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♪ You taught me everything
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♪ And everything
you've given me
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♪ I always keep it inside
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♪ You're the driving force
in my life
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♪ Yeah-eah-eah-eah
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♪ There isn't anything
or anyone that I could be
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♪ And it just
wouldn't feel right
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♪ If I didn't have you
by my side
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♪ Oh, you were there for me
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♪ To love and care for me
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♪ When skies were gray
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♪ Whenever I was down
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♪ You were always there
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♪ To comfort me
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♪ No one else can be
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♪ What you have been to me
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♪ You will always be
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♪ You will always be
the girl in my life
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♪ For all time
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♪ Mama
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♪ Mama, you know I love you
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♪ You know I love you
You know I love you
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♪ Mama
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♪ Mama
You're the queen of my heart
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♪ You are
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♪ Your love is like tears
from the stars
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♪ Your love is like tears
from the stars
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♪ Mama
I just want you to know
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♪ Mama
I just want you to know
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♪ Lovin' you
is like food to my soul
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♪ Lovin' you
is like food to my soul
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♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Yeah, yeah
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♪ You are the food
to my soul ♪
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AHMAD: My grandma
always said,
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family pullin' together
in times of need
will make it strong.
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But this here's the story
about my family,
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about our family,
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about the things
that pulled us together
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and the things that
tried to pull us apart.
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Let's see.
Where should I begin?
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
EMCEE: Let's give it up
for last sister
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from the Joseph family
to get married, Bird...
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AHMAD: I guess
Aunt Bird's wedding
is as good a place as any.
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Everyone who was anyone
was there.
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EMCEE: Just the party people
to the dance floor.
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If you got more than $5
in your pocket,
let me see you shake it!
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We got food! We got music!
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We got a party
happening up in here!
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There you go, Big Mama.
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AHMAD: That's my mom and dad
dancing right there.
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They got
two and a half kids...
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Me, my sister Kelly,
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and whoever that is
in the oven.
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And that's Aunt Teri
and Uncle Miles,
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like Miles Davis.
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They're both lawyers
and got some big-time dough.
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I'm talkin'
dollar bills, y'all.
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The bride is Big Mama's
youngest, Aunt Ryla,
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but we call her Bird
'cause she used to be skinny.
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The groom is my new Uncle Lem.
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Don't know much about him,
'cept folks always
doggin' him out
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'cause he's done time in jail.
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Go on, baby.
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Go pin it on her.
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AHMAD: That's Big Mama there.
Big Mama Joe.
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People always said
she never made one enemy
in her whole life,
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'cause if she did,
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she'd just have 'em over
for some of her green beans,
sweet potato pie,
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and southern fried chicken,
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and they'd be down
with her after that.
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(GIGGLING)
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That's my baby.
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AHMAD: Reverend Williams.
Ain't even kin,
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but he's always got
something to say or eat.
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Oh, Mama Joe,
how you doin', baby?
How are you doing?
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Oh, you look so good.
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Mama Joe, them daughters
are looking good, too.
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Oh, especially
that baby Bird.
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Baby Bird, I was teasin'
with her a little, Big Mama.
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I said, "would you
marry the reverend?"
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She said, "Reverend,
if I marry, I got to have
sex every night."
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I said, "Well,
put the reverend
down for Tuesday."
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♪ Hear, hear
Don't change it up
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♪ Something new
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♪ Something you thought
underground, huh ♪
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Just gonna take my man?
Yeah.
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Okay. I see how you do.
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AHMAD: Oh, and this is Simuel.
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For Bird, he was just
one of the skeletons
in the closet
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Big Mama said we all had.
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All right...
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MAXINE: Uh-uh, look who's here.
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What's she doing?
TERI: I don't know.
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Get out of my way.
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SIMUEL: Heh-heh.
Congratulations.
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Would you look
at this girl?
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AHMAD: Of course,
by the looks of things,
Lem wasn't doing any better
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in the
skeletons-in-the-closet
category.
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I don't know,
but I'm going
to go get her.
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Come on, Teri.
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AHMAD: That was him
with his ex
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bumpin' and grindin'
like nobody's business.
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AHMAD: Damn, look at that.
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Honey?
Hmm?
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Who's Big Mama's
favorite grandbaby?
I am.
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And what would
my sweet pea
do for Big Mama?
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Anything.
Then go find
your Aunt Bird,
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tell her to get her
butt in here with
her new husband now.
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AHMAD: Being Big Mama's
favorite was no easy job,
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especially when it came
to keeping the peace.
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But I always did
what she asked,
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even if it meant
charging into a bathroom
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full of fine,
half-dressed women.
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Ahmad, what you want?
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Yo, Bird.
What?
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Big Mama said
get your Black ass
out here.
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Boy, Big Mama ain't told
nobody's Black ass
to get nowhere.
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Now you stay
out of grown folks'
business.
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I cannot believe
what I just saw.
Me either.
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Who invited him?
How did Simuel get here?
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I didn't invite him.
Doesn't matter
who invited him.
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What were you doing
standing there
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letting him feel you up
in your wedding gown?
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And now your man
is out there
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bumping and grinding with
some Miss Hoochie Mama,
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actin' like there wasn't
no wedding less than
ten minutes ago.
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Whose man?
Your man, girl. Bumpin'.
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Oh, hell, no.
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Ain't nobody
about to disrespect me
on my wedding day.
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That's what
I'm talking about.
Excuse me, ladies!
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And did you see
that dress Miss Thing
had on?
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Did you see her behind
in that thing?
Girl, just all up her butt.
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You see,
that's what she get,
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draggin' somebody in
who ain't got nothin'
and puttin' him off on family.
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What you talkin'
about family?
Puttin' him off on me.
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I'm the one who paid
for this wedding.
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Teri, why you always
got to let everybody know
you pay for everything?
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'Cause I do.
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Who is that
hoochie-coochie mama
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with her fat ass all over
my husband out there
on the dance floor?
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MAXINE: I told you.
This is my wedding day!
I'm supposed to be happy.
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Shoot. What y'all
talkin' about?
We happy.
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This is supposed
to be the happiest day
of your life.
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Everybody's happy.
Yeah. We're happy.
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But we'd be more happy
if we go out there
and beat that ho' down.
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MAN 1: Yeah!
MAN 2: Come on...
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MAXINE: There they are.
Let's go get her ass.
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MAN: Whoo!
She workin' it on him!
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Do it! Do it!
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Oh!
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Excuse me. Excuse me.
Excuse me...
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Yeah. Yeah!
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Uh-huh.
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Excuse me...
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MAN: Shake it.
Shake it. Shake it!
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Go on, Big Mama!
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AHMAD: You see, right there,
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that was just like Big Mama,
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always knowin' just what to do
to set things right.
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I used to think she and I
had a special connection,
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like we shared an inside joke
no one else was in on.
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'Course, it wasn't long,
I found out
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she had the same connection
with all of us.
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Yeah, she was the rock
of the Joseph family,
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the one that held us
all together.
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Reverend, that sure was a good
sermon today, I tell you...
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AHMAD: Part of the reason
we were such a tight family
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is 'cause we always had
Sunday dinners at Big Mama's.
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That were a tradition that
started down in Mississippi
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when the old folks
got together after church
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to talk smack and chow down
with some good old soul food.
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And Big Mama
kept the tradition going
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when she and Granddaddy
moved to Chicago.
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Holidays, of course,
were bigger.
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More folks, more eats,
more souls,
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more soul food.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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People would be rollin' in
from all over,
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like Uncle Remus,
who was always hittin'
folks up for $2
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'cause he was always broke.
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Before Granddaddy died,
he used to own a barber shop,
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corner store,
and a laundromat.
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Not bad for a Black man
in those days.
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'Cause of that,
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rumor has it Mama Joe's
got a big stash of loot
hidden away somewhere,
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but Mama says
that's nothing but a myth.
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(LAUGHING)
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We used to always
have eating contests,
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which the reverend
would always win.
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Then he'd split
after he busted slops
with my mom and aunties.
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I can still see my dad now
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lookin' like
he wanted to break
Reverend Williams' neck.
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Last but not least,
there's Big Mama's brother,
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old Uncle Pete,
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who ain't left his room
in something like
ten years now.
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Go.
Go.
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AHMAD: Just sits up there
watching his old TV set.
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It's kind of a "lights on,
nobody's home" thing.
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Uncle Pete, Uncle Pete!
Let's go!
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Let's get outta here.
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AHMAD: Yeah, those were
the good days, all right,
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back before things
took a turn.
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KELLY: Mama, Mama!
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Uncle Pete's messing with us!
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KENNY: I'm tryin'
to do my thing.
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Can I do my thing?
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Hit me!
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Unh! Take that.
Yaah.
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BOTH: (SINGING)
♪ I got sunshine...
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Ooh, no, baby.
That's too much.
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Just put about
four pinches in there.
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Now, Mama, how you know
how much to put in there
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without using
a measuring cup?
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(CHUCKLES)
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And why we got to
eat ham hocks anyway?
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♪ Well
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♪ I guess you'd... ♪
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Ham hocks, pig feet,
chitlins...
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So we learn how
to make things taste good
by trying things out.
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See, soul food cookin'
is about cooking
from the heart.
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That's right, Mama.
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Psst...
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Mm...
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What's up, Mama?
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TERI: Newlyweds...
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If she spent more time
getting her shop together
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instead of following
Lem around,
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maybe she'd pay me
back that loan.
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Teri, you are not hurtin'
'cause you gave Bird money
for that shop.
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I loaned her money, Max.
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As far as you're concerned,
I'm an ATM...
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Automatically Teri's Money.
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BIG MAMA:
Oh, you two hush up.
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You do this every Sunday.
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But Mama,
she started it.
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BIG MAMA: Maxine, you go on
and finish those biscuits.
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Teri, stop runnin' down
your family.
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Pay more attention
to your own man.
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00:12:05,083 --> 00:12:07,125
You're already
on husband number two.
243
00:12:07,209 --> 00:12:08,751
(GIGGLING)
244
00:12:10,042 --> 00:12:11,500
LEM: Oh, shit, baby.
245
00:12:11,584 --> 00:12:13,292
Ohh...
246
00:12:13,792 --> 00:12:15,042
Oh!
247
00:12:15,834 --> 00:12:18,334
Oh... Oh...
248
00:12:19,709 --> 00:12:22,167
So good... Oh...
249
00:12:22,792 --> 00:12:24,667
Shh... Shh...
250
00:12:26,792 --> 00:12:28,918
Big Mama,
that fried chicken
smells good.
251
00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,459
I can't wait to get
some of that.
252
00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:35,000
Oh, baby, don't ever
put anything like this
on the stove.
253
00:12:35,083 --> 00:12:37,292
You could burn
the house down.
Yes, ma'am.
254
00:12:37,375 --> 00:12:40,417
Remember that time
Bird almost burned
the house down?
255
00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:41,751
Big Mama, your arm!
256
00:12:41,834 --> 00:12:44,334
Mama!
Get me some butter, baby.
257
00:12:44,417 --> 00:12:46,751
You don't need butter.
You need ice.
258
00:12:46,834 --> 00:12:49,584
Mama, you ain't been
takin' your insulin?
259
00:12:51,167 --> 00:12:52,751
And I bet you ain't been
to the doctor, either.
260
00:12:52,834 --> 00:12:54,626
Maxine, I told you
I don't need no doctor.
261
00:12:54,709 --> 00:12:58,918
Now, that's nothing that
a little salve, turpentine,
or my herbs won't cure.
262
00:12:59,876 --> 00:13:02,667
Except your diabetes.
(SIGHS)
263
00:13:02,751 --> 00:13:05,584
AHMAD: I didn't know what
diabetes was back then,
264
00:13:05,667 --> 00:13:07,959
but I was sure
about to find out.
265
00:13:09,959 --> 00:13:12,834
REVEREND WILLIAMS:
As we bow our heads
on this special day,
266
00:13:14,125 --> 00:13:16,751
we ask a special prayer
for this table,
267
00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:20,167
a special prayer
for Mother Joe,
268
00:13:20,250 --> 00:13:22,959
who has provided
for the roamin' eye
of the reverend
269
00:13:23,042 --> 00:13:24,250
beautiful breasts
270
00:13:24,334 --> 00:13:27,292
and delicious legs under...
I mean, on the table.
271
00:13:27,375 --> 00:13:30,876
Lord, all I'm askin' is,
bless this bread,
272
00:13:30,959 --> 00:13:32,083
bless this meat,
273
00:13:32,167 --> 00:13:35,042
and bless my stomach,
'cause I's gonna eat.
274
00:13:35,542 --> 00:13:36,626
ALL: Amen!
275
00:13:36,709 --> 00:13:39,167
(INDISTINCT CHATTER
AND LAUGHTER)
276
00:13:45,709 --> 00:13:47,709
Take your time, son.
277
00:13:47,792 --> 00:13:49,667
There you go.
Don't take too much.
278
00:13:49,751 --> 00:13:51,500
Just what you need.
279
00:13:51,584 --> 00:13:53,334
You got to remember, son,
280
00:13:53,417 --> 00:13:55,459
this is for the needy,
not the greedy.
281
00:13:55,542 --> 00:13:56,876
(LAUGHING)
282
00:13:56,959 --> 00:13:58,292
Chicken?
Please.
283
00:14:02,167 --> 00:14:05,125
(CHATTER CONTINUES)
284
00:14:08,042 --> 00:14:09,834
Oh, thank you.
285
00:14:10,834 --> 00:14:13,083
I dreamt of fishes last night.
286
00:14:13,167 --> 00:14:16,417
Ohh... Oh, oh...
REVEREND WILLIAMS: Somebody
been deep-sea fishin'.
287
00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:17,709
Don't look over here.
288
00:14:17,792 --> 00:14:19,250
Don't point over here.
289
00:14:19,334 --> 00:14:21,542
What? You never know.
290
00:14:21,626 --> 00:14:23,000
What's she talking about,
fishes?
291
00:14:23,083 --> 00:14:25,375
Oh, no, it just
means that either
somebody's coming
292
00:14:25,459 --> 00:14:28,125
or somebody in the family
is pregnant.
293
00:14:28,209 --> 00:14:30,584
Or gonna get pregnant.
294
00:14:30,667 --> 00:14:32,042
What you looking
at me for?
295
00:14:32,125 --> 00:14:33,542
MAXINE: Y'all know
she can't be talking about me
296
00:14:33,626 --> 00:14:35,709
'cause this is the last
fish dream right here.
297
00:14:35,792 --> 00:14:38,584
Don't sweep the dust
straight out the door.
298
00:14:38,667 --> 00:14:40,626
If you do, you sweep out
the good fortune.
299
00:14:40,709 --> 00:14:41,959
Whatever that means.
300
00:14:43,792 --> 00:14:45,083
Wasn't that Daddy
that said that?
301
00:14:45,167 --> 00:14:47,334
Daddy was the most
superstitious man
I ever met.
302
00:14:47,417 --> 00:14:50,334
Oh, yeah?
Well, check it out...
I got one, I got one.
303
00:14:50,417 --> 00:14:53,417
If you step on a crack,
you break your mama's back.
304
00:14:54,042 --> 00:14:55,209
(COUGHS)
305
00:14:58,500 --> 00:15:00,083
(CLEARS THROAT)
306
00:15:00,167 --> 00:15:02,334
Did you guys
try my fish cakes?
307
00:15:02,417 --> 00:15:05,334
'Cause I made them this year,
and I'm very proud.
308
00:15:05,417 --> 00:15:07,209
My plate's full.
309
00:15:07,292 --> 00:15:09,000
My plate's full, too.
310
00:15:09,834 --> 00:15:11,334
See, y'all ain't right.
311
00:15:11,417 --> 00:15:12,876
Y'all ain't right,
but that's all right.
312
00:15:12,959 --> 00:15:14,792
I'll take 'em, baby.
That's right.
My boo likes 'em.
313
00:15:14,876 --> 00:15:16,417
That's all that matters.
314
00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:18,709
That's all right, Bird.
You ain't got to worry
about cooking, girl,
315
00:15:18,792 --> 00:15:20,292
'cause you know
you can do some hair.
316
00:15:20,375 --> 00:15:22,959
And we know Miss Teri,
we know she can't
cook nothing.
317
00:15:23,042 --> 00:15:25,375
Ain't that right, Ma?
That's why you always
had me cookin', huh?
318
00:15:26,542 --> 00:15:28,167
TERI: Well,
I wasn't in the kitchen
319
00:15:28,250 --> 00:15:30,876
'cause mama and daddy
kept my head in the books,
320
00:15:30,959 --> 00:15:33,918
and that's why
I'm a successful lawyer...
321
00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,375
AHMAD: So as you can see,
Moms and Aunt Teri
don't get along.
322
00:15:37,459 --> 00:15:39,959
Never have, maybe never will.
323
00:15:40,042 --> 00:15:42,959
Big Mama says
she's should've name them
vinegar and oil,
324
00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:44,876
'cause they just don't mix.
325
00:15:44,959 --> 00:15:46,918
It all started
back in the early '80s,
326
00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,584
back before I was even born.
327
00:15:49,667 --> 00:15:52,459
The rule was,
if one of the Joseph girls
had a date,
328
00:15:52,542 --> 00:15:55,042
their beau had to bring along
one of the sisters,
329
00:15:55,125 --> 00:15:56,751
you know, like a chaperone.
330
00:15:56,834 --> 00:15:58,792
Back when Teri and my pops
were going out,
331
00:15:58,876 --> 00:16:01,042
Big Mama always had
Moms tag along,
332
00:16:01,125 --> 00:16:03,125
just in case Pops
tried anything.
333
00:16:03,918 --> 00:16:05,500
Hey, all right...
334
00:16:05,584 --> 00:16:09,334
Check it out, doll.
Oh! Mm-hmm.
335
00:16:09,417 --> 00:16:10,626
Mm. Mm. Mm.
336
00:16:12,584 --> 00:16:13,876
Hey...
337
00:16:13,959 --> 00:16:15,334
See, that's how
you got to work it.
338
00:16:15,417 --> 00:16:16,876
See, that's how you got
to learn how to skate.
339
00:16:16,959 --> 00:16:19,918
That's how you
got to do it. Ow!
340
00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,500
♪ If you want to step out
with another man ♪
341
00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,751
You all right?
342
00:16:33,042 --> 00:16:35,584
AHMAD: Now, I can't
say for sure Mom started it,
343
00:16:35,667 --> 00:16:37,334
but for damn sure
Dad couldn't resist
344
00:16:37,417 --> 00:16:39,500
whatever it was
she was throwing down.
345
00:16:42,083 --> 00:16:44,918
Look at him.
See what I'm saying?
346
00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,292
Look out!
Aah!
347
00:16:47,417 --> 00:16:48,626
I told you!
348
00:17:03,584 --> 00:17:05,459
(MOANING)
349
00:17:09,375 --> 00:17:10,918
Kenny...
350
00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,918
AHMAD: Mom stole Dad
right out from underneath
Aunt Teri's nose.
351
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,751
And the two haven't
gotten along since.
Teri, Teri...
352
00:17:16,834 --> 00:17:18,584
Get outta the car!
Teri...
353
00:17:18,667 --> 00:17:20,209
Get outta the car now!
354
00:17:20,292 --> 00:17:22,417
Get outta the car
right now! Get out!
355
00:17:24,042 --> 00:17:25,918
Oh, shit!
(YELLING)
356
00:17:31,792 --> 00:17:34,000
Hey, get off her, Teri.
Come on, now...
