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? I know my parents loved me ?

? Stand behind me, come what may ?

? I know now that I'm ready, yeah ?

? For I finally heard them say ?

? It's a different world ?

? Than where you come from ?

? Yes, it is now, yeah ?

? Here's our chance to make it, hey ?

? And if we focus on our goal ?

? You can dish it, we can take it ?

? Hey, just remember That you've been told ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? Yeah, than where you come from ?

? Ooh ?

? Than where you come from ?

- Hi. - Hi.

I'm sorry I'm such a mess. I just came back�

from the airport.

Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that.

I couldn't help myself. It's been a long, thirsty summer.

That's understandable, but I can't accept your apology�

unless you plant another one on me.

- How was Tokyo? - Crowded and lonely.

Yeah, so was Virginia.

Whitley, I got this for you.

Dwayne!

Pearls!

Real or dipped?

Oh, phew.

From the bottom of the ocean and from the bottom of my heart.

Dwayne, I know I've kept you waiting a long-

No.

Don't keep me waiting any longer.

No.

I'll just walk in and say,

"Dwayne�"

take me."

As a senior, I feel it my duty

to make all freshmen sisters feel welcome.

And to that end,

I'm having a little orientation funkadelic hoedown at my abode.

My card, Bianca.

Fourteen percent of our children do not graduate high school.

One out of four of our men is under correctional supervision,

and unemployment among our people is over 10%.

We have nothing to party about, Cadillac Man.

Always good to meet a sister down for the cause.

Whoa, Walter.

Your nights no longer belong to Michelob.

Twenty pounds, two waist sizes, and three or four new women.

- All right. - The word's on the street

I might be the first man to make the Jet centerfold.

Not if you chow down on all these vittles.

This isn't for me, man.

This is for the kids in my community services program.

- Hmm, what program? - Operation Outreach, man.

- Oh, yeah? - I'm the founder and president,

and you're my first volunteer. Thank you.

Walter, I am there for you, but not today.

I've just been recruited for a debate on the crisis

in the Black community.

Yo, man. Bianca won't give you any play.

Walter, you have your Operation Outreach,

I have mine.

Yeah, but your operation hasn't reached anybody in three years.

- What are you talking about? - You need to redirect your energies, man.

- Get into some exercise. - Exercise?

Cut out the sugar, cut out women.

Just exercise your body.

Try this.

You don't need women now, do you? That oxygen helps you.

- No. I need some air. - I'm on a natural high. Hi.

Oh. My, my, my, my.

Walter, your keys.

- Thank you, Pillow. - "Pillow"?

I see where you've been laying your head at night.

What's her mama's name? "Bedspread"?

This is the Grand Canyon.

Oh, here's Daddy's little mule. Hi, baby.

Freddie!

Can we put the travelogue on hold and start unpacking?

Oh, yeah. I'm sorry.

Oh, this is it!

This is the highlight of our whole trip.

A picture of an afro?

No, Kim, this is not just any old afro.

This is Nelson Mandela's afro.

Yeah.

- You actually heard him speak? - Mmm-hmm.

He was so moving and mesmerizing and so eloquent.

Even now, I can hear his voice ringing in my ears.

Unhand my bag, amoeba-breath!

Marry me. Be my lover. Let our genes collide.

Where's the bug spray?

I'm Terrence, a stranger in a strange land

seeking the loving arms of an American sister.

Oh, where are you from? Lilliput?

No. Germany. You want to see my piece of the Berlin Wall?

It's probably a pebble.

Kiss, kiss.

Ladies, I'm thrilled to see both of you.

I'd love to hear about your summers� later.

Welcome back. But Whitley doesn't live here anymore, remember?

Yeah, I thought you were getting an apartment off campus.

Ladies, I have spent an hour trying to talk some sense

into that building manager.

He gave my apartment away

just because I didn't send in the security deposit.

Some people are just drunk with their own power.

Now, you don't mind if I freshen up here, do you?

Of course you don't.

Indigo or tangerine?

Where are you going?

Dwayne's.

Dwayne's?

Yes, Dwayne's.

I've kept that boy waiting for two years, and it's time.

Oh! Hey!

Well, what about Julian?

Well, that self-centered killjoy is out of my life forever.

I liked Julian.

You didn't know him.

He came to visit me this summer

and all he could do was criticize me.

"Don't do this. You shouldn't do that."

Gosh, I felt like I was sitting with Moses, the lawgiver.

Finally, I said, "Take your tablets and go."

Well, it is about time you and Dwayne got together.

I couldn't agree with you more.

Whoo!

I hope Dwayne's been eating his oysters.

Whether he has or not, I know he's ready for me.

He has written me the most beautiful letters,

and I have written him the most passionate responses.

