01,827
(MUSIC PLAYS ON TV)
247
00:13:01,990 --> 00:13:04,869
Oh, I love this song.
248
00:13:06,369 --> 00:13:08,371
(ALL LAUGHING)
249
00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:14,761
No, no. Too many hormones
unattended in here.
250
00:13:14,919 --> 00:13:17,763
Let's go. Get out. Come on.
Sister, turn that TV off.
251
00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:20,220
Thank you. Come on, let's go.
252
00:13:20,383 --> 00:13:21,851
WOMAN 1: Bye, Sparkle.
SPARKLE: See you.
253
00:13:22,010 --> 00:13:25,059
WOMAN 2: Good night, Mama.
Good night, baby.
254
00:13:25,221 --> 00:13:27,098
Mm. It was just getting good.
255
00:13:27,265 --> 00:13:28,608
TUNE:
See you tonight, Sparkle.
256
00:13:28,766 --> 00:13:31,315
SPARKLE: Call you later.
TUNE: All right.
257
00:13:31,477 --> 00:13:32,820
DOLORES:
See you next time.
258
00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:35,448
TUNE: Bye, Tammy.
SISTER: Bye, Tune.
259
00:13:38,192 --> 00:13:40,570
Well, good night.
260
00:13:40,737 --> 00:13:42,410
Good night.
261
00:13:45,199 --> 00:13:46,246
(SISTER CHUCKLES)
262
00:13:47,744 --> 00:13:51,749
Why are all the cute ones
always so stupid?
263
00:13:52,498 --> 00:13:55,126
Hey, can I talk to you for a second?
264
00:14:03,634 --> 00:14:06,012
EMMA:
All right, I'm going.
265
00:14:21,486 --> 00:14:23,488
(PIANO PLAYING)
266
00:14:33,456 --> 00:14:34,833
(HUMMING)
267
00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:45,681
♪ You bring out
The woman in me ♪
268
00:14:45,843 --> 00:14:50,815
♪ What can I say
That you can't see? ♪
269
00:14:50,973 --> 00:14:55,149
♪ I like the way we carry on ♪
270
00:14:55,311 --> 00:15:01,239
♪ Hope you understand
My feelings got me just reelin' ♪
271
00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:06,328
♪ What can I do
With this feelin'? ♪
272
00:15:06,489 --> 00:15:10,084
♪ Hooked on your love
Sweet love, love ♪
273
00:15:11,494 --> 00:15:16,500
♪ What can I do
With this feelin'? ♪
274
00:15:16,666 --> 00:15:22,093
♪ Hooked on your love
Sweet love, mm ♪♪
275
00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:23,598
Please, don't stop.
276
00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:26,179
What are you still doing here?
That was beautiful.
277
00:15:26,509 --> 00:15:27,681
Mm.
278
00:15:27,885 --> 00:15:29,137
(PLAYING PIANO)
279
00:15:29,303 --> 00:15:31,146
Wait, that's your song?
You wrote that?
280
00:15:31,305 --> 00:15:32,978
Only if you thought it was good.
281
00:15:33,141 --> 00:15:34,484
I thought it was phenomenal.
282
00:15:34,642 --> 00:15:36,895
Then I wrote it.
283
00:15:37,061 --> 00:15:39,564
So did you write that song
your sister sang
284
00:15:39,730 --> 00:15:42,199
at the Discovery a few weeks back?
285
00:15:43,192 --> 00:15:46,412
Yes, but she kind of made it her own.
Wait a minute.
286
00:15:46,571 --> 00:15:48,323
You wrote that song?
287
00:15:48,489 --> 00:15:50,537
You wrote the song you were singing?
288
00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:53,954
You wrote the songs in here too?
289
00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,168
Yes. Ahem.
290
00:15:56,330 --> 00:15:58,173
What you gonna do with the music?
291
00:15:58,332 --> 00:16:00,334
Why not? Nothing.
292
00:16:01,127 --> 00:16:03,846
Because my mother
would never let me.
293
00:16:04,005 --> 00:16:07,555
Plus, I'm not the singer in the family.
Sister is, then Dee.
294
00:16:07,717 --> 00:16:10,266
I sing in the choir
so I don't sit by myself in church.
295
00:16:10,428 --> 00:16:12,772
No offense,
but I'm just hearing excuses.
296
00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:14,603
Excuse me?
I don't mean to be rude.
297
00:16:14,765 --> 00:16:17,769
I'm just passionate,
especially when it comes down to music.
298
00:16:17,935 --> 00:16:20,688
That's why I'm here.
I'm staying with my cousin, Levi.
299
00:16:20,855 --> 00:16:24,155
I'm from Kansas City.
We got a cool jazz scene down there.
300
00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:27,742
I managed a few acts,
but the money's here in Motown.
301
00:16:27,904 --> 00:16:29,998
And I want to be...
I am the next Berry Gordy.
302
00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:32,705
I figure, his stomach ain't
growling like mine any more.
303
00:16:32,867 --> 00:16:35,120
Maybe he's leaving a lot
of steak and potatoes out there.
304
00:16:35,286 --> 00:16:36,629
(LAUGHS)
305
00:16:37,872 --> 00:16:39,795
You mind if I hear that song again?
306
00:16:41,209 --> 00:16:43,962
Mm. Still needs a lot of work.
307
00:16:44,128 --> 00:16:47,132
(PIANO PLAYING)
308
00:17:00,061 --> 00:17:01,483
Why won't you unpack?
309
00:17:01,646 --> 00:17:03,648
I really don't plan on
being here that long.
310
00:17:04,315 --> 00:17:05,908
You said that two months ago.
311
00:17:09,654 --> 00:17:11,406
Sorry.
312
00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:16,378
Hey, don't ever be sorry
for telling the truth, Spark.
313
00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:17,913
(STONE HITS WINDOW)
314
00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:19,831
What was that?
315
00:17:20,164 --> 00:17:21,632
(STONE HITS WINDOW)
316
00:17:25,503 --> 00:17:27,301
Your Romeo is out there.
317
00:17:27,463 --> 00:17:29,340
What?
Mm-hm.
318
00:17:35,221 --> 00:17:36,564
(CHUCKLES)
319
00:17:43,020 --> 00:17:44,067
(GRUNTS)
320
00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:46,449
You can't be throwing rocks
at my window.
321
00:17:46,607 --> 00:17:47,779
My mother has a gun.
322
00:17:49,652 --> 00:17:51,620
A gun. A big one.
323
00:17:51,779 --> 00:17:53,781
There's an underground club tonight.
324
00:17:53,948 --> 00:17:56,042
The kind that songwriters
don't want to miss.
325
00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:57,747
You got to hear the music.
326
00:17:57,910 --> 00:18:00,288
It's the stuff they ain't playing
on the radio.
327
00:18:00,454 --> 00:18:04,004
Come with me.
He wants me to go hear music with him.
328
00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:08,471
You've snuck out
of the house for less.
329
00:18:08,629 --> 00:18:10,757
And I know just the dress.
330
00:18:11,007 --> 00:18:12,634
(SLY & THE FAMILY STONE'S
"SING A SIMPLE SONG" PLAYING)
331
00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,222
You coming?
332
00:18:17,972 --> 00:18:21,021
♪ Sing a simple song ♪
333
00:18:21,183 --> 00:18:25,689
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
334
00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:35,577
♪ Talking, talking, talking
Talking in my sleep ♪
335
00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:40,371
♪ I'm walking, walking, walking
Walking, walking in the street ♪
336
00:18:40,536 --> 00:18:45,463
♪ Time is passing, I grow older
Things are happening fast ♪
337
00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:49,550
♪ All I have to hold on to
Is a simple song at last ♪
338
00:18:49,712 --> 00:18:50,838
♪ Let me hear you say ♪
339
00:18:51,005 --> 00:18:57,763
♪ Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
340
00:18:57,928 --> 00:18:59,851
I ain't gonna bite you.
341
00:19:00,014 --> 00:19:02,142
And how do I know that?
342
00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:05,611
You're gonna have to trust me.
343
00:19:12,193 --> 00:19:15,117
♪ Sing a simple song ♪
344
00:19:18,032 --> 00:19:19,579
♪ Try a little ♪
345
00:19:19,742 --> 00:19:24,748
♪ Do re mi fa so la ti so ♪
346
00:19:25,623 --> 00:19:28,877
♪ Mi fa so la ti do ♪
347
00:19:29,043 --> 00:19:33,640
♪ Do re mi fa so la ti do ♪♪
348
00:19:33,798 --> 00:19:36,142
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
349
00:19:37,468 --> 00:19:38,970
(LAUGHS)
350
00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:41,605
Can I tell you something?
351
00:19:41,764 --> 00:19:44,438
I think your lyrics are too safe.
352
00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,570
I mean, you got Dr. King, the war.
353
00:19:49,105 --> 00:19:52,985
I don't think the metaphorical lyrics
gonna fly any more.
354
00:19:53,150 --> 00:19:54,823
What?
You impressed by my big word?
355
00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:57,158
I was.
356
00:19:58,698 --> 00:20:01,542
In the spirit of telling the truth,
can I tell you another?
357
00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:04,705
I wouldn't want you to lie.
Then why do you lie to yourself?
358
00:20:06,288 --> 00:20:08,791
About not wanting to sing?
359
00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:11,256
I mean, Sparkle,
you writing these songs.
360
00:20:11,419 --> 00:20:13,342
And you can sing.
361
00:20:14,296 --> 00:20:18,301
So why aren't you singing them?
I'm no Diana or Aretha.
362
00:20:20,094 --> 00:20:21,687
You know, you right.
363
00:20:21,846 --> 00:20:23,848
You Sparkle.
364
00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:25,103
(♪♪♪)
365
00:20:25,266 --> 00:20:29,191
Look, my mom
used to sing professionally.
366
00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:32,698
She tried to break out
and it almost killed her.
367
00:20:32,857 --> 00:20:36,031
So thank you, but I know
the realities of this business.
368
00:20:36,193 --> 00:20:38,867
I'm just doing it for fun.
You know the realities?
369
00:20:39,029 --> 00:20:41,123
Oh, stop.
I'm...
370
00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:43,288
Listen.
371
00:20:43,451 --> 00:20:45,749
What are you afraid of?
372
00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:47,288
Your mom or your own voice?
373
00:20:48,789 --> 00:20:51,338
Maybe you'd be like your mom
and never reach your goals.
374
00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:55,338
But don't fall short of it
because you can't admit that you want it.
375
00:20:57,047 --> 00:20:58,594
Okay.
376
00:21:00,301 --> 00:21:03,054
I want to be better than Diana.
377
00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:05,602
I want to be a star.
378
00:21:10,644 --> 00:21:12,817
(BABY CRYING)
379
00:21:14,356 --> 00:21:15,653
(DOGS BARKING)
380
00:21:15,816 --> 00:21:17,693
Thank you.
381
00:21:19,904 --> 00:21:21,656
I had a great time tonight.
382
00:21:21,822 --> 00:21:24,245
And just in case
I never get out of that house,
383
00:21:24,408 --> 00:21:26,376
thank you for making me
tell the truth.
384
00:21:42,426 --> 00:21:43,473
Sparkle,
385
00:21:45,513 --> 00:21:47,186
do you want to be a star?
386
00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:49,559
What?
387
00:21:49,725 --> 00:21:53,025
Do you want to be a star?
Yes, I want to be a star.
388
00:21:53,187 --> 00:21:55,485
No, I don't believe you.
Say it like you mean it.
389
00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:57,616
Yes, I want to be a star.
390
00:21:57,775 --> 00:21:59,527
(CHUCKLES)
Okay.
391
00:21:59,693 --> 00:22:02,367
First you have to
write a song for your sister,
392
00:22:02,530 --> 00:22:04,532
something where she
can work the crowd.
393
00:22:04,698 --> 00:22:07,372
Sparkle, you gonna have to get
over your fear of singing
394
00:22:07,535 --> 00:22:09,412
because you and Dee
gonna back her up.
395
00:22:09,578 --> 00:22:11,706
I mean, everybody loves
a good girl group.
396
00:22:11,872 --> 00:22:15,046
Now, you tweak your lyrics,
make them more raw, more relatable.
397
00:22:15,209 --> 00:22:16,802
But Fillmore, here we come.
398
00:22:16,961 --> 00:22:19,089
Of course, you gonna
have to win Cliff Bells.
399
00:22:19,255 --> 00:22:22,805
You have to be invited to compete.
Yeah, I know. I'm gonna work on that.
400
00:22:22,967 --> 00:22:26,471
Now, I want you to work on your sisters,
and I'll work on Cliff Bells.
401
00:22:26,637 --> 00:22:29,311
And you'll be our manager?
Of course.
402
00:22:29,473 --> 00:22:31,726
Then you manage to get my sisters.
403
00:22:33,727 --> 00:22:35,024
Do I have you?
404
00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:36,860
Backup, remember?
405
00:22:38,023 --> 00:22:39,946
Good night.
406
00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:45,618
SISTER: Cliff Bells? Come on.
I'm not embarrassing myself.
407
00:22:45,781 --> 00:22:48,876
Didn't Marvin Gaye get booed there?
STIX: Yeah, but it made him better.
408
00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:50,911
Now he's traveling, making millions.
409
00:22:51,078 --> 00:22:52,955
Mr. Gordy is making millions.
410
00:22:53,122 --> 00:22:56,968
However it may be, it was enough
to get him out of his mama's house.
411
00:22:57,835 --> 00:23:00,008
You don't have to be rude about it.
412
00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:02,798
Well, I don't really know
if you were asking me.
413
00:23:02,965 --> 00:23:06,640
You never really looked my way, so our
eyes never got to dance, but I'm in.
414
00:23:06,802 --> 00:23:08,975
And just to be clear,
I'm in it for the money.
415
00:23:09,138 --> 00:23:12,733
Medical school is expensive, so, no,
you won't get 20 percent. Fifteen max.
416
00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:16,362
And once I get accepted into medical
school you will have to replace me.
417
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,239
And if you pretend
like I don't exist going forward,
418
00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:21,992
I will turn my sisters against you.
419
00:23:22,151 --> 00:23:26,247
Other than that,
sounds like fun. Hmm.
420
00:23:30,326 --> 00:23:32,624
I'll wait for you guys outside.
421
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,630
I'll let you know.
My first day at Freeman's is tomorrow.
422
00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:41,170
Working at a department store?
423
00:23:42,004 --> 00:23:45,554
Heh. You ain't gonna
make no money. Sparkle!
424
00:23:47,301 --> 00:23:48,348
Come on, Sparkle.
425
00:23:48,510 --> 00:23:50,808
Everything I said the other night,
I believe.
426
00:23:50,971 --> 00:23:52,188
You used me to get to Sister.
427
00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:56,693
You said it yourself,
Sister is the better performer.
428
00:23:57,269 --> 00:23:59,317
Sparkle.
429
00:24:00,856 --> 00:24:02,858
(ALOE BLACC'S "IF I" PLAYING)
430
00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:07,033
Have you lost faith
in Mr. Johnson?
431
00:24:07,196 --> 00:24:10,120
Well, I guess the president
would have to answer that question.
432
00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,831
SISTER:
Oh, who doesn't like Sidney Poitier?
433
00:24:12,993 --> 00:24:15,963
But the movie, you liked the movie?
Yeah, I loved the movie.
434
00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:20,342
More importantly, the next time you
take me out, you need to have a car.
435
00:24:20,501 --> 00:24:21,548
Oh, I'm just...
436
00:24:21,710 --> 00:24:24,338
I'm just waiting
on the right one to buy, baby.
437
00:24:24,505 --> 00:24:27,725
Take me on a date on a bus
in the rain?
438
00:24:27,883 --> 00:24:29,226
(SCOFFS)
439
00:24:29,843 --> 00:24:31,345
You're lucky I like you.
440
00:24:31,553 --> 00:24:35,603
♪ If I sang a song ♪
441
00:24:35,766 --> 00:24:39,896
Look, I don't know any other way to be
than myself. I'm a straight shooter.
442
00:24:40,062 --> 00:24:43,032
So here we go.
443
00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:44,237
I like you too.
444
00:24:46,026 --> 00:24:47,573
I do, and I want to be your man.
445
00:24:47,778 --> 00:24:49,030
(CHUCKLES)
446
00:24:49,196 --> 00:24:53,121
I'm serious. I ain't like all the other
jive guys that just want to do you.
447
00:24:53,283 --> 00:24:55,536
I heard about your reputation.
448
00:24:55,703 --> 00:24:57,296
I just think it's what guys say
449
00:24:57,454 --> 00:25:00,549
when they see something beautiful
and know they can't have it.
450
00:25:02,209 --> 00:25:05,554
So they'd rather tear it down
than make it something they want.
451
00:25:07,548 --> 00:25:09,801
But I see your beauty.
452
00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:12,933
Outside and inside.
453
00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:15,435
I want to earn it.
454
00:25:15,597 --> 00:25:17,645
Kind of like a job.
455
00:25:18,434 --> 00:25:22,405
Yeah, so just tell me what you need
to fall in love with me.
456
00:25:22,563 --> 00:25:24,816
Because whatever it is, I'll do it, girl.
457
00:25:24,982 --> 00:25:29,863
Whether you believe it or not,
I'm already in love with you.
458
00:25:33,657 --> 00:25:37,287
I already heard it so much,
it all sounds like BS to me.
459
00:25:37,453 --> 00:25:40,252
Maybe I better roll up
my sleeves then, huh?
460
00:25:40,414 --> 00:25:43,793
Hopefully not as high as your pants.
What's wrong with my pants, girl?
461
00:25:43,959 --> 00:25:46,587
This is the style. You can see my socks.
