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? Keeps tracking me ?

? Keeps tracking me ?

? Is it you? ?

? Oh, boy, I wish it was you ?

? Keeps tracking me ?

Whoo! That was great. That was beautiful. It was perfect.

Let's hit it again.

- Yo, let's not. - It's 2:30 in the morning. We're tired.

Did you ever see a picture of Duke Ellington?

The brother looked tired.

Ella Fitzgerald was so tired, she couldn't even remember the words.

I mean, that's how scatting was born.

Do you want us to collapse during the competition?

Am I the only one here with a true love of music?

No, my brother. We just have a true love of sleep.

- Good night. - Good night.

Well, now I know why Prince has to play all his own instruments.

? 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 ?

Dad, just because I graduated doesn't mean I'm coming home.

X-Pression is about to hit big time.

No, Dad. I don't need another pinkie ring.

Good-bye.

Mr. Johnson,

I'd like to introduce you to some friends of mine,

who've been looking for you for months.

Take a look at Mr. Phone Bill, Mr. Electric Bill, and Mr. Rent.

And don't forget Mr. Gaines.

You owe me for the rent and that muffin.

I paid the phone bill.

No, you paid with a rubber check. You messing with my credit.

Don't� don't burden me with these petty details.

I got to keep the band's morale up

until we win the Rockwood Records Battling Band Competition.

Till then I am sort of in the red.

In the red? What happened to the money your pop sent once you got that diploma?

Well, that paid for the demo that got us into the finals, baby.

You get on the phone, you call that man, and you beg for more money, boy.

Let me explain something to you.

I win this record competition, I get a recording contract,

- and we all get paid! - Okay.

Let me explain something to you.

If Mr. Gaines don't get his money, you're out of the apartment.

Now that's what I am talking about.

You guys coming to the competition tonight?

I am.

I got some studying to do.

- Hi, Dwayne. - Hey.

See you later, and I'll bring the toaster muffins.

And she cooks too.

"�and I am the metaphor of freedom.

I am the personification of righteousness.

I spit on the chains of my oppressors for I am they, and they are me."

Oh, baby. So powerful.

Word.

I got goosebumps all over.

Watch it.

Hey, Shazza was reciting some of his poetry.

Gosh, Kim,

how is it that we always seem to miss out on all the fun?

Hm, just lucky, I guess.

I think you ladies would probably benefit from what I have to say.

I'd rather go to the ladies' room and stand in front of the hand dryer.

Ooh!

Such bitterness from one so beautiful.

I hope you get some soon, my sister.

Listen, baby, um, where I'm going, I have to go alone, okay?

Where are you going?

The men's room.

Oh, I knew that.

Hello, my sisters.

He seems to put the stars in your eyes, Freddie.

Well, Shazza says that I served as the muse for his poems,

and it is so incredible how much he's inspired me.

To be an idiot.

He'd make me stupid too.

You don't have far to go.

? I'm running away from love again ?

? Because of one bad experience ?

Go, Kimmie, go.

? I'm trying hard ?

? To set myself free ?

? 'Cause somebody's Somebody's love keeps tracking me ?

? Is it you? ?

? Oh, is it you ?

? Keeps tracking me? ?

I love this song.

? Keeps tracking me ?

? Is it you? ?

? Oh, boy, I wish it was you ?

? Keeps tracking me ?

Yay, X-Pression! X-Pression!

Yay, X-Pression!

Thank you, X-Pression,

for that hip, happening groove.

This competition is all-the-way live.

Okay.

We, the homilies at Rockwood Records,

would like to thank Larry Beaujolais for the use of the Blue Dog.

Hey, the liquor license is gone but we're still having a bad time.

Bad as in good.

Right?

Somebody needs to send this man and his pleather back to the '70s.

Word.

This next group picks up where Little Mikey

and his four brothers left off.

I should have signed those kids, damn it. They were jamming on the one.

Right?

Okay, anyway,

let's give it up, and I mean all the way up for Mice to Men.

