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Previously on   Twenties...

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Are you late
        with your rent again?

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Now I've hit rock bottom.

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So you want to be
            my assistant.

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Don't fall under her spell.

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She's a showrunner,
              not Prince.

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-SVP is now up for grabs.
     -I just don't want

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the only two Black execs
             at the studio

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trying to kill each other
           over a promotion.

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I have an audition.

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Do you have a monologue?

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Go to your desk
     and pack up all your shit.

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What were you talking
         to that waiter about?

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He handed you
         his business card?

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Babe, I don't even know
        where that card's at.

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Will you marry me?

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What are you doing here?

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I want a

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Sunday kind of love

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Etta James' "A Sunday
        Kind of Love" playing

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A love to last

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Past Saturday night

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And I'd like to know

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It's more than love
            at first sight

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And I want a Sunday

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Kind of love

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Oh, yeah, yeah

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I want a

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A love
         that's on the square

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Can't seem to find
               somebody

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You're gonna make
     a beautiful bride one day.

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What?

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I had a dream about you.

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What was I doing
           in this dream?

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You were walking towards me

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in this beautiful
           wedding dress.

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You had a veil on,
        this long-ass train.

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My little cousins were throwing
      rose petals at your feet.

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Your face was beat
            for the gods,

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and your hair was so snatched,

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it--it looked like
        you got a face-lift.

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And Anita Baker was
     singing you down the aisle.

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You're my angel

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It's my jam.

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- My angel
                -Mm.

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Do you think
     T.D. Jakes would marry us?

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Are you crazy?

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Yeah, I mean,
        I'm crazy about you.

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-W-where you going?
               -Home.

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Well, I was gonna send
     your ass home soon anyway,

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because this ain't even my bed.

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What?

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Yeah, this my girl's room.

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-Are you homeless?
       -No, I ain't homeless.

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I don't pay a landlord rent,

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but I do help Chuck and Marie
         with the groceries,

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and I chipped in

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on that new sectional
       that they want to get.

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Oh, God. You're a child.
        What was I thinking?

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Yeah, what were you thinking?

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Because you accosted me,
              remember?

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Well, if I accosted you,
       you seemed to enjoy it.

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Oh, you absolutely
           had my consent.

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But I had yours as well,
    for rounds two, three, four--

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All right, don't be crass.

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I can be crass if I want to.
        It's a free country.

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-Yeah, it ain't that free.
        -Now, that's a word.

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-Oh, shit.
           -Who was that?

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It's the people
       who actually live here.

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--Hattie!

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Why is he
       calling you like that?

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He probably needs help
    bringing Marie in the house.

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I need help bringing
         Marie in the house.

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Wow.

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If you don't want
    your business in the street,

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I suggest you sneak out
              the back.

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upbeat jazz music

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Hattie!

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"You may write me down
             in history

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"with your bitter,
            twisted lies.

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"You may drive me
          in the very dirt,

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but still, like dust,
             I'll rise."

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I cannot believe she got
         Maya Angelou drunk.

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Hattie, do you know
      why the caged bird sings?

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I don't, but I have a feeling
         you gonna tell me.

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Okay.

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"Just like moons
            and like suns

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with the certainty of tides"...

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Oh, God.

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"Just like hopes
           springing high,

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still I'll rise."

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-Okay. Oh.

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upbeat music

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Come on, help me
           get her in bed.

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Uh, uh, let--let me
          fix it up first.

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Fix it up?

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I deep-clean that room
            twice a week.

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-It's fine.
      -Yeah, but I just wanted

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to make it real romantic
             for y'all,

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like a '90s music video.

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I figure y'all would want to
       have a nice, sexy night

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after deciding to spend

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the rest of your lives
              together.

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You know,
     I seen them beads in there.

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I know what you like.
            Y'all nasty.

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I feel like
         I'm gonna throw up.

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Nope, just hold it
       a little longer, honey.

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Hattie just wants to make sure

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that the bedroom is perfect
               for us.

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Mm-hmm, yep.
      Just give me ten seconds.

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-Ten...
             -Ten--okay.

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-Give me ten.
              -Nine...

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Okay.

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A little ambience.

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frantic music

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-Time's up.

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Hey.

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Thanks for all this,
    but I can take it from here.

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Okay, yeah, yeah.
       Y'all have a good time.