Change it.
462
00:25:46,754 --> 00:25:48,427
Put some sugar in them shoes.
463
00:25:48,589 --> 00:25:52,059
So I can sweet-talk
my pants down, huh?
464
00:25:58,348 --> 00:26:00,225
What's this?
465
00:26:02,478 --> 00:26:04,697
Open it up.
466
00:26:08,317 --> 00:26:09,864
Oh, Levi.
467
00:26:10,027 --> 00:26:12,951
I swear,
one day that's gonna be yours.
468
00:26:13,113 --> 00:26:14,160
I promise you.
469
00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,208
(HANDS CLAPPING)
470
00:26:16,366 --> 00:26:18,994
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
471
00:26:19,161 --> 00:26:20,538
That's Satin Struthers.
472
00:26:20,704 --> 00:26:24,550
Now that's some of the coolest trolling
I done seen in a long time.
473
00:26:26,001 --> 00:26:28,254
Did you see this cat, Ham?
Yeah, I see him.
474
00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,468
What's your name, brother?
475
00:26:30,631 --> 00:26:32,178
Levison, but they call me Levi.
476
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,475
Levi, here I am buying the real deal
for these women,
477
00:26:36,637 --> 00:26:39,481
and you tell me
you cut a picture out of a magazine
478
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,608
and just put it in a box?
479
00:26:41,767 --> 00:26:43,610
I'm about to go get me
some scissors,
480
00:26:43,769 --> 00:26:47,114
and cut some pictures out of magazines
like your boy Levi right here.
481
00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:49,115
(LAUGHING)
482
00:26:49,316 --> 00:26:51,910
Clip-clip, hussies.
Clip-clip, hussies.
483
00:26:54,947 --> 00:26:57,666
Can I see it? Let me see that.
484
00:26:58,659 --> 00:26:59,706
This is nice.
485
00:26:59,868 --> 00:27:01,870
Ooh. This is nice.
486
00:27:04,915 --> 00:27:06,667
You got a good man here.
487
00:27:07,417 --> 00:27:08,509
Yep.
488
00:27:11,380 --> 00:27:13,929
Yeah, I used to eat in here
back in the day,
489
00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:16,602
ahem, when I was struggling.
490
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,138
This is some real cheap,
good food.
491
00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:23,184
But I'm not gonna hold you guys.
492
00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,145
Have a good night.
493
00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:30,236
Levi.
494
00:27:30,399 --> 00:27:32,447
Satin.
495
00:27:34,361 --> 00:27:36,363
Did you see her?
You were so wrong.
496
00:27:37,865 --> 00:27:40,960
Tammy, I should get you home.
497
00:27:41,118 --> 00:27:42,745
Sure.
498
00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:54,220
♪ And if! had to die
Die ♪
499
00:27:54,381 --> 00:27:56,679
♪ Would you pray for ♪
500
00:27:56,842 --> 00:27:58,185
♪ Me? ♪
501
00:27:58,343 --> 00:28:03,816
♪ Would you pray for
Me? ♪♪
502
00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:10,114
SPARKLE:
Mama was so pretty.
503
00:28:10,272 --> 00:28:11,774
Oh, here's Dee's daddy.
504
00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:14,944
SARA: Here's a good one of
yours and Sister's daddy.
505
00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:17,238
Cute, but no good.
506
00:28:17,404 --> 00:28:19,577
You got to watch out
for those cute ones, baby.
507
00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:21,742
They make a lot of promises.
508
00:28:21,909 --> 00:28:23,786
My goodness. Look it here.
509
00:28:23,952 --> 00:28:26,705
Gonna be the first store
in Detroit to have one of these.
510
00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:29,170
Mm. She's pretty, Mama.
Oh, a chocolate mannequin.
511
00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:30,755
Ain't it something?
512
00:28:30,918 --> 00:28:33,467
Dr. King said
we would have integration.
513
00:28:33,629 --> 00:28:35,256
That's right.
SARA: Look what I found.
514
00:28:35,422 --> 00:28:37,800
What's that?
The other, nicer you.
515
00:28:39,218 --> 00:28:41,095
Sparkle, you go to lunch.
516
00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:44,265
You come with me and let me try
to fit your behind in this dress.
517
00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:46,141
Oh. See how she do me?
Come on.
518
00:28:46,308 --> 00:28:48,231
She used to be real nice, girl.
519
00:28:48,936 --> 00:28:51,780
She's in there somewhere.
Come on out, nice girl.
520
00:28:51,939 --> 00:28:53,657
See you later.
521
00:28:53,857 --> 00:28:56,861
(BARBARA ACKLIN'S
"LOVE MAKES A WOMAN" PLAYING)
522
00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:10,337
(OVER SPEAKERS) ♪ The
fire It was burning ♪
523
00:29:11,375 --> 00:29:13,093
♪ Sweetheart, I know ♪♪
524
00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:16,256
(ART BLAKEY & THE MESSENGERS'
"MOANIN"' PLAYING ON RECORD)
525
00:29:22,135 --> 00:29:26,857
♪ Doo doo doo doo
But this old love in my heart ♪
526
00:29:27,015 --> 00:29:29,859
♪ Still beats strongly ♪
527
00:29:30,018 --> 00:29:31,691
♪ Doo doo doo doo ♪♪
528
00:29:31,853 --> 00:29:34,857
(SARAH VAUGHAN'S "YOU TAUGHT ME
TO LOVE AGAIN" PLAYING ON RECORD)
529
00:29:37,526 --> 00:29:40,996
♪ Said I was through
With... ♪
530
00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:47,624
♪ Romance
...less and blue ♪
531
00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:49,038
I got Cliff Bells.
532
00:29:49,204 --> 00:29:54,085
♪ I haven't a chance
Then you... ♪♪
533
00:29:54,251 --> 00:29:57,676
(ON RECORD)
♪ Special occasion ♪♪
534
00:29:57,838 --> 00:30:00,057
(HUMMING)
535
00:30:02,259 --> 00:30:04,728
Got my first check.
536
00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:05,978
Well, let me see.
537
00:30:08,849 --> 00:30:11,398
Ninety-six dollars?
538
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:16,066
For two weeks of standing on your feet
and kissing rich white women's butts?
539
00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:18,609
I am never gonna get out of here.
540
00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:23,531
Stix said we can make
anywhere from 500 to $1000,
541
00:30:23,697 --> 00:30:26,416
if we win Cliff Bells' talent contest.
542
00:30:26,575 --> 00:30:29,374
Don't say it all dry like that. Sell it.
543
00:30:30,912 --> 00:30:32,414
So y'all talking to Stix now?
544
00:30:32,581 --> 00:30:36,131
No. She was talking to Stix, I was
talking to her, now we're talking to you.
545
00:30:39,004 --> 00:30:42,725
You sure you want to do this?
Yes.
546
00:30:42,883 --> 00:30:45,352
You know, they say
you shouldn't eat where you...
547
00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:47,729
Mm-mm. It's the other way around.
She gets the point.
548
00:30:47,888 --> 00:30:50,061
You guys, I thought about it,
549
00:30:50,223 --> 00:30:54,524
and I want to do this for me,
not for him.
550
00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:02,152
So how much
we gonna make a week?
551
00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:03,954
(GASPS THEN GROANS)
552
00:31:04,112 --> 00:31:05,534
Eh... Ugh.
553
00:31:06,031 --> 00:31:07,749
Thank you. Thank you.
Okay. Okay.
554
00:31:07,949 --> 00:31:09,951
(GOAPELE'S "RUNNING"
PLAYING)
555
00:31:16,124 --> 00:31:17,171
(SNORING)
556
00:31:18,627 --> 00:31:21,380
SINGER: ♪ Running, running
I'm running, running ♪
557
00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:24,095
♪ Running, running
I'm running, running ♪
558
00:31:24,257 --> 00:31:25,258
♪ Running, running ♪
559
00:31:25,425 --> 00:31:26,893
(WOMEN LAUGHING)
560
00:31:27,135 --> 00:31:28,933
♪ Running, running
I'm running, running ♪
561
00:31:29,096 --> 00:31:30,973
Hello, Mr. Manager.
Hey.
562
00:31:32,474 --> 00:31:34,101
LEVI: Got them here, cousin.
Surprised?
563
00:31:34,267 --> 00:31:37,737
Yeah... Not at all. Thank God.
564
00:31:38,397 --> 00:31:40,115
♪ If I knew how to let you go ♪
565
00:31:40,607 --> 00:31:42,905
♪ No more fragility ♪
566
00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:46,663
♪ Walkin' through your door
Begging on my knees ♪
567
00:31:46,822 --> 00:31:49,166
Well, we come a dime a dozen,
don't we?
568
00:31:49,491 --> 00:31:51,209
♪ Every time I see you
I get weak ♪
569
00:31:52,994 --> 00:31:54,996
Coz, let me get the girls signed in.
570
00:31:55,163 --> 00:31:57,211
Okay, okay, you do that.
571
00:31:57,374 --> 00:31:59,502
♪ But I can't seem to leave you ♪
572
00:31:59,668 --> 00:32:01,341
Give them hell, baby.
573
00:32:02,003 --> 00:32:03,846
BARTENDER: Levi.
What's shaking, man?
574
00:32:04,005 --> 00:32:08,556
♪ Every time you ask me
To take you back ♪
575
00:32:08,718 --> 00:32:13,440
♪ I get running, baby
Running to you fast ♪
576
00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:17,482
MAN:
Hey, can I get a picture?
577
00:32:18,562 --> 00:32:20,439
BARTENDER: Here you go, man.
Okay.
578
00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:22,949
♪ Yeah, running
Running ♪
579
00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:24,492
♪ Yeah, running
Running ♪
580
00:32:24,651 --> 00:32:25,698
♪ Yeah, running ♪
581
00:32:26,361 --> 00:32:29,035
♪ Callin' up all my friends ♪
582
00:32:29,197 --> 00:32:31,746
♪ Tellin' them I need a new man ♪
583
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,452
Satin.
584
00:32:34,327 --> 00:32:36,375
Oh, picture-in-a-box brother.
585
00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:40,630
Might not forget a face,
but I'll forget a name in a minute.
586
00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:42,294
Levi, Satin. Levi.
587
00:32:42,461 --> 00:32:45,135
Ladies, this is... See, I forgot already.
Ha-ha-ha.
588
00:32:46,590 --> 00:32:48,092
I got the girls signed in.
589
00:32:48,258 --> 00:32:50,761
Righteous. Righteous.
Cousin, this is Satin Struthers.
590
00:32:50,927 --> 00:32:53,350
I know who it is. You're a funny man.
Thank you.
591
00:32:53,513 --> 00:32:55,265
This is his right hand, Hamster.
592
00:32:55,432 --> 00:32:57,150
Ham, man. Ham.
Ham.
593
00:32:57,309 --> 00:33:01,064
This is my cousin, Stix. He's the manager
of my girlfriend and her sisters.
594
00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:03,823
They performing later tonight.
I hope they're good.
595
00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:06,405
I'm looking for a new act
to open up for my show.
596
00:33:08,570 --> 00:33:09,617
Satin.
597
00:33:09,779 --> 00:33:11,702
Hey, Mr. Bell.
Hey, how are you tonight?
598
00:33:11,865 --> 00:33:14,118
You know, hanging.
BELL: Got a table for you in front.
599
00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:17,287
Okay, cool. Come sit with us. Uh...
600
00:33:17,454 --> 00:33:20,424
I'd rather have the manager
than the boyfriend.
601
00:33:20,582 --> 00:33:23,552
Boyfriend can't do nothing for me.
Come on over here.
602
00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:25,053
Have a good evening.
603
00:33:25,212 --> 00:33:27,089
Nice socks.
604
00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:32,979
♪ I get running, baby
Running to you fast ♪
605
00:33:33,136 --> 00:33:36,686
♪ Well, now you got me running ♪
606
00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:39,772
♪ And running, running
And running, running ♪
607
00:33:39,935 --> 00:33:42,563
♪ Running ♪
And running, running ♪
608
00:33:42,771 --> 00:33:44,023
♪ Running, running ♪
609
00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:45,941
♪ And running, running ♪♪
610
00:33:46,107 --> 00:33:48,735
(CROWD APPLAUDING)
611
00:33:51,947 --> 00:33:53,369
Whoa!
612
00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:57,248
They were amazing.
Give them another round of applause.
613
00:33:57,619 --> 00:33:59,337
(PEOPLE CHEERING)
614
00:33:59,496 --> 00:34:02,466
Hey, I see we got Mr. Satin Struthers
in the audience tonight.
615
00:34:02,624 --> 00:34:05,127
Show him some love, y'all. Yeah.
616
00:34:05,293 --> 00:34:06,590
Looking good too.
617
00:34:06,753 --> 00:34:11,133
Boy cleaner than a Sunday chitlin.
Ugh. Yeah.
618
00:34:11,299 --> 00:34:14,803
Coming up next is another girl group.
Okay, go out and look pretty.
619
00:34:14,970 --> 00:34:17,849
This isn't what we rehearsed.
You want to win, don't you?
620
00:34:18,014 --> 00:34:19,766
Go.
621
00:34:21,268 --> 00:34:26,399
Ladies and gentlemen, please
welcome, Sister and her Sisters.
622
00:34:26,648 --> 00:34:28,650
(CROWD APPLAUDING)
623
00:34:34,698 --> 00:34:35,995
(WOMAN COUGHS)
624
00:34:38,118 --> 00:34:40,120
(BAND PLAYING INTRO MUSIC)
625
00:34:47,544 --> 00:34:50,263
Where in the world did you get
those church dresses?
626
00:34:50,505 --> 00:34:52,633
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
627
00:34:52,799 --> 00:34:55,393
MAN: What happened?
You forget the words?
628
00:34:55,552 --> 00:34:57,020
(MOUTHING)
Where is she?
629
00:34:58,179 --> 00:35:01,228
Hey, get this man a drink.
He's gonna need one.
630
00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:02,730
(CROWD LAUGHING)
631
00:35:07,272 --> 00:35:09,274
(♪♪♪)
632
00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:30,422
♪ Your tender smile
Gives me happy thoughts of you ♪
633
00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:39,646
♪ You've got me so close to my dreams
Now they have to come true ♪
634
00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:46,278
♪ Ooh, baby
Nothing to be shy about ♪
635
00:35:46,436 --> 00:35:50,236
♪ Nothing we have to lie about ♪
636
00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:51,650
Whoo!
637
00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:55,195
♪ Hope lovin' you
Don't confuse you ♪
638
00:35:55,362 --> 00:36:00,209
♪ Ooh, baby, baby
I don't wanna lose you ♪
639
00:36:01,034 --> 00:36:07,918
♪ And when we touch
Our hearts move in a steady pace ♪
640
00:36:08,083 --> 00:36:10,586
♪ Ooh, ooh, yeah ♪
641
00:36:10,752 --> 00:36:15,758
♪ I'm tryin' hard not to show
The blushin' over my face ♪
642
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:23,433
♪ Ooh, baby
You bring out the woman in me ♪
643
00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:27,319
♪ What can I say that you can't see? ♪
644
00:36:27,477 --> 00:36:31,232
♪ I like the way we carry on ♪
645
00:36:31,398 --> 00:36:36,575
♪ Hope you understand my feelings
Got me just a-reeling ♪
646
00:36:37,153 --> 00:36:40,578
♪ What can I do
With this feeling? ♪
647
00:36:40,740 --> 00:36:42,162
(MEN WHISTLING)
648
00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:44,953
♪ Hooked on your love
Sweet love, love ♪
649
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:46,622
♪ What can I do? ♪
650
00:36:46,788 --> 00:36:50,509
♪ What can I do
With this feeling? ♪
651
00:36:50,667 --> 00:36:53,216
♪ Hooked on your love
Sweet love ♪
652
00:36:53,378 --> 00:36:55,426
♪ I'm hooked on your love ♪
653
00:36:55,588 --> 00:36:59,593
♪ What can I do
With this feeling? ♪
654
00:36:59,759 --> 00:37:02,854
♪ Hooked on your love
Sweet love, love ♪
655
00:37:03,304 --> 00:37:04,726
♪ Baby ♪
656
00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:08,814
♪ What can I do
Ooh, with this feeling? ♪
657
00:37:08,977 --> 00:37:11,571
♪ Hooked on your love
Sweet love ♪
658
00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:13,824
♪ Oh, hooked on your love ♪
659
00:37:13,982 --> 00:37:17,486
♪ What can I do?
Ooh ♪
660
00:37:18,027 --> 00:37:19,153
♪ Hooked on your love ♪
661
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:20,867
They good.
662
00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:23,245
♪ I'm hooked on your love ♪
663
00:37:23,408 --> 00:37:27,038
♪ What can I do
With this feeling? ♪
664
00:37:27,203 --> 00:37:31,299
♪ Hooked on your love
Sweet love, love ♪♪
665
00:37:37,297 --> 00:37:39,299
(MEN CHEERING)
666
00:37:45,054 --> 00:37:48,024
(LOUD CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
667
00:37:50,852 --> 00:37:52,820
I'll have you booked
all over the city.
668
00:37:52,979 --> 00:37:54,856
Diana ain't got nothing on you.
669
00:37:55,023 --> 00:37:57,867
Hey, Sister, you were amazing.
You were amazing.
670
00:37:58,026 --> 00:38:02,657
Sparkle, I need more of the songs.
You know, the kind we talked about.
671
00:38:02,822 --> 00:38:04,495
I can do that.
All right.
672
00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:07,331
We need, uh...
We need new dresses, Mr. Manager.
673
00:38:07,494 --> 00:38:10,418
We need to get home before
Mama wakes up and finds out we took...
