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[CHATTERING]



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Excuse me.



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Are you Sister Brown's granddaughter

or a young JezebeI?



4

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A mother's board work is never done.



5

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Amen.



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ANGIE [SINGING]: <i>P</i>raise

WHen life calls us in, praise



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Seems tHe pain won't end

<i>P</i>raise witH all you Have



8

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WitH all you can

Lift your voice and praise



9

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WHen all Hope seems lost, praise

WitH everytHing you've got, praise



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WitH all you Have

WitH all you can



11

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-Lift your voice and

CHOIR: <i>P</i>raise



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ANGIE: WHen it don't make sense

CHOIR: <i>P</i>raise



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ANGIE: And you can't find one friend

CHOIR: <i>P</i>raise



14

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-Anyway, anyHow

CHOIR: WitH all you can



15

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ANGIE: Come on, somebody

MAN: Praise! Yes!



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He'll make a way

WHen tHere seems no way



17

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Yes, He will



18

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He's watcHing over you



19

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<i>P</i>raise, praise



20

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-WHen it makes no sense

CHOIR: <i>P</i>raise



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WHen you can't find one friend



22

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CHOIR: <i>P</i>raise

-OH, yes



23

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<i>P</i>raise, yeaH



24

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Whoo!



25

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<i>P</i>raise, rigHt tHrougH your pain



26

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OH, yeaH

OH, yeaH



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Lift your voice



28

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And praise



29

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<i>P</i>raise



30

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<i>P</i>raise



31

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Lift your voice



32

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And praise



33

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BISHOP:

Good morning, church.



34

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CROWD:

Good morning!



35

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-Good morning, church.

CROWD: Good morning!



36

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We wanna thank God

For our FabuIous choir.



37

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MAN 1 : Yeah.

MAN 2: PIay back. PIay back.



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Not to mention our outstanding soIoist,

who just happens to be my daughter.



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A FaithFuI servant

to the work oF the Lord. Amen.



40

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Our text today

comes From the GospeI oF Luke.



41

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Marcia, hurry beFore he sees us.



42

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I ain't trying to go to heII

For trampIing over Mrs. MethuseIah.



43

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-Where y'aII going? I wanna go.

-No. You gonna get us caught.



44

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Y'aII trying to sneak oFF

to the movies again?



45

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Yep. And iF Boris Kodjoe hops oFF

that screen and into my Iap, mm-mm...



46

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-...heII, here I come.

-Ugh!



47

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It's hot in heII.



48

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But hotter in my Iap. Okay?



49

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-Y'aII is crazy.

BISHOP: Angie.



50

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Damn, we're busted.



51

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I'II teII Boris you said heIIo.



52

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-Be back in time For evening service?

-We're trying to go to the movies.



53

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The movies.



54

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Can the movies compare to saIvation?



55

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Hm. Boris Kodjoe?



56

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It's a cIose one, Bishop.



57

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[KING BREATHING HEAVILY]



58

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Asthma seems to be getting worse.

How many inhaIers do I have?



59

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Five, Daddy. Next to your bed,

in your medicine cabinet...



60

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...your top-desk drawer,

gIove compartment...



61

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...and right here in my purse.

Here you go.



62

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Oh, in the meantime,

I Found a new homeopathic cure.



63

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You boiI your 10 cIoves oF garIic in miIk

and drink it.



64

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Just Iike her mother. She understood

nobody Iooks aFter FamiIy Iike FamiIy.



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[CHUCKLES]



66

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AII we have is each other now.



67

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-Oh, come. You can see a movie anytime.

-When?



68

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I have choir rehearsaI,

I have BibIe band, BibIe study...



69

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...midweek services

and usher board meetings.



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Daddy, I need a break.



71

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And you'II get one.



72

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-But--

-At the church retreat.



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Three days oF prayer, reIaxation

and FeIIowship with God.



74

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That's who I need a break From.



75

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I meant--



76

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Never mind.



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[CHUCKLES]



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Marcia, wouId you mind heIping

Angie cIear the pews?



79

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Oh, wouIdn't miss that experience

even For the rapture, Bishop.



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[LAUGHS]



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MARCIA:

That boy Iove him some Angie.



82

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Look at him. StaIIing again,

just to spend time with you.



83

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You aIways seeing things

that ain't there.



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-We just Friends, girI.

MARCIA: Mm-hm.



85

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What? Hey, hey, hey. That's--

That's mine. That's mine.



86

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ANGIE:

''Daddy, Can l Come Back Home?''



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-What's this?

-GospeI pIay coming to town Tuesday.



88

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You Free, Angie?



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MARCIA:

Huh, just Friends, huh?



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Thanks, but we've got BibIe study.



91

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Yeah. BibIe study's canceIIed this week.



92

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It's got that Ieaky ceiIing.



93

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WeII, I have to pass anyway.



94

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I heard about those ChittIin' pIays.



95

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With titIes Iike

lf You Dis Me, You Dis God.



96

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Yeah, yeah, but you know-- I mean--



97

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At the end oF the show,

somebody's getting saved.



98

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-Yeah.

-And the singing.



99

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They've got good singing in this one?



100

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Yeah.



101

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Like, better than me?



102

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I mean, ain't nobody better than you.



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-But....

-You're just saying that.



104

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Look, I mean-- I know how

you aIways wanted that big record deaI.



105

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You know, I think that we shouId do

a gospeI demo--



106

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-Who's in these pIays? Famous actors?

-Yeah. You know, remember Bookman?



107

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-Yeah.

-Bookman From Good Times?



108

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-Yeah, yeah.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah. I saw him in one pIay...



109

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...and then Dwayne

From WHat's Happening?



110

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Hey, hey, hey.



111

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Hey.



112

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Hey, Mother CharIes.



113

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Pastor's daughter

out here congregating with men.



114

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ShameFuI.



115

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And FeeI Free to Iower your hem

another haIF inch.



116

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It's crawIing up your thigh.



117

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Why, when I was your age

we wore our skirts...



118

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-...a quarter inch beIow the knee.

-A quarter inch beIow the knee.



119

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-Stop making Fun oF me.

-Now you the Fast one.



120

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-I'm not trying to be Fast. It's Iong.

-Quarter-inch beIow the thighs.



121

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It's at my knees.



122

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WYNTON:

Don't beIieve you. In the house oF God.



123

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Go home.



124

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-See your ChittIin' Circuit pIay.

-AII right.



125

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BibIe study got canceIIed, thank God.



126

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I know. Wynton toId me yesterday.



127

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I'm about sick oF church anyway.



128

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What? Is that aIIowed?



129

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I mean, don't get me wrong.



130

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I Iove my Father, my church, my IiFe.



131

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I just know there's so much more

out there, and I'm missing it aII.



132

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l tHink l can fix tHat.



133

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Bust out that hot new dress

you been hiding From Bishop.



134

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[PHONE RINGING]



135

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Angie, are you getting that?



136

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I'm in the bathroom.



137

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King residence.



138

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MARCIA:

Hi, BisHop.



139

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You take care now. Bye-bye.



140

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Hey. Do you need anything eIse

beFore I go to BibIe study?



141

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-I'm Fine. Marcia caIIed. Says she wants--

-Okay.



142

00:10:01,667 --> 00:10:04,977

Pick her up tonight and bring her to work

in the morning? No way.



143

00:10:05,187 --> 00:10:06,939

Now, what wouId Jesus do?



144

00:10:07,787 --> 00:10:11,336

ProbabIy snap his Fingers and get

that IittIe raggedy Hyundai oF hers Fixed.



145

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[LAUGHS]



146

00:10:12,787 --> 00:10:15,347

You just remember

that you're the chiId oF a King.



147

00:10:15,747 --> 00:10:17,817

Our Iast name is King, Daddy.



148

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So wouId it be easier

to just spend the night at her house?



149

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I guess.



150

00:10:25,947 --> 00:10:28,541

But I know how much

you need me around here, so....



151

00:10:29,507 --> 00:10:31,099

You...



152

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...are remarkabIe.



153

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-See you in the morning, Daddy.

-Bye-bye.



154

00:10:43,547 --> 00:10:45,856

I can't beIieve Bishop keeps FaIIing

For that trick.



155

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GirI, my Father might be anointed,

but he ain't got no street game.



156

00:10:49,147 --> 00:10:50,262

Okay.



157

00:10:50,427 --> 00:10:51,985

-Come on, now.

-I know.



158

00:10:52,147 --> 00:10:53,296

We gonna be Iate.



159

00:10:53,467 --> 00:10:55,139

GirI, that bag is cute.



160

00:10:55,307 --> 00:10:56,865

It reaIIy compIetes the Iook.



161

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[HIP-HOP MUSIC BLARING]



162

00:11:00,187 --> 00:11:04,021

GirI. So Iet's do this, mama. You ready?



163

00:11:04,187 --> 00:11:06,940

It'd be nice to hear other than

''Praise the Lord, Sista King.''



164

00:11:07,107 --> 00:11:10,019

I know. I wanna hear some Iike

''Hey, shawty Iet me tap that ass--''



165

00:11:10,187 --> 00:11:12,018

Watch your mouth.



166

00:11:12,547 --> 00:11:15,823

GirI, Iook. That's Shay-shay and them.

Remember? From middIe schooI.



167

00:11:15,987 --> 00:11:18,785

-Uh-uh.

-GirI, she wearing that dress. Look at her.



168

00:11:18,947 --> 00:11:21,507

GIRL: Church girIs in the house.

-Hey, mama.



169

00:11:21,667 --> 00:11:24,545

GirI, Iook at them chandeIiers.

This cIub is oFF the hook.



170

00:11:24,707 --> 00:11:26,060

ANGIE:

Wow.



171

00:11:26,467 --> 00:11:27,786

So, what now?



172

00:11:27,947 --> 00:11:30,939

Now we gotta Find us some ugIy dudes

who'II buy us some drinks.



173

00:11:31,587 --> 00:11:35,136

Oh, I see two over there by the bar.

And one over there by the door.



174

00:11:35,307 --> 00:11:38,663

-We gonna get us some drinks tonight.

-Oh, my God, girI. Look. Look, Iook.



175

00:11:38,827 --> 00:11:39,816

MARCIA:

Is that--?



176

00:11:39,987 --> 00:11:40,976

DevIin MitcheII.



177

00:11:41,427 --> 00:11:44,544

Oh, girI, he had that hit record with Gia.

Remember?



178

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[SINGING] Rub it on me

Up against me



179

00:11:47,827 --> 00:11:48,976

GirI, that's my song!



180

00:11:49,147 --> 00:11:50,739

Oh, he's so Fine.



181

00:11:50,907 --> 00:11:53,182

Come. Let's show him

how Georgia women put it down.



182

00:11:53,347 --> 00:11:54,336

We can't get up there.



183

00:11:54,507 --> 00:11:57,783

-Got on our VIP dresses. We getting in.

-They're gonna kick us out.



184

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[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]



185

00:12:07,907 --> 00:12:09,977

DevIin! DevIin MitcheII.



186

00:12:10,147 --> 00:12:12,866

Hey, how you doing, DevIin?



187

00:12:13,267 --> 00:12:14,985

Me and my girI are big, big Fans.



188

00:12:15,147 --> 00:12:17,980

-CouId we have your autograph? PIease?

-Let them in.



189

00:12:18,147 --> 00:12:20,456

We're getting in!

Thank you. Thank y'aII so much.



190

00:12:20,627 --> 00:12:22,822

Thank you so much.



191

00:12:26,987 --> 00:12:28,306

Sign mine right here.



192

00:12:28,467 --> 00:12:31,903

Put something Iike

''Marcia, rub it up against me. Again.''



193

00:12:32,067 --> 00:12:33,295

[LAUGHS]



194

00:12:33,467 --> 00:12:34,786

Does your Friend taIk?



195

00:12:34,947 --> 00:12:36,539

-Say something, Angie.

-What?



196

00:12:36,707 --> 00:12:39,585

What you girIs doing Iater?

I'm having a party back in my room.



197

00:12:40,067 --> 00:12:43,104

-WeII-- Yeah, yeah.

-We have choir rehearsaI in the morning.



198

00:12:43,267 --> 00:12:44,541

Good girIs.



199

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I Iike that.



200

00:12:46,147 --> 00:12:47,421

I Iike that.



201

00:12:47,587 --> 00:12:49,942

-Your name's Angie, right?

-Yeah.



202

00:12:50,387 --> 00:12:51,866

I just wrote a song about you.



203

00:12:54,787 --> 00:12:58,018

-We country, but we ain't naive.

MARCIA: Mm-hm.



204

00:12:58,187 --> 00:13:00,781

Markus, teII Angie

the name oF my new singIe.



205

00:13:00,947 --> 00:13:03,905

It's caIIed ''Angie.'' ReaI taIk.



206

00:13:05,787 --> 00:13:06,776

We're sorry.



207

00:13:06,947 --> 00:13:10,781

MARCIA: What you aII doing in AtIanta?

-In a pIay at the Fox Theatre tomorrow.



208

00:13:10,947 --> 00:13:12,699

-Okay.

-Matter oF Fact....



209

00:13:13,187 --> 00:13:14,905

Give me two tickets. Yeah.



210

00:13:15,067 --> 00:13:18,537

-Y'aII come tomorrow night and hang out.

-Yeah, For sure. For sure.



211

00:13:18,707 --> 00:13:20,140

AII right?



212

00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:23,425

I'd FoIIow him anywhere.



213

00:13:24,547 --> 00:13:27,425

AII I know is you better not Iose

them damn tickets.



214

00:13:29,667 --> 00:13:32,818

EMMA: Bishop, you need to get on the

road or you won't make your engagement.



215

00:13:32,987 --> 00:13:35,740

I can't Ieave without Angie.



216

00:13:37,347 --> 00:13:39,224

She knows about my conFerence.



217

00:13:40,867 --> 00:13:44,496

She stayed at Marcia's Iast night.

Haven't heard From her since.



218

00:13:44,667 --> 00:13:46,783

-CaII Sister Watkins.

-I did.



219

00:13:46,947 --> 00:13:50,303

ApparentIy, there is a pIay in town

that they're excited about seeing.



220

00:13:50,667 --> 00:13:52,464

-A pIay?

-Mm-hm.



221

00:13:55,067 --> 00:13:56,705

She needs a good grounding.



222

00:13:57,027 --> 00:14:01,066

Bishop. Bishop,

I know this is none oF my business...



223

00:14:01,227 --> 00:14:03,058

...but that chiId is over 21.



224

00:14:04,467 --> 00:14:06,264

You're right, Emma.



225

00:14:06,747 --> 00:14:08,226

It's none oF your business.



226

00:14:23,627 --> 00:14:26,858

[MUSIC PLAYING & CROWD CLAPPING]



227

00:14:34,787 --> 00:14:37,255

[GIRLS SCREAMING]



228

00:14:40,267 --> 00:14:41,586

Ooh!



229

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[SINGING]

Come a little closer



230

00:14:45,947 --> 00:14:47,744

Let me talk to you



231

00:14:52,227 --> 00:14:55,378

All tHe tHings tonigHt

l'm gonna do to you



232

00:14:55,547 --> 00:14:57,185

There goes your new man.



233

00:14:57,347 --> 00:14:59,622

-GirI, pIease. He ain't my man.

-Mm-hm.



234

00:14:59,787 --> 00:15:01,618

l will take you places

You Have never been



235

00:15:01,787 --> 00:15:03,015

Yet.



236

00:15:07,307 --> 00:15:10,856

And we can go tHere

Over and over again



237

00:15:11,067 --> 00:15:12,625

[PHONE RINGS]



238

00:15:13,227 --> 00:15:14,706

-HeIIo?

-BisHop, it's Wynton.



239

00:15:14,867 --> 00:15:19,577

I was wondering

iF I couId get your bIessing...



240

00:15:20,267 --> 00:15:21,666

...to date Angie.



241

00:15:21,987 --> 00:15:26,936

Angie is too busy with God's work

to be thinking about dating right now.



242

00:15:28,147 --> 00:15:30,536

[SINGING]

THis rigHt Here



243

00:15:30,707 --> 00:15:32,060

[LAUGHING]



244

00:15:32,227 --> 00:15:36,220

Us all nigHt

YeaH, yeaH, over



245

00:15:36,387 --> 00:15:39,220

What is that? What is that?

What he doing?



246

00:15:39,387 --> 00:15:42,902

Again and again and again

And again and again



247

00:15:43,067 --> 00:15:44,819

Good night, Wynton.



248

00:15:44,987 --> 00:15:46,466

Good nigHt.



249

00:15:46,747 --> 00:15:48,021

MAN [ON PA]:

Daddy, Can I Come Back Home?



250

00:15:48,187 --> 00:15:51,304

THanks for coming. Get your cast pHotos

and souvenirs in tHe lobby now.



251

00:15:51,467 --> 00:15:53,503

I have to be in this show.



252

00:15:53,667 --> 00:15:56,056

-No, I'm serious, Marcia.

-Okay. AII right, aII right.



253

00:15:56,227 --> 00:15:58,058

-Did you hear that music?

-Yeah.



254

00:15:58,227 --> 00:15:59,580

And those voices?



255

00:15:59,747 --> 00:16:01,738

-They're singing For God.

-Yeah.



256

00:16:01,907 --> 00:16:05,343

And you can onIy imagine the souIs

that are being saved every night.



257

00:16:05,507 --> 00:16:07,418

Is that the onIy reason?



258

00:16:07,587 --> 00:16:10,181

I mean, it couId be my big break now.



259

00:16:10,347 --> 00:16:13,339

You know how many big producers

come through pIays Iike this?



260

00:16:13,507 --> 00:16:16,101

WeII, Lord have mercy,

you Iike him, don't you?



261

00:16:16,267 --> 00:16:17,746

-Who?

-Mm-hm.



262

00:16:17,907 --> 00:16:20,262

Oh, him? He-- He aII right.



263

00:16:20,427 --> 00:16:22,463

You keep teIIing Iies

and you're going to heII.



264

00:16:22,627 --> 00:16:24,345

MAN:

Let's take a picture with DevIin here.



265

00:16:24,507 --> 00:16:27,579

Oh, Iook. Twenty doIIars

to take pictures with the cast.



266

00:16:27,747 --> 00:16:30,102

Come on. The star invited us.



267

00:16:30,267 --> 00:16:31,939

Whoa, Iadies.



268

00:16:33,347 --> 00:16:35,622

-We're Friends oF DevIin.

-Yeah.



269

00:16:35,787 --> 00:16:37,937

Yeah, so is everyone eIse here

with a $20 biII.



270

00:16:38,107 --> 00:16:39,222

-Come on.

-Wait your turn.



271

00:16:39,387 --> 00:16:41,776

-Oh, come on, man.

-This is crazy. Let's go home.



272

00:16:41,947 --> 00:16:44,017

Hey, yo, yo. Let my wiFey through.

They good.



273

00:16:45,787 --> 00:16:46,776

You see that?



274

00:16:48,107 --> 00:16:49,506

-What's going on?

MARCIA: Hi.



275

00:16:49,667 --> 00:16:52,340

-How you doing?

-Good. It's a good thing I saved y'aII.



276

00:16:52,507 --> 00:16:54,782

I think Jesus

aIready had that one covered, homey.



277

00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:56,665

DEVLIN:

Yeah, okay. Hey, Iook.



278

00:16:56,827 --> 00:16:58,738

The cast is going to get

something to eat.



279

00:16:58,907 --> 00:17:01,057

-You hungry?

-Starved.



280

00:17:01,227 --> 00:17:04,185

Y'aII both step over there and when

I Finish we'II go do something.



281

00:17:04,467 --> 00:17:05,695

Okay.



282

00:17:05,867 --> 00:17:07,744

We going with the ceIebrities, girI.



283

00:17:11,947 --> 00:17:13,266

[LAUGHING]



284

00:17:13,427 --> 00:17:14,701

Wait. Wait, wait.



285

00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:17,097

GIRL 1 : Do y'aII remember

when Cynthia came out on stage...



286

00:17:17,267 --> 00:17:18,700

...and her wig was on backwards?



287

00:17:18,867 --> 00:17:20,937

Y'aII didn't say nothing. Y'aII was wrong.



288

00:17:21,107 --> 00:17:22,745

DEVLIN:

What you want me to do?



289

00:17:23,067 --> 00:17:24,864

Comb that stuFF.



290

00:17:25,787 --> 00:17:29,336

You remember the time I taped

that FoId down, I gIued that FoId down?



291

00:17:29,507 --> 00:17:32,260

-That was you? Markus, you crazy.

-Oh, my gosh.



292

00:17:32,427 --> 00:17:35,419

-Don't touch me Iike that.

-Whatever.



293

00:17:36,347 --> 00:17:37,666

I wanna join the show.



294

00:17:39,227 --> 00:17:41,138

Sorry. This show?



295

00:17:42,707 --> 00:17:43,696

Yeah.



296

00:17:44,347 --> 00:17:47,419

-You got skiIIs?

-Better than anybody here.



297

00:17:47,587 --> 00:17:48,781

-Marcia.

GIRL 2: It's on now.



298

00:17:48,947 --> 00:17:52,064

-I'm just speaking the truth.

DEVLIN: You have to back that up.



299

00:17:52,627 --> 00:17:55,095

-She said it. I didn't.

-You didn't deny it.



300

00:17:55,707 --> 00:17:57,186

Let's hear you bIow.



301

00:17:57,347 --> 00:17:59,178

What is this, an audition or something?



302

00:17:59,627 --> 00:18:01,106

It can be.



303

00:18:01,267 --> 00:18:02,905

PeopIe get sent home aII the time.



304

00:18:03,067 --> 00:18:04,546

MARKUS: Mm-hm.

-You go sing.



305

00:18:04,707 --> 00:18:06,584

-Ike.

-Yeah?



306

00:18:06,747 --> 00:18:09,420

This shorty over here

is about to audition For you.



307

00:18:09,707 --> 00:18:11,106

ReaIIy?



308

00:18:11,907 --> 00:18:15,104

-Don't be scared. Let's see what you got.

MARCIA: Go on. Come on.



309

00:18:15,587 --> 00:18:18,943

-Is Church the onIy pIace you can sing?

-No.



310

00:18:19,587 --> 00:18:22,181

AII right. FoIIow me.



311

00:18:23,947 --> 00:18:29,180

[SINGING]

l'll take good care of your Heart



312

00:18:29,347 --> 00:18:32,145

Good care of your Heart



313

00:18:33,027 --> 00:18:37,623

l'll take good care of your Heart



314

00:18:37,787 --> 00:18:40,699

Good care of your Heart



315

00:18:41,307 --> 00:18:45,186

WHen you need a sHoulder to cry on



316

00:18:45,347 --> 00:18:49,101

A real man like me to rely on



317

00:18:49,627 --> 00:18:54,143

Don't look no furtHer

Your searcH is over



318

00:18:54,587 --> 00:18:59,058

l'll take good care of your Heart



319

00:18:59,467 --> 00:19:02,425

YeaH



320

00:19:02,587 --> 00:19:06,626

l'll take good care of your Heart



321

00:19:07,147 --> 00:19:12,221

l'll take good care of your Heart



322

00:19:12,747 --> 00:19:15,898

Good care of your Heart



323

00:19:16,227 --> 00:19:22,939

l'll take good care of your Heart



324

00:19:23,107 --> 00:19:26,543

Good care of your Heart



325

00:19:26,707 --> 00:19:31,019

WHen you need a sHoulder to cry on



326

00:19:31,787 --> 00:19:36,861

A real good woman like me to rely on



327

00:19:37,027 --> 00:19:40,497

Look no furtHer



328

00:19:40,667 --> 00:19:44,865

Your searcH is over, love



329

00:19:45,027 --> 00:19:51,182

-Because l'll take good care of your Heart

-Care of your Heart



330

00:19:51,347 --> 00:19:58,059

-<i>P</i>romise l'll take good care of your Heart

-<i>P</i>romise l'll take good care of your Heart



331

00:20:06,107 --> 00:20:07,699

IKE:

That's not bad.



