All language subtitles for Heaven Aint Hard To Find (2010) DVDRip

man: Lord, I cannot believe
I'm walking down

man: Lord, I cannot believe
I'm walking down

the same old hallway
just to hear the warden tell me

my parole was denied for
the fifth time.

I'm an innocent man who has
prayed to you for justice.

You always said
prayer changes things.

When is the change coming?

No.

What was the problem
this time?

man: Same as it was last time,

and the time before that
and the time before that.

You must be slow.

Man, this ain't right,
I followed the rules.

Rule number one:

Shut up when
Warden P.J. Silas is talking.

Looks like we still have
a problem.

Man, you ain't liked me
since I been in here.

I ain't liked you neither.

Man, if I get out of these
cuffs, I'll whoop--

How you gonna
get up out the cuffs?

I got the key.

How, how--

- How you gonna--
- Officer Darryl!

What the hell
is wrong with you?

Be quiet, zip it, please.

- You need that.
- That's enough.

I know what you think.

Oh, it says here
unnamed, unclaimed

black male child born
February 7, 1981 .

Mother: unknown;
father: unknown.

Left abandoned on the doorsteps
of a fire station

in south Los Angeles.

Mm-mm-mm.

Name: Malcolm Anthony Anderson
by your first-- I repeat--

first foster parents,

who turned you right back to
the state at the age of seven.

Now you know what, I wonder
why they did that.

Oh, right here.

It says,
''behavioral problem.''

Look, I know my own history.

Yeah, but I hold the key
to your future, son.

Where was I?

- Oh, it says here--
- Ooh, ooh, ooh!

Let me do it, let me do it,
let me do it!

I've been following
along, I've been--

Do what?

Let me read,
let me read, let me read!

Let me do it,
let me do it.

Yeah.

You jumped from one orphanage
to ano-- na...

na... na-na-na-na...

Look, man, I ain't
got time for this.

I ain't on death row.

Give me that.

You were convicted
on one count of drug possession

with the intent to distribute.

Look, man, that was
a trumped-up charge.

I told you that.

Shut up!

Shut up!

At the age of 16,
you and one of your friends

decided to go big-time.

You robbed a Stop-N-Go
convenience store at gunpoint.

During that robbery,

a Jesus Hernandez
was shot and killed.

I didn't kill anybody,

and everybody who put me here
knows that.

That's what they all say.

Meanwhile, you pled guilty
to the unlawful use

of a motor vehicle
during the commission of a crime

and you were sentenced to
ten to 25 years

- in the state penitentiary.
- Look, I didn't know that fool

was going in there
to rob the place.

I thought he was going in
to buy some cigarettes!

Well, you tell that to
Mr. Hernandez' five kids!

What would you have to
say to them, huh?

I'd like to be a fly
on the wall for that one.

Look, I would tell them
I'm not responsible

for how things ended up.

Number 6-6-6-0-6-1-9...

like I said,
we still have a problem.

I more than paid the price
for what I've done.

But look at me,
Warden, look at me.

I mean, I'm educated.

I taught myself
how to be a carpenter

so I can take care of myself
on the outside world.

I mean, I even
found God in this hellhole.

What more do you
want from me?

You haven't admitted

to the pain and the suffering
that you have caused...

to so many people.

Until that time comes--
man, oh, man--

until that time comes,
you gonna be here...

I didn't do it!

... with us.

Listen, you reprocess this...

convict.

And when you are finished,

I want you to walk him slowly
right back to his cell.

Certainly,
will do, Warden.

Come on then, con.

You know you a convict,
come on.

Get up.

Dry your eyes, boy,
time to go.

Malcolm: Lord, I couldn't
take it anymore.

I had to escape.

I hid until sundown,
broke through the fence

at the break of dawn
and caught a train

into the inner city,

where I had a better chance
of blending in.

I found an ad in
the paper for a carpenter.

That's where I headed.

I just hope you'll
forgive me, Lord.

# Pass me not #

# O gentle Savior #

# Hear #

# My humble cry #

# While on others #

# Thou art calling #

# Do not pass #

# Me by #

# Oh #

# Savior... ##

Will y'all shut up?

Goodness.

Good morning,
good morning, good morning.

To the pastor and his
beautiful wife,

Bettie May,
God rest her soul.

Ooh, she used to make
the best preserves.

I just remem--

Viola, can you
turn that thing down?

My goodness, you are not
the entire choir!

Sure ain't.

Oh, I am so upset,
Ms. Maisy, dang!

I'm not.

She used to
play so beautiful.

And in key.

- Hattie May?
- Mm-hmm?

There ain't--
Go on with the announcement.

There ain't no pastor here

and ain't
no people out there.

Yes.

Let the church say amen.

- Amen.
- Amen.

I said,
let the church say amen!

- Amen.
- Amen!

I don't know
why y'all mumbling

and holding your tongue
this morning.

All I hear is mumbles
and whispers

and I don't understand.

Y'all are acting like you
woke up with the wrong person.

I mean, you just--
you got--

Don't make me
snatch this girdle off

and knock you to
the holy spirit!

I'll swear I'll do it,
I'll do it!

I swear I'll do it!

- Hattie May, it's all right.
- Ooh, Jesus!

- Calm down, it's all right.
- Okay!

Calm down, Hattie May.

Now, listen here.

We gotta hurry up, 'cause
I got some hens in the oven

back in the fellowship home

and I gotta get to 'em,
I gotta baste them things.

Ooh, I hope my grandchildren
come take me out to eat,

'cause you can't boil water.

Ooh, and I hope they take me
to that-- what--

that Luby's Cafe
or that Golden Corral.

Ooh, did you say
Golden Corral?

Mm-hmm.

Ooh, girl,
I love their coleslaw.

But it don't love me.

Now, the last time
I ate there,

I was on
the toilet for four days.

Oh, would y'all...

Girl, you was on
the toilet!

- Whoo!
- Listen here!

Stop all of that!

Y'all keep talking
about your bowels,

we need to get on with
the service here.

She just jealous,

'cause she been
backed up for four years!

Got that purple suit,
she just--

Every Sunday we get to
this point in the service

and every Sunday
we have to stop.

Now, Hattie May,
I need you to go ahead

and make your announcements
or get on out the way

so I can
introduce the reverend.

Mm-hmm.

Well, who you
talking about?

We ain't go no pastor
no more.