? I've been sitting here ?

? Tryin' to figure out ?

? How she does it to me ?

? You know what? ?

? I don't understand ?

? How she takes a man ?

? Changes his personality ?

? She rocks it to the east ?

? She rocks it to the west ?

? Slow down, baby ?

? I got pains in my chest ?

? Don't fight the feeling ?

? You know you want me too ?

? Don't play games with me, baby ?

? I ain't got time to lose ?

? You got me goin' crazy ?

? Oh, I'm crazy ?

? Crazy, crazy ?

? I think I'm losin' my mind ?

? You got me goin' crazy ?

? Oh, I'm crazy ?

Break it down, fellas.

? You got me going crazy ?

- ? Oh, I'm crazy ? - ? Crazy ?

? Baby ?

Is there a problem here?

You got to give credit where credit is due, man.

The kids are good, and plus, they give people what they want.

- Yes! - Trash!

Hopping around on stage like their little feet are on fire.

The judges have reached a decision.

Can we have the contestants out here on the stage?

All right.

Whew. It was close.

But this year's winner is�

Mice To Men!

Wait. That can't be.

I demand a recount.

Hey.

Now, be cool, my man.

For second place, you fine fellas and Foxy Dame

get these T-shirts!

Good luck to you.

Great. T-shirts in the dead of winter.

I'm sorry, Ron.

Man, these kids aren't even in puberty yet.

Let me see some work permits.

I cannot believe that you lost to this rodent act.

Thanks, Whitley.

Can I have an autograph?

You know, you guys are pretty good.

My great-grandmother would have loved you guys.

Take it easy, Ron.

They say the '70s sound is coming back. Just hang in there.

You were good too, ma'am.

Isn't it past your bedtime?

Yeah, if you tuck me in.

You're lucky I don't believe in Black-on-Black crime.

So getting old does make you bitter.

Getting this foot in your behind gonna make you�

Well, Ron�

- Can you believe that? - No.

Remember we agreed

that if this contest didn't work out, we'd split?

No, I� I said when our backs are up against the wall-

Hello? We were beaten by children, Ron.

Well� you gotta be kidding.

Musically, we've never been so tight.

My brother, We've never been so broke. I'm going back into podiatry.

But� but now's not the time to quit. We are almost there.

Almost where, Ron?

I hate to say this, man, but see ya!

Oh, And, uh�

give me my T-shirt.

Thank you.

Go on with your non-music-reading selves.

Kim, together you and I,

we can build a� a new and improved X-Pression.

- I'm there for you, Ron. - Cool.

- In spirit. - Say what?

I joined the band for extra money, and lately, we haven't been making any.

I'm sorry.

Can I have my T-shirt?

Two?

I'll give one to Freddie.

"Sorry."

Everybody's sorry.

- What else could go wrong? - Ron!

Oh, mi compadre. Partner.

Don't "partner" me, you no-rent-paying electric-bill-dodging dufus!

I was sitting at my computer working on my thesis,

when you know what happened? The lights went out. The power went off.

Do you know how much information I lost?

I never did understand those computers-

I'll tell you how much.

I lost enough to kick your freeloading butt out.

You're evicted, man!

Evicted?

Want me to spell it for you? I'll spell it. E-V-I-

I know how to spell it.

Bummer. B-U-M-M-E-R.

You know, the key to success is as translucent as it is to any success,

but the wise man knows how to pull it out of the dark.

Hm.

Peace, man.

Damn, they right for each other.

You know, kicking me out is not gonna pay half the rent.

Hey, but it will make me feel a lot better.

Feel better?

You all large like that, kicking me out on the most devastating night of my life?

We lost the contest.

Oh! So now I lose any chance of getting my half of the rent from you.

I'm not down and out for the count.

Tomorrow I'm gonna send my tape to Motown, Columbia

to Quincy himself.

All right. While you're there, see if they have job openings.

I've got a job. I'm a musician.