332

00:20:07,867 --> 00:20:10,620

You sing in the choir.

Understudy Desiree.



333

00:20:11,387 --> 00:20:13,821

-Who's Desiree?

-That's the Iead.



334

00:20:14,627 --> 00:20:15,946

MARCIA:

Go, girI.



335

00:20:16,107 --> 00:20:18,143

Do you want me to read Iines

or something?



336

00:20:19,187 --> 00:20:22,941

No, it ain't much acting in this show.

In this show we just sing.



337

00:20:23,907 --> 00:20:27,343

Come on. Let's go to my room.

I need to go over aII the songs with you.



338

00:20:27,507 --> 00:20:29,816

MARCIA: Oh, no, no, no.

SIow your roII, pimp daddy.



339

00:20:29,987 --> 00:20:32,820

-It ain't that kind oF party.

-She's in good hands.



340

00:20:33,507 --> 00:20:37,659

I Iearned Iong ago

to cherish what can't be repIaced.



341

00:20:39,627 --> 00:20:41,185

Come on, Iet's go.



342

00:20:50,027 --> 00:20:53,986

Oh, no, no, no. My Father

might smeII my breath For aIcohoI.



343

00:20:55,227 --> 00:20:57,980

IF it was wrong, then why

wouId Jesus turn water into wine?



344

00:21:04,107 --> 00:21:05,096

My Father says--



345

00:21:05,267 --> 00:21:09,465

[SPEAKING SPANISH]



346

00:21:11,747 --> 00:21:13,146

What does that mean?



347

00:21:13,747 --> 00:21:17,820

It means when are you going

to start experiencing IiFe For yourseIF?



348

00:21:55,267 --> 00:21:59,499

Don't you take another step.

You may not have many more IeFt.



349

00:21:59,667 --> 00:22:02,625

Hey, Mama, what you doing in my room?



350

00:22:02,787 --> 00:22:05,176

The pIay was over at 10.



351

00:22:05,787 --> 00:22:07,345

Then we stopped to eat.



352

00:22:07,667 --> 00:22:08,861

UntiI now?



353

00:22:10,947 --> 00:22:14,303

The onIy thing open this Iate

is Iiquor stores...



354

00:22:14,467 --> 00:22:15,661

...and Iegs.



355

00:22:19,907 --> 00:22:21,135

Where's Angie?



356

00:22:24,227 --> 00:22:26,183

[PHONE RINGS]



357

00:22:27,667 --> 00:22:29,259

Wait right there. HeIIo?



358

00:22:29,427 --> 00:22:31,418

Sister Watkins...



359

00:22:31,587 --> 00:22:35,182

...I'm sorry to caII so Iate.



360

00:22:35,347 --> 00:22:39,659

-Are the girIs back yet?

-BisHop, we need to talk.



361

00:23:03,467 --> 00:23:05,219

[SNORING]



362

00:23:07,787 --> 00:23:10,460

MARCIA: Angie, is tHat you?

-Yeah, it's me. I'm home.



363

00:23:10,627 --> 00:23:13,664

-THank God. Did BisHop catcH you?

-Everything's okay. He's sIeeping.



364

00:23:13,827 --> 00:23:19,379

-Well, disH it out, mama.

-Oh, girI. It was the bomb.



365

00:23:19,547 --> 00:23:24,905

-Girl, y'all didn't get freaky, did you?

-No, we didn't do that. You're so nasty.



366

00:23:25,067 --> 00:23:26,625

No.



367

00:23:26,787 --> 00:23:28,982

He was a perFect gentIeman.



368

00:23:29,147 --> 00:23:32,662

-He just heId me aII night.

-Aw.



369

00:23:34,627 --> 00:23:35,742

I Iove me some DevIin.



370

00:23:35,907 --> 00:23:38,296

<i>P</i>lease. You sound like cupid

knocked you over tHe Head.



371

00:23:38,467 --> 00:23:40,219

Now, you only met tHis man last nigHt.



372

00:23:40,387 --> 00:23:42,298

-All l know is you better--

-Gotta go. Bye.



373

00:23:49,747 --> 00:23:51,419

BISHOP:

You Iied to me.



374

00:23:53,227 --> 00:23:54,626

[YAWNS]



375

00:23:54,787 --> 00:23:58,223

Consider yourseIF grounded

untiI the Lord teIIs me otherwise.



376

00:24:01,707 --> 00:24:03,345

I'm too oId to be grounded, Daddy.



377

00:24:03,507 --> 00:24:06,465

In my house, under my rooF,

where I pay the biIIs, I make ruIes.



378

00:24:07,627 --> 00:24:10,380

There's something

I need to teII you, Daddy.



379

00:24:11,707 --> 00:24:12,856

I'm Ieaving.



380

00:24:19,907 --> 00:24:21,340

Leaving?



381

00:24:21,507 --> 00:24:23,498

I'm going on the road with a gospeI pIay.



382

00:24:23,947 --> 00:24:26,780

It's just Iike church, Daddy.

Singing, praising and preaching--



383

00:24:26,947 --> 00:24:28,221

No, I Forbid it.



384

00:24:31,427 --> 00:24:33,338

My whoIe IiFe...



385

00:24:35,107 --> 00:24:37,416

...I've Iived For your bIessing.



386

00:24:38,947 --> 00:24:40,619

To pIease you.



387

00:24:41,187 --> 00:24:43,462

WeII, I'm grown now.



388

00:24:44,027 --> 00:24:46,302

And I don't need your permission.



389

00:24:47,907 --> 00:24:48,976

That's what you say.



390

00:24:49,587 --> 00:24:53,626

That's what you say.

What does God say?



391

00:24:54,747 --> 00:24:57,341

I'm going, Daddy. I'm going.



392

00:24:57,507 --> 00:24:59,418

Did you hear me?

You're not going anywhere!



393

00:24:59,587 --> 00:25:00,861

Get oFF me!



394

00:25:03,107 --> 00:25:04,859

I'm so sorry.



395

00:25:05,907 --> 00:25:07,704

I'm sorry.



396

00:25:08,587 --> 00:25:10,703

You waIk out that door...



397

00:25:10,867 --> 00:25:13,301

...never step Foot in this house again.



398

00:25:13,467 --> 00:25:15,742

Don't caII my phone.



399

00:25:17,147 --> 00:25:19,615

Don't even mention me to God.



400

00:25:21,467 --> 00:25:23,139

I'm sorry, Daddy...



401

00:25:25,667 --> 00:25:28,056

...but I have to do this For me.



402

00:25:31,787 --> 00:25:33,903

I hope that you can understand one day.



403

00:25:55,747 --> 00:25:56,736

Goodbye, Daddy.



404

00:26:02,707 --> 00:26:04,220

IKE:

You better go ahead.



405

00:26:04,867 --> 00:26:07,256

We're not stopping

or going to the bathroom...



406

00:26:07,427 --> 00:26:08,826

...aII the way to Arkansas.



407

00:26:08,987 --> 00:26:14,107

-Whoa. You aImost got IeFt. You're Iate.

-I need a scheduIe. Oh, and my contract?



408

00:26:15,267 --> 00:26:16,746

[CHUCKLES]



409

00:26:17,027 --> 00:26:19,143

You're Iooking at your contract.



410

00:26:19,747 --> 00:26:22,545

We do seven shows a week,

matinées on Saturdays and Sundays.



411

00:26:22,707 --> 00:26:23,901

Monday is your traveI day.



412

00:26:24,427 --> 00:26:26,861

DEVLIN:

Hurry up. I'II save you a seat.



413

00:26:30,147 --> 00:26:33,344

The contract ends when you piss me oFF.

You understand?



414

00:26:34,987 --> 00:26:36,340

Now, you Iook Iike a good kid.



415

00:26:36,867 --> 00:26:40,018

What you do on your own time is

between you and God. You understand?



416

00:26:41,027 --> 00:26:43,097

But I'm teIIing you right now...



417

00:26:44,107 --> 00:26:47,258

-...you better be careFuI. AII right?

-Yes, sir.



418

00:26:47,827 --> 00:26:50,102

-Go on and get on the bus.

-Okay.



419

00:26:50,267 --> 00:26:53,225

Dock her $50. She was Iate.



420

00:26:53,387 --> 00:26:56,379

Let's go.

See what happens when you're Iate?



421

00:26:56,547 --> 00:26:58,617

SmiIe, you got a 12-hour bus ride

ahead oF you.



422

00:27:03,307 --> 00:27:04,626

This seat is taken, boo boo.



423

00:27:05,987 --> 00:27:07,420

And so is he.



424

00:27:09,307 --> 00:27:10,296

PEACHES:

Here's a seat.



425

00:27:10,987 --> 00:27:12,386

ANGIE:

Okay.



426

00:27:17,187 --> 00:27:19,542

Remember me From the diner?

I'm Peaches.



427

00:27:19,707 --> 00:27:24,019

I set up and seII concessions,

T-shirts, programs, cast photos.



428

00:27:24,187 --> 00:27:28,021

Yeah, nice to see you again. Angie King.



429

00:27:29,187 --> 00:27:30,506

Who's that?



430

00:27:30,667 --> 00:27:31,861

PEACHES: Desiree?

-Yeah.



431

00:27:32,027 --> 00:27:33,983

PEACHES: Oh, just somebody

he used to kick it with.



432

00:27:34,587 --> 00:27:36,498

WeII, I saw her in the show.



433

00:27:36,667 --> 00:27:38,305

She's good.



434

00:27:38,467 --> 00:27:40,344

Don't get on her bad side.



435

00:27:40,507 --> 00:27:43,817

Ike doesn't Iike when you piss oFF

the Ieads. He'II send you home quick.



436

00:27:43,987 --> 00:27:45,898

He don't Iike drama.



437

00:27:47,547 --> 00:27:50,015

Psst. Excuse me.



438

00:27:50,627 --> 00:27:51,901

I'm a big Fan.



439

00:27:56,827 --> 00:27:59,057

I'm understudying the Iead.



440

00:27:59,227 --> 00:28:02,936

Everybody here understudies.

Even me and Biscuit, the bus driver.



441

00:28:03,747 --> 00:28:07,456

Oh, weII, how oFten does Desiree

miss a perFormance?



442

00:28:07,627 --> 00:28:08,662

Never.



443

00:28:08,827 --> 00:28:11,899

Neither sickness, nor death,

nor baby-daddy drama...



444

00:28:12,067 --> 00:28:14,820

...keeps us From getting out

on that stage.



445

00:29:16,547 --> 00:29:19,266

Angie, we're here.



446

00:29:20,947 --> 00:29:22,699

Oh, come on, girI.



447

00:29:22,867 --> 00:29:26,826

We gotta unpack

and get over to the theater.



448

00:29:27,107 --> 00:29:30,019

He's gone, Iike we ought to be. Let's go.



449

00:29:30,827 --> 00:29:32,306

Okay.



450

00:29:35,587 --> 00:29:37,896

[SINGING]

My little girl



451

00:29:38,067 --> 00:29:40,501

Tried to save you from tHis world



452

00:29:40,667 --> 00:29:42,225

IKE:

HoId up. Ladies and gentIemen.



453

00:29:42,387 --> 00:29:44,378

IF you don't have experience,

don't come here.



454

00:29:44,547 --> 00:29:47,425

[SINGING]

Don't try and stop me now



455

00:29:47,587 --> 00:29:52,502

l've got to go



456

00:29:52,667 --> 00:29:56,262

Come a little closer

Let me talk to you



457

00:29:56,427 --> 00:29:59,180

Doing all tHe tHings tHat l wanna do



458

00:29:59,347 --> 00:30:03,579

IKE: That's what I'm saying. Come on.

-OH, l'm leaving now



459

00:30:03,747 --> 00:30:06,625

l gotta learn for myself



460

00:30:06,787 --> 00:30:09,347

IKE: This is not Broadway.

This is bIack theater at its best.



461

00:30:09,507 --> 00:30:10,622

-Yes.

IKE: Okay.



462

00:30:10,787 --> 00:30:14,063

l'm leaving now, l've got to go



463

00:30:14,227 --> 00:30:15,945

Gotta learn for myself



464

00:30:16,107 --> 00:30:17,665

THere's sometHing l've got to know



465

00:30:17,827 --> 00:30:21,615

IKE:

Cut, cut. Stop. Cut means stop. Argh!



466

00:30:23,747 --> 00:30:25,339

Just go. Just go. Go on, go on.



467

00:30:25,507 --> 00:30:28,226

-Thank-- Thank you. Thank you.

-No, don't thank us. Bye-bye.



468

00:30:29,267 --> 00:30:31,861

They doubIe us up.

So you wanna room together?



469

00:30:32,027 --> 00:30:34,382

-Yeah. That's Fine.

-Okay.



470

00:30:35,787 --> 00:30:37,186

Take it.



471

00:30:42,067 --> 00:30:46,743

Good morning, DevIin.

I was needing a date For breakFast.



472

00:30:47,027 --> 00:30:49,780

I can't.

I'm waiting on the record IabeI to caII.



473

00:30:50,947 --> 00:30:51,982

Oh, okay.



474

00:30:53,427 --> 00:30:54,416

Hey, you know what?



475

00:30:55,467 --> 00:30:59,745

Why don't you come by my room tonight.

I'II Ieave a key at the Front desk For you.



476

00:30:59,907 --> 00:31:01,579

Okay.



477

00:31:02,067 --> 00:31:05,139

Come on, girI. I'II show you

how to make your per diem Iast.



478

00:31:05,307 --> 00:31:06,296

AII right.



479

00:31:09,907 --> 00:31:11,226

Here are the ruIes.



480

00:31:11,387 --> 00:31:15,619

Don't use anything at the hoteIs

except the bed, the toiIet and the toweIs.



481

00:31:15,787 --> 00:31:18,221

-Okay.

-No room service, no mini-bar...



482

00:31:18,387 --> 00:31:20,776

-...no phone caIIs, no pay-TV.

-Okay.



483

00:31:20,947 --> 00:31:24,701

Most oF the men in the show

spend a grip on dirty movies.



484

00:31:24,867 --> 00:31:27,256

Wait, I thought

these were aII Christian men.



485

00:31:27,427 --> 00:31:29,179

My bad. Let me rephrase that.



486

00:31:29,347 --> 00:31:33,898

Most Christian men in the show

spend a grip on dirty movies.



487

00:31:35,307 --> 00:31:36,535

Oh.



488

00:31:37,907 --> 00:31:39,499

GARRETT:

Downstage.



489

00:31:40,467 --> 00:31:41,502

I said downstage.



490

00:31:44,707 --> 00:31:46,618

Who toId you to waIk there? Downstage.



491

00:31:48,307 --> 00:31:49,456

Which way is that?



492

00:31:49,627 --> 00:31:52,061

Get your dumb country

Bama behind oFF my stage.



493

00:31:55,547 --> 00:31:58,778

I need a new next-door neighbor.

Where's that new girI?



494

00:31:58,947 --> 00:32:00,016

-You're up.

GARRETT: New girI!



495

00:32:00,187 --> 00:32:02,985

-Me? I don't know that roIe.

GARRETT: I need a new neighbor.



496

00:32:03,147 --> 00:32:06,139

Knock on the door and Iook cute

and ask to borrow some sugar. Go.



497

00:32:06,307 --> 00:32:08,980

-New girI!

ANGIE: Okay, I'm right here.



498

00:32:13,667 --> 00:32:15,817

GARRETT:

Are you deaF or just dumb?



499

00:32:18,027 --> 00:32:19,176

My name is Angie.



500

00:32:19,627 --> 00:32:20,696

How about stupid?



501

00:32:21,187 --> 00:32:22,540

Now, hit your mark.



502

00:32:22,707 --> 00:32:24,538

I'd rather you not caII me

out oF my name.



503

00:32:25,387 --> 00:32:28,459

You Fired too.

Somebody send this chiId home.



504

00:32:28,627 --> 00:32:30,936

For what? For teIIing you her name?



505

00:32:38,867 --> 00:32:40,539

How about this?



506

00:32:41,067 --> 00:32:44,582

You send her home,

you send me home too.



507

00:32:45,667 --> 00:32:47,498

Stay out oF this, Dev.



508

00:32:48,067 --> 00:32:49,341

No.



509

00:32:49,507 --> 00:32:51,259

I'm aII up in it.



510

00:32:52,707 --> 00:32:54,777

GARRETT:

WeII, I teII you what. Just--



511

00:32:56,667 --> 00:32:58,897

Just get her attitude together.



512

00:33:06,667 --> 00:33:08,976

IKE: How many peopIe you Fire today?

What you got For me?



513

00:33:09,147 --> 00:33:10,705

Listen. I got this new character...



514

00:33:10,867 --> 00:33:12,300

-...I added to the show.

-Okay.



515

00:33:12,467 --> 00:33:13,661

I think it'd be good.



516

00:33:13,827 --> 00:33:15,624

Biscuit! Come on out.



517

00:33:16,787 --> 00:33:18,106

[CAST LAUGHING]



518

00:33:18,267 --> 00:33:19,416

MAN 1 :

You gotta be kidding me.



519

00:33:19,587 --> 00:33:21,896

IKE: Biscuit? My bus driver?

MAN 2: Oh, yeah.



520

00:33:22,067 --> 00:33:23,864

I caII her Aunt Bébé.



521

00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:26,941

[LAUGHS]



522

00:33:27,587 --> 00:33:29,498

IKE:

It better be good For your sake.



523

00:33:29,667 --> 00:33:31,498

Or eIse you be the next one going home.



524

00:33:33,907 --> 00:33:35,499

Oh, that was cIose.



525

00:33:35,667 --> 00:33:36,861

I owe you one.



526

00:33:37,027 --> 00:33:38,619

Yeah, you do.



527

00:33:39,627 --> 00:33:42,266

Angie, wouId you ever say no to me?



528

00:33:42,787 --> 00:33:45,142

That's a dangerous question.



529

00:33:46,907 --> 00:33:49,057

But I think I trust you.



530

00:33:49,387 --> 00:33:51,105

No, I wouIdn't.



531

00:33:51,907 --> 00:33:54,819

I've aIways wanted to do it in a tent.



532

00:33:55,587 --> 00:33:57,782

-Excuse me?

-Church, I mean.



533

00:33:59,067 --> 00:34:01,501

I saw them setting up when we puIIed in.



534

00:34:01,667 --> 00:34:03,259

WouId you go with me?



535

00:34:04,867 --> 00:34:07,745

You're what every church girI wants.



536

00:34:08,267 --> 00:34:10,906

A bad boy who Ioves the Lord.



537

00:34:13,027 --> 00:34:14,346

Come on.



538

00:34:16,667 --> 00:34:19,420

[PEOPLE SINGING GOSPEL]



539

00:34:38,787 --> 00:34:41,347

Hey, baby girI. Where's my dinners?



540

00:34:41,507 --> 00:34:42,622

I'm sick oF this.



541

00:34:42,787 --> 00:34:45,984

I got my own IiFe to Iead.

And I want what's coming to me.



542

00:34:46,587 --> 00:34:49,181

-You want what's coming to you, huh?

-Yeah.



543

00:34:49,787 --> 00:34:51,300

You know your Daddy Iove you's.



544

00:34:51,467 --> 00:34:54,300

So I'm gonna give to you

what's coming to you. Get on over here.



545

00:34:54,467 --> 00:34:56,298

[DAUGHTER SCREAMING]



546

00:34:56,467 --> 00:34:58,458

[ALL LAUGHING]



547

00:35:17,707 --> 00:35:21,495

[SINGING]

WitH open arms



548

00:35:21,667 --> 00:35:23,225

I'm sorry.



549

00:35:23,387 --> 00:35:24,945

Jesus is waiting



550

00:35:25,987 --> 00:35:28,376

Come as you are



551

00:35:28,547 --> 00:35:30,902

WitHout Hesitating



552

00:35:32,827 --> 00:35:35,261

He Hopes for you



553

00:35:36,307 --> 00:35:38,696

All tHat you need



554

00:35:39,827 --> 00:35:43,581

Come as you are



555

00:35:43,747 --> 00:35:47,899

lt's time to breatHe free



556

00:35:52,227 --> 00:35:54,297

Litha, come on. Come on, you missed it.



557

00:35:54,467 --> 00:35:57,743

Okay. Remember, the part

that we taIked about. You can't be Iazy.



558

00:35:58,307 --> 00:36:01,265

Okay, no-- Just sing it

the way I asked you to.



559

00:36:01,427 --> 00:36:04,817

You mean you want me to sing it

Iike Angie. And I ain't her.



560

00:36:05,987 --> 00:36:07,625

Okay, just--



561

00:36:08,387 --> 00:36:11,584

Just do the best you can. Because

we gotta be top-notch For New York.



562

00:36:11,747 --> 00:36:13,180

I guess you're saying I'm not.



563

00:36:18,027 --> 00:36:20,143

Let's take a break.



564

00:36:30,827 --> 00:36:33,819

I'm sorry. It's--



565

00:36:34,547 --> 00:36:37,459

You know, it's just--

It's hard Iosing a Iead singer.



566

00:36:38,427 --> 00:36:41,817

WeII, we've Iost more than a singer.



567

00:36:54,787 --> 00:36:57,620

-Our top seIection, sir?

-Yes.



568

00:36:59,907 --> 00:37:01,181

Oh, you know what? I got it.



569

00:37:01,347 --> 00:37:03,338

-Thank you very much.

-You're weIcome.



570

00:37:05,427 --> 00:37:07,736

I'm not used to being so spoiIed.



571

00:37:08,307 --> 00:37:10,946

WeII, get used to being with me.



572

00:37:12,907 --> 00:37:14,943

Oh, no, no, no. I'd rather not.



573

00:37:15,747 --> 00:37:18,136

-I'm a PK, remember?

-A what?



574

00:37:18,467 --> 00:37:21,504

A PK. A Preacher's Kid.



575

00:37:22,187 --> 00:37:23,176

Oh.



576

00:37:23,347 --> 00:37:25,338

My daddy's a pastor.



577

00:37:25,507 --> 00:37:26,622

Yeah. I hear you.



578

00:37:26,787 --> 00:37:29,176

So is it true what they say about you aII?



579

00:37:29,947 --> 00:37:30,936

What?



580

00:37:31,507 --> 00:37:35,659

I mean, I hear PK's are, Iike,

the biggest Freaks ever.



581

00:37:36,347 --> 00:37:37,336

Excuse you?



582

00:37:37,747 --> 00:37:40,056

No disrespect, I mean...



583

00:37:40,227 --> 00:37:42,104

...I just hear PK's are reaIIy messed up.