I'm just saying and doing like
the Lord told me to do.

Like he put on my heart.

Just like Hattie May here,
I tell it like it T-I is.

- T-I is.
- T-I is.

But before you do that...

let's take up a collection
for the building fund.

Oh, Lord,
you and this building fund.

Why is always everything
for the building fund

and ain't no building?

Come on,
look at this place.

It's all raggedy.

Why don't you spend some of
that little building fund...

- on the building?
- on the building?

Now, Lord, every man
that had a hand for fixing

done left the church.

Well, why don't you
put out an ad?

- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.

I have for
the last ten years.

I put one in all the flyers
and the newspaper.

I even put one out in
the weekly bulletin

that comes out
the House of Paradise.

That's a rest home.

Oh, hell no!

I am not taking care of
no old-ass man.

Hattie May,
you in the church.

And ''ass''
is in the Bible.

Ass, ass, ass!

''Ass'' is in the Bible.

Now, see, that's why we need
to do something new.

There ain't nobody
coming to this old church.

We can't get a carpenter.

Mmm, wait a minute now,
a carpenter.

Hold up,
I feel something.

Hold up.

Lord have mercy.

Oh, Lord.

Oh, the Lord done put something
on my heart.

That's it, that's it.

That's what
the Lord said he said?

What you say?

Huh?

What, what?

- He said--
- What?

He said if we stay
steadfast in His word,

we will get a carpenter
and a pastor.

We've been steadfast
for 25 years.

Now, I don't know how much
more steadfast I'm gonna be.

Now, wait a minute now.

Y'all remember, our job
is to find a new shepherd

to lead this old flock
into a new day.

I don't know about old.

I sure would like me a nice,
young, strong shepherd.

Like that man on, uh,
''American Idol.''

What's his last name?

You mean Ruben Studdard?

Oh, hell to
the hell no.

Go on,
let the Lord use you.

You just
ruined it for me.

Oh, Ruben, oh, my goodness.

He can't do nothing for me but
show me where a slim man is.

Hattie May, let's get on
with the service.

I got to
introduce the pastor here.

Now, wait a minute,
wait now.

We denying reality.

Now, how many times
I got to tell y'all,

we ain't got a pastor
and we ain't got a carpenter?

We like sheep
gone astray.

Well, hold up now.

He said that if we stay
steadfast,

all we got to do
is listen to His word.

He gonna give us a shepherd
and a carpenter.

You know what?

You're right.

We just got to trust
and believe, Hattie May,

that it's gonna be in our
darkest hour.

It's pretty damn dark now.

I don't know how much
darker it's gonna get.

You know what?

Just stop all that
doubting and disbelieving.

How about that?

How about you go ahead
and sing us a wonderful,

stirring rendition of
''God's Unchanging Hand.''

Oh!

Oh, Lord.

I said--
I said ''stirring,'' y'all.

Now, hold up.

- Okay, okay.
- All right, hit it!

# Hold to His hand #

# God's unchanging hand #

# Hold to His hand #

# God's unchanging hand #

# Build your hopes
on things #

# Eternal #

# Hold to God's
unchanging hand #

# Hold to His hand #

# God's unchanging hand #

# Hold to His hand #

# God's unchanging hand #

# Build your hopes
on things #

# Eternal #

# Hold to God's
unchanging hand #

# Ooh whoo-whoo ##

Praise His name!

- Hattie May.
- Hallelujah!

You know, you didn't have to
sing like that.

You didn't rehearse
with us and you--

Excuse me,
I'm sorry to interrupt,

but is this the First Greater
Saint New Mount

Pilgrim Baptist
Church Sanctuary?

all: Yes, this is the First
Greater Saint New Mount

Pilgrim Baptist
Church Sanctuary.

And what do you
want with it?

Well, I was answering
this ad that said

you might
need a carpenter.

Oh, that's the ad
I put in the paper.

Well, carpenter.

Well, you don't look
like no carpenter.

You look like
one of those thugs.

I like a little
roughneck.

Where's
your set, baby?

Oh, girl, he'll break
your old-ass back.

You ain't even
got no tools, baby.

Well, ma'am, I was hoping
the church might have some

I could use.

Now, I can raise
some money for some tools.

Oh, he don't need
no garden tools.

He ain't a gardener, baby.

He don't need
a hoe tool.

Oh, look, anyway,
why don't you come back

after the church
anniversary?

We'll probably
have some money then.

We always get a good collection
doing that occasion.

And y'all know the church
got plenty tools.

Don't play, child, we just
ain't used them in 20 years.

Look, ma'am,
I swear I need a job.

I work well with
my hands.

I bet you do.

Go-- Sit down somewhere
and close your legs

before your
hemorrhoids fall out.

Look, ma'am...

... by the look
of this church,

y'all need all the help
y'all can get.

Yes, this is
a deal, baby.

A deal!

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

This ain't no deal,
this ain't no deal.

Hold up, hold up,
hold up, young man.

- Where you from?
- Huh?

Who's your people?

I don't have any, ma'am.

You ain't got nobody?

No, it's just myself and...

my Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ.

That's the one right there,
that's it right there--

Oh, praise the Lord!

We done found him!

We can't let this
boy go nowhere.

No, we can't,
Hattie May.

He is the answer
to my prayer.

What... what you mean
your prayer?

- That's my prayer.
- My prayer!

I'm the one that's been
faithfully seeking the Lord

for a strong, strapping
young man.

Yeah, you were seeking him,
but not for the church.

- Get over here.
- Wait a minute.

Now, I don't know what neither
one of you talking about

because I been
praying for a carpenter

ever since I became the head
of the building fund.

Look, ladies, ladies,
please calm down.

I'm just-- I'm just
happy y'all giving me a job.

- He's so sweet.
- You know what?

Y'all don't--
Back up off him.

Back up off him!

'Cause it was my prayer,

and you will have it
over my dead--

My prayer!

- Over my dead body.
- Ladies, ladies--

That can be
arranged now.

Ladies, ladies,
come on, come on.

Ladies, please,
I just--

Thank you, thank you
for giving me a job.

Please calm down.

Okay.

Ooh, Jesus.

- So, baby.
- Yes, ma'am?

Tell me something.

What is your name?

Samuel Nelson.

- Samuel Nelson.
- Uh-huh.

Ooh, I like that name.

That's a good
Christian name.