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Hattie tried to make our room
         a romantic getaway.

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She is really growing.

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That's mine?

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No. It's too small.

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By a cup and a half at least.

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Oh.

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So Hattie wasn't in here
           making our bed?

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No, she was having sex
             in our bed.

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Last straw?
         Oh, yeah, I'm done.

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somber pop music

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There's nothing left
           to say about it

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Lesson learned,
     let's agree it's all on you

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Maybe we should pray
               about it

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'Cause only God knows
       what we've been through

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There's nothing left to say
               about it

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'Cause I was so alone
              loving you

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Now that I think about it

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I would say "grand rising,"
    but the sun hasn't risen yet.

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Marie tripping again.
        Can I stay with you?

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Come on.

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Damn!

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How does my stuff
    always wind up on the street?

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She kicked you out
     in the middle of the night?

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Damn, that's cold.

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I did accidentally have sex
             in her bed.

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How'd you do that?

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Well, I couldn't make love
       to Ida B. on the futon.

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-You made love to Ida B.?
            -Oh, my God.

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-Wait, when? Tonight?

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That's why you left
          the party early?

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So is she gay?
         Or maybe she's bi.

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Or maybe she's one of those
       late-in-life lesbians.

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I saw a documentary about that.
         It was fascinating.

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Nia, you got
         way too much energy

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and way too many questions
          for me right now.

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This woman is my boss.
       You can't just give me

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this kind of tea and expect me
   to act like everything's cool.

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Well, you're gonna have to.

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'Cause I woke up this morning
     dreaming about our future,

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and it was clear she was
   thinking about something else.

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Of course she was.
        She's toxic as hell.

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Have you seen her shows?

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All the women have daddy
       and commitment issues.

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That's her shit.

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I don't know, I thought
     if I loved her hard enough,

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then I could fix
        all of that, I guess.

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You know
    I'm all about manifestation.

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Yeah, and I did manifest her
       into my bed, didn't I?

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You manifested a woman
     that enjoys your attention

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more than she enjoys you.

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And that was Marie's bed,
             not yours.

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Do you want me to comfort you

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or help you come up
          with a solution?

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I just want comfort.
             That's it.

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Okay.

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And maybe some weed?

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The expensive kind
       littered with lavender

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and rolled in grape-flavored
           rolling papers?

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-Oh, my God.
     -What, you ain't got none?

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No.
     I have some CBD pre-rolls.

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CBD?

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Don't nobody want
           that diet weed.

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relaxed music

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What are you doing?

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Greeting the sun
       and finding my center.

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At 00 a.m.? Why?

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It's how I practice
             self-care.

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Must you do it
      so early in the morning?

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We have to normalize
          Black women doing

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whatever they want
         whenever they want,

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so, yes, I must.

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-I respect that.
      -You don't have a choice.

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You a guest in my house,
             you idiot.

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Damn, why you got to come
          at me like that?

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I'm not talking to you.
      I'm practicing my lines.

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Oh, okay.

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Well, you're gonna be amazing.

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You want me to say a quick
    prayer for you before you go?

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I would love that.

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Let's go.

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All right.

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-Your time has finally come.
                -Mm.

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The Lord saw fit for you

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to stop praying
         for your purpose...

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-Mm-hmm.
   -...and to start walking in it.

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-Not on your time.
                -Mm.

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-Mm-mm. But on His time.
                -Mm.

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His schedule is the one
       we should be following.

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-Not ours.
              -Mm-hmm.

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He said, let there be--

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My God is a She.

211
00:09:48,839 --> 00:09:50,299
Say less.

212
00:09:50,341 --> 00:09:53,177
She wanted you to know

213
00:09:53,218 --> 00:09:56,347
what it felt like
         to be in the valley

214
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so that when you reach
          the mountaintop,

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you would not only celebrate
           the victories,

216
00:10:02,061 --> 00:10:04,063
but you'd also celebrate

217
00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:07,691
the steps that it took
        for you to get there.

218
00:10:09,443 --> 00:10:11,403
Have you been watching
    T.D. Jakes on YouTube again?

219
00:10:11,445 --> 00:10:14,073
He was in my dream last night.

220
00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:15,741
It's a long story.

221
00:10:15,783 --> 00:10:17,660
-Amen.
               -Amen.