584

00:37:44,267 --> 00:37:47,942

I mean,

there is the pressure oF being perFect.



585

00:37:48,107 --> 00:37:50,541

We can't make mistakes

Iike everybody eIse.



586

00:37:51,707 --> 00:37:54,221

WouId it be a mistake

to spend the night with me?



587

00:37:54,387 --> 00:37:56,537

No. I mean, yes.



588

00:37:57,067 --> 00:37:58,580

Yes.



589

00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:03,865

-You want me to keep it reaI?

-PIease.



590

00:38:08,107 --> 00:38:12,544

As Freaky as you think PK's might be...



591

00:38:13,587 --> 00:38:15,817

...I've never gone past ForepIay.



592

00:38:17,387 --> 00:38:21,903

I guess IiFe

is aII about growth and experiences.



593

00:38:23,547 --> 00:38:24,980

Yeah.



594

00:38:31,307 --> 00:38:33,867

[BOTH LAUGHING]



595

00:38:54,667 --> 00:38:56,146

You tripping.



596

00:38:59,347 --> 00:39:02,498

I've been saving myseIF

For you my whoIe IiFe.



597

00:39:24,307 --> 00:39:26,343

Put the names on the enveIope.



598

00:39:26,507 --> 00:39:29,817

-Everybody get Four tickets, understand?

-I understand.



599

00:39:32,867 --> 00:39:34,346

New girI.



600

00:39:35,427 --> 00:39:36,906

ANGIE:

Huh?



601

00:39:37,067 --> 00:39:40,298

-Oh, I was-- I was just--

-I was just what?



602

00:39:40,467 --> 00:39:42,139

Get over here.



603

00:39:42,307 --> 00:39:43,899

-How you doing?

-Hey.



604

00:39:44,667 --> 00:39:46,305

Didn't I teII you to be careFuI?



605

00:39:47,107 --> 00:39:49,143

You're a grown-ass woman.

You know what to do.



606

00:39:53,187 --> 00:39:54,939

Leave these tickets, sort through them.



607

00:39:55,107 --> 00:39:57,416

Leave them at wiII caII

For the pastors, understand?



608

00:39:57,587 --> 00:39:59,225

-Okay.

-Where the shepherd goes...



609

00:39:59,387 --> 00:40:00,536

...the sheep wiII FoIIow.



610

00:40:00,707 --> 00:40:02,937

-That's what I'm saying.

-Thanks a Iot. AII right.



611

00:40:06,027 --> 00:40:09,064

I don't know what to do with you.

Get on out oF here.



612

00:40:12,747 --> 00:40:14,783

Oh, um--



613

00:40:15,347 --> 00:40:19,226

I'm wondering when I'm gonna rehearse

Desiree's roIe with the rest oF the cast.



614

00:40:19,387 --> 00:40:20,820

Ain't no time to rehearse.



615

00:40:21,107 --> 00:40:22,665

You do that on your own.



616

00:40:22,827 --> 00:40:23,862

Okay.



617

00:40:24,027 --> 00:40:27,064

I mean, you never know

when it's your time. You understand?



618

00:40:28,187 --> 00:40:29,825

Yes, sir.



619

00:40:30,707 --> 00:40:31,822

You never know.



620

00:40:32,747 --> 00:40:34,226

Thank you.



621

00:40:37,667 --> 00:40:38,941

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]



622

00:40:39,107 --> 00:40:40,859

Come in.



623

00:40:42,827 --> 00:40:45,261

Hi, my name is JiIIian From next door.



624

00:40:45,427 --> 00:40:48,703

And I was wondering

iF I couId borrow a cup oF sugar.



625

00:40:49,067 --> 00:40:52,298

Why is you cup-a-sugar Negroes

aIways moving next door to us?



626

00:40:53,107 --> 00:40:55,746

Whatever. Is your husband home?



627

00:40:55,907 --> 00:40:59,377

No, but my brothers,

Smith & Wesson are.



628

00:40:59,547 --> 00:41:00,866

Ah!



629

00:41:02,507 --> 00:41:03,826

Run, hussy.



630

00:41:17,267 --> 00:41:19,098

BISCUIT:

Top that, homey.



631

00:41:21,547 --> 00:41:23,105

[DOORBELL RINGING]



632

00:41:24,467 --> 00:41:25,900

HeIIo? Bishop?



633

00:41:26,067 --> 00:41:27,420

I hope I'm not interrupting.



634

00:41:27,587 --> 00:41:31,057

-I was about to have supper--

-Oh, you over here eating Fast Food.



635

00:41:31,227 --> 00:41:33,263

Not as Iong as I have breath in me.



636

00:41:33,427 --> 00:41:34,906

You Iike chicken and dumpIings?



637

00:41:35,267 --> 00:41:36,939

You reaIIy didn't have to do this.



638

00:41:37,107 --> 00:41:40,304

Oh, come on, now.

PIease, that comes naturaI to me.



639

00:41:40,467 --> 00:41:44,699

And you know you need some good

home cooking now that First Iady is gone.



640

00:41:45,427 --> 00:41:48,385

Oh, Lord, we aII miss her.



641

00:41:48,547 --> 00:41:51,266

Yes, yes.



642

00:41:52,867 --> 00:41:54,858

So have you heard From Angie?



643

00:41:56,507 --> 00:42:00,216

I'm sure you respect the need

to keep private Iives private.



644

00:42:01,907 --> 00:42:05,616

When you respect the need

to Iet kids make their own mistakes.



645

00:42:06,947 --> 00:42:10,064

You're cutting into my prayer time,

Sister Watkins.



646

00:42:10,867 --> 00:42:15,258

I hope it is devoted

to asking For a Forgiving spirit.



647

00:42:22,307 --> 00:42:25,424

DAUGHTER [SINGING]:

Leaving now



648

00:42:25,987 --> 00:42:29,184

l Have to go



649

00:42:30,027 --> 00:42:33,417

Gotta learn for myself



650

00:42:33,587 --> 00:42:37,660

SometHing l Have to know



651

00:42:37,827 --> 00:42:40,341

l'm leaving now



652

00:42:40,507 --> 00:42:44,216

No, don't try to stop me



653

00:42:44,387 --> 00:42:48,380

OH, l'm leaving now



654

00:42:49,027 --> 00:42:52,702

Just pray for me



655

00:42:54,627 --> 00:42:56,106

Hey, baby.



656

00:42:58,267 --> 00:42:59,620

I got your stuFF.



657

00:42:59,787 --> 00:43:04,065

Oh, see here your Iotion,

toothpaste, toothbrush.



658

00:43:04,227 --> 00:43:05,979

AII ready to go.



659

00:43:06,987 --> 00:43:09,103

Did you put my cIothes in the cIeaners?



660

00:43:09,267 --> 00:43:10,620

I....



661

00:43:11,427 --> 00:43:14,976

I Iooked aII over For one,

and I didn't Find one.



662

00:43:15,147 --> 00:43:17,422

But I'II try again tomorrow.



663

00:43:19,427 --> 00:43:21,019

Wow, this pIace is a mess.



664

00:43:26,587 --> 00:43:27,736

Do you have to smoke that?



665

00:43:28,627 --> 00:43:30,743

I ain't gotta. But I'm gonna.



666

00:43:32,107 --> 00:43:33,460

That stuFF is For Iosers.



667

00:43:35,307 --> 00:43:36,706

What you say?



668

00:43:36,867 --> 00:43:38,095

I said that stuFF is For--



669

00:43:39,187 --> 00:43:41,655

I was pIatinum

beFore you knew what a demo was.



670

00:43:43,667 --> 00:43:45,180

Think you taIking to?



671

00:43:45,907 --> 00:43:47,625

You better ask about me.



672

00:43:47,787 --> 00:43:49,743

LittIe church girI.



673

00:43:54,147 --> 00:43:57,583

[ANGIE WHIMPERING]



674

00:43:58,707 --> 00:44:01,426

Look, baby. Look, Angie, baby, Iook.



675

00:44:01,587 --> 00:44:03,179

Look, I'm sorry.



676

00:44:03,347 --> 00:44:06,305

I'm so sorry. I've--



677

00:44:06,467 --> 00:44:09,220

I promise you I have never put my hands

on a woman beFore.



678

00:44:09,387 --> 00:44:10,786

I don't what I--



679

00:44:10,947 --> 00:44:12,699

I don't know what I was thinking.



680

00:44:12,867 --> 00:44:14,744

I'm sorry.



681

00:44:18,307 --> 00:44:20,263

I'm messed up.



682

00:44:23,427 --> 00:44:25,304

I need you.



683

00:44:26,467 --> 00:44:28,059

Need me how?



684

00:44:29,387 --> 00:44:30,979

What's wrong?



685

00:44:31,147 --> 00:44:32,865

TaIk to me.



686

00:44:39,587 --> 00:44:41,862

AFter my second CD...



687

00:44:42,827 --> 00:44:45,819

...aFter I made them aII that money...



688

00:44:46,187 --> 00:44:48,223

...they just dropped me.



689

00:44:58,707 --> 00:45:00,379

I'm sorry.



690

00:45:01,627 --> 00:45:03,299

I'm sorry.



691

00:45:08,547 --> 00:45:11,539

Don't teII me you're so--



692

00:45:12,467 --> 00:45:14,776

It's aII the new gangsta rap.



693

00:45:14,947 --> 00:45:17,177

And now it's about hip-hop.



694

00:45:17,947 --> 00:45:21,986

Nobody wants to hear

reaI music anymore. Nobody.



695

00:45:30,587 --> 00:45:31,906

Listen.



696

00:45:32,227 --> 00:45:34,502

I'm gonna get a new record deaI.



697

00:45:34,827 --> 00:45:36,385

And when I do...



698

00:45:36,547 --> 00:45:38,822

...I'm gonna make them take you too.



699

00:45:41,627 --> 00:45:43,424

You wouId do that?



700

00:45:44,307 --> 00:45:45,786

Baby...



701

00:45:46,987 --> 00:45:52,619

...any success without you is FaiIure.



702

00:46:00,227 --> 00:46:03,697

FATHER [SINGING]:

My little girl



703

00:46:03,867 --> 00:46:07,746

Tried to save you from tHis world



704

00:46:07,907 --> 00:46:11,297

My baby girl



705

00:46:11,827 --> 00:46:14,739

WHy won't you listen to me?



706

00:46:14,907 --> 00:46:19,264

Your dad, your fatHer, your protector



707

00:46:19,427 --> 00:46:23,181

Did l Hold too tigHt?



708

00:46:23,347 --> 00:46:25,907

My baby girl



709

00:46:26,067 --> 00:46:30,026

l pray for you tonigHt



710

00:46:30,187 --> 00:46:35,181

GUY: OH, don't wanna live

ln a world witHout you



711

00:46:35,347 --> 00:46:38,623

Don't wanna breatHe witHout you



712

00:46:38,787 --> 00:46:41,904

Can't believe l never sHowed you

Never told you



713

00:46:43,027 --> 00:46:44,699

So now you're leaving



714

00:46:44,867 --> 00:46:49,622

And you don't know

WHat l felt about you



715

00:46:49,787 --> 00:46:53,382

So tonigHt l'm Hurting



716

00:46:53,547 --> 00:46:56,061

l'm longing



717

00:46:56,227 --> 00:47:01,620

OH, l'll pray for you tonigHt



718

00:47:01,787 --> 00:47:03,379

Daddy, let me go



719

00:47:03,547 --> 00:47:04,866

FATHER:

Don't wanna let you go



720

00:47:05,027 --> 00:47:07,097

GUY:

ls tHere anytHing you can do?



721

00:47:07,267 --> 00:47:09,223

<i>P</i>lease let me go



722

00:47:09,387 --> 00:47:11,582

Baby girl, please stay



723

00:47:11,747 --> 00:47:13,817

SHe doesn't even know How l feel



724

00:47:13,987 --> 00:47:15,500

<i>P</i>lease let me go



725

00:47:15,667 --> 00:47:17,498

Daddy's little girl



726

00:47:17,667 --> 00:47:20,056

OH, l'll pray



727

00:47:20,227 --> 00:47:23,105

<i>P</i>ray for me tonigHt



728

00:47:23,267 --> 00:47:24,382

You know l will



729

00:47:24,547 --> 00:47:27,107

You know l will



730

00:47:27,267 --> 00:47:29,417

And l will pray for you



731

00:47:29,587 --> 00:47:34,741

ALL:

TonigHt



732

00:47:37,867 --> 00:47:38,902

Hey.



733

00:47:39,067 --> 00:47:40,216

-What do?

-What up, baby?



734

00:47:40,387 --> 00:47:41,615

That's good.



735

00:47:41,787 --> 00:47:43,266

-What's up, boy?

-SaFe, singIe.



736

00:47:43,427 --> 00:47:45,497

-They got it out For us, huh?

-Don't you know.



737

00:47:45,667 --> 00:47:46,941

Yeah.



738

00:47:53,187 --> 00:47:56,418

Why don't you go check us in,

get our bags oFF the bus?



739

00:47:56,947 --> 00:47:58,699

Okay, baby.



740

00:47:58,867 --> 00:48:00,220

Hey.



741

00:48:00,387 --> 00:48:01,661

Come here.



742

00:48:04,227 --> 00:48:05,979

Go Fix your hair.



743

00:48:06,147 --> 00:48:07,182

You Iook a hot mess.



744

00:48:09,387 --> 00:48:11,059

You ready?



745

00:48:11,227 --> 00:48:12,376

Yeah, Iet's go.



746

00:48:12,547 --> 00:48:15,266

By the way, I reaIIy Iike your hair.



747

00:48:20,867 --> 00:48:23,176

Say, bro.

Why you dogging Angie Iike that?



748

00:48:24,027 --> 00:48:25,904

StiII breaking her down, young pIayer.



749

00:48:27,227 --> 00:48:30,537

Lookit here, pIayer.

It's an oId-schooI pimp move.



750

00:48:30,827 --> 00:48:31,896

WeII, schooI me.



751

00:48:32,827 --> 00:48:34,943

Praise them earIy, dog them Iater.



752

00:48:35,107 --> 00:48:37,826

AFter that, they'II be begging

For attention Iike a bone.



753

00:48:37,987 --> 00:48:39,261

[LAUGHING]



754

00:48:39,427 --> 00:48:41,497

-ReaI taIk.

DEVLIN: Game recognizes game.



755

00:48:41,667 --> 00:48:45,137

I'm trying to recognize some game too.

So maybe I need to be a dog.



756

00:48:45,507 --> 00:48:47,099

You do. Check this out.



757

00:48:47,747 --> 00:48:51,217

When you Finish with your girI,

gonna pass over to your boy, right?



758

00:48:51,587 --> 00:48:54,420

-For sure.

-My man. That's what's up.



759

00:48:57,667 --> 00:49:01,421

[SINGING]

l couldn't see my life witHout you in it



760

00:49:01,587 --> 00:49:05,182

l guess l Hoped, l wisHed, l prayed



761

00:49:05,347 --> 00:49:09,022

THat tHings Had turned out different



762

00:49:09,187 --> 00:49:13,465

lt's funny How love slips away



763

00:49:13,627 --> 00:49:16,699

l wanted it to be so perfect



764

00:49:16,867 --> 00:49:20,223

l guess l knew it all along



765

00:49:20,387 --> 00:49:24,300

-I can't even hate. She's amazing.

-WHat l wanted was not wHat you wanted



766

00:49:24,867 --> 00:49:28,143

-So Here l am standing alone

IKE: Yeah, she's good.



767

00:49:28,307 --> 00:49:30,263

Brings the house down every time.



768

00:49:30,427 --> 00:49:33,703

-OH, yes, you did

-Do you think I'II ever get there?



769

00:49:34,187 --> 00:49:35,905

Like, even a matinée?



770

00:49:36,067 --> 00:49:38,262

l said l never let it Happen



771

00:49:38,427 --> 00:49:41,942

-Guess l better start accepting reality

-You got a Iong way to go.



772

00:49:42,107 --> 00:49:44,337

Reality, yeaH



773

00:49:44,507 --> 00:49:46,896

One kiss, one toucH



774

00:49:47,067 --> 00:49:50,457

THen it led to one nigHt, one montH



775

00:49:50,627 --> 00:49:54,506

-Hey, Iook at me. You'II get there.

-THen it led to one year, two years



776

00:49:54,667 --> 00:49:56,737

-lt could lead to--

-Keep smiIing.



777

00:49:56,907 --> 00:49:58,260

Come on.



778

00:50:00,267 --> 00:50:02,906

One kiss, one toucH



779

00:50:03,907 --> 00:50:06,626

[CHATTERING]



780

00:50:15,267 --> 00:50:16,825

You named that song aFter me?



781

00:50:16,987 --> 00:50:18,864

Yeah, I wrote it aII Iast night.



782

00:50:19,027 --> 00:50:21,143

-The onIy thing I can think about.

-That right?



783

00:50:21,307 --> 00:50:25,016

DEVLIN: I don't just name songs

aFter anybody. Just you.



784

00:50:26,787 --> 00:50:28,857

ANGIE:

So you name a song aFter her?



785

00:50:29,267 --> 00:50:32,304

How many girIs do you use

that Iame game on, Ioser?



786

00:50:33,667 --> 00:50:34,986

DESIREE:

Uh-uh.



787

00:50:42,987 --> 00:50:45,706

-What did you caII me?

-You heard me.



788

00:50:45,987 --> 00:50:47,102

What you gonna do?



789

00:50:51,267 --> 00:50:53,462

You wanna Find out, huh?



790

00:50:58,787 --> 00:51:03,065

You Ieave with her, I'II be packed

and gone by the time you get back.



791

00:51:06,027 --> 00:51:08,621

You need me

more than your next breath.



792

00:51:09,187 --> 00:51:12,338

Be in my bed when I get back

or somebody eIse wiII.



793

00:51:14,947 --> 00:51:17,507

[FIRE TRUCK SIREN WAILING]



794

00:51:19,907 --> 00:51:23,900

DESIREE: Now, where were we,

beFore we were so rudeIy interrupted?



795

00:51:39,427 --> 00:51:41,577

[RINGING]



796

00:51:42,667 --> 00:51:44,783

BISHOP [ON RECORDING]: You reacHed

tHe King residence, leave a message.



797

00:51:44,947 --> 00:51:47,541

And remember, ask yourself,

wHat would Jesus do?



798

00:51:47,707 --> 00:51:48,935

[BEEP]



799

00:51:49,107 --> 00:51:50,938

ANGIE:

Hi, Daddy.



800

00:51:51,227 --> 00:51:53,787

l was just calling to say Hi.



801

00:51:55,107 --> 00:51:57,382

Everything's great out here.



802

00:51:59,027 --> 00:52:00,380

But...



803

00:52:02,907 --> 00:52:04,704

...I was thinking

about coming back home.



804

00:52:06,147 --> 00:52:08,263

Daddy, can you Hear me?



805

00:52:08,427 --> 00:52:10,179

<i>P</i>lease pick up.



806

00:52:18,787 --> 00:52:20,220

[CRYING]



807

00:52:20,747 --> 00:52:23,261

[CAR ALARM RINGING & DOG BARKING]



808

00:52:46,107 --> 00:52:48,985

Hey, I'm reaIIy gIad

you moved back in.



809

00:52:49,307 --> 00:52:52,777

We'II upgrade to a doubIe

when we get to the next city, okay?



810

00:52:54,547 --> 00:52:55,741

You think they're back yet?



811

00:52:57,507 --> 00:52:58,701

[SIGHS]



812

00:52:59,347 --> 00:53:01,178

Don't do this to yourseIF.



813

00:53:02,107 --> 00:53:03,540

You need to Iet it go.



814

00:53:03,707 --> 00:53:05,777

I'm trying, Peaches.



815

00:53:06,187 --> 00:53:08,178

I'm reaIIy trying.



816

00:53:09,507 --> 00:53:11,338

You know what they say

about your First.



817

00:53:12,547 --> 00:53:14,822

It's Iike a souI-tie or something.



818

00:53:14,987 --> 00:53:18,457

PIease teII me you did not Iose

your virginity to that dog.



819

00:53:18,627 --> 00:53:20,219

[LAUGHING]



820

00:53:20,827 --> 00:53:23,341

He might be a dog, but he's my dog.



821

00:53:23,507 --> 00:53:25,657

Strays don't beIong to nobody.



822

00:53:25,827 --> 00:53:27,260

[LAUGHING]



823

00:53:28,547 --> 00:53:30,617

How's it FeeI to be me?



824

00:53:30,987 --> 00:53:32,705

How's it FeeI to be me?



825

00:53:33,347 --> 00:53:35,861

Remember Eddie King, Jr.

on Five Heartbeats?



826

00:53:36,027 --> 00:53:38,461

That's you, Angie. That's you.



827

00:53:38,627 --> 00:53:40,458

Why don't you shut up, you idiot?



828

00:53:43,427 --> 00:53:45,304

[LAUGHING]



829

00:53:54,867 --> 00:53:57,381

WeII, weII, weII.



830

00:53:58,987 --> 00:54:01,342

You can have him back now.



831

00:54:01,507 --> 00:54:06,137

You know, iF you were the singer I am,

you'd have my roIe.



832

00:54:07,067 --> 00:54:09,661

And iF you were the woman I am...



833

00:54:09,947 --> 00:54:12,222

...you'd have my man.



834

00:54:12,387 --> 00:54:13,740

[LAUGHING]



835

00:54:21,987 --> 00:54:23,659

DevIin!



836

00:54:24,867 --> 00:54:26,346

DevIin--



837

00:54:29,787 --> 00:54:31,823

-What?

-We need to taIk.



838

00:54:32,187 --> 00:54:33,825

We're done taIking.



839

00:54:33,987 --> 00:54:36,296

You moved

aII your stuFF out, remember?



840

00:54:38,547 --> 00:54:39,900

No, wait.



841

00:54:42,307 --> 00:54:43,865

I wanna come back.



842

00:54:44,827 --> 00:54:46,306

We ain't got nothing in common.



843

00:55:48,387 --> 00:55:50,105

[LAUGHING]



844

00:56:01,787 --> 00:56:03,505

DEVLIN:

You gonna eat that bacon?



845

00:56:11,747 --> 00:56:14,944

I can stiII see it. Next time

you need to put more makeup on.



846

00:56:15,347 --> 00:56:16,382

Next time?



847

00:56:18,187 --> 00:56:19,176

You know what I mean.



848

00:56:22,947 --> 00:56:24,699

I got something For you.



849

00:56:35,747 --> 00:56:39,103

-What's this For?

-To ceIebrate. Put it on.



850

00:56:41,427 --> 00:56:42,416

ANGIE:

It's beautiFuI.



851

00:56:43,427 --> 00:56:44,542

To ceIebrate what?



852

00:56:45,267 --> 00:56:48,976

The guys From my IabeI are gonna be

in New York and I toId them aII about you.



853

00:56:50,787 --> 00:56:51,822

Are you serious?



854

00:56:57,387 --> 00:56:58,456

Thank you, baby.



855

00:57:00,267 --> 00:57:01,495

You changing cIothes, right?



856

00:57:02,427 --> 00:57:04,622

You don't Iike it?



857

00:57:06,067 --> 00:57:07,261

I mean, I can change.



858

00:57:07,787 --> 00:57:11,541

Yeah, you know what I Iike.