674
00:38:10,580 --> 00:38:13,709
No, stole, the car. I'm not trying to die.
SPARKLE: No.
675
00:38:13,875 --> 00:38:15,343
Yeah? Levi, drive careful.
676
00:38:15,502 --> 00:38:17,846
You got my future in this car.
677
00:38:20,548 --> 00:38:22,300
Ow!
678
00:38:23,009 --> 00:38:24,056
Yes!
679
00:38:25,011 --> 00:38:28,857
Daddy need three new, pretty dresses.
Eight ball, side pocket.
680
00:38:29,015 --> 00:38:30,517
Damn!
681
00:38:32,352 --> 00:38:33,399
You got this.
682
00:38:33,561 --> 00:38:35,689
(SISTER AND HER SISTERS'
"JUMP" PLAYING)
683
00:38:35,855 --> 00:38:39,280
♪ Boy, don't get shaky ♪
684
00:38:39,442 --> 00:38:43,413
♪ Don't be mad and get flaky ♪
685
00:38:43,571 --> 00:38:47,371
♪ 'Cause this dance
You don't know, oh ♪
686
00:38:47,534 --> 00:38:49,912
♪ Let Sister show you how it goes ♪
687
00:38:50,912 --> 00:38:52,710
Thank you for your
involuntary contribution
688
00:38:52,872 --> 00:38:55,045
to Stix Incorporated Wardrobe Fund.
689
00:38:55,208 --> 00:38:57,336
You was impressed by my big words,
weren't you?
690
00:38:57,502 --> 00:38:59,300
Man, just shoot the damn ball.
691
00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:01,180
(BALLS CLACKING)
692
00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:03,341
(MEN CHUCKLING)
693
00:39:03,508 --> 00:39:05,977
♪ We're gonna turn the place out ♪
694
00:39:07,470 --> 00:39:11,270
♪ And now you jump
We're gonna shake a little funk ♪
695
00:39:11,432 --> 00:39:15,437
♪ You're doin' fine
And now you're right on time ♪
696
00:39:15,603 --> 00:39:19,198
♪ Have a ball
I hope my mama don't call ♪
697
00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:24,739
♪ Know the rules
We're gonna keep it in the groove ♪
698
00:39:24,904 --> 00:39:31,378
♪ You're all for me
'Cause your moving just sets me free ♪
699
00:39:31,536 --> 00:39:35,086
♪ I love the way you party hard ♪
700
00:39:35,248 --> 00:39:39,628
♪ Don't know nothing
That can tear us apart ♪
701
00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:43,094
♪ And you know
I ain't too proud to beg ♪
702
00:39:43,256 --> 00:39:46,977
♪ Hope my partner loves
To shake a leg ♪
703
00:39:47,260 --> 00:39:51,185
♪ Just one thing I need to know ♪
704
00:39:51,347 --> 00:39:55,147
♪ If you love me
Baby, tell me so ♪
705
00:39:55,310 --> 00:39:58,940
♪ And now you jump
We're gonna shake a little funk ♪
706
00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:03,280
♪ You're doin' fine
And now you're right on time I♪
707
00:40:03,443 --> 00:40:07,198
♪ Have a ball
I hope my mama don't call ♪
708
00:40:07,363 --> 00:40:12,540
♪ Know the rules
We're gonna keep it in the groove ♪
709
00:40:12,702 --> 00:40:15,376
♪ Jump, jump
Shake a little funk ♪
710
00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:17,961
♪ Jump, jump ♪♪
711
00:40:20,501 --> 00:40:22,503
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
712
00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:30,724
STIX:
They loved us!
713
00:40:31,471 --> 00:40:32,939
Mm!
714
00:40:33,181 --> 00:40:34,854
You finally hit that note, Sister.
715
00:40:35,016 --> 00:40:37,064
They didn't come
to hear me sing, honey.
716
00:40:37,226 --> 00:40:40,321
We need more money,
or you need to book us at a better club.
717
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,448
I know what you need
before you know.
718
00:40:42,607 --> 00:40:44,780
(SINGS INDISTINCTLY)
719
00:40:44,943 --> 00:40:47,992
Mr. Manager, that was out of sight.
720
00:40:48,154 --> 00:40:51,374
Sparkle, I didn't know you had it like that.
And, Dee, you were good.
721
00:40:51,532 --> 00:40:54,752
Okay.
But you. Ooh, you.
722
00:40:54,911 --> 00:40:56,379
Sister, you were on fire.
723
00:40:56,537 --> 00:40:58,756
You'll mess up my lipstick.
724
00:40:58,915 --> 00:41:01,668
Yeah, well, as much as I want
to mess up your lipstick,
725
00:41:01,834 --> 00:41:03,552
I gotta go to work.
726
00:41:03,711 --> 00:41:05,258
Since when you working
the graveyard shift?
727
00:41:05,421 --> 00:41:08,595
Since I got a woman
that's got needs, cousin. Look at her.
728
00:41:09,676 --> 00:41:12,054
(SATIN LAUGHS)
729
00:41:12,220 --> 00:41:13,392
STIX:
Satin.
730
00:41:13,554 --> 00:41:15,682
Didn't know you was still in the house.
Yeah.
731
00:41:15,848 --> 00:41:18,818
Let me introduce you to my family.
This is Sparkle. This is Dee.
732
00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:21,446
This is Satin Struthers.
Pleased to meet you.
733
00:41:21,604 --> 00:41:24,448
Pleased to meet you.
Hi.
734
00:41:24,607 --> 00:41:28,487
And over here, in this corner, this is...
We know each other.
735
00:41:30,446 --> 00:41:33,325
Well, first, I'd like to congratulate you
on your performance.
736
00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:35,164
Thank you.
SATIN: And secondly,
737
00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:37,875
I'd like to give you something.
738
00:41:38,788 --> 00:41:40,415
You know, dreams do come true.
739
00:41:40,581 --> 00:41:41,833
(SATIN LAUGHS)
740
00:41:45,837 --> 00:41:48,215
Oh, my God. Ha-ha-ha.
741
00:41:50,258 --> 00:41:52,636
STIX: Levi!
LEVI: Trying to take my girl?
742
00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:54,804
(SCREAMS)
743
00:41:56,556 --> 00:41:58,103
Get off me.
744
00:41:58,766 --> 00:42:00,439
LEVI:
Let me have him!
745
00:42:01,060 --> 00:42:03,529
STIX: Come on, Levi.
SATIN: What's wrong with you, Negro?
746
00:42:03,688 --> 00:42:07,238
Take me at least 30 minutes
to get my hair like this.
747
00:42:08,234 --> 00:42:10,953
It's gonna get messed up
tonight anyway. Heh-heh-heh.
748
00:42:13,448 --> 00:42:17,373
I'm sorry, sisters. I'm gonna go outside
and be waiting on you.
749
00:42:25,835 --> 00:42:28,964
Oh, my God.
750
00:42:29,130 --> 00:42:30,882
How could you do that to Levi?
751
00:42:31,049 --> 00:42:33,302
Oh, Levi's a grown man.
He can handle himself.
752
00:42:33,468 --> 00:42:36,096
Don't listen to her.
She's damn near 30 and not married.
753
00:42:36,262 --> 00:42:38,060
Shut up.
You shut up.
754
00:42:38,222 --> 00:42:39,519
But Levi loves you.
755
00:42:40,433 --> 00:42:45,360
Spark, when you see a train that's gonna
get you to where you're trying to go,
756
00:42:45,521 --> 00:42:47,615
you can't wait to live.
757
00:42:47,774 --> 00:42:49,822
You gotta jump on it.
758
00:42:49,984 --> 00:42:51,782
He ain't got nothing else on me. Huh?
759
00:42:51,944 --> 00:42:54,823
What he got?
More money? Better clothes?
760
00:42:54,989 --> 00:42:56,957
What else he got?
He got nothing on me.
761
00:42:57,116 --> 00:42:59,118
But she ain't worth it.
He ain't worth it.
762
00:42:59,285 --> 00:43:01,754
You my family. I'm your blood.
Then act like it!
763
00:43:01,913 --> 00:43:04,132
Act like you're my blood!
Hey.
764
00:43:05,291 --> 00:43:09,296
If not for more than the drool that you
deposit on my couch every single night,
765
00:43:09,462 --> 00:43:11,965
you should have had my back.
I did have your back.
766
00:43:12,131 --> 00:43:13,474
No, you didn't.
767
00:43:13,633 --> 00:43:18,480
You didn't have my back.
Oh, coz.
768
00:43:18,638 --> 00:43:20,857
It's business.
769
00:43:22,433 --> 00:43:23,480
It's just business.
770
00:43:23,726 --> 00:43:25,728
(MUSIC PLAYING IN CLUB)
771
00:43:30,149 --> 00:43:32,277
Levi, where you going?
772
00:43:34,529 --> 00:43:38,250
Levi, it ain't personal.
773
00:43:39,700 --> 00:43:42,078
Just business, right?
774
00:43:46,999 --> 00:43:48,296
(BOTTLES CLATTERING)
775
00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:50,132
(CROWD CHEERING IN CLUB)
776
00:43:53,005 --> 00:43:55,349
MAN:
Mercy, mercy, mercy!
777
00:43:55,842 --> 00:43:57,970
SARA: Let's get this food out here,
Miss Emma.
778
00:43:58,136 --> 00:43:59,683
REVEREND: Mm-mm.
Uh-huh.
779
00:43:59,846 --> 00:44:02,224
The Lord loves good-smelling food.
780
00:44:02,390 --> 00:44:04,188
DOLORES:
Smells so good, Mama.
781
00:44:04,350 --> 00:44:06,569
Thank you, baby.
Delicious.
782
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:10,239
Okay. Reverend,
will you bless the food, please?
783
00:44:10,398 --> 00:44:12,617
Sister's not here yet.
She said she was coming.
784
00:44:12,775 --> 00:44:16,496
Sparkle, those who do, do, baby.
785
00:44:16,904 --> 00:44:18,781
Pastor, thank you.
786
00:44:18,948 --> 00:44:20,746
Please, bow our heads.
787
00:44:20,908 --> 00:44:22,376
Our Father in heaven,
788
00:44:22,535 --> 00:44:25,709
for this meal you have given,
we want to say thank you.
789
00:44:26,247 --> 00:44:29,342
And, mm,
bless the ones who prepared it.
790
00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:32,629
And, Lord, as we share it,
will you stay with us,
791
00:44:32,795 --> 00:44:34,172
and be our guest of honor?
792
00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:38,218
But not just at this meal,
but God in our waking,
793
00:44:38,384 --> 00:44:41,809
God in our speaking,
God in our playing,
794
00:44:41,971 --> 00:44:43,564
God in our digesting,
795
00:44:43,723 --> 00:44:47,728
God in our working,
God in our resting.
796
00:44:47,894 --> 00:44:49,896
In a world where so many are lonely,
797
00:44:50,062 --> 00:44:54,158
may we share this friendship
with joyful hearts.
798
00:44:54,317 --> 00:44:59,414
Amen.
May this food, so fresh and fragrant,
799
00:44:59,572 --> 00:45:03,452
call forth reverence for you
in our souls.
800
00:45:03,618 --> 00:45:06,963
As you give this strength
to our perishable limbs,
801
00:45:07,121 --> 00:45:10,216
so give us grace
for our immortal lives.
802
00:45:10,374 --> 00:45:14,049
And let's not forget the blessings
on this family, Father God.
803
00:45:14,212 --> 00:45:17,682
Lord, we thank you. Amen.
804
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,012
ALL:
Amen!
805
00:45:19,175 --> 00:45:21,894
Now, that's why black folks
can't get ahead, right there.
806
00:45:22,428 --> 00:45:23,771
Not because we lazy.
807
00:45:23,930 --> 00:45:26,900
It's because we're too busy praying
over 40 acres and a mule.
808
00:45:27,058 --> 00:45:29,106
Now, by the time
black folks get to "amen,"
809
00:45:29,268 --> 00:45:31,270
the mule is dog food,
810
00:45:31,437 --> 00:45:35,032
and the 40 acres is sold
from underneath us.
811
00:45:35,191 --> 00:45:36,613
Because we too busy praying.
812
00:45:36,817 --> 00:45:38,319
(CHUCKLES)
813
00:45:38,986 --> 00:45:41,614
Mom, this is Satin.
814
00:45:42,448 --> 00:45:45,247
Pleasure.
Pleasure is mine, all mine.
815
00:45:50,623 --> 00:45:52,717
(WHISPERS) Two dollars say
he doesn't make it to dessert.
816
00:45:52,875 --> 00:45:55,799
(WHISPERS) Five says he doesn't get
food on his plate. Look at Mama's face.
817
00:45:56,504 --> 00:45:58,381
This is Mrs. Waters.
SATIN: Pleasure.
818
00:45:58,547 --> 00:46:00,220
SISTER: And Tune Ann.
SATIN: Hey, Tune Ann.
819
00:46:01,008 --> 00:46:02,055
SISTER: My sisters.
SATIN: Hey.
820
00:46:02,218 --> 00:46:04,641
And this is the Reverend Bryce.
Mm-hm.
821
00:46:04,804 --> 00:46:07,023
What do you say, Rev?
Mm-hm.
822
00:46:07,181 --> 00:46:08,478
Satin Struthers.
823
00:46:08,641 --> 00:46:11,360
Yeah, yeah, I seen you on TV.
824
00:46:11,519 --> 00:46:14,568
You were pretty hard
on the folk in Detroit after the riots.
825
00:46:15,648 --> 00:46:19,152
Well, I was telling the truth, you know.
It shows a lack of intelligence
826
00:46:19,318 --> 00:46:21,491
for someone to loot
their own neighborhood.
827
00:46:21,654 --> 00:46:22,951
Well, people were angry.
828
00:46:23,114 --> 00:46:24,991
At white people. Heh.
829
00:46:25,157 --> 00:46:27,626
Hell, go tear up they shit.
What...?
830
00:46:27,910 --> 00:46:31,255
Ahem. Definitely
not making it to dessert.
831
00:46:31,414 --> 00:46:34,463
Excuse me. I'm sorry. Hail Mary.
832
00:46:35,668 --> 00:46:36,715
That's Catholic.
833
00:46:37,295 --> 00:46:38,672
It's still Christian, right?
834
00:46:39,171 --> 00:46:42,516
I mean, come on.
I understand, I understand.
835
00:46:42,675 --> 00:46:46,054
I was trying to get black people
to see it from a different perspective.
836
00:46:46,220 --> 00:46:49,474
Burning and looting your own
neighborhood may be misguided,
837
00:46:50,182 --> 00:46:54,062
but at least those people out there were
trying to fight to change the system.
838
00:46:54,228 --> 00:46:56,026
Now, with all due respect,
839
00:46:56,188 --> 00:46:59,943
you just trying to
make a dollar off their pain.
840
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:05,365
I bet you know a little bit more about
making dollars off of people's pain.
841
00:47:05,531 --> 00:47:07,408
You packing them
into church every Sunday.
842
00:47:07,575 --> 00:47:10,374
Giving them a show,
got them hooting and hollering. Yeah.
843
00:47:10,536 --> 00:47:11,583
You know what, Rev?
844
00:47:11,746 --> 00:47:13,794
The only difference
between me and you,
845
00:47:13,956 --> 00:47:17,005
is you collect your fee at the pew,
846
00:47:17,168 --> 00:47:19,170
I collect mine at the door.
847
00:47:21,213 --> 00:47:23,716
(TUNE CHEWING LOUDLY)
848
00:47:27,887 --> 00:47:30,060
Well, Ms. Anderson,
849
00:47:31,349 --> 00:47:34,068
I guess now is a good time
for me to let you know
850
00:47:34,226 --> 00:47:37,571
that I asked your daughter
to marry me.
851
00:47:37,772 --> 00:47:39,570
(CHUCKLES)
852
00:47:39,732 --> 00:47:41,405
SISTER: Surprise.
853
00:47:42,318 --> 00:47:43,661
He asked me last night.
854
00:47:43,819 --> 00:47:47,699
Got down on one knee and told me
that he couldn't live without me.
855
00:47:47,865 --> 00:47:52,917
Sister, you're going to marry this man?
856
00:47:53,079 --> 00:47:57,676
He disrespects our home,
the reverend.
857
00:47:57,833 --> 00:48:00,757
Oh, he's a comedian.
He was just trying to make us laugh.
858
00:48:01,295 --> 00:48:03,673
He's a really good man.
859
00:48:03,839 --> 00:48:05,841
Even goes to church sometimes. Heh.
860
00:48:06,008 --> 00:48:09,763
Granted, it is for material,
but I am there,
861
00:48:09,929 --> 00:48:11,431
and God knows my heart.
SISTER: Stop.
862
00:48:11,597 --> 00:48:13,224
SATIN: I got a good heart.
Stop.
863
00:48:13,391 --> 00:48:15,393
He tithes.
864
00:48:16,435 --> 00:48:17,903
(SCOFFS)
865
00:48:18,479 --> 00:48:21,449
Child, I think enough of you
to introduce you
866
00:48:21,607 --> 00:48:25,453
to dentists and doctors
and accountants.
867
00:48:25,611 --> 00:48:28,410
But, no, not you.
868
00:48:28,572 --> 00:48:30,119
You want to whore with this coon.
869
00:48:30,282 --> 00:48:32,205
Mom!
Sparkle.
870
00:48:33,994 --> 00:48:35,246
(SCOFFS)
871
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:40,586
Um, Ms. Anderson,
I'm probably more of a Sambo.
872
00:48:43,212 --> 00:48:48,389
I coon from time to time,
but Sambo's my go-to.
873
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:54,519
Baby, think more of yourself.