My name is
Coretta Mulligan.

Sister Coretta Mulligan.

They call me Coco.

That's 'cause I was a stripper
before I found the Lord.

Sister Coretta,
you just nasty.

Excuse me, baby.

Listen, my name
is Sister Viola Mars

and this here is Sister
Hattie May Winbush.

Nice to meet you, ladies.

Nice to meet
you, too, baby.

Nice to meet you, too.

Listen, I have one
last question.

Can you sing?

- Can I sing?
- Yeah.

Singing is the only way
I can get by sometimes.

Been doing it
all my life.

Okay, then let's go ahead
and hear what you got.

What, right now?

Ain't no better time for
the Lord than right now.

- All right.
- Come on, baby.

Viola, give us a note.

And make it
a good one this time.

# Prayer #

# Oh prayer #

# Prayer #

# Changes things #

# Prayer #

# Oh prayer #

# Prayer #

# It changes things #

Y'all want to
sing it with me?

- # Prayer #
- # Oh prayer #

# Oh prayer #

# Oh prayer #

- # Prayer #
- # Oh prayer #

# It changes things #

# Whoa #

# Oh prayer #

# Will you pray? #

# Oh prayer #

# Prayer #

# It changes things #

# Whoo #

- # Will you pray? #
- # Oh prayer #

- # Whoa prayer #
- # Oh prayer #

# Prayer #

# It changes things #

# Yeah #

- # Ooh my prayer #
- # Oh prayer #

# Oh prayer #

# Oh prayer #

# I said #

# Oh prayer #

# It changes things #

- # My prayer #
- Hallelujah!

# Hoo #

- # It changes things #
- Hattie May.

- Hattie May?
- # We are the world #

- Hattie May!
- # We are the child-- ##

- Let your ear go.
- Baby.

You're not no world.

That was good!

Boy, you belted that,
I felt-- Ooh, the spirit!

It just-- Ooh, Jesus!

It made me happy.

Ooh, Jesus, whoo!

- I feel it, I feel it!
- Hattie May, Hattie May!

Ooh, welcome to church,
baby-- What?

Sit down.

Lord, have mercy.

Stop all that.

The boy sang and it--

# Prayer #

Whoo!

Malcolm: So I got me a job
and a new beginning.

# Oh #

# Oh #

# It's been a long #

# A long time #

- Hey!
- # Coming #

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Who are you?

And what are you doing
in my church?

My father's church.

He willed it to me
when he passed.

- So this is your church?
- Do you have a name?

Yeah, it's Mal--

- I can call the police.
- No, you don't have to do that.

My name is Samuel Nelson.

Well, do you have
a shirt, Mr. Nelson?

I'm sorry.

It got a little
hot in here.

So what are you
doing here?

I'm the new carpenter.

Since when?

A couple of days ago.

Says who?

The three ladies
who run the church.

Huh?

The three ladies
who run the church?

What, you saw them here?

Would I say so
if I hadn't?

And what were
their names?

Sister Viola,
Sister Hattie May and...

I don't know,
the horny one.

Sister Coretta.

Yeah, that's her.

Well, I came here
to see them,

so I should probably
get to the office.

Oh, the--
the office is that way.

I knew that.

- Just gonna--
- Your smile is beautiful.

It's like I haven't seen
the sun rise in ten years.

I should probably
get going.

What's your name?

Tiffany.

Tiffany Scott.

Tiffany.

Tiffany.

The origin is Greek.

Literally meaning
''revelation of God.''

Or one who could see and know
that God is being revealed.

And Christianity refers
to the three wise men

who visited the baby Jesus

on the night
of his birth.

- How did you know that?
- I read.

Or did you assume
that I couldn't?

All right, I'm busted,
and I apologize.

Thank you.

Apology accepted.

# Mmm-hmm-mmm #

# Mmm... #

Refreshment time!

Ooh, yeah.

Oh, well,
look who's here.

Hey, baby girl.

I see you done met our
Malcolm.

And Coretta done tried to get
in his pants and everything.

No, I didn't.

Baby, do you want
something to drink?

Yes, ma'am.

- Why is she going there?
- No, you did--

Hattie May,
you want to explain to me

what's going on here?

Look, I know what
you three are trying to do

and it is not gonna
work this time.

Coretta: Listen here.

Have you met our baby?

Our new carpenter?

How you like him?

He's all right.

Oh, see, I told y'all he was
too skinny to be good.

Now, look, first,
it was Barry White,

then it was Big Luther,

but then
he got too skinny.

Yes, he did.

Hey, y'all gonna have to
get off my boy Luther.

I damn near died
myself when he passed.

all: Luther died?

Oh, Lord!

Are they serious?

They didn't know
Luther passed?

I can't
take this today.

I can't take
this today.

Ladies, ladies.

Ladies, now, I came here
to tell y'all something.

I'm selling the church.

- What?
- What?

And none of y'all gonna
talk me out of it.

You and who
came up with this?

I came up with this here
decision.

all: Mm-hmm.

And what's supposed to
happen to us?

It's time for us
to all move on.

Damn, I take it
that means me, too.

I'm sorry.

Hattie May: Uh, uh...

Ooh, my throat.

Could you-- Could you--
I'm thirsty, boo.

Could you go get Mama
some water in the kitchen?

Oh, you a good soldier.

Bless you, bless you!

Church meeting.

- I smell a rat.
- Me too.

And his name
is Big Bill Herod.

Wait a minute.

My man ain't no rat, okay?

Bill is a fine man
and a wise businessman.

- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.

And not to mention, he is-- is
a man dedicated to the Lord.

Yeah, the ''Lord of the Flies''
with his stinking ass.

- Hattie May!
- Hattie May!

I'm tired of y'all.

''Ass'' is in the Bible.

Now, I don't know
where my Bible is but--

Y'all need to hear me out.

Hattie May: Ass.

Well, what about
your father?

What about the promise
you made to your father?

Oh, wait, look,
I don't have the money.

We don't have
the money for the mortgage.

Well, the Lord will provide

if we hold fast
to His promise, baby.

Yes, we get a pastor...

- Uh-huh.
- Uh-huh.

... then he brings
in the congregation...

- Uh-huh.
- Uh-huh.

... and then
we pay the mortgage.

- Yes.
- # Mmm #

And just who might
this pastor be?

Here's your water, ma'am.

all: Him!

