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Princess!

Look at you!

I predict you're going to be super successful one day.

-You do, Mr. Ruffin? -Yeah.

How can you say that?

Every time I see you, you're working.

There are books all over the place.

In my country, work ethic is highly respected.

Well, thank you, but

how can you be successful if you have no idea

what you want to do in your life?

Ah, Princess, you will figure it out.

I wish I was as focused as you are at your age.

Honestly-

I'm telling you, that was funny.

I'm glad we went.

I was worried about you.

I thought you were going to break something.

Well, I was worried about myself,

'cause I ain't never passed out from laughing.

That was funny.

I wonder if that's a thing.

Well, it is now.

[Efe] Hey, Mr. Brown. Hey, Miss Kimberly.

-Hey, y'all. -Hey.

Looks like you guys had a great time.

-Oh, we did. -We did.

-We had a good time. -Maybe too good a time.

How can you have too good a time?

Well, we went to see a Christian comedian.

[Efe] Uh-huh.

He was very funny, and Leroy laughed so hard he, passed out.

Twice.

Yeah, that's 'cause it was funny.

They had this comedian named Disciple Paul, right?

And he was telling this joke, and the joke was so funny,

I bent over, and next thing you know, I was out.

But I come back, too, though.

-You passed out? -Yes.

-Are you okay? -Twice.

I just... Pow! Pow!

Just like that.

You might want to get that checked out.

No, I'm good. I'm good now.

I can see.

What are you guys doing?

Oh, I'm working on a big project for my wellness class.

-You have a wellness class? -Yeah, I do.

They suggest the class to anyone

who's considering a psychology major.

Oh, I love it.

What are you up to, Efe?

Me?

Nothing. I'm old.

I get bored most of the time.

Well, if you're that bored,

I got some more yard work you can help me do.

Ah, Mr. Brown, I help you with the yard all the time.

-No, you don't. -I do, I do.

-You tell me what to do. -I help you all the time.

And sometimes I need...

I need something that will challenge my mind.

This yard work, yard work all the time.

Well, you can always help me with my classwork.

It's usually a struggle for me.

Like this project.

What's the project about?

Well, we have to conduct interviews with people

at different stages of life and how they reach their goals.

And then we have to create a vision board

about the realizations we had in our case studies.

Well, you're in a great situation, Sandra.

You have a house full of people to interview.

Yeah, we can all help you with that.

Mm-hmm.

I think you're gonna discover a lot about yourself.

This is great.

I hope so.

I'm so confused on what I want to do.

That's normal.

-It is? -Of course it is.

Ah, Princess, you are further along than I was at your age.

I was lost.

I still am.

Efe, I'm so glad you can admit that.

-'Cause you're pitiful. -Oh.

[Mr. Brown] You are. That's that.

He sometimes, he do.

Leroy, you are not helping.

Now, you gotta tell the truth. Sometimes I look over at him,

I say, boy, what is wrong with you?

Efe, what you doing?

[Kimberly] It's okay, Efe.

You're at an age where you have to work to find yourself again.

Cora and Leah tell me that all the time,

but how do you do that?

Yeah, do something with your life.

Ah ah.

At this age?

I have no idea.

Okay, just go to sleep and don't wake up, then.

Do something.

At this age, I also have no idea.

It actually bothers me.

I think I need something to...

get me out of bed in the morning.

Yeah, you should be bothered.

Leroy, stop.

Well, you should. I'm just telling the truth.

He should be bothered.

Oh, Mr. Brown is right.

I'm just like a ship that is just a-

[Mr. Brown] Without a sail.

He like a Cadillac without a GPS or M.

He like a one-eyed monster. With no eye.

Like books without pages.

He like a jug with no content.

Pouring empty. Imagine pouring empty.

Just like he's pouring...

empty. Thank you very much.

[opening theme song]

? No matter what you do, I love you ?

? No matter where you go, I'm behind you for sure ?

? Always remember, blood ain't never water ?

? We'll make it if we stay together ?

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I get your point, Mr. Brown.

Mr. Brown, you're so mean.

I'm not mean.

People don't like the truth no more.

You telling 'em truth? Oh, you know what, never mind.

I'ma just shut up the rest of the day.

You know what, Efe,

I think this project would be good for you too.

Me?

But I'm not in St. Sandra's College.

Why would I do a school project?

You don't have to be in college, Efe.