Oh, you guys corresponded. That's so romantic.

Even more so, because I did not mail mine.

Why not?

Because, Kimberly, men are like dogs.

They are most faithful to those who keep them panting.

- Hello, stranger! - Hey, it's my girl!

That's me, your girl.

So, how's the future corporate art buyer doing?

- Great. - Great.

Great. Tell me.

- I didn't even want my internship to end. - Really?

But Mama would have had a fit

if I didn't spend a� a few weeks with her in Hilton Head.

Well, Whitley, you look great,

and that dress is saying "hello" in 100,000 different languages.

I tell you, Julian is one lucky brother.

Well, Julian's luck ran out with me.

Another one bites the dust?

Whitley!

You got something going on, though.

Oh, come on. Tell Papa. Who's the new guy?

Guess.

No. You tell me. Who is it?

Well�

it's someone I think you'll approve of.

Did you bring me something back from Tokyo?

Pookie-san, where did you want these?

Kinu, this is Whitley Gilbert.

Baby, this is the man-killer I've been telling you about.

Wait, you're exactly the way I imagined you.

And I couldn't have imagined you, Keykoko.

It's "Kinu."

Ah�

- What kind of name is Kinu? - It's Japanese.

So, that's where you're from. When will you be going back?

Oh. No, my mother is Japanese, but we live in San Francisco.

Well, that's nice of you

to stop by here on your way back there.

Well, Whitley, it's kind of a long stop.

Kinu is gonna be a junior at Avery.

Avery? University?

Yes.

For two years, you've been 20 minutes away

and this man had to travel 6,000 miles to meet you.

Ooh, isn't it something?

That is something.

What's even more ironic is that it was the first time

either of us had been to Tokyo.

Incred�ble!

But you wouldn't have known it to see her in action.

She was the star of Kinisewa's marketing division.

No, he was.

No. My first day there,

- I heard this voice speaking Japanese. - Ooh.

I turned around and saw her.

- I almost fell off my chair. - You did.

Okay, I did. Head over heels.

Well�

as much as I would love to bask in these golden summer memories,

I too must settle in.

Hey! It's my woman.

My Jane, my Juliet.

My She-Ra.

- Hello, Ron. - Hey, Whitley.

Let me look at you.

Oh, baby, you've been eating some grits over the summer,

and they have hit you in all the right places.

I have not gained an ounce, Ronald.

Relax. God's eyes may be on the sparrow, but this boy's are not.

Where are you going? Hold on.

You can't leave before you hear me play a set on my new drums.

I had to sell a lot of my daddy's cars to buy these.

Can you serenade me another time, Ron.

Kikinono, welcome to our lives.

Wait, wait, Whitley. Your forgot your gifts. Wait.

Hey, hey, hey, Whitley.

You forgot your gifts.

Oh� Bubbly, bubbly.

I'll save this for some festive occasion.

And� this.

A big old fan.

With little fish on it.

Thank you, Dwayne, for thinking of me.

Well, I thought about you a lot over the summer.

I can tell.

I wondered how you were doing, how the job was treating you.

But you never answered my letters.

No, I didn't, did I?

I realized I had to stop hounding you.

I mean, I never had a chance.

No. You were a regular Don Quixote chasing windmills.

So, tell me, who is this special guy?

I think I'll keep you guessing.

You always do.

Hey, hey, hey!

- Colonel Taylor. - Hey, homeboy, what up?

I don't talk like that, man.

Have you met my son yet?

No, I didn't. But I know he's got to be more together

- than most freshmen. - Yeah.

- We got some goofies this year, man. - Is that right?

One girl scheduled classes around The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Say what?

One young brother is scared to go to the bathroom

- by himself. - Get out of here.

The worst part is, one mini brother running around here

acts like he's never seen a woman before.

Talking about, "Love me, spank me."

They call the brother "Pee Wee Hormone."

A little frail guy, did you say?

Uh-huh. It's like somebody left him in the woods,

he was raised by some wolves,

- or he's got messed-up parents. - Uh-huh.

You're from Wisconsin? Hey! I love cheese. Marry me. Come on.

Dad!

Walter, meet my son.

This is Terrence Johann Taylor.

Pee Wee Hormone is your son, Colonel?

I was saying, the boy's got a lot of potential

if he just calms down, breathes more.

I don't know who his mama is, but if you married her-

Let it go, Walter.

Hey, it's gone, and so am I.

? I said, my brothers ?

? Well, I said a loose necka Humpbacka what? ?

? Jump back ?

Atten-hutt!

Left-face!

Right-face!

About-face!

About-face!

Yeah, they're good, but not in my league.

- Jaleesa! - Jaleesa!

- Hi! - Hello. Oh!

Looking good, Miss Corporate America. How's the job going?