He's the pastor
we've been waiting for.

No, I'm not.

Don't be ridiculous,
all right?

He ain't no pastor.

Yeah, I mean, I know Jesus
was a carpenter and all,

but I ain't
nobody's preacher, ma'am.

No, baby.

Jesus was a carpenter
and a convicted criminal

and he didn't let either
one of them

stop him from doing
what he was trying to do.

Look, I can't lead no
congregation.

Listen here, baby.

That anointing's
all over you.

I saw it from
the very first time

you walked in here,
all over you!

Oh, Coretta,
you was just horny.

Okay, please, ladies, can we
just not make this any harder

than it already is?

Can we please
just move on?

Did you notice--

Do you know that he got
the gift, just like you do?

Hmm?

Now, knowing
that information,

you just gonna turn your back
on one of God's own?

Gift?

What gift are you
talking about?

Look, ladies,
I'm not that special.

Oh, you more special
than you know, son.

- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.

All right.

Y'all are
driving me insane.

Okay, okay?

Now you're bringing
a stranger,

a stranger
into this madness?

Now, this is just too much.

Mm-hmm.

So?

What are the terms
of this surrender?

Okay, all right.

First of all, he gets
to preach one sermon.

Now, if he's good,
he stays, we stay and you stay.

Now, you owe that
to your daddy.

Just one more try, baby.

And if he sucks?

We'll discuss
that if and when--

No, no, no, no, no,
nah, nah, nah, nah.

He preaches one sermon.

If he don't
make the grade,

then he goes, I go
and we all go.

Deal or no deal?

- Deal.
- Deal.

No, no, no, ladies,
I appreciate y'all

taking me in
and all that,

but just 'cause y'all
giving me a place to stay

don't mean I can--
I can do this.

Come on.

Hattie May: Oh, baby boy,
you got two choices.

And that's either the highway
or the Bible way.

Now, you said that,
Hattie May.

What-- I had to put his back
against the wall, didn't I?

- You did that.
- Did you see that?

Amen, you did that.

Amen.

Now you sit down
and you think about that.

That's right.

Let Him use you,
wouldn't you say?

Uh-huh, pray on it.

But don't take too long,
the walls is falling.

No, no, I like that one,
I like that one, Bob.

Now, look,
listen, listen, listen.

Before we get off the subject,
I got some good news for you.

We should be able to break
ground in about two weeks.

Isn't that great?

I told you I got you.

man: Yes.

No, not yet, not yet.

You're moving
kind of fast.

No, she-- she definitely
agreed to sell.

So I should have
the deed in my hand

by the end of the week.

Is that good?

No, no, no, I'm taking a look
at 'em right now.

Hey, hey, Bob,
listen, I gotta go.

Tiffany's on her way in.

I don't like that
auditorium thing,

so I got a guy with some money,

we're gonna put
a club there instead.

Okay, I'll talk to you
about it later.

Hey.

- Hey, baby.
- Hey, baby.

- How you doing?
- I'm good.

What are you doing?

Well, I am looking at

what God
is gonna bless us with.

How you like that?

Come here, baby.

Wow.

What did I do
to deserve this?

I mean, is it my birthday
or something?

I'm just glad
to see my baby.

Well, I'm glad,

'cause when you
left out of here this morning,

you were acting like
a grumpy old bear.

Baby, I'm sorry about
being so grumpy

this morning,
but guess what?

I got great news.

Financing just came through
for my project.

- Isn't that great?
- Yeah!

So I'm setting up
an escrow account.

All I need is the deed
to the church,

then press a button

and $100 million will be
mine to complete our vision.

- Isn't that great?
- That's great.

When-- When do you need to
make the transfer?

Like yesterday.

No, baby, I'm serious.

- When do you need to make it?
- I'm serious.

Tiffany, the money is just
there sitting, waiting.

All we have to
do is say the word.

Now why are you asking me
so many questions?

Uh, 'cause.

'Cause what?

Baby, can we wait
a week?

No, we can't wait a week.

I mean, this morning,
you said you would

sell me the property, right?

Now everything's changed.

Do I have to get
you back in bed, hmm?

Uh, baby.

I just-- I just--

I...

I need to think about it
a little bit more.

My God.

Every time you come back
from that church,

you start acting crazy.

What is there to
think about?

Look, I made a promise
a long time ago

to my dad.

You know, this land,
this church

meant everything to him.

And what about
your promise to me?

Now, I didn't promise you
anything.

I said I would
think about it.

You know, and if
that's a problem

and you can't support me,

then maybe I need to
stop thinking about it

and just forget the whole
thing, baby.

You didn't say that six months
ago when you came in here.

Jesus Christ.

I didn't ask
for any of this.

And I was happy living in
that little place--

You was happy
living in that little

rinky-dink apartment
over the garage

with-- with mice
and roaches and everything?

Come on, Tiffany.

I made a promise
to my father.

And what about
my promise to my investors?

What about that?

Baby, look--
look at me, look at me.

Baby, listen to me.

Your father is gone.

He's not
gonna come back.

And I-- and I feel
sorry about that.

But I'm right here for you,
right here in the flesh

and I support
everything you do.

And I love you with all
my heart and you know that.

The church is almost gone,
Tiffany.

I know, I know.

You're $20,000
behind in the mortgage.

I know.

If you do this thing
I'm asking you to do,

I will make you the envy of
all women, I promise you.

I just need
seven more days.

Just seven days, baby.

- Okay.
- Okay.

- Seven days.
- Seven days.

Gonna make a decision.

Seven more days,
seven more days,

seven more days.

I just need
one minute.

You know I'm fast.

Lord, I can't do this.

Don't know how
I got caught up in this.

Just-- just trying to
have faith in you.

# Oh Father #

# Who art #

# In heaven #

# Hallowed be #

# Thy name #

# Thy kingdom come #

# Thy will #

# Be done #

# On earth #

# As it is #

# In heaven #

# Give us #

# This day #

# Our daily bread #

# And forgive us #

# Our debts #

# As we forgive
our debtors #

# And lead us not #

# Into temptation #

# But deliver us #

# From evil #

# For thine #

# Is the kingdom #

# Forever #

# A... men #

Okay.

How am I gonna do this?

Okay, I can-- um...

God, how am I
gonna do this?

Um...

If I ask--

Let's see.

It's 20,000, so...