357
00:17:34,083 --> 00:17:37,334
Come on, now.
Hey, Teri!
Come on, now...
358
00:17:37,417 --> 00:17:39,584
Now, just cut out
all that hoosier jawing.
359
00:17:39,667 --> 00:17:41,375
Y'all do this every Sunday.
360
00:17:41,459 --> 00:17:44,125
Talkin' about I can't cook.
I've been cooking
longer than you've been alive.
361
00:17:44,209 --> 00:17:45,417
Corn bread.
362
00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:46,751
TERI: Corn bread
is my specialty,
363
00:17:46,834 --> 00:17:48,417
from scratch, okay?
(INDISTINCT ARGUING)
364
00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:50,042
Um, Lem...
365
00:17:50,125 --> 00:17:51,709
Why'd you get
thrown in the joint, man?
366
00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:55,459
Kenny, you don't...
KENNY: What?
367
00:17:58,667 --> 00:18:01,751
Look, um...
I ain't gonna lie to y'all.
368
00:18:01,834 --> 00:18:03,584
I made a stupid mistake.
369
00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:06,792
Came here from New York
to help my cousin out, and...
370
00:18:07,959 --> 00:18:10,500
I guess I just
got caught.
Doing?
371
00:18:10,584 --> 00:18:12,000
Kenny, damn.
What?
372
00:18:12,083 --> 00:18:13,459
LEM: Nah, it's all right.
373
00:18:13,542 --> 00:18:15,209
I got caught sellin' a little
somethin'-somethin'...
374
00:18:15,292 --> 00:18:17,000
And he paid his debt
to society,
375
00:18:17,083 --> 00:18:19,918
and it's no different
from Daddy
and his gambling.
376
00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,709
See, in life,
we all make some
bad choices.
377
00:18:23,792 --> 00:18:25,250
My husband was gamblin',
378
00:18:25,334 --> 00:18:27,542
and, yeah, he was bad at it.
379
00:18:27,626 --> 00:18:29,918
In fact, we almost
lost this house.
380
00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,918
But I worked...
On my hands and knees
381
00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000
cleanin' up after white folks,
382
00:18:36,083 --> 00:18:37,959
takin' in laundry...
383
00:18:38,042 --> 00:18:40,792
See, you do what you
have to do to stay strong,
384
00:18:41,667 --> 00:18:43,042
to save the family,
385
00:18:43,834 --> 00:18:45,584
even if you stumble tryin'.
386
00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:47,834
Now, I'm gonna
tell you something.
387
00:18:47,918 --> 00:18:51,584
One finger pointing the blame
don't make no impact.
388
00:18:51,667 --> 00:18:54,626
But you ball up all them
fingers into a mighty fist,
389
00:18:54,709 --> 00:18:57,417
and you can strike
a mighty blow.
390
00:18:58,584 --> 00:19:02,667
Now, this family
got to be that fist.
391
00:19:06,667 --> 00:19:09,459
Oh, my lord...
392
00:19:10,167 --> 00:19:11,334
Faith...
393
00:19:14,834 --> 00:19:16,167
Come here, baby.
394
00:19:20,751 --> 00:19:23,250
AHMAD: Cousin Faith...
Lord have mercy.
395
00:19:23,334 --> 00:19:26,334
The niece Big Mama took in
after her sister died.
396
00:19:26,417 --> 00:19:28,042
In case you missed the news,
397
00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:31,000
Faith is trouble...
Big-time trouble.
398
00:19:31,083 --> 00:19:32,751
What is she doing here?
399
00:19:32,834 --> 00:19:35,792
AHMAD: Last we heard,
she was strippin' in some
club out in California.
400
00:19:35,876 --> 00:19:38,417
Then some guy
supposedly discovered her
401
00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:40,500
and got her dancing
in rap videos,
402
00:19:40,584 --> 00:19:43,542
though I ain't never seen her
in none of them.
403
00:19:43,626 --> 00:19:45,626
Teri, you can take her,
'cause you know
she ain't staying
404
00:19:45,709 --> 00:19:47,083
with me, Kenny,
and the kids.
405
00:19:47,167 --> 00:19:49,125
BIG MAMA: Ahmad,
kiss your cousin.
406
00:19:49,209 --> 00:19:50,876
AHMAD: Now here she comes.
407
00:19:50,959 --> 00:19:53,209
FAITH: Oh, my God,
you've grown so much.
408
00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:56,083
Hi. Ohh...
409
00:19:59,125 --> 00:20:02,042
BIG MAMA: Rev,
this is my sister's baby.
410
00:20:03,250 --> 00:20:04,792
(CHUCKLING)
411
00:20:04,876 --> 00:20:06,334
Mama Joe, Mama Joe.
412
00:20:06,417 --> 00:20:07,876
Oh...
Aah, ahh...
413
00:20:07,959 --> 00:20:09,334
This is a blessing.
Whoo!
414
00:20:11,042 --> 00:20:16,000
(LAUGHING)
Oh, welcome home.
415
00:20:16,083 --> 00:20:17,292
I think it's time.
416
00:20:17,375 --> 00:20:19,250
KENNY: What?
Your baby?
417
00:20:19,334 --> 00:20:20,626
What's the doctor's number?
418
00:20:20,709 --> 00:20:22,083
(ALL CLAMORING)
419
00:20:24,792 --> 00:20:26,375
What's the name
of the doctor?
420
00:20:27,584 --> 00:20:29,459
I don't know.
BIG MAMA: All right.
421
00:20:29,542 --> 00:20:30,918
I'll get this right now.
422
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,751
Okay. All right.
I got it. I got it.
423
00:20:33,834 --> 00:20:36,751
Just get the door.
Yeah... Okay...
424
00:20:36,834 --> 00:20:39,125
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
425
00:20:44,250 --> 00:20:46,042
(BABY CRYING)
426
00:20:49,334 --> 00:20:51,292
(INAUDIBLE)
427
00:21:23,375 --> 00:21:24,876
AHMAD: The birth
of my baby sister,
428
00:21:24,959 --> 00:21:27,000
Faith poppin' in
from out of nowhere,
429
00:21:27,083 --> 00:21:30,125
who could have guessed
things wouldn't just keep
getting better?
430
00:21:31,626 --> 00:21:34,000
And this is where
the problem is.
431
00:21:36,626 --> 00:21:39,959
Mama, it's gonna be
all right, okay?
432
00:21:40,042 --> 00:21:42,209
Here.
Put your sweater on.
433
00:21:42,292 --> 00:21:44,834
I'm not getting
my leg cut off.
434
00:21:48,751 --> 00:21:50,292
Mama, you have to.
435
00:21:52,083 --> 00:21:54,417
There's no blood
circulating to that leg.
436
00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:57,792
You're diabetic.
437
00:21:57,876 --> 00:22:00,042
You haven't
been watching
what you eat.
438
00:22:06,334 --> 00:22:08,542
Nobody's cutting
off my leg.
439
00:22:09,083 --> 00:22:10,292
And that's that.
440
00:22:16,959 --> 00:22:19,334
WOMAN: The last thing
you need, Miss Girl,
is a G-string.
441
00:22:19,417 --> 00:22:21,667
So wait a minute.
You telling me I should
give him some, right?
442
00:22:21,751 --> 00:22:23,375
(CHATTER CONTINUES)
443
00:22:25,167 --> 00:22:26,834
What y'all over there
talking about?
444
00:22:26,918 --> 00:22:28,250
WOMAN: The nasty, darling.
445
00:22:28,334 --> 00:22:29,834
(LAUGHTER)
446
00:22:29,918 --> 00:22:31,250
Now come on, now,
we got clients.
447
00:22:31,334 --> 00:22:32,751
Ohh...
448
00:22:32,834 --> 00:22:35,125
Y'all better slow down.
This is...
Oh, Bird.
449
00:22:35,209 --> 00:22:38,042
I just finished dumping
all the garbage.
Oh, thank you, baby.
450
00:22:38,125 --> 00:22:39,792
Why don't you help me sweep
up some of this hair,
451
00:22:39,876 --> 00:22:41,876
and then call your mama
and see what time
she's gonna pick you up.
452
00:22:41,959 --> 00:22:43,125
All right.
453
00:22:43,959 --> 00:22:46,584
(CHATTERING)
454
00:22:50,083 --> 00:22:51,417
What's up, shorty?
455
00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:57,417
Nice.
456
00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:58,751
Very nice.
457
00:23:02,167 --> 00:23:04,125
I see Teri finally
got up off the dime
458
00:23:04,209 --> 00:23:06,459
and gave you the money
to open up your little shop.
459
00:23:06,542 --> 00:23:09,959
Teri didn't give me anything.
It was an investment.
460
00:23:10,042 --> 00:23:11,834
See, if you had
a-come to me,
461
00:23:11,918 --> 00:23:13,667
I would have
given it to you.
462
00:23:13,751 --> 00:23:15,334
But at what cost?
463
00:23:15,417 --> 00:23:17,292
How much
you willing to sacrifice?
464
00:23:17,375 --> 00:23:18,667
Nothin'.
465
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,292
Mm-mm.
466
00:23:23,375 --> 00:23:25,375
Girl, you are gettin' thick.
467
00:23:26,667 --> 00:23:27,792
All right,
that'll do it.
468
00:23:27,876 --> 00:23:29,500
They'll take care of you
up at the front desk,
469
00:23:29,584 --> 00:23:31,417
and I'll see
you next week.
470
00:23:34,292 --> 00:23:37,167
Let me tell you
something, okay?
471
00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:38,876
I am married now.
Right.
472
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,042
So whatever it is that
you and me had goin' on
before is over with.
473
00:23:43,125 --> 00:23:45,375
Hmm.
And besides,
474
00:23:45,459 --> 00:23:47,292
my husband's name...
475
00:23:48,542 --> 00:23:52,000
Is written
all over my kitty cat.
476
00:23:59,042 --> 00:24:00,876
A weddin' gift.
477
00:24:02,834 --> 00:24:05,792
I know you like
the finer things in life,
478
00:24:05,876 --> 00:24:09,167
and I know your man
can't afford to buy you
shit like that,
479
00:24:09,250 --> 00:24:11,292
him just gettin'
outta jail and all.
480
00:24:12,876 --> 00:24:14,626
When you need me...
481
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,334
Call me.
482
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,250
Hmm?
483
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,542
Later, shorty.
484
00:24:26,792 --> 00:24:28,000
Oh, my God.
485
00:24:28,083 --> 00:24:29,375
Whoo...
486
00:24:32,584 --> 00:24:34,792
(CHUCKLING)
487
00:24:34,876 --> 00:24:36,292
Bring my shorty up right.
488
00:24:39,959 --> 00:24:42,500
Hey, hey...
Hey, baby.
489
00:24:42,584 --> 00:24:44,834
You're gonna love this.
490
00:24:44,918 --> 00:24:48,000
Kenny, what you done
brought up in here?
It's an Apple Performa.
491
00:24:48,083 --> 00:24:50,334
A computer?
It's for the baby.
492
00:24:50,417 --> 00:24:52,500
For the baby.
Uh-huh.
493
00:24:52,584 --> 00:24:55,834
Oh, man, it's got
everything. It's got
a color monitor,
494
00:24:55,918 --> 00:24:58,667
CD-ROM, Internet,
495
00:24:58,751 --> 00:25:01,167
fax, e-mail...
496
00:25:01,250 --> 00:25:02,626
It's got everything.
497
00:25:02,709 --> 00:25:04,918
You don't think
she's a little young
for a computer?
498
00:25:05,334 --> 00:25:06,542
Nah.
499
00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:11,292
What?
500
00:25:12,459 --> 00:25:14,042
You just look beautiful.
501
00:25:14,125 --> 00:25:15,375
Heh. You're silly.
502
00:25:15,459 --> 00:25:16,834
Hold it for one second,
all right?
503
00:25:17,459 --> 00:25:18,709
One second.
504
00:25:20,167 --> 00:25:22,292
See what your daddy got you?
505
00:25:25,209 --> 00:25:27,959
Yeah. See what your daddy got?
506
00:25:28,042 --> 00:25:29,500
Yeah.
507
00:25:31,834 --> 00:25:33,584
(SLOW MUSIC PLAYS)
508
00:25:37,792 --> 00:25:40,709
What you doin', Kenny?
(CHUCKLES)
509
00:25:43,125 --> 00:25:46,209
You are so silly.
510
00:25:46,292 --> 00:25:49,792
What you doing?
Hey... Come here, now.
511
00:25:49,876 --> 00:25:52,292
Mm, with your fine self.
512
00:25:53,250 --> 00:25:55,334
MAXINE: My other baby, huh?
513
00:25:55,417 --> 00:25:56,876
Mm-hmm.
514
00:25:56,959 --> 00:26:00,584
Smellin' all good...
(LAUGHS)
515
00:26:00,667 --> 00:26:03,375
You gonna get
in trouble, now.
What you talkin' 'bout?
516
00:26:03,459 --> 00:26:05,417
You know the doctor said
we gotta wait six weeks.
517
00:26:05,500 --> 00:26:07,709
It's been six weeks.
No, it ain't been
six weeks.
518
00:26:07,792 --> 00:26:10,375
Oh, see, you're wrong.
You know that you're wrong.
519
00:26:11,459 --> 00:26:12,959
(LIGHT KNOCKING ON DOOR)
520
00:26:14,292 --> 00:26:15,834
Did you hear that?
521
00:26:15,918 --> 00:26:18,000
It's the door.
No, it wasn't no door.
522
00:26:18,083 --> 00:26:19,751
MAXINE: Yes.
(KNOCKING)
523
00:26:19,834 --> 00:26:21,375
See who's at the door.
524
00:26:22,167 --> 00:26:24,375
Go see.
525
00:26:24,459 --> 00:26:25,667
Go and see who's at the door.
526
00:26:25,751 --> 00:26:28,876
(KNOCKING CONTINUES)
527
00:26:32,459 --> 00:26:34,000
Hey. What's up, man?
528
00:26:34,083 --> 00:26:35,459
What's up, man?
529
00:26:35,542 --> 00:26:37,709
(SIGHS) I was just, um...
(BABY CRIES)
530
00:26:37,792 --> 00:26:39,709
I mean, uh, I don't
even know why I'm here.
531
00:26:39,792 --> 00:26:41,292
I'm just, uh,
if you're busy,
532
00:26:41,375 --> 00:26:44,042
I'll come back another time.
No, no. Come on in, man.
Come on in.
533
00:26:45,792 --> 00:26:47,042
MAXINE: Who's that, Kenny?
534
00:26:47,125 --> 00:26:48,292
It's Lem.
535
00:26:51,792 --> 00:26:53,000
After you, brother.
536
00:26:54,542 --> 00:26:56,667
How you doin', Lem?
LEM: Hey.
537
00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:04,000
I just need to talk
to you for a minute.
538
00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:08,083
It's, uh,
kind of personal.
539
00:27:14,083 --> 00:27:15,334
It's okay.
540
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,667
See, that's how
we got this one.
You better quit it.
541
00:27:22,292 --> 00:27:23,375
Mm.
542
00:27:24,125 --> 00:27:25,667
So, uh, what's up, man?
543
00:27:35,250 --> 00:27:37,334
I was, um...
544
00:27:37,417 --> 00:27:39,375
I was fired
from my job today.
545
00:27:40,918 --> 00:27:43,834
I lied
on my application.
546
00:27:43,918 --> 00:27:48,167
They ask if you ever
been convicted,
and... I checked no.
547
00:27:50,667 --> 00:27:52,042
See, Kenny, man,
you and Miles, man,
548
00:27:52,125 --> 00:27:54,709
y'all got yourselves
together on the job, too.
549
00:27:54,792 --> 00:27:57,918
I was just hopin' if...
If you knew anybody
550
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,250
or of any
job openings, man.
551
00:28:01,334 --> 00:28:02,959
I'll do anything.
552
00:28:03,042 --> 00:28:05,209
Yo, man, we'll find you
something, all right?
553
00:28:06,417 --> 00:28:08,459
Cool, man. Thanks, man.
554
00:28:09,167 --> 00:28:11,375
(SIGHS)
555
00:28:11,459 --> 00:28:15,042
So now the only thing is,
I gotta find a way to
explain this to Bird, man.
556
00:28:15,125 --> 00:28:17,417
What?
She's high-maintenance,
you know.
557
00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:20,042
I mean, she walks around
the house in Chanel sandals
558
00:28:20,125 --> 00:28:21,542
and shit like that,
559
00:28:21,626 --> 00:28:24,876
and I don't want to
make it seem like
I'm livin' off of her.
560
00:28:24,959 --> 00:28:28,542
No, no, you don't want
to tell her, man.
561
00:28:28,626 --> 00:28:30,417
W-why not?
'Cause you ain't
got a job.
562
00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:33,083
No, you don't wanna
tell a woman...
A Black woman.
563
00:28:33,167 --> 00:28:37,125
And especially a Black woman,
that you ain't got a J-O-B.
564
00:28:37,209 --> 00:28:39,042
It's all right for them
to lie around the house,
565
00:28:39,125 --> 00:28:41,042
but let a man...
A brother.
566
00:28:41,125 --> 00:28:42,626
Especially a brother.
567
00:28:42,709 --> 00:28:45,542
Shit. You could be fixin'
the caps underneath
the kitchen seats or...
568
00:28:45,626 --> 00:28:48,459
Or waterin' plants.
Mm. Washin' the dishes.
569
00:28:48,542 --> 00:28:49,792
Takin' the garbage out.
570
00:28:49,876 --> 00:28:51,751
Here, man.
Let me give you
a little somethin'.
571
00:28:53,125 --> 00:28:54,292
(SCOFFS)
572
00:28:54,375 --> 00:28:56,292
No matter what you do
around the house,
573
00:28:56,375 --> 00:28:57,918
they still will
consider you...
574
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,918
A trifling nigga.
Mm-hmm.
575
00:29:02,667 --> 00:29:04,584
Don't tell her.
Don't tell her.
576
00:29:04,667 --> 00:29:06,167
AHMAD: Yeah, that was good.
577
00:29:06,250 --> 00:29:09,083
MILES: Ha ha! See that?
Got you with
your own trick, right?
578
00:29:09,959 --> 00:29:11,125
Hey.
Hey.
579
00:29:11,209 --> 00:29:12,584
AHMAD: Hey, Aunt Teri.
580
00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:14,292
Hey, sweetie.
You staying with us?
581
00:29:14,375 --> 00:29:15,417
Yeah.
582
00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:20,000
Yeah. Kenny and Max
need a little time,
583
00:29:20,083 --> 00:29:21,375
and Kelly's with Bird.
584
00:29:21,459 --> 00:29:22,667
(SIGHS)
585
00:29:22,751 --> 00:29:25,167
I got your favorite tonight.
586
00:29:25,250 --> 00:29:28,083
Yeah, I spent
many hours slaving.
587
00:29:33,709 --> 00:29:35,584
I'm looking
forward to it.
588
00:29:35,667 --> 00:29:36,667
Aunt Teri?
Hmm?
589
00:29:37,959 --> 00:29:40,876
Is Big Mama gonna
get her leg cut off?
590
00:29:40,959 --> 00:29:42,667
You're worried,
aren't you, huh?
591
00:29:44,918 --> 00:29:46,709
Yeah.
592
00:29:47,500 --> 00:29:49,250
I don't know.
593
00:29:52,209 --> 00:29:54,709
Looks like that case
is kicking your butt.
594
00:29:54,792 --> 00:29:58,209
Yeah. I don't know how long
the jury's gonna be out.
