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I do believe...

...uh, that there's some
fairly good news out there.

Use of cocaine, for example, by
teenagers is dramatically down.

We have got to have
the courage to change.

Experience is important, yes.

I've gotten a lot
of good experience...

Now I'm confused.

I don't know whether
to vote for Manny Moe or Jack.

♪ Them that's got shall have ♪

♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

♪ So the Bible says ♪

♪ And it still is news ♪

♪ Mama may have ♪

♪ Papa may have ♪

♪ But God bless the child ♪

♪ That's got his own ♪

♪ That's got his own ♪ Them that's got shall get ♪

♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

♪ Them that's got shall get ♪

♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

'The look in your eyes--'

- Did you hear that, pop?
- Mm-hmm.

You know I got a lot of money
ridin' on this debate.

- Who do you think won so far?
- Well, it's hard to tell.

Well, way I see it, you know

Bush made a good point
when he said

Clinton's tax plan will hurt
the average cab driver.

But hey, Clinton
scored big when he said

he wanted to create more
millionaires.

Yeah, but Perot's
got the edge.

He sounded like Jed Clampett.

Eleanor, I said I don't wanna
talk about it. Please.

Roc, honey, if your
check-up didn't go well

there's no shame to it.

Uh, what check-up was that?

Oh, Roc just took
another fertility test.

What's the problem, son?

Your tadpoles still runnin'
in the slow lane?

Yeah, somethin'
like that, pop.

But I wish you wouldn't
put it that way.

Well, maybe the doctors don't
know what he's doing.

Did he mention that
your drawers may be too tight?

You know, come to think of it

boy, that would explain
a whole lotta things.

Hey! Oh, why don't we continue
this conversation

in the kitchen, honey?

Now, Roc, come on, baby.

Now, whatever the doctor
told you involves me too.

- Now, what's going on?
- Well, it's my sperm count.

See, my problem's gotten worse.

Oh, baby.

The doctor said today
the chances of

might getting you pregnant
are less than two percent.

- I'm sorry, Eleanor.
- Oh, Roc. Don't be sorry.

It's not your fault.

Well, I can't help feeling like
I let you down.

You know there's so many things
I can't give you.

Always thought I'd at least
be able to give you this.

Oh, Roc.

There are other options.
I mean...

...we could always adopt.

But that's not fair to you.

I'm the one with the problem.

And I know how you were
looking forward to having that...

...life growing inside you.

To be honest, Roc,
I was, but...

I guess I'm gonna have to just
get used to the fact that

that's not gonna happen.

Well, you know, there is...

...one other way.

What's that?

Well, the doctor, you know, did
bring up the possibility of...

...you know, um...

...artificial insemination.

I see.

So what you're suggesting here

is that I get impregnated
with sperm from a donor?

That's interesting.

Well-well, I, you know, I knew
you wouldn't like it, you know.

I just felt obligated
to mention it.

- So, what's for dinner?
- No, Roc. Now...

Hold on, I never said
I didn't like your idea.

I just said
I never considered that.

Artificial insemination.

Let's see.

I get to be pregnant.

You get to be a daddy.

And we both get to have a
beautiful little baby to love.

So this would really
make you happy, Eleanor?

Yes, Roc, I-I think it would.

- Well, then... let's do it.
- You sure?

Are you kiddin'?
This is the best way.

See, when you're spittin'
and cursin' in labor

you can't blame me,
you gotta blame the donor guy.

Oh, Roc!

Oh, baby,
we're gonna be a family.

Yeah, uh-huh.

♪ Keep on rockin'.. ♪

My band will put
your club on the map.

Huh?

Well, yeah,
you never heard of me 'cause

for the past couple of years
I've been outta the country.

Yeah, I've been settin' up
the Moscow Jazz Institute.

Yeah, it's-it's.. Hello?

Hello?

Damn, Roc.
If I don't find a gig soon, man

Miles and Curtis
are gonna walkout on me.

Well, what's your problem?
I thought you said

those guys in your band were
jazz heavyweights.

Well, only to people
in the business, man.

You know, on the inside.
I mean, they're greats, Roc.

But they're not really greats.

They've only played
with the greats.

They're sorta like,
sorta like, uh

what Tito was to The Jackson 5.

Yeah, I see your problem.

- What's up, G?
- Hey, Troy.

It's good to see you.
Hey, you got my money?

Well, that's what
I came to tell you, see.

I sold all of last week's
inventory at the flea market

but... well, I spent it.

