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I haven't been sleeping well lately, and it's been driving me crazy.

You see, Doctor, I tried to hook my friends up with the record deal, but it

through.

Now, they say they don't blame me, but you should see the way they look at me.

mean, I feel so guilty.

Now, you talk about guilt, Moesha, but perhaps we should explore another

emotion.

Okay, okay, I'm jealous.

They say I can't be a part of the group because I don't have talent.

But Niecy's in the group and she doesn't have talent.

Louisa, this is sounding like a control issue.

You're right.

I should be their manager.

You're brilliant.

And you're cured.

Dee, come on, baby. We're going to miss our reservation.

Honey, I'll be right down.

Miles, what are you doing with that calculator?

Problem number four.

Son, you need to depend on the power of your mind.

Hello? Where do you think the calculator idea came from?

Whoa.

Baby, you look good.

New dress?

Oh, Frank.

You remember this dress?

Well, my memory's not what it used to be, so, um, help me.

Roses in a fluted vase.

Champagne on ice.

Filet mignon at Le Dome. When did all that happen?

Frank, it was our first date.

Uh -uh, baby.

If you'd worn that dress on our first date, we'd have gotten married on the

second.

Frank, I can't believe you don't remember our first date.

You said it was the best meal that you had ever had, and you left a great big

tip.

We're going to be late. We're going to miss our shift.

No, no, no, no, no, baby.

I think we need to discuss why I clearly remember the first date and you don't.

Well, maybe Dee's had more first dates than you.

Maybe not.

I did it! I did it! Oh, my goodness! You would not believe what just happened.

Do you remember Hockey's new group? Well, they had...

in a Kramer thing where they play a song on the radio, and Angel knows the

digits, so I'll call them on myself, and I'll book CPQ. Do you know what this

means? This means that we're gonna be on the radio.

Oh, my God, Daddy, I gotta go tell everybody. Well, your baby's sitting in

house tonight, so you better let your fingers do the walking.

Don't stay up too late, baby.

Frank, I remember.

It was our second date.

TK Smooth.

Smooth as DJ in town.

Where you gonna drop my man's tune into your rotation, baby?

Drop? Yes.

Rotation?

No.

Need a little more time to think it over, huh?

I got you, I got you.

CBQ? Yes, yes, yes.

We really want to thank you for this opportunity.

Well, look here, don't thank me, all right? Just tell Andel to send me the

negatives.

You were looking for caller 99.

I was caller 98.

Kim, stop acting all star -struck.

Yeah, man, it's embarrassing.

I look at where's your song?

Here you go, son.

This is C .K. Smooth on the hip -hop groove, and today we're going to listen

a new tune by a group called CPQ.

I want you to light up my lines and tell me, do we jam it or cram it?

We'll be right back.

All right, L .A., you just heard the new tune by CPQ.

First caller, do we jam it or cram it?

Jam it.

And give them a... Give them a... Dee, can you read Moe's writing?

Sound like a relative to me.

Well, relatives are people, too.

Yes, they are.

Next caller.

Jam that, okay?

I've seen CPQ at the den, and that cute is straight sexy.

Tell him to call Kiki. My number is 213 -95... Look, look, look here. This is

not the love connection, okay?

Now, while we poll our callers, let's meet the group. Here's CPQ's manager,

Moesha Mitchell. Okay.

Manager.

Thank you, TK.

Hi. The C in CPQ is for high -key... Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's me. I

to give a shout -out to Mama and Big Mama. Oh, yeah, my man Sneak, Typhoon,

and... And the P is for Kim Parker.

Hi, Mikey!

It's your snack -a -boo!

And the Q is for... Me!

Sup, L .A.? Yo, call in, tell them...

our listeners again.

All right, L .A., the results are in. Wait, wait, wait.

First, we would like to give a shout -out to Ann Dale. She owns a den in

Park. That's where we chill when we're not in the studio. And, by the way, she

makes a great smoothie. She's single. And she will be charged for this

commercial.