595
00:29:58,292 --> 00:30:02,000
And the firm is really
pushing me to be partner.
596
00:30:03,626 --> 00:30:05,542
Well, that's what
you want, right?
597
00:30:06,125 --> 00:30:08,918
To make partner?
598
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,209
Any attorney worth their salt
wants to make partner, Miles.
599
00:30:12,876 --> 00:30:14,209
(DOORBELL BUZZES)
600
00:30:15,459 --> 00:30:17,500
AHMAD: I bet
that's cousin Faith.
601
00:30:17,584 --> 00:30:18,876
I got it.
602
00:30:27,250 --> 00:30:30,876
There's, uh, some money
missing from our savings.
603
00:30:30,959 --> 00:30:34,083
Last week, there was...
I took $5,000 out.
604
00:30:35,375 --> 00:30:38,417
I used it as down payment
for studio time.
605
00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:41,667
Fellas and I are gonna
record a CD.
606
00:30:42,125 --> 00:30:43,667
A CD?
607
00:30:43,751 --> 00:30:45,167
Yeah.
608
00:30:45,250 --> 00:30:48,918
Miles, I thought
you playing with this band
was just a hobby.
609
00:30:50,417 --> 00:30:52,250
Why would you say
something like that?
610
00:30:52,334 --> 00:30:53,918
Because
you're an attorney.
611
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,042
You work for a great firm
with a great reputation.
612
00:30:58,292 --> 00:30:59,709
We could make twice
the amount of money
613
00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:01,042
if you spent
more time on your job
614
00:31:01,125 --> 00:31:02,876
and quit this music crap.
615
00:31:02,959 --> 00:31:08,626
If I wanna take $5,000
of my money out of the bank,
I'll do it.
616
00:31:08,709 --> 00:31:11,751
Only $31,132 are yours.
617
00:31:13,918 --> 00:31:17,167
Tomorrow, we're getting
separate accounts.
618
00:31:19,542 --> 00:31:22,626
Okay, uh...
619
00:31:23,667 --> 00:31:25,417
Just for the books' sake,
620
00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:29,125
next time you take
some money out,
inform me, all right?
621
00:31:32,167 --> 00:31:33,918
Fine.
622
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,918
FAITH: Hi! Hello.
What's up?
Faith, how you doing?
623
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,459
Teri... Hey.
624
00:31:41,542 --> 00:31:44,167
Just wanna say thanks again
for letting me crash here.
625
00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:46,584
Your place
is really fantastic.
626
00:31:46,667 --> 00:31:49,125
So, where do I
put my stuff?
627
00:31:54,334 --> 00:31:59,626
AHMAD: Hard as it was,
Big Mama was finally
convinced to have surgery.
628
00:31:59,709 --> 00:32:03,626
You know your daddy always
said you was the strongest...
629
00:32:03,709 --> 00:32:06,500
And the family gonna need
your strength now.
630
00:32:07,918 --> 00:32:09,584
Now, where's that baby?
631
00:32:11,417 --> 00:32:12,626
Ahmad.
632
00:32:22,334 --> 00:32:26,792
Oh, sweet pea,
I'm gonna be just fine.
633
00:32:26,876 --> 00:32:29,042
Just need you
to be strong.
634
00:32:30,709 --> 00:32:32,792
That's why
I'm doing this for you.
635
00:32:34,542 --> 00:32:37,459
So we gonna be
strong together, okay?
636
00:32:39,209 --> 00:32:40,459
Okay?
637
00:32:49,834 --> 00:32:52,292
AHMAD: After they moved
Big Mama off down the hall,
638
00:32:52,375 --> 00:32:57,542
we all just kind of sat around
on our hands, saying nothing.
639
00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:08,500
I'm gonna use
the restroom, okay?
640
00:33:09,250 --> 00:33:10,542
Stay with Daddy.
641
00:33:17,751 --> 00:33:19,709
I'm sorry.
There was a problem.
642
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,250
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
643
00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:03,292
DOCTOR: Everything's
gonna be fine...
644
00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:06,417
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
645
00:34:08,959 --> 00:34:10,959
MAXINE: Ahmad...
646
00:34:11,042 --> 00:34:13,459
Ahmad, baby,
I don't think you
should be in here.
647
00:34:13,542 --> 00:34:16,000
Wait. Come on, baby.
TERI: Where's Kenny?
648
00:34:16,083 --> 00:34:18,667
Ahmad, come on. Ahmad...
649
00:34:24,792 --> 00:34:26,250
AHMAD: The doctor
said Big Mama
650
00:34:26,334 --> 00:34:29,792
suffered a stroke
during surgery
and fell into a coma.
651
00:34:29,876 --> 00:34:32,334
We all kind of knew things
would never be the same,
652
00:34:32,417 --> 00:34:35,792
and all any of us
could feel was bad.
653
00:35:23,792 --> 00:35:24,959
We'll call you.
654
00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:28,459
Look, there's a sign
outside your door
655
00:35:28,542 --> 00:35:30,459
that says you're
willing to train.
656
00:35:30,542 --> 00:35:34,834
Now, I got experience
on the presses,
and I'm a quick learner.
657
00:35:34,918 --> 00:35:37,292
I can do the work.
658
00:35:44,792 --> 00:35:46,959
Like I said, we'll call you.
659
00:35:58,667 --> 00:36:00,959
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
660
00:36:07,584 --> 00:36:09,250
(HORN HONKS)
661
00:36:10,250 --> 00:36:11,500
Yo!
662
00:36:12,375 --> 00:36:13,542
I'll check you later.
663
00:36:13,626 --> 00:36:15,542
BOY: All right.
See you, man.
664
00:36:20,834 --> 00:36:24,542
LEM: What's up, man?
Come on get in.
I'll take you home.
665
00:36:24,626 --> 00:36:27,459
Why you all G'd up today, Lem?
(RAP MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR STEREO)
666
00:36:27,542 --> 00:36:28,959
If I tell you something,
667
00:36:29,042 --> 00:36:31,459
you gotta promise me
you won't tell your mama
668
00:36:31,542 --> 00:36:33,167
or your nosy-ass aunties.
669
00:36:33,542 --> 00:36:34,792
Cool.
670
00:36:36,667 --> 00:36:39,083
I was fired
from my job last week.
671
00:36:39,167 --> 00:36:41,000
I been trying to find
another one,
672
00:36:41,083 --> 00:36:43,209
except things
ain't going so good.
673
00:36:43,292 --> 00:36:44,584
Ah, don't sweat it.
674
00:36:44,667 --> 00:36:46,292
You'll find a gig soon.
675
00:36:46,375 --> 00:36:48,375
You got a lot of confidence
just to be a little shorty.
676
00:36:48,459 --> 00:36:51,751
(CHUCKLES) I get it
from Big Mama, they say.
677
00:36:52,375 --> 00:36:55,167
Big Mama, heh.
678
00:36:55,250 --> 00:36:57,334
Here, throw these
in the glove box for me.
679
00:37:10,667 --> 00:37:12,667
You know I spent some time
in prison, right?
680
00:37:14,834 --> 00:37:16,417
I wouldn't even
have been locked up
681
00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:19,042
if I'd have been smart,
like you seem to be.
682
00:37:23,709 --> 00:37:24,834
You know,
683
00:37:24,918 --> 00:37:27,417
Big Mama's always saying
you gotta love yourself.
684
00:37:29,459 --> 00:37:30,709
Maybe you should try that.
685
00:37:31,292 --> 00:37:33,250
(CHUCKLES) My man.
686
00:37:42,751 --> 00:37:44,000
Well, it's getting late,
687
00:37:44,083 --> 00:37:46,334
and I still have
to grocery shop
for dinner tomorrow.
688
00:37:47,876 --> 00:37:49,209
Okay.
689
00:37:49,292 --> 00:37:53,292
Max, surely,
you don't expect to have
Sunday dinner tomorrow.
690
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,125
Why not?
691
00:37:55,209 --> 00:37:57,459
Jesus, Max, Mama is in a coma.
692
00:37:57,542 --> 00:37:59,209
Yeah I don't know, baby.
Maybe...
693
00:37:59,292 --> 00:38:02,667
No, no, no. I'm not
gonna let her ruin
a 40-year family tradition.
694
00:38:02,751 --> 00:38:05,292
Tradition?
Yes, tradition.
695
00:38:05,375 --> 00:38:07,042
Don't you tell me
about tradition.
696
00:38:07,125 --> 00:38:09,542
I am the oldest one.
I am the responsible one.
697
00:38:09,626 --> 00:38:11,751
I am the one who graduated
from law school.
698
00:38:11,834 --> 00:38:14,375
You're the one
that dropped out
when you were 19.
699
00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:15,876
Something about
your jealousy, Max.
700
00:38:15,959 --> 00:38:17,417
Will you guys stop?
701
00:38:19,918 --> 00:38:22,334
All right, let's just
take a vote.
702
00:38:22,417 --> 00:38:24,918
That's a good idea.
Let's take a vote.
703
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,542
All right, cool.
Let's vote.
704
00:38:28,459 --> 00:38:30,500
Hands in the air for all those
705
00:38:30,584 --> 00:38:32,792
who don't wanna have
Sunday dinner tomorrow.
706
00:38:39,167 --> 00:38:40,834
All right.
Hands in the air
707
00:38:40,918 --> 00:38:43,542
for all those who wanna
be sitting in front of
some chitlins,
708
00:38:43,626 --> 00:38:48,125
black-eyed peas, greens,
some fried chicken,
709
00:38:48,209 --> 00:38:51,292
macaroni and cheese,
and egg pie.
710
00:38:53,250 --> 00:38:57,292
I won't let you
disrespect my mama
like she's already dead.
711
00:38:58,584 --> 00:39:00,083
Your mama?
Mm-hmm.
712
00:39:00,167 --> 00:39:02,125
You know, Teri, you get
on my fuckin' nerves with...
713
00:39:02,209 --> 00:39:03,417
Will you lower your voice?
714
00:39:03,500 --> 00:39:05,042
Don't nobody care
if you graduated!
715
00:39:05,125 --> 00:39:06,918
That don't make you
better than nobody!
(VOICES OVERLAPPING)
716
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,125
Keep your voice down.
You guys, stop it.
717
00:39:09,209 --> 00:39:12,500
DOCTOR: I'm sorry.
I'm gonna have to ask
all of you to leave now.
718
00:39:12,584 --> 00:39:15,083
Mrs. Joseph needs quiet.
I'm sorry.
719
00:39:15,167 --> 00:39:17,417
MAXINE: I'm outta here.
Come on, Kenny!
720
00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:19,334
DOCTOR: I'm sorry.
721
00:39:20,209 --> 00:39:22,042
MAXINE: Whatever.
I'm outta here.
722
00:39:22,918 --> 00:39:24,667
Come on, let's go.
We're outta here.
723
00:39:24,751 --> 00:39:26,125
KENNY: Max, that wasn't
even necessary.
724
00:39:26,209 --> 00:39:27,542
That's all right.
I'm tired of her.
725
00:39:27,626 --> 00:39:29,125
She's always
got something to say.
726
00:39:29,209 --> 00:39:32,500
Where's my coat? Come on.
Maybe we should
think about this.
727
00:39:32,584 --> 00:39:34,042
No.
728
00:39:34,125 --> 00:39:37,167
AHMAD: Grandma's illness
was taking its toll
on the family.
729
00:39:37,250 --> 00:39:39,334
Nobody knew where
to throw the blame,
730
00:39:39,417 --> 00:39:41,334
except at each other.
731
00:39:45,334 --> 00:39:47,500
Aunt Teri and Moms especially.
732
00:39:47,584 --> 00:39:51,751
Because of them,
hardly no one
was speaking anymore.
733
00:39:53,876 --> 00:39:55,751
(INAUDIBLE)
734
00:40:04,959 --> 00:40:06,417
Poor Aunt Bird.
735
00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:10,125
She tried her best to pull off
that Sunday's dinner
all by herself.
736
00:40:10,209 --> 00:40:14,584
Because of Teri
and Mom's fight,
no one showed up.
737
00:40:14,667 --> 00:40:16,083
It was the first time
in 40 years
738
00:40:16,167 --> 00:40:17,709
our Sunday tradition
was broken.
739
00:40:19,876 --> 00:40:21,459
Let's just eat.
740
00:40:24,959 --> 00:40:26,500
Here you go.
741
00:40:43,876 --> 00:40:45,500
(TELEVISION PLAYING)
742
00:40:45,584 --> 00:40:47,334
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Uncle Pete?
743
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,334
Dinner.
744
00:41:03,626 --> 00:41:05,042
(SIGHS)
745
00:41:08,542 --> 00:41:09,751
(VITALS MONITOR BEEPING)
746
00:41:43,375 --> 00:41:45,792
I know you think
I been avoiding you.
747
00:41:45,876 --> 00:41:47,584
It's just that every time
I come by to see you,
748
00:41:47,667 --> 00:41:50,959
there's always people around
doing stuff to you
or arguing around you.
749
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:57,918
Anyway, I know
you're wondering how
everyone else is doing.
750
00:42:01,417 --> 00:42:02,667
Not good.
751
00:42:04,918 --> 00:42:07,209
We didn't have
a Sunday dinner yesterday.
752
00:42:07,292 --> 00:42:09,876
Aunt Bird said
nobody showed up.
753
00:42:11,709 --> 00:42:14,042
After church, Mom didn't
feel like cooking at home,
754
00:42:14,125 --> 00:42:17,042
so Daddy brought home
some Mickey D's.
755
00:42:17,125 --> 00:42:19,459
We were all
on the toilet all night.
756
00:42:19,542 --> 00:42:20,792
(CHUCKLES)
757
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:26,709
We need you, Big Mama.
758
00:42:53,292 --> 00:42:55,417
Yeah, I was
thinking that, too.
759
00:42:55,500 --> 00:42:56,834
Maybe when you
get out of here,
760
00:42:56,918 --> 00:42:58,542
I could help you
turn the ground over.
761
00:42:58,626 --> 00:43:01,417
As you called it,
put some fertilizer down.
762
00:43:02,667 --> 00:43:04,292
Yeah, I'll help you.
763
00:43:14,751 --> 00:43:16,667
Come dance with me.
764
00:43:16,751 --> 00:43:19,125
What?
Come dance with me.
Come on.
765
00:43:19,209 --> 00:43:20,834
Miles...
Come on. Come on.
766
00:43:20,918 --> 00:43:22,167
Dance?
Dance.
767
00:43:22,250 --> 00:43:24,375
I don't wanna dance.
Oh, come on.
768
00:43:24,459 --> 00:43:26,083
Miles...
769
00:43:26,167 --> 00:43:28,792
You know, Mama
is not doing well at all.
770
00:43:28,876 --> 00:43:32,834
Yeah, I know, and come
dance with me
and get your mind off it.
771
00:43:32,918 --> 00:43:38,500
Um, I also can't go
to see you perform tonight.
772
00:43:40,876 --> 00:43:43,500
That's what
you said last week
and the week before.
773
00:43:43,584 --> 00:43:46,834
I'd really like you to come...
You know I'm
swamped with work.
774
00:43:48,125 --> 00:43:49,918
(SIGHS) Okay.
775
00:43:51,876 --> 00:43:53,584
Well, just so you know...
776
00:43:55,709 --> 00:43:59,000
I'm thinking about pursuing
my music full time.
777
00:44:01,626 --> 00:44:03,167
Miles...
778
00:44:03,250 --> 00:44:04,876
That's a mistake.
779
00:44:06,876 --> 00:44:09,125
It's what I wanna do.
780
00:44:14,250 --> 00:44:15,584
You find a job yet?
781
00:44:18,209 --> 00:44:19,417
Nope.
782
00:44:21,751 --> 00:44:23,500
But I have an audition
coming up.
783
00:44:24,792 --> 00:44:27,667
I'm just not into
the straight job thing.
784
00:44:27,751 --> 00:44:29,626
"Straight job thing"?
785
00:44:30,667 --> 00:44:32,959
Look, I didn't plan
on staying here.
786
00:44:33,042 --> 00:44:35,584
I thought I was gonna be
at Mama Joe's.
787
00:44:35,667 --> 00:44:38,083
If you want me to leave,
I'll leave.
788
00:44:38,167 --> 00:44:40,000
Why'd you come
back here, Faith?
789
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,042
What are you gonna do
this time?
790
00:44:44,792 --> 00:44:48,500
Run up Mama's credit? Hmm?
791
00:44:49,459 --> 00:44:53,000
Or, um, make her
co-sign on a car,
792
00:44:53,083 --> 00:44:55,209
and then you leave her
with the note.
793
00:44:55,292 --> 00:44:59,000
Or better yet,
why don't you get
arrested again,
794
00:44:59,083 --> 00:45:02,751
and let Mama
put up the house
to post your bail.
795
00:45:04,626 --> 00:45:06,125
I've changed.
796
00:45:06,209 --> 00:45:07,417
You've changed?
797
00:45:10,209 --> 00:45:12,876
Don't you try to start
any shit this time.
798
00:45:13,918 --> 00:45:15,167
You hear me?
799
00:45:21,626 --> 00:45:23,959
♪ Oh, ahh
800
00:45:24,042 --> 00:45:28,792
♪ Girl, I care about you
801
00:45:28,876 --> 00:45:31,584
♪ I'm there for you
802
00:45:31,667 --> 00:45:36,083
♪ So why don't you
care for me?
803
00:45:36,167 --> 00:45:39,626
♪ Like I care about you
804
00:45:39,709 --> 00:45:44,334
♪ Oh, girl, I care about you
805
00:45:44,417 --> 00:45:47,500
♪ I'm there for you
806
00:45:47,584 --> 00:45:51,584
♪ So why don't you
care for me?
807
00:45:51,667 --> 00:45:56,292
♪ Like I care about you
808
00:45:56,375 --> 00:46:02,500
♪ I spend, like
All of my days, baby
809
00:46:02,584 --> 00:46:08,876
♪ Tryin' to suss out just
how things got this way
810
00:46:08,959 --> 00:46:14,834
♪ I thought
that we were in love
811
00:46:14,918 --> 00:46:20,626
♪ But I swear right now
I don't know what you want
812
00:46:20,709 --> 00:46:26,792
♪ I make sure that
I give you quality time
813
00:46:26,876 --> 00:46:33,250
♪ But lately I feel
you're not home by design
814
00:46:33,334 --> 00:46:35,834
♪ But still I'm gonna try
815
00:46:35,918 --> 00:46:39,876
♪ To give you the love
of my life
816
00:46:39,959 --> 00:46:42,250
♪ In hopes that you
817
00:46:42,334 --> 00:46:46,292
♪ That you will open up
your eyes, baby
818
00:46:46,375 --> 00:46:50,792
♪ Girl, I care about you
♪ Yeah
819
00:46:50,876 --> 00:46:53,626
♪ I'm there for you
820
00:46:53,709 --> 00:46:58,542
♪ So why don't you
care for me?