A vision board is a great exercise for all people,

from all walks of life, at all stages of life.

Yeah. And where there's no vision, people perish.

That's the Bible.

Wait, yeah, Mr. Efe, you should do my project with me.

So do it just to do it?

Everyone should have a vision board.

It'll help you figure things out.

[Efe laughing]

-Figure it out? -Yeah, figure it out.

I keep telling you people,

I am old.

I don't even know what vision to have.

I don't have anything to put on the board.

I tell you what, you better quit hollering at my woman.

It's OK. I believe you do, Efe.

You just have to do the work to discover it.

And what does old mean?

You are still here and in good health.

You should have aspirations and goals even at your age.

Come on, do a board with me.

-Oh, Princess, I just- -Come on.

Come on. Come on.

-OK. -Come on.

-Boy, he gonna be a mess. -Oh.

He's gonna be fine.

He's gonna be a-

-Hey, Mr. Brownie. -Oh.

If it ain't the pregnant couple.

-[all laughing] -What's up?

Hey there.

I hear we're in the family way?

-We are. -[squeals]

-Congratulations. -Thank you.

I am so happy for you.

-Oh, we are so thrilled. -Oh, you should be.

The Bible says children are a reward from the Lord.

Well, that depend on the children.

[Kimberly] Leroy.

OK.

You are so silly.

My baby will be a beautiful blessing, Mr. Brown.

Well, I hope so.

Well, wasn't Cora a blessing to you?

[scoffs] She started out that way.

But when that girl turned a teenager,

she started acting like her mama.

I had to get a switch and just [imitating whip sounds]

tear them legs up.

I don't believe that for one minute.

You better believe it.

[Leah] No, uh-uh. See, I'm with Kimberly.

Cora has been nothing but a bundle of goodness.

And I don't believe in spanking.

That's right.

And we're not spanking our bundle of goodness.

-Definitely not. -That Leah's carrying. No way.

Well, if you spare the rod, you spoil a child.

OK, well, there will be no rod on this bundle of goodness.

Well, if you spare that rod, you're going to turn

that bundle of goodness into rottenness goodness.

Don't you put that on my bundle, Mr. Brown.

Oh, these gentle parenting.

Go get in the corner. Be quiet.

Say nothing. You want something?

Nah-uh. Shut up.

Oh, Leroy.

There are other ways to discipline a child.

OK, no one will be hitting my bundle.

OK. You say that.

Wait till that baby get in high school.

You're going to [imitating whip sounds]

That's what you're going to be doing.

That's why I learned to shout, getting whooped.

I can tell you got a bunch of spankings growing up.

Thank you so much for talking with us, Ms. Anastasia.

I'm used to it, darling.

People always want to interview me.

Everyone has always been befuddled

about how I became so fabulous.

Well, I can see that. You are fabulous.

-[Anastasia] Yes. -OK, first question.

If you could give advice to your younger self,

what would you say to yourself at my age?

I would tell her, by the end of the first date,

to make sure she knows how big a man's-

Ms. Anastasia!

What, honey?

Wallet. Know how big his wallet is.

Sandra, what did you think she was going to say?

Oh, [chuckles nervously]

Wallet. Yeah.

-Oh, OK. -[Sandra] Yeah.

So you are telling her

she should only be with a man who has money?

Absolutely.

But what about love?

Love is overrated.

Make sure he has money.

Well, how do I know that by the end of the first date?

-By his car? -No, darling.

The car could be rented.

I'll tell you how you'll know.

I can't wait to hear this.

Always go to a steakhouse.

A steakhouse? Why a steakhouse?

So you can see how he orders his steak.

But how a man orders his steak?

I like mine well done.

Exactly, darling.

If he orders his steak rare, he's loaded.

-But if he orders it- -Well done.

He's broke as hell. Ain't got a penny.

Run like hell.

[sucks teeth]

A well-done steak is good.

I don't know what she's talking about.

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So what you younguns want?

We're creating vision boards.

And we just wanted to get some wisdom

from people who are older.

Yes. And seeing that you're very old,

I'm sure you have a century's worth of wisdom.

Efe. Efe.

Now, I'm wise, but I'm not old.

Efe, you're old.

But you're older than me.

Yeah, maybe in years.

But Efe, you're old all over.

I mean, look at you.

Just look at you. Ask your sister how old I am.

You know my sister?

Everybody know your sister. [laughs]

Okay, all right, all right.