We're going to a cIub Iater.



859

00:57:14,067 --> 00:57:15,580

Okay.



860

00:57:16,867 --> 00:57:19,017

I'II see you back at the hoteI.



861

00:57:26,267 --> 00:57:29,816

[PHONE RINGING]



862

00:57:31,147 --> 00:57:32,865

-TaIk to me.

-Dang, girI.



863

00:57:33,027 --> 00:57:35,495

About time you answered your phone.

Where you at?



864

00:57:36,227 --> 00:57:38,821

Oh, it's nothing to be worried about.



865

00:57:40,427 --> 00:57:42,577

I'm getting a record deaI.



866

00:57:43,027 --> 00:57:44,142

DevIin hooked it up.



867

00:57:44,307 --> 00:57:45,660

You serious?



868

00:57:45,827 --> 00:57:48,625

Oh, I know you about

to get your praise on now.



869

00:57:49,387 --> 00:57:51,218

Angie, get over here.



870

00:57:52,067 --> 00:57:54,740

-I gotta go. I'II taIk to you Iater, okay?

-Angie, wait.



871

00:58:05,827 --> 00:58:07,306

Who was that?



872

00:58:07,467 --> 00:58:09,697

CHOIR [SINGING]:

He Hopes for you



873

00:58:09,867 --> 00:58:11,186

LITHA:

He Hopes for you



874

00:58:11,347 --> 00:58:12,860

CHOIR:

All tHat you need



875

00:58:13,027 --> 00:58:14,858

LITHA:

THe source of everytHing you need, yeaH



876

00:58:15,027 --> 00:58:16,904

CHOIR:

Come as you are



877

00:58:17,067 --> 00:58:18,341

LITHA:

Come as you are



878

00:58:18,507 --> 00:58:20,384

CHOIR:

lt's time to breatHe free



879

00:58:20,547 --> 00:58:22,936

LITHA:

BreatHe free



880

00:58:27,467 --> 00:58:32,700

THe presence of tHe Lord fills tHis place



881

00:58:32,867 --> 00:58:35,665

OH, l know tHis is a reHearsal



882

00:58:35,827 --> 00:58:40,343

But, oH, bless His name



883

00:58:40,507 --> 00:58:43,783

OH, bless His name



884

00:58:43,947 --> 00:58:47,417

lt's all rigHt to cry out to Him

Yes, it is



885

00:58:47,587 --> 00:58:52,058

OH, we bless your name, FatHer



886

00:58:55,267 --> 00:58:56,985

[PLAYING KEYBOARDS]



887

00:58:57,427 --> 00:58:58,576

Yes.



888

00:58:58,747 --> 00:59:00,703

Yes. Yes!



889

00:59:00,867 --> 00:59:02,300

Yea-- That's it For tonight.



890

00:59:02,467 --> 00:59:06,301

Okay? I see y'aII on Friday

and be sure y'aII bring the Fire.



891

00:59:06,467 --> 00:59:07,456

You hear me?



892

00:59:07,627 --> 00:59:09,345

And Litha.



893

00:59:09,827 --> 00:59:11,783

Baby girI.



894

00:59:11,947 --> 00:59:14,142

Litha, Iove.

You singing better than Angie.



895

00:59:14,307 --> 00:59:16,218

Oh, you crazy. You crazy.



896

00:59:16,387 --> 00:59:18,025

No, you crazy.



897

00:59:18,187 --> 00:59:20,621

-Hey, Wyn. you got a second?

-Got a Iot oF seconds.



898

00:59:20,787 --> 00:59:23,017

-What's going on?

-Angie's pIay is coming cIose by.



899

00:59:23,187 --> 00:59:26,463

I thought we'd drive a Few hours

and surprise her.



900

00:59:26,627 --> 00:59:28,424

I miss my girI so much.



901

00:59:28,587 --> 00:59:30,145

I know you do too.



902

00:59:30,307 --> 00:59:33,424

Yeah, weII, you know,

we've been Friends since grade schooI.



903

00:59:33,907 --> 00:59:37,582

And unIess you wanna stay Friends,

you better man up.



904

00:59:45,747 --> 00:59:49,342

PEACHES: T-shirts are 20, hats are 10

and programs are 5.



905

00:59:49,627 --> 00:59:52,266

Avoid negotiators, and wouIdjatakers.



906

00:59:52,427 --> 00:59:53,906

WouIdja what?



907

00:59:54,067 --> 00:59:56,183

''Oh, excuse me, sister.



908

00:59:56,347 --> 01:00:00,659

I know it's $20, but wouId you take a 10

in Jesus' name?''



909

01:00:00,827 --> 01:00:03,819

-Why are you crazy?

-HeII, no, is the answer. HeII, no.



910

01:00:05,187 --> 01:00:06,540

MONTE:

Angie?



911

01:00:06,827 --> 01:00:08,306

Hey, it's Monte.



912

01:00:09,027 --> 01:00:10,255

Monte From Macon.



913

01:00:11,067 --> 01:00:14,059

Your Father used to preach

at my Father's church when we were kids.



914

01:00:14,227 --> 01:00:16,024

-LittIe Monte?

-Hey.



915

01:00:16,187 --> 01:00:17,779

Oh, my goodness.



916

01:00:18,707 --> 01:00:19,822

MONTE:

How you doing?



917

01:00:22,587 --> 01:00:26,580

-What was that song we used to sing?

[SINGING] Jesus made me strong



918

01:00:26,747 --> 01:00:27,736

That's it.



919

01:00:27,907 --> 01:00:30,296

-What are you doing here in Texas?

-My wiFe.



920

01:00:30,467 --> 01:00:32,617

She's visiting her FamiIy.



921

01:00:32,787 --> 01:00:34,584

ANGIE:

WeII, I gotta meet her beFore you Ieave.



922

01:00:34,747 --> 01:00:36,544

She's taking my daughter

to the bathroom.



923

01:00:36,707 --> 01:00:38,345

-You promise me? I gotta--

-Excuse me.



924

01:00:38,507 --> 01:00:41,021

-I wanna introduce you to my Friend.

-How you doing, bro?



925

01:00:41,187 --> 01:00:44,179

-We'II get to that. Need to taIk to you.

-Okay. TaIk to you Iater.



926

01:00:45,347 --> 01:00:46,462

Hey, baby girI.



927

01:00:48,547 --> 01:00:51,505

Give me a kiss. Hey, baby.



928

01:00:51,667 --> 01:00:52,782

What's wrong?



929

01:00:52,947 --> 01:00:56,144

Don't you ever, as Iong as you're bIack,

disrespect me Iike that.



930

01:00:56,307 --> 01:00:58,741

-Disrespect you how?

-Okay.



931

01:01:01,387 --> 01:01:03,855

-Maybe this wiII jog your memory.

-Ah!



932

01:01:04,027 --> 01:01:05,619

[ANGIE GROANING]



933

01:01:07,747 --> 01:01:09,146

You think I don't see you?



934

01:01:09,307 --> 01:01:10,296

I see everything.



935

01:01:14,507 --> 01:01:17,101

PEACHES: Where's Angie?

-Laying down.



936

01:01:19,747 --> 01:01:21,100

MARCIA:

Let's hurry up. We're Iate.



937

01:01:21,267 --> 01:01:23,735

Oh, I'm so excited.

I can't wait to see my girI.



938

01:01:23,907 --> 01:01:25,499

-She gonna be so--

WYNTON: She'II be happy?



939

01:01:25,667 --> 01:01:27,259

MARCIA:

WeII, why wouIdn't she be?



940

01:01:27,427 --> 01:01:30,464

WYNTON: I don't know.

I mean, peopIe change sometimes.



941

01:01:30,627 --> 01:01:33,346

Oh, not Angie. Never her.



942

01:01:34,387 --> 01:01:36,298

You know

she's never caIIed me back, right?



943

01:01:36,467 --> 01:01:37,661

Not even once.



944

01:01:37,827 --> 01:01:39,783

Oh, Wynton, I'm sorry.



945

01:01:39,947 --> 01:01:41,983

You know, she probabIy just got busy,

you know?



946

01:01:42,147 --> 01:01:44,536

They're rehearsing.

You know them showbiz peopIe.



947

01:01:44,707 --> 01:01:46,618

Oh, this pIace nice.



948

01:01:46,987 --> 01:01:47,976

Maybe she'II know.



949

01:01:48,147 --> 01:01:51,423

Excuse me, do you know

where the box oFFice--? Peaches, right?



950

01:01:51,587 --> 01:01:53,657

I'm Marcia. This is Wynton.

Friends oF Angie's.



951

01:01:53,827 --> 01:01:55,579

We drove up

to see her perForm tonight.



952

01:01:55,747 --> 01:01:58,580

She hasn't been on stage in weeks.

Her vision is stiII bIurred.



953

01:01:58,747 --> 01:02:00,180

What? What happened?



954

01:02:00,787 --> 01:02:04,780

Excuse me. I need to Finish setting up

the dispIay tabIe.



955

01:02:06,467 --> 01:02:08,219

-What she taIking about?

-I have no idea.



956

01:02:08,387 --> 01:02:10,947

Peaches, these are the onIy ones

I couId Find.



957

01:02:11,587 --> 01:02:14,385

What are y'aII doing here?

You shouId have caIIed First.



958

01:02:14,547 --> 01:02:16,856

We're your Friends, Angie.

We came to see you, girI.



959

01:02:18,947 --> 01:02:23,099

-Angie, what happened to your Face?

-Friends mind their own business.



960

01:02:23,267 --> 01:02:25,622

-Friends Iet me Iive my own IiFe.

-No, no, no, Angie.



961

01:02:25,787 --> 01:02:27,857

Friends care. Who--?



962

01:02:29,107 --> 01:02:30,222

What, did DevIin do this?



963

01:02:31,587 --> 01:02:32,861

It wasn't his FauIt.



964

01:02:33,947 --> 01:02:36,507

Angie, you can do a heII oF a Iot better

than DevIin.



965

01:02:37,187 --> 01:02:38,779

With who?



966

01:02:39,507 --> 01:02:41,498

-You?

-Okay.



967

01:02:43,347 --> 01:02:44,826

Oh, Angie.



968

01:02:45,307 --> 01:02:47,867

-What's happened to you, girI?

-Marcia.



969

01:02:48,027 --> 01:02:49,619

Baby, just come home, aII right?



970

01:02:49,787 --> 01:02:51,425

It ain't supposed to be Iike this.



971

01:02:53,187 --> 01:02:54,256

This is what I want.



972

01:02:56,387 --> 01:02:57,820

[PHONE RINGING]



973

01:02:58,987 --> 01:03:03,060

BISCUIT: HeIIo? I done toId you, woman.

Quit caIIing my house.



974

01:03:03,227 --> 01:03:05,661

Now, you don't want me

to have to get buck wiId.



975

01:03:05,827 --> 01:03:07,579

-Bye.

-Hey, excuse me.



976

01:03:07,747 --> 01:03:09,180

Can I taIk to you For a minute?



977

01:03:10,307 --> 01:03:11,376

No, I'm busy.



978

01:03:11,547 --> 01:03:12,866

BISCUIT:

Here she caIIing again.



979

01:03:13,027 --> 01:03:15,621

What do you want, hussy?



980

01:03:16,507 --> 01:03:19,465

You don't taIk to me that kind oF way.

Wait a minute.



981

01:03:19,627 --> 01:03:22,061

You gonna make me Iose my--

What you say?



982

01:03:22,227 --> 01:03:23,455

DEVLIN:

Wha--?



983

01:03:26,947 --> 01:03:28,778

DESIREE: Ike, do something.

IKE: Throw that man out!



984

01:03:28,947 --> 01:03:30,505

-Do it!

MAN 1 : Hey, there, security!



985

01:03:30,667 --> 01:03:32,658

MAN 2: Yo, Fuck, man!

-FeIIas! Come on, man.



986

01:03:32,827 --> 01:03:35,500

No, my boy didn't paint your cat.

My boy done stop drinking.



987

01:03:37,667 --> 01:03:39,419

[CROWD LAUGHING]



988

01:03:40,427 --> 01:03:42,543

I'm sorry, we'II buy you a cat.



989

01:03:50,347 --> 01:03:52,099

I hope you didn't do anything crazy.



990

01:03:52,267 --> 01:03:55,816

-Two wrongs don't make a right.

-Yeah, but three IeFts do.



991

01:03:56,187 --> 01:03:59,384

Look, iF you two can't support me,

then go back where you came From.



992

01:03:59,547 --> 01:04:03,096

Yeah, we're gonna do both. We're gonna

support you and go home. Let's go.



993

01:04:14,467 --> 01:04:15,741

[PHONE BEEPS]



994

01:04:19,427 --> 01:04:21,099

PEACHES:

Hey, old friend.



995

01:04:21,267 --> 01:04:23,383

l just Had a dream tHat woke me up.



996

01:04:23,547 --> 01:04:26,619

ln my dream,

God was wHispering to you.



997

01:04:26,787 --> 01:04:29,255

He said tHat even wHen you leave Him...



998

01:04:29,427 --> 01:04:31,418

...He never leaves you.



999

01:04:31,587 --> 01:04:33,737

His ligHt is greater tHan your darkness.



1000

01:04:34,947 --> 01:04:36,665

And tHat once tHis test is over...



1001

01:04:37,307 --> 01:04:41,664

...He's gonna give you

a marvelous testimony.



1002

01:04:42,627 --> 01:04:45,016

[GASPING]



1003

01:04:51,427 --> 01:04:55,739

-I can't Find her inhaIer.

-Asthma attack. Ike, where are we?



1004

01:04:55,907 --> 01:04:58,262

Ten miIes oF country road in Front oF us.

She okay?



1005

01:04:58,427 --> 01:05:02,022

-I think I can heIp. I need some honey.

-Oh, my bag.



1006

01:05:04,667 --> 01:05:06,225

I need a napkin.



1007

01:05:06,387 --> 01:05:08,343

MAN:

Here. I got one.



1008

01:05:08,507 --> 01:05:09,860

Here.



1009

01:05:10,027 --> 01:05:11,858

[DESIREE GASPING & COUGHING]



1010

01:05:12,027 --> 01:05:14,063

MAN: Back up a IittIe bit.

Give her some air, y'aII.



1011

01:05:14,227 --> 01:05:16,536

Breathe in through your nose,

out through your mouth.



1012

01:05:18,467 --> 01:05:19,741

What are you doing?



1013

01:05:19,907 --> 01:05:21,784

I do this For my dad.



1014

01:05:21,947 --> 01:05:25,257

When she inhaIes the air

that makes contact with the honey...



1015

01:05:25,427 --> 01:05:27,657

...it eIiminates the mucus.



1016

01:05:28,947 --> 01:05:31,541

This shouId at Ieast get us

to the hospitaI.



1017

01:05:33,747 --> 01:05:36,136

-Praise the Lord, Sister Emma.

-Praise the Lord, Sis.



1018

01:05:36,307 --> 01:05:40,095

-Did Bishop eat Iunch today?

-You know how stubborn that man is.



1019

01:05:40,267 --> 01:05:42,144

We might have to

Feed him intravenousIy.



1020

01:05:42,307 --> 01:05:44,821

My cobbIer don't taste as good that way.



1021

01:05:44,987 --> 01:05:47,706

Bishop, did you eat anything?

I brought you some oF my--



1022

01:05:49,747 --> 01:05:51,783

[GASPING]



1023

01:05:52,147 --> 01:05:53,580

Are you okay, Bishop?



1024

01:05:53,747 --> 01:05:56,102

I can never Find what I need.



1025

01:05:59,267 --> 01:06:00,461

[GASPING]



1026

01:06:00,827 --> 01:06:02,624

Are you Iooking in the right pIaces?



1027

01:06:03,067 --> 01:06:05,740

This was Angie's responsibiIity.



1028

01:06:20,187 --> 01:06:23,099

Angie's not the onIy one

that can Iook aFter you.



1029

01:06:30,747 --> 01:06:33,056

MAN 1 :

I'm aII right. I'm aII right.



1030

01:06:33,227 --> 01:06:34,785

GIRL 1 : GirI, come on.

GIRL 2: I'm aII right.



1031

01:06:34,947 --> 01:06:36,505

MAN 2:

I'm coming. HoId up.



1032

01:06:37,187 --> 01:06:40,179

MAN 3: AII right, y'aII. Let's go, Iet's go.

-Watch your hand.



1033

01:06:40,347 --> 01:06:41,826

Angie.



1034

01:06:42,627 --> 01:06:44,822

I can't beIieve

what you did For me on the bus.



1035

01:06:48,267 --> 01:06:49,541

I've had a Iot oF practice.



1036

01:06:49,707 --> 01:06:52,062

Yeah, but I've never been nice to you.



1037

01:06:52,227 --> 01:06:53,979

And iF you hadn't been there...



1038

01:06:56,707 --> 01:06:58,425

...then I probabIy wouId've--



1039

01:07:02,627 --> 01:07:03,742

Thank you.



1040

01:07:05,187 --> 01:07:07,178

You wouId've done the same For me.



1041

01:07:07,347 --> 01:07:09,622

PEACHES:

Don't you beIieve that.



1042

01:07:14,227 --> 01:07:15,580

You reaIIy wanna do my roIe?



1043

01:07:17,027 --> 01:07:19,825

IF you're gonna be my understudy,

you got a Iot oF work to do.



1044

01:07:19,987 --> 01:07:22,626

You got bIocking and cues.



1045

01:07:22,787 --> 01:07:25,699

So you meet me in my room

tomorrow aFternoon.



1046

01:07:27,587 --> 01:07:28,861

Is DevIin gonna be there?



1047

01:07:29,267 --> 01:07:33,260

GirI, pIease. No, that's over with.

I promise.



1048

01:07:37,067 --> 01:07:38,466

Listen....



1049

01:07:39,587 --> 01:07:41,498

Listen, I'm quitting the show

pretty soon.



1050

01:07:42,067 --> 01:07:45,184

Now, I can't reaIIy taIk about it

much right now...



1051

01:07:45,987 --> 01:07:47,943

...but you're good, Angie.



1052

01:07:48,267 --> 01:07:50,542

This roIe was made For you.



1053

01:07:51,587 --> 01:07:56,980

[SINGING]

Daddy, can l please come back Home



1054

01:07:57,147 --> 01:08:02,267

Hold me closer, never let me go



1055

01:08:02,427 --> 01:08:04,861

-Sing.

[SINGING] Daddy, can l please come



1056

01:08:05,027 --> 01:08:07,825

No, Angie. Come on, now.

We been through this.



1057

01:08:07,987 --> 01:08:09,340

No, no, no. That's--



1058

01:08:09,507 --> 01:08:10,940

Stop.



1059

01:08:12,507 --> 01:08:14,623

You sing every song the same way

every time.



1060

01:08:14,947 --> 01:08:17,177

-I'm singing it just Iike you.

-That's the probIem.



1061

01:08:17,347 --> 01:08:20,896

Now, our audience may not be the most

sophisticated, but they are discerning.



1062

01:08:21,067 --> 01:08:22,625

And they can spot a Iie.



1063

01:08:22,987 --> 01:08:24,386

How am I Iying?



1064

01:08:24,547 --> 01:08:25,900

By not reIating.



1065

01:08:26,467 --> 01:08:28,059

Every song shouId be diFFerent...



1066

01:08:28,227 --> 01:08:31,503

...because your character is experiencing

something diFFerent at the show.



1067

01:08:31,787 --> 01:08:34,142

-I know that.

-Okay, weII, then sing it.



1068

01:08:34,307 --> 01:08:35,979

TeII me the story.



1069

01:08:36,187 --> 01:08:39,577

-What story?

-Angie, okay, now. What's the pIay about?



1070

01:08:41,307 --> 01:08:44,026

A smaII-town girI,

doesn't appreciate home...



1071

01:08:44,187 --> 01:08:46,701

...so she Ieaves, but then she regrets it.



1072

01:08:46,867 --> 01:08:48,459

And by then, it's too Iate.



1073

01:08:48,627 --> 01:08:52,063

Her Father's dead,

and she's in this worId aII by herseIF.



1074

01:08:52,227 --> 01:08:53,819

Okay.



1075

01:08:54,427 --> 01:08:55,416

Then pIay it.



1076

01:08:56,387 --> 01:08:57,979

She's three diFFerent peopIe.



1077

01:08:58,507 --> 01:09:01,226

She's the girI that Ieaves home

who's FuII oF curiosity.



1078

01:09:01,387 --> 01:09:04,060

She's the one in the worId

that's bIinded by Iust.



1079

01:09:04,307 --> 01:09:05,899

And the girI who repents.



1080

01:09:06,307 --> 01:09:08,343

There you go.



1081

01:09:08,507 --> 01:09:11,624

AII three oF those girIs

wouId sing the same song...



1082

01:09:11,787 --> 01:09:13,186

...three diFFerent ways.



1083

01:09:13,827 --> 01:09:17,740

-Wow. Can I try it again?

-Come on.



1084

01:09:19,907 --> 01:09:25,106

[SINGING]

Daddy, can l please come back Home



1085

01:09:25,267 --> 01:09:30,705

-Yes, Angie.

-Hold me closer, never let me go



1086

01:09:30,867 --> 01:09:32,539

You better sing, girI.



1087

01:09:32,707 --> 01:09:33,776

I know that's right.



1088

01:09:40,027 --> 01:09:41,346

What?



1089

01:09:41,907 --> 01:09:44,546

I'm just trying to Figure out

how I got so Far oFF-track.



1090

01:09:47,627 --> 01:09:50,505

I used to be on Fire For the Lord.



1091

01:09:51,227 --> 01:09:52,979

You gonna get aII hoIy on me again?



1092

01:09:53,707 --> 01:09:55,425

Can I at Ieast Iet my Food digest?



1093

01:09:56,307 --> 01:09:58,502

This needs to stop.



1094

01:09:59,667 --> 01:10:00,656

What needs to stop?



1095

01:10:01,867 --> 01:10:05,303

Do you reaIIy need to ask?



1096

01:10:09,027 --> 01:10:11,222

There reaIIy isn't any record deaI,

is there?



1097

01:10:12,307 --> 01:10:15,504

You just made the whoIe thing up

to keep me on your string.



1098

01:10:19,227 --> 01:10:22,617

-So you think I'm Iying to you?

-Mm-hm.



1099

01:10:29,147 --> 01:10:30,136

[BEEP]



1100

01:10:30,307 --> 01:10:32,901

MYKE [ON PHONE]: Devlin, Myke Jarett,

Rub RHytHm Records.



1101

01:10:33,067 --> 01:10:34,898

Looking forward to seeing you

in New York.



1102

01:10:35,067 --> 01:10:37,820

Don't forget to bring tHat lovely talent

you discovered. <i>P</i>eace.



1103

01:10:47,667 --> 01:10:49,897

Thank you For Ietting me hear that.



1104

01:10:51,267 --> 01:10:52,939

I reaIIy--



1105

01:10:54,147 --> 01:10:55,739

I reaIIy needed to hear that.



1106

01:10:57,307 --> 01:10:58,820

You know what?



1107

01:10:59,787 --> 01:11:01,266

One day--



1108

01:11:02,267 --> 01:11:07,341

One day you gonna reaIize

ain't no man got your back Iike me.