Jesus.

Oh, Daddy, help me.

How am I gonna
do this?

How am I gonna
do this, Daddy?

Oh, I miss you.

# This little
light of mine #

Ho, ho!

# I'm gonna
let it shine #

# This little light
of mine #

# I'm gonna
let it shine #

# This little light
of mine #

# I'm gonna
let it shine #

# Let it shine #

# Let it shine #

# Let it shine #

# All through
the midnight #

# All through
the midnight #

# I'm gonna let it shine #

# All through
the midnight #

# I'm gonna let it shine #

# All through
the midnight #

# I'm gonna let it shine #

# Let it shine #

# Let it shine #

# Let it shine ##

Yes, sir!

Thank you, Jesus.

Hallelujah!
That was good to me.

So, girl, she came down
the aisle late-- late--

with feathers, red feathers
all over her dress...

- ... and a red feather hat!
- 'Cause she always late.

Coming up in there, I don't
know what's wrong with her--

Whoo!

Ladies.

- What?
- What?

How do y'all expect for me to
write this sermon

when y'all
making all this noise?

Baby, all you have to do
is stand there

and let Him
speak through you.

You expect for me to
get up there and freestyle?

- Yeah, let the Lord use you.
- That's right.

I'm trying to get some young
people up in this church.

Okay, baby,
well, what's your ideas?

Come up with the solution.

Come on, come on,
what, what, what, what?

# Make me clear
my hands in song #

- Oh, no.
- No, no, no, no,

Try it like this.

# Glory to his name #

# Precious name #

# Glory to his name ##

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

# Jesus, Jesus #

# Jesus on the inside ##

Uh-uh,
that's not how it is.

Try it like this.

# On the cross #

# At the cross #

# Where I first
saw the light #

# And the burdens
of my heart #

# Rolled away #

# It was there by faith #

# I received my sight #

# And now #

# I am happy all the-- #

# All the day ##

Uh-uh!

Now, I'm gonna
have to cut you!

Viola: Coretta, put that old
rusty, crusty thing away,

before you cut your own self
and get blood poison.

Give him you this.

What?

Oh, you ain't never--

Listen here,
I have had enough!

You come into the house--

Ladies, ladies, ladies,
ladies, ladies!

Now, what in the world
is going on up in here?

Coming through the house
of the Lord

with all that
dancing and crap.

Well, don't shoot
the messenger

just because
I'm bringing the message.

Now, wait a second.

Yesterday y'all
were telling me that this was

an anointed man of God

and today you want to
slice his neck?

Now, what is up with that?

He don't need to be
coming up in here

with that juke-joint
music now, Tiffany.

Oh, Jesus.

What's wrong with you,
Coretta?

Oh, no, Jesus.

What's the matter?

I had some prunes last night

and I think it's trying to
push through my hemorrhoids!

Oh, my!

I better go with her, honey.

She ain't had a bowel movement
in three years.

I'm coming, Coretta!

You don't have to
go by yourself!

Oh.

How's the sermon coming?

Slow.

I tried to put it to paper,

but I think I'm gonna take
the old sisters' advice

and just let Him
speak through me.

Well, see, now, that's what
my daddy used to do.

I'm nowhere near
like your daddy.

You know, if it wasn't for this
church and them old ladies,

I don't think
I would even consider this.

That's very sweet.

But you just
preached your first sermon.

How you figure that?

# Because you got to #

# Do unto others #

# As you would
have them #

# Do unto you #

# Now that's
the golden rule #

# Mr. Nelson #

- # Well Tiffany #
- Uh-huh.

# I'm not
so much into church #

# I just try to do
people right ##

Go ahead.

See?

Now you just
preached another sermon.

You know what, you're just
as crazy as them old ladies.

Yeah, well, I trust their
judgment over mine,

anytime, anywhere.

If you say so.

But you gonna
have to get out of here,

'cause that perfume you wearing
is driving me crazy.

Well, it's called Escape.

Escape?

Who told you that?

Hey, you don't have to be
embarrassed

'cause you don't
know what it's called.

My boyfriend is always buying
me expensive stuff,

and sometimes

I just wish I could have
something

simple and ordinary.

Simple and ordinary, huh?

I like that.

You know,
you have to lay low

and not draw too much
attention.

Is something wrong?

No, I'm--

You sure you ready
for dinner tonight?

Oh, no, see, I didn't say I was
going to dinner tonight.

That's why I asked you,
''Are you sure?''

Look, I have a boyfriend.

I have plans
with him tonight.

Well, when you done
with that boy,

why don't you find
some time for this man?

I mean, it's just dinner.

How about 8:00?

8:00 it is.

8:00 it is.

Yeah.

How you doing
this morning?

Like that suit.

That thing come back in style,
you gonna be saying something.

Ha-ha.

You seen them
big-ass pin stripes?

Yeah, yeah.

And when he had fasted
40 days and 40 nights,

he was afterwards very hungry.

We gonna start
in the pulpit.

- Work your way around.
- Yes, sir, yes, sir.

Be careful with these walls.

The wood in this church
is worth a fortune,

- you know what I'm saying?
- Yes, sir.

I'm gonna put that wood
in my new house.

Oh, yeah?

Then he said unto them...

I set you high
on a pinnacle.

I set you high,
I set you high...

I sent my angels in charge
concerning thee.

Yeah, that's it.

Bless the Lord
oh my soul.

All is--

What in the hell
are you doing?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Watch the ''hells''
in here,

this is
the house of the Lord--

Excuse me--
no, no, no, no.

This is about to be
the house of pain

if you don't pick that up
and get back to work, my man.

Wait-- wait--
wait a minute.

Can y'all tell me what's
going on here?

You want to tell me why you
have a skirt on, my man?

It's called an apron.

- Oh, okay.
- It's called a homosexual.

Say what?

Oh, relax, big brother.

I kinda like it
on you, anyway.

Ain't nothing
wrong with a brother

showing his sensitive side,
you know what I'm saying?

Hey, what kind of
fabric is that?

- Is that cotton, nylon?
- Are you serious, man?

Oh, you the cook!

Cool, man,
I'm hungry, brother.

- Give me something to eat, man.
- Hey, man, that's not for you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
you here to break wood,

not to break bread.

Now get your
butt up, let's go, man.

I ain't even got a break yet,
come on, now.

No, no, you had a break.