All right, y 'all.

L .A. has spoken.

And they said...

Chip, chip, chip, chip, jam it. All right, now get out.

No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm serious. I'm serious. Get out.

Okay, get out.

Bravo, bravo.

CPQ, CPQ, you were off the hook.

Ray Stokes, Stokes Promotion.

Moesha, I want to put CPQ on stage.

concert this Friday night at the home.

In concert?

Oh, we'll be there. We will be there. And check it out.

If y 'all blow this up, it could mean a record deal. Oh, my God.

Look,

call me.

I'm out.

Excuse me. Are you Moesha Mitchell, manager of CPQ?

Yes, that would be me. No, that would be me.

Then, Moesha, consider yourself served.

I'm the creative manager.

You want the business manager.

Moesha, take it.

What does it say?

I don't know, but she didn't look anything like Amy Mann.

Oh, it's from a lawyer.

He represents Morris Day.

He heard CPQ on the radio, and if you don't... Cease and desist all

usage of the music and material known as oak tree.

You'll sue y 'all.

Oh, so now it was y 'all.

Well, I never signed a contract.

CPQ.

How do you like your name in print?

Well, it looks better on there than it does on here.

You worried about this?

Please. That's the closest thing to fan mail.

Yeah, well, it looks like the closest thing to jail time to me.

I mean, we better do a different song.

Let me break it down for you.

Either do the song I heard on the radio or forget about doing the concert.

The choice is yours.

Look, I don't know what to tell you, Moesha. I made the call. He said he'd be

here, so I guess he's a no -show.

Well, I'm going to wait just a few more minutes, okay?

Oh, yeah, you can wait as long as you want.

In the parking lot.

Excuse me while I make my rent.

Hey, hey, L .A., are you with me?

Here's a little something for Tawana out there in Inglewood.

you to validate my parking. I'm an hour late for my three o 'clock.

Somebody's trying to steal my song. Oh, well, that's me.

Not that I'm a thief. You see, I manage the thieves. I mean, I'm your three o

'clock.

Mr. Day, do you mind if we just talk?

The clock's ticking.

My name is Moesha. Oh, Lord.

Another Esha, baby.

Hey, you're the one in the zebra print jacket.

And you're the one who begged for this meeting. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Can

just start over, please?

Okay.

Do you validate?

Please.

Mr. Day, CPQ is just a group of kids from the neighborhood trying to break

the industry.

I mean, much like you did when you were our age.

Except we were creating, not stealing.

That's why I said much like, not just like.

Please, I mean, it would really help us a lot if we could just use a snippet of

your song.

You can't snip it, clip it, or flip it.

Well, why not?

Because I don't want my music used to say something that I don't agree with.

Besides, you never asked me.

Well, I'm asking now.

Too little, too late.

Okay, okay, we were wrong, okay?

But we have a concert tonight at the Hole, and if you just let us use it this

once, I promise we'll never use it again.

No sampling, period.

But we were just... I said period, not comma.

Now who validates up in here?

All right, son.

Your next word is handkerchief.

Handkerchief. Mm -hmm.

H -A -N -D... Hmm.

K -E -R -C -H -I -E -F.

Handkerchief. That's good, son. All right. Now try chaos.

Hmm.

Chaos. Mm -hmm.

Now does this start with a C or a K?

Well, that's for me to know and you to find out.

Son, give me that.

Miles, they didn't let us use these spelling gadgets when I was in school.

That's because they weren't invented yet.

Room.

R -O -O -S.

And if you need me, that's where I'll be.

Honey, guess what?

I remembered our first date. Oh, let it go, Dee. I did.

Oh, no, honey.

I need closure on this.

Okay. Um, we caught a matinee.

And then I followed you to the Sizzler.

Where we went Dutch for dinner.

And I had on my cute little white lemon dress.

You know, Dee, the first time you forgot, I thought it was kind of funny.