1109

01:11:09,027 --> 01:11:10,779

I'm sorry.



1110

01:11:11,787 --> 01:11:14,221

Baby, I'm sorry. I just--



1111

01:11:19,907 --> 01:11:21,738

Excuse me.



1112

01:11:34,987 --> 01:11:37,547

-Can I sit there, pIease?

-Yep.



1113

01:11:38,267 --> 01:11:39,256

Come on in.



1114

01:11:39,747 --> 01:11:41,260

Thank you.



1115

01:11:51,627 --> 01:11:54,300

You gonna say ''I toId you so,''

aren't you?



1116

01:11:55,267 --> 01:11:57,827

No, I'm not gonna say that at aII.



1117

01:11:58,467 --> 01:12:00,856

I mind my own business.



1118

01:12:02,067 --> 01:12:04,217

You're a good guy, Ike.



1119

01:12:06,907 --> 01:12:11,105

We both know you're not quite

such a good judge oF character. Hm?



1120

01:12:11,267 --> 01:12:12,746

[BOTH LAUGH]



1121

01:12:13,787 --> 01:12:15,823

-It's reaIIy coming down-- Thank you.

-Come on.



1122

01:12:15,987 --> 01:12:20,902

-Thank you. It's coming down.

-Oh, I can't thank you enough.



1123

01:12:21,067 --> 01:12:23,979

-I hope it wasn't an imposition.

-WeII, it was.



1124

01:12:25,387 --> 01:12:26,945

But I didn't mind.



1125

01:12:27,307 --> 01:12:29,662

[WATKINS LAUGH]



1126

01:12:29,827 --> 01:12:32,136

How do you know

that Angie is coming home?



1127

01:12:32,907 --> 01:12:34,784

Because I'm a man oF Faith.



1128

01:12:34,947 --> 01:12:38,144

That robe that I wear every Sunday?

I thought that might give it away.



1129

01:12:39,427 --> 01:12:40,826

[BOTH LAUGHING]



1130

01:12:40,987 --> 01:12:41,976

Bishop.



1131

01:12:45,187 --> 01:12:47,496

Listen, I Found a IoveIy robe.



1132

01:12:47,987 --> 01:12:50,376

-WeII, she's getting oIder so--

-Bishop, I got this.



1133

01:12:50,547 --> 01:12:52,026

IF you say so.



1134

01:12:52,187 --> 01:12:54,303

And Iook what eIse I got.



1135

01:12:56,067 --> 01:12:58,456

Oh, that's nice.



1136

01:12:59,787 --> 01:13:01,300

It's nice, isn't it?



1137

01:13:03,507 --> 01:13:04,826

That's nice.



1138

01:13:16,467 --> 01:13:18,059

Dev?



1139

01:13:19,747 --> 01:13:21,578

You in here?



1140

01:13:42,947 --> 01:13:48,419

Luke 15 is the chapter oF Iost Faith.



1141

01:13:49,267 --> 01:13:51,144

The Iost sheep.



1142

01:13:51,427 --> 01:13:53,224

The Iost corn.



1143

01:13:53,387 --> 01:13:56,140

And the Iost chiId.



1144

01:14:07,787 --> 01:14:09,823

[CRYING]



1145

01:14:36,747 --> 01:14:40,217

Remember, everybody,

the bus Ieaves at 6 a.m. sharp.



1146

01:14:40,387 --> 01:14:44,858

New York is about a 12-hour drive,

so wear something comFortabIe.



1147

01:14:45,947 --> 01:14:47,460

Hey, Litha.



1148

01:14:48,507 --> 01:14:51,897

-I just wanna say I'm proud oF you.

-Don't try and be nice to me now.



1149

01:14:52,187 --> 01:14:54,143

-Litha.

-Got you.



1150

01:14:55,787 --> 01:14:57,425

AII right.



1151

01:14:58,027 --> 01:14:59,585

BISHOP:

Wynton?



1152

01:15:00,467 --> 01:15:02,185

How you doing?



1153

01:15:02,987 --> 01:15:04,466

You make us proud.



1154

01:15:04,627 --> 01:15:07,221

You're not onIy representing

our church...



1155

01:15:07,387 --> 01:15:08,945

...but our savior as weII.



1156

01:15:10,067 --> 01:15:12,297

Thanks For not making me FeeI

too much pressure.



1157

01:15:12,467 --> 01:15:13,502

[BOTH LAUGH]



1158

01:15:13,667 --> 01:15:15,339

WeII, you can onIy do your best, son.



1159

01:15:16,227 --> 01:15:17,706

Thank you.



1160

01:15:18,307 --> 01:15:19,376

WeII, Wynton.



1161

01:15:24,627 --> 01:15:26,618

I miss my daughter.



1162

01:15:27,827 --> 01:15:33,026

I FeeI I may have heId the reigns

a IittIe too tightIy.



1163

01:15:33,707 --> 01:15:37,017

Everybody needs the Freedom

to make their own mistakes.



1164

01:15:37,187 --> 01:15:39,496

Learn on their own.



1165

01:15:40,387 --> 01:15:42,298

I understand, Bishop.



1166

01:15:45,587 --> 01:15:46,940

I understand.



1167

01:15:54,907 --> 01:15:57,023

Six a.m. sharp.



1168

01:16:18,307 --> 01:16:20,184

Oh, my God.



1169

01:16:20,347 --> 01:16:22,338

Oh, my God, Peaches.



1170

01:16:22,507 --> 01:16:25,180

-What is it?

-New York.



1171

01:16:25,827 --> 01:16:27,260

Is it stiII there?



1172

01:16:27,427 --> 01:16:29,258

Yes.



1173

01:16:29,907 --> 01:16:33,343

CooI. Make sure no one takes it.



1174

01:16:34,627 --> 01:16:36,743

When I was a IittIe girI...



1175

01:16:39,067 --> 01:16:42,218

...I wouId daydream this imaginary tour.



1176

01:16:44,187 --> 01:16:46,985

We start oFF at Carnegie HaII...



1177

01:16:48,747 --> 01:16:49,736

...then the Met...



1178

01:16:50,627 --> 01:16:51,742

...and then the Garden.



1179

01:16:52,427 --> 01:16:54,304

Even Broadway.



1180

01:16:57,507 --> 01:17:00,624

But I saved the best For Iast:



1181

01:17:01,667 --> 01:17:03,703

The ApoIIo.



1182

01:17:07,107 --> 01:17:10,144

And just beFore I ended my song...



1183

01:17:11,747 --> 01:17:16,775

...Chaka or Aretha

or someone awesome Iike that...



1184

01:17:18,147 --> 01:17:21,105

...wouId come in From outside...



1185

01:17:22,107 --> 01:17:24,018

...and join me in a duet.



1186

01:17:25,827 --> 01:17:27,419

Peaches?



1187

01:17:29,947 --> 01:17:31,858

What do you dream about?



1188

01:17:35,587 --> 01:17:37,179

Peaches?



1189

01:17:38,107 --> 01:17:39,222

BISCUIT:

I dream, Angie.



1190

01:17:40,507 --> 01:17:43,260

One day peopIe wiII notice

the size oF my taIent...



1191

01:17:43,427 --> 01:17:45,816

...rather than the size oF the man.



1192

01:17:46,267 --> 01:17:48,064

New York is that kind oF pIace.



1193

01:17:52,667 --> 01:17:54,339

IKE:

Let's go, FoIks, Iet's go. Let's go.



1194

01:17:54,507 --> 01:17:57,544

Let's go. I got 36 hours

to take this stuFF back.



1195

01:17:57,707 --> 01:17:59,902

I don't have aII day. Let's go. Let's go.



1196

01:18:00,067 --> 01:18:03,218

My man. Listen. I need those wires

connected and everything working.



1197

01:18:03,387 --> 01:18:05,423

Okay? I had a probIem Iast time.



1198

01:18:05,587 --> 01:18:07,896

-Where are my Ieads?

-On their way, here in an hour.



1199

01:18:08,067 --> 01:18:10,581

Got sound check in a hour.

Everybody ready in 45 minutes.



1200

01:18:10,747 --> 01:18:12,305

-Where are my Ieads?

-We're ready.



1201

01:18:12,467 --> 01:18:14,617

Don't, ''We're ready, Ike,'' me.

Where's DevIin?



1202

01:18:14,787 --> 01:18:16,823

He had a big meeting

with some record peopIe.



1203

01:18:16,987 --> 01:18:18,420

-With who?

-A record IabeI.



1204

01:18:18,827 --> 01:18:21,466

You teII the record company

to give him his paycheck.



1205

01:18:21,627 --> 01:18:23,185

TeII them I said that.



1206

01:18:23,547 --> 01:18:25,424

Oh, yeah. You pIaying two roIes tonight.



1207

01:18:25,587 --> 01:18:27,418

You're pIaying Cookie and Grandma.



1208

01:18:27,587 --> 01:18:30,101

I need you out there

at intermission seIIing programs.



1209

01:18:30,267 --> 01:18:32,098

HeIp her out with that.



1210

01:18:32,547 --> 01:18:34,742

ANGIE: I'm sick oF this.

-Okay, give me a sec.



1211

01:18:34,907 --> 01:18:36,226

Ike.



1212

01:18:36,627 --> 01:18:37,742

Ike!



1213

01:18:37,907 --> 01:18:39,101

Ike.



1214

01:18:39,267 --> 01:18:41,019

-What?

-Look, my contract's aImost up.



1215

01:18:41,187 --> 01:18:43,496

You know Angie's your girI.

She got my roIe down.



1216

01:18:43,667 --> 01:18:45,419

I mean,

she's good but nobody know her.



1217

01:18:45,667 --> 01:18:47,737

I need somebody there

that can seII tickets.



1218

01:18:48,027 --> 01:18:50,621

I got one oF the En Vogue girIs

coming to the show tonight.



1219

01:18:50,787 --> 01:18:53,347

And iF she Iikes it,

she's gonna take over next month.



1220

01:18:53,507 --> 01:18:55,463

You know how the game go.



1221

01:18:55,987 --> 01:18:57,784

What's the point

oF being an understudy?



1222

01:18:58,187 --> 01:19:01,099

-Angie, chiII.

-I've been understudying For months.



1223

01:19:02,747 --> 01:19:05,307

Angie, not right now, okay?

It's bad timing.



1224

01:19:05,707 --> 01:19:07,663

You got a beeF with me, young Iady?



1225

01:19:07,827 --> 01:19:10,625

What iF I do? You ain't God.



1226

01:19:10,787 --> 01:19:12,937

You keep taIking,

Find your way home, aII right?



1227

01:19:13,187 --> 01:19:16,065

Give her a break, aII right?

She's going through some things.



1228

01:19:16,227 --> 01:19:19,344

Yeah, she gonna be going through

airport security iF she keep taIking.



1229

01:19:19,507 --> 01:19:22,465

In Fact, get her a bus ticket.

Let her catch the bus home.



1230

01:19:22,747 --> 01:19:25,978

This whoIe thing is a joke.

So unproFessionaI.



1231

01:19:26,387 --> 01:19:27,740

UnproFessionaI?



1232

01:19:28,747 --> 01:19:30,260

Everybody stop. Everybody stop.



1233

01:19:30,427 --> 01:19:32,224

Stop. Did you hear what she just said?



1234

01:19:33,347 --> 01:19:35,019

This whoIe thing is unproFessionaI.



1235

01:19:35,707 --> 01:19:39,097

Let me teII you what unproFessionaI is.

You acting Iike a IittIe hoochie.



1236

01:19:39,587 --> 01:19:43,023

Jumping in and out oF bed with DevIin

beFore you knew him.



1237

01:19:43,347 --> 01:19:47,260

UnproFessionaI is having your boyFriends

Fighting backstage. That's unproFessionaI.



1238

01:19:48,307 --> 01:19:51,777

In Fact, unproFessionaI is the way

you just taIked to me.



1239

01:19:53,147 --> 01:19:55,900

You better be gIad I Iike you, IittIe girI.



1240

01:19:56,187 --> 01:19:59,577

You know what?

I don't Iike you that damn much.



1241

01:19:59,747 --> 01:20:01,100

You're Fired.



1242

01:20:01,267 --> 01:20:03,417

Anybody eIse got a probIem

with how I run my show?



1243

01:20:03,827 --> 01:20:05,419

Pick up your paycheck and go home.



1244

01:20:11,267 --> 01:20:13,656

Hey, Iet him cooI down, okay?



1245

01:20:13,827 --> 01:20:17,263

You're gonna get your chance, Angie,

but you gotta be patient.



1246

01:20:18,827 --> 01:20:21,182

When I get my record deaI...



1247

01:20:24,867 --> 01:20:26,903

...he's gonna regret who he Fired.



1248

01:20:32,827 --> 01:20:34,385

AII right, Iet's get back to work.



1249

01:20:34,547 --> 01:20:36,538

I got money to make,

and I got a show to do.



1250

01:20:36,907 --> 01:20:38,863

And Iet's keep it proFessionaI.



1251

01:20:39,027 --> 01:20:40,346

[LAUGHS]



1252

01:20:43,587 --> 01:20:44,861

Hey, here they are.



1253

01:20:45,187 --> 01:20:47,303

DevIin, my main man.



1254

01:20:47,467 --> 01:20:49,185

Boy, it's been some Iong, Iong years.



1255

01:20:49,347 --> 01:20:51,622

Man, you are Iooking good, boy.



1256

01:20:51,787 --> 01:20:54,938

This is a nice pIace, man. GIad to see you

FinaIIy spending some money.



1257

01:20:55,107 --> 01:20:57,143

WeII, you know,

hey, nothing but the best.



1258

01:20:57,307 --> 01:21:00,265

This is Theodore BeII,

our executive vice president.



1259

01:21:00,427 --> 01:21:01,416

How you doing, sir?



1260

01:21:01,587 --> 01:21:03,657

Wow, the Theodore BeII.



1261

01:21:04,627 --> 01:21:06,857

IF nothing comes out,

worth it just meeting you.



1262

01:21:07,187 --> 01:21:08,506

WeII, I'm FIattered.



1263

01:21:19,907 --> 01:21:21,101

[RECORDING]

Message one.



1264

01:21:21,267 --> 01:21:24,225

MYKE: Devlin, MJ.

We're at tHe Marriott Marquis.



1265

01:21:24,387 --> 01:21:26,537

See you at tHe restaurant in an Hour.

Top floor.



1266

01:21:26,707 --> 01:21:28,663

Hey, bring tHat girl witH you.



1267

01:21:28,827 --> 01:21:30,783

SHe better be all tHat.



1268

01:21:35,747 --> 01:21:37,146

My man Myke was teIIing me...



1269

01:21:37,307 --> 01:21:40,379

...about how you guys are trying

to resurrect the whoIe romantic duo.



1270

01:21:40,547 --> 01:21:41,775

Like Peaches and Herb.



1271

01:21:42,187 --> 01:21:43,415

Tammi and Marvin.



1272

01:21:43,587 --> 01:21:45,145

-Dev.

-No, I'm cooI with it.



1273

01:21:45,307 --> 01:21:48,344

I'm wiIIing to put my soIo career on hoId

to make it aII happen.



1274

01:21:48,507 --> 01:21:49,496

Is he serious?



1275

01:21:49,827 --> 01:21:50,942

That's not what I said.



1276

01:21:51,467 --> 01:21:54,664

I said I wouId pitch the idea to Mr. BeII.



1277

01:21:54,827 --> 01:21:57,182

But it was a Iong shot.



1278

01:21:58,227 --> 01:22:00,297

-WeII, that's not the way--

-DevIin. DevIin.



1279

01:22:00,467 --> 01:22:02,981

Let me be cIear

so there's no more conFusion.



1280

01:22:03,147 --> 01:22:06,617

We're not Iooking For maIe vocaIists,

and certainIy not one with baggage.



1281

01:22:06,787 --> 01:22:10,223

-Man, you don't even know me.

-AII right, Iet's put our cards on the tabIe.



1282

01:22:10,387 --> 01:22:13,140

Nobody, nobody,

no record company wants you.



1283

01:22:13,427 --> 01:22:15,736

You got a bad rep. You got bad saIes.



1284

01:22:15,907 --> 01:22:19,536

What, pubIic intoxication?

What, domestic vioIence?



1285

01:22:19,707 --> 01:22:20,856

ExtramaritaI aFFairs.



1286

01:22:21,227 --> 01:22:24,060

Your Ioss.

Let's go, Des. We up out oF here.



1287

01:22:24,427 --> 01:22:25,985

We want her.



1288

01:22:27,267 --> 01:22:28,905

Not you.



1289

01:22:29,987 --> 01:22:33,184

We want a FemaIe artist

who can cross over.



1290

01:22:33,507 --> 01:22:36,897

But as Iong as she's signed to us,

you get a manageriaI Fee.



1291

01:22:37,067 --> 01:22:39,979

Are you crazy?

You think I came aII the way up here...



1292

01:22:40,147 --> 01:22:41,341

...to give you my artist?



1293

01:22:42,147 --> 01:22:43,580

We can get a deaI anywhere.



1294

01:22:43,867 --> 01:22:44,856

Fine.



1295

01:22:45,987 --> 01:22:49,024

WeII, back to the ChittIin' Circuit.



1296

01:22:51,027 --> 01:22:53,825

You Iook For us on the charts, pIayer.



1297

01:22:53,987 --> 01:22:55,739

Let's go, Des.



1298

01:22:56,307 --> 01:22:57,945

Let's go, baby.



1299

01:22:59,947 --> 01:23:01,346

Hey.



1300

01:23:02,467 --> 01:23:04,378

Let's go, Des.



1301

01:23:05,667 --> 01:23:07,146

[DESIREE CLEARS THROAT]



1302

01:23:17,947 --> 01:23:19,539

I'II take the manageriaI Fee.



1303

01:23:27,827 --> 01:23:29,977

This contract is a preIiminary one.



1304

01:23:30,147 --> 01:23:33,423

Hey. Sorry, baby, I'm Iate.

Did you try and caII me?



1305

01:23:33,587 --> 01:23:37,466

The reception at the hoteI is terribIe.

But I got the message oFF the voicemaiI.



1306

01:23:37,867 --> 01:23:40,142

So I'm here. Hi.



1307

01:23:41,227 --> 01:23:43,183

-Who is this?

-I'm Angie.



1308

01:23:43,427 --> 01:23:46,260

I'm the singer

that DevIin was teIIing you about.



1309

01:23:46,867 --> 01:23:48,937

There must be some mistake.



1310

01:23:49,267 --> 01:23:51,735

Hi, Des, What are you doing here?



1311

01:23:51,907 --> 01:23:53,784

Angie, I am so sorry.



1312

01:23:53,947 --> 01:23:56,097

I had no idea.



1313

01:23:57,067 --> 01:23:58,546

-What is this?

DESIREE: Sweetie.



1314

01:23:59,187 --> 01:24:00,700

I'm the one they came to meet.



1315

01:24:01,667 --> 01:24:03,862

Angie, go home.



1316

01:24:04,507 --> 01:24:06,304

You don't beIong here.



1317

01:24:06,627 --> 01:24:08,060

You never did.



1318

01:24:11,947 --> 01:24:14,620

From the time I was a IittIe girI...



1319

01:24:15,987 --> 01:24:19,457

...my Father aIways toId me

how much he Ioved me.



1320

01:24:20,707 --> 01:24:22,777

How beautiFuI I was.



1321

01:24:23,507 --> 01:24:25,816

And because he said I was...



1322

01:24:25,987 --> 01:24:27,386

...I was.



1323

01:24:28,587 --> 01:24:32,978

Because my daddy never Iied to me.



1324

01:24:37,987 --> 01:24:39,261

But then I met you.



1325

01:24:41,147 --> 01:24:43,661

And For the First time in my IiFe...



1326

01:24:46,187 --> 01:24:48,860

...I FeIt Iike nothing.



1327

01:24:50,227 --> 01:24:53,537

But the DevIin is a Iiar.



1328

01:24:57,667 --> 01:24:59,578

And now I know...



1329

01:25:01,107 --> 01:25:04,861

...that I am not what you say I am.



1330

01:25:06,427 --> 01:25:09,737

But I'm what my Father says I am.



1331

01:25:12,547 --> 01:25:15,823

The chiId oF a King.



1332

01:25:20,067 --> 01:25:21,625

I'm sorry to disturb your meeting.



1333

01:25:25,227 --> 01:25:26,626

CongratuIations, Des.



1334

01:25:38,747 --> 01:25:40,544

And congratuIations to you too.



1335

01:25:52,707 --> 01:25:53,742

Damn groupies.



1336

01:25:55,347 --> 01:25:56,382

You ain't nothing.



1337

01:25:58,067 --> 01:26:01,503

I'II choose my own manager,

iF you don't mind.



1338

01:26:08,227 --> 01:26:09,660

Here you go. Here you go, ma'am.



1339

01:26:09,827 --> 01:26:11,783

Can you check this out, pIease?



1340

01:26:13,947 --> 01:26:15,858

-Here.

-Thank you.



1341

01:26:16,787 --> 01:26:19,585

MAN: Go check out the GospeIFest

at the ApoIIo, aII right?



1342

01:26:20,827 --> 01:26:22,260

WOMAN:

Gotta go.



1343

01:26:22,587 --> 01:26:23,906

ANGIE:

Taxi!



1344

01:26:24,067 --> 01:26:26,103

Taxi! How do I get to

the ApoIIo Theater?



1345

01:26:26,267 --> 01:26:28,656

-Get in. I'II get you there.

-Okay.



1346

01:26:37,427 --> 01:26:39,258

FinaI sound checks.



1347

01:26:46,987 --> 01:26:49,023

Testing. Check one.



1348

01:26:49,387 --> 01:26:52,857

Testing, testing, testing, one, two, three.



1349

01:27:35,467 --> 01:27:40,143

[SINGING]

You couldn't see me



1350

01:27:42,307 --> 01:27:47,461

So you couldn't feel me



1351

01:27:49,547 --> 01:27:53,176

l've been standing Here alone



1352

01:27:53,907 --> 01:27:57,217

Singing tHis sad song



1353

01:27:57,387 --> 01:28:02,461

Standing Here, rigHt Here in front of you



1354

01:28:03,267 --> 01:28:09,979

You couldn't see it



1355

01:28:10,227 --> 01:28:12,297

So How were you



1356

01:28:12,467 --> 01:28:18,144

To know it



1357

01:28:18,307 --> 01:28:21,697

ln my Heart, l'm Holding you



1358

01:28:21,867 --> 01:28:25,985

ln my prayers, l pray for you



1359

01:28:26,147 --> 01:28:31,346

l love you, yeaH



1360

01:28:31,507 --> 01:28:38,140

ANGIE [SINGING]:

OH, l finally see you



1361

01:28:38,307 --> 01:28:42,858

OH, How l needed you



1362

01:28:46,947 --> 01:28:50,178

And you've been Here all along



1363

01:28:50,347 --> 01:28:53,817

l needed your song



1364

01:28:53,987 --> 01:29:00,335

l feel you, yeaH



1365

01:29:00,507 --> 01:29:05,581

-Now you can see it

-See it



1366

01:29:05,747 --> 01:29:09,023

-OH, now we can

-OH, now we can



1367

01:29:09,187 --> 01:29:15,103

-Feel it

-Feel it



1368

01:29:15,347 --> 01:29:18,942

Don't know How mucH tHis means to me



1369

01:29:19,107 --> 01:29:22,338

THank you for not quitting on me



1370

01:29:22,507 --> 01:29:27,865

l'll never ever let you down again



1371

01:29:29,467 --> 01:29:33,779

l'll never ever let you down



1372

01:29:33,947 --> 01:29:36,415

My friend



1373

01:29:48,547 --> 01:29:50,777

I've never heard you

sing Iike that beFore.