222
00:10:17,701 --> 00:10:18,869
Hallelujah.

223
00:10:18,911 --> 00:10:21,580
sweeping music

224
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smoky jazz music

225
00:10:47,231 --> 00:10:49,233
Good morning. I'm Nia.

226
00:10:52,820 --> 00:10:53,987
Oh, morning.

227
00:11:03,414 --> 00:11:06,250
Hi. I'm Nia.
    I'm here to embody Valentina.

228
00:11:06,291 --> 00:11:08,210
-You're early.
           -I'm Jamaican.

229
00:11:08,252 --> 00:11:09,712
Good for you.

230
00:11:09,753 --> 00:11:11,380
--Hey.

231
00:11:18,429 --> 00:11:21,390
tempo increases

232
00:11:38,574 --> 00:11:40,868
I love a Black wedding.
            I can't wait.

233
00:11:40,909 --> 00:11:42,244
Are you gonna be jumping
           over the broom,

234
00:11:42,286 --> 00:11:43,662
or are you leaving

235
00:11:43,704 --> 00:11:45,414
mixing trauma and matrimony
            in the '90s?

236
00:11:45,456 --> 00:11:47,416
-It's a family tradition.
          -Just be careful.

237
00:11:47,458 --> 00:11:48,542
You might offend
        some of your guests.

238
00:11:48,584 --> 00:11:49,752
It's my wedding.

239
00:11:49,793 --> 00:11:51,170
Not according to Finstagram.

240
00:11:51,211 --> 00:11:53,422
Your stories are full
        of engagement photos.

241
00:11:53,464 --> 00:11:55,090
This isn't for you.
     This is for our enjoyment.

242
00:11:55,132 --> 00:11:56,550
What?

243
00:11:56,592 --> 00:11:58,010
This is a conversation
       I don't have time for.

244
00:11:58,051 --> 00:11:59,344
What do you got? Hit me.

245
00:11:59,386 --> 00:12:00,929
Well, there's a book
         I'd like to option

246
00:12:00,971 --> 00:12:02,890
about a Black nurse
           in World War II

247
00:12:02,931 --> 00:12:04,433
who falls in love
         with a German POW.

248
00:12:04,475 --> 00:12:06,101
No, sorry.

249
00:12:06,143 --> 00:12:07,811
Last time I checked
            the Internet,

250
00:12:07,853 --> 00:12:09,730
Black folks aren't really here
   for the interracial-love thing.

251
00:12:09,772 --> 00:12:11,482
Yeah, more Black-on-Black love,

252
00:12:11,523 --> 00:12:13,609
less Black-on-Black crime
             narrative.

253
00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:15,277
It's old,
       and we're tired of it.

254
00:12:15,319 --> 00:12:17,780
Okay, well, I recently heard
        of a pitch from a kid

255
00:12:17,821 --> 00:12:19,573
who lost his mother
        to cancer last year,

256
00:12:19,615 --> 00:12:20,949
and when he was seven,

257
00:12:20,991 --> 00:12:22,451
he was shot in the leg
         during a drive-by.

258
00:12:22,493 --> 00:12:23,952
Why does every story
        about a Black person

259
00:12:23,994 --> 00:12:25,496
have to end
   in sadness, pain, or drive-bys?

260
00:12:25,537 --> 00:12:27,080
He's white.

261
00:12:27,122 --> 00:12:29,583
Oh, okay.
    Well, set the meeting, then.

262
00:12:29,625 --> 00:12:31,251
Oh, so white stories

263
00:12:31,293 --> 00:12:32,878
can have pain and triumph,
           but ours can't?

264
00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:34,546
We deserve more triumph.

265
00:12:34,588 --> 00:12:36,256
There has to be
           a trial first.

266
00:12:36,298 --> 00:12:38,926
We can't have a movie without
   some sort of inciting incident.

267
00:12:38,967 --> 00:12:40,385
And why can't
        our inciting incident

268
00:12:40,427 --> 00:12:42,054
be bubble baths or back rubs?

269
00:12:42,095 --> 00:12:44,389
Well, it could,
       if we were making porn.

270
00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:46,475
We've been marginalized
           and fetishized

271
00:12:46,517 --> 00:12:48,310
in that community as well.

272
00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:51,647
-Okay.
        -Anyway, let me know

273
00:12:51,688 --> 00:12:53,273
when the "white menace
     to society" meeting's set.