Wait, wait,
hold up, hold up, hold up.

You said you was gonna--

Unless y'all got
a work order,

ain't nobody gonna touch
nothing in this church.

Who you supposed
to be, man?

- I'm the new carpenter.
- Really?

Yeah, I fix things
around here.

Yeah, well, you need to
fix your ass out of my face.

Why don't you join the crew
at $8 an hour?

Excuse me, brother man.

Now, I don't know how you feel
about the whole down-low thing,

but check this out.

I want you take my card
and call me sometime.

I got licorice aprons,
strawberry aprons,

chocolate aprons
and I got a long sledgehammer.

You know what I'm saying?

Holler at me.

That's nasty, man.

Let me ask you
a question, my man.

Do you know who I am?

I know who you're not.

You're not
5-5, 125 pounds

and one of the most beautiful
women in the world.

But since
we getting so personal,

you don't smell that good,
either.

So you been sniffing
around my girl, huh?

How long have you been
working for Tiffany?

Man, long enough to know
that in her heart,

she ain't gonna
sell this church to you

or nobody else.

Tiffany is a young girl.

She don't know nothing.

She know what she needs.

She needs to tell you
to mind your business

before she catches a case.

I will.

Just as soon as you roll out
of here like you rolled in.

What's your price, man?

I ain't for sale.

Let's see about that.

What about...

100?

200?

300?

400?

$500?

Like I told you,
man...

I ain't for sale.

$500?

What about 1 ,000?

Think about it,
my man.

Think about what
you could buy with $1 ,000.

Tell you what I'm gonna do.

I grew up around
the hood.

I know you're poor.

So I'm gonna
up the ante.

$5,000.

What you gonna do, play with
your little Bible all day?

Or you want to come work with
me and make some real paper?

Think about it.

$5,000.

Live the good life.

Eat lobster...

instead of ham.

Man, I'm glad he didn't
say 10,000.

Hey, Judah, listen, I got
a little job for you.

Yeah, I need some
information on somebody.

I don't have his name,
that's the problem.

I just need some information
on him in case he comes back.

Yeah, you know how I do it.

You might as well kill yourself
before you deal with Big Bill.

All right.

Listen, I need that information
in 24 hours, all right?

Get back to me
as soon as possible.

All right, talk to you later.

I want you to
have this.

It was my father's.

Why are you
giving it to me?

Well, I mean, if you can
really turn this

church around,
then maybe this--

I think what
we're gonna do is--

Tiffany!

Are you out of
your damn mind?

- Huh, huh?
- Wait, wait, wait...

- What you mean, ''huh''?
- Hold on, we were--

Calm down, we were just
having dinner.

- Just having dinner?
- Yeah.

Do I look stupid to you?

You know what,
you're having dinner?

This is your last supper,
all right?

- Now, wait a minute, man.
- No, no, you wait a minute.

Now you, brother,
just be teasing me

and playing with all my
emotions and everything.

Man, what are you
talking about, man?

And to think that
I bought you a new apron.

Well, you ain't getting it,
you two-timing heifer.

- You ain't that fine.
- I don't want you, man.

What are you
talking about?

- Obviously somebody here does.
- Okay, okay, fine.

This was a bad idea,
I shouldn't have come,

- but now, baby, let's just--
- No, no, you should have come,

'cause we here now
and you know what?

- We gonna have some action.
- Now, baby, let's just go.

Let him go,
let him go.

I'm not gonna hurt him.

- Get him, George.
- Wait, wait, wait!

You lay one hand on his head

- and you will not get the deed.
- No, I got this, Tiffany.

If you want to tear
that church down,

then you have to
tear me down with it!

Is that how it's gonna be,
Tiffany?

Look, this is not about him.

This is not about
the money.

This is about us.

And the promise
that I made.

To who?

Your father or to me?

Look, Tiffany
know what she wants--

You weren't speaking for
my fiancee, huh?

Look, I can handle this.

I tell you what.

We gonna see how committed
your little carpenter boy

is to saving his church.

$15,000.

That goes with the other five
I gave you earlier today.

Take it, boy.

Stop trying to be
a damn hero.

Take it, boy.

You know
you need that money.

Oh, he's going, baby.

Everybody's
got a price.

Anybody home,
anybody home?

Hello, hello, hello,

hello, hello, hello!

Man, you better get away
from my door,

knocking on my
damn door like that!

My name is Lil' Bobby.

B-O-B-B-Y.

I know how to
spell Bobby, fool.

I'm looking for
Dollar Bill.

Who?

Dollar Bill.

No, I don't know
Dollar Bill.

- I know Big Bill, Big Bill.
- Big Bill.

That's why they
call me Big Bill.

Big Bill, Big Bill, okay.

Who sent you here?
Tiffany sent you?

No, I don't know no Tiffany.

You let me find out
Tiffany sent you

and I'm gonna pop
a cap in your ass, boy.

Look, I want my reward.

You know what,
stay right there.

Gonna get my gun to pop
a cap in your ass.

Look, look, look,
look, look, look, look!

I got the information
that you need.

You're looking for
information, ain't you?

Lookee here, take
a real good look.

- Don't he look familiar?
- Yeah, he do.

Yeah, yeah!

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah!

Hey, man,
what's wrong with you, man?

But look, look,
just look at it.

Look it all over.

- It's good, ain't it?
- Ahh!

It's good,
it's good, it's good.

- That ain't funny, man.
- That ain't funny?

Take your little
retarded ass out of here.

What about my reward?

- You don't get no reward.
- My money?

Take back your information.

I got everything
I need, thank you.

And whoever sent you, Tiffany,
or whoever else,

tell them
I said thank you.

You promised me!

I ain't got time to
play games with you.

# One more chance #

# I need you #

# You need me #

# Tiffany #

# Give me #

# One more chance #

# To show you #

# Who I really am #

# I need you #

# You need me #

# Tiffany #

# Give me #

# One more chance #

# There's
nothing to explain #

# I want to be your #

# Only man #

# There's no words
left to say #

# Please #

# Just let me prove #

# What? #

# Another game? #

# How much #

# I love you ##

I want to do what's right,
Tiffany.

Yeah, well, you didn't.

Well, check the deed.

I took every
penny of that $20,000

and paid off the balance.

It's zero.

Can you give me
another chance?

I just want to do
what's right.

Tiffany, please.