821
00:46:58,626 --> 00:47:00,542
♪ Like I care about you
822
00:47:00,626 --> 00:47:02,000
♪ Sometimes
823
00:47:02,083 --> 00:47:03,500
♪ Sometimes I'm not
824
00:47:03,584 --> 00:47:04,876
♪ I'm not sure that
825
00:47:04,959 --> 00:47:06,334
♪ I'm all you got
826
00:47:06,417 --> 00:47:08,042
♪ That I'm all you got
827
00:47:08,125 --> 00:47:09,626
♪ Sometimes
828
00:47:09,709 --> 00:47:15,334
♪ Sometimes I'm not sure
you love me or not, baby
829
00:47:15,417 --> 00:47:18,209
♪ There's one thing
that I'm certain of
830
00:47:18,292 --> 00:47:20,751
♪ Girl, I care for you
831
00:47:20,834 --> 00:47:24,626
♪ And the one thing
that I want is that you
832
00:47:24,709 --> 00:47:27,417
♪ Care for me, too
833
00:47:27,500 --> 00:47:31,751
♪ Girl, I care about you
834
00:47:31,834 --> 00:47:33,626
♪ I'm there for you
835
00:47:33,709 --> 00:47:37,125
♪ So why don't you
care for me?
836
00:47:37,209 --> 00:47:39,250
♪ Would you care for me, baby?
837
00:47:39,334 --> 00:47:43,918
♪ Like I care about you
838
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:47,918
♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby
839
00:47:48,667 --> 00:47:50,542
♪ Oh, girl
840
00:47:50,626 --> 00:47:52,751
♪ Yeah, oh, yeah
841
00:47:52,834 --> 00:47:56,667
♪ Ohh, ooh
842
00:47:56,751 --> 00:48:00,125
♪ I care for you ♪
843
00:48:00,209 --> 00:48:01,959
(APPLAUSE)
844
00:48:17,834 --> 00:48:19,876
That was the bomb.
845
00:48:19,959 --> 00:48:23,500
I'm serious, cousin.
You was jammin'.
846
00:48:23,584 --> 00:48:26,417
Man, I didn't know
you could play like that.
847
00:48:26,500 --> 00:48:27,834
You're good.
848
00:48:27,918 --> 00:48:30,125
Thanks, but it's not
just about me.
849
00:48:30,209 --> 00:48:31,584
I mean, we're a group,
you know?
850
00:48:31,667 --> 00:48:33,876
Besides, the way
those guys sing, they...
851
00:48:33,959 --> 00:48:35,834
They just make
my stuff come alive.
852
00:48:35,918 --> 00:48:39,584
But you're the mastermind.
You put all this together.
This is your shit.
853
00:48:39,667 --> 00:48:42,417
The group's
called "Milestone."
It ain't called "them."
854
00:48:42,500 --> 00:48:46,584
(CHUCKLES) We were
thinking about that name.
855
00:48:46,667 --> 00:48:50,584
So, you really wanna
pursue your music
full time, huh?
856
00:48:52,751 --> 00:48:54,667
I heard you and Teri talking.
857
00:48:57,334 --> 00:48:58,918
Your man's looking over here.
858
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:00,709
He's looking a little jealous.
859
00:49:00,792 --> 00:49:02,209
(LAUGHS)
860
00:49:02,292 --> 00:49:04,167
Family comes first.
861
00:49:04,250 --> 00:49:07,834
Besides, I gotta get my career
together before I can even
think about a man.
862
00:49:07,918 --> 00:49:09,292
See, I got goals, okay?
863
00:49:09,375 --> 00:49:10,626
Okay.
Okay.
864
00:49:10,709 --> 00:49:12,042
Okay.
Okay.
865
00:49:12,667 --> 00:49:14,751
(LAUGHING)
866
00:49:14,834 --> 00:49:16,375
All right.
Promise not to laugh.
867
00:49:17,209 --> 00:49:18,459
Jesus, see? Right there.
868
00:49:18,542 --> 00:49:21,292
I promise. I promise.
Okay. Fine.
869
00:49:21,375 --> 00:49:23,876
I wanna dance.
870
00:49:23,959 --> 00:49:26,209
No, no, no.
I mean really dance.
871
00:49:27,125 --> 00:49:29,709
You know,
do Broadway musicals,
872
00:49:29,792 --> 00:49:32,292
choreograph the Oscars.
873
00:49:32,375 --> 00:49:34,000
I've spent the last
few years of my life
874
00:49:34,083 --> 00:49:35,751
trying to figure out
what makes me happy,
875
00:49:35,834 --> 00:49:38,584
and I learned that
the only thing
that keeps me sane
876
00:49:38,667 --> 00:49:39,876
is dancing.
877
00:49:39,959 --> 00:49:42,417
So I'm gonna put every inch
of my energy into it,
878
00:49:42,500 --> 00:49:43,918
so help me, Jesus.
879
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:45,626
Praise the lord.
880
00:49:45,709 --> 00:49:46,792
And plus...
881
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:50,125
It just...
882
00:49:50,209 --> 00:49:52,959
It just feels so damn good.
883
00:49:53,042 --> 00:49:55,292
You know what I mean?
884
00:49:55,375 --> 00:49:57,584
It's like that with you
and your music, right?
885
00:49:59,459 --> 00:50:01,417
You want another drink?
Mm-hmm.
886
00:50:01,500 --> 00:50:02,834
Mm-hmm?
Mm-hmm.
887
00:50:02,918 --> 00:50:04,375
Okay. Sly...
888
00:50:04,459 --> 00:50:06,167
Let's get another one
over here, all right?
889
00:50:06,250 --> 00:50:07,751
SLY: All right.
890
00:50:07,834 --> 00:50:10,167
(ROMANTIC SONG PLAYING)
Ooh... Listen.
891
00:50:14,667 --> 00:50:17,250
Oh, that's my jam.
892
00:50:17,334 --> 00:50:19,209
Oh, come
and dance with me.
893
00:50:19,292 --> 00:50:20,667
Uh-uh.
I'm on my break.
894
00:50:20,751 --> 00:50:22,167
Come on.
895
00:50:25,792 --> 00:50:27,083
What the hell.
896
00:50:29,375 --> 00:50:30,751
It's stupid, honey.
897
00:50:30,834 --> 00:50:33,375
But she really thought
her hair was doing something.
898
00:50:33,459 --> 00:50:36,542
It was to' up,
to' back and over. Hello.
899
00:50:36,626 --> 00:50:38,626
So you cooked all this food
and none of your people
showed up?
900
00:50:38,709 --> 00:50:40,167
And you know
I wasn't having it.
901
00:50:40,250 --> 00:50:41,709
Oh I know you wanted
to embarrass somebody.
902
00:50:41,792 --> 00:50:44,125
Ooh, well,
we can help you get
rid of some of this.
903
00:50:44,209 --> 00:50:46,250
Now I know why none of
her people showed up.
904
00:50:46,334 --> 00:50:48,292
Miss Thing can't cook.
905
00:50:48,375 --> 00:50:49,709
You can't cook, darling.
What is this...
906
00:50:49,792 --> 00:50:52,083
(THUDDING)
What was that?
907
00:50:56,375 --> 00:50:58,959
Shh.
Why you always gotta
push me, honey?
908
00:50:59,042 --> 00:51:01,083
(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)
909
00:51:05,709 --> 00:51:07,375
Aah!
Aah!
910
00:51:09,667 --> 00:51:11,709
Wait! Wait! Stop! Stop! Stop!
911
00:51:11,792 --> 00:51:13,292
What you hit me for?
No, him!
912
00:51:13,375 --> 00:51:14,667
Stop!
What?
913
00:51:14,751 --> 00:51:16,667
What the hell y'all doing?
914
00:51:18,209 --> 00:51:19,459
Hoo.
915
00:51:21,626 --> 00:51:22,792
Ohh...
916
00:51:25,500 --> 00:51:27,167
Get in the bathroom.
917
00:51:30,751 --> 00:51:32,792
Oh, my God.
Did you see that thing?
918
00:51:32,876 --> 00:51:35,667
What are you doing home
in the middle
of the afternoon?
919
00:51:37,918 --> 00:51:39,334
I got fired from my job.
920
00:51:39,417 --> 00:51:41,000
What do you mean
you got fired?
921
00:51:41,083 --> 00:51:43,667
What, you can't
take workin' a nine-to-five?
You got in trouble again?
922
00:51:43,751 --> 00:51:46,042
No, no. I got fired
923
00:51:46,125 --> 00:51:48,584
'cause I lied
on my application
about being convicted.
924
00:51:48,667 --> 00:51:50,792
And you felt like you
couldn't tell me that?
925
00:51:50,876 --> 00:51:52,459
I wanted to tell you...
926
00:51:52,542 --> 00:51:55,042
But Kenny thought it'd be
in your best interests
927
00:51:55,125 --> 00:51:56,667
if you just didn't know.
928
00:51:56,751 --> 00:51:59,334
Kenny? You gonna
listen to Kenny?
929
00:51:59,417 --> 00:52:01,626
Well, what about us?
It's not about us!
930
00:52:01,709 --> 00:52:03,959
It's about this stupid-ass,
bullshit system.
931
00:52:04,042 --> 00:52:05,292
They lock you up
and expect you
932
00:52:05,375 --> 00:52:06,626
to do something better
with your life,
933
00:52:06,709 --> 00:52:08,125
but when you get out,
there ain't nothing better
934
00:52:08,209 --> 00:52:09,500
'cause the crackers
that got everything
935
00:52:09,584 --> 00:52:10,876
don't give you
a second chance.
936
00:52:10,959 --> 00:52:12,459
You know what?
That white man shit is old,
937
00:52:12,542 --> 00:52:14,709
and I'm sick and tired
of niggas using that shit
as an excuse.
938
00:52:14,792 --> 00:52:18,792
Hey, hey. I'm the one
who's been on six interviews.
939
00:52:19,083 --> 00:52:20,334
Six!
940
00:52:21,125 --> 00:52:23,042
They won't hire me.
941
00:52:23,125 --> 00:52:24,792
So, what you know about
being a Black man, anyway?
942
00:52:24,876 --> 00:52:27,876
You're right. I don't know
shit about being a Black man!
943
00:52:30,292 --> 00:52:31,584
(CLICKS TONGUE)
944
00:52:37,792 --> 00:52:39,626
I'm sorry.
945
00:52:41,083 --> 00:52:43,167
Look, boo, the shop is
doing really well right now.
946
00:52:43,250 --> 00:52:46,000
I'll just...
I'll just pay for our bills.
947
00:52:46,083 --> 00:52:47,959
And there's a lot of people
that come through there.
948
00:52:48,042 --> 00:52:50,918
I'll see if anybody can
hook you up with a job.
949
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:52,334
Bird...
950
00:52:52,417 --> 00:52:54,125
I don't need your help.
951
00:52:55,083 --> 00:52:57,500
I can find my own damn job.
952
00:52:57,584 --> 00:52:58,834
Okay.
953
00:53:02,334 --> 00:53:04,125
And stop looking
at my dick!
954
00:53:07,876 --> 00:53:10,626
(ARGUING INDISTINCTLY)
955
00:53:18,459 --> 00:53:21,250
MAN: Pay in full!
All right? Full!
956
00:53:21,334 --> 00:53:23,417
Pay in full!
Money up front!
All right?
957
00:53:23,500 --> 00:53:26,167
You can't take the money
right before I go in!
958
00:53:26,250 --> 00:53:28,459
This is so wrong!
Hey, Miles.
You all right?
959
00:53:28,542 --> 00:53:31,667
I'm five minutes away
from the most important
audition in my life,
960
00:53:31,751 --> 00:53:33,959
and this fool is trying
to screw me over.
961
00:53:34,042 --> 00:53:36,959
Look. It's about principles.
Business is business.
962
00:53:38,792 --> 00:53:40,125
You know something?
963
00:53:40,209 --> 00:53:42,667
I'm gonna fuck you up,
Dread Man!
964
00:53:47,542 --> 00:53:49,375
Oh, Miles,
you can help me.
965
00:53:49,459 --> 00:53:52,125
Look, they got a piano
up in the audition room.
966
00:53:52,209 --> 00:53:53,500
Look, all you gotta do...
Faith, I don't...
967
00:53:53,584 --> 00:53:55,918
Just play anything,
and I'll just dance to it.
968
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:58,792
Come on, cuz, please?
This is really
important to me.
969
00:53:59,834 --> 00:54:01,584
I'll owe you.
970
00:54:03,209 --> 00:54:04,292
(SIGHS)
971
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:18,876
WOMAN: Ready when you are.
972
00:54:28,042 --> 00:54:31,459
(PLAYS SLOW BALLAD INTRO)
973
00:54:44,042 --> 00:54:47,459
(PLAYS MODERATE TEMPO)
974
00:55:35,209 --> 00:55:37,459
Okay, Keesha, we have
you down at 10:00
with Stefan.
975
00:55:37,542 --> 00:55:38,918
Thanks. Bye.
976
00:55:39,709 --> 00:55:41,000
I knew you'd call.
977
00:55:41,083 --> 00:55:43,792
Simuel. Let me take
your briefcase, baby.
978
00:55:43,876 --> 00:55:46,250
Come on over here.
Here we go.
979
00:55:46,334 --> 00:55:48,042
I'm so glad
you could make it.
980
00:55:48,125 --> 00:55:49,584
There's something
I wanna talk to you about.
981
00:55:49,667 --> 00:55:50,918
Is that right?
982
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:52,542
HAROME: Ooh! Uh-uh!
Yeah. Have a seat.
983
00:55:52,626 --> 00:55:55,459
Why don't you let me
hook up your fade?
Fade?
984
00:55:55,542 --> 00:55:57,000
Yeah, you know,
edge you up,
985
00:55:57,083 --> 00:55:58,417
clean you up
just a little bit.
986
00:55:58,500 --> 00:56:00,709
You're looking good,
but I can always
make it better.
987
00:56:00,792 --> 00:56:03,167
Huh. Dig that.
988
00:56:08,834 --> 00:56:12,834
What's this all about, hmm?
989
00:56:12,918 --> 00:56:14,250
What do you mean?
990
00:56:15,334 --> 00:56:16,751
You acting like, you know,
991
00:56:16,834 --> 00:56:18,250
I'm Big Willie
or something like that.
992
00:56:18,334 --> 00:56:20,500
You treating me all good.
What's going on?
993
00:56:21,709 --> 00:56:26,584
Well, actually, I, um...
I need a favor.
994
00:56:28,042 --> 00:56:30,792
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
995
00:56:40,209 --> 00:56:41,751
AHMAD: When
I first saw Simuel,
996
00:56:41,834 --> 00:56:43,542
I knew he was up to no good.
997
00:56:43,626 --> 00:56:45,125
He wanted Bird bad,
998
00:56:45,209 --> 00:56:48,167
and there wasn't nothing
he wouldn't do or say
to get her.
999
00:56:48,250 --> 00:56:50,250
Yeah, something bad
was about to happen.
1000
00:56:50,334 --> 00:56:54,125
It was as plain to see
as all those phat suits
he was always wearing.
1001
00:56:54,209 --> 00:56:55,584
(INAUDIBLE)
1002
00:57:02,042 --> 00:57:03,667
What do you think?
1003
00:57:03,751 --> 00:57:06,667
You know, you got much game,
Bird. Much game.
1004
00:57:06,751 --> 00:57:09,334
I learned from you.
(CHUCKLES)
1005
00:57:09,417 --> 00:57:11,167
But what's in this for me?
1006
00:57:15,584 --> 00:57:16,834
Bird!
1007
00:57:19,542 --> 00:57:22,500
Bird, where you at, baby?
I got some great news.
1008
00:57:24,667 --> 00:57:26,250
Bird!
1009
00:57:26,334 --> 00:57:28,167
(R&B MUSIC PLAYING)
1010
00:57:37,083 --> 00:57:39,209
I found a gig.
1011
00:57:40,542 --> 00:57:43,167
(LAUGHING)
1012
00:57:43,250 --> 00:57:45,918
Yeah. Kenny
called me yesterday,
1013
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:47,292
and told me to ask
about a job
1014
00:57:47,375 --> 00:57:50,626
at the biggest in-house
printing company in town.
1015
00:57:50,709 --> 00:57:53,876
So I went in cold,
and they didn't even know
1016
00:57:53,959 --> 00:57:56,083
who the hell
Kenny Simmons was.
1017
00:57:59,334 --> 00:58:02,542
So I knew I had
to kick some game.
Right.
1018
00:58:02,626 --> 00:58:05,542
So I told the man,
next to the Goddamn man,
1019
00:58:05,626 --> 00:58:08,292
that I was the best man
for the job,
you know what I'm saying?
1020
00:58:08,375 --> 00:58:09,667
Yes.
1021
00:58:09,751 --> 00:58:12,292
So, finally,
he looks at me...
1022
00:58:12,375 --> 00:58:13,834
Hmm.
1023
00:58:13,918 --> 00:58:17,876
Stands there, says,
"You're hired."
1024
00:58:17,959 --> 00:58:19,584
Right there on the spot.
1025
00:58:19,667 --> 00:58:21,334
Like he knew that I knew
1026
00:58:21,417 --> 00:58:22,876
that he knew that I knew
1027
00:58:22,959 --> 00:58:26,751
that I... was... the man.
1028
00:58:27,375 --> 00:58:29,375
Yeah!
1029
00:58:29,459 --> 00:58:33,000
That's right, baby.
You are the man.
You're my man.
1030
00:58:33,083 --> 00:58:36,292
And with enough hours, baby,
you know what that means?
1031
00:58:36,375 --> 00:58:38,167
What?
1032
00:58:38,250 --> 00:58:39,918
We gonna get us
our own place, baby.
1033
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:41,375
Oh, yeah?
Mm-hmm.
1034
00:58:41,459 --> 00:58:43,042
-(WOOD CRACKS)
-(BOTH SCREAM)
1035
00:58:55,459 --> 00:58:58,459
MAN: (OVER PA) James Dawson,
phone call, line two.
1036
00:58:59,792 --> 00:59:03,167
James Dawson,
pick up line two.
You have a phone call.
1037
00:59:09,584 --> 00:59:14,459
Hey, Lem, I can't believe you
finished that Johnson job.
1038
00:59:14,542 --> 00:59:16,667
I didn't expect you
to finish till tomorrow.
1039
00:59:16,751 --> 00:59:17,959
Good job.
1040
00:59:18,042 --> 00:59:19,584
Thanks.
Thanks a lot, man.
1041
00:59:22,876 --> 00:59:25,709
Hey, can you run
a four-and-a-half by nine
Carver?
1042
00:59:29,292 --> 00:59:30,542
Yeah, I can work the Carver.
1043
00:59:30,626 --> 00:59:32,000
You sure?
Sure.
1044
00:59:33,584 --> 00:59:35,042
Good man.
1045
00:59:51,459 --> 00:59:52,667
Lem Harris?
1046
00:59:53,334 --> 00:59:55,042
Simuel St. James,
1047
00:59:55,125 --> 00:59:57,167
chief executive of sales
and marketing.
1048
00:59:57,250 --> 00:59:59,167
What's happening?
Yeah, how ya doing?
1049
00:59:59,250 --> 01:00:01,292
I've been hearing
a lot of good things
about you, brother.
1050
01:00:01,375 --> 01:00:03,209
I mean, especially the way
you've been handling yourself
1051
01:00:03,292 --> 01:00:04,918
with those machines
down there.
1052
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:06,500
I'm no stranger
to hard work.
1053
01:00:06,584 --> 01:00:09,042
(CHUCKLES) That's good
to know. Cigar?
1054
01:00:09,125 --> 01:00:10,792
Oh, nah.
I don't like cigars.
1055
01:00:10,876 --> 01:00:13,125
Sorry. You don't mind,
do you?
1056
01:00:13,209 --> 01:00:15,751
Uh, like I was
saying, man,
1057
01:00:15,834 --> 01:00:17,292
it's always good to,
you know,
1058
01:00:17,375 --> 01:00:20,792
have more enthusiastic,
hard-working employees
like yourself.