274
00:12:53,315 --> 00:12:54,316
Mm-hmm

275
00:12:56,193 --> 00:12:58,570
They can never name
        another badder than me

276
00:12:58,612 --> 00:13:01,156
Take your bitch all week
        just to try to compete

277
00:13:01,198 --> 00:13:02,616
Yeah, baby,
     I know what you're thinking

278
00:13:02,658 --> 00:13:03,992
When you're looking at me

279
00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:05,494
But I'm costly

280
00:13:05,536 --> 00:13:06,745
You ain't getting
           nothing for free

281
00:13:06,787 --> 00:13:08,330
I'm a diamond

282
00:13:08,372 --> 00:13:09,998
Georges Bizet's "Habanera"
               playing

283
00:13:20,259 --> 00:13:21,426
Nah, that's wack.

284
00:13:24,388 --> 00:13:27,349
bass-heavy music

285
00:13:54,585 --> 00:13:56,128
Good morning, everyone.

286
00:13:56,169 --> 00:13:58,338
Let's welcome the newest member
            of the cast,

287
00:13:58,380 --> 00:14:00,883
playing the part of Valentina,
            Nia Baptiste.

288
00:14:03,594 --> 00:14:05,220
Let's begin.

289
00:14:05,262 --> 00:14:08,473
Uh, Lauren, would you read
     the stage directions today?

290
00:14:08,515 --> 00:14:10,392
Yes, queen.

291
00:14:12,895 --> 00:14:15,147
"Interior salon, morning.

292
00:14:15,188 --> 00:14:16,732
"Cocoa is laying the tracks

293
00:14:16,773 --> 00:14:18,859
"of her regular customer
            Chandeleera,

294
00:14:18,901 --> 00:14:20,861
"a basketball wife
      with a brick-house body.

295
00:14:20,903 --> 00:14:22,195
"Cocoa spills the tea,

296
00:14:22,237 --> 00:14:24,114
as Chandeleera hangs
           on every drop."

297
00:14:24,156 --> 00:14:25,908
I said, "Oh, no, brother.

298
00:14:25,949 --> 00:14:28,368
"Put away
      that crooked candy cane D

299
00:14:28,410 --> 00:14:31,955
because you ain't gonna mess up
     my perfect tunnel of love."

300
00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:35,834
"Valentina, a stunning,
          confident stylist

301
00:14:35,876 --> 00:14:38,211
"in her mid-20s, enters
         with a rolling bag

302
00:14:38,253 --> 00:14:40,380
full of flat irons
     and a heart full of hope."

303
00:14:40,422 --> 00:14:43,133
Morning. You must be Cocoa.

304
00:14:43,175 --> 00:14:45,802
And you must be Valentina.

305
00:14:45,844 --> 00:14:48,388
You ain't as cute
          as your picture.

306
00:14:48,430 --> 00:14:51,767
You know, I don't usually
   hire assistants off the 'Gram.

307
00:14:51,808 --> 00:14:53,727
-Don't make me regret it.
             -You won't.

308
00:14:53,769 --> 00:14:57,064
I'm 'bout to become
     your next Wizard of Weaves.

309
00:14:57,105 --> 00:14:59,608
Okay, then,
   that's your station over there.

310
00:14:59,650 --> 00:15:02,277
Remember, you on probation,

311
00:15:02,319 --> 00:15:05,113
but you know all about that,
      because from what I hear,

312
00:15:05,155 --> 00:15:08,450
your baby daddy
          just got sprung.

313
00:15:08,492 --> 00:15:12,120
Yes, my man did time,
        and I ain't ashamed,

314
00:15:12,162 --> 00:15:14,247
'cause I love him.

315
00:15:14,289 --> 00:15:15,540
My love is like a lace front.

316
00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:17,626
You can't tell me
           it ain't real.

317
00:15:20,671 --> 00:15:22,714
"Valentina starts
         unpacking her bag."

318
00:15:22,756 --> 00:15:25,634
smooth music

319
00:15:27,636 --> 00:15:29,388
Somebody came to play.

320
00:15:33,266 --> 00:15:34,643
She's hard to impress.

321
00:15:34,685 --> 00:15:36,311
I've heard.