874
00:48:54,682 --> 00:48:59,984
I know you're worried about getting older
and who's gonna marry you.
875
00:49:00,146 --> 00:49:01,864
But get older, not desperate!
876
00:49:02,022 --> 00:49:04,445
Desperate? Heh.
877
00:49:05,317 --> 00:49:07,661
I'm doing a whole lot better
than you ever did.
878
00:49:08,529 --> 00:49:11,453
Just keeping a man
is a whole lot better than you ever did.
879
00:49:11,615 --> 00:49:13,993
Ladies, please. I think.
EMMA: - No, no, no, Reverend.
880
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:16,629
Let her get her attention.
She doesn't have much else.
881
00:49:17,121 --> 00:49:20,921
Maybe this is a conversation...
Me getting a husband is not about me.
882
00:49:21,083 --> 00:49:24,804
It's about her. It's not my fault
that she got knocked up at 16,
883
00:49:25,045 --> 00:49:27,969
and is trying to convince folks
she's the perfect mother,
884
00:49:28,132 --> 00:49:31,682
raised some good girls.
Sparkie's gonna follow up behind you,
885
00:49:31,844 --> 00:49:34,848
and be a little church mouse
and make dresses.
886
00:49:35,014 --> 00:49:37,267
And if she's lucky,
she'll be a preacher's wife.
887
00:49:37,433 --> 00:49:41,563
Dee's gonna be a doctor,
and I'm just supposed to marry one?
888
00:49:41,729 --> 00:49:44,403
Funny thing is,
maybe I could have snagged one,
889
00:49:44,565 --> 00:49:46,818
if you'd sent me to school
like these two.
890
00:49:46,984 --> 00:49:49,988
But instead, I was at home,
raising your kids,
891
00:49:50,154 --> 00:49:52,156
while you were laid up
in your own vomit.
892
00:49:52,323 --> 00:49:54,166
Sister,
893
00:49:54,325 --> 00:49:56,953
if you gonna tell my tragic story,
894
00:49:57,119 --> 00:50:00,123
give me the honor
of getting it correct.
895
00:50:00,331 --> 00:50:02,299
Yeah, I passed out a few times.
896
00:50:02,458 --> 00:50:05,086
Sure, I've had my moments.
897
00:50:05,252 --> 00:50:11,760
But you've never, ever, ever
seen me laying in my own vomit.
898
00:50:12,176 --> 00:50:13,553
Whatever you say, Mama.
899
00:50:15,095 --> 00:50:19,942
The fact is, I was desperate back then.
900
00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:22,398
Right now,
I'm trying to get myself out of here,
901
00:50:22,561 --> 00:50:25,565
and get myself more than
a color TV and half a room.
902
00:50:25,731 --> 00:50:27,028
It's okay.
903
00:50:27,191 --> 00:50:29,193
(♪♪♪)
904
00:50:35,407 --> 00:50:37,501
Well, we better go.
905
00:50:37,660 --> 00:50:41,710
Ms. Anderson, thanks for what looked
like could have been a great dinner.
906
00:50:44,291 --> 00:50:45,338
We better go.
907
00:50:48,754 --> 00:50:50,677
EMMA:
Sister!
908
00:50:50,839 --> 00:50:55,595
You leave my house,
there's no coming back.
909
00:50:56,679 --> 00:50:57,896
Not this time.
910
00:51:08,941 --> 00:51:12,411
Sparkle. Sparkle!
911
00:51:20,995 --> 00:51:23,168
Are you still gonna be
part of the group?
912
00:51:24,456 --> 00:51:28,461
That's not exactly
what was on my mind, Spark.
913
00:51:28,627 --> 00:51:30,504
Yeah, sure.
914
00:51:40,055 --> 00:51:42,103
SPARKLE:
Dee, say something.
915
00:51:45,477 --> 00:51:46,569
Congratulations.
916
00:51:48,105 --> 00:51:49,982
Thank you.
917
00:51:51,525 --> 00:51:52,572
Thank you.
918
00:51:57,197 --> 00:51:59,074
Come here.
919
00:52:01,243 --> 00:52:02,586
I love you, Spark.
920
00:52:05,706 --> 00:52:07,629
It's okay.
921
00:52:52,503 --> 00:52:54,505
(ENGINE REVVING)
922
00:52:57,800 --> 00:52:59,928
Where you want to go?
923
00:53:00,094 --> 00:53:01,812
Anywhere.
924
00:53:01,970 --> 00:53:04,974
(MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL'S "YOU'RE
ALL I NEED TO GET BY" PLAYING)
925
00:53:05,474 --> 00:53:09,479
♪ Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
926
00:53:09,645 --> 00:53:10,942
♪ Yeah ♪
927
00:53:12,648 --> 00:53:16,073
♪ You're all I need ♪
♪ Like sweet morning dew ♪
928
00:53:16,235 --> 00:53:18,488
♪ To get by ♪
♪ I took one look at you ♪
929
00:53:18,654 --> 00:53:22,579
♪ And it was plain to see
You were my destiny ♪
930
00:53:22,741 --> 00:53:23,958
♪ You're all ♪
931
00:53:24,159 --> 00:53:26,332
SISTER:
Close your eyes.
932
00:53:27,996 --> 00:53:29,043
(SATIN CHUCKLES)
933
00:53:29,206 --> 00:53:34,679
♪ I'll sacrifice for you
Dedicate my life to you ♪
934
00:53:35,170 --> 00:53:38,970
Okay, you can open them.
935
00:53:39,133 --> 00:53:40,225
(CHUCKLES)
936
00:53:40,384 --> 00:53:42,512
Your cup of coffee, sir.
937
00:53:45,723 --> 00:53:47,441
I appreciate it, baby.
938
00:53:47,599 --> 00:53:51,320
You know, Daddy got to wake up
a little faster and a little stronger.
939
00:53:51,478 --> 00:53:55,483
You'll be surprised with
what this gonna do when we make love.
940
00:53:56,442 --> 00:53:57,659
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
941
00:53:57,818 --> 00:54:01,243
Can't be any better than it already is.
942
00:54:07,369 --> 00:54:11,294
♪ Yeah
I need you, darling ♪
943
00:54:11,457 --> 00:54:13,710
♪ Oh, I need ♪
♪ You're all ♪
944
00:54:13,876 --> 00:54:17,380
♪ You're all I need ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
945
00:54:17,546 --> 00:54:19,969
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Oh, your love ♪♪
946
00:54:20,674 --> 00:54:21,721
(SNIFFS)
947
00:54:21,884 --> 00:54:23,886
(SPARKLE HUMMING)
948
00:54:24,303 --> 00:54:26,476
DOLORES: Are you catching a cold?
No, I'm fine.
949
00:54:26,638 --> 00:54:28,891
Okay, from "You bring out
the woman in me."
950
00:54:29,057 --> 00:54:30,934
Five, six, seven, eight.
951
00:54:31,143 --> 00:54:34,943
♪ You bring out the woman
Hmm, hmm ♪
952
00:54:35,105 --> 00:54:36,231
♪ Can you see? ♪
953
00:54:36,398 --> 00:54:37,775
DOLORES:
Can you not hit my hand every time?
954
00:54:37,941 --> 00:54:41,115
Okay, come on, come on.
Five, six, seven, eight.
955
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:45,325
♪ You bring out the woman
Hmm, hmm ♪♪
956
00:54:45,491 --> 00:54:48,165
Y'all ain't got to go home,
957
00:54:48,327 --> 00:54:49,499
but you know the rest.
958
00:54:51,246 --> 00:54:54,341
Oh, they were just leaving. Uh...
959
00:54:54,500 --> 00:54:56,218
Baby, you got some
cab fare for them?
960
00:54:56,376 --> 00:54:58,253
Cab fare?
961
00:54:58,837 --> 00:55:00,680
You the one opening for
Aretha Franklin.
962
00:55:02,049 --> 00:55:05,428
I mean, hell, if I had any sense,
I'd be living off your ass.
963
00:55:05,594 --> 00:55:06,811
(SNORTS)
964
00:55:08,388 --> 00:55:11,517
I'm funny, Sparkle? I'm funny?
Yeah.
965
00:55:11,683 --> 00:55:14,778
So you laughing at me
like them white folks that I coon for?
966
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:17,527
No.
Satin.
967
00:55:17,689 --> 00:55:19,987
Well, you should.
968
00:55:20,150 --> 00:55:22,824
That's how I'm paying
for all this heat you sucking up.
969
00:55:22,986 --> 00:55:25,455
Satin, I'm just...
Let's just go. Come on, just go.
970
00:55:25,614 --> 00:55:27,161
Grab your book.
971
00:55:27,783 --> 00:55:29,785
(♪♪♪)
972
00:55:35,332 --> 00:55:36,549
DOLORES:
Ready for TV, Ms. Sparkle?
973
00:55:36,708 --> 00:55:39,086
Oh, my God, Ms. Franklin!
974
00:55:39,253 --> 00:55:40,300
Hello.
975
00:55:40,462 --> 00:55:43,056
Today ain't the day
to be fashionably late.
976
00:55:43,215 --> 00:55:44,262
You're fine.
977
00:55:44,424 --> 00:55:46,802
Stix says Ms. Franklin's not here.
Running late.
978
00:55:47,302 --> 00:55:50,306
I'm worried because that's gonna
cut it close to us getting home.
979
00:55:50,472 --> 00:55:51,689
Sure is.
980
00:55:52,432 --> 00:55:54,150
Do you have any more pins?
981
00:55:54,309 --> 00:55:57,313
I'm running out of mine over here
and I need some more.
982
00:55:57,479 --> 00:55:59,732
I can't get this thing on.
983
00:55:59,898 --> 00:56:00,945
(♪♪♪)
984
00:56:01,108 --> 00:56:02,451
What happened to your face?
985
00:56:02,609 --> 00:56:04,737
Oh, it ain't nothing.
986
00:56:04,903 --> 00:56:06,530
He did that to you, didn't he?
987
00:56:06,697 --> 00:56:08,324
I had an accident.
988
00:56:08,490 --> 00:56:10,584
Oh, so, what,
you tripped and hit his fist?
989
00:56:10,742 --> 00:56:11,994
Get out.
990
00:56:12,744 --> 00:56:13,791
Excuse me?
991
00:56:14,538 --> 00:56:16,586
I told you to get out of my face.
992
00:56:16,748 --> 00:56:19,092
He's beating you,
and you're taking it out on me?
993
00:56:19,251 --> 00:56:22,050
Just go. Go! Get out!
No!
994
00:56:22,212 --> 00:56:24,385
I don't need to hear this. Huh?
995
00:56:25,549 --> 00:56:28,223
Jeez, she's always in my business!
Somebody ought to be!
996
00:56:28,385 --> 00:56:31,138
Shut up.
You guys, stop. Don't do this!
997
00:56:31,305 --> 00:56:32,477
Not tonight.
998
00:56:36,143 --> 00:56:38,271
Please tell me
that's not what I think it is.
999
00:56:39,229 --> 00:56:42,278
We have to open up for
Aretha Franklin tonight, right?
1000
00:56:42,441 --> 00:56:44,284
Right?
Right.
1001
00:56:44,443 --> 00:56:48,698
Well, Sister can't fly on one wing.
1002
00:56:51,909 --> 00:56:53,001
(SISTER SNIFFING)
1003
00:56:55,370 --> 00:56:58,374
("SOMETHING HE CAN FEEL" INTRO
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)
1004
00:57:16,975 --> 00:57:21,975
♪ Shoo-ooh ♪
1005
00:57:30,489 --> 00:57:35,290
♪ Many say
That I'm too young ♪
1006
00:57:35,452 --> 00:57:41,130
♪ To let you know
Just where I'm coming from ♪
1007
00:57:42,417 --> 00:57:48,925
♪ But you will see
It's just a matter of time ♪
1008
00:57:49,091 --> 00:57:54,439
♪ My love will surely make you mine ♪
1009
00:57:54,596 --> 00:58:00,023
♪ Well, I'm
Livin' in a world of ghetto life ♪
1010
00:58:00,727 --> 00:58:03,571
♪ Everyone seems so uptight ♪
1011
00:58:03,730 --> 00:58:08,702
♪ But nothing's wrong
And it's all right with my man ♪
1012
00:58:08,860 --> 00:58:09,986
♪ My man ♪
1013
00:58:10,278 --> 00:58:13,202
♪ I like the way we carry on ♪
1014
00:58:13,365 --> 00:58:16,915
♪ His loving
It sends me on and on ♪
1015
00:58:17,077 --> 00:58:19,921
♪ With my man ♪
1016
00:58:20,825 --> 00:58:23,704
♪ People out there can understand ♪
1017
00:58:24,245 --> 00:58:26,418
(ON TV) ♪ I'm giving him
something He can feel ♪
1018
00:58:26,581 --> 00:58:27,833
(CLEARS THROAT)
1019
00:58:30,210 --> 00:58:34,966
♪ To let him know
That this love is real ♪
1020
00:58:35,340 --> 00:58:36,512
(SISTER SCATS)
1021
00:58:36,675 --> 00:58:41,932
♪ Oh, yeah
Giving him something he can feel ♪
1022
00:58:42,097 --> 00:58:43,849
Well, I'll be damned.
1023
00:58:44,265 --> 00:58:48,190
♪ To let him know
This love is real ♪
1024
00:58:49,646 --> 00:58:53,492
♪ This love is real
Ooh ♪
1025
00:58:53,733 --> 00:58:56,953
So much love for us, it seems.
1026
00:58:57,112 --> 00:58:59,956
So much hope for material things.
1027
00:59:00,615 --> 00:59:03,789
Are they only in my dreams?
1028
00:59:03,994 --> 00:59:06,292
♪ Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
1029
00:59:06,454 --> 00:59:08,127
So I write this song for you,
1030
00:59:09,332 --> 00:59:11,881
To prove that real things
do come true.
1031
00:59:12,210 --> 00:59:14,133
♪ Ooh ♪
1032
00:59:14,295 --> 00:59:16,923
Tell me, what does it mean?
1033
00:59:17,424 --> 00:59:22,396
♪ Well, I'm
Livin' in a world of ghetto life ♪
1034
00:59:23,013 --> 00:59:25,687
♪ Everyone seems so uptight ♪
1035
00:59:25,849 --> 00:59:30,980
♪ But nothing's wrong
And it's all right with my man ♪
1036
00:59:31,146 --> 00:59:32,819
♪ My man ♪
1037
00:59:32,981 --> 00:59:35,951
♪ I like the way we carry on ♪
1038
00:59:36,109 --> 00:59:39,704
♪ His loving
It sends me on and on ♪
1039
00:59:39,863 --> 00:59:41,490
♪ With my man ♪
1040
00:59:43,074 --> 00:59:46,123
♪ People out there can understand ♪
1041
00:59:46,286 --> 00:59:49,961
♪ I'm giving him
Something he can feel ♪
1042
00:59:52,500 --> 00:59:57,381
♪ To let him know this love is real ♪
1043
00:59:57,547 --> 00:59:59,470
(SISTER SCATS)
1044
00:59:59,632 --> 01:00:03,853
♪ Yeah
Giving him something he can feel ♪
1045
01:00:04,012 --> 01:00:06,106
♪ Baby ♪
1046
01:00:06,264 --> 01:00:11,191
♪ To let him know
This love is real ♪
1047
01:00:12,228 --> 01:00:17,951
♪ Yeah
Giving him something he can feel ♪
1048
01:00:20,612 --> 01:00:24,742
♪ I'm giving him
Something he can feel ♪♪
1049
01:00:47,472 --> 01:00:50,567
MAN: Just amazing.
STIX: I know. They're special.
1050
01:00:51,267 --> 01:00:53,941
Ladies, we have a special guest.
1051
01:00:54,104 --> 01:00:56,778
This is Mr. Larry Robinson
of Columbia Records.
1052
01:00:56,940 --> 01:00:57,987
Hi.
Hi.
1053
01:00:58,149 --> 01:01:01,619
Oh, listen to that.
They even say "hi" in harmony.
1054
01:01:01,778 --> 01:01:05,157
Mr. Robinson is senior A&R
at Columbia in Los Angeles.
1055
01:01:05,323 --> 01:01:07,951
He set up an office here
because he's looking for talent.
1056
01:01:08,118 --> 01:01:11,372
He wants to talk to us about a...
Excuse me, may I share?
1057
01:01:11,538 --> 01:01:12,881
Sure.
Could this be my news?
1058
01:01:13,039 --> 01:01:14,962
By all means.
Great.
1059
01:01:15,125 --> 01:01:17,844
First off, you were fantastic.
1060
01:01:18,002 --> 01:01:19,219
Fantastic!
1061
01:01:19,379 --> 01:01:21,632
Thanks.
I want to sign you.
1062
01:01:21,798 --> 01:01:23,425
I'm going to sign you.
1063
01:01:23,591 --> 01:01:26,765
I just need to, you know,
see what you're gonna look like
1064
01:01:26,928 --> 01:01:31,149
waking up next to me in the morning.
Stix, what is this?
1065
01:01:31,307 --> 01:01:33,059
You know, that was an expression.
1066
01:01:33,226 --> 01:01:36,275
Okay.
And it's more like,
1067
01:01:36,437 --> 01:01:39,065
I want to see you in the light of day.
1068
01:01:39,232 --> 01:01:41,655
That's a better expression.
Way better.
1069
01:01:41,818 --> 01:01:45,072
I'm gonna gather
a bunch of my colleagues together,
1070
01:01:45,238 --> 01:01:49,084
and you will wow us.
1071
01:01:49,242 --> 01:01:51,370
And, you know, this is your fault.
1072
01:01:51,536 --> 01:01:52,788
It is your fault.