-Focus. -Okay.

-Anyway, the question is, -Uh-huh.

what is the secret to a happy and fun life at any age?

That's a good question.

-Wanna know the secret? -Yes.

Come in closer.

A little closer.

The secret to a long,

fun, and happy, powerful life?

Narcotics.

Narcotics?

Grandpa, you can't just tell people to use drugs.

Shhh, nobody said nothing about drugs.

Shhh, nobody said nothing about drugs.

Say no to crack, 'cause crack is wack.

All right.

Say no to heroin 'cause heroin is scaring.

But say yes the little blue pill

because it gives you the strength at will.

Yes.

And, and, say yes to Mary Jane

'cause she takes away the pain.

Okay, Grandpa, we get it.

Oh, okay.

Now look, let me tell y'all something.

Y'all can sleep on that wisdom if you want to.

You can sleep on it if you want to,

but what's gonna happen,

you're gonna grow up ugly and very unhappy.

I'm so unhappy right now,

I knew I had my bag somewhere around here.

Tried to tell you.

All right, it's time for Grandpa to go blaze up.

I'll holler at y'all later.

Y'all seen my bag?

I left my bag sitting right in there,

-and I knew I had it. -I found your bag, Leroy.

You found, look at you, baby. That's my baby.

Look at this, I call her my baby.

How are the interviews going?

We're getting some interesting information.

Very interesting.

Well, that's great.

[phone ringing]

Pleasant Days, where it's pleasant to be here.

Yes.

Who?

Oh. Leah, Leah! Uh, Jeremy! Telephone!

What's going on, Mr. Brown?

-Hold on, here they come. -Everything okay?

It's Phillip's science teacher.

Oh.

-It's Oliver Munson? -Yeah, that's what he said.

I couldn't pronounce that, couldn't I?

He said it.

Hi, Mr. Munson.

Uh, no, Phillip is not out of town.

Excuse me?

He hasn't been to class in eight days?

Eight days?

I heard a lot of the kids

have been ditching Oliver's class.

It's the last period of the day.

They go to the new bowling alley.

Ditching?

Okay, um,

yes. Thank you, Mr. Munson.

Your son has been ditching his science class.

I told y'all.

You spare the rod, you spoil the child.

Hmm!

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Yeah, I said it. I told y'all, I said it.

Okay, wait, we must remember,

kids get distracted nowadays by so many things.

Distracted?

Oh, I got something that's gonna distract his behind, all right.

Your son done lost his everlasting mind.

He ain't tried it with me today.

-For the last time. -No, no, no.

Let's get this straight. He ain't lost his mind.

He had to lose it ditching class.

No, he ain't lose his mind, 'cause he ain't never had it.

You know why?

'Cause y'all spared the rod and spoiled a child.

Now, you want me to tell you how you get his mind back?

How we get his mind back, Mr. Brown?

You take him back there and you...[mimicking a spanking]

Just don't beat him.

Just get your gut right on that back.

-Leroy. -You trying to send me to jail?

No, I ain't trying to send you to jail.

Ain't nothing like a belt or a switch

that'll get that tail in line.

You just... You just...

-I'm gonna show you. -Don't come over here with that.

I don't need you to show me.

You didn't know how to do it.

You spoiled him. Did you see what he's doing?

You got too many whippings growing up.

I'm so disappointed in my brother.

Shh. You and me both.

Yep.

Hey, everybody.

Um, Sandra, let's go.

I don't want to witness this.

Yeah, me either.

Bye, Philip.

Good luck in your struggle, young soldier.

Hey, Ms. Parks.

Don't look at me.

Is everybody okay?

Mm-hmm. We okay.

How you doing?

I'm good.

School's been a little stressful, but...

Oh, is that right?

Yes, sir.

Oh, Phillip, why? You're always so respectful,

and you're doing so well in my class.

Thanks, Ms. Parks.

What about the rest of your classes, Phillip?

I'm trying my best.

I value my education.

You value education?

Yeah, I do.

I was working really hard

all day at school today to make you proud, Dad.

Hmm.

Anyways, I'd love to sit here and chit-chat Father,

but I have to tend to my studies.

Uh, Father? Studies?

When did you get so proper?

Hmm. Hmm.

Your science teacher called today. Mr. Munson?

[stuttering] I...

[mimics Philip's stutter]

Look, Mom, he's really old. That's what it is.