Say, what?!

- Joey, telephone.
- 'Yeah?'

See, Ice-T is coming to concert.

So I figured, hey,
I can make a few bucks.

You know what I'm saying?

So...I.. Well, you know...

Well, what?

You're not selling drugs,
are you?

No.

There's...

- 'What you sellin', son?'
- Look, look, son.

Look,
I'm gonna tell you somethin'.

You better take care
of yourself, alright?

Alright.

When I talk to that boy, you
know, sometimes I wonder.

You know, I mean, you know,
about havin' kids. You know?

Even-even a cute little baby
will grow up one day

to be a teenager.

Oh, don't worry, son.

You give your child
the right values

and his grandpa
will be around to help too.

Yeah.
Well, I'm glad of that, pop.

Yeah, and from time to time,
there's Uncle Joey.

Oh, well, there's always
boarding school.

- Well, I got us a gig.
- Well, what's wrong with that?

Well, you know, I wanted to book
someplace like a club

or a resort, you know,
something that Miles and Curtis

would be impressed with,
not a bar mitzvah.

Who cares what it-what it is
as long as it pays?

Well, I don't know, Roc.
I mean, a gig like that

for a serious musician like me
is-is humiliating, man.

Humiliating compared to what?
You're unemployed.

Yeah, but I always find a kinda,
quiet dignity to that. You know?

- Hi, guys. How you doing?
- 'Hey, sweetheart.'

- Look, you just take the job.
- Yeah, take the job.

You don't even
know what we talkin' about.

That's right, I don't.
Take the job.

You have no choice, son.

If you don't take it,
you'll lose your band.

Yeah, I know, pop. But they were
expectin' somethin' better.

You know? I mean, how am I gonna
sell this idea to 'em?

Hey, hey, you-you guys
remember Sammie Davis, Jr?

Well, uh, we're playin'
for his people.

Roc, baby, honey.

I just picked up these pamphlets
from the hospital

on artificial insemination.

'Well..'

...the world sure has changed.

In my day, if your wife
got pregnant by another man

it usually ended in a shootout
in some cheap hotel room.

'Oh, daddy.'

Listen, baby, we got some
decisions we gotta make here.

Now, even though the sperm
donors are anonymous

the sperm bank catalogs it
according to the donor's

physical and personality traits.

Well, then that brings us
a good question.

How do we know this guy
isn't some kind of a psycho?

Or a Republican.

Well, I guess the only way to
prevent that kinda thing

from happenin', is to go
to someone that we know.

Well, I don't know.
I don't know.

And by that I mean,
I don't think so.

Now, wait a minute, Roc.

That's not a bad idea.

What if it were
a good friend of yours?

Like... one of the garbage men
that you used to work with.

Like... Ernie.

With that rough, gravelly voice?

What if it's a girl?

Or how about Reverend Hill?

Well, now, I don't think
the good reverend provides

that kind of community service.

I know what I would like.

I would like for the donor

to be as much
like Roc as possible.

Oh, I'd love for him
to have your strength...

...your gentleness,
your sweetness.

Yeah, I hear you, Eleanor,
but unfortunately

there's only one of me.

That's true, but there is
someone else with your genes.

Your brother.

Oh, you mean, a brother,
not my brother.

Joey is smart,
he's creative, and athletic.

He's got a lotta good talents.

And I'd feel a lot better
knowin' that my grandchild

was a true Emerson.

Wait a minute, but,
you know, aren't there

you know, laws against this-this
sorta thing?

I mean.. I mean, maybe if-if we
were in Utah, you know.

Well, now, wait.
Now think about it, Roc.

If the baby
has the same genes as you

there's a better chance
that he'll be like you.

Mm-hmm.

Well... that's a good point.

That's a damn good point,
you know.

Alright. Then Joey it is.

I'll ask him tonight.

Oh, Roc, that's wonderful.

This just calls
for a celebration.

Yeah, let's have a toast.
I'll get the wine.

Damn.

Damn. Damn.

How did I get myself into this?

Well, I'll tell you one thing,
Eleanor

better not want a big family.

"Roc" live will be right back.

♪ Keep on rockin' ♪

Alright, uh...

Let's take that piece again
from the top, alright?

Um...

This is dedicated to Sheldon.

From your mother on this,
the day of your bar mitzvah.

A one, a two...

...a one, two, three, four.

What y'all you all stop for, man?

We was kickin',
that was smokin'.

Man, we weren't
kickin' or smokin'.