1073
01:01:52,954 --> 01:01:55,423
I don't even know
if you guys can actually sing.
1074
01:01:55,582 --> 01:01:57,505
I couldn't take my eyes off of you.
1075
01:01:57,667 --> 01:01:59,920
Look at that, she's playing coy.
1076
01:02:00,086 --> 01:02:02,088
This is the coy one.
1077
01:02:02,255 --> 01:02:06,305
Well, that's all right.
Coy plays on any number of levels.
1078
01:02:06,467 --> 01:02:08,219
So great.
1079
01:02:08,386 --> 01:02:10,605
Well, see you next week.
1080
01:02:10,763 --> 01:02:12,140
Bye.
DOLORES: Thank you.
1081
01:02:12,307 --> 01:02:16,437
Y'all wowed him!
Look. You got a line coming in here, girls.
1082
01:02:17,979 --> 01:02:19,231
Wow.
1083
01:02:19,397 --> 01:02:20,444
Satin.
1084
01:02:20,607 --> 01:02:21,904
Stix.
1085
01:02:22,066 --> 01:02:24,569
Huh. You been fighting?
1086
01:02:25,570 --> 01:02:26,947
No, I got a new cat.
Ah.
1087
01:02:27,113 --> 01:02:29,536
Yeah, yeah, cat.
That's a big-ass cat.
1088
01:02:29,699 --> 01:02:31,997
Sure is.
1089
01:02:32,160 --> 01:02:35,630
Ladies, you better get out of here.
Called the cab, it's waiting out front.
1090
01:02:36,664 --> 01:02:39,383
I saw you singing to me, teasing me.
1091
01:02:40,585 --> 01:02:43,213
Y'all wowed them. And I got to run.
1092
01:02:43,379 --> 01:02:45,848
See if I can talk to Mr. Gordy,
get us a bidding war.
1093
01:02:46,007 --> 01:02:47,008
DOLORES:
That's right.
1094
01:02:47,175 --> 01:02:49,519
Satin.
Stix.
1095
01:02:54,849 --> 01:02:56,726
Let's go, baby. You ready to go?
1096
01:02:57,560 --> 01:02:58,937
(CLEARS THROAT)
1097
01:03:01,272 --> 01:03:02,569
Y'all her new bodyguards?
1098
01:03:03,233 --> 01:03:05,531
We're big-ass cats.
Hmm.
1099
01:03:21,292 --> 01:03:24,091
Come on, let's go.
Mama would let you back into the house.
1100
01:03:24,796 --> 01:03:27,925
You guys, really, I fell.
You said Mom used to fall a lot too.
1101
01:03:28,091 --> 01:03:32,312
You even picked her up a few times.
It was only one time.
1102
01:03:32,470 --> 01:03:34,268
Too many.
1103
01:03:34,722 --> 01:03:36,099
Sister, come home with us.
1104
01:03:38,059 --> 01:03:39,185
DOLORES:
Let's go.
1105
01:03:40,019 --> 01:03:41,692
Come on.
1106
01:03:45,149 --> 01:03:47,151
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
1107
01:03:56,369 --> 01:04:00,044
WOMAN:
♪ In the evening ♪
1108
01:04:00,206 --> 01:04:01,958
MAN:
Bravo!
1109
01:04:02,125 --> 01:04:04,127
(PEOPLE APPLAUDING
AND CHEERING)
1110
01:04:05,086 --> 01:04:07,805
♪ When the sun goes down ♪
1111
01:04:10,550 --> 01:04:17,058
♪ You're gonna find me
Doing what I'm doing right now ♪
1112
01:04:17,223 --> 01:04:20,818
♪ And that's to stick around ♪
1113
01:04:20,977 --> 01:04:23,071
♪ The nightlife ♪
1114
01:04:25,315 --> 01:04:28,444
♪ It ain't no good life ♪
1115
01:04:31,154 --> 01:04:35,284
♪ But it's my life
Yes, it is ♪♪
1116
01:04:55,970 --> 01:04:58,894
Mama, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry too.
1117
01:05:00,058 --> 01:05:04,108
Was my life not enough
of a cautionary tale for you?
1118
01:05:05,063 --> 01:05:07,657
Just a mean mama,
won't let you follow your dreams?
1119
01:05:09,317 --> 01:05:11,319
Well, I guess I'll be mean.
1120
01:05:11,486 --> 01:05:14,740
I will not encourage you
to drive your lives straight into hell.
1121
01:05:15,990 --> 01:05:18,493
To be honest,
I can take it or leave it,
1122
01:05:18,659 --> 01:05:20,502
but we are close
to getting a deal.
1123
01:05:21,412 --> 01:05:23,414
They say Sister could be
like Diana Ross,
1124
01:05:23,581 --> 01:05:25,925
and Sparkle could be
the next Smokey Robinson,
1125
01:05:26,084 --> 01:05:28,086
as far as songwriting is concerned.
1126
01:05:28,252 --> 01:05:30,596
Dolores, I've made it
very simple in this house.
1127
01:05:30,755 --> 01:05:36,512
Respect, getting an education,
and having a relationship with the Lord.
1128
01:05:36,677 --> 01:05:38,645
If you can't do that, then go.
1129
01:05:42,350 --> 01:05:45,524
Why would the Lord give me this gift
if I wasn't supposed to use it?
1130
01:05:47,021 --> 01:05:49,069
What'd you say?
1131
01:05:51,526 --> 01:05:53,870
All I think about is music.
1132
01:05:54,028 --> 01:05:56,827
Everything I see, hear or feel
turns into a song.
1133
01:05:56,989 --> 01:06:00,084
And I try to turn it off, but I can't.
1134
01:06:00,243 --> 01:06:03,668
And I know the Lord loves me
and he wouldn't torture me,
1135
01:06:03,830 --> 01:06:06,174
with something I want to do,
can't help but do.
1136
01:06:06,332 --> 01:06:09,336
So I figured I...
You figured I was wrong.
1137
01:06:11,546 --> 01:06:12,843
That I had a gift.
1138
01:06:13,005 --> 01:06:14,598
(♪♪♪)
1139
01:06:14,757 --> 01:06:18,762
Sparkle, you can have a gift.
1140
01:06:18,928 --> 01:06:21,556
It's how you use it.
1141
01:06:22,056 --> 01:06:23,524
You want to promote good,
1142
01:06:23,683 --> 01:06:26,812
or you want more fast-tailed girls
out there having children?
1143
01:06:29,564 --> 01:06:31,908
"Giving him something he can feel
to let him know his love is real"?
1144
01:06:32,066 --> 01:06:33,158
Mama, that's private.
1145
01:06:33,317 --> 01:06:35,866
Sparkle, it's trash.
1146
01:06:36,237 --> 01:06:39,992
SPARKLE: No, it's not.
Oh, yes, it is.
1147
01:06:46,873 --> 01:06:50,377
We're sorry for disrespecting you
and the rules of your house.
1148
01:06:51,085 --> 01:06:53,463
If you want me to go, I'll go.
1149
01:06:55,423 --> 01:06:57,391
But I can't stop now, Mama,
I'm too close.
1150
01:06:59,677 --> 01:07:04,228
Another little girl with a dream,
thinks she's so different
1151
01:07:04,390 --> 01:07:07,189
than all the others
waiting to be discovered.
1152
01:07:07,977 --> 01:07:09,069
You go to your meeting.
1153
01:07:09,228 --> 01:07:12,107
In fact, I want you to,
so you can see what I already know.
1154
01:07:12,273 --> 01:07:14,696
You ain't getting no deal!
1155
01:07:14,859 --> 01:07:18,033
You step back in this house,
and you want to stay in this house,
1156
01:07:18,196 --> 01:07:22,121
then this dream of yours is over.
Do you understand?
1157
01:07:23,284 --> 01:07:24,501
Do you understand?
1158
01:07:40,801 --> 01:07:43,145
I am so proud of you.
1159
01:07:44,931 --> 01:07:48,060
So proud.
1160
01:07:48,226 --> 01:07:50,320
You better keep writing those songs.
1161
01:07:54,899 --> 01:07:56,901
(JAZZ MUSIC
PLAYING OVER STEREO)
1162
01:08:00,780 --> 01:08:02,453
Hey, baby.
1163
01:08:02,615 --> 01:08:03,992
(CHUCKLES)
1164
01:08:05,076 --> 01:08:06,919
What are you doing?
1165
01:08:10,665 --> 01:08:13,464
Listen, I got something
I need you to read for me.
1166
01:08:14,001 --> 01:08:15,378
What's this, new material?
1167
01:08:15,545 --> 01:08:19,300
Now, I wants to keep my white money,
but I think this is a way
1168
01:08:19,465 --> 01:08:22,844
to cross over
so I can get my black audience.
1169
01:08:23,010 --> 01:08:26,605
You know, Ham got me a gig
down over at Baker's.
1170
01:08:28,349 --> 01:08:30,317
Tell me what you think.
1171
01:08:31,102 --> 01:08:32,319
I'm honored.
1172
01:08:34,397 --> 01:08:37,401
And I'm thrilled, and I'm happy.
1173
01:08:37,567 --> 01:08:39,114
Come here.
1174
01:08:40,152 --> 01:08:42,746
And I'm horny.
1175
01:08:50,037 --> 01:08:51,539
Come on, baby. Right now, baby.
1176
01:08:51,706 --> 01:08:54,710
Come on, come on, baby,
we got to stay focused.
1177
01:08:54,875 --> 01:08:56,752
Okay.
1178
01:09:01,465 --> 01:09:03,092
Baby?
1179
01:09:05,386 --> 01:09:06,979
Tell me the truth.
1180
01:09:07,138 --> 01:09:09,436
Why'd the chicken cross the road?
1181
01:09:09,599 --> 01:09:12,227
Because two black guys
were chasing him with a biscuit.
1182
01:09:12,393 --> 01:09:15,067
(LAUGHS)
1183
01:09:16,939 --> 01:09:19,783
No, because the chicken was trying
to get away from your turkey ass.
1184
01:09:19,942 --> 01:09:21,114
(CROWD LAUGHING)
1185
01:09:29,076 --> 01:09:31,124
Two black guys
walking down the street.
1186
01:09:31,287 --> 01:09:32,664
Boy, they were just walking.
1187
01:09:32,830 --> 01:09:34,798
They were walking, they were walking...
1188
01:09:34,957 --> 01:09:36,504
LEVI:
Finally they said, "You know what?
1189
01:09:36,667 --> 01:09:39,796
We need a punch line right here,
because this joke ain't got none."
1190
01:09:39,962 --> 01:09:41,339
(CROWD LAUGHING)
1191
01:09:44,675 --> 01:09:47,929
My joke ain't got no punch line,
but you brought your girl to see me.
1192
01:09:48,095 --> 01:09:50,689
Well, I had to, you know, bring her
to see how funny you were not.
1193
01:09:50,848 --> 01:09:53,852
(CROWD CHUCKLING)
1194
01:09:54,018 --> 01:09:56,191
You see, ladies and gentlemen?
1195
01:09:56,354 --> 01:09:59,278
You give a monkey some money,
and he just don't know how to act.
1196
01:09:59,440 --> 01:10:02,159
What's the matter?
You don't dig my sense of humor?
1197
01:10:03,986 --> 01:10:05,238
Hmm?
1198
01:10:06,697 --> 01:10:07,994
Man, you ain't shit.
1199
01:10:11,494 --> 01:10:13,963
And I'm gonna show you why.
I ought to kick your ass!
1200
01:10:15,331 --> 01:10:18,380
You want to play?
You're a wannabe!
1201
01:10:18,542 --> 01:10:21,341
LEVI: Snip-snip, hussy.
SATIN: You are nothing!
1202
01:10:21,504 --> 01:10:22,721
Nothing!
1203
01:10:22,880 --> 01:10:27,431
Y'all give it up for Satin Struthers. Clap.
Hey, Tammy, nice to see you.
1204
01:10:27,593 --> 01:10:29,140
You ain't never looked better.
1205
01:10:31,514 --> 01:10:33,516
(♪♪♪)
1206
01:10:37,395 --> 01:10:39,397
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
1207
01:11:44,587 --> 01:11:46,715
(PHONE RINGS)
1208
01:11:46,964 --> 01:11:48,386
RECEPTIONIST:
Columbia Records. May I help you?
1209
01:11:48,549 --> 01:11:49,801
These girls, man.
1210
01:11:49,967 --> 01:11:51,014
(BELL DINGS)
1211
01:11:51,177 --> 01:11:54,181
(HANK BALLARD'S "HOW YOU
GONNA GET RESPECT" PLAYING)
1212
01:12:00,436 --> 01:12:02,655
♪ How you gonna get respect ♪
1213
01:12:02,813 --> 01:12:05,282
♪ If you haven't out
Your process yet? ♪
1214
01:12:05,441 --> 01:12:07,535
♪ How you gonna get respect ♪
1215
01:12:07,693 --> 01:12:10,446
♪ If you haven't out
Your process yet? ♪♪
1216
01:12:10,613 --> 01:12:14,993
What the hell is that on top of your head?
The man said he wanted us dolled up.
1217
01:12:15,159 --> 01:12:17,082
Plus, low maintenance
for medical school.
1218
01:12:17,244 --> 01:12:20,339
I haven't gotten off the wait list,
but I think in the affirmative.
1219
01:12:20,498 --> 01:12:23,627
No, not today, Dee.
Y'all supposed to look the same.
1220
01:12:23,793 --> 01:12:26,262
How I'm supposed to sell that?
Better figure it out.
1221
01:12:26,420 --> 01:12:27,922
Sparkle, thank God you're here.
1222
01:12:28,088 --> 01:12:30,090
What? What's wrong?
Look at her.
1223
01:12:30,257 --> 01:12:32,100
Okay, I'll be right back.
1224
01:12:32,259 --> 01:12:35,138
Stay here, look out for Sister.
1225
01:12:35,763 --> 01:12:37,640
So, what do you think?
1226
01:12:39,225 --> 01:12:42,320
We were taught that if we don't have
anything nice to say to not say anything.
1227
01:12:42,478 --> 01:12:45,027
I want to hear it.
I have to go to the bathroom.
1228
01:12:45,189 --> 01:12:46,441
I'll be back.
I'll come.
1229
01:12:46,607 --> 01:12:47,824
I'm going to the bathroom.
1230
01:12:47,983 --> 01:12:50,156
I'll watch you pee.
You're not gonna disown me.
1231
01:12:50,361 --> 01:12:56,084
(SOFTLY) ♪ Your tender smile
Gives me happy thoughts ♪
1232
01:12:57,785 --> 01:13:01,506
♪ Your
Your tender smile .♪.♪
1233
01:13:03,123 --> 01:13:05,751
Man, I told you not to bring her.
I tried.
1234
01:13:05,918 --> 01:13:07,841
Not hard enough.
SPARKLE: Look, I'm sorry.
1235
01:13:08,003 --> 01:13:10,802
Just lock the door.
What is going on in here?
1236
01:13:10,965 --> 01:13:13,138
(♪♪♪)
1237
01:13:13,300 --> 01:13:16,144
What else is he pushing into you
besides his fists?
1238
01:13:16,303 --> 01:13:18,852
Just mind your business. I'm fine.
1239
01:13:19,557 --> 01:13:20,604
I'm fine.
1240
01:13:20,766 --> 01:13:23,315
So you just gonna let him kill you?
It's not that bad.
1241
01:13:23,477 --> 01:13:26,526
It's nothing makeup can't cover up.
1242
01:13:26,689 --> 01:13:29,693
You get me that face powder I needed?
Are you crazy?
1243
01:13:29,859 --> 01:13:32,578
Give that to her and you're gonna
wind up looking like her.
1244
01:13:32,736 --> 01:13:35,706
Look, if you want me to sing for
this man, I need my makeup.
1245
01:13:35,865 --> 01:13:38,288
I didn't know what to do.
She's sick with or without it.
1246
01:13:38,450 --> 01:13:40,202
Oh, please, Sparkle!
1247
01:13:40,369 --> 01:13:42,997
All you're worried about
is getting that record deal.
1248
01:13:43,163 --> 01:13:46,508
You're not thinking about her. You're
busy using her like everybody else.
1249
01:13:46,667 --> 01:13:49,591
That's crazy. That's my sister, I love her.
Then flush it.
1250
01:13:49,753 --> 01:13:53,678
Come on. Come on! Just give it to me.
No, I'm not gonna let you kill yourself.
1251
01:13:54,341 --> 01:13:55,433
Oh!
1252
01:13:55,676 --> 01:13:57,053
What's going on?
1253
01:13:57,219 --> 01:13:58,641
You tell me.
1254
01:13:58,804 --> 01:14:01,398
My receptionist says
your lead singer is beat up
1255
01:14:01,557 --> 01:14:04,185
and drugged up
in my damn utility closet.
1256
01:14:04,351 --> 01:14:06,945
No, Sister, she ain't here yet.
1257
01:14:07,104 --> 01:14:08,356
We'll be out in a second.
1258
01:14:08,522 --> 01:14:10,024
Use your key.
1259
01:14:14,820 --> 01:14:16,822
(♪♪♪)
1260
01:14:17,489 --> 01:14:21,289
It's like I said.
I need to see them in the light of day.
1261
01:14:24,371 --> 01:14:26,373
(SISTER PANTING)
1262
01:14:30,628 --> 01:14:32,096
(♪♪♪)
1263
01:14:32,254 --> 01:14:34,256
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
1264
01:14:55,110 --> 01:14:57,954
Stix, baby, what's going on?
I'm leaving.
1265
01:14:59,698 --> 01:15:01,291
Baby, I want you to come with me.