1059
01:00:22,375 --> 01:00:25,500
I mean, especially, you know,
down there in printing.
1060
01:00:26,792 --> 01:00:30,709
I mean, I'm no stranger
to hard work myself.
1061
01:00:32,334 --> 01:00:33,918
I'm like you.
1062
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:36,667
You see,
I'm from the hood, too.
1063
01:00:37,542 --> 01:00:39,209
But, you see, I make
$80,000 a year
1064
01:00:39,292 --> 01:00:42,417
because I was always
willing to sacrifice
1065
01:00:42,500 --> 01:00:45,042
whatever I had to in order
to get whatever I wanted.
1066
01:00:46,792 --> 01:00:49,918
You see, that's why brothers
got to stick together.
1067
01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:52,709
You know, pull one another
up in a time of need.
1068
01:00:53,959 --> 01:00:55,876
(CLEARS THROAT)
1069
01:00:55,959 --> 01:00:58,626
The white man
ain't gonna do it.
1070
01:00:58,709 --> 01:01:00,834
And sooner than you think,
it's gonna be
your responsibility
1071
01:01:00,918 --> 01:01:04,209
to help another brother,
just like I helped you.
1072
01:01:07,584 --> 01:01:09,083
What are you
talking about?
1073
01:01:10,125 --> 01:01:13,250
That I pulled some strings
to get you hired.
1074
01:01:13,334 --> 01:01:15,417
I mean, what,
you didn't know?
1075
01:01:16,209 --> 01:01:18,459
Kenny Simmons
referred me.
1076
01:01:18,542 --> 01:01:19,834
Who?
1077
01:01:22,083 --> 01:01:24,584
No. I know your wife...
1078
01:01:25,542 --> 01:01:26,751
Bird.
1079
01:01:26,834 --> 01:01:29,417
Yeah. She told me about
your little felony situation
1080
01:01:29,500 --> 01:01:32,000
and asked me to hook
you up with a gig down
1081
01:01:32,083 --> 01:01:34,542
in the print department.
1082
01:01:34,626 --> 01:01:36,417
Man, me and...
Me and old Cola,
1083
01:01:36,500 --> 01:01:39,918
we, uh, we go way back.
1084
01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:41,459
Who the fuck is Cola?
1085
01:01:41,542 --> 01:01:43,626
Oh, no. (CHUCKLES)
1086
01:01:43,709 --> 01:01:44,959
No, that's, uh...
1087
01:01:45,042 --> 01:01:47,375
That's just a little
something, you know,
1088
01:01:47,459 --> 01:01:49,375
I used to call her
back in the day, you know.
1089
01:01:49,459 --> 01:01:52,584
Since she got that body shaped
like a Coca-Cola bottle, huh?
1090
01:01:54,417 --> 01:01:56,125
I mean, she used to just...
1091
01:01:56,209 --> 01:01:59,167
She used to just make
a brother want to scream.
1092
01:02:03,209 --> 01:02:05,209
MAN: Hey, come on!
1093
01:02:05,292 --> 01:02:07,000
I'll beat your ass!
Don't fuck with me!
1094
01:02:10,918 --> 01:02:13,250
You can forget
about your job,
motherfucker.
1095
01:02:19,125 --> 01:02:21,292
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1096
01:02:22,292 --> 01:02:24,459
WOMAN: Aah!
(GASPS)
1097
01:02:26,167 --> 01:02:28,334
I want to talk to you
for a minute.
What is wrong with you?
1098
01:02:28,417 --> 01:02:29,792
Come here.
I want to talk to you.
1099
01:02:29,876 --> 01:02:31,876
Why are you fucking
coming in here tripping?
1100
01:02:31,959 --> 01:02:33,918
Get in there!
1101
01:02:34,042 --> 01:02:37,000
Think I'm not man enough
to find my own fucking job?
I'm sorry.
1102
01:02:37,083 --> 01:02:38,792
You fucking that nigga?
No!
1103
01:02:38,876 --> 01:02:40,834
What the fuck you have
to do for him, then, huh?
1104
01:02:40,918 --> 01:02:43,167
Ain't no man gonna give you
motherfucking thing free!
1105
01:02:44,918 --> 01:02:46,626
I didn't do
nothing with him.
1106
01:02:46,709 --> 01:02:48,667
I just told him that I was
gonna go to dinner with him
and that is it.
1107
01:02:48,751 --> 01:02:49,834
I'm sorry.
1108
01:02:49,918 --> 01:02:51,500
Then what the fuck
is this, huh?
It's nothing!
1109
01:02:51,584 --> 01:02:54,792
What the fuck is this?
It ain't shit but
a fucking bracelet!
1110
01:02:56,250 --> 01:02:58,083
This don't mean nothing.
1111
01:02:59,042 --> 01:03:02,125
Baby, I'm sorry.
Don't fucking touch me!
1112
01:03:02,209 --> 01:03:04,751
Don't fucking touch me!
1113
01:03:07,125 --> 01:03:10,334
Lem, I love you.
I just did this for us.
1114
01:03:11,167 --> 01:03:12,459
Aah!
1115
01:03:13,209 --> 01:03:16,334
You stay the fuck
away from me!
1116
01:03:17,125 --> 01:03:18,417
Motherfucker!
1117
01:03:18,876 --> 01:03:21,042
Lem! Lem!
1118
01:03:26,417 --> 01:03:28,083
(SOBBING)
1119
01:03:31,751 --> 01:03:33,250
(BANGING ON DOOR)
1120
01:03:33,334 --> 01:03:34,459
Bird!
Bird!
1121
01:03:34,542 --> 01:03:35,834
Honey, it's okay, sweetie.
1122
01:03:35,918 --> 01:03:37,709
You can talk...
You can talk to us.
1123
01:03:37,792 --> 01:03:39,375
HAROME: Bird, you know,
your sister is out here
1124
01:03:39,459 --> 01:03:41,417
getting ready to call
somebody, and I don't want
no drama here...
1125
01:03:41,500 --> 01:03:43,542
(VOMITING)
Open up, Bird!
1126
01:03:43,626 --> 01:03:46,500
Open up, Bird!
Ohh!
1127
01:03:46,584 --> 01:03:50,792
AHMAD: So Aunt Teri
was calling in Cousin Blimp
to whoop Uncle Lem's ass,
1128
01:03:50,876 --> 01:03:53,083
all 'cause she thought
Lem had beat up Bird.
1129
01:03:53,167 --> 01:03:55,125
Big misunderstanding.
1130
01:03:55,209 --> 01:03:57,792
This was one of those times
you just knew things were
gonna get a whole lot worse
1131
01:03:57,876 --> 01:03:59,792
before they got any better.
1132
01:03:59,876 --> 01:04:02,167
That's just how it was when
my aunties tried to fix
each other's messes.
1133
01:04:02,250 --> 01:04:04,250
Hey, no guns. You hear me?
WOMAN: Are you okay?
1134
01:04:08,167 --> 01:04:09,542
MAN: Hey, Rick,
give me a shot.
1135
01:04:11,167 --> 01:04:13,083
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1136
01:04:22,125 --> 01:04:24,709
Hello. Maxine,
is Kenny there?
1137
01:04:24,792 --> 01:04:27,042
This is Rick,
down at the bar.
1138
01:04:28,292 --> 01:04:30,250
Your brother-in-law
is down here,
1139
01:04:30,334 --> 01:04:32,209
and he's getting wasted.
1140
01:04:32,292 --> 01:04:34,292
I didn't know whether
to call Bird or not,
1141
01:04:34,375 --> 01:04:37,334
but I think you need to send
somebody down here to get him.
1142
01:04:37,417 --> 01:04:40,876
MAN: Hey, Rick, here you go.
1143
01:04:42,876 --> 01:04:45,083
AHMAD: There he is...
Cousin Blimp.
1144
01:04:45,167 --> 01:04:47,250
He's one of those cousins
you don't get to see much
1145
01:04:47,334 --> 01:04:50,167
'cause he always spends
so much time in jail.
1146
01:04:50,250 --> 01:04:54,167
Of all the people Aunt Teri
could have called on
to teach Lem a lesson,
1147
01:04:54,250 --> 01:04:55,959
I can't believe
she called on Blimp.
1148
01:04:56,042 --> 01:04:58,751
Let me get a couple of brews,
and give my boys a couple, too.
1149
01:04:58,834 --> 01:05:00,626
RICK: Who's paying
for this, man?
1150
01:05:00,709 --> 01:05:02,167
He's paying.
1151
01:05:02,250 --> 01:05:03,375
(SCOFFS)
1152
01:05:04,626 --> 01:05:06,626
Yeah, right,
motherfucker.
1153
01:05:07,459 --> 01:05:11,125
Checkmate, motherfucker!
(LAUGHS)
1154
01:05:11,209 --> 01:05:13,292
What the fuck is wrong
with you, punk?
1155
01:05:13,375 --> 01:05:14,709
Hit that punk!
1156
01:05:18,667 --> 01:05:20,751
I'm gonna blow your
motherfucking brains out!
1157
01:05:20,834 --> 01:05:22,918
Should have brought my Gat.
Shut the fuck up!
1158
01:05:27,417 --> 01:05:28,542
(SIREN WAILING)
1159
01:05:30,918 --> 01:05:34,667
BIRD: Stop the car, Kenny!
Kenny, pull over!
1160
01:05:36,042 --> 01:05:37,209
BIRD: Lem!
1161
01:05:38,667 --> 01:05:39,959
Lem!
1162
01:05:40,042 --> 01:05:41,250
Ahmad, stay in the car!
Lem!
1163
01:05:42,459 --> 01:05:43,959
BIRD: That's my husband!
1164
01:05:44,042 --> 01:05:45,709
Wait! That's my husband!
KENNY: Hey, Bird, come on!
1165
01:05:45,792 --> 01:05:47,083
No, no! Bird!
1166
01:05:47,167 --> 01:05:49,626
BIRD: Wait, officer! Please,
somebody help!
1167
01:05:50,250 --> 01:05:53,500
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
1168
01:05:57,876 --> 01:06:00,417
AHMAD: Kicking Simuel's ass
was one thing,
1169
01:06:00,500 --> 01:06:02,167
but being an ex-felon
and having that gun
1170
01:06:02,250 --> 01:06:06,542
landed Uncle Lem
right back where
he didn't want to be, jail.
1171
01:06:06,626 --> 01:06:09,459
We're talking serious time.
1172
01:06:09,542 --> 01:06:12,542
Sure enough, the family
was starting to fall apart.
1173
01:06:17,459 --> 01:06:21,375
BIRD: No! Lem!
1174
01:06:30,375 --> 01:06:31,626
Hey.
1175
01:06:32,959 --> 01:06:34,542
(MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY)
1176
01:06:35,125 --> 01:06:36,751
Teri in?
1177
01:06:36,834 --> 01:06:39,083
Uh, she's at the hospital.
1178
01:06:44,709 --> 01:06:46,167
Any change?
1179
01:06:46,792 --> 01:06:48,167
No.
1180
01:06:56,792 --> 01:06:58,125
(CLEARS THROAT)
1181
01:06:59,542 --> 01:07:00,792
(MUSIC STOPS)
1182
01:07:03,083 --> 01:07:04,375
It's beautiful.
1183
01:07:06,459 --> 01:07:08,209
For your CD?
1184
01:07:08,292 --> 01:07:10,375
I don't know.
1185
01:07:10,459 --> 01:07:12,792
It's a little something
I'm messing around with.
1186
01:07:15,167 --> 01:07:16,375
Hey...
1187
01:07:17,167 --> 01:07:18,626
Any news on your audition?
1188
01:07:19,542 --> 01:07:21,250
(GIGGLES)
1189
01:07:21,334 --> 01:07:23,792
Get out of here!
(LAUGHING)
1190
01:07:23,876 --> 01:07:26,459
Oh, yeah, I'm pretty
happy about it.
1191
01:07:27,083 --> 01:07:28,959
I'm sure you are.
1192
01:07:30,584 --> 01:07:32,209
I was so scared.
1193
01:07:32,751 --> 01:07:35,500
You?
(GIGGLES)
1194
01:07:38,042 --> 01:07:40,584
I gave two weeks
at my firm today.
1195
01:07:43,792 --> 01:07:45,167
I quit.
1196
01:07:51,918 --> 01:07:55,250
Man, when your CD drops,
you are going to blow up.
1197
01:07:55,334 --> 01:07:58,000
Oh, I don't know
about all that.
1198
01:07:58,083 --> 01:07:59,542
Let's celebrate.
1199
01:08:02,626 --> 01:08:04,459
(LAUGHTER)
1200
01:08:05,042 --> 01:08:06,584
MILES: Oh, oh.
1201
01:08:09,167 --> 01:08:10,959
Miles...
1202
01:08:11,042 --> 01:08:13,542
I'm moving out
this weekend.
1203
01:08:13,626 --> 01:08:18,125
Teri and I living
under the same roof together
is not working.
1204
01:08:20,417 --> 01:08:22,584
Teri's tough.
1205
01:08:22,667 --> 01:08:24,500
So you letting her
run you out of here, huh?
1206
01:08:24,584 --> 01:08:26,500
You're damn right.
1207
01:08:26,584 --> 01:08:28,667
No. Besides that,
I need my own space.
1208
01:08:28,751 --> 01:08:32,250
I'm always on the go,
and I can't stay
in one place too long.
1209
01:08:32,334 --> 01:08:34,250
And I got
this new gig, so...
1210
01:08:34,334 --> 01:08:36,083
So you gotta go.
1211
01:08:37,459 --> 01:08:40,459
I don't know.
It's always been like that.
1212
01:08:40,542 --> 01:08:42,375
But, you know,
we're all cool.
1213
01:08:42,459 --> 01:08:44,792
There's no hostilities
or anything like that.
1214
01:08:44,876 --> 01:08:46,918
It's just...
1215
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:50,209
When it's time to go,
it's time to go.
1216
01:08:50,292 --> 01:08:52,834
Ha. That's bullshit.
1217
01:08:54,292 --> 01:08:55,709
Excuse me?
1218
01:08:57,125 --> 01:08:58,584
Sounds like bullshit.
1219
01:08:58,667 --> 01:09:02,292
I mean, that's, uh,
a lonely life.
1220
01:09:03,626 --> 01:09:04,918
You should...
1221
01:09:06,459 --> 01:09:08,209
Stop pretending
you don't need anybody,
1222
01:09:08,292 --> 01:09:10,042
'cause you're just
lying to yourself.
1223
01:09:13,584 --> 01:09:15,209
That's how I see it.
1224
01:09:20,459 --> 01:09:22,542
I'm going up
to the studio.
1225
01:09:24,209 --> 01:09:26,334
(SIGHS)
1226
01:09:26,417 --> 01:09:29,792
(MUSIC PLAYS)
1227
01:09:39,083 --> 01:09:40,292
(MUSIC STOPS)
1228
01:11:02,792 --> 01:11:04,083
(BOTH MOAN)
1229
01:11:10,167 --> 01:11:12,959
TERI: You never know.
You never know.
AHMAD: Yeah.
1230
01:11:13,042 --> 01:11:15,334
TERI: You have to
just be yourself.
1231
01:11:15,417 --> 01:11:16,709
Miles?
1232
01:11:16,792 --> 01:11:18,292
AHMAD: Uncle Miles,
we're home.
1233
01:11:22,042 --> 01:11:24,959
Well, he must be
upstairs in the studio
on the roof.
1234
01:11:25,042 --> 01:11:27,375
Oh, the studio.
Let's go.
1235
01:11:32,834 --> 01:11:35,459
(GRUNTING)
1236
01:11:39,792 --> 01:11:41,667
Oh, I love it out here,
Aunt Teri.
1237
01:11:41,751 --> 01:11:43,542
I know you love it
out here.
1238
01:11:54,792 --> 01:11:56,209
Um, we got to go.
1239
01:11:56,292 --> 01:11:58,626
But, Aunt Teri, I thought...
Back to your house.
1240
01:11:58,709 --> 01:12:01,083
Aunt Teri...
No, let's just
go back, okay?
1241
01:12:02,834 --> 01:12:04,876
(BOTH PANTING)
1242
01:13:02,834 --> 01:13:05,626
(LAUGHTER IN DISTANCE)
1243
01:13:05,709 --> 01:13:08,626
AHMAD: I don't know why
we left Miles and Aunt Teri's
house so fast
1244
01:13:08,709 --> 01:13:11,500
or why Aunt Teri
was so upset
all of a sudden.
1245
01:13:11,584 --> 01:13:14,584
All I know is she didn't
say a word the whole trip.
1246
01:13:14,667 --> 01:13:16,876
We headed back over
to my house that night.
1247
01:13:16,959 --> 01:13:18,292
Everybody was getting together
1248
01:13:18,375 --> 01:13:20,500
for my mom and dad's
11th year anniversary party.
1249
01:13:21,375 --> 01:13:25,500
ALL: Happy anniversary!
1250
01:13:25,584 --> 01:13:27,584
(R&B MUSIC PLAYING)
1251
01:13:30,167 --> 01:13:32,542
(ALL CHEERING)
1252
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:40,751
♪ Why'd you have to go?
Don't leave me
1253
01:13:40,834 --> 01:13:44,500
♪ What about you?
What about me?
1254
01:13:44,584 --> 01:13:47,292
♪ What about us?
What we gon' do?
1255
01:13:53,542 --> 01:13:54,834
(SIGHS)
1256
01:13:54,918 --> 01:13:56,542
(SNIFFLES)
1257
01:13:58,918 --> 01:14:02,167
♪ Why'd you have to go?
Don't leave me
1258
01:14:03,334 --> 01:14:05,876
♪ What about you?
What about me?
1259
01:14:05,959 --> 01:14:09,125
♪ What about us?
What we gon' do?
1260
01:14:09,209 --> 01:14:14,000
♪ Total, help me sing
Total, help me sing ♪
1261
01:14:17,375 --> 01:14:19,459
(ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYING)
1262
01:14:19,542 --> 01:14:21,667
MAXINE: Mm.
KENNY: Mm.
1263
01:14:25,459 --> 01:14:28,292
(KENNY SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
1264
01:14:32,792 --> 01:14:35,042
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1265
01:14:45,500 --> 01:14:48,709
AHMAD: For a party,
there sure seemed to be
a lot of tension in the air,
1266
01:14:48,792 --> 01:14:51,209
especially between
Teri and Miles.
1267
01:14:51,292 --> 01:14:54,334
At one point, I think
I even saw Aunt Teri crying.
1268
01:14:54,417 --> 01:14:56,626
Not even my mama
could say why.
1269
01:14:59,417 --> 01:15:01,292
KENNY: Good God almighty.
1270
01:15:01,375 --> 01:15:04,042
At least my folks seemed
to be getting along all right,
1271
01:15:04,125 --> 01:15:06,083
which is always cool.
1272
01:15:10,042 --> 01:15:12,334
MAXINE: Mm. (CHUCKLING)
1273
01:15:17,876 --> 01:15:19,167
Ahem.
1274
01:15:19,250 --> 01:15:20,834
Uh, honey, uh,
1275
01:15:20,918 --> 01:15:24,209
why don't you get everybody
together in the kitchen
so we can talk, okay?
1276
01:15:25,709 --> 01:15:27,209
Mm.
1277
01:15:29,709 --> 01:15:31,292
Want to dance?
1278
01:15:38,083 --> 01:15:40,000
(CHUCKLING)
1279
01:15:40,083 --> 01:15:41,417
Oh.