We're dyin'. I can't play
"Sunrise, Sunset" anymore, Joey.

- It's bringing my head down.
- 'Alright, alright, alright.'

We'll play something
a little hipper, okay?

Um, Sheldon's mother
said he like rap music

so why don't we do a arrangement
of "Fight The Power."

Or-or "Baby Got Back",
you know "Baby Got Back?"

Hey, listen, let's stick
with "Sunrise, Sunset."

Alright, alright. You know,
besides, fellas

I mean, there's no shame
in playing a bar mitzvah.

I mean, Dizzy Gillespie once
played at circumcision.

- Get outta here.
- Sure. Sure he did.

How you think he got
the name Dizzy?

Hold that thought for a minute.

Hey, Roc, what you doin' here?

- Hey, Joey, we gotta talk.
- Alright.

I didn't realize
you were rehearsing.

I didn't realize
we were playin'.

Hey, listen, kid. We don't need
to practice anymore.

- I mean we got this stuff down.
- Yeah, see you Saturday.

Okay, thanks for
comin' up, fellas.

Yeah, I'll see you Saturday.
Hey, hey.

Remember, man,
it's not what we play

or where play, what matters
is we play from the heart.

Or in your cases, the pacemaker.

So, uh, what's up, Roc?

Uh, uh, sit-sit,
sit down, Joey.

- What's up?
- Sit down, sit down, sit down.

Alright.

Uh, you know, Joey,
as you know, uh...

You know, Eleanor and I have
been, you know

trying to have a baby and...

You know, I-I've got this,
you know, you know...

...a reproductive problem
and uh...

So, uh, so Eleanor and I are
going for, you know, this, um...

...artificial, you know,
insemination thing, and uh...

Uh...

You know, and, um...

Well, so we need a donor to,
uh, you know...

...impregnate,
you know, Eleanor...

...and, um, so,
you know, we're-we're, uh...

...we-we, you know, we wanna
find someone who's definitely

you know, not a psycho.

And, uh, so, you know, Eleanor
and I, we decided that

uh, you know,
to ask you if you, you know...

If you would, uh, you know,
let us, uh, you know

have some, you know,
of your sperm

you know, and all that.

Roc, that's nasty.

I-I don't want to know what you
think of it.

I-I just want to know
if you'll do it?

Alright, alright. Wait a minute
now. Just give me a minute.

'Cause this is,
this ain't somethin'

people ask you every day.

Oh, alright, alright,
alright, alright.

But-but-but if we do this...

...you know, I'm the father
and you're the uncle.

Yeah, sure, I mean...

Hey, we might even have
a little musician on our hands.

Oh, no, no, no. This baby's
gonna go to college, you know.

He's gonna study
computer science, you know.

Invent a new microchip
or somethin'.

Yeah, you know, but for fun
he could still play the trumpet.

Uh, no, no, maybe for fun
he'll sculpt, yeah.

Yeah, okay, sculpt.
That'll get him all the women.

He'll get the women because
he'll treat them with respect.

- Like his father.
- Okay, Roc. Whatever you say.

Whatever you say. Alright, Jack.

You can count me in, I'll do it.

This is pretty
exciting, huh, Roc?

I'm having your baby.

Hey, daddy.

- So--
- You know, Eleanor.

I've been readin'
about the debate.

I'm disappointed in Clinton.

He went on and on
about human rights in China.

Maybe if we shipped
all the Blacks to China

he'd mention us
in the next debate.

I heard that, daddy.

Well, you know,
today is our big day.

So, are you goin' to be coming
with us to the hospital?

No, I don't think so, Eleanor.

Some things are better
left a mystery.

Birth, death, and how
George Bush can believe

the country is not
comin' apart at the seams.

I heard that one too.

- Oh, hi, Vonte.
- How you doin', Mrs. Emerson?

Is the G-man in the house?

Oh, yeah. He's right upstairs.
I'll go get him.

So, how you doing, son?

I'm just chillin'.
So you like my new cap?

See, I know you was a Malcolm X
kinda man.

Yes, I am.
But Malcolm did not die

so the vultures of capitalism
could feed off his legacy.

Leaving the bones of his ideals
to decay into a fashion trend.

Well, I wasn't gonna
wear it all the time.

Besides, wearing these clothes,
it gets the message out.

That's the difference between
your generation and mine.

When we wanted
to get the message out

we went marching
on Montgomery, Alabama

not shoppin' at Montgomery Ward.

Hey, Troy.

You got my money?