1266
01:15:02,242 --> 01:15:05,166
We can go down to the courthouse,
1267
01:15:05,329 --> 01:15:07,752
get married,
then leave if it makes it easier.
1268
01:15:08,916 --> 01:15:11,920
I hope that wasn't your proposal,
I imagined something different.
1269
01:15:12,086 --> 01:15:16,341
Baby, we got to get out of here. People
are trying to destroy what we built.
1270
01:15:16,507 --> 01:15:17,804
You and me, we started this.
1271
01:15:17,967 --> 01:15:21,346
We'll put the group back together
when Sister gets well.
1272
01:15:21,512 --> 01:15:24,686
Sparkle, it's over.
1273
01:15:26,850 --> 01:15:29,444
Baby, we got to start over,
and not here.
1274
01:15:29,603 --> 01:15:32,482
I mean, Detroit...
Detroit is dying.
1275
01:15:32,648 --> 01:15:34,901
All these riots.
1276
01:15:35,067 --> 01:15:37,115
I even heard Motown
is moving to California.
1277
01:15:37,277 --> 01:15:38,824
You're talking about California?
1278
01:15:38,988 --> 01:15:42,959
I'm talking about going anywhere where
we can live our dreams. Why not?
1279
01:15:44,535 --> 01:15:46,003
(♪♪♪)
1280
01:15:46,161 --> 01:15:47,629
Huh?
1281
01:15:48,664 --> 01:15:50,041
I can't leave, Stix.
1282
01:15:54,294 --> 01:15:55,716
Then you stay, then.
1283
01:15:55,879 --> 01:15:59,679
Don't make me choose
between my family and you, Stix.
1284
01:15:59,842 --> 01:16:02,140
Baby, I'm not making you do anything.
1285
01:16:03,303 --> 01:16:04,771
Stix, don't leave me.
1286
01:16:04,930 --> 01:16:06,682
Sparkle, I'm asking you
to come with me.
1287
01:16:08,726 --> 01:16:11,024
I'm asking you
to come with me as my wife.
1288
01:16:13,105 --> 01:16:15,608
Baby, I need you to come with me.
1289
01:16:15,774 --> 01:16:16,991
You coming?
1290
01:16:21,572 --> 01:16:24,917
You know, your mama really
did a number on you, baby.
1291
01:16:48,932 --> 01:16:52,436
Come on, Sparkle. She doesn't need
those dresses, she needs clothes.
1292
01:16:52,603 --> 01:16:54,822
I'm coming.
Well, hurry up.
1293
01:16:54,980 --> 01:16:56,277
You two are funny.
1294
01:16:56,440 --> 01:16:59,068
You can pack the bed if you want.
I'm not going anywhere.
1295
01:16:59,234 --> 01:17:02,078
Oh, yes, you are. You awake?
You awake now?
1296
01:17:02,237 --> 01:17:03,989
Get off me!
Get up.
1297
01:17:04,156 --> 01:17:06,909
Get off me.
Get up. Let's go.
1298
01:17:07,076 --> 01:17:09,704
Want to be manhandled? Come on.
Get off me.
1299
01:17:09,870 --> 01:17:11,213
Don't hurt her.
1300
01:17:11,371 --> 01:17:13,214
You didn't say anything
when she hit me.
1301
01:17:13,373 --> 01:17:15,421
SPARKLE: No.
What is wrong with you?
1302
01:17:15,584 --> 01:17:19,214
Stop it. Stop, come on. Stop, guys.
1303
01:17:19,379 --> 01:17:21,381
(♪♪♪)
1304
01:17:25,969 --> 01:17:27,892
What's going on, baby?
1305
01:17:31,308 --> 01:17:34,357
Uh, they call themselves saving me,
1306
01:17:34,520 --> 01:17:38,241
but I told them
I wasn't going anywhere.
1307
01:17:44,071 --> 01:17:46,574
Y'all need to get the hell
out of my house.
1308
01:17:48,408 --> 01:17:50,627
We're sorry we brought
chaos into your home,
1309
01:17:50,786 --> 01:17:53,380
but our sister is sick.
We just want her to get well.
1310
01:17:53,539 --> 01:17:56,418
She's not listening to us,
but if you told her, she would go.
1311
01:17:56,583 --> 01:17:59,006
Or for her to go, she...
1312
01:17:59,169 --> 01:18:00,261
You talk too damn much!
1313
01:18:02,131 --> 01:18:04,475
Learn to shut your mouth.
1314
01:18:04,925 --> 01:18:07,178
That's my sister!
1315
01:18:07,344 --> 01:18:08,812
SATIN:
Oh, y'all want some of this?
1316
01:18:08,971 --> 01:18:10,598
Y'all want some of this?
1317
01:18:10,764 --> 01:18:12,516
Y'all want some of me?
1318
01:18:12,683 --> 01:18:15,983
Shit! Get off me! Get off me!
1319
01:18:16,145 --> 01:18:18,443
The hell's wrong with you?
1320
01:18:21,650 --> 01:18:24,324
Come on, you want it too? Huh?
1321
01:18:25,154 --> 01:18:26,747
Little Miss Sparkle. Aah!
1322
01:18:36,039 --> 01:18:38,041
(GASPING)
1323
01:18:46,592 --> 01:18:49,721
SPARKLE: Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. Is he dead?
1324
01:18:56,393 --> 01:18:58,566
Give this to me.
1325
01:18:58,729 --> 01:19:01,403
You need to get out of here.
Oh, my God.
1326
01:19:01,565 --> 01:19:04,739
No. No. No.
1327
01:19:05,736 --> 01:19:08,990
Come on, wake up. Please.
1328
01:19:09,156 --> 01:19:12,581
Come on. One, two, three.
1329
01:19:12,743 --> 01:19:15,872
One, two, three.
1330
01:19:16,038 --> 01:19:17,711
Please, wake, wake, wake.
1331
01:19:23,045 --> 01:19:24,467
Wake up.
1332
01:19:24,630 --> 01:19:26,632
Please, wake, wake, wake.
1333
01:19:26,798 --> 01:19:28,175
Wake up.
1334
01:19:28,342 --> 01:19:30,640
Please wake up.
He's dead.
1335
01:19:30,802 --> 01:19:33,772
Sister, he's not dead.
Look at me. He's dead.
1336
01:19:35,265 --> 01:19:36,437
He's dead.
No!
1337
01:19:36,600 --> 01:19:38,318
You have to go.
No.
1338
01:19:38,477 --> 01:19:43,028
Mama was right. If I hadn't been scared
to sing, we would've never had a group.
1339
01:19:43,190 --> 01:19:47,161
He would've never went after you...
I would love to hug you right now,
1340
01:19:47,319 --> 01:19:50,914
and tell you why this isn't your fault,
but I can't.
1341
01:19:51,073 --> 01:19:52,450
You just have to go.
1342
01:19:52,616 --> 01:19:54,869
Dee, you get out of here!
1343
01:19:55,035 --> 01:19:57,129
You take her with you! Go!
1344
01:19:57,287 --> 01:19:59,756
Don't say anything to anyone.
1345
01:19:59,915 --> 01:20:01,838
You were never here.
1346
01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:03,877
Go!
DOLORES: Come on, come on.
1347
01:20:04,044 --> 01:20:05,762
SPARKLE:
We can't leave her here.
1348
01:20:11,510 --> 01:20:16,482
Goddamn you! Goddamn you!
1349
01:20:16,640 --> 01:20:18,688
Damn it!
1350
01:20:19,268 --> 01:20:21,145
(SOBBING)
1351
01:20:25,399 --> 01:20:28,573
Oh, baby.
1352
01:20:28,735 --> 01:20:30,453
Baby.
1353
01:20:30,612 --> 01:20:33,456
Baby, what did we do?
1354
01:20:33,615 --> 01:20:37,085
Oh, baby.
1355
01:20:37,703 --> 01:20:39,705
(SOBBING)
1356
01:21:01,393 --> 01:21:02,940
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
1357
01:21:08,775 --> 01:21:10,777
(♪♪♪)
1358
01:21:39,890 --> 01:21:42,894
(WHITNEY HOUSTON'S "HIS EYE
IS ON THE SPARROW" PLAYING)
1359
01:21:48,440 --> 01:21:50,818
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
1360
01:21:59,034 --> 01:22:02,129
♪ Why ♪
1361
01:22:03,246 --> 01:22:10,050
♪ Should I feel discouraged? ♪
1362
01:22:13,715 --> 01:22:15,558
♪ And ♪
1363
01:22:15,717 --> 01:22:18,846
♪ Why ♪
1364
01:22:20,097 --> 01:22:25,479
♪ Should the shadows
Shadows come? ♪
1365
01:22:28,522 --> 01:22:30,616
♪ Lord, why ♪
1366
01:22:30,774 --> 01:22:36,372
♪ Why
Why should my heart ♪
1367
01:22:36,530 --> 01:22:42,287
♪ My heart feel lonely ♪
1368
01:22:46,415 --> 01:22:49,089
♪ And long ♪
1369
01:22:50,168 --> 01:22:55,345
♪ For heaven
Heaven and home? ♪
1370
01:22:57,426 --> 01:22:59,975
♪ Oh, yes ♪
1371
01:23:02,139 --> 01:23:06,895
♪ When
When Jesus ♪
1372
01:23:07,060 --> 01:23:10,860
♪ Jesus is
He is ♪
1373
01:23:11,022 --> 01:23:15,152
♪ My portion ♪
1374
01:23:15,318 --> 01:23:20,324
♪ Oh, a constant friend ♪
1375
01:23:20,490 --> 01:23:25,872
♪ A constant friend is he ♪
1376
01:23:30,083 --> 01:23:34,680
♪ Oh, oh, oh
His eye is on ♪
1377
01:23:34,838 --> 01:23:41,642
♪ His eye is on the sparrow ♪
1378
01:23:41,803 --> 01:23:44,727
♪ Oh, yes, I ♪
1379
01:23:45,265 --> 01:23:48,519
♪ I know ♪
1380
01:23:49,311 --> 01:23:55,819
♪ He watches
Over me ♪
1381
01:23:57,194 --> 01:23:59,071
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
1382
01:23:59,279 --> 01:24:01,452
♪ Yeah, hey ♪
1383
01:24:02,157 --> 01:24:05,787
♪ I sing ♪
♪ I sing ♪
1384
01:24:05,952 --> 01:24:10,799
♪ I sing because I'm happy ♪
♪ Because ♪
1385
01:24:10,957 --> 01:24:12,584
♪ I'm happy ♪
1386
01:24:13,793 --> 01:24:14,840
♪ Hallelujah! ♪
1387
01:24:15,086 --> 01:24:16,178
CROWD:
Hallelujah!
1388
01:24:16,671 --> 01:24:18,639
♪ I sing ♪
♪ I sing ♪
1389
01:24:18,798 --> 01:24:26,649
♪ I sing because I'm free ♪
1390
01:24:26,806 --> 01:24:28,524
♪ I'm free ♪
1391
01:24:28,683 --> 01:24:33,234
♪ I know
I know his eye ♪
1392
01:24:33,772 --> 01:24:35,945
♪ Ooh ♪
1393
01:24:36,107 --> 01:24:42,331
♪ His eye is on
Is on the sparrow ♪
1394
01:24:42,489 --> 01:24:45,789
♪ Sparrow ♪
♪ I say, yes ♪
1395
01:24:47,077 --> 01:24:52,800
♪ I know
I know ♪
1396
01:24:52,958 --> 01:24:56,679
♪ He watches
Thank you, Lord ♪
1397
01:24:56,836 --> 01:25:01,387
♪ Over me ♪♪
1398
01:25:03,802 --> 01:25:05,349
(DOOR OPENS)
1399
01:25:15,105 --> 01:25:18,200
I love you.
I love you.
1400
01:25:21,903 --> 01:25:23,371
With all that's been going on,
1401
01:25:23,530 --> 01:25:26,409
I couldn't find the right
time to tell you, Mama.
1402
01:25:28,076 --> 01:25:31,080
I got accepted into
Meharry Medical School.
1403
01:25:32,247 --> 01:25:34,124
Most of it is covered by scholarships,
1404
01:25:34,291 --> 01:25:36,589
but I have to go in early
to do some research.
1405
01:25:39,754 --> 01:25:44,681
Well, I guess the haircut worked, huh?
1406
01:25:45,218 --> 01:25:46,720
I guess it did.
1407
01:25:46,886 --> 01:25:51,892
Maybe I'll get one of them Afros
and bring some luck to myself.
1408
01:25:52,058 --> 01:25:54,481
Congratulations.
1409
01:25:54,644 --> 01:25:56,692
Thank you.
1410
01:25:58,565 --> 01:26:00,659
Don't cry.
1411
01:26:00,817 --> 01:26:02,069
We've done enough of that.
1412
01:26:03,403 --> 01:26:08,330
These are happy tears. It makes me feel
like I've done something right.
1413
01:26:10,493 --> 01:26:14,418
I used to complain
that you never let us do anything.
1414
01:26:15,999 --> 01:26:18,969
And I thank you for that kind of love.
1415
01:26:19,878 --> 01:26:21,972
And I'm sorry
for calling it something else.
1416
01:26:25,008 --> 01:26:29,855
You'll never understand
how much your belief in me means.
1417
01:26:31,848 --> 01:26:32,940
I love you, Mama.
1418
01:26:33,099 --> 01:26:35,477
Oh, Mommy loves you.
1419
01:26:35,644 --> 01:26:38,193
So proud of you.
1420
01:26:38,396 --> 01:26:39,943
(♪♪♪)
1421
01:26:40,106 --> 01:26:41,574
My baby, the doctor.
1422
01:26:44,277 --> 01:26:46,154
Take care.
1423
01:26:49,699 --> 01:26:51,701
(♪♪♪)
1424
01:27:06,633 --> 01:27:09,011
SISTER:
Hey, Spark, it's gonna be okay.
1425
01:27:09,177 --> 01:27:13,478
You know, two or three years,
and I'll be out of here.
1426
01:27:13,640 --> 01:27:15,642
Dee left for school, right?
SPARKLE: Yeah.
1427
01:27:16,476 --> 01:27:17,944
That's good.
1428
01:27:19,396 --> 01:27:23,526
It's funny. We always said we'd have to
replace one singer in the group.
1429
01:27:23,692 --> 01:27:26,320
Now we have to replace two.
1430
01:27:26,486 --> 01:27:28,363
I bet Stix is fit to be tied.
1431
01:27:33,535 --> 01:27:35,128
You two broke up?
1432
01:27:37,414 --> 01:27:38,916
Yeah.
1433
01:27:39,541 --> 01:27:41,543
When did that happen?
1434
01:27:41,793 --> 01:27:44,342
The day we lost the record deal.
1435
01:27:48,007 --> 01:27:50,476
I'm so sorry, Spark.
1436
01:27:50,635 --> 01:27:52,512
It's okay.
1437
01:27:53,638 --> 01:27:56,187
Wasn't meant to be, I guess.
1438
01:28:01,229 --> 01:28:02,446
Don't come back here.
1439
01:28:03,189 --> 01:28:06,739
I'm the only one that comes to visit.
I'm not gonna leave you by yourself.
1440
01:28:06,901 --> 01:28:08,027
I got in here by myself.
1441
01:28:08,194 --> 01:28:09,446
You didn't.
Yes, I did.
1442
01:28:09,612 --> 01:28:12,286
You think now's the time for me
to be lying to myself?
1443
01:28:12,449 --> 01:28:14,872
Don't you think
I did enough of that already?
1444
01:28:15,618 --> 01:28:19,373
I'm not gonna let you
crawl up in here and die with me.
1445
01:28:22,834 --> 01:28:27,715
I hope you see
that I am trying to save your life.
1446
01:28:29,466 --> 01:28:31,218
(♪♪♪)
1447
01:28:31,468 --> 01:28:33,721
Sister... Tammy!
1448
01:28:38,933 --> 01:28:40,731
(SIGHS)
1449
01:28:45,982 --> 01:28:48,280
♪ My boots are made for walking ♪
1450
01:28:48,443 --> 01:28:51,196
♪ And that's just what they'll do ♪
1451
01:28:51,362 --> 01:28:55,788
♪ One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you ♪♪
1452
01:29:00,622 --> 01:29:03,546
Mom...
Sparkle, curl your hair. Get to bed.
1453
01:29:03,708 --> 01:29:06,006
Church in the morning.
1454
01:29:09,756 --> 01:29:11,224
(SIGHS)
1455
01:29:12,050 --> 01:29:16,226
♪ Birds flying high
You know how I feel ♪
1456
01:29:17,639 --> 01:29:22,395
♪ Sun in the sky
You know how I feel ♪
1457
01:29:23,937 --> 01:29:28,408
♪ Reeds driftin' on by
You know how I feel ♪
1458
01:29:30,568 --> 01:29:34,789
♪ It's a new dawn
It's a new day ♪
1459
01:29:35,573 --> 01:29:38,122
♪ It's a new life
For me ♪
1460
01:29:38,284 --> 01:29:41,288
♪ And it's a new dawn
It's a new day ♪
1461
01:29:41,454 --> 01:29:42,501
(CHUCKLES)
1462
01:29:42,664 --> 01:29:44,758
♪ For me ♪
1463
01:29:44,916 --> 01:29:47,510
♪ Whoo, ooh, ooh ♪
1464
01:29:48,586 --> 01:29:51,886
♪ And I'm feeling good ♪
1465
01:29:57,971 --> 01:30:03,649
♪ Fish in the see
You know how I feel ♪
1466
01:30:04,310 --> 01:30:07,985
♪ River running free
You know how I feel ♪
1467
01:30:10,525 --> 01:30:15,326
♪ Blossom on the tree
You know how I feel ♪
1468
01:30:15,488 --> 01:30:18,537
♪ It's a new dawn
It's a new day ♪
1469
01:30:18,700 --> 01:30:23,001
♪ It's a new life
For me ♪
1470
01:30:24,122 --> 01:30:27,467
♪ And I'm feeling good ♪
1471
01:30:30,336 --> 01:30:31,838
Hi. How may I help you?