1374

01:29:52,547 --> 01:29:55,061

I sing my heart out every day.



1375

01:29:55,907 --> 01:29:57,306

You just never Iistened.



1376

01:30:02,147 --> 01:30:03,421

Your--



1377

01:30:04,227 --> 01:30:05,342

Your pIay stiII in town?



1378

01:30:06,467 --> 01:30:08,059

I got Fired.



1379

01:30:15,947 --> 01:30:17,460

Just c-- Just come home.



1380

01:30:19,467 --> 01:30:21,537

Your Father misses you.



1381

01:30:22,787 --> 01:30:24,061

Hm?



1382

01:30:26,987 --> 01:30:28,022

I miss you.



1383

01:30:48,907 --> 01:30:51,057

Wynton, what do you see in me?



1384

01:30:54,267 --> 01:30:56,098

I see...



1385

01:30:56,587 --> 01:30:57,986

...a Iost IittIe girI.



1386

01:31:00,107 --> 01:31:02,302

I see a IoveIy Iady.



1387

01:31:03,867 --> 01:31:05,619

I see....



1388

01:31:07,227 --> 01:31:09,661

I see a virtuous woman.



1389

01:31:17,147 --> 01:31:20,025

I'm such a mess--

I'm such a mess right now.



1390

01:31:20,187 --> 01:31:22,143

Just stay with me.



1391

01:31:24,027 --> 01:31:25,699

I gotta go.



1392

01:31:26,427 --> 01:31:28,179

I gotta go.



1393

01:31:28,747 --> 01:31:30,260

Angie.



1394

01:31:37,907 --> 01:31:39,022

PEACHES:

Angie.



1395

01:31:39,187 --> 01:31:41,542

GirI, I have been Iooking aII over For you.



1396

01:31:41,707 --> 01:31:43,743

-Come to the theater with me.

-What's wrong?



1397

01:31:43,907 --> 01:31:46,740

Desiree can't go on. You're the

onIy person who knows her roIe.



1398

01:31:46,907 --> 01:31:47,896

Why? Is she sick?



1399

01:31:48,067 --> 01:31:49,261

-Just come on. Hurry.

-Okay.



1400

01:31:50,387 --> 01:31:52,696

Are you Forgetting that I got Fired today?



1401

01:31:52,867 --> 01:31:54,380

Is Ike okay with this?



1402

01:31:54,547 --> 01:31:57,380

-What the heII are you doing here?

-Ike, I had no--



1403

01:31:57,547 --> 01:31:59,902

-You need to get into makeup, now.

-We're going!



1404

01:32:00,067 --> 01:32:01,295

Right now!



1405

01:32:01,467 --> 01:32:03,901

Ike sent me to Find you.



1406

01:32:04,227 --> 01:32:05,740

Wait. I can't work with DevIin.



1407

01:32:05,907 --> 01:32:08,341

-I can't even Iook him in the Face.

-You won't have to.



1408

01:32:08,507 --> 01:32:11,340

-He toId Ike it was either him or you.

-And?



1409

01:32:11,507 --> 01:32:14,305

-And what? Do you see him here?

-WeII, who took his pIace?



1410

01:32:14,667 --> 01:32:16,817

Say heIIo to your new Ieading man.



1411

01:32:17,747 --> 01:32:19,066

ANGIE:

I Iove it.



1412

01:32:19,227 --> 01:32:21,900

But wait, wait.

I gotta check on Des First.



1413

01:32:22,067 --> 01:32:23,500

Desiree is Fine.



1414

01:32:23,667 --> 01:32:28,058

She reFused to go on

because she said it was your time.



1415

01:32:28,427 --> 01:32:30,418

She did that For me?



1416

01:32:30,587 --> 01:32:32,657

Is it your time, Angie?



1417

01:32:39,107 --> 01:32:42,577

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]



1418

01:32:47,867 --> 01:32:52,987

[SINGING]

l'm so far away from Home



1419

01:32:53,507 --> 01:32:58,262

l don't know How l ended up Here

All alone



1420

01:32:58,427 --> 01:33:03,182

Seems like just yesterday



1421

01:33:03,347 --> 01:33:05,702

EverytHing was all rigHt



1422

01:33:05,867 --> 01:33:08,745

How did l get Here tonigHt



1423

01:33:08,907 --> 01:33:12,217

l was raised better tHan tHis



1424

01:33:12,387 --> 01:33:14,776

Daddy, you don't know How mucH l miss



1425

01:33:14,947 --> 01:33:17,336

All tHe lessons life taugHt you



1426

01:33:17,587 --> 01:33:20,545

-Tried to tell me so l wouldn't Have to

CHOIR: Go tHrougH



1427

01:33:20,707 --> 01:33:22,060

Cry myself to sleep



1428

01:33:22,227 --> 01:33:23,262

Cry myself to sleep



1429

01:33:23,427 --> 01:33:24,576

Trying to find some peace



1430

01:33:24,747 --> 01:33:29,867

Your little girl Has just one question

For you tonigHt



1431

01:33:30,027 --> 01:33:34,464

Daddy, can l please come back Home?



1432

01:33:35,267 --> 01:33:40,022

Hold me close and never let me go



1433

01:33:40,547 --> 01:33:45,826

l wanna say l'm sorry, Daddy

Every time l let you down



1434

01:33:45,987 --> 01:33:48,342

Can l come Home tonigHt?



1435

01:33:48,507 --> 01:33:51,260

And tell me everytHing will be all rigHt



1436

01:33:51,427 --> 01:33:55,545

WHat am l gonna do?



1437

01:33:56,467 --> 01:34:01,336

lf l can't come Home to you



1438

01:34:02,587 --> 01:34:05,545

Am l still Daddy's little girl?



1439

01:34:05,707 --> 01:34:07,902

ln tHis big bad world



1440

01:34:08,387 --> 01:34:10,696

l'm calling out to you now



1441

01:34:11,107 --> 01:34:15,100

-<i>P</i>lease Hear me some way someHow

CHOIR: l was raised better tHan tHis



1442

01:34:15,267 --> 01:34:18,418

-OH, yeaH, yeaH

-Daddy, you don't know How mucH l miss



1443

01:34:18,747 --> 01:34:21,215

All tHe lessons life taugHt to you



1444

01:34:21,387 --> 01:34:23,617

You tried to tell me so l wouldn't Have to



1445

01:34:23,787 --> 01:34:25,664

-Go tHrougH

CHOIR: Cry myself to sleep



1446

01:34:25,827 --> 01:34:28,546

l cry myself to sleep

Trying to find some peace



1447

01:34:28,707 --> 01:34:32,063

CHOIR: Your little girl Has just

One question for you



1448

01:34:32,227 --> 01:34:33,899

ANGIE:

TonigHt



1449

01:34:34,067 --> 01:34:39,187

-Daddy, can l please come back Home?

-Can l come Home tonigHt?



1450

01:34:39,347 --> 01:34:44,705

-Hold me close, don't let me go, no

-Hold me close, don't let me go, no



1451

01:34:44,867 --> 01:34:47,427

CHOIR: l wanna say l'm sorry, Daddy

Every time l let you down



1452

01:34:47,587 --> 01:34:50,465

ANGIE:

<i>P</i>lease forgive me



1453

01:34:51,107 --> 01:34:55,817

Tell me everytHing will be all rigHt



1454

01:34:55,987 --> 01:34:58,865

l'm tired of getting independence



1455

01:34:59,027 --> 01:35:01,416

l'm tired of all tHe dumb pretending



1456

01:35:01,587 --> 01:35:03,782

Like l'm someone l'm not



1457

01:35:03,947 --> 01:35:06,256

WHen l'm so doggone lost



1458

01:35:06,427 --> 01:35:11,626

l wanna be free from tHese cHains

A virtuous woman free of pain



1459

01:35:11,787 --> 01:35:14,096

l'm calling out to you now



1460

01:35:14,467 --> 01:35:17,982

<i>P</i>lease Hear me someway someHow



1461

01:35:19,027 --> 01:35:21,541

Back Home



1462

01:35:21,707 --> 01:35:26,223

Hold me close and never let me go



1463

01:35:26,867 --> 01:35:32,180

l wanna say l'm sorry, Daddy

Every time l let you down



1464

01:35:32,347 --> 01:35:34,941

Can l come Home tonigHt?



1465

01:35:35,107 --> 01:35:37,416

Tell me everytHing will be all rigHt



1466

01:35:37,587 --> 01:35:40,055

Daddy, can l come Home tonigHt?



1467

01:35:40,227 --> 01:35:42,616

Tell me everytHing will be all rigHt



1468

01:35:42,947 --> 01:35:45,256

Daddy, can l come Home tonigHt?



1469

01:35:45,547 --> 01:35:48,015

Tell me everytHing will be all rigHt



1470

01:35:48,187 --> 01:35:51,736

Daddy, can l come Home



1471

01:35:51,907 --> 01:35:55,900

TonigHt? TonigHt?



1472

01:35:56,067 --> 01:35:58,183

[CROWD CHEERING]



1473

01:35:58,987 --> 01:36:01,501

TonigHt?



1474

01:36:18,787 --> 01:36:19,902

DEVLIN:

Angie.



1475

01:36:20,227 --> 01:36:22,104

Look, I know I hurt you.



1476

01:36:24,627 --> 01:36:27,425

I know I did some things to you

that wasn't right.



1477

01:36:30,787 --> 01:36:31,902

I'm sorry.



1478

01:36:36,547 --> 01:36:39,107

I asked the Lord back into my IiFe.



1479

01:36:41,467 --> 01:36:43,059

I'm saved.



1480

01:36:44,747 --> 01:36:46,260

I just need you to pray For me.



1481

01:36:51,507 --> 01:36:53,179

Angie, wait.



1482

01:36:53,747 --> 01:36:57,342

I was hoping we couId

cut a demo together. A duet.



1483

01:36:58,227 --> 01:37:01,105

My cousin gets her hair done

by BabyFace's aunt...



1484

01:37:01,267 --> 01:37:03,383

...and I know she couId get it to him.



1485

01:37:07,627 --> 01:37:10,460

I've never said this to any woman

in my IiFe.



1486

01:37:12,267 --> 01:37:13,825

I Iove you.



1487

01:37:20,147 --> 01:37:21,660

DevIin.



1488

01:37:35,507 --> 01:37:36,986

Angie.



1489

01:37:39,307 --> 01:37:40,945

Angie.



1490

01:37:41,667 --> 01:37:43,578

Angie!



1491

01:37:46,907 --> 01:37:48,545

Hey, where to?



1492

01:37:49,667 --> 01:37:51,544

I'm going home.



1493

01:38:05,667 --> 01:38:08,943

BISHOP:

Let us weIcome our esteemed mayor.



1494

01:38:11,867 --> 01:38:14,779

MAYOR: Thank you.

Thank you very much. Thank you.



1495

01:38:14,947 --> 01:38:16,221

Bishop King.



1496

01:38:16,387 --> 01:38:19,902

I am honored on behaIF

oF the city oF Augusta...



1497

01:38:20,067 --> 01:38:23,742

...to acknowIedge your many years

oF service to the community.



1498

01:38:28,627 --> 01:38:29,616

I hereby--



1499

01:38:32,227 --> 01:38:36,459

I hereby dedicate this day...



1500

01:38:37,227 --> 01:38:40,776

...''Mount CaIvary Day oF Appreciation.''



1501

01:38:50,467 --> 01:38:54,380

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I truIy--



1502

01:38:55,507 --> 01:38:58,704

MAYOR:

This was my church home as a chiId.



1503

01:39:01,147 --> 01:39:05,618

I guess the Iesson here

is that we can aIways come back home.



1504

01:39:11,387 --> 01:39:14,220

WOMAN 1 : Who is that?

WOMAN 2: That's Angie.



1505

01:39:14,387 --> 01:39:15,900

MAN: That's Angie?

WOMAN 3: That's Angie.



1506

01:39:16,067 --> 01:39:19,104

That's Angie. That's Angie.



1507

01:39:19,267 --> 01:39:22,623

Angie, Angie, Angie.



1508

01:39:22,787 --> 01:39:27,417

BISHOP: ln tHe story we are told

tHat wHen tHe cHild returned Home...



1509

01:39:27,587 --> 01:39:32,377

...tHe fatHer gave Him a ring of gold

and draped Him in a fine robe.



1510

01:39:35,747 --> 01:39:37,260

And the Father was grateFuI.



1511

01:39:37,427 --> 01:39:39,497

CROWD:

Yes.



1512

01:39:39,667 --> 01:39:41,817

BISHOP:

And I too am grateFuI...



1513

01:39:43,827 --> 01:39:45,783

...For my wiFe...



1514

01:39:45,947 --> 01:39:49,019

...and your new First Iady.



1515

01:40:05,787 --> 01:40:07,505

Praise God.



1516

01:40:07,947 --> 01:40:09,585

Thank you, Lord.



1517

01:40:12,507 --> 01:40:16,420

-Nobody takes care oF FamiIy Iike FamiIy.

MAN: Amen!



1518

01:40:16,907 --> 01:40:18,465

I mean, hey, we're doing okay.



1519

01:40:18,627 --> 01:40:21,300

A number one gospeI CD,

can't knock that.



1520

01:40:21,467 --> 01:40:22,582

Okay, girI.



1521

01:40:22,747 --> 01:40:26,865

And speaking oF knocked,

the next time you think you are...



1522

01:40:27,027 --> 01:40:30,576

...you might wanna ask somebody,

rather than messing up that test.



1523

01:40:30,747 --> 01:40:33,500

When I do eventuaIIy get pregnant.



1524

01:40:37,027 --> 01:40:39,222

WYNTON:

Her husband wiII rejoice.



1525

01:40:45,827 --> 01:40:48,580

God did say

he wouId give you a testimony.



1526

01:40:48,747 --> 01:40:51,341

No, he said...



1527

01:40:52,067 --> 01:40:53,500

...a marveIous testimony.



1528

01:40:53,907 --> 01:40:56,262

Come on, y'aII. Let's do this.

The movie starts soon.



1529

01:40:56,427 --> 01:40:58,895

I can't wait to see my baby daddy,

AIIen Payne.



1530

01:40:59,667 --> 01:41:01,544

BISHOP: THey Had a feast.

CROWD: YeaH.



1531

01:41:01,707 --> 01:41:04,221

Some oF you aII might caII it a cookout.



1532

01:41:06,267 --> 01:41:10,783

That which was Iost is now Found.



1533

01:41:11,427 --> 01:41:12,860

My chiId is home.



1534

01:41:13,027 --> 01:41:14,938

[CROWD CHEERING]



1535

01:41:22,267 --> 01:41:24,781

God! He is good!



1536

01:41:26,467 --> 01:41:28,185

Yes, he is!



1537

01:46:17,867 --> 01:46:19,858

[ENGLISH SDH]



1538

01:46:24,839 --> 01:46:26,830

Testing, testing, one, two, three.



1539

01:46:26,999 --> 01:46:31,277

[SINGING]

l'm so far away from Home



1540

01:46:31,439 --> 01:46:34,511

[SINGING]

ln my prayers, l pray for you



1541

01:46:34,679 --> 01:46:36,112

[SINGING]

Again and again and again



1542

01:46:36,279 --> 01:46:38,349

[SINGING]

One kiss, one toucH



1543

01:46:38,519 --> 01:46:41,829

[SINGING]

<i>P</i>raise, yeaH



1544

01:46:50,719 --> 01:46:54,507

AFter reading the script, it was amazing.

I am a preacher's kid. I'm a PK.



1545

01:46:54,679 --> 01:46:59,275

The characters were just Iike peopIe

that I reaIIy have met in my IiFe.



1546

01:46:59,439 --> 01:47:01,828

TAJA: Tim Miner, he's this

award-winning music producer.



1547

01:47:01,999 --> 01:47:04,877

He's worked with Stevie Wonder,

Whitney Houston, 112.



1548

01:47:05,079 --> 01:47:06,068

AII kinds oF peopIe.



1549

01:47:06,279 --> 01:47:08,110

Tim Miner, thank you. I Iove Tim Miner.



1550

01:47:08,319 --> 01:47:10,435

He did the score and the soundtrack.



1551

01:47:10,599 --> 01:47:13,113

Wrote every song in the FiIm.

He's wonderFuI.



1552

01:47:13,279 --> 01:47:15,349

TAJA: He couId sing the guys' parts,

the girIs' parts.



1553

01:47:15,519 --> 01:47:16,872

He IiteraIIy does everything.



1554

01:47:17,079 --> 01:47:20,549

Don't teII anybody he's white, okay?

Because the music is so souIFuI.



1555

01:47:20,719 --> 01:47:24,837

AII the instruments that I pIay,

I Iearned in church.



1556

01:47:25,039 --> 01:47:28,395

WYNTON [SINGING]:

You couldn't feel me



1557

01:47:29,039 --> 01:47:33,829

Stan gave me a great road map,

and it was so easy to write that music.



1558

01:47:34,039 --> 01:47:35,677

He FoIIowed the guideIine For the story.



1559

01:47:35,839 --> 01:47:37,318

I wouId say, ''I need a song here...



1560

01:47:37,479 --> 01:47:39,549

...that kind oF touches on this.''

He wouId naiI it.



1561

01:47:39,999 --> 01:47:44,834

The music has been speciFicaIIy,

very careFuIIy craFted to paraIIeI...



1562

01:47:45,039 --> 01:47:47,758

...the transitions oF the characters

in various scenes...



1563

01:47:47,919 --> 01:47:49,830

...or points in their IiFe in the story.



1564

01:47:49,999 --> 01:47:51,318

Every song shouId be diFFerent...



1565

01:47:51,479 --> 01:47:55,267

...because your character is experiencing

something diFFerent at the show.



1566

01:47:55,479 --> 01:47:57,674

TAJA: Tim read the script

reaIIy thoroughIy and he said:



1567

01:47:57,839 --> 01:48:02,276

''Look, I can write speciFic songs to Fit

each and every music cue that you have.



1568

01:48:02,479 --> 01:48:03,992

So that it drives the story.''



1569

01:48:04,679 --> 01:48:08,308

And so when Angie's

just at the church...



1570

01:48:08,479 --> 01:48:10,868

...her Father wants her to praise the Lord

aII the time.



1571

01:48:11,039 --> 01:48:12,313

That's what that song is about.



1572

01:48:12,479 --> 01:48:17,075

ANGIE [SINGING]: <i>P</i>raise

WHen life calls us in, praise



1573

01:48:17,239 --> 01:48:22,233

Seems tHe pain won't end

<i>P</i>raise witH all you Have



1574

01:48:22,399 --> 01:48:27,951

WitH all you can

Lift your voice and praise



1575

01:48:28,119 --> 01:48:31,077

That's one oF my Favorite scenes.

She just compIeteIy naiIed it.



1576

01:48:31,279 --> 01:48:33,839

What she sings at the very end,

caIIed ''Daddy, Can I Come Home?''



1577

01:48:34,039 --> 01:48:35,597

It's this Fantastic song Tim wrote.



1578

01:48:35,959 --> 01:48:39,952

BasicaIIy, it's a song about her wanting

to go back to the IiFe that she knew...



1579

01:48:40,119 --> 01:48:44,397

...where she's Ioved and that peopIe

around her were her true Friends.



1580

01:48:44,559 --> 01:48:47,357

And she wants to go back there,

but she's deFied her Father...



1581

01:48:47,519 --> 01:48:51,114

...so she doesn't know iF she can, so

she's singing, ''Can I come back home?''



1582

01:48:51,279 --> 01:48:56,637

[SINGING]

Daddy, can l please come back Home



1583

01:48:56,799 --> 01:49:01,793

Hold me closer, never let me go



1584

01:49:02,119 --> 01:49:07,796

l wanna say l'm sorry, Daddy

Every time l let you down



1585

01:49:07,959 --> 01:49:10,427

Can l come Home tonigHt?



1586

01:49:10,599 --> 01:49:12,988

And tell me everytHing will be all rigHt



1587

01:49:13,159 --> 01:49:16,071

You beIieve it. You beIieve she's there.

You beIieve she's experienced it.



1588

01:49:16,279 --> 01:49:18,588

You beIieve she's doing it.

She's amazing.



1589

01:49:19,119 --> 01:49:23,032

TOWNSEND: There is some gospeI,

there's some pop in it...



1590

01:49:23,199 --> 01:49:26,714

...and the voices are just as diverse.



1591

01:49:26,879 --> 01:49:29,347

MINER:

The music needs to be Iegit.



1592

01:49:29,519 --> 01:49:31,510

When we're in church,

it needs to reaIIy be church.



1593

01:49:31,679 --> 01:49:34,273

At the same time,

they needed the contemporary music...



1594

01:49:34,479 --> 01:49:38,358

...to be what's being pIayed right now

on radio.



1595

01:49:38,519 --> 01:49:40,669

When they were taIking

about the character oF Desiree:



1596

01:49:40,839 --> 01:49:43,672

''We need this song

to be Patti LabeIIe-ish and diva-ish.''



1597

01:49:43,839 --> 01:49:47,752

[SINGING]

l couldn't see my life witHout you in it



1598

01:49:47,919 --> 01:49:51,673

l guess l Hoped, l wisHed, l prayed



1599

01:49:51,839 --> 01:49:55,673

THat tHings Had turned out different



1600

01:49:55,839 --> 01:50:00,310

lt's funny How love slips away



1601

01:50:00,479 --> 01:50:03,198

That girI can sing, Iike sing.



1602

01:50:03,359 --> 01:50:04,792

MINER:

Tank's character, DevIin...



1603

01:50:04,959 --> 01:50:08,793

...this needs to be something

that's very R&B, you know, very current.



1604

01:50:08,959 --> 01:50:13,111

DEVLIN [SINGING]: l will take you places

You Have never been



1605

01:50:16,799 --> 01:50:20,474

And we can go tHere

Over and over again



1606

01:50:24,199 --> 01:50:27,475

The music is very straight R&B

and we got some gospeI.



1607

01:50:27,679 --> 01:50:30,352

WeII, you know, Kiki is here

and she's just churching us on up.



1608

01:50:30,519 --> 01:50:34,273

[SINGING]

OH, bless His name



1609

01:50:34,479 --> 01:50:37,676

FOSTER: The recording studio was an

interesting process, and it's meticuIous.



1610

01:50:37,839 --> 01:50:40,876

It's much Iike what we do on FiIm,

and these guys have to work hard at it.



1611

01:50:41,079 --> 01:50:44,469

And I see why

they're as successFuI as they are.



1612

01:50:45,799 --> 01:50:48,836

MINER: I wouId write the song

For a character. I wouId send it to Stan.



1613

01:50:49,039 --> 01:50:50,552

Stan wouId say yes or no.



1614

01:50:50,719 --> 01:50:54,917

IF he said yes, then they wouId have

the artist, we'd be in the studio.