1280
01:15:41,500 --> 01:15:43,751
Whoo!
1281
01:15:44,876 --> 01:15:46,334
(TERI SOBBING)
1282
01:15:46,417 --> 01:15:47,792
(SNIFFLES)
1283
01:15:53,459 --> 01:15:55,459
Teri, you okay?
1284
01:16:01,459 --> 01:16:03,167
Are you all right?
1285
01:16:16,167 --> 01:16:20,584
Oh, after all these years,
you and Max
are still together.
1286
01:16:20,667 --> 01:16:22,459
I still envy that.
1287
01:16:22,542 --> 01:16:24,334
(SNIFFLES)
1288
01:16:25,459 --> 01:16:26,751
I, uh...
1289
01:16:26,834 --> 01:16:29,584
I always thought that
maybe if you and I
had gotten married,
1290
01:16:30,375 --> 01:16:32,626
life would be different.
1291
01:16:32,709 --> 01:16:34,042
Yeah, but it wouldn't.
1292
01:16:34,125 --> 01:16:36,125
I'd find a way
to screw it up.
1293
01:16:37,167 --> 01:16:38,626
Teri, you can't...
1294
01:16:39,667 --> 01:16:41,584
What y'all doing in here?
1295
01:16:41,667 --> 01:16:44,959
Oh, just talking about
this cake. Mm!
1296
01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:52,459
It was good.
Yeah, real good.
1297
01:16:54,542 --> 01:16:56,959
Um, since
we're all together
here tonight,
1298
01:16:57,042 --> 01:17:00,709
I feel that this is
a good time to talk about
Mama's hospital bills.
1299
01:17:00,792 --> 01:17:03,459
And y'all know her insurance
ain't gonna cover everything.
1300
01:17:03,542 --> 01:17:06,292
KENNY: We're talking
about it since the five
of us are all here.
1301
01:17:06,375 --> 01:17:10,125
So maybe we can all pitch in,
take care of this tonight?
Yes.
1302
01:17:10,209 --> 01:17:12,918
Well, what about
all that money Mama
has stashed somewhere?
1303
01:17:13,000 --> 01:17:15,626
That's just a myth, Bird.
Oh.
1304
01:17:16,626 --> 01:17:18,709
So...
1305
01:17:18,792 --> 01:17:20,667
I feel that Teri and Miles
could pay for everything,
1306
01:17:20,751 --> 01:17:21,959
and then maybe we can
pay you all back
1307
01:17:22,042 --> 01:17:23,417
in installments or some...
1308
01:17:23,500 --> 01:17:26,500
(SIGHS) Don't you
start running that game
on me again.
1309
01:17:26,584 --> 01:17:28,709
What, do you expect me
to bail Lem out of jail, too?
1310
01:17:28,792 --> 01:17:32,083
Now, come on, Teri.
Lem doesn't have anything
to do with this, okay?
1311
01:17:32,167 --> 01:17:36,042
How we can pay
for Mama's bills is
by selling the big house.
1312
01:17:36,584 --> 01:17:37,834
What?
1313
01:17:37,918 --> 01:17:39,417
We are not selling
the house.
1314
01:17:39,500 --> 01:17:42,292
Mama and Daddy
saved their whole life
for that house, Teri.
1315
01:17:42,375 --> 01:17:45,542
We can't even agree
on anything as small
as Sunday dinners.
1316
01:17:45,626 --> 01:17:48,626
Nobody's paying for the taxes
or the utilities except me.
1317
01:17:48,709 --> 01:17:50,459
And now we can finally
put Uncle Pete in a home
1318
01:17:50,542 --> 01:17:52,042
like we've been
talking about for years.
1319
01:17:52,125 --> 01:17:55,209
We are not putting
Uncle Pete in a home.
Mama would kill us.
1320
01:17:55,292 --> 01:17:57,209
MAXINE: You are tripping.
I'm selling the house.
1321
01:17:57,292 --> 01:17:58,918
You're not
selling the house.
1322
01:17:59,000 --> 01:18:00,792
I am the guardian
of her estate.
1323
01:18:00,876 --> 01:18:02,417
That means
I make the decisions.
1324
01:18:02,500 --> 01:18:04,709
Come on, now, Teri,
listen to what they're
saying, all right?
1325
01:18:04,792 --> 01:18:06,918
Your mama worked hard
to keep that house
1326
01:18:07,000 --> 01:18:09,542
in the family,
for everyone,
for you and your family...
1327
01:18:09,626 --> 01:18:11,250
Oh, fuck the family!
1328
01:18:12,500 --> 01:18:14,626
The family! I let the family
in my house, you know what?
1329
01:18:14,709 --> 01:18:16,000
The family fucked my husband.
1330
01:18:16,083 --> 01:18:17,334
(GASPS)
1331
01:18:19,292 --> 01:18:21,375
Yeah, Faith fucked my husband.
1332
01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:24,709
Miles.
1333
01:18:27,042 --> 01:18:28,042
Teri.
1334
01:18:28,125 --> 01:18:30,042
What are you gonna say, huh?
MILES: Teri.
1335
01:18:30,125 --> 01:18:32,125
"Teri," what?
Can we talk about this?
1336
01:18:32,209 --> 01:18:33,626
Can we talk about what?
Fuck you!
1337
01:18:33,709 --> 01:18:35,500
Teri, whoa, whoa, whoa!
1338
01:18:35,584 --> 01:18:36,959
(HYSTERICAL SCREAMING)
1339
01:18:37,042 --> 01:18:38,250
Teri!
1340
01:18:44,292 --> 01:18:45,709
Let it go!
1341
01:18:45,792 --> 01:18:47,167
Let it go!
1342
01:18:47,250 --> 01:18:49,125
WOMAN: Oh, my goodness.
1343
01:18:49,209 --> 01:18:51,167
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1344
01:19:03,209 --> 01:19:05,334
Get out.
I'm so sorry.
1345
01:19:05,417 --> 01:19:06,584
Get out!
1346
01:19:06,667 --> 01:19:08,584
I never...
Get the fuck out!
1347
01:19:08,667 --> 01:19:10,292
Oh, God.
1348
01:19:15,876 --> 01:19:17,918
(SOBBING)
1349
01:19:22,083 --> 01:19:24,167
Oh, God.
1350
01:19:25,292 --> 01:19:26,584
Oh, God.
1351
01:19:30,292 --> 01:19:32,334
BIRD: It's okay.
It's okay, Teri.
1352
01:19:32,417 --> 01:19:34,584
It's gonna be okay.
1353
01:19:34,667 --> 01:19:36,667
WOMAN: (OVER PA)
Second floor nursing station,
maintenance.
1354
01:19:36,751 --> 01:19:38,667
Second floor nursing station,
maintenance.
1355
01:19:38,751 --> 01:19:41,500
AHMAD: In the five weeks
Big Mama was in that coma,
1356
01:19:41,584 --> 01:19:44,626
every grown-up in the family
managed somehow to go crazy.
1357
01:19:45,709 --> 01:19:49,000
I know, 'cause I just
about went crazy, too.
1358
01:20:17,918 --> 01:20:19,000
You...
1359
01:20:19,083 --> 01:20:20,792
(CLEARING THROAT)
1360
01:20:24,834 --> 01:20:26,209
You were...
1361
01:20:27,584 --> 01:20:29,042
Here...
1362
01:20:29,876 --> 01:20:31,209
Weren't you?
1363
01:20:32,042 --> 01:20:33,667
Yeah.
1364
01:20:33,751 --> 01:20:35,542
Everybody was worried
about you,
1365
01:20:36,042 --> 01:20:37,667
but not me.
1366
01:20:37,751 --> 01:20:39,292
I knew you'd come around.
1367
01:20:40,918 --> 01:20:43,000
I love you, Big Mama.
1368
01:20:48,584 --> 01:20:50,542
The family's...
1369
01:20:52,167 --> 01:20:53,918
A mess, isn't it?
1370
01:20:59,626 --> 01:21:02,417
A lot of bad things happened
while you were gone.
1371
01:21:04,792 --> 01:21:06,375
If you let...
1372
01:21:07,542 --> 01:21:10,459
Bad things stop you...
1373
01:21:13,959 --> 01:21:16,751
You won't be here
1374
01:21:16,834 --> 01:21:18,584
for the good things.
1375
01:21:21,292 --> 01:21:23,000
I'm tired, baby.
1376
01:21:26,125 --> 01:21:30,667
My soul is tired.
1377
01:21:32,834 --> 01:21:38,167
I need you to do
something for me.
1378
01:21:41,918 --> 01:21:44,667
Only you can do it.
1379
01:21:47,417 --> 01:21:49,584
I need you to...
1380
01:21:49,667 --> 01:21:51,792
(COUGHING)
1381
01:21:51,876 --> 01:21:53,292
Big Mama, what's wrong?
1382
01:21:55,584 --> 01:21:56,792
Big Mama.
1383
01:22:01,751 --> 01:22:02,918
Big Mama.
1384
01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:05,250
Son, you're gonna
have to wait outside.
1385
01:22:05,334 --> 01:22:06,626
It's okay, son.
1386
01:22:06,709 --> 01:22:08,876
We'll take good care
of her for you.
1387
01:22:10,167 --> 01:22:12,792
(COUGHING CONTINUES)
1388
01:22:16,584 --> 01:22:18,292
Excuse me.
1389
01:22:27,542 --> 01:22:30,459
WOMAN: (OVER PA)
Dr. Horowitz, please report
to the nursing station.
1390
01:22:30,542 --> 01:22:33,334
Dr. Horowitz
to the nursing station.
1391
01:22:33,417 --> 01:22:35,918
WOMAN: (SINGING)
♪ Why
1392
01:22:36,626 --> 01:22:41,042
♪ Should I feel
1393
01:22:41,125 --> 01:22:45,042
♪ Discouraged
1394
01:22:45,918 --> 01:22:49,209
♪ Why
1395
01:22:49,292 --> 01:22:55,417
♪ Should the shadows come
1396
01:22:56,292 --> 01:22:58,918
♪ And why
1397
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:02,083
♪ Should my heart
1398
01:23:02,167 --> 01:23:05,125
♪ Be lonely
1399
01:23:06,042 --> 01:23:08,709
♪ And long
1400
01:23:09,500 --> 01:23:13,667
♪ For heaven
1401
01:23:13,751 --> 01:23:17,375
♪ And home
1402
01:23:18,542 --> 01:23:23,542
♪ When Jesus is
1403
01:23:23,626 --> 01:23:27,751
♪ My potion
1404
01:23:27,834 --> 01:23:32,209
♪ A constant friend
1405
01:23:32,292 --> 01:23:35,417
♪ Is he
1406
01:23:36,542 --> 01:23:40,000
♪ His eye
1407
01:23:40,083 --> 01:23:42,834
♪ Is on
1408
01:23:42,918 --> 01:23:48,375
♪ The sparrow
1409
01:23:49,292 --> 01:23:51,542
♪ And I know
1410
01:23:51,626 --> 01:23:56,375
♪ He watches me...
1411
01:23:59,626 --> 01:24:01,792
AHMAD: Pulling together
in times of need.
1412
01:24:01,876 --> 01:24:04,375
That had always been
Big Mama's job,
1413
01:24:04,459 --> 01:24:07,292
but who was gonna do it
now that she was gone?
1414
01:24:08,918 --> 01:24:11,959
♪ And I know
1415
01:24:13,042 --> 01:24:16,667
♪ He watches
1416
01:24:17,334 --> 01:24:19,083
♪ Me ♪
1417
01:24:31,250 --> 01:24:33,042
Mama ain't even lukewarm
in the ground yet,
1418
01:24:33,125 --> 01:24:35,876
and that damn girl
got her house for sale.
1419
01:24:59,417 --> 01:25:00,751
Uncle Pete?
1420
01:25:07,626 --> 01:25:10,000
What you doing
out of your room?
1421
01:25:14,209 --> 01:25:16,834
We going
to the creek today, Joe?
1422
01:25:18,626 --> 01:25:21,250
We can catch
some trout for dinner.
1423
01:25:22,375 --> 01:25:23,959
Put it in the iron pot,
1424
01:25:24,042 --> 01:25:27,334
sear it with lard
or cooking oil, Joe.
1425
01:25:27,417 --> 01:25:28,959
No.
1426
01:25:29,042 --> 01:25:31,250
I'm Maxine, Uncle Pete.
1427
01:25:33,125 --> 01:25:34,584
Joe's daughter.
1428
01:25:43,959 --> 01:25:45,334
She's gone.
1429
01:25:50,125 --> 01:25:51,459
She's dead.
1430
01:25:54,334 --> 01:25:57,000
Remember Daddy
used to raise hogs?
1431
01:25:57,083 --> 01:25:58,167
He'd gut 'em,
1432
01:25:58,250 --> 01:26:01,876
and he'd cure
the cut-up meat
in brine, and...
1433
01:26:01,959 --> 01:26:05,000
And put 'em
in the smokehouse
for sausages.
1434
01:26:05,876 --> 01:26:08,125
Mm, mm, mm.
1435
01:26:14,667 --> 01:26:17,209
Daddy's gone now.
1436
01:26:18,709 --> 01:26:22,167
So you got to take care
of me now, Joe.
1437
01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:44,417
That's right.
1438
01:26:44,500 --> 01:26:47,167
I'm gonna take
good care of you.
1439
01:26:48,459 --> 01:26:50,083
Come on, now,
Uncle Pete.
1440
01:26:51,959 --> 01:26:53,542
You want some catfish?
1441
01:26:55,334 --> 01:26:56,542
Huh?
1442
01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:03,834
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1443
01:27:08,167 --> 01:27:09,626
Look. There she is.
1444
01:27:15,417 --> 01:27:16,500
Teri.
1445
01:27:19,209 --> 01:27:20,667
Hi.
1446
01:27:20,751 --> 01:27:23,000
We didn't order yet,
'cause we were waiting
for you to get here.
1447
01:27:24,584 --> 01:27:25,959
(SIREN WAILING)
1448
01:27:28,751 --> 01:27:30,292
What's up?
1449
01:27:30,375 --> 01:27:33,292
Look, uh, Teri, I know
you're mad at the world
1450
01:27:33,375 --> 01:27:35,751
for what's happened
between you and Miles.
1451
01:27:36,375 --> 01:27:38,167
I understand.
1452
01:27:38,250 --> 01:27:41,542
But you're taking it out
on the whole family,
and that's not right.
1453
01:27:49,751 --> 01:27:51,083
Sorry.
1454
01:27:53,500 --> 01:27:55,542
We're gonna stop the sale
of Mama's house.
1455
01:27:58,334 --> 01:28:03,751
So I went to Kenny's lawyer,
and I drew up a motion
to cease and desist.
1456
01:28:08,918 --> 01:28:10,083
Sorry.
1457
01:28:12,959 --> 01:28:14,792
Okay.
1458
01:28:14,876 --> 01:28:16,209
Okay?
I'm sorry, too.
1459
01:28:16,292 --> 01:28:18,125
Well, Teri,
don't leave.
1460
01:28:20,626 --> 01:28:22,125
Why doesn't that
surprise me?
1461
01:28:24,417 --> 01:28:26,209
I gotta go to the bathroom.
1462
01:28:49,167 --> 01:28:50,375
You okay?
1463
01:28:52,250 --> 01:28:53,667
Huh?
1464
01:28:53,751 --> 01:28:55,250
Lem's gonna be a daddy.
1465
01:28:57,584 --> 01:29:00,792
So you're the fish
in Mama's dream.
1466
01:29:00,876 --> 01:29:02,167
Yeah.
1467
01:29:02,250 --> 01:29:03,959
Wow.
(CHUCKLES)
1468
01:29:08,000 --> 01:29:10,250
Maxie, I miss him
so much.
1469
01:29:10,334 --> 01:29:12,209
I know, Bird,
1470
01:29:12,876 --> 01:29:14,417
but you can't call your ex
1471
01:29:14,500 --> 01:29:17,292
to help your husband
find a job behind his back.
1472
01:29:17,918 --> 01:29:19,709
A man
has to be a man,
1473
01:29:19,792 --> 01:29:22,667
and if he feels
that you take that
away from him,
1474
01:29:22,751 --> 01:29:24,334
he has nothing.
1475
01:29:25,000 --> 01:29:26,709
Like with Mama.
1476
01:29:26,792 --> 01:29:28,000
You remember
when Daddy went
1477
01:29:28,083 --> 01:29:30,334
and lost all that money
gambling? Remember?
1478
01:29:30,417 --> 01:29:33,500
Yes.
She didn't trip.
1479
01:29:33,584 --> 01:29:35,626
She just did
what she had to do,
1480
01:29:35,709 --> 01:29:37,918
and she left him
with his dignity.
1481
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:40,375
You see
what I'm saying?
1482
01:29:40,459 --> 01:29:42,167
Men need that.
1483
01:29:42,250 --> 01:29:43,918
Yeah.
1484
01:29:44,000 --> 01:29:45,500
I guess you're right.
1485
01:29:46,709 --> 01:29:49,375
(SINGING)
♪ I'm gonna be
an auntie ♪
1486
01:29:50,000 --> 01:29:52,000
Oh, God.
1487
01:29:54,792 --> 01:29:57,125
I just wish
I could be like you.
1488
01:29:57,209 --> 01:29:58,751
Please.
And so does Teri.
1489
01:29:58,834 --> 01:30:00,792
That's why she acts
the way she does.
1490
01:30:00,876 --> 01:30:03,167
Girl, you got
your own shop,
1491
01:30:03,250 --> 01:30:07,209
and Teri's got
a great job at the firm.
1492
01:30:07,292 --> 01:30:10,584
Shoot, all I got
is a husband
and some kids,
1493
01:30:10,667 --> 01:30:13,125
but they badasses.
(CHUCKLES)
1494
01:30:15,709 --> 01:30:19,626
Mama always said that
you were the strongest one
in the family.
1495
01:30:23,042 --> 01:30:26,334
I just want to say thank you
for always supporting me.
1496
01:30:26,417 --> 01:30:27,834
You're my sister, girl.
1497
01:30:27,918 --> 01:30:29,542
(LAUGHING)
1498
01:30:31,500 --> 01:30:33,000
I love you, Maxie.
1499
01:30:33,083 --> 01:30:34,584
I love you, too.
1500
01:30:35,584 --> 01:30:37,042
Come here, girl.
1501
01:30:37,125 --> 01:30:38,542
It's gonna be
all right.
1502
01:30:38,626 --> 01:30:39,709
Yeah.
1503
01:30:42,167 --> 01:30:43,334
Just fine.
1504
01:30:43,417 --> 01:30:45,792
Now we gotta get
some bottles, Pampers.
1505
01:30:45,876 --> 01:30:48,000
You ready for that?
Oh, God. Yeah, I guess.
1506
01:30:48,083 --> 01:30:50,167
(CHUCKLES) Get ready.
1507
01:30:50,250 --> 01:30:54,209
Yeah, it's Teri Joseph
for Jonathan Oliver, please.
1508
01:30:54,292 --> 01:30:57,250
AHMAD: Teri must have
felt really bad about
what she did to Lem,
1509
01:30:57,334 --> 01:30:58,792
'cause the next thing
you knew,
1510
01:30:58,876 --> 01:31:02,209
she was calling in a favor
from some downtown big shot.
1511
01:31:02,292 --> 01:31:04,709
Um, I have a favor.
1512
01:31:08,459 --> 01:31:12,292
MAXINE: And the last steal.
The way you just pulled up
and scored.