1472
01:30:32,005 --> 01:30:33,928
I'm here to see Larry Robinson.
1473
01:30:34,090 --> 01:30:36,263
Do you have an appointment?
No.
1474
01:30:36,426 --> 01:30:39,646
I'm sorry. You need an appointment.
1475
01:30:41,514 --> 01:30:43,357
Okay. I'll wait.
1476
01:30:44,267 --> 01:30:47,487
♪ And this old world is a new world ♪
1477
01:30:47,645 --> 01:30:53,652
♪ And a bold world
For me, yeah, yeah ♪
1478
01:30:58,364 --> 01:31:03,495
♪ Stars when you shine
You know how I feel ♪
1479
01:31:05,038 --> 01:31:09,464
♪ Scent of the pine
You know how I feel ♪
1480
01:31:09,626 --> 01:31:14,757
♪ Oh, freedom is mine
And I know how I feel ♪
1481
01:31:14,964 --> 01:31:16,762
Mr. Robinson will see you now.
1482
01:31:16,925 --> 01:31:19,895
♪ It's a new dawn
It's a new day ♪
1483
01:31:20,053 --> 01:31:24,559
♪ It's a new life
For me ♪
1484
01:31:34,943 --> 01:31:38,538
Okay, we're just going to have to admit
we're wasting a lot of money.
1485
01:31:38,696 --> 01:31:41,916
♪ And I'm feeling good ♪♪
1486
01:31:42,075 --> 01:31:45,796
We'll salvage what we can salvage,
make jambalaya out of the rest.
1487
01:31:47,789 --> 01:31:50,167
Okay. I'll talk to you soon.
1488
01:31:51,292 --> 01:31:53,294
I have two minutes. Go.
1489
01:31:53,461 --> 01:31:57,056
Well, let me not waste them
on why I need you.
1490
01:31:57,215 --> 01:31:58,262
That's obvious.
1491
01:31:58,424 --> 01:32:00,392
Let me tell you why you need me.
1492
01:32:01,260 --> 01:32:03,354
That's a big setup.
I hope you can deliver.
1493
01:32:03,513 --> 01:32:07,609
I'm beautiful, I can sing, and I write
hits, sometimes two and three a day.
1494
01:32:07,767 --> 01:32:10,395
I've been kissed, 20 about that alone.
1495
01:32:10,561 --> 01:32:11,938
I've been in love, 22.
1496
01:32:12,105 --> 01:32:13,948
My heart's been broken, 30.
1497
01:32:14,107 --> 01:32:17,077
I'm a virgin, so I have 80
on what making love will be like.
1498
01:32:17,610 --> 01:32:19,863
I have a complicated relationship
with my mother.
1499
01:32:20,029 --> 01:32:22,782
I don't know my daddy,
tack on another 50.
1500
01:32:22,949 --> 01:32:26,704
War sucks, flowers are pretty in the rain,
and it's hard to follow your dreams,
1501
01:32:26,869 --> 01:32:30,464
but you have to, because you might
write a song that saves someone's life.
1502
01:32:30,623 --> 01:32:33,877
I have a great song about that
because I'm trying to save my own.
1503
01:32:35,753 --> 01:32:39,508
So can we do business?
1504
01:32:39,674 --> 01:32:41,642
(♪♪♪)
1505
01:33:03,656 --> 01:33:04,999
Hi.
1506
01:33:05,950 --> 01:33:07,497
I saw Larry Robinson today.
1507
01:33:07,660 --> 01:33:11,335
He said he'd love to come and see
my show, but I don't have a show.
1508
01:33:11,497 --> 01:33:12,965
Figured I ought to get one.
1509
01:33:14,584 --> 01:33:16,211
We only have one shot at this.
1510
01:33:19,547 --> 01:33:21,299
Better make it count.
1511
01:33:25,344 --> 01:33:27,346
(♪♪♪)
1512
01:33:28,389 --> 01:33:30,733
I'm glad I didn't leave. Heh.
1513
01:33:41,819 --> 01:33:43,821
(TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY)
1514
01:33:45,573 --> 01:33:48,918
Hi, Mama.
Hi.
1515
01:33:50,745 --> 01:33:52,622
May I come in?
1516
01:34:04,133 --> 01:34:05,601
(EMMA SIGHS)
1517
01:34:11,557 --> 01:34:13,525
Hey, Sparkle.
How you doing, baby?
1518
01:34:13,684 --> 01:34:15,061
You look good.
1519
01:34:15,228 --> 01:34:17,447
Little skinny, but good.
1520
01:34:17,605 --> 01:34:19,073
So how's the new job?
1521
01:34:19,232 --> 01:34:21,781
SPARKLE:
It's great. How are you doing?
1522
01:34:21,943 --> 01:34:24,196
Oh, I'm good. Always good, baby.
1523
01:34:30,201 --> 01:34:34,081
I have a flyer for my show.
1524
01:34:38,084 --> 01:34:40,086
(♪♪♪)
1525
01:34:43,881 --> 01:34:46,555
It's my own concert.
1526
01:34:46,717 --> 01:34:49,937
I'm not opening up for anybody,
just me.
1527
01:34:52,348 --> 01:34:54,191
I would really love it if you'd come.
1528
01:34:54,642 --> 01:34:56,895
(LAUGHS)
1529
01:35:02,316 --> 01:35:05,445
Bye.
Bye, baby.
1530
01:35:08,781 --> 01:35:12,001
(DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES)
1531
01:35:12,368 --> 01:35:15,872
How many times you gonna keep
making the same mistake, Emma?
1532
01:35:19,458 --> 01:35:22,132
(VOCALIZING)
1533
01:35:24,005 --> 01:35:25,052
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
1534
01:35:25,214 --> 01:35:27,888
You know the bit, right?
Let's hear it one more time.
1535
01:35:31,137 --> 01:35:33,060
You like it?
Uh-huh.
1536
01:35:33,222 --> 01:35:34,724
Okay.
Okay, ladies.
1537
01:35:34,891 --> 01:35:37,110
Go home and get some rest.
Seven p.m. sharp.
1538
01:35:37,268 --> 01:35:38,315
Yes, boss.
Thank you.
1539
01:35:38,477 --> 01:35:39,649
Bye, Sparkle.
See you.
1540
01:35:39,812 --> 01:35:42,110
Happy birthday. Love you.
Yeah. Happy birthday.
1541
01:35:42,273 --> 01:35:44,150
Thank you.
1542
01:35:44,317 --> 01:35:48,197
WOMAN:
Yes, okay, guys. Tomorrow, 6:00.
1543
01:35:50,615 --> 01:35:53,459
How you feeling? Good?
1544
01:35:53,618 --> 01:35:55,837
We can't do this, Stix.
1545
01:35:58,581 --> 01:36:01,710
You know, we gonna be fine.
1546
01:36:01,876 --> 01:36:04,755
You gonna be fine.
What if I'm not?
1547
01:36:06,589 --> 01:36:07,966
Well, close your eyes.
1548
01:36:08,132 --> 01:36:11,602
Stix, I'm not trying to be dramatic.
I'm trying to be serious.
1549
01:36:11,761 --> 01:36:14,514
Sparkle, close your eyes.
1550
01:36:18,851 --> 01:36:19,898
Now sing.
1551
01:36:22,313 --> 01:36:24,315
(PIANO PLAYING)
1552
01:36:25,608 --> 01:36:27,406
(HUMS)
1553
01:36:31,572 --> 01:36:35,668
♪ If you look into your heart ♪
1554
01:36:35,826 --> 01:36:39,797
♪ With a positive mind ♪
1555
01:36:41,207 --> 01:36:46,008
♪ Take some inventory
Of your woman and your glory ♪
1556
01:36:46,170 --> 01:36:48,468
♪ Leave the bad things behind ♪
1557
01:36:50,383 --> 01:36:54,809
♪ Everybody's got a story ♪
1558
01:36:54,971 --> 01:36:59,147
♪ About the love and the good things ♪
1559
01:36:59,308 --> 01:37:05,156
♪ But all the spices of your life
You got to pay the price ♪
1560
01:37:05,314 --> 01:37:08,067
♪ If you know what I mean ♪
1561
01:37:10,903 --> 01:37:15,454
♪ I know my man
He really needs me ♪
1562
01:37:15,616 --> 01:37:20,338
♪ We don't have that every day
Yeah ♪
1563
01:37:20,496 --> 01:37:24,296
♪ I know my man
He really needs me ♪
1564
01:37:24,458 --> 01:37:27,257
♪ And whatever he wanna do ♪
1565
01:37:27,420 --> 01:37:32,677
♪ I wanna do it with you, baby ♪
1566
01:37:32,842 --> 01:37:34,515
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
1567
01:37:38,639 --> 01:37:42,940
♪ Doo doo doo doo ♪
1568
01:37:43,102 --> 01:37:47,903
♪ Doo doo doo doo doo doo ♪
1569
01:37:48,065 --> 01:37:51,535
♪ Doo doo doo doo ♪
1570
01:37:51,694 --> 01:37:52,866
(CHUCKLES)
1571
01:37:53,029 --> 01:37:56,158
♪ Doo doo doo doo ♪♪
1572
01:37:58,200 --> 01:37:59,247
Hmm.
1573
01:37:59,410 --> 01:38:00,957
(BOTH LAUGH)
1574
01:38:01,120 --> 01:38:02,918
Whoo-whee.
1575
01:38:03,414 --> 01:38:05,462
Make a wish, baby.
1576
01:38:10,212 --> 01:38:11,555
Ask me what I wished for.
1577
01:38:13,466 --> 01:38:14,638
What'd you wish for?
1578
01:38:16,302 --> 01:38:18,805
That you would ask me
to marry you again,
1579
01:38:18,971 --> 01:38:21,941
but better, and with a ring.
1580
01:38:22,099 --> 01:38:24,477
What? Did you peek?
1581
01:38:24,643 --> 01:38:26,611
(♪♪♪)
1582
01:38:28,105 --> 01:38:29,857
That's your gift.
1583
01:38:30,024 --> 01:38:31,947
(LAUGHS)
1584
01:38:37,198 --> 01:38:41,123
And tomorrow, our lives are going
to change, for better or for worse.
1585
01:38:42,286 --> 01:38:43,959
Whatever it is,
1586
01:38:44,121 --> 01:38:45,964
I just want to be with you.
1587
01:38:47,500 --> 01:38:51,175
Now, of course, if it's better,
you get a better ring.
1588
01:38:51,337 --> 01:38:55,058
And if it's worse, then that ring is going
to be dinner for the next few nights.
1589
01:38:55,216 --> 01:38:57,844
(BOTH LAUGH)
1590
01:38:58,761 --> 01:39:00,229
See, even you're not so sure.
1591
01:39:00,513 --> 01:39:02,140
Mm-mm.
1592
01:39:06,977 --> 01:39:08,979
(♪♪♪)
1593
01:39:16,362 --> 01:39:18,160
I'm sure.
1594
01:39:19,407 --> 01:39:21,284
And I love you.
1595
01:39:21,826 --> 01:39:24,579
And I'm going to be standing
right over there in them wings.
1596
01:39:29,583 --> 01:39:31,130
I love you too.
1597
01:39:40,511 --> 01:39:42,104
(BUZZER SOUNDS)
1598
01:39:49,562 --> 01:39:50,939
GUARD:
You got five minutes.
1599
01:40:12,251 --> 01:40:13,628
You look tired.
1600
01:40:18,716 --> 01:40:20,468
I am.
1601
01:40:24,013 --> 01:40:25,606
Yeah.
1602
01:40:27,433 --> 01:40:29,276
Me too.
1603
01:40:31,187 --> 01:40:34,111
Well, what do you think?
1604
01:40:35,149 --> 01:40:36,526
Oh, my gosh!
1605
01:40:36,692 --> 01:40:38,615
Oh. Oh, you're bleeding.
1606
01:40:38,777 --> 01:40:40,575
What?
TUNE: Oh, no.
1607
01:40:40,738 --> 01:40:42,035
My dress!
No, no, no.
1608
01:40:42,198 --> 01:40:44,542
Look at it, it's ruined.
Okay, just hold.
1609
01:40:44,700 --> 01:40:46,543
Look at my dress. It's ruined.
I know.
1610
01:40:46,702 --> 01:40:49,751
Okay, just breathe, please.
We'll stop the bleeding.
1611
01:40:49,914 --> 01:40:51,257
I know, I know, I know.
1612
01:40:51,415 --> 01:40:53,292
EMMA:
Well, maybe you can wear this one.
1613
01:40:54,126 --> 01:40:56,220
Let's see.
1614
01:40:56,378 --> 01:40:57,675
Mama?
1615
01:40:57,838 --> 01:40:58,930
Hey, baby.
1616
01:40:59,089 --> 01:41:00,762
Emma.
Hey, sweetheart.
1617
01:41:02,968 --> 01:41:05,437
You guys, come on.
1618
01:41:06,639 --> 01:41:08,016
It's okay.
1619
01:41:12,144 --> 01:41:14,693
I don't want to get all mushy, okay?
1620
01:41:15,439 --> 01:41:16,486
Okay.
1621
01:41:17,233 --> 01:41:20,112
I just came to help
my baby get dressed.
1622
01:41:21,612 --> 01:41:25,492
Well, like Dolores said,
lean back and pinch, okay?
1623
01:41:25,658 --> 01:41:28,662
Just try it. Let's see. Okay.
Let's just count.
1624
01:41:28,827 --> 01:41:33,503
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six...
1625
01:41:33,666 --> 01:41:36,886
♪ Five, four, three ♪♪
1626
01:41:37,044 --> 01:41:38,671
MAN:
Fantastic turnout.
1627
01:41:38,837 --> 01:41:41,135
I hope you are proud. Wow.
STIX: I love this.
1628
01:41:41,298 --> 01:41:42,345
MAN:
And you mean to say,
1629
01:41:42,508 --> 01:41:45,387
that just you and your friends
and neighbors sold tickets?
1630
01:41:45,553 --> 01:41:46,975
Yes, sir, and I told you too.
1631
01:41:47,137 --> 01:41:49,185
Yeah, you told me.
I told you.
1632
01:41:51,892 --> 01:41:53,235
Oh, yeah.
1633
01:41:54,687 --> 01:41:56,655
You look beautiful.
1634
01:41:56,814 --> 01:41:59,818
You don't think it's too much,
or not enough?
1635
01:41:59,984 --> 01:42:03,864
If you're gonna go out there, you gotta
give them something they can feel.
1636
01:42:04,029 --> 01:42:06,031
Or at least imagine feeling.
1637
01:42:07,074 --> 01:42:12,956
Plus, Sister said make it sexy
so you can't run or hide.
1638
01:42:14,039 --> 01:42:15,131
You went to see her.
1639
01:42:17,418 --> 01:42:18,465
What's wrong?
1640
01:42:18,627 --> 01:42:20,174
Oh, nothing.
1641
01:42:21,338 --> 01:42:24,182
I always knew you had the gift.
1642
01:42:24,341 --> 01:42:28,391
Not just in singing,
but you believe in yourself,
1643
01:42:29,013 --> 01:42:31,983
even when I tried to stop you
at every turn.
1644
01:42:32,725 --> 01:42:35,478
Takes a lot of faith to do that, Sparkle.
1645
01:42:36,645 --> 01:42:38,318
Thank you.
1646
01:42:38,480 --> 01:42:40,482
Don't lose it.
1647
01:42:41,150 --> 01:42:43,494
Some of us are still trying to find it.
1648
01:42:44,653 --> 01:42:45,700
Promise.
1649
01:42:48,949 --> 01:42:50,075
You're staying, right?
1650
01:42:50,743 --> 01:42:53,872
But of course.
I didn't get dressed for my health.
1651
01:42:55,539 --> 01:42:58,463
And I'll sit far enough in the back
so I don't upstage you.
1652
01:42:58,626 --> 01:43:01,379
(LAUGHS)
1653
01:43:03,088 --> 01:43:04,260
You look great.
1654
01:43:04,423 --> 01:43:06,767
I love you.
I love you too.
1655
01:43:06,925 --> 01:43:08,927
Have a great show.
1656
01:43:19,188 --> 01:43:24,740
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
and welcome to an evening with Sparkle.
1657
01:43:24,985 --> 01:43:26,987
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
1658
01:43:31,784 --> 01:43:33,457
MAN:
We love you, girl!
1659
01:43:35,913 --> 01:43:36,960
WOMAN 1:
Yeah, Sparkle!
1660
01:43:43,879 --> 01:43:47,349
WOMAN 2:
Whoo! You can do it, girl!
1661
01:43:51,553 --> 01:43:53,271
This one is for Sister.
1662
01:43:53,430 --> 01:43:55,148
It's called "One Wing."