You know, after one week, I can safely say

I was born to succeed.

Oh, that's great.

But a word of caution,

stay Black.

I see someone discovered Malcolm X this summer.

Laugh if you will, but there's a revolution going on.

Well, just keep it out of my kitchen.

- Mr. Gaines! - Whoa!

How is my favorite marketing executive?

Hungry.

- Mr. Gaines? - Oh, my goodness.

Who shrunk Kimberly Reese?

Miller's Bakery.

After a week of icing donuts, I could not look at food.

But I'm much healthier this way.

Well, you don't look it.

I've seen crawdads with more meat on them.

You're not leaving here till you've had

some of my ham hock and split pea soup.

I don't need none of my employees

collapsing under the weight of a hairnet.

Oh, my goodness.

So, guys, where is Whitley?

We may not see her tonight.

No. She is at, uh, Dwayne's.

You mean those two are finally going to get that party started?

Ooh, it's probably a disco inferno by now.

Ooh, ooh�

- A quick one. - What happened?

Do I look like I've been to the mountaintop?

What happened?

Let's just say Dwayne brought back a little souvenir

that isn't that easy to get rid of.

You mean like a disease?

Worse.

A woman.

Dwayne has a woman?

Is she Japanese?

Half-Japanese, half-Black,

5'8", 119 pounds, long waist, no hips,

hair in a bun, black, facial hair, bleached.

Thin thighs, heavy ankles, no bust,

and the rest is a blur.

I'm sorry, Whitley.

Maybe it's just a fling.

Not the way that vulture had her claws sunk into him.

How I loathe conniving women.

Well, she cannot hold on to what doesn't belong to her.

Thank you.

Oh, she's holding on pretty tight right now.

- Oh, she is gorgeous. - Please!

Is that her behind or a headrest?

Hey, everyone!

Hey, Dwayne!

How are you doing? This is Kinu.

Dwayne, Kinu, I was just raving about you.

Oh, Kinu, what a beautiful name. What does it mean?

- It means "silk." - Smooth as.

Hey, say something for them in Japanese, would you?

What does that mean?

That means, "toodle-loo." We've got to go.

- I can't take you nowhere. - Bye.

- Nice to meet you. - Bye.

Sayonara.

Swine.

And as for you turncoats�

how could you talk to a man

who has shown me all the loyalty of a pit bull?

It was your idea to keep him panting.

Don't blame us because Snoopy didn't come home.

Well, you said yourself you kept him waiting too long

Sure.

Just throw that in my face, friends.

I'm going back to my place.

You don't have one.

I will rent a room at the Mandalay Inn.

Oh, no, no, no. Come on, Whitley.

You can't be in a cold, lonely hotel room at a time like this.

That's so generous of you guys.

But don't you think it going to be crowded in your dorm room?

I wasn't talking about our room. I was talking about your place.

You do have a two-bedroom, don't you?

In a sense.

Well, you do or you don't.

Uh�

Whitley, would you like to come and stay with me?

Jaleesa, Jaleesa.

You are always there for me in my hour of need.

- I am? - What's your address?

732 Branch Avenue.

The Grenad?

I thought you had a job.

Well, thank you, but no, thank you.

Who is it?

It's me!

Just a second.

Would you believe? The Mandalay Inn was completely booked.

Even the presidential suite. You would think it was-

Jaleesa?

Please, Jaleesa.

Please, please, please, Jaleesa.

Please, please, please, Jaleesa.

How long do you plan to stay?

The building manager said I'd have my apartment in a few days�

- or a few weeks. - Oh, no.

But I don't have any other place to go.

Oh, I know some place you can go.

I'll be good.

And quiet?

Yes, ma'am.

Okay.

Boy, oh, boy.

Did I learn an important lesson today?

Not to bite the hand that feeds you?

No, no, no.

To have a positive outlook.

Consider the day's events.

I lost my man.

I couldn't even rent my own apartment.

I could have given in to despair

and declared this the worst day of my life, but no.

I'm going to look at the bright side.

Jaleesa, what is the bright side?

Well, you do have a place to lay your head� temporarily.

You don't understand, Jaleesa.

This is my fault.

All summer, every man I met, I compared him to Dwayne,

until it dawned on me that he was the one.

So, what did I do?

I messed it up.

You know, Dwayne and Kinu may not last forever.

If I get a second chance, Jaleesa, I'm not going to waste it.

I'm going to tell him how I feel about him every minute.

I'm going to show him.

Shout it from every rooftop.

I'll even get a tattoo with little glasses on it.

That'll get his attention.

Where are you going?

To the terrace.

Whitley, it's a fire escape.

It's all the way you look at things, Jaleesa.

Ooh!

Cheers!

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