Well... I just wanna know,
do you think

that Mrs. E would
like a glow necklace?

See, I had some them
left over from the concert.

Oh, sure,
she'd probably like one.

Well, I was thinking
more like 90.

Uh, yeah, okay.

So you struck out selling
that crap at the concert, huh?

But if you think trying to get
out of payin' me back my money...

Uh-uh, it ain't work.
I'm gonna cut you off.

No more garbage for you.

If I were you, I wouldn't
threaten nobody else with that.

Roc, honey, baby. We gotta get
going to the hospital now.

Oh, yeah, you're doing that
artificial insemination thing.

- Well, good luck.
- Yeah, thanks.

Who in the hell
told you that?

Oh, the word is on the street.

You mean, now everyone knows?

The whole neighborhood?

Oh, now every time
they'll see me, they'll say

"Hey, there's Roc, you know he
really isn't his kid's father."

Yeah, perfect, great!

That's the last time
I'll ever tell you anything.

Hey, you folks. How you doin'?

Great day
to get pregnant, huh?

- Hey, Joey.
- So, you all set?

Oh, yeah,
I'm ready to roll.

Um, I was just wonderin',
is this...

...is this like
when you donate blood?

I mean, when you get finished
where they give you a cookie

or a cigarette?

Come on, Joey.
Don't joke about this, alright?

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

Now the creation of life is
a very sacred thing to me too.

So, it's hammer time.

First there's some paperwork
to take care of.

I need the father
to sign here.

No, no, no. I mean
the biological father.

Oh, that's ironic,
I failed biology.

Also, sign here...

...and here, and also here.

Oh, what is this?
The Declaration of Independence?

I mean, I'm gonna be
raising the child.

Isn't there somethin'
for me to sign?

Roc, honey,
there really isn't.

Well-well, there oughta be
somethin' for me to sign.

Alright, here's
an organ donor card.

Now, you could donate anything
but your personality.

Come here, baby.
I know, forget her.

Listen...

...now, you okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm just a little nervous.

- I know.
- Hello, everyone.

- Good to see you.
- Hi.

Let's get right to this.
Joey...

...will you go see
the technician in room 407?

Eleanor, will you come with me, please?

Sure.

Uh, Roc,
you're welcome to observe

but most husbands prefer
to stay in the waiting room.

Yeah, yeah, right, okay.

You know, Eleanor, between
you and your brother-in-law

you're sure to have
a beautiful baby.

Uh, w-w-w-wait a minute,
E-Eleanor.

I need-I need to speak with you.

What is it, Roc?
The doctor's waiting.

Eleanor, I-I can't
go through with this.

Look, if having Joey
do this upsets you

we'll can get someone else.

No, it isn't about Joey,
you know.

It'll be the same with
whoever we got.

You know, I just feel
like I'm on the outside.

And no matter how hard I try,
you know.

I'm always gonna
be thinking that this child

is yours and someone
else's, not ours.

But, Roc, you're the one that's
gonna be raising our child.

How can I explain this to you, baby?

You know,
I have to be the real father.

The only father, all the way.

I see.

Eleanor...

I tried, I-I really tried,
you know.

I know how bad you want this.

I tried to
talk myself into it.

Now I know people do
it all the time

and I, and I envy them.

I wish I could be
like 'em but I'm not.

I just think, you know, I'm, uh,
I'm just selfish or somethin'.

- I don't know.
- Roc, no.

Maybe I'm the one
that's bein' selfish here.

I wanted to have
a baby so badly.

I didn't even stop to
think about

how this could be affectin' you.

Oh, no, sweetheart,
you've done nothin' wrong.

I feel the same way
you do, you know.

I want us to have a child
more than anything.

Well then, baby, maybe
we just had to keep trying.

Even though there's less than

a two percent chance of
me making it happen?

Even if there's less than zero
percent chance.

Baby or no baby, what's most
important, is us.

I love you, Roc.

I love you, Eleanor.

Uh, okay.

Um...

Uh, you can come and get it.

Oh, hey, uh-uh...

Cynthia, where did
Roc and Eleanor go?

They went home.
They changed their minds

about that whole
artificial insemination thing.

Wait, wait, wait.
Wait a minute. Now you...

What, you're sayin' I'm not
gonna be a father?

I'll be damned.

Well, they've been gone for
over an hour. Where you been?

Um...

Uh...

See, um...

Well, uh...

I, uh...

You know, I finished and, uh...

I rolled over and fell asleep.