I mean a job that pays. Wake up and smell your empty bank account.

If you were any real kind of real friend, you'd carry me a little longer.

Oh! Hey, I am your friend.

I'm going to carry your bags to the curb. That's it.

Yes.

Here they come, Freak and Frack.

Oh, this is getting tired.

- Yesterday I saw her flossing his teeth. - No.

I have to say that I felt their choice of animal

for anthropomorphication had racist implications.

Honey, it was a cartoon.

I know. But that camel was so mean.

I think you're beautiful when you're silent.

- I've been talking too much again? - No, no, no!

I love the mellifluousness of your voice and everything, baby,

but damn.

- Say no more. - You promise?

Yes, baby, I promise.

Honey, a house is not a home, but a job is a job.

Aren't you late for work?

Oh. Jaleesa won't mind if I'm a little late.

What's a couple more minutes when I'm hanging out with you?

I have to admit it would be nice not to live in a world

constrained by time, but we do.

I think you should hit it.

I don't deserve you.

I'll be back.

Okay.

Yo, Kim, if I ever act like that, slap me.

Do we have to wait?

Okay, so can you work a word processor?

Only if she's fine.

Well, I have a security job at the mall.

Jaleesa, I'm 5'7, 140 pounds.

- Who am I gonna secure? - All right, all right.

Well, there's still that assistant custodian job

at the Blue Dog, man.

I can't believe it's come to this.

I am a musician.

Ron, you have no money.

You got no job. You got no skills.

Brother, you got no life.

Playing percussion is my skill, and music has become my life.

It's the only legitimate thing I've ever wanted to do,

and I put everything I had into it.

Even some things I didn't have.

You know, sometimes you just gotta put your dreams on hold.

You gotta face reality.

Ron, for every Sheila E, there's a Sheila Owens.

Who's that?

That's my point.

Hey, Jessa.

Winifred Brooks, you're an hour late again.

- Now where have you been? - In heaven.

I don't understand what's going on with you people.

This one would not work anywhere but here,

and now, she's not even doing that.

Negative ions, J.

Negative paycheck, F.

The same thing goes for you too if you don't straighten up.

Jaleesa, I'm an artist.

And in the great tradition of Miles, Dizzy, Wawa,

they didn't compromise.

Why should I?

I thought you needed some money.

Listen, thanks, but good night.

He really needs one of Shazza's inspirational thoughts.

You know, Freddie, I have an inspirational thought for you.

Get to work.

? You've got me goin' crazy� ?

- What are you doing? - It's for your own good, Freddie.

What's going on? Guys!

We are gathered here today

because our sister has become completely obsessed with a man.

Oh! He's not a man.

He's a miracle.

- Bring in the hose. - What?

You have been neglecting your friends, job, and schoolwork because of Shazza.

I have not.

Winifred, dear, I can understand the need

to immerse your heart, mind, and body in a man.

Testosterone is a blinding and powerful thing.

But you gotta fight it.

I guess it took both Julian and Dwayne to inspire that little speech.

Look, witch, I'm just trying to help you.

Well, thank you very much, ladies, but I don't need your help.

What I need is my man. I'm gonna go find him.

Freddie, listen to yourself.

I would rather listen to Shazza.

Okay, look at it this way.

You're smothering him like a damp blanket on a campfire.

Freddie, she's right.

You hold on to that brother too tight, and you're gonna lose him.

There will be plenty of women to pick up those dreads.

I told you to watch it.

Get a grip on what's left of yourself, Ms. Freddie.

Nobody's gonna love you if there's nobody there to love.

If anybody knows about driving out a man, it's Whitley.

Well, there it is.

Sisters, I am in love. Would you just let me enjoy it?

You're gone.

Exhibit "A," a "D"?

The Professor did not understand my interpretation.

Exhibit "B," your notebook.

Who is Mrs. Winnie Zulu?

Excuse me, my sister. That's an invasion of privacy.

Exhibit "C," knitting needles, Fred?