Look, I just
want to do what's right.

Tiffany in my arms
felt like heaven.

I asked her about this
gift Hattie May said I had.

She told me that I could
see spirits,

and that those crazy
three old ladies are ghosts.

I think-- now I think that the
flowers should go right here

in front of the pulpit.

Oh, oh, oh, no, honey, they
need to go right over here.

- It makes it--
- Oh, no.

No, no, no, no,

that's where they go when
we have funerals, baby.

I don't know
why we wasting money

on these flowers, anyway.

We should be donating it
to the building fund.

Say something else
about that building fund.

I'm gonna hit you in the head
with these plastic flowers.

That's what I'm gonna do.

They're just plastic--
how much cheaper can we get?

Oh, hey.

Hey, look who's here.

Come on in here.

What y'all
standing over there,

looking like you're pregnant,

you don't know who
the daddy is?

Come over here
and help us out.

Go on, boy, help us out.

I didn't know dead people
can be so demanding.

What?

both: What'd he say?

He didn't say nothing,
Sister Hattie May.

No, he said something.

He said something about
dead people, I heard him.

Who died?

Sister Viola.

Oh, Lord!

Nobody called
and told me nothing!

Girl, when was your funeral?

Hell, ain't nobody gone
and told me nothing either!

And Sister Coretta.

What?

Malcolm: Yeah, you dead, too.

Oh, Lord!

Oh, Lord, baby,
you still owe me $10!

Jesus, pray--

Wait a minute.

- If I'm dead...
- Uh-huh.

... and Viola's dead,
what about you,

Hattie May?

You dead, too.

Oh, Lord!

Oh, Lord!

All right.

All right,
now that's enough!

Now, y'all knew you were
dead, so stop pretending.

Okay.

Well, all right, you right.

But it was rude of him
to remind us.

Well, he is sorry.

Well, then he
needs to say it.

- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.

I will, just as soon
as y'all tell me

why I can see
and hear y'all.

Oh, he wants to
know our secret.

Last time I showed somebody
my secret, I had two babies.

Look, I ain't trying to get
none of y'all pregnant.

Oh, you know he trying to
turn me into a freak.

Coretta!

You already a freak.

That's how you died, with your
legs wide up in the air.

Oh, you just mad
'cause it was your husband.

- Oh!
- Ooh!

And tell the truth,
tell the truth--

Tiffany: All right, all right,
all right, all right!

All right, all right,
all right, ladies.

Now, ladies,
let's remember

that we have the Lord's
supper to prepare.

Oh, yes!

Tomorrow is first Sunday!

Oh, and it's your
first day preaching.

Oh, son!

You know you better
get it right or I'll cut you.

Come on, Coretta, you always
trying to cut somebody.

I thought God would...

Sister Hattie May, I will be
there to help you in a minute.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I was just trying to--

Ooh, Lord.

It's gonna be
more than a minute.

You see the guns
on that boy?

Pow, pow!

Man, those old ladies
are crazy.

Mm-hmm.

It's a shame they gonna
lose this church.

Oh, no, no, no, they are not
gonna lose this church,

and we're gonna
make sure of it.

- We?
- Mm-hmm.

Oh, so that means you're
giving me another chance?

No, that means that
I was right the first time.

Oh, okay.

Here's the deed.

Now, it's already
registered in your name.

All you have to do is take it
down to City Hall.

Tiffany, I don't
think I can do this.

Oh, yes, you can.

I have faith in you.

But no one has ever had
this kind of faith in me.

# Just as #

# I am #

# Without #

# One plea #

# But that #

# Thy blood #

# Was shed #

# For me #

# And that #

# Thou bidst me #

# Come #

# To Thee #

# O Lamb #

# Of God #

# I come #

# I come ##

I wasn't gonna
find you, huh?

Where you think you're
going, huh?

Where you
think you're going?

A hip-hop club?

In the same spot, on the same
spot as my church.

This whole
thing was about money.

It's always about
money, baby.

Yeah, well, this time,
it's about love

- and I want to be happy.
- Yeah, you know what?

How much does
happy cost, huh?

I want that deed.

I want that deed,
you hear me?

And you gonna sign it,
you understand me?

You gonna sign
the deed, okay?

Let me find out that little
carpenter boy's

involved in this

and I swear to God,
he's going to get hurt.

Do you understand?

- Do you understand?
- Go ahead!

Go ahead, hit me,
William!

Hit me!

Then everybody can know exactly
who Big Bill really is.

Get your hands off me.

I think he's
gonna be all right.

He just better be.

We're gonna all be
just fine.

Listen, when are we
doing the presentation?

You know what,
you can't hold water!

- Why?
- It's a surprise.

- Oh, oh, oh.
- Excuse me, ladies.

What are y'all talking about,
presentation?

The presentation, the supper,
the Lord's supper.

Jesus, praise His name.

Praise Him.

Go on, study.

- Who in the hell...
- What?

Where's the suit?

It's-- Tiffany, come on,
she got the suit.

Get, get...

Hurry up,
get in the back.

All right, ladies,
what's going on?

Okay.

Tiffany has
a surprise for you!

This is to show you that

you are the pastor
of all of our hearts,

whether you like it or not,
and we all say thanks.

Thank you.

I ain't never had
a new suit.

Hell, I ain't
never owned a suit.

Thank you guys
so much.

Thank you.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

- Thank you.
- Bless you.

Thank you.

What in the world?

Stay away from my man,
Sister Coretta.

Oh, honey, I was just taking
him on a little test drive

around the block.

I'm tired now.

Think you--

I think you stuck
tongue in his mouth.

She making a--

We need to pray.

I ain't been like
this since the auction.

Come on.

- We need to pray.
- Yeah, we do.

- Lord, Jesus.
- Praise Him.

Dear Heavenly Father,

please, Father, just bless this
young man on his journey,

Father God,

anoint him, Lord, and give him
the words, Father God,

walk through him
in the spirit, Lord Jesus.

Keep him from the freaks

and the lizard-tongue
demons, Lord,

'cause she know
not what she do--

Hattie May.

Oh.

Amen.

- Amen.
- Amen.

- Amen.
- Amen.

Well, you know, we gonna go.

We gonna let this boy
pray and prepare.

We need to go.

Let's go, child.

You something else.

Try it on now,
it's my daddy's suit.

And that means you, too--
Muah!