1513
01:31:12,375 --> 01:31:15,417
AHMAD: Mom.
Sweet move, baby,
sweet move.
1514
01:31:15,500 --> 01:31:18,375
Yeah, but, Mama,
why you always
gotta be so loud?
1515
01:31:18,459 --> 01:31:20,792
(CHUCKLES) Hey,
I don't care
what they say.
1516
01:31:20,876 --> 01:31:23,834
You my baby,
and I'm proud of you.
1517
01:31:23,918 --> 01:31:25,876
Mama, think you can
hook up a victory dinner?
1518
01:31:25,959 --> 01:31:27,626
Sure, baby,
anything you want.
1519
01:31:27,709 --> 01:31:29,918
Think I could grub
on some lima beans,
1520
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:33,167
neck bones, greens
with some hot sauce,
1521
01:31:33,250 --> 01:31:35,125
hot cakes,
and some fried chicken.
1522
01:31:35,209 --> 01:31:37,334
Dang. All of that?
1523
01:31:37,417 --> 01:31:39,375
All of that.
1524
01:31:39,792 --> 01:31:41,626
All right.
1525
01:31:41,709 --> 01:31:44,459
Besides, I haven't cooked
like that since...
1526
01:31:47,167 --> 01:31:50,042
So when you want to have
this little victory dinner?
1527
01:31:50,500 --> 01:31:51,751
Sunday...
1528
01:31:51,834 --> 01:31:53,250
At Big Mama's.
1529
01:31:57,709 --> 01:32:00,250
You're up to something.
Huh?
1530
01:32:00,334 --> 01:32:01,834
(IMITATING) Huh?
1531
01:32:01,918 --> 01:32:04,417
Boy, I carried you
for nine months,
went through
1532
01:32:04,500 --> 01:32:06,584
23 hours, 45 minutes...
23 hours, 45 minutes...
1533
01:32:06,667 --> 01:32:08,375
...10 seconds of labor.
...10 seconds of labor.
1534
01:32:08,459 --> 01:32:09,667
Wiped your little butt
1535
01:32:09,751 --> 01:32:13,250
while your little
ding-a-ling
pee-peed in my face.
1536
01:32:13,334 --> 01:32:15,667
So Mama knows when
you up to something.
1537
01:32:18,834 --> 01:32:21,959
You're trying to get everybody
together for Sunday dinner,
aren't you?
1538
01:32:24,584 --> 01:32:26,876
Big Mama wants me to.
1539
01:32:26,959 --> 01:32:29,918
I think that's what
she was trying to tell me
before she died.
1540
01:32:35,000 --> 01:32:36,292
You liked
that last shot, right?
1541
01:32:36,375 --> 01:32:39,459
Oh, man, that last shot
was the bomb.
1542
01:32:39,542 --> 01:32:40,918
Flow, you know.
1543
01:32:41,000 --> 01:32:43,292
Just keep doing
like that, baby,
and when you get older
1544
01:32:43,375 --> 01:32:46,250
you're gonna be able
to get a fat contract, right?
1545
01:32:46,334 --> 01:32:48,709
Buy a house. You're gonna
get me a Lexus, all right?
1546
01:32:48,792 --> 01:32:51,375
Lexus, right.
And a fur. You know
what I'm saying?
1547
01:32:51,459 --> 01:32:52,792
Brother be like...
1548
01:32:52,876 --> 01:32:56,375
Guys, that sounded good,
but I'm still missing a note.
1549
01:32:56,459 --> 01:32:58,375
Come on.
Let's do it again.
1550
01:32:58,459 --> 01:32:59,918
MILES: Let's try it
again, all right?
1551
01:33:00,000 --> 01:33:01,751
Here we go, here we go.
1552
01:33:01,834 --> 01:33:03,417
One, two,
1553
01:33:03,500 --> 01:33:05,083
three, four.
1554
01:33:05,167 --> 01:33:06,292
♪ Girl
1555
01:33:06,375 --> 01:33:09,542
♪ I care about you
1556
01:33:09,626 --> 01:33:13,083
♪ I'm there for you
1557
01:33:13,167 --> 01:33:15,834
♪ So why don't you care
1558
01:33:15,918 --> 01:33:17,584
♪ For me?
1559
01:33:17,667 --> 01:33:21,000
♪ Like I care about you ♪
1560
01:33:21,083 --> 01:33:22,834
Good, good, better.
1561
01:33:22,918 --> 01:33:25,167
Yeah. Let's take
a break, all right?
1562
01:33:25,250 --> 01:33:27,542
Right. Leave the little man
to his business.
1563
01:33:32,792 --> 01:33:34,542
I'm glad you could
make it down, shorty.
1564
01:33:34,626 --> 01:33:36,125
I'm glad
I could, too.
1565
01:33:36,209 --> 01:33:38,167
It's been tough, you know?
1566
01:33:38,250 --> 01:33:41,292
With school and working
at the shop afterwards.
1567
01:33:41,375 --> 01:33:42,584
I'm trying to coordinate
what to do
1568
01:33:42,667 --> 01:33:44,334
with all that loot
Big Mama left me.
1569
01:33:46,375 --> 01:33:47,626
What loot?
1570
01:33:47,709 --> 01:33:49,459
Dead presidents?
Cash?
1571
01:33:49,542 --> 01:33:52,209
When did she leave it to you?
The day she died.
1572
01:33:52,292 --> 01:33:54,209
See, I was the only one
at the hospital.
1573
01:33:54,292 --> 01:33:57,209
And Big Mama told me where
she stashed a lot of money
none of you all knew about.
1574
01:33:57,292 --> 01:33:58,876
So how much money
are you talking about?
1575
01:33:58,959 --> 01:34:00,959
Lots. I mean beaucoup.
Beaucoup?
1576
01:34:01,042 --> 01:34:02,250
Beaucoup.
1577
01:34:02,334 --> 01:34:04,209
See, Faith,
I was thinking.
1578
01:34:04,292 --> 01:34:06,667
Maybe you could help me figure
out what to do with the dough.
1579
01:34:06,751 --> 01:34:08,209
Now, this is not
the money from the will?
1580
01:34:08,292 --> 01:34:10,334
Aunt Teri, you're the
smartest in the family.
1581
01:34:10,417 --> 01:34:11,709
You know that's right.
1582
01:34:11,792 --> 01:34:13,375
If I was your son...
Mm-hmm?
1583
01:34:13,459 --> 01:34:14,834
Would you invest
in my future?
Sure.
1584
01:34:14,918 --> 01:34:16,334
Do the right thing
for family?
1585
01:34:16,417 --> 01:34:17,709
Absolutely.
1586
01:34:17,792 --> 01:34:19,500
See, I figure
if you help me,
1587
01:34:19,584 --> 01:34:21,334
I can give you a third.
1588
01:34:21,417 --> 01:34:22,834
You know, like a fee.
1589
01:34:22,918 --> 01:34:25,334
A fee?
Yeah, a fee.
1590
01:34:25,417 --> 01:34:27,500
Then you could pay off
Big Mama's bills.
1591
01:34:27,584 --> 01:34:29,250
So you won't
have to sell the house.
1592
01:34:29,334 --> 01:34:31,918
And I can give you
a percentage
if you help me invest it.
1593
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:34,542
Then maybe you can
use the money
to promote your new CD.
1594
01:34:34,626 --> 01:34:36,959
Have you told anybody
else about this?
1595
01:34:37,042 --> 01:34:39,292
No, but I'd be willing
to give you some of it.
1596
01:34:39,375 --> 01:34:42,167
Then you could
pay off Aunt Teri's loan.
Why don't you tell me...
1597
01:34:42,250 --> 01:34:44,292
Where the money is?
So let's go get it.
1598
01:34:44,375 --> 01:34:45,584
When would be a good time?
1599
01:34:48,000 --> 01:34:51,209
Sunday at 3:00,
at Big Mama's.
1600
01:34:54,834 --> 01:34:56,167
(KNIFE CHOPPING)
1601
01:34:58,792 --> 01:35:00,834
Hey.
AHMAD: Hey.
1602
01:35:02,959 --> 01:35:04,334
Hey.
1603
01:35:04,417 --> 01:35:06,542
What y'all
doing here?
1604
01:35:06,626 --> 01:35:09,417
Oh, just, uh, cooking
a little Sunday dinner.
1605
01:35:27,959 --> 01:35:31,250
All right. Get on out the way
and let the ladies handle this.
1606
01:35:31,334 --> 01:35:34,459
Okay, after all
the hard work is done,
you're gonna come in.
1607
01:35:34,542 --> 01:35:36,959
You can go work hard
with that remote control
1608
01:35:37,042 --> 01:35:38,834
and watch some football,
all right?
I can do that.
1609
01:35:38,918 --> 01:35:40,751
Yeah, you can. Mm-hmm.
You sure?
1610
01:35:40,834 --> 01:35:43,417
You don't need anything?
No, thank you.
1611
01:35:43,500 --> 01:35:44,918
KENNY: Mm-hmm.
1612
01:35:48,292 --> 01:35:49,918
You want me to start
these dumplings?
1613
01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:51,334
Yeah, but you watch
that measuring,
1614
01:35:51,417 --> 01:35:53,083
'cause you know how you are.
1615
01:35:54,542 --> 01:35:56,792
(WHISPERING)
I'm gonna kick your butt.
1616
01:35:56,876 --> 01:35:58,083
Why didn't you tell me?
1617
01:35:59,918 --> 01:36:01,083
AHMAD: Well,
this would be the test,
1618
01:36:01,167 --> 01:36:02,751
to see if 40 years
of tradition
1619
01:36:02,834 --> 01:36:04,500
and a heap of Mama's soul food
1620
01:36:04,584 --> 01:36:07,167
could pull our family
right back together again.
1621
01:36:11,250 --> 01:36:12,667
(FOOTBALL GAME ON TELEVISION)
1622
01:36:19,959 --> 01:36:21,417
Hey, Aunt Teri,
what's up?
1623
01:36:21,500 --> 01:36:22,876
Hey.
1624
01:36:23,500 --> 01:36:24,792
Mm.
1625
01:36:26,751 --> 01:36:28,667
There's a car outside.
1626
01:36:29,500 --> 01:36:31,250
Is your mom here?
1627
01:36:35,584 --> 01:36:37,792
Somebody cooking?
1628
01:36:37,876 --> 01:36:40,292
Why don't you go
in the kitchen and see?
1629
01:36:57,459 --> 01:36:58,876
(SNIFFING)
1630
01:37:48,000 --> 01:37:49,584
AHMAD: Yeah.
Smells in the kitchen
1631
01:37:49,667 --> 01:37:51,626
bringing back
the good old days.
1632
01:37:53,292 --> 01:37:57,000
Mm, dumplings,
deep-fried catfish,
1633
01:37:57,083 --> 01:37:58,667
macaroni and cheese,
1634
01:37:58,751 --> 01:38:00,542
and sweet corn bread.
1635
01:38:00,626 --> 01:38:02,709
The kind Big Mama used to
make look like pound cake
1636
01:38:02,792 --> 01:38:04,626
so us kids would eat it.
1637
01:38:06,042 --> 01:38:08,751
I just wanted the good
old feelings back, too...
1638
01:38:09,918 --> 01:38:11,834
And so did Big Mama.
1639
01:39:17,876 --> 01:39:19,459
Hey, Miles,
what's up, man?
1640
01:39:19,542 --> 01:39:20,834
How you doing?
1641
01:39:23,876 --> 01:39:26,083
What's going on
here, Ahmad?
1642
01:39:26,167 --> 01:39:27,500
Uh, we having
Sunday dinner, man.
1643
01:39:27,584 --> 01:39:29,542
We got some
string beans, catfish,
1644
01:39:29,626 --> 01:39:32,209
chicken and dumplings, man,
some corn bread.
1645
01:39:32,292 --> 01:39:34,000
I don't think
I should be here.
1646
01:39:34,083 --> 01:39:35,584
(DOOR OPENS)
1647
01:39:36,209 --> 01:39:37,751
What's happening, man?
1648
01:39:38,959 --> 01:39:40,834
Hey, Lem, when did you
get out of jail?
1649
01:39:40,918 --> 01:39:42,709
What's going on?
1650
01:39:42,792 --> 01:39:44,959
Hey, uh...
MAXINE: How you
doing, Miles?
1651
01:39:45,042 --> 01:39:46,209
Why don't you come on in
and have a seat?
1652
01:39:46,292 --> 01:39:48,584
We're going to serve dinner
in a minute.
1653
01:39:48,667 --> 01:39:50,542
What's going on in there?
1654
01:39:51,375 --> 01:39:53,209
We're having
Sunday dinner.
1655
01:39:53,751 --> 01:39:54,959
Sunday dinner?
1656
01:39:58,000 --> 01:39:59,250
(SIGHS)
1657
01:39:59,334 --> 01:40:00,876
I fucked up, huh?
1658
01:40:03,459 --> 01:40:05,000
How's Bird doing?
1659
01:40:06,250 --> 01:40:08,250
She's in there.
1660
01:40:08,334 --> 01:40:10,751
Why don't you
go ask her?
1661
01:40:10,834 --> 01:40:12,626
It looks
like a family thing
going on in there.
1662
01:40:12,709 --> 01:40:14,918
I don't want to butt in.
1663
01:40:15,292 --> 01:40:17,000
Why not?
1664
01:40:17,083 --> 01:40:18,292
You're family.
1665
01:40:21,083 --> 01:40:23,876
Hey, Ahmad, um...
1666
01:40:23,959 --> 01:40:27,709
I know I let you down,
and, I'm sorry.
1667
01:40:27,792 --> 01:40:30,375
But I want you to know,
I ain't beat on your Auntie.
1668
01:40:30,459 --> 01:40:32,959
I pushed her,
and that was bad enough,
1669
01:40:33,042 --> 01:40:34,709
but I didn't hit her.
1670
01:40:34,792 --> 01:40:37,584
I would never,
ever hit a woman.
1671
01:40:37,667 --> 01:40:39,417
Do you believe me?
1672
01:40:43,125 --> 01:40:45,125
Ahmad, your mama
said get upstairs
and wash your hands
1673
01:40:45,209 --> 01:40:47,000
and get ready for dinner.
1674
01:40:51,626 --> 01:40:54,000
I'll leave
you two alone.
1675
01:40:54,083 --> 01:40:56,042
You're home?
1676
01:40:56,125 --> 01:40:58,125
Oh, baby.
1677
01:40:59,667 --> 01:41:01,292
I missed you so much.
1678
01:41:01,375 --> 01:41:03,209
I missed you.
1679
01:41:03,292 --> 01:41:05,459
I missed you so much.
Are you okay?
1680
01:41:05,542 --> 01:41:07,959
I'm fine, baby.
I messed up, baby.
1681
01:41:08,042 --> 01:41:10,042
I messed up.
I'm sorry.
1682
01:41:10,125 --> 01:41:12,417
I love you.
I love you, too.
1683
01:41:12,500 --> 01:41:13,709
I have something
to tell you.
1684
01:41:13,792 --> 01:41:15,292
Oh, yeah?
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
1685
01:41:15,375 --> 01:41:17,709
Ahmad? Ahmad?
1686
01:41:23,125 --> 01:41:25,334
I can't even
believe she's here.
1687
01:41:26,834 --> 01:41:28,751
(SIGHS)
Come on.
1688
01:41:32,042 --> 01:41:33,167
Hey.
1689
01:41:35,209 --> 01:41:36,792
AHMAD: Hey, Faith,
what's up?
1690
01:41:36,876 --> 01:41:38,667
Ahmad, what's going on?
1691
01:41:38,751 --> 01:41:40,834
How come everybody's here?
1692
01:41:40,918 --> 01:41:43,000
We just having
Sunday dinner.
1693
01:41:43,083 --> 01:41:44,751
Sunday dinner?
1694
01:41:44,834 --> 01:41:47,292
Yeah, Sunday dinner.
You know, we got some
chicken and dumplings,
1695
01:41:47,375 --> 01:41:50,125
some string beans,
catfish, some...
1696
01:41:55,042 --> 01:41:56,459
Not cool, Ahmad.
1697
01:41:57,876 --> 01:41:59,959
I'm out of here.
Faith!
1698
01:42:00,042 --> 01:42:01,751
Wait. Please, stay.
1699
01:42:03,500 --> 01:42:04,751
Please?
1700
01:42:08,167 --> 01:42:09,292
AHMAD: Dear Lord,
1701
01:42:09,375 --> 01:42:11,709
thank you for allowing us
another day on Earth,
1702
01:42:11,792 --> 01:42:13,918
another day
to glorify your name
1703
01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:16,792
and sanctify ourselves
with your mercy.
1704
01:42:16,876 --> 01:42:20,792
Lord, I'm grateful
that the people I love
most in the world
1705
01:42:20,876 --> 01:42:22,709
are here to celebrate life
1706
01:42:22,792 --> 01:42:26,209
and the lessons as it unfolds.
1707
01:42:26,292 --> 01:42:29,918
And let one of those lessons
be acceptance and love,
1708
01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:31,876
so we can be a family again
1709
01:42:31,959 --> 01:42:34,542
and love each other
like we used to.
1710
01:42:34,626 --> 01:42:37,042
In Christ Jesus' name, amen.
1711
01:42:37,125 --> 01:42:38,250
Amen.
MAXINE: Amen.
1712
01:42:38,334 --> 01:42:40,667
REVEREND WILLIAMS: Amen.
Mm-mm-mm.
1713
01:42:40,751 --> 01:42:43,167
It's so good to be back here.
I missed this place.
1714
01:42:43,250 --> 01:42:45,042
I've got my favorite food.
1715
01:42:45,125 --> 01:42:46,334
You can't find this food
anyplace...
1716
01:42:46,417 --> 01:42:48,125
Well, I have a surprise
for everyone later,
1717
01:42:48,209 --> 01:42:51,459
but for now,
why don't we just eat?
1718
01:42:51,542 --> 01:42:53,709
I say amen to that.
ALL: Amen.
1719
01:42:53,792 --> 01:42:54,959
(LAUGHTER)
1720
01:43:25,083 --> 01:43:28,042
LEM: Everybody, um...
I got my job back.
1721
01:43:28,125 --> 01:43:29,667
BIRD: Oh,
that's good, Lem.
1722
01:43:29,751 --> 01:43:31,918
Congratulations.
BIRD: That's great.
1723
01:43:32,000 --> 01:43:33,751
Yeah, they asked
a brother back to work,
1724
01:43:33,834 --> 01:43:36,167
because they know
I'm a good, strong,
skilled worker.
1725
01:43:36,250 --> 01:43:37,500
That's right.
1726
01:43:37,584 --> 01:43:39,417
So, how'd you get
out of jail, Lem?
1727
01:43:39,500 --> 01:43:41,292
To tell you the truth, man,
I don't even know.
1728
01:43:41,375 --> 01:43:42,792
Somebody talked
to somebody,
1729
01:43:42,876 --> 01:43:45,250
and the charges
got dropped.
1730
01:43:45,334 --> 01:43:46,876
Here I am.
1731
01:43:46,959 --> 01:43:49,375
Well, we glad to
have you home, brother.
Yes, sir.
1732
01:43:49,459 --> 01:43:52,459
That's right.
My boo is home.
1733
01:43:52,542 --> 01:43:57,167
Actually, I called a friend
of mine at the D.A.'s office
for a favor.
1734
01:44:04,000 --> 01:44:05,083
I felt bad.
1735
01:44:05,167 --> 01:44:06,834
Well, you should
feel bad.