Those are not mine. I'm being framed.

Who would knit a scarf with the initials "SZ"?

Someone who loves Shazzam.

Look at yourself!

Okay.

Okay, fine, it's true. It is true.

I am becoming everything that I hate,

a nitwit nattering Barbie doll Stepford wife,

a shadow of my former self.

A shell of a shell of someone who was once as elusive as the wind.

Good. Let it out.

Purge! Let go!

Free yourself!

- Are you through? - Yes.

Okay, have a seat.

Rule number one, he's the horse.

You hold the carrot.

If you make him work for it, you can ride him

for the rest of your life.

I don't believe this.

What are you doing, Ronald?

I'm trying to drum up a little rent money.

- Oh! Poor thing. - Yeah.

Oh! How generous.

Could I have some change, please?

Ron, there has to be another alternative.

I'm not even talking to you, Judas.

Oh! So immature.

Yo, Ron, what are you doing out here?

I'm waiting for a bus. What in the hell does it look like?

Did you tell him the good news?

They were disqualified for lip syncing, and we actually won the contest.

Read my lips.

You still lost.

Clint's our new manager.

Oh, not enough corns to attend to, Mr. Podiatrist?

I know a couple of bunions you can kiss.

Ron, come on. No hard feelings, okay?

The only thing hard is gonna be this stick upside your head.

My brother, you better get a grip.

Yo, happy house hunting.

Bye, little drummer boy.

Great.

Here he comes.

Okay. Deep breath. Be strong, Freddie.

Okay, I've got it together, sisters. I got it!

- Oh, but that hair. - That hair�

His eyes.

His lips.

Let him come to you.

What if he doesn't?

Then you move on, Martha, move on.

Okay. Okay, here he comes.

Winnie, what's up? Where you been?

Hey. Just, you know, hanging out, digging my own space.

There's this consciousness-raising film at the Plaza, Black Caesar.

Wanna check it out?

Black Caesar?

No. Whoo! Work to do. I'm swamped.

Oh, okay.

How about tomorrow then?

Well, I don't know. Maybe you should just call me.

Call you? Okay. I most certainly will call you. What time?

Well, you know, Shazza, it's such a drag to be constrained by the hands of a clock.

So why don't you catch me if you can?

Well, I can, and I most definitely will.

I'll talk to you later.

All right.

- Hello, hello! - That was good.

- Catch me if you can. - Oh, yes.

Like a movie.

You think you're proud of me now, just wait till I hold out a whole week.

Then he'll really be hungry.

Keep playing. Keep playing.

Oh! So, the vulture has come to pick at my flesh.

Well, I'm not dead yet.

Hey, I supported you, Ron.

I'd have more support at a skinhead rally.

Friends don't bail out on you on the first sign of trouble.

Nobody bailed out on you. You bailed out on yourself.

I kicked you out because you needed it.

I wish I had on my steel-toed boots.

What you don't understand is I have to make sacrifices for my music.

Well, I don't.

Music is my dream and dreams keep you alive.

And money keep you in the house. Get a job!

But then, I won't have time for my music.

Yes! You can do that too.

Too, T-O-O, as in addition to, in conjunction with.

Well, I guess I can crawl back to Jaleesa,

to that job pushing a mop for $7.50 an hour.

Well, if you do that, then I guess I could dig a little deeper into my heart

and come up with some extra money for rent to carry you for another month.

We'll have to eat beans though.

They'll be cold because the gas is off.

Oh! That's beautiful.

- No, man, don't touch� Get off me, man. - You're so sweet!

Yeah, Dad, I got a job in the record business

as a Promotional Executive.

Fantastic deal. I can hardly believe I got it myself.

Look, Dad, I gotta go. I'll talk to you later, okay?

Love you.

Okay, get your CDs, your LPs, all of that at Jimmy's Record Shop.

10% off.

Buy now, save big.

Jimmy says,

"Put your needle to the groove, and let your body move!"

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