322
00:15:36,353 --> 00:15:38,480
Thanks again for writing
     such a beautiful monologue.

323
00:15:38,522 --> 00:15:39,731
I'm not gonna lie--
          it was triggering

324
00:15:39,773 --> 00:15:41,108
to hear you read it.

325
00:15:41,149 --> 00:15:42,693
You turned your pain
      into something beautiful,

326
00:15:42,734 --> 00:15:43,777
and it got me here.

327
00:15:43,819 --> 00:15:45,779
So I'm grateful.

328
00:15:47,572 --> 00:15:50,867
Also, you're glowing
            this morning.

329
00:15:50,909 --> 00:15:52,411
I don't know what
     your nighttime routine is,

330
00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:54,788
but it's working.

331
00:15:58,834 --> 00:16:00,419
I'm gonna go rehearse my lines.

332
00:16:00,460 --> 00:16:01,837
Yes, you do that.

333
00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:23,358
2020.
    That was an interesting year.

334
00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,152
Yeah, I figured
     you and Chuck could open it

335
00:16:25,193 --> 00:16:26,528
on your 20th anniversary,

336
00:16:26,570 --> 00:16:29,197
and then it would
          really be fancy.

337
00:16:29,239 --> 00:16:31,491
Nothing says "I'm sorry"
          like cheap wine.

338
00:16:31,533 --> 00:16:34,661
Cheap now,
       expensive later, right?

339
00:16:34,703 --> 00:16:36,496
Think about it.

340
00:16:36,538 --> 00:16:39,332
I sent your script to Fiona
        in our TV department.

341
00:16:39,374 --> 00:16:41,084
Oh, my God. Thank you.

342
00:16:41,126 --> 00:16:43,253
It probably won't amount
            to anything.

343
00:16:43,295 --> 00:16:46,214
Okay, let's think positive.
              It could.

344
00:16:46,256 --> 00:16:47,466
You're right.

345
00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:50,719
You're.
        Y-O-U-apostrophe-R-E.

346
00:16:50,761 --> 00:16:52,471
-I know.
               -Yeah.

347
00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:53,930
I was just making sure
   that you knew that I knew, too.

348
00:16:53,972 --> 00:16:55,223
That's all.

349
00:16:55,265 --> 00:16:56,975
Have you been
      sending your script out?

350
00:16:57,017 --> 00:16:58,560
You have to do that, you know?

351
00:16:58,602 --> 00:17:00,353
You can't just write something
       and then hold on to it.

352
00:17:00,395 --> 00:17:01,855
I don't do that anymore.

353
00:17:01,897 --> 00:17:04,066
I've been sending it out
      to my new writer friends,

354
00:17:04,107 --> 00:17:05,984
and I submitted it
          to the Brownlist

355
00:17:06,026 --> 00:17:08,195
and a few other
          writing programs.

356
00:17:08,236 --> 00:17:09,946
I'm on it. I got this.

357
00:17:09,988 --> 00:17:12,282
-Okay, good.
            -Okay, good.

358
00:17:14,242 --> 00:17:15,410
I'm proud of you.

359
00:17:15,452 --> 00:17:17,579
-What'd you say?
           -You heard me.

360
00:17:17,621 --> 00:17:19,456
I just don't hear it
            often, so...

361
00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:24,377
I am sorry
     for what I said last night.

362
00:17:24,419 --> 00:17:25,921
As you should be.

363
00:17:25,962 --> 00:17:27,380
I wasn't wrong.

364
00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:31,885
Look, I don't mind you
      telling me about myself,

365
00:17:31,927 --> 00:17:34,262
but you really need
      to work on your delivery.

366
00:17:36,598 --> 00:17:39,059
I know you slept
        at Nia's last night.

367
00:17:39,101 --> 00:17:41,186
Well, I didn't have
          a choice, did I?

368
00:17:42,854 --> 00:17:45,899
If you want to come back,
              you can.

369
00:17:45,941 --> 00:17:48,819
Nah, I think
       I'ma just stay at Nia's

370
00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:50,570
until I find my own place.

371
00:17:50,612 --> 00:17:52,155
-You sure?
               -Yeah.

372
00:17:52,197 --> 00:17:53,365
I'm sure you and Chuck have

373
00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:55,951
a lot of newly engaged sex
              to have,

374
00:17:55,992 --> 00:17:59,204
and I don't want to be
    all up in your way, you know.