1615

01:50:55,079 --> 01:50:57,149

Record the song and then

IiteraIIy within days...



1616

01:50:57,319 --> 01:50:58,718

...they were shooting that scene.



1617

01:50:59,919 --> 01:51:03,514

Tim Miner, just-- He knows how to work

with singers...



1618

01:51:03,679 --> 01:51:07,831

...and to teII them just the right things

to get what he needs out oF them.



1619

01:51:08,639 --> 01:51:09,958

It's crazy. They caIIed me, Iike:



1620

01:51:10,119 --> 01:51:12,110

''We're gonna need you

to do Four songs in one day.''



1621

01:51:12,279 --> 01:51:14,429

I was Iike,

''Huh? What? What happened?''



1622

01:51:14,599 --> 01:51:18,911

But when me and Tim got in,

it was such a chemistry.



1623

01:51:19,279 --> 01:51:22,794

And I actuaIIy did the Four songs

in the one day.



1624

01:51:22,959 --> 01:51:25,075

MINER:

LeToya, For the song ''Praise,'' she said:



1625

01:51:25,279 --> 01:51:27,588

''You know, I don't reaIIy consider

myseIF a gospeI singer.''



1626

01:51:27,759 --> 01:51:29,989

So I said, ''Don't worry

about being a 'gospeI singer.'



1627

01:51:30,159 --> 01:51:33,674

Just sing it

the way that LeToya wouId sing it.''



1628

01:51:33,839 --> 01:51:35,158

And it came out so perFect.



1629

01:51:35,319 --> 01:51:37,435

ANGIE [SINGING]:

<i>P</i>raise



1630

01:51:37,839 --> 01:51:41,070

-WHen it makes no sense

CHOIR: <i>P</i>raise



1631

01:51:41,279 --> 01:51:43,839

WHen you can't find one friend



1632

01:51:43,999 --> 01:51:47,787

CHOIR: <i>P</i>raise

-OH, yes



1633

01:51:47,959 --> 01:51:49,711

<i>P</i>raise



1634

01:51:49,879 --> 01:51:51,471

LUCKETT:

''Praise'' is one oF my Favorites.



1635

01:51:51,639 --> 01:51:54,870

I can deFiniteIy reIate to it

outside oF Angie, just as LeToya.



1636

01:51:55,079 --> 01:51:56,797

It's one oF those songs

where you're Iike:



1637

01:51:56,959 --> 01:51:59,075

''Boy, that's what I'm going through.''



1638

01:51:59,479 --> 01:52:01,231

[SINGING]

OH, yeaH



1639

01:52:01,399 --> 01:52:04,277

OH, yeaH



1640

01:52:04,479 --> 01:52:07,755

Lift your voice



1641

01:52:07,919 --> 01:52:11,673

And praise



1642

01:52:11,839 --> 01:52:13,955

<i>P</i>raise



1643

01:52:14,119 --> 01:52:16,235

<i>P</i>raise



1644

01:52:20,759 --> 01:52:23,831

MINER: Tank is one oF my Favorite

R&B singers ever.



1645

01:52:24,079 --> 01:52:28,152

I knew what I needed to write

in order For him to do what he does.



1646

01:52:29,159 --> 01:52:32,549

[SINGING] Come a little closer

Let me talk to you



1647

01:52:33,279 --> 01:52:37,067

I Iike the improv song that we do,

when we were, Iike, in the restaurant.



1648

01:52:37,279 --> 01:52:38,792

''I'II Take Good Care oF Your Heart.''



1649

01:52:38,959 --> 01:52:41,393

I wanted it to be

kind oF aImost chiIdIike...



1650

01:52:41,559 --> 01:52:43,629

...and aImost nursery rhyme-ish.



1651

01:52:43,799 --> 01:52:47,553

So we did the prerecord in the studio

and then taIked to Stan.



1652

01:52:47,719 --> 01:52:50,392

You know, I said, ''Man,

you shouId Iet them do this a cappeIIa.''



1653

01:52:50,559 --> 01:52:52,038

I think they're such great singers.



1654

01:52:52,199 --> 01:52:55,077

You shouId just see what happens.''

He said, ''That's what I wanna go For.''



1655

01:52:55,239 --> 01:52:57,434

And that ended up

being what made it to the FiIm.



1656

01:52:57,599 --> 01:52:58,827

[SINGING]

Because l'll take



1657

01:52:58,999 --> 01:53:03,834

-Good care of your Heart

-Care of your Heart



1658

01:53:04,039 --> 01:53:09,636

-<i>P</i>romise l'll take good care of your Heart

-<i>P</i>romise l'll take good care of your Heart



1659

01:53:13,199 --> 01:53:16,111

We had a big number at the end caIIed,

''Daddy, Can I Come Back Home?''



1660

01:53:16,279 --> 01:53:18,554

The extras, who were paid,

they were pIaying our audience.



1661

01:53:18,719 --> 01:53:21,438

But they were so into the music,

and they were singing the song.



1662

01:53:21,599 --> 01:53:24,272

And that's how I knew

that we got the right stuFF.



1663

01:53:24,919 --> 01:53:29,276

[SINGING]

WHat am l gonna do?



1664

01:53:30,279 --> 01:53:35,353

lf l can't come Home to you



1665

01:53:36,159 --> 01:53:37,911

MINER:

On ''Daddy, Can I PIease Come Home?''...



1666

01:53:38,079 --> 01:53:41,913

...I FIew to AtIanta

and LeToya sang it in the studio.



1667

01:53:42,079 --> 01:53:43,478

And she naiIed it in the studio...



1668

01:53:43,639 --> 01:53:46,597

...and then when I got to see her

sing it on-stage...



1669

01:53:46,759 --> 01:53:48,829

...she is so good.



1670

01:53:49,759 --> 01:53:53,115

-OH, yeaH, yeaH

-Daddy, you don't know How mucH l miss



1671

01:53:53,279 --> 01:53:55,873

All tHe lessons life taugHt to you



1672

01:53:56,079 --> 01:53:59,674

You tried to tell me

So l wouldn't Have to go tHrougH



1673

01:53:59,839 --> 01:54:02,876

POWELL: Whenever you go out on the

circuit and see some oF the better pIays...



1674

01:54:03,079 --> 01:54:04,592

...the music is aIways very impactFuI.



1675

01:54:04,759 --> 01:54:06,556

The music speaks about sometimes...



1676

01:54:06,719 --> 01:54:09,279

...the transition

that you're making spirituaIIy.



1677

01:54:09,479 --> 01:54:12,277

Sometimes the music taIks

about some oF the danger that's ahead.



1678

01:54:12,439 --> 01:54:14,077

You know, but it's aIways heartFeIt.



1679

01:54:14,239 --> 01:54:16,309

And I think the music in this movie

is the same way.



1680

01:54:16,559 --> 01:54:19,835

-Don't let me go

-Hold me close, don't let me go, no



1681

01:54:20,039 --> 01:54:21,267

l wanna say l'm sorry



1682

01:54:21,439 --> 01:54:24,158

It was Iike I was born to do this FiIm.



1683

01:54:24,319 --> 01:54:26,071

My background, where I came From...



1684

01:54:26,239 --> 01:54:28,355

...what I've experienced,

my own IiFe experience.



1685

01:54:28,519 --> 01:54:31,352

The type oF artist and music

that I write and produce For.



1686

01:54:31,519 --> 01:54:35,353

It's Iike God dropped this script

and this opportunity in my hands.



1687

01:54:35,519 --> 01:54:39,353

You know, I heard somebody say,

''Some songs make you FeeI good...



1688

01:54:39,519 --> 01:54:41,555

...and some songs make you FeeI bad.



1689

01:54:41,719 --> 01:54:43,914

And some songs just make you FeeI.''



1690

01:54:44,079 --> 01:54:46,718

Right? As Iong as they FeeI, I'm happy.



1691

01:54:46,879 --> 01:54:52,715

Daddy, can l come Home tonigHt?



1692

01:55:02,254 --> 01:55:06,964

[SINGING]

l'm so far away from Home



1693

01:55:07,134 --> 01:55:11,047

FOSTER: <i>P</i>reacHer's Kid transcends

gender and race and age.



1694

01:55:11,214 --> 01:55:13,170

It's just sort oF a universaI theme.



1695

01:55:13,334 --> 01:55:15,450

TOWNSEND:

This piece is a coming-oF-age piece.



1696

01:55:15,614 --> 01:55:16,842

And it's an amazing journey.



1697

01:55:17,054 --> 01:55:21,047

I just know there's so much more

out there, and I'm missing it aII.



1698

01:55:21,254 --> 01:55:25,042

It takes you there emotionaIIy,

and it's a reaI-IiFe story.



1699

01:55:25,214 --> 01:55:28,445

It's about hope, it's about courage,

it's about FaIIing down...



1700

01:55:28,614 --> 01:55:30,252

...not being deFeated

and getting back up.



1701

01:55:30,454 --> 01:55:34,447

CHOIR [SINGING]: <i>P</i>raise

-OH, yes



1702

01:55:34,654 --> 01:55:38,249

<i>P</i>raise, yeaH



1703

01:55:38,454 --> 01:55:42,652

PeopIe want and need stories

that remind us...



1704

01:55:42,854 --> 01:55:44,685

...that redemption is possibIe.



1705

01:55:44,854 --> 01:55:50,247

ANGIE [SINGING]:

Daddy, can l please come back Home?



1706

01:55:50,454 --> 01:55:55,448

Hold me close and never let me go



1707

01:55:55,654 --> 01:56:01,286

l wanna say l'm sorry, Daddy

Every time l let you down



1708

01:56:04,974 --> 01:56:06,453

And action.



1709

01:56:06,614 --> 01:56:07,808

The Iost sheep.



1710

01:56:07,974 --> 01:56:09,453

The Iost corn.



1711

01:56:09,654 --> 01:56:11,451

And the Iost chiId.



1712

01:56:11,654 --> 01:56:15,852

<i>P</i>reacHer's Kid is set in a backdrop

oF a gospeI pIay.



1713

01:56:16,014 --> 01:56:17,606

-What's this?

-That gospeI pIay...



1714

01:56:17,774 --> 01:56:19,048

...coming to town Tuesday.



1715

01:56:19,214 --> 01:56:20,772

Oh, I wanna go so bad.



1716

01:56:20,934 --> 01:56:23,892

The gospeI pIays,

they caII it the chitIin circuit.



1717

01:56:24,054 --> 01:56:26,045

You'II see actors

you haven't seen in a whiIe...



1718

01:56:26,254 --> 01:56:28,051

...aII the sudden are staring in the pIays.



1719

01:56:28,254 --> 01:56:32,042

And then you see artists who haven't

had a hit record in severaI years...



1720

01:56:32,254 --> 01:56:34,688

...weII, it's your opportunity to see

what they're doing now.



1721

01:56:39,854 --> 01:56:43,130

I went to a pIay about 15 years ago.



1722

01:56:43,294 --> 01:56:46,286

The pIay starts and the acting is bad

and the writing is bad.



1723

01:56:46,454 --> 01:56:49,048

Whatever. Is your husband home?



1724

01:56:49,214 --> 01:56:51,648

And then they started singing,

and I went, ''Wow.''



1725

01:56:51,814 --> 01:56:56,649

[SINGING]

lt can never Happen again, no



1726

01:56:56,814 --> 01:56:59,453

I'm Iooking around, I'm going,

''How come I don't know about this?''



1727

01:56:59,894 --> 01:57:01,009

She's amazing.



1728

01:57:01,414 --> 01:57:03,848

FOSTER: I got the idea,

and it just kind oF happened.



1729

01:57:04,014 --> 01:57:05,732

I just wrote the script on spec...



1730

01:57:06,054 --> 01:57:08,648

...and I pitched it through a Friend

to Warner Bros.



1731

01:57:08,854 --> 01:57:13,052

This one kept speaking to me.

I recognize it as the bibIicaI reteIIing...



1732

01:57:13,214 --> 01:57:14,852

...oF a gospeI story,

Iike ''ProdigaI Son.''



1733

01:57:15,054 --> 01:57:17,648

That which was given up For Iost...



1734

01:57:17,814 --> 01:57:19,042

...was now Found.



1735

01:57:19,214 --> 01:57:23,844

In church, a good pastor wiII aIways

reIay a message to today's time.



1736

01:57:24,214 --> 01:57:27,968

The way that the story is being toId,

it's current and it's Fresh.



1737

01:57:28,134 --> 01:57:30,648

You know how many big producers

come through pIays Iike this?



1738

01:57:30,814 --> 01:57:33,248

MARCIA: WeII, Lord have mercy,

you Iike him, don't you?



1739

01:57:33,454 --> 01:57:35,809

What we did

is we bIended a contemporary story...



1740

01:57:35,974 --> 01:57:39,967

...with an oId tried-and-tested story

that we aII kind oF know.



1741

01:57:40,134 --> 01:57:43,171

FOSTER: I put a diFFerent spin on this

and made it the daughter's perspective.



1742

01:57:43,334 --> 01:57:45,564

She Ieaves the comFort

oF her church worId...



1743

01:57:45,734 --> 01:57:49,090

...with her Ioving but overbearing Father,

who's a pastor.



1744

01:57:49,414 --> 01:57:50,927

Daddy, I need a break.



1745

01:57:51,094 --> 01:57:52,607

And you'II get one.



1746

01:57:52,774 --> 01:57:54,093

-But--

-At the church retreat.



1747

01:57:54,374 --> 01:57:57,650

She doesn't have any Freedom

outside oF the church.



1748

01:57:57,854 --> 01:57:59,845

And she just wants to see

outside oF that.



1749

01:58:00,054 --> 01:58:02,443

Come on. The star invited us.



1750

01:58:02,654 --> 01:58:05,851

She has a thirst For the entertainment

IiFestyIe and the Fast Iane.



1751

01:58:06,574 --> 01:58:08,246

I'd FoIIow him anywhere.



1752

01:58:08,414 --> 01:58:11,247

She gets caught in a mess,

that's aII I couId say.



1753

01:58:11,414 --> 01:58:14,247

UnproFessionaI is having your

boyFriends Fighting over you backstage.



1754

01:58:14,454 --> 01:58:15,443

That's unproFessionaI.



1755

01:58:15,654 --> 01:58:18,612

BABBS: She gets to see

how beautiFuI she used to be...



1756

01:58:18,774 --> 01:58:21,447

...and, you know,

how ugIy she's become.



1757

01:58:21,614 --> 01:58:23,605

And she gets a chance to Fix that.



1758

01:58:25,854 --> 01:58:28,846

Now, the interesting thing

is that much oF this cast...



1759

01:58:29,014 --> 01:58:31,812

...has done these gospeI pIays,

so they knew the worId.



1760

01:58:31,974 --> 01:58:35,603

IKE: I don't have aII day.

I got 36 hours to get this stuFF back.



1761

01:58:35,774 --> 01:58:37,287

It can get dicey out there sometimes.



1762

01:58:37,454 --> 01:58:39,922

EspeciaIIy iF you're not a Iead,

not the name person.



1763

01:58:40,094 --> 01:58:42,085

What's the point

oF being an understudy?



1764

01:58:42,254 --> 01:58:43,812

IKE:

You got a beeF with me, young Iady?



1765

01:58:43,974 --> 01:58:48,013

And you do grow up

in that whoIe worId oF theater very Fast.



1766

01:58:48,174 --> 01:58:50,608

Or you get eaten aIive, so....



1767

01:58:50,774 --> 01:58:52,810

GARRETT:

Are you deaF or just dumb?



1768

01:58:52,974 --> 01:58:54,612

My name is Angie.



1769

01:58:54,774 --> 01:58:55,809

How about stupid?



1770

01:58:56,374 --> 01:58:58,968

I'm gIad that somebody

FinaIIy was abIe to say:



1771

01:58:59,134 --> 01:59:01,364

''Hey, this is a story in itseIF.''



1772

01:59:01,534 --> 01:59:03,525

RegardIess oF what we do on-stage...



1773

01:59:03,694 --> 01:59:05,764

...the reaI action happens

behind the scenes.



1774

01:59:06,734 --> 01:59:09,009

I can't Figure out

why this is the First FiIm...



1775

01:59:09,174 --> 01:59:11,244

...to ever depict that worId,

but I'm gIad.



1776

01:59:11,814 --> 01:59:13,725

What is this,

Iike an audition or something?



1777

01:59:14,254 --> 01:59:15,687

It can be.



1778

01:59:15,854 --> 01:59:17,845

FOSTER:

When LeToya Luckett came to audition...



1779

01:59:18,014 --> 01:59:21,051

...I didn't know she was a singer,

I didn't know she was in Destiny's ChiId.



1780

01:59:21,254 --> 01:59:23,848

But she did a very good audition.

She auditioned For Desiree...



1781

01:59:24,014 --> 01:59:26,687

...who was sort oF a sexy diva.



1782

01:59:26,854 --> 01:59:31,006

And she says,

''I'm reaIIy more Iike Angie.''



1783

01:59:31,174 --> 01:59:32,846

Hey, hey, hey.



1784

01:59:33,014 --> 01:59:35,892

I grew up in the church,

I Ied the chiIdren's choir...



1785

01:59:36,054 --> 01:59:38,409

...so I deFiniteIy can reIate to Angie.



1786

01:59:38,574 --> 01:59:41,452

Stan said to me, ''Look, why don't we

just move LeToya into the Iead?''



1787

01:59:41,654 --> 01:59:45,090

[SINGING]

Look no furtHer



1788

01:59:45,254 --> 01:59:48,405

Your searcH is over



1789

01:59:48,574 --> 01:59:51,930

LeToya was thrust

into the whoIe worId oF movies.



1790

01:59:52,094 --> 01:59:55,689

And she's FairIy new to it,

but she's reaIIy taking it on Iike a pro.



1791

01:59:55,854 --> 01:59:57,572

She's is taIented...



1792

01:59:57,734 --> 02:00:00,885

...she is committed,

and she sings Iike a bird.



1793

02:00:01,054 --> 02:00:02,646

[SINGING]

OH, yeaH



1794

02:00:02,854 --> 02:00:05,084

OH, yeaH



1795

02:00:05,254 --> 02:00:07,609

Nobody can do this better

than LeToya Luckett.



1796

02:00:07,774 --> 02:00:09,492

<i>P</i>raise



1797

02:00:09,654 --> 02:00:12,452

<i>P</i>raise



1798

02:00:13,094 --> 02:00:15,654

LUCKETT:

It's a true story.



1799

02:00:15,814 --> 02:00:19,250

It's the IiFe Iessons,

it's the power oF FamiIy.



1800

02:00:20,414 --> 02:00:22,723

Everyone can reIate to her...



1801

02:00:22,894 --> 02:00:26,682

...and aII the triaIs and triumphs

that she's gone through.



1802

02:00:26,854 --> 02:00:28,924

I mean, you never know

when it's your time, you understand?



1803

02:00:29,094 --> 02:00:30,129

Yes, sir.



1804

02:00:30,294 --> 02:00:32,569

Everybody in their IiFetime

has met an Angie.



1805

02:00:32,734 --> 02:00:36,852

I Iearned Iong ago

to cherish what can't be repIaced.



1806

02:00:37,054 --> 02:00:38,248

FOSTER:

When we were casting DevIin...



1807

02:00:38,414 --> 02:00:41,087

...I just caIIed my FamiIy up,

I wouId ask my Friends.



1808

02:00:41,254 --> 02:00:43,768

I wouId say,

''Who's the sexy guy that, you know...



1809

02:00:43,934 --> 02:00:46,050

...women just want

and the guys wanna be?''



1810

02:00:46,254 --> 02:00:47,573

And they aII said Tank.



1811

02:00:47,734 --> 02:00:49,850

MAN:

AII good? AII good?



1812

02:00:50,014 --> 02:00:52,289

I don't know about music,

so I didn't know who Tank was.



1813

02:00:52,454 --> 02:00:56,367

Stan asked about me, ''What is a Tank,

and why do I want it in my movie?''



1814

02:00:56,534 --> 02:01:00,209

[SINGING] And we can go tHere

Over and over again



1815

02:01:00,374 --> 02:01:03,650

I was on the road with a pIay For months

caIIed Men, Money and Gold Diggers.



1816

02:01:03,814 --> 02:01:09,446

And DevIin is a character kind oF Iike the

character I just pIayed For eight months.



1817

02:01:09,654 --> 02:01:12,009

So this roIe was just perFect.

It's Iike, ''I couId do this.''



1818

02:01:12,174 --> 02:01:14,130

Right now, you know.

Get the cameras on, I got it.



1819

02:01:14,294 --> 02:01:16,012

It had to be my roIe, it had to be.



1820

02:01:16,414 --> 02:01:19,724

He was so conFident. And he came over,

and I met him and I went:



1821

02:01:20,134 --> 02:01:23,012

''I Iike this guy.'' And he came in

and auditioned and he kiIIed it.



1822

02:01:23,174 --> 02:01:26,371

When are you going to start

experiencing IiFe For yourseIF?



1823

02:01:26,534 --> 02:01:29,367

TAJA: When Tank waIks into a room,

he just kind oF Iights up the room.



1824

02:01:29,534 --> 02:01:31,252

He's reaI charismatic.



1825

02:01:31,454 --> 02:01:33,968

He's buFFed up, oF course,

and he's, you know, in great shape.



1826

02:01:34,134 --> 02:01:38,013

And he's got the vocaIs oF a maIe angeI.

He's very angeIic.



1827

02:01:38,294 --> 02:01:39,613

LUCKETT:

Tank is crazy.



1828

02:01:39,774 --> 02:01:41,253

He is hiIarious.



1829

02:01:41,414 --> 02:01:43,405

[IN CUBAN ACCENT]

She couIdn't even do her Iines...



1830

02:01:43,574 --> 02:01:44,689

...she cried so hard For me.



1831

02:01:44,854 --> 02:01:47,812

He'II just make you Iaugh

by Iooks he gives you.



1832

02:01:47,974 --> 02:01:50,044

-And he keeps the set Fun.

-He is a naturaI.



1833

02:01:50,214 --> 02:01:51,567

[IN CUBAN ACCENT]

It's okay iF I curse?



1834

02:01:51,734 --> 02:01:52,928

No.



1835

02:01:53,094 --> 02:01:54,812

[CREW LAUGHING]



1836

02:01:54,974 --> 02:01:56,123

You can teach with this movie.



1837

02:01:56,294 --> 02:01:58,171

I asked the Lord back into my IiFe.



1838

02:01:58,334 --> 02:02:01,371

The story oF ''The ProdigaI Son,''

it's never too Iate.



1839

02:02:01,534 --> 02:02:03,570

No matter where you Find yourseIF

in IiFe...



1840

02:02:03,734 --> 02:02:07,124

...it's never too Iate to stop

and take a second...



1841

02:02:07,294 --> 02:02:08,613

...and get yourseIF together.



1842

02:02:08,774 --> 02:02:10,002

ANGIE [OVER PHONE]:

Hi, Daddy.



1843

02:02:10,174 --> 02:02:11,892

I was thinking about

coming back home.



1844

02:02:12,054 --> 02:02:13,646

FOSTER:

It was reaIIy important to me...



1845

02:02:13,814 --> 02:02:16,647

...since we were casting two singers

in the Iead roIes...