Oh, Oliver is my age.

Sorry to break the news to you, Ms. Parks, but...

-[Kimberly gasps] -Oh! Oh! Phillip!

I didn't mean to...

Whoa, whoa, whoa, Dad, what are you doing?

You gonna spank me?

You don't think I'm not too old to get a spanking?

Let's talk about it like men...

Wait, wait, whoa! Ow!

Don't, don't, don't hurt...

Wait a minute!

Jeremy, what's... what happened?

I'm about to help my son find his right mind.

He's in a...Jeremy's in a rage. He got a belt?

Yeah, I believe it's a private matter

between a father and a son.

Well, I hope the son is going to be okay.

I hope so, too.

Look, Phillip needs to learn to make better decisions.

Well, it looks like your dad is finna help him

make better decisions.

So, so what are you guys doing?

Oh, we're making vision boards.

Vision boards? Oh, I love vision boards!

You make them too, Ms. Cora?

Yes, every year!

Wow, that's amazing!

I thought it was something only young people do.

Well, well, well, I beg your pardon?

I'm young.

Oh, yes, I know, I'm sorry.

You're sorry, you're sorry.

-No, I, I, no disrespect. -Okay.

Can we ask you some questions?

Oh, sure, sure. Go ahead, go ahead.

Okay. Ms. Cora,

if you could give advice to your younger self,

what would you tell yourself at my age?

My younger self?

I would tell my younger self

to don't worry so much about the future,

but be in the present, right in the present.

Wait, I love that.

Yeah, you know, I used to be so worried about the future

that I didn't think about living life in the moment.

You know, but those present moments are so important

to building your future.

So, what would you say to a man my age?

To a man your age, I would say that

you're still young, you still have a lot of life,

and know what you like,

and know who you are, and live at every age.

Oh, I think I have to find myself again.

That's important in every new chapter of our lives.

But how do we do that?

-By living! - Living?

Yes, living!

Like going to work, going to school,

hanging with friends, traveling, even making mistakes!

But you have to find joy in every moment.

Wow.

This is so good. Thank you, Ms. Cora.

Oh, you're so welcome!

-One last question. -Oh, okay.

All right. Go ahead.

How do I...

How do I make a vision board

when...

I do the same thing every day,

but I don't have any vision to put on the board?

I've been there.

At times like this, you have to reflect

and exhaust every possibility.

And put every vision, every dream on the board.

And before you know it,

one of those possibilities will find you.

Thank you, Ms. Cora.

You're welcome.

This is great stuff.

Live.

-Live. -No limits.

No limits.

[Philip] Dad! Dad, you can't be serious

about giving me a spanking!

Wait, wait! Ah!

Whoa! Let's talk about this!

You lost your mind. You about to find it.

Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy!

Jeremy, put the belt down.

Okay? For now...

Thank you, Mom. I love you so much.

Don't get cute with me, boy.

I am so mad at you right now.

Wait, wait. Mom, Mom, Mom!

No, you can't let things upset you. Okay?

You're carrying my little brother or sister.

Studies show that when the mother is upset,

the child, the baby... it feels that stress.

Well, you about to feel some stress.

Come on, Dad! Dad, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Okay? I'm sorry!

Man, what has gotten into you lately?

It... It's just...

Ever since Sandra came back...

feels like...

feels like you guys are giving her all your attention.

Like...

like you don't even notice me anymore.

I feel invisible in a home where people say they love me.

It's just Sandra, Sandra, Sandra.

Oh, baby.

Don't you move.

My baby just said he feels invisible, Jeremy.

Oh, I am so sorry we made you feel that way.

Come here.

I can't believe you fell for that.

Fell for what?

Boy, why are you playing with me?

-What? -Why are you ditching class?

What? I just poured my heart out and Dad is being so insensitive.

And as soon as I get on your side,

you're sticking your tongue out.

That's... that's not what that was.

I was mid sneeze. I was mid sneeze.

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Hey, look, hey, excuse me, excuse me, man.

Look, man, cut the crap.

You skipping class to see some chick, ain't you?

Dang, Dad.

How do you know everything?

You know, I was a young player once, so, you know.

She fine?

They call her "Give It Up Gabby".

And she live up to the hype.

[Jeremy and Philip laughing]

Give me this belt!

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

It was a joke! It was a joke!

Jeremy, I'm gonna kill him!

Give It Up Gabby...

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