375
00:17:59,246 --> 00:18:00,956
Y-O-U-R, your.

376
00:18:00,997 --> 00:18:03,166
-Yeah, I know.
    -Yeah, I know that you know.

377
00:18:03,208 --> 00:18:06,169
I was just making sure
   that you knew that I knew, too.

378
00:18:06,211 --> 00:18:09,673
-Is something wrong?
         -No, of course not.

379
00:18:09,714 --> 00:18:12,008
I just wanted you to know
           that I love you

380
00:18:12,050 --> 00:18:15,637
and that I'm happy
         for you and Chuck.

381
00:18:15,679 --> 00:18:17,180
This wedding gonna
           be lit, right?

382
00:18:18,849 --> 00:18:21,101
You think you gonna get
     T.D. Jakes to marry y'all?

383
00:18:21,143 --> 00:18:23,061
I really haven't thought
         that far ahead yet.

384
00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:26,565
Makes sense.
           Take your time.

385
00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:29,484
Well, all right,
   I'll let you get back to work.

386
00:18:33,822 --> 00:18:37,242
hip-hop music

387
00:18:37,284 --> 00:18:39,369
Chandeleera,
        I know you love him,

388
00:18:39,411 --> 00:18:42,205
but don't let yourself be
    done in by that kryptonite D.

389
00:18:42,247 --> 00:18:43,832
I know you love him,

390
00:18:43,874 --> 00:18:46,293
but don't let yourself be
    done in by that kryptonite D.

391
00:18:47,544 --> 00:18:49,254
-Chandeleera...

392
00:18:49,296 --> 00:18:52,257
I know you love him,
        but don't let your--

393
00:18:52,299 --> 00:18:54,092
Damn it, Hattie,
          you messed me up.

394
00:18:54,134 --> 00:18:55,927
My bad.

395
00:18:55,969 --> 00:18:58,096
-What'd you get?
         -Some real snacks.

396
00:18:58,138 --> 00:19:00,223
I got tired of eating
          cauliflower puffs

397
00:19:00,265 --> 00:19:01,725
and seaweed crisps.

398
00:19:03,351 --> 00:19:06,438
Keep it down.
       I have lines to learn.

399
00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:09,608
So how was work today?

400
00:19:09,649 --> 00:19:11,484
You mean how was Ida?

401
00:19:11,526 --> 00:19:12,903
No.

402
00:19:12,944 --> 00:19:15,030
Ain't nobody
         thinking about her.

403
00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:17,741
Just asking you
     how your day was, you know,

404
00:19:17,782 --> 00:19:20,035
and what happened,
      and, you know, that's it.

405
00:19:20,076 --> 00:19:21,244
-Hmm.
              -Mm-hmm.

406
00:19:21,286 --> 00:19:23,538
Okay, come on.
         Give me something.

407
00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:25,707
She was icy, yet warm.

408
00:19:25,749 --> 00:19:28,126
Relaxed,
      but very much in control.

409
00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:30,378
And even though
        she made me feel like

410
00:19:30,420 --> 00:19:32,672
I was the only person
            in the room,

411
00:19:32,714 --> 00:19:34,591
she still kept me
          at arm's length.

412
00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:36,218
That's her specialty.

413
00:19:36,259 --> 00:19:38,762
She's a good character study.

414
00:19:38,803 --> 00:19:41,264
Yeah, if you're studying
        to play a psychopath.

415
00:19:41,306 --> 00:19:42,974
If you're asking me
             about her,

416
00:19:43,016 --> 00:19:44,309
what does that make you?

417
00:19:44,351 --> 00:19:45,977
Whatever.

418
00:19:46,019 --> 00:19:48,230
I seem to make
          these premonitions

419
00:19:48,271 --> 00:19:49,606
I know just what
         you've been missin'

420
00:19:49,648 --> 00:19:51,524
Need a pacifier,
             baby bottle

421
00:19:51,566 --> 00:19:53,068
Boy, you need a whippin'

422
00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:54,653
Caught up, boy,
         you've been trippin'

423
00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:56,279
Heard everything
          you've been sayin'

424
00:19:56,321 --> 00:19:57,822
Make a move
          and make it smooth

425
00:19:57,864 --> 00:20:00,200
You see this Glock,
         it gets to spraying

426
00:20:10,627 --> 00:20:11,753
Welcome home.