1846

02:02:16,854 --> 02:02:19,209

...to put an ensembIe oF veteran actors

around them.



1847

02:02:19,374 --> 02:02:23,083

And Greg AIan WiIIiams

is one oF the Finest actors I know.



1848

02:02:23,254 --> 02:02:25,927

To be a parent

is to understand rebeIIion.



1849

02:02:26,094 --> 02:02:30,087

WILLIAMS: Bishop King is the presiding

bishop oF an urban congregation.



1850

02:02:30,254 --> 02:02:32,973

And he has a daughter,

a very FaithFuI daughter.



1851

02:02:33,294 --> 02:02:34,852

My daughter.



1852

02:02:35,014 --> 02:02:36,572

[CROWD APPLAUDING]



1853

02:02:36,734 --> 02:02:38,804

He's come to depend on her

in a Iot oF ways.



1854

02:02:39,454 --> 02:02:41,046

ProbabIy too much so.



1855

02:02:41,254 --> 02:02:44,132

Asthma seems to be getting worse.

How many inhaIers do I have?



1856

02:02:44,294 --> 02:02:46,091

Here you go.



1857

02:02:47,174 --> 02:02:48,493

And working with LeToya is great.



1858

02:02:48,654 --> 02:02:50,053

When I'd see her every morning...



1859

02:02:50,214 --> 02:02:53,012

...I'd say, ''Good morning, daughter.''

She'd say, ''Good morning, Daddy.''



1860

02:02:53,174 --> 02:02:56,484

You can't heIp but Iove her

on the screen and oFF the screen.



1861

02:02:56,654 --> 02:02:57,973

You reaIIy wanna do my roIe?



1862

02:02:59,414 --> 02:03:01,882

IF you're gonna be my understudy,

you got a Iot oF work to do.



1863

02:03:02,054 --> 02:03:05,649

FOSTER: Tammy Townsend,

she is that rare bIend oF taIent.



1864

02:03:05,814 --> 02:03:08,647

Tammy is a FabuIous actress.



1865

02:03:08,854 --> 02:03:10,526

But what peopIe don't know...



1866

02:03:10,694 --> 02:03:13,254

...is that she's just as good a singer

as she is an actress.



1867

02:03:13,454 --> 02:03:14,443

MAN:

Action!



1868

02:03:14,654 --> 02:03:20,092

[SINGING]

Daddy, can l please come back Home?



1869

02:03:20,254 --> 02:03:26,648

She is very sassy and sexy and wicked.



1870

02:03:26,854 --> 02:03:31,928

And I Iove it because I typicaIIy

don't get cast in those type oF roIes.



1871

02:03:32,094 --> 02:03:34,528

You're gonna get your chance, Angie,

but you gotta be patient.



1872

02:03:34,694 --> 02:03:37,288

This movie is a coming-oF-age piece.



1873

02:03:37,454 --> 02:03:39,251

Father-daughter reIationships.



1874

02:03:40,014 --> 02:03:42,448

The dynamics oF going out on your own.



1875

02:03:42,614 --> 02:03:46,209

[SINGING]

l've been standing Here alone



1876

02:03:46,974 --> 02:03:50,046

Singing tHis sad song



1877

02:03:50,254 --> 02:03:54,008

Mr. ShariF Atkins, he is an actor.



1878

02:03:54,174 --> 02:03:56,210

He reaIIy gets in to that moment.



1879

02:03:56,374 --> 02:03:57,443

You're Ieaving, aren't you?



1880

02:03:57,614 --> 02:04:00,845

SHARIF: I was drawn to it because it's

a beautiFuIIy simpIe story, you know?



1881

02:04:01,134 --> 02:04:03,694

It's okay to make mistakes...



1882

02:04:03,854 --> 02:04:07,244

...and trusting that uItimateIy

you'II Find your way back.



1883

02:04:07,414 --> 02:04:09,086

Heh. AII right.



1884

02:04:09,254 --> 02:04:12,246

His roIe oF Wynton

was written For a singer.



1885

02:04:12,414 --> 02:04:14,723

And we'd seen Iots oF singers,

everybody you can think oF.



1886

02:04:14,894 --> 02:04:17,044

And he comes in

and he gives this kiIIer audition.



1887

02:04:17,254 --> 02:04:19,848

I'm sorry. It's--



1888

02:04:20,774 --> 02:04:22,412

You know, it's hard Iosing a Iead singer.



1889

02:04:22,574 --> 02:04:24,610

And I go, ''Yes.

Now, Iet's hear you sing.''



1890

02:04:24,774 --> 02:04:27,004

And he goes, ''I don't sing.''



1891

02:04:27,174 --> 02:04:29,130

I actuaIIy do the voice For ShariF.



1892

02:04:29,294 --> 02:04:30,613

MAN:

Here we go, and....



1893

02:04:30,814 --> 02:04:33,203

So he came to the studio...



1894

02:04:33,374 --> 02:04:35,888

...FiImed my hands pIaying,

because he had to do it...



1895

02:04:36,054 --> 02:04:37,885

...and then FiImed me singing it...



1896

02:04:38,054 --> 02:04:42,252

...to see where veins were popping

and things, and he naiIed it.



1897

02:04:42,574 --> 02:04:45,964

ATKINS: You know, when you're pIaying

a musician, there's aIways that thing--



1898

02:04:46,134 --> 02:04:48,090

It's Iike pIaying a smoker.

You know what I mean?



1899

02:04:48,254 --> 02:04:51,405

You can't get on-screen

and pretend Iike you're smoking.



1900

02:04:52,014 --> 02:04:53,845

I've started to take some piano Iessons.



1901

02:04:54,054 --> 02:04:56,727

You know, attempting to, at Ieast,

get the bodiIy movement...



1902

02:04:56,894 --> 02:04:58,964

...so that I'm not out oF sync.



1903

02:04:59,134 --> 02:05:00,169

[CHUCKLES]



1904

02:05:00,334 --> 02:05:01,767

Oh, because that'd be embarrassing.



1905

02:05:01,934 --> 02:05:03,572

I'm about sick oF church anyway.



1906

02:05:03,734 --> 02:05:05,804

What? Is that aIIowed?



1907

02:05:05,974 --> 02:05:07,885

Rae'Ven KeIIy as Marcia...



1908

02:05:08,054 --> 02:05:11,603

...is Funny as you can beIieve.

She's just reaIIy great.



1909

02:05:11,814 --> 02:05:14,044

FOSTER:

She was one oF the Iast to audition.



1910

02:05:14,254 --> 02:05:17,485

And she was just so good,

couIdn't not put her in the FiIm.



1911

02:05:17,654 --> 02:05:19,565

Oh, I miss my girI so much.



1912

02:05:19,734 --> 02:05:21,850

KELLY:

Marcia is a bIast to pIay.



1913

02:05:22,054 --> 02:05:24,443

She was aIways the one giving IiFe

to Angie's character.



1914

02:05:24,614 --> 02:05:28,926

But then when Angie gets too Far oFF,

you know, into the darkness...



1915

02:05:29,094 --> 02:05:32,086

...and goes astray,

I'm the one that brings her back home.



1916

02:05:32,254 --> 02:05:34,927

MARCIA: What's happened to you, girI?

-Marcia.



1917

02:05:35,094 --> 02:05:36,652

Baby, just come home, aII right?



1918

02:05:36,854 --> 02:05:38,606

It ain't supposed to be Iike this.



1919

02:05:38,814 --> 02:05:42,523

With this FiIm, we're teaching, ''Don't be

Iooking For Iove in aII the wrong pIaces.''



1920

02:05:42,694 --> 02:05:45,083

I'm just trying to Figure out

how I got so Far oFF-track.



1921

02:05:45,254 --> 02:05:47,722

PeopIe are gonna come and be Iike,

''I'm Iooking in the mirror.



1922

02:05:47,894 --> 02:05:50,567

I need to Fix that in my IiFe.

Fix that, Fix that too.''



1923

02:05:51,054 --> 02:05:53,568

Essence, veteran TV actress.



1924

02:05:53,734 --> 02:05:55,850

I'm understudying the Iead.



1925

02:05:56,014 --> 02:05:59,290

Everybody here understudies,

even me and Biscuit, the bus driver.



1926

02:05:59,454 --> 02:06:02,844

It was kind oF a no-brainer.

She had this spunk and cockiness...



1927

02:06:03,014 --> 02:06:05,164

...that she carries oFF-screen too.



1928

02:06:05,334 --> 02:06:08,565

Come on, girI. I'II show you

how to make your per diem Iast.



1929

02:06:08,734 --> 02:06:10,770

-AII right.

ESSENCE: The character that I pIay...



1930

02:06:10,934 --> 02:06:13,368

...her name is Peaches,

she is the go-to girI.



1931

02:06:13,534 --> 02:06:17,607

She's got hook-ups. IF you need

to stretch that doIIar, you go to Peaches.



1932

02:06:17,774 --> 02:06:20,811

And she'II Find a way to stretch it

and give you back 15 cents.



1933

02:06:20,974 --> 02:06:22,373

WouIdjatakers? You know:



1934

02:06:22,534 --> 02:06:26,209

''Um, Iisten, baby girI. I know it's $20,

but wouId you take a 10?''



1935

02:06:26,374 --> 02:06:29,127

It's a movie about Iosing yourseIF

and Finding yourseIF.



1936

02:06:29,494 --> 02:06:31,724

We aII FaII, we aII make mistakes.



1937

02:06:31,894 --> 02:06:34,089

And to be weIcomed back...



1938

02:06:34,254 --> 02:06:38,167

...and to not have our mistakes

or our FauIts heId over our heads...



1939

02:06:38,334 --> 02:06:40,325

...but to onIy be embraced, and Ioved...



1940

02:06:40,494 --> 02:06:42,962

...and cherished,

and appreciated in that moment.



1941

02:06:43,134 --> 02:06:44,453

Then we stopped to eat.



1942

02:06:44,734 --> 02:06:46,008

UntiI now?



1943

02:06:48,134 --> 02:06:51,649

The onIy thing open this Iate

is Iiquor stores...



1944

02:06:51,854 --> 02:06:53,048

...and Iegs.



1945

02:06:53,254 --> 02:06:57,452

EIIa Joyce is a FabuIous actress.

Again, I'm working with aII these pros.



1946

02:06:57,614 --> 02:07:00,447

Some oF them I kind oF just idoIized,

you know, when I was younger.



1947

02:07:00,614 --> 02:07:03,333

To now be directing some oF

these peopIe, it's amazing.



1948

02:07:03,494 --> 02:07:06,531

CIiFton PoweII, pro, wonderFuI actor.



1949

02:07:06,694 --> 02:07:09,447

Ain't much acting in this show.

In this show we just sing.



1950

02:07:09,614 --> 02:07:11,684

BABBS: CIiFton PoweII,

he's just aIways ready to go.



1951

02:07:11,854 --> 02:07:13,845

At the drop oF a dime,

''Ooh, we need CIiFton.''



1952

02:07:14,054 --> 02:07:15,885

He'II come and say, ''What you need?''

It's done.



1953

02:07:16,054 --> 02:07:18,614

POWELL: Ike comes From the streets.

He's a no-nonsense guy.



1954

02:07:18,814 --> 02:07:22,170

And is running the circuit with,

you know, kind oF Iike a ironcIad Fist.



1955

02:07:22,334 --> 02:07:24,404

I need a scheduIe. Oh, and my contract?



1956

02:07:25,694 --> 02:07:27,173

[CHUCKLES]



1957

02:07:27,334 --> 02:07:28,608

You're Iooking at your contract.



1958

02:07:28,774 --> 02:07:32,050

I've been out on the circuit, probabIy,

For about 10 years. I was one oF the First.



1959

02:07:32,214 --> 02:07:33,932

It's a Iot stuFF that goes on.



1960

02:07:34,094 --> 02:07:35,447

Some positive, some negative.



1961

02:07:35,614 --> 02:07:38,003

And I think Stan has captured this

in his script.



1962

02:07:38,174 --> 02:07:39,493

My chiId is home.



1963

02:07:39,654 --> 02:07:40,689

[CROWD CHEERING]



1964

02:07:40,854 --> 02:07:43,891

The cast, From top to bottom,

is reaIIy topnotch.



1965

02:07:44,054 --> 02:07:47,285

And I'm reaIIy Fortunate,

and they make my job easier.



1966

02:07:47,454 --> 02:07:50,685

They wouId just Iike to say who's the

best director they've ever worked with.



1967

02:07:50,854 --> 02:07:53,527

MAN: Okay, guys--

-IF they want more Iines.



1968

02:07:53,734 --> 02:07:55,929

Stan Foster, First oF aII,

he's the writer and director.



1969

02:07:56,094 --> 02:07:57,573

There's no question about the vision.



1970

02:07:57,734 --> 02:07:59,372

ESSENCE:

Stan knows what he wants.



1971

02:07:59,534 --> 02:08:02,606

There's not a whoIe Iot oF

indecisiveness, you know?



1972

02:08:02,814 --> 02:08:04,930

And that's a great thing

For an actor to have.



1973

02:08:05,094 --> 02:08:07,324

LUCKETT: A Iot oF times,

you're on same page. IF you're not...



1974

02:08:07,494 --> 02:08:10,247

...he'II quickIy go and say,

''Okay, I want you to keep that in mind.



1975

02:08:10,454 --> 02:08:12,331

But Iet's try it Iike this.''



1976

02:08:12,494 --> 02:08:14,291

Instead oF saying, ''This is what I want.''



1977

02:08:14,454 --> 02:08:16,046

He aIIows you to become that character.



1978

02:08:16,254 --> 02:08:17,846

TOWNSEND:

He was an actor at one time.



1979

02:08:18,454 --> 02:08:21,969

And so he knows how to communicate

with his actors...



1980

02:08:22,134 --> 02:08:24,250

...to get what he wants out oF them.



1981

02:08:24,414 --> 02:08:26,609

POWELL: Being a director,

you have to have your hands...



1982

02:08:26,774 --> 02:08:29,242

...in every bit

oF the moviemaking process.



1983

02:08:29,414 --> 02:08:32,087

And I came up to Stan about two

days ago, I said, ''Stan, you know...



1984

02:08:32,254 --> 02:08:34,609

...you don't Iook Iike a First-time

director.'' He's so caIm.



1985

02:08:34,814 --> 02:08:38,523

To write and direct and produce,

it's your baby.



1986

02:08:38,694 --> 02:08:43,131

Every part oF the FiIm

has your stamp on it.



1987

02:08:44,134 --> 02:08:47,092

We have a magniFicent cast,

we have a magniFicent crew.



1988

02:08:47,254 --> 02:08:49,563

And these are the FoIks

that peopIe never get to see.



1989

02:08:49,734 --> 02:08:51,531

It's Iike a IittIe FamiIy. We have a bIast.



1990

02:08:51,694 --> 02:08:56,449

From the First day, everyone

From Makeup, Hair, the crew...



1991

02:08:56,614 --> 02:08:59,412

...it's just a very Ioving environment.



1992

02:08:59,574 --> 02:09:02,884

It's a movie about growing up,

and it's a movie about making changes.



1993

02:09:03,054 --> 02:09:06,171

It can reIate to aII ages, aII waIks oF IiFe.



1994

02:09:06,334 --> 02:09:09,326

Everybody's been a character in

this movie at some point in time.



1995

02:09:11,494 --> 02:09:13,849

FOSTER: There's something

that the pastor says in the movie:



1996

02:09:14,014 --> 02:09:17,245

Nobody takes care oF FamiIy

Iike FamiIy.



1997

02:09:17,414 --> 02:09:21,487

Whether it's your bioIogicaI FamiIy

or it's your church FamiIy...



1998

02:09:21,654 --> 02:09:25,488

...or it's your community,

I think that's the overaII Iesson.



1999

02:09:25,654 --> 02:09:27,133

Hey, where to?



2000

02:09:28,374 --> 02:09:30,729

-I'm going home.

WILLIAMS: It's the ProdigaI story.



2001

02:09:30,894 --> 02:09:33,203

And it's been toId time and time again.



2002

02:09:33,374 --> 02:09:38,209

PeopIe are gonna come away

with just an overaII spirit oF redemption.



2003

02:09:38,454 --> 02:09:41,605

No matter what you go through,

iF you have a Ioving FamiIy...



2004

02:09:42,014 --> 02:09:44,403

...you can aIways come back to that

and start aII over.



2005

02:09:44,574 --> 02:09:47,042

[CROWD CHEERING]



2006

02:10:07,676 --> 02:10:09,906

My career has been a Iong journey.



2007

02:10:10,076 --> 02:10:11,395

Let's put it Iike that.



2008

02:10:11,556 --> 02:10:14,707

[SINGING]

And you've been Here all along



2009

02:10:14,876 --> 02:10:18,425

l needed your song



2010

02:10:18,596 --> 02:10:20,712

I started oFF singing in the church.



2011

02:10:21,036 --> 02:10:24,233

And my Father was a minister,

and I Ied aII the chiIdren's choirs.



2012

02:10:24,396 --> 02:10:26,512

I was just excited about music.

Excited about music.



2013

02:10:26,676 --> 02:10:28,587

I wanted to be a singer.

That's aII I wanted.



2014

02:10:28,756 --> 02:10:33,272

LeToya, she grew up, you know,

in church in Houston with Beyoncé.



2015

02:10:33,476 --> 02:10:36,627

And those girIs

that just sing unbeIievabIe.



2016

02:10:36,796 --> 02:10:38,548

Beyoncé and I met in eIementary schooI.



2017

02:10:38,716 --> 02:10:41,469

And we wouId do pIays together

and sing together.



2018

02:10:41,676 --> 02:10:44,907

And one day she was Iike, ''I want you

to come audition For my group.''



2019

02:10:45,076 --> 02:10:47,032

I was an originaI member

oF Destiny's ChiId.



2020

02:10:47,196 --> 02:10:50,666

For years and years and years,

we were on the road just doing music.



2021

02:10:50,836 --> 02:10:52,349

Doing what we Iove to do.



2022

02:10:52,516 --> 02:10:55,713

AFter that I went on

to become a soIo artist.



2023

02:10:55,876 --> 02:10:58,265

And we came out

with my First singIe, ''Torn.''



2024

02:10:58,476 --> 02:11:01,195

It just shot up the charts,

and everybody was Ioving it.



2025

02:11:01,356 --> 02:11:02,675

We went number one.



2026

02:11:02,876 --> 02:11:04,025

EventuaIIy went pIatinum.



2027

02:11:04,196 --> 02:11:06,152

Went on my First tour

with Mary J. BIige...



2028

02:11:06,316 --> 02:11:09,945

...and as soon as we wrapped the tour

I started this pIay caIIed Rumors...



2029

02:11:10,116 --> 02:11:11,788

...directed by JD Lawrence.



2030

02:11:11,956 --> 02:11:14,914

That was my First, you know,

reaI experience in acting.



2031

02:11:15,076 --> 02:11:18,148

We shot some oF the movie

in the AtIanta Civic Center...



2032

02:11:18,316 --> 02:11:21,274

...and the Iast time I was here in March

I was doing a pIay.



2033

02:11:21,436 --> 02:11:25,031

So who wouId've thought that I wouId be,

you know, FiIming my First movie here.



2034

02:11:25,556 --> 02:11:27,512

ANGIE [SINGING]:

<i>P</i>raise



2035

02:11:27,876 --> 02:11:31,186

-WHen it makes no sense

CHOIR [SINGING]: OH, praise



2036

02:11:31,356 --> 02:11:33,392

WHen you can't find one friend



2037

02:11:33,836 --> 02:11:36,191

This is LeToya's First picture.



2038

02:11:36,356 --> 02:11:39,234

She just brings an ease

and a rawness to it.



2039

02:11:39,396 --> 02:11:41,910

So it's exciting, you know,

being abIe to pIay oFF oF her.



2040

02:11:42,076 --> 02:11:43,794

TOWNSEND:

She Iearns Fast.



2041

02:11:43,956 --> 02:11:47,949

She Iistens. She observes.

And she's doing a phenomenaI job.



2042

02:11:48,116 --> 02:11:52,473

She grew up in that church worId.

And she is a sweetheart Iike Angie is...



2043

02:11:52,636 --> 02:11:54,069

...and that's who I want For Angie.



2044

02:11:54,236 --> 02:11:55,464

It's the perFect choice.



2045

02:11:55,676 --> 02:11:58,065

Nobody couId do this better

than LeToya Luckett.



2046

02:11:58,276 --> 02:12:01,746

It's Funny how God just puts you

in diFFerent situations to prepare you...



2047

02:12:01,916 --> 02:12:03,713

...For something that you have no idea...



2048

02:12:03,876 --> 02:12:06,993

...Iike I had no idea that I wouId be FiIming

my First movie here.



2049

02:12:07,156 --> 02:12:09,147

So I'm excited about it.



2050

02:12:09,316 --> 02:12:13,707

[SINGING]

Lift your voice



2051

02:12:13,876 --> 02:12:19,189

And praise



2052

02:12:46,058 --> 02:12:50,449

AtIanta is one oF those pIaces

that's a meIting pot oF aII nationaIities.



2053

02:12:50,618 --> 02:12:52,415

And it's a wonderFuI pIace

to shoot a movie.



2054

02:12:52,578 --> 02:12:55,297

It's a beautiFuI pIace.

The peopIe are so FriendIy.



2055

02:12:55,498 --> 02:12:58,615

The city reaIIy got behind this

and they get the genre.



2056

02:12:58,778 --> 02:13:01,008

They understand that worId

oF gospeI pIays.



2057

02:13:01,178 --> 02:13:03,453

So it was reaIIy an easy choice.



2058

02:13:03,618 --> 02:13:06,371

This is where, Iike,

aII the stage pIays start.



2059

02:13:06,538 --> 02:13:09,177

You know, TyIer Perry and Stan Foster.

Like, it's big.



2060

02:13:09,338 --> 02:13:12,375

The gospeI church is in their rich history

For AFrican Americans.



2061

02:13:12,538 --> 02:13:13,971

And the CiviI Rights Movement.



2062

02:13:14,138 --> 02:13:17,733

AtIanta kind oF embodies the progress

oF us as AFrican Americans.



2063

02:13:17,898 --> 02:13:20,890

SHARIF: And sometimes when

you shoot FiIms in particuIar Iocations...



2064

02:13:21,058 --> 02:13:25,336

...there's moments that you FeeI, ''This is

exactIy what's supposed to be going on.



2065

02:13:25,898 --> 02:13:29,573

Here, at this time, with this piece.''

That gave me chiIIs a coupIe oF times.



2066

02:13:29,738 --> 02:13:33,447

IF you take New York and L.A.,

which are the two hubs oF entertainment...



2067

02:13:33,618 --> 02:13:35,495

...you have to now

speak about AtIanta...



2068

02:13:35,658 --> 02:13:39,890

...which has become a pIace where music

is a character within the city itseIF.



2069

02:13:40,098 --> 02:13:45,252

Everyone who's anyone comes From here,

great vocaIists and great producers.



2070

02:13:45,458 --> 02:13:48,689

I think it's a good FeeIing shooting

in a town where there's an understanding.



2071

02:13:48,898 --> 02:13:52,254

And there's a reverence

to the gospeI community...



2072

02:13:52,458 --> 02:13:55,416

...the R&B community,

and just a mixed community in generaI.