That means you, too, Tiffany.

Ooh, praise Him.

# I #

# Surrender #

# Oh #

# Yes I #

# Surrender #

# All #

# O to Thee my #

# Blessed savior #

# Oh I #

# Surrender #

# Oh, oh ##

Big Bill: Hey, my man.

Malcolm Anthony Anderson.

Convict.

Number 6-6-6-0-6-1-9.

Does Tiffany know?

Let me tell you
something.

Anything that goes on
in this town, I find out.

I know all about you, man.

Hmm?

I want that deed.

Give me the deed
and I'm gonna help you out.

Give you a new name,

new driver's license,
new social-security number

and I'm gonna relocate you
to Florida.

- Florida?
- Yeah.

I want you as far away from
this place as possible.

What happens to Tiffany?

I don't know,
why don't you turn around

and ask her yourself.

Look, Tiffany, my name
is not Samuel Nelson.

My real name is
Malcolm Anthony Anderson.

I'm a convicted felon,
Tiff, I'm on the run.

Should I be
scared of you?

'Cause I'm not.

And I've fallen in love
with you, too.

Here.

It's the deed.

I want that deed, Malcolm.

Man, you not getting
your hands on that deed.

Yeah?

Well, we'll see.

Huh?

- You don't have to do that.
- Shut up.

You don't have to
do that, man.

Let me have the deed.

Shut up, shut up
and give me the deed.

Lil' Bobby: You didn't pay me
my money!

Who the hell is that?

It's the retarded
guy again.

My name is Lil' Bobby.

Put that gun down, man,
you're not gonna shoot nobody.

Come on, man, you don't
have to do that, man.

I'm never gonna
pay you your money.

Tiffany: Oh, Jesus.

Malcolm: Come on, man.

Tiffany: Oh, my God!

# Ask the Savior #

# To help you #

# Comfort strengthen #

# And keep you #

# Jesus #

# Is willing
to help you #

# Jesus #

# Will carry you through ##

Malcolm: After the murder
of Big Bill,

I knew I couldn't
marry Tiffany

or fulfill
my new role as pastor

until I cleared my name.

Well...

finally,
some good news.

What's this?

A pardon, from the governor
of the state of California.

For real?

Yeah, signed,
sealed and now delivered.

But how?

I don't understand.

It's a little strange,
I'll tell you.

The governor said
he never saw so many letters

sent in for a convicted felon
in his life.

Down in the mail room,

we've got a big gigantic bag
full of letters

dating back from 1975.

That's strange, because you
wasn't even born yet.

Who are they from?

I don't remember them all,

but I think I have
a few of them here.

A Sister Hattie May,
a Sister Coretta

and a Sister Viola.

What's so funny?

Nothing at all, sir.

Nothing at all.

Okay.

Well, get your stuff,
get ready to get out of here.

By the way, whatever
happened to Lil' Bobby?

Bobby?

Well, apparently, he got
himself a real good lawyer.

They found him too mentally
unfit to stand trial,

so after serving a couple of
months in jail, he got off.

- So he's free?
- Free.

Free as a bird.

Boy, the Lord works in
mysterious ways.

Yeah, you could
say that again.

- Come on, let's go.
- Thank you.

I was finally free,

so I went back to church,
married Tiffany

and took my
rightful place as pastor.

Oh, what a feeling.

# The sound #

# That saved #

# A wretch #

# Like me #

# I once #

# Was lost #

# But now #

# I'm found #

# Was blind #

# But now #

# I see ##

Whoo, yeah,
that Mr. Jenkins.

Oh, Lord, I'm telling you,
some folks never change.

Well...

Our job is done.

- Sure is, ain't it.
- Yeah.

God gets all the glory
in this one.

And it was a wonderful journey,
was it not?

Wonderful journey.

- Wonderful journey.
- I wouldn't have traded it.

Y'all know what?

God blessed us to have
Malcolm as our pastor.

Oh, yes.

And have our
church not grown?

Oh, it's grown.

Oh, our church is so large now,
we have standing-room only.

- Yes, we did that, didn't we?
- Ooh, yes, we did.

Can I get a ''whoo-whoo''?

- Whoo-whoo!
- Whoo-whoo!

Whoo-whoo!

I learned that, I learned that,
I learned that.

I know, you ought to have
learned that,

'cause you sure couldn't
hold your note in the choir.

But I'll tell you,
I thank God.

That's how you gonna glorify
God, right there?

Well, I'm ready
to come on home,

'cause I'm about tired
of these two.

Yeah, I--

I certainly got
somebody to go on home to.

My Jake is up there.

Yoo-hoo, Jake!

It's me, Coretta.

You remember
the peach orchard, baby?

- Whoo!
- Whoo-hoo!

We had some fun.

Hey, Jake,
what's going on?

Hey, it's Hattie.

Trust me, it ain't the same
as you left it.

But you know what?

You know what?

It's peace in heaven.

'Cause y'all know what?

- What?
- What?

Heaven... ain't hard...

to find.

Especially when you been
drinking like you.

'Cause I don't know
if that's what

Neema wanted, but...

She had my rum cake.

Yeah, that's
an angel named Neema.

I talk to her, too.

# Crazy thoughts #

# Still run through
my mind #

# I want to #

# End it all
and leave behind #

# The hurtful things #

# That people
done to me #

# Too much drama #

# Too much drama #

# On the job #

# Even family #

# What can I do? #

# Don't get it twisted #

# 'Cause these things
will not last #

# Be patient child #

# 'Cause these problems
they will pass #

# Look to the hills #

# There's relief
for your mind #

# Just keep on looking #

# 'Cause heaven
ain't hard to find #

# Just keep on looking #

# 'Cause heaven
ain't hard to find #

# Ooh #

# The enemy #

# Took my house
my kids, my car #

# Got no relationships #

# My only friend
is the bar #

# Don't you know #

# That I thought
about killing myself? #

# All I'm asking Lord #

# Is for heaven's help #

# What should I do? #

# Don't get discouraged #

# God will
take care of you #

# Ooh #

# Keep on believing #

# You will find
His word is true #

# Oh #

# Right when you need Him #

# He is always
on time #

# Just keep on looking #

# Just keep on looking #

# 'Cause heaven
ain't hard to find #

# Just keep on looking #

# Just keep on looking #

# 'Cause heaven
ain't hard to find #

# Trials may be great #