427
00:20:11,795 --> 00:20:13,129
It looks like
          somebody's happy

428
00:20:13,171 --> 00:20:14,547
to have the house to ourselves.

429
00:20:14,589 --> 00:20:17,634
I've been waiting
      for this day for so long.

430
00:20:30,981 --> 00:20:33,108
I can't wait to marry you.

431
00:20:33,149 --> 00:20:35,235
I'm sure it'll be
          a beautiful day.

432
00:20:35,277 --> 00:20:36,945
Alexa, set the mood.

433
00:20:48,665 --> 00:20:51,876
We don't gotta get
             complicated

434
00:20:53,753 --> 00:20:57,924
I'm here when you want me
             to be there

435
00:21:07,517 --> 00:21:09,311
I know you think it's cute
        to tell your friends

436
00:21:09,352 --> 00:21:11,688
all your business,
   but I have a brand to protect.

437
00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:13,106
And that's much more important

438
00:21:13,148 --> 00:21:15,150
than you getting
      a few slaps on the back.

439
00:21:15,191 --> 00:21:16,359
Slaps on the back?

440
00:21:16,401 --> 00:21:18,611
Is that what you think
          I'm looking for?

441
00:21:20,196 --> 00:21:21,531
Girl, you crazy as hell.

442
00:21:21,573 --> 00:21:22,991
Excuse me?

443
00:21:23,033 --> 00:21:25,327
Man, look, I ain't never
         cared about a woman

444
00:21:25,368 --> 00:21:28,496
the way I care about you,
           and, honestly,

445
00:21:28,538 --> 00:21:30,623
I don't want nobody to know
     about what we got going on

446
00:21:30,665 --> 00:21:32,751
because it's not for them.

447
00:21:32,792 --> 00:21:33,918
This is for us.

448
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:35,545
There is no us.

449
00:21:35,587 --> 00:21:37,172
Well, what about last night?

450
00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:39,507
We had some fun together.
             That's it.

451
00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,844
Wow.

452
00:21:44,888 --> 00:21:46,431
Is that why you fired me?

453
00:21:46,473 --> 00:21:49,517
I fired you because
      you violated my privacy.

454
00:21:49,559 --> 00:21:51,811
And judging by the conversation
    I had with Nia this morning,

455
00:21:51,853 --> 00:21:53,688
you've done it again.

456
00:21:53,730 --> 00:21:54,731
I'm sorry.

457
00:21:56,399 --> 00:21:58,818
You need to start keeping
       some stuff to yourself.

458
00:21:58,860 --> 00:22:01,446
Can I keep you to myself?

459
00:22:01,488 --> 00:22:03,782
Can you get your own place?

460
00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:06,993
Well, it might be kind of
      hard to find a new place,

461
00:22:07,035 --> 00:22:09,746
seeing as though I just got
       fired from my last job.

462
00:22:17,379 --> 00:22:19,756
-This'll never work.
           -How you know?

463
00:22:19,798 --> 00:22:21,674
Because I'm older and wiser
              than you.

464
00:22:23,093 --> 00:22:26,388
So what you saying,
         I'm young and dumb?

465
00:22:26,429 --> 00:22:28,056
You don't seem to know
           the difference

466
00:22:28,098 --> 00:22:29,557
between your and you're.

467
00:22:31,768 --> 00:22:34,896
I know the difference.
     I was just typing too fast.

468
00:22:34,938 --> 00:22:39,067
-Stop being so eager.
         -I'll work on that.

469
00:22:42,112 --> 00:22:44,197
Mm. Careful now.

470
00:22:44,239 --> 00:22:46,783
We're in a public place,

471
00:22:46,825 --> 00:22:49,577
and you got a brand to protect.

472
00:22:49,619 --> 00:22:52,747
hip-hop music

473
00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:54,332
I got the moves,
           I got the groove

474
00:22:54,374 --> 00:22:55,917
I got the ooh

475
00:22:55,959 --> 00:22:57,752
I got the ooh

476
00:22:57,794 --> 00:22:59,587
I got the ooh

477
00:22:59,629 --> 00:23:01,923
I got the moves, I got
       the groove, I got the...

478
00:23:01,965 --> 00:23:04,926
upbeat jazz music