1736
01:44:06,918 --> 01:44:09,000
Because of you,
I had to spend
weeks in jail.
1737
01:44:09,083 --> 01:44:10,834
You should be thankful.
1738
01:44:10,918 --> 01:44:13,042
Now you can spend
some time and take care
of your pregnant wife.
1739
01:44:13,125 --> 01:44:14,417
BIRD: You know what, Teri?
1740
01:44:14,500 --> 01:44:16,417
You need to mind your own
damn business, all right?
1741
01:44:16,500 --> 01:44:18,250
Didn't nobody
ask you for your help.
1742
01:44:18,334 --> 01:44:19,584
You need to be worrying
about your husband
1743
01:44:19,667 --> 01:44:21,292
and why
he's sleeping with her.
1744
01:44:29,626 --> 01:44:32,417
Gee.
No, sit.
1745
01:44:32,500 --> 01:44:34,167
No, let her go
if she wants to.
1746
01:44:34,250 --> 01:44:37,709
Teri, I'm sorry,
but she's always
running away.
1747
01:44:37,792 --> 01:44:40,083
You're family,
and we're going
to deal with this.
1748
01:44:43,792 --> 01:44:46,042
Baby, go get me some more peas
and take your sister with you.
1749
01:44:46,125 --> 01:44:48,083
BIRD: Always worrying about
somebody else's business.
1750
01:44:48,167 --> 01:44:50,334
You need to take care
of your own husband.
1751
01:44:54,209 --> 01:44:56,000
So, was that it, Miles?
1752
01:44:56,083 --> 01:44:58,334
I didn't take care of you?
1753
01:45:01,751 --> 01:45:04,542
You know,
we haven't been happy
for a long time now.
1754
01:45:09,918 --> 01:45:11,876
We used to have
so much fun.
1755
01:45:19,667 --> 01:45:21,709
I don't know what happened.
1756
01:45:25,792 --> 01:45:28,167
It seems that
everything I love...
1757
01:45:28,709 --> 01:45:29,918
I lose.
1758
01:45:36,834 --> 01:45:38,959
Well... Um...
1759
01:45:39,042 --> 01:45:40,375
(CLEARS THROAT)
1760
01:45:45,083 --> 01:45:47,542
Good luck with
Mother Joe's money.
1761
01:45:49,626 --> 01:45:50,751
M-mother Joe's money?
1762
01:45:50,834 --> 01:45:52,834
Yeah, what money?
What are you talking about?
1763
01:45:52,918 --> 01:45:55,375
Supposedly, Mama has some
large amount of money
1764
01:45:55,459 --> 01:45:56,709
stashed someplace
in the house
1765
01:45:56,792 --> 01:45:58,792
that she was saving
for Ahmad, and...
1766
01:45:58,876 --> 01:46:01,250
That's why
we're all here tonight.
1767
01:46:02,459 --> 01:46:03,542
Ahmad?
1768
01:46:03,626 --> 01:46:05,542
Get in here.
KENNY: Ahmad.
1769
01:46:07,459 --> 01:46:08,626
MAXINE: Right now.
1770
01:46:11,125 --> 01:46:14,334
Ahmad, where's this money
that Mother Joe supposedly
left you?
1771
01:46:15,959 --> 01:46:19,209
There isn't any money.
I made it all up.
1772
01:46:19,292 --> 01:46:20,626
MAXINE: You made it up?
1773
01:46:20,709 --> 01:46:23,250
Ahmad, what have I
told you about lying?
1774
01:46:23,334 --> 01:46:24,959
You know
better than that.
1775
01:46:25,042 --> 01:46:28,125
It's not my fault!
It's y'all's fault!
1776
01:46:28,209 --> 01:46:30,000
Y'all messed up the family!
1777
01:46:30,083 --> 01:46:31,667
Can't you see that?
1778
01:46:32,209 --> 01:46:34,792
(AHMAD CRYING)
1779
01:46:34,876 --> 01:46:39,042
Big Mama wanted me
to get everyone together
for a Sunday dinner.
1780
01:46:39,125 --> 01:46:40,792
But I didn't know
how to do that,
1781
01:46:40,876 --> 01:46:43,459
because all
y'all do is fight.
1782
01:46:43,542 --> 01:46:46,626
So I lied...
Lied about the money
so you'd come.
1783
01:46:48,292 --> 01:46:50,667
So we could be a family again.
1784
01:46:52,000 --> 01:46:54,876
Y'all know that's
what Big Mama wanted.
1785
01:46:56,667 --> 01:46:58,292
Baby...
1786
01:46:58,375 --> 01:46:59,876
Come here.
1787
01:47:01,334 --> 01:47:02,667
It's okay.
1788
01:47:02,751 --> 01:47:04,334
You guys smell that?
1789
01:47:04,876 --> 01:47:06,125
Smell what?
1790
01:47:06,209 --> 01:47:07,792
Smells like it's coming
from the kitchen.
1791
01:47:07,876 --> 01:47:09,542
You didn't mess
with the stove,
did you?
1792
01:47:09,626 --> 01:47:11,626
I'll go look.
1793
01:47:14,584 --> 01:47:15,792
Whoa!
1794
01:47:18,042 --> 01:47:19,542
Oh, shit! Come on!
1795
01:47:19,626 --> 01:47:20,751
Uhh! Uhh!
1796
01:47:20,834 --> 01:47:22,500
LEM: Let me get some water!
1797
01:47:24,292 --> 01:47:25,542
Aah!
1798
01:47:25,626 --> 01:47:26,876
Get back! Get back!
1799
01:47:26,959 --> 01:47:28,209
BIRD: Oh, my God!
1800
01:47:28,292 --> 01:47:30,083
Get back! Get back!
1801
01:47:30,167 --> 01:47:31,959
Look out! Look out!
1802
01:47:32,042 --> 01:47:34,167
Oh! Oh, whoa! Whoa! Look out!
1803
01:47:34,250 --> 01:47:36,584
KENNY: It's coming from
the back of the stove!
Come on!
1804
01:47:38,292 --> 01:47:40,500
It ain't going to work!
It ain't working!
Oh, my God!
1805
01:47:40,584 --> 01:47:42,959
Uhh!
The house!
1806
01:47:43,042 --> 01:47:45,292
Wait!
The house!
1807
01:47:45,375 --> 01:47:46,542
LEM: It's getting out of hand!
1808
01:47:47,959 --> 01:47:49,918
KENNY: We need
an extinguisher!
Look for an extinguisher!
1809
01:47:50,000 --> 01:47:51,125
Yeah!
1810
01:48:14,584 --> 01:48:18,083
(COUGHING)
1811
01:48:26,500 --> 01:48:28,959
No.
BIRD: Oh, my God.
1812
01:48:29,042 --> 01:48:31,792
Oh, my goodness.
1813
01:48:31,876 --> 01:48:34,792
Oh, no.
What happened?
1814
01:48:34,876 --> 01:48:36,167
I don't know.
1815
01:48:36,667 --> 01:48:37,918
I...
1816
01:48:38,542 --> 01:48:39,834
MILES: Ohh.
1817
01:48:45,667 --> 01:48:47,000
I forgot.
1818
01:48:47,959 --> 01:48:49,334
I left the towel on the stove.
1819
01:48:50,417 --> 01:48:51,792
MAXINE: Oh, Ahmad...
1820
01:48:51,876 --> 01:48:53,083
(DOOR BANGS OPEN)
1821
01:48:53,167 --> 01:48:55,500
(ALL SCREAMING)
1822
01:48:57,334 --> 01:48:59,876
Uncle Pete,
are you all right?
1823
01:48:59,959 --> 01:49:01,876
Ooh. Just got a little
on your face.
1824
01:49:01,959 --> 01:49:03,459
He didn't mean nothing.
1825
01:49:03,542 --> 01:49:06,083
This is, uh, my surprise,
everybody.
1826
01:49:07,667 --> 01:49:09,083
Uncle Pete.
1827
01:49:11,375 --> 01:49:12,542
Uncle Pete?
1828
01:49:14,042 --> 01:49:15,375
(LAUGHTER)
1829
01:49:15,459 --> 01:49:17,083
I'm... I'm sorry, man.
1830
01:49:17,167 --> 01:49:18,500
AHMAD: Look at this.
1831
01:49:18,584 --> 01:49:20,334
(CONFUSED CLAMOR)
1832
01:49:20,417 --> 01:49:22,709
Ho ho!
Look at all
this money!
1833
01:49:22,792 --> 01:49:24,876
(EXCITED SHOUTING)
1834
01:49:24,959 --> 01:49:27,459
AHMAD: Big Mama
really did have a pile
of money hidden away,
1835
01:49:27,542 --> 01:49:30,792
and she had it stashed
in the last place
we'd all think to look...
1836
01:49:30,876 --> 01:49:32,250
Uncle Pete's TV.
1837
01:49:32,334 --> 01:49:34,083
(ALL CHEERING)
1838
01:49:34,167 --> 01:49:36,751
Now I understand what
soul food was all about.
1839
01:49:36,834 --> 01:49:40,250
See, during slavery,
us Black folks didn't have
a whole lot to celebrate,
1840
01:49:40,334 --> 01:49:43,834
so cooking became the way
we expressed our love
for one another.
1841
01:49:43,918 --> 01:49:46,417
And that's what those
Sunday dinners meant to us.
1842
01:49:46,500 --> 01:49:47,959
More than just eating,
1843
01:49:48,042 --> 01:49:51,083
it was a time for sharing
our joys and sorrows,
1844
01:49:51,167 --> 01:49:54,292
something the old folks
say is missing
in today's families.
1845
01:49:55,918 --> 01:49:58,125
Things got better
for my family after that.
1846
01:49:58,209 --> 01:50:00,334
And even though Miles
and Aunt Teri broke up,
1847
01:50:00,417 --> 01:50:02,792
it hasn't stopped Miles
from coming around
every now and then
1848
01:50:02,876 --> 01:50:05,792
and filling his belly
with Mama's soul food.
1849
01:50:07,209 --> 01:50:09,083
Lem and Bird
are doing good, too.
1850
01:50:09,167 --> 01:50:10,500
They got their own place,
1851
01:50:10,584 --> 01:50:12,834
and they're expecting
that baby any day now.
1852
01:50:14,584 --> 01:50:16,542
My mama and Aunt Teri
are cool again,
1853
01:50:16,626 --> 01:50:18,167
at least for the time being.
1854
01:50:18,250 --> 01:50:20,709
And Faith is finally
a part of the family, too.
1855
01:50:20,792 --> 01:50:23,959
And as you can see,
we didn't sell the big house.
1856
01:50:24,042 --> 01:50:26,125
No way, no how.
1857
01:50:26,209 --> 01:50:30,626
And even though we all miss
Big Mama's cooking,
laughter, and love,
1858
01:50:30,709 --> 01:50:33,375
none of us feel like
life cheated her none.
1859
01:50:33,459 --> 01:50:36,334
See, she accomplished
all the things
she set out to do,
1860
01:50:36,417 --> 01:50:37,876
to build a strong family,
1861
01:50:37,959 --> 01:50:39,584
with a rich tradition,
1862
01:50:39,667 --> 01:50:42,500
and to leave love
in her footprints.
1863
01:50:42,584 --> 01:50:44,751
Thanks... Big Mama.
1864
01:50:50,959 --> 01:50:52,417
♪ You taught me everything
1865
01:50:52,500 --> 01:50:54,209
♪ And everything
you've given me
1866
01:50:54,292 --> 01:50:57,292
♪ I'll always keep it inside
1867
01:50:57,375 --> 01:51:01,209
♪ And you're
the driving force in my life
1868
01:51:01,751 --> 01:51:03,667
♪ Yeah-eah-eah
1869
01:51:03,751 --> 01:51:07,042
♪ There isn't anything
or anyone that I could be
1870
01:51:07,125 --> 01:51:09,417
♪ And it just
wouldn't feel right
1871
01:51:10,417 --> 01:51:14,709
♪ If I didn't have you
by my side
1872
01:51:14,792 --> 01:51:15,959
♪ Oh
1873
01:51:16,042 --> 01:51:17,500
♪ You were there for me
1874
01:51:17,584 --> 01:51:19,334
♪ To love and care for me
1875
01:51:19,417 --> 01:51:22,375
♪ When skies were gray
1876
01:51:22,459 --> 01:51:24,042
♪ Whenever I was down
1877
01:51:24,125 --> 01:51:25,792
♪ You were always there
1878
01:51:25,876 --> 01:51:28,500
♪ To comfort me
1879
01:51:28,584 --> 01:51:32,125
♪ And no one else can be
what you have been to me
1880
01:51:32,209 --> 01:51:34,584
♪ You will always be
1881
01:51:34,667 --> 01:51:36,876
♪ You will always be
1882
01:51:36,959 --> 01:51:39,292
♪ The girl in my life
1883
01:51:39,375 --> 01:51:41,876
♪ For all times
1884
01:51:41,959 --> 01:51:46,209
♪ Mama, Mama
1885
01:51:46,292 --> 01:51:49,626
♪ You know I love you
1886
01:51:49,709 --> 01:51:52,209
♪ You know I love you
1887
01:51:52,292 --> 01:51:54,876
♪ You know I love you
1888
01:51:54,959 --> 01:51:56,667
♪ Mama
1889
01:51:56,751 --> 01:51:57,834
♪ Ooh
1890
01:51:57,918 --> 01:52:01,667
♪ Mama
You're the queen of my heart
1891
01:52:01,751 --> 01:52:04,250
♪ You are
1892
01:52:04,334 --> 01:52:07,751
♪ Your love is like
Tears from the stars
1893
01:52:07,834 --> 01:52:10,792
♪ Your love is like
Tears from the stars
1894
01:52:10,876 --> 01:52:14,000
♪ Mama
I just want you to know
1895
01:52:14,083 --> 01:52:17,000
♪ Mama
I just want you to know
1896
01:52:17,083 --> 01:52:20,334
♪ Lovin' you
is like food to my soul
1897
01:52:20,417 --> 01:52:25,459
♪ Lovin' you
is like food to my soul
1898
01:52:25,542 --> 01:52:27,792
♪ Bum-bum
1899
01:52:28,792 --> 01:52:32,667
♪ Oh
1900
01:52:32,751 --> 01:52:34,792
♪ Yeah, yeah
1901
01:52:34,876 --> 01:52:36,209
♪ You are the food
1902
01:52:36,292 --> 01:52:39,459
♪ To my soul
1903
01:52:39,542 --> 01:52:44,959
♪ Yes, you are ♪
1904
01:52:46,167 --> 01:52:49,500
♪ Uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh
1905
01:52:49,584 --> 01:52:51,959
♪ Don't you stop it
1906
01:52:52,042 --> 01:52:54,667
♪ Don't you stop
what you're doin'
1907
01:52:54,751 --> 01:52:55,834
♪ Oh
1908
01:52:55,918 --> 01:52:57,667
♪ You don't really
want to stop
1909
01:52:57,751 --> 01:52:59,250
♪ No, you don't
1910
01:52:59,334 --> 01:53:01,584
♪ Don't you stop it
1911
01:53:01,667 --> 01:53:04,083
♪ Don't you stop
what you're doin'
1912
01:53:04,167 --> 01:53:05,417
♪ Yeah, yeah
1913
01:53:05,500 --> 01:53:06,876
♪ You don't really
want to stop
1914
01:53:06,959 --> 01:53:08,751
♪ Check it out, yeah, come on
1915
01:53:08,834 --> 01:53:11,042
♪ Whether you like it hard
over live guitars
1916
01:53:11,125 --> 01:53:13,250
♪ Anything dropped
If it's hot, it's ours
1917
01:53:13,334 --> 01:53:15,918
♪ If it's not, it's yours
We on the job
1918
01:53:16,000 --> 01:53:17,292
♪ Everybody eatin'
1919
01:53:17,375 --> 01:53:18,626
♪ Everybody involved
1920
01:53:18,709 --> 01:53:20,918
♪ You can't stop that
like you can't stop rap
1921
01:53:21,000 --> 01:53:23,125
♪ Bad boy, stop
What's the chance of that?
1922
01:53:23,209 --> 01:53:24,375
♪ We don't stop
1923
01:53:24,459 --> 01:53:25,834
♪ So check the mansions
and stacks
1924
01:53:25,918 --> 01:53:27,500
♪ And we don't have
to answer to jack
1925
01:53:27,584 --> 01:53:29,125
♪ No wonder
we had this rap shit locked
1926
01:53:29,209 --> 01:53:30,584
♪ For eight straight summers
1927
01:53:30,667 --> 01:53:31,959
♪ Pull up at the party
1928
01:53:32,042 --> 01:53:33,334
♪ Eight straight Hummers
1929
01:53:33,417 --> 01:53:35,542
♪ Six be the sixth
Seventh and eighth wonders
1930
01:53:35,626 --> 01:53:37,667
♪ Pop corks
We be the toast of New York
1931
01:53:37,751 --> 01:53:40,125
♪ And out west
We want y'all to understand
1932
01:53:40,209 --> 01:53:42,042
♪ All we wanna do
is make you dance
1933
01:53:42,125 --> 01:53:43,626
♪ We know the song
ain't done wrong
1934
01:53:43,709 --> 01:53:45,000
♪ When the party is hot
1935
01:53:45,083 --> 01:53:47,584
♪ Y'all don't really want us
to stop, do you?
1936
01:53:47,667 --> 01:53:49,959
♪ Don't you stop it
1937
01:53:50,042 --> 01:53:53,167
♪ Don't you stop
what you're doin'
1938
01:53:53,250 --> 01:53:54,334
♪ Oh
1939
01:53:54,417 --> 01:53:55,834
♪ You don't really
want to stop
1940
01:53:55,918 --> 01:53:57,334
♪ Nah
1941
01:53:57,417 --> 01:53:59,626
♪ Don't you stop it
1942
01:53:59,709 --> 01:54:03,334
♪ Don't you stop
what you're doin'
1943
01:54:03,417 --> 01:54:06,584
♪ You don't really
want to stop
1944
01:54:06,667 --> 01:54:09,292
♪ You can pump this
in your Jeep on an off-road
1945
01:54:09,375 --> 01:54:11,709
♪ Pump this through your Bose
on the way to the tow
1946
01:54:11,792 --> 01:54:13,918
♪ Bang this till you're
bein' old when you at home
1947
01:54:14,000 --> 01:54:16,083
♪ Or on the six-four
sittin' on chrome
1948
01:54:16,167 --> 01:54:18,751
♪ Yo, we don't stall
We ball while you
playin' the wall
1949
01:54:18,834 --> 01:54:21,250
♪ We in the middle
of the dance floor gettin' off
1950
01:54:21,334 --> 01:54:22,542
♪ We got a bunch of hot chicks
1951
01:54:22,626 --> 01:54:23,959
♪ Gettin' live with us
1952
01:54:24,042 --> 01:54:26,334
♪ At the end of the night
They gonna slide with us
1953
01:54:26,417 --> 01:54:28,834
♪ Don't you stop it
1954
01:54:28,918 --> 01:54:32,500
♪ Don't you stop
what you're doin'
1955
01:54:32,584 --> 01:54:34,542
♪ You don't really
want to stop
1956
01:54:34,626 --> 01:54:36,542
♪ No, baby, uh-uh
1957
01:54:36,626 --> 01:54:38,375
♪ Don't you stop it
1958
01:54:38,459 --> 01:54:42,042
♪ Don't you stop
what you're doin'
1959
01:54:42,125 --> 01:54:44,584
♪ You don't really
want to stop ♪