But you don't remember anything about our first date, do you?

That wasn't it.

Oh, baby.

Well, first of all, we didn't go to a matinee.

We went to that free jazz concert in the park.

And then we went out to dinner at Dwayne's. See, I remember because I had

-for -one coupon.

And you were wearing that purple dress that I always loved.

You mean this?

Dee, you remember.

Oh, Frank.

How could I forget?

You're going to take a little break, but don't go too far because this

next group is going to really rock the house. Let's go. Give it up.

All right, CPQ.

Y 'all ready to blow this up? Yeah. Cool, cool.

Look, you're on the five.

When you blow up, you still gonna perform at the den, aren't you?

Girl, we not even gonna patronize the den.

Yeah, we going to the place that serves meat.

Fine with me, but let's see if that burger lets you run up a table.

Oh, well, look, our manager finally managed to get in.

You guys, look, I just had a meeting with Morris Day, and I pleaded our case,

and he doesn't want anybody sampling his songs.

You went to Morris Day? Who asked you to do that?

Q, as your manager... No, don't start that again. I should have listened to

and froze you out a long time ago.

No, no, no, personal, just business.

Hold on, hold on. Y 'all stole the man's song.

Well, no, not the whole song. You know, just a couple of beats, the hook, and a

little bit of the melody.

Hold up, y 'all. We're not stealing.

We're just trying to get paid.

When we get paid, we'll break them off proper.

All music is to you, Q, is getting paid.

All right, CPQ.

Y 'all ready to do this?

No doubt. Let's do it. Let's do it.

Come on.

Let's give it up for our next act.

CPQ!

Sure.

Hold up, y 'all.

Let me drop some science on you.

Back in the dark ages when disco had taken over, a new sound came pumping out

Minneapolis that brought the funk back to set the stage for what we are trying

to do now.

One of the people responsible for that sound is here tonight.

Mr. Morris Day, y 'all.

All right, DJ, give me something.

All right, come on, y 'all. We're going to do this at work. Come on now.

All in the light from the worst to the best.

When it comes to cutting the rug, I put you to a test.

Ain't nobody better than me.

Morris, what's that dance you're doing? Well, I'm doing the Elstree.

To the test.

When it comes to dancing, I'm the best.

Better to debut.

Spread your branches.

What's the reason?

Put your hands up high, y 'all. Real high, y 'all. CPT coming through. Keep

high, y 'all. Never stop the man. King Rockets.

We'll be right back.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

It doesn't really match it, girl. You know, you can't mess with me.

Put your hands up high, y 'all. Real high, y 'all. Keep your cheeks coming

through. Keep it alive, y 'all. Put your hands up high, y 'all. Real high, y

'all. Keep your cheeks coming through.

One, two, three.

To the test.

One, two.

When it comes to dancing, I'm the best. One, two.

Ready to debut.

Thank you.

Thank

you.

I'm your biggest fan.

And my cutest.

Oh, Morris.

You're cute.

That was fantastic.

In fact, y 'all blew it up so hot.

I can't let y 'all leave here without getting y 'all John Hancocks on this

contract. Can I just see the contract?

Why? Because she's our manager.

No problem, Moesha. And while you're checking things out, why don't we come

here and talk signing bonus?

How do y 'all feel about $1 ,000 split three ways?

Mr.

Day, do you have any idea what this means?

It means you're going to make a lot of money.

What about us?

You'll be paying for your mistakes in perpetuity.

What does that mean? It means forever, son.

You know what?

We're going to pass until we see a lawyer.

Lawyer? That's a deal breaker.

to do business where there is no trust.

We were this close.

Yeah, to getting ripped off.

Look, you guys are talented. You got drive.

And when the right deal comes along, you'll know it.

But in the meantime, don't sample any more of my songs unless you ask

first.

Except to me, CPQ's manager.

I don't have the heart to tell him I quit.

I'm just not ready to swim with the sharks.