1663
01:43:57,810 --> 01:44:00,905
♪ Feels like I'm going down
A one-way street ♪
1664
01:44:02,523 --> 01:44:06,369
♪ In every direction ♪
1665
01:44:07,945 --> 01:44:10,789
♪ I need, I need ♪
1666
01:44:10,948 --> 01:44:16,000
♪ I need heaven
To show me just a little affection ♪
1667
01:44:16,161 --> 01:44:17,959
♪ No ♪
1668
01:44:18,122 --> 01:44:22,673
♪ 'Cause all of the signs
Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
1669
01:44:22,835 --> 01:44:25,964
♪ Pointing towards bad for me ♪
1670
01:44:26,130 --> 01:44:27,677
♪ Uh, uh ♪
1671
01:44:27,840 --> 01:44:31,811
♪ And I wish I could get a running start ♪
1672
01:44:31,969 --> 01:44:34,142
♪ And soar to my victory ♪
1673
01:44:34,304 --> 01:44:38,025
♪ But ♪
♪ One wing ♪
1674
01:44:38,183 --> 01:44:42,609
♪ I can't ♪
♪ Fly with one wing ♪
1675
01:44:42,771 --> 01:44:47,948
♪ Heaven help me ♪
♪ Fly with one wing ♪
1676
01:44:48,110 --> 01:44:51,159
♪ I cannot ♪
♪ Fly with one wing ♪
1677
01:44:51,321 --> 01:44:54,791
♪ Oh, no
No matter how hard I try ♪
1678
01:44:54,950 --> 01:45:00,502
♪ I can't ♪
♪ No ♪
1679
01:45:01,749 --> 01:45:05,845
♪ Feels like I'm running out of time ♪
1680
01:45:06,003 --> 01:45:10,850
♪ And I got a whole lot of things
On my mind ♪
1681
01:45:11,008 --> 01:45:15,479
♪ And I'm walking around
In the dark, oh, oh ♪
1682
01:45:15,637 --> 01:45:19,767
♪ Trying to find
Just a little peek of sunshine ♪
1683
01:45:19,933 --> 01:45:22,277
♪ No, oh
No, oh ♪
1684
01:45:22,436 --> 01:45:26,031
♪ I did everything to make it work ♪
1685
01:45:26,190 --> 01:45:31,697
♪ But still I'm at a loss
Yeah, yeah ♪
1686
01:45:31,862 --> 01:45:35,742
♪ Now I'm on the runway of my life ♪
1687
01:45:35,908 --> 01:45:42,416
♪ Waiting to take off
But I ♪
1688
01:45:42,581 --> 01:45:47,007
♪ I cannot ♪
♪ Fly with one wing ♪
1689
01:45:47,169 --> 01:45:48,967
♪ Heaven I'm gonna need some help ♪
1690
01:45:49,129 --> 01:45:51,223
♪ Fly with one wing ♪
1691
01:45:51,381 --> 01:45:53,850
♪ I can't, I can't, I can't ♪
1692
01:45:54,009 --> 01:45:56,512
♪ Fly with one wing ♪
1693
01:45:56,678 --> 01:46:00,353
♪ And no matter how hard I try ♪
♪ I can't ♪
1694
01:46:00,516 --> 01:46:04,441
♪ No, oh, oh, oh, yeah ♪
1695
01:46:05,437 --> 01:46:10,113
♪ Oh, I've been on my knees
Many nights ♪
1696
01:46:10,275 --> 01:46:11,697
♪ Praying ♪
1697
01:46:11,860 --> 01:46:15,330
♪ For the coming of my victory
Yeah ♪
1698
01:46:15,489 --> 01:46:19,210
♪ But it's always something there ♪
♪ In the way to delay my flight ♪
1699
01:46:19,868 --> 01:46:25,341
♪ I just can't get off my feet ♪
♪ To reach my destiny ♪
1700
01:46:25,499 --> 01:46:27,877
♪ Though it's where I can see ♪
1701
01:46:28,043 --> 01:46:30,387
♪ It's just too high to reach ♪
1702
01:46:30,546 --> 01:46:33,925
♪ No, oh, oh ♪
1703
01:46:34,091 --> 01:46:38,847
♪ Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
1704
01:46:39,388 --> 01:46:44,485
♪ I can't
I can't ♪
1705
01:46:45,978 --> 01:46:49,073
♪ I can't fly with one wing ♪
1706
01:46:49,231 --> 01:46:50,904
(AUDIENCE CHEERING
AND APPLAUDING)
1707
01:46:51,066 --> 01:46:53,489
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Fly with one wing ♪
1708
01:46:53,652 --> 01:46:59,284
♪ No, I can't fly ♪
♪ Fly with one wing ♪
1709
01:46:59,449 --> 01:47:00,621
♪ Hoo, hoo, hoo ♪
1710
01:47:00,784 --> 01:47:05,085
♪ With one wing
Oh, oh, eh ♪
1711
01:47:05,247 --> 01:47:08,126
♪ No matter how hard I try ♪
1712
01:47:08,292 --> 01:47:09,669
♪ One wing ♪
1713
01:47:09,835 --> 01:47:14,466
♪ One wing, yeah ♪
1714
01:47:14,631 --> 01:47:18,602
♪ I can pray all I want, Sister ♪
1715
01:47:18,760 --> 01:47:23,436
♪ But I can't, I can't, I can't
No ♪
1716
01:47:23,599 --> 01:47:29,481
♪ Fly, fly, fly, whoo ♪
1717
01:47:29,646 --> 01:47:34,277
♪ But I can't do it, no ♪
1718
01:47:34,443 --> 01:47:39,415
♪ But I can't, I can't do it
No ♪
1719
01:47:39,573 --> 01:47:43,419
♪ Please
I can't do it, no ♪
1720
01:47:43,577 --> 01:47:47,457
♪ One wing
With one wing ♪
1721
01:47:47,623 --> 01:47:51,628
♪ One wing
Yeah ♪
1722
01:47:52,336 --> 01:47:57,388
♪ Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh ♪♪
1723
01:47:57,549 --> 01:47:58,596
(ALL CHEERING)
1724
01:48:01,053 --> 01:48:03,055
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
1725
01:48:06,725 --> 01:48:09,103
Let's meet tomorrow.
I'm gonna sign her.
1726
01:48:09,269 --> 01:48:12,273
Sure. We'll come by after our meeting
at Motown in the morning.
1727
01:48:13,190 --> 01:48:14,863
Motown?
1728
01:48:15,734 --> 01:48:19,534
Well, why put off tomorrow
what we can do over dinner tonight?
1729
01:48:20,948 --> 01:48:22,791
Always liked you.
1730
01:48:31,750 --> 01:48:33,718
MAN:
We love you!
1731
01:48:33,877 --> 01:48:35,879
(CHEERING CONTINUES)
1732
01:48:38,799 --> 01:48:41,143
MAN:
Encore!
1733
01:48:41,593 --> 01:48:45,689
CROWD (CHANTING):
Sparkle! Sparkle! Sparkle!
1734
01:48:56,733 --> 01:48:59,828
Ladies, if you out there,
LADIES: Yeah!
1735
01:49:00,862 --> 01:49:02,956
I just want to talk to you.
1736
01:49:08,453 --> 01:49:10,296
About all the ups and downs,
1737
01:49:10,956 --> 01:49:12,958
round and rounds,
1738
01:49:13,125 --> 01:49:15,924
the drama, the trouble
that love put us through.
1739
01:49:18,880 --> 01:49:22,134
Now, I know some of y'all out there
came here with your man.
1740
01:49:22,300 --> 01:49:25,019
But if you've ever been in love,
1741
01:49:25,178 --> 01:49:27,522
if you've been through
what I've been through,
1742
01:49:27,681 --> 01:49:29,228
then I got a question for you.
1743
01:49:30,100 --> 01:49:32,728
♪ Who will give you the world today? ♪
1744
01:49:32,894 --> 01:49:35,568
♪ Who will tell you everything's okay? ♪
1745
01:49:35,731 --> 01:49:38,450
♪ Say all the things
That you wanna hear ♪
1746
01:49:38,608 --> 01:49:41,236
♪ Who will take away
All of your doubts and fears? ♪
1747
01:49:41,403 --> 01:49:43,872
♪ Who promised you
The moon and stars? ♪
1748
01:49:44,031 --> 01:49:46,784
♪ Vowed to never ever
Break your heart? ♪
1749
01:49:46,950 --> 01:49:49,078
♪ Who will tap into your very soul? ♪
1750
01:49:49,244 --> 01:49:52,919
♪ Then turn right around
And be so cold? ♪
1751
01:49:53,081 --> 01:49:58,759
♪ Love will, love will, love will ♪
1752
01:49:58,920 --> 01:50:02,891
♪ Have you up and down
All around in circles ♪
1753
01:50:03,050 --> 01:50:07,601
♪ Hey, yeah
It will ♪
1754
01:50:07,763 --> 01:50:09,436
♪ Love will ♪
1755
01:50:09,598 --> 01:50:12,898
♪ Let you in, turn around
Put you out in the cold ♪
1756
01:50:13,060 --> 01:50:14,607
♪ Listen, y'all ♪
1757
01:50:14,770 --> 01:50:17,489
♪ Who will say
Some of the sweetest things? ♪
1758
01:50:17,647 --> 01:50:20,321
♪ Have you believin'
In all your dreams? ♪
1759
01:50:20,484 --> 01:50:22,452
♪ And who will open up every door ♪
1760
01:50:22,611 --> 01:50:25,990
♪ And have you feel like
The world is yours? ♪
1761
01:50:26,156 --> 01:50:31,378
♪ Who will give you butterflies
And give you chills from feet to head? ♪
1762
01:50:31,536 --> 01:50:33,459
♪ Who will make you feel so alive ♪
1763
01:50:33,622 --> 01:50:36,250
♪ Then turn right around
And kill you dead? ♪
1764
01:50:36,416 --> 01:50:39,761
♪ Love
Love will, love will ♪
1765
01:50:39,920 --> 01:50:43,424
♪ Oh, you're gonna
Love will ♪
1766
01:50:43,590 --> 01:50:47,140
♪ Have you up and down
All around in circles ♪
1767
01:50:47,302 --> 01:50:51,023
♪ Yeah, hey, love ♪
1768
01:50:51,181 --> 01:50:53,900
♪ Said it will have you ♪
1769
01:50:54,059 --> 01:50:57,984
♪ Hey, yeah, yeah
Oh ♪
1770
01:50:58,146 --> 01:51:03,152
♪ Love can be good, can be bad
Can be dangerous ♪
1771
01:51:03,443 --> 01:51:08,495
♪ It can make you happy, make you sad
Be a stranger ♪
1772
01:51:08,657 --> 01:51:12,707
♪ Break you all the way down
Till you're sick ♪
1773
01:51:12,869 --> 01:51:15,122
♪ If you let it, I'm telling you ♪
1774
01:51:15,288 --> 01:51:18,918
♪ Love will
Oh ♪
1775
01:51:19,084 --> 01:51:21,758
♪ It'll make you do some things ♪
1776
01:51:21,920 --> 01:51:27,768
♪ It'll have you going up and down
Around and around in circles ♪
1777
01:51:27,926 --> 01:51:30,429
♪ Love will ♪
1778
01:51:30,595 --> 01:51:33,769
♪ I believe it will
Yes, it will ♪
1779
01:51:33,932 --> 01:51:38,813
♪ Oh, oh, hey
Listen, baby ♪
1780
01:51:38,979 --> 01:51:41,573
♪ Love will do these things ♪
1781
01:51:41,731 --> 01:51:43,699
♪ End up bringing pain ♪
1782
01:51:44,192 --> 01:51:46,570
♪ Oh, so strange ♪
1783
01:51:46,945 --> 01:51:50,324
♪ First the sun then comes the rain ♪
1784
01:51:50,740 --> 01:51:55,086
♪ Boy, I don't know
What I'm gonna do with love, ohh ♪
1785
01:51:55,537 --> 01:51:57,255
♪ Hey, yeah ♪♪
1786
01:51:57,455 --> 01:51:59,457
(LOUD CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
1787
01:52:05,797 --> 01:52:08,550
MAN:
We love you, Sparkle!
1788
01:52:10,135 --> 01:52:13,639
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
1789
01:52:13,805 --> 01:52:16,149
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh ♪
1790
01:52:16,308 --> 01:52:21,235
♪ Doo, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Doo, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
1791
01:52:21,396 --> 01:52:22,898
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
1792
01:52:23,064 --> 01:52:27,911
♪ Well
Everybody's been so uptight ♪
1793
01:52:28,069 --> 01:52:31,494
♪ And forgetting to live their life ♪
1794
01:52:31,656 --> 01:52:34,330
♪ Let all the problems get them down ♪
1795
01:52:34,492 --> 01:52:38,963
♪ Till it makes you wanna shout
Oh, yeah ♪
1796
01:52:39,122 --> 01:52:42,752
♪ See, everybody's
Been down on luck ♪
1797
01:52:42,918 --> 01:52:46,422
♪ Now finally things are looking up ♪
1798
01:52:46,588 --> 01:52:49,262
♪ The sun has chased
All the rain away ♪
1799
01:52:49,424 --> 01:52:53,145
♪ No more obstacles in our way ♪
1800
01:52:53,303 --> 01:52:56,603
♪ It's time to celebrate
Come on, yeah ♪
1801
01:52:56,765 --> 01:53:01,020
♪ Come on and celebrate
That's what I want, yeah ♪
1802
01:53:01,186 --> 01:53:03,860
♪ I wanna celebrate
Because it's so right ♪
1803
01:53:04,022 --> 01:53:07,902
♪ I celebrate you
I celebrate you, yeah ♪
1804
01:53:08,068 --> 01:53:12,118
♪ Listen
There is, oh, so many of us ♪
1805
01:53:12,280 --> 01:53:15,454
♪ That underestimate
The power of love ♪
1806
01:53:15,617 --> 01:53:19,212
♪ So much hate going 'round
And I've had enough ♪
1807
01:53:19,371 --> 01:53:24,047
♪ I'm inviting you to fall in love
Ooh, ooh ♪
1808
01:53:24,209 --> 01:53:27,884
♪ Though we've been
Going through changes ♪
1809
01:53:28,046 --> 01:53:31,346
♪ Just trying to make it
From day to day ♪
1810
01:53:31,508 --> 01:53:34,136
♪ Tonight
Don't you worry about a thing ♪
1811
01:53:34,302 --> 01:53:37,897
♪ Just cast your cares away
Yeah ♪
1812
01:53:38,056 --> 01:53:41,435
♪ It's time to celebrate
Come on, yeah ♪
1813
01:53:41,601 --> 01:53:45,196
♪ Come on and celebrate
It is what I want ♪
1814
01:53:45,355 --> 01:53:48,700
♪ I wanna celebrate
It's time to celebrate ♪
1815
01:53:48,858 --> 01:53:52,078
♪ I celebrate you
You celebrate me ♪
1816
01:53:52,237 --> 01:53:53,830
♪ Celebrate you ♪
1817
01:53:53,989 --> 01:53:56,492
♪ It's time to celebrate
Come on, come on ♪
1818
01:53:56,658 --> 01:54:00,003
♪ Come on and celebrate
No matter what color you are ♪
1819
01:54:00,161 --> 01:54:03,836
♪ I wanna celebrate
'Cause tonight everyone is a star ♪
1820
01:54:03,999 --> 01:54:08,721
♪ I celebrate you, you celebrate me
You, you ♪
1821
01:54:08,878 --> 01:54:11,097
♪ I'm gonna give you a reason ♪
1822
01:54:11,256 --> 01:54:16,228
♪ Why you should clap your hands
And jump for joy ♪
1823
01:54:16,386 --> 01:54:18,684
♪ There's something
We can believe in ♪
1824
01:54:18,847 --> 01:54:26,231
♪ Now that the rain is gone
We're gonna dance on a rainbow ♪
1825
01:54:26,396 --> 01:54:30,822
♪ It's time to celebrate
Come on, yeah ♪
1826
01:54:30,984 --> 01:54:33,578
♪ Come on and celebrate
Time to celebrate ♪
1827
01:54:33,737 --> 01:54:37,241
♪ I wanna celebrate
Because it's all right ♪
1828
01:54:37,407 --> 01:54:39,409
♪ I celebrate you
I celebrate you ♪
1829
01:54:39,576 --> 01:54:42,500
♪ Celebrate me, celebrate me ♪
1830
01:54:42,662 --> 01:54:44,790
♪ It's time to celebrate
Celebrate you and me ♪
1831
01:54:44,956 --> 01:54:48,802
♪ Come on and celebrate
No matter what color you are ♪
1832
01:54:48,960 --> 01:54:52,214
♪ I wanna celebrate
Tonight everyone is a star ♪
1833
01:54:52,380 --> 01:54:56,351
♪ I celebrate you, you celebrate me ♪
1834
01:54:56,509 --> 01:55:01,561
♪ It's time to celebrate
Come on and celebrate ♪
1835
01:55:01,723 --> 01:55:03,441
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
1836
01:55:03,600 --> 01:55:07,821
♪ I wanna celebrate
Ooh, ooh, yeah ♪
1837
01:55:07,979 --> 01:55:10,949
♪ I celebrate you, you celebrate me ♪
1838
01:55:11,107 --> 01:55:14,907
♪ It's time to celebrate
Celebrate ♪
1839
01:55:15,070 --> 01:55:18,540
♪ Come on and celebrate ♪
1840
01:55:18,698 --> 01:55:22,123
♪ I wanna celebrate ♪
1841
01:55:22,285 --> 01:55:25,915
♪ I celebrate you, you celebrate me ♪
1842
01:55:26,081 --> 01:55:29,585
♪ It's time to celebrate ♪
1843
01:55:29,751 --> 01:55:31,879
♪ Come on and celebrate ♪
1844
01:55:32,045 --> 01:55:33,592
JORDIN: We love you, Whitney.
1845
01:55:33,755 --> 01:55:37,055
♪ I wanna celebrate ♪
1846
01:55:37,217 --> 01:55:41,097
♪ I celebrate you, you celebrate me ♪♪
1847
01:55:41,122 --> 01:55:43,122
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