Brown Sugar Page #10

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This is your spot.

I need to get myself

together.

I have to meet Kelby

after the game.

Wait. You're not gonna

tell him, are you?

What are you gonna

tell him?

Are you gonna tell him?

I don't know.

I... I... I...

No, I'm not.

I'm not. I'm...

He doesn't know

what happened

and I want to

keep it that way.

Well,

you're not gonna...

are you still

gonna marry this cat

after what

we just had?

Dre...

what just happened

was the most...

amazing...

most fulfilling...

most exhilarating...

5 minutes I've ever had

in my life.

- 7.

- 10 minutes.

- 9?

- Ok. 8. Whatever.

The point is,

what do we do now?

We can't just go back

to the way things were.

Wait, wait.

What are you saying?

I need space.

Us staying so close, spending

so much time together,

just confuses things

for me right now.

And besides,

we wouldn't even be here

if it wasn't for you

catching Reese.

Why are you talking

like that?

Why does it have to be

all or nothing?

Because we both know

it's the right thing to do.

Hey.

I know you've done this

mad times.

I know you know

what you're doing.

But, you know,

when you go in there,

just, you know,

be firm with them,

you know what I'm sayin'?

Yeah.

Don't punk out

like you did with Sidney.

Just...

you stand your ground.

I never punk out

with Sidney.

You did.

All I did

was respect her wishes.

Sound like some punk logic

right there.

How you figure?

What about Francine?

You were feeling her,

right?

Yeah.

You ain't doin' nothin'

about it.

I'm not...

the Humphrey Bogart in this.

I'm the Peter Lorre.

I'm the sidekick character.

You the Humphrey Bogart.

You had your opening.

You know what I'm saying?

She wanted you to stop her

from marrying the old dude,

but you let it ride,

you know?

Same thing Bogey did, man.

You're the same dude.

Man, don't be dissin'

Humphrey Bogart, man.

Why not?

'Cause he's Humphrey Bogart.

He's the man.

Yo, he was fightin'

a war.

That's what they did

back then.

You know what he needed

to do back then?

He needed to stop

fine-ass Ingrid Bergman

from gettin' on the plane

with the corny dude.

And then,

he gonna walk off

in the fog

with some other dude.

Come on, man.

With another dude,

in the fog?

Come on. 2 grown men

walk off in a fog,

you don't know

where they goin'?

Think about it, man.

You smoke too much

grass, man.

I hope you don't think

you walkin' off noplace

with me, man.

Matter of fact,

let me sit over here.

Don't fight it.

I'm not here with him.

I came by myself.

I'm a solo artist.

I'm doin' my own thing.

Security.

A'ight, we got

a new joint for y'all.

I want you

to check this out.

New Millenium recording

artists Ren and Ten.

Ten, Rapping:

# Hey, yo, Ren #

Ren:
#Yo,

what's up, Ten? #

# Big C told me

you was at the club #

# Pushin' up on

one of my hos #

#Yo, yo, yo,

Yolanda? #

#Yeah, Yolanda #

# Man, that ho

is a ho #

#You still mess

with that? #

# She may be a ho,

but she's my ho, you know? #

#The ho is mine #

#You gotta get

that b*tch #

#That ho is mine... #

Trish will see you now.

# I was first in line... #

Wow.

Ten and Ren:

# Mine #

Wow.

Trish:
But not before.

Come on, now.

Thank you for your time,

Trish.

I'm from Brown Sugar

Records.

As you know, I'm Dre...

Put it in.

We'll know on the 17 th.

Uh-huh.

Thursday.

Not at 36, uh-uh.

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

Thursday.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah. The 3:
00 spot.

Yeah, hold that thought.

Can you leave me

a couple more of those?

And thanks for coming by.

Go ahead.

Ok. Thank you

for coming by.

# I can fix it up

right quick... #

Trish:
How many?

# Listen, y'all... #

I don't think so.

Hey.

What the hell is this?

I said to give me space and

then you pull this stuff?

What...

What are you talkin' about?

Guess what demo I heard

for our unsigned underground

review today.

Are you serious?

Dre, don't act like

you didn't plan this.

You know the editor

does the unsigned reviews.

Why would I need to plan?

I could have just

given it to you at any time.

I was hoping it got

the XXL

'cause the sh*t's tight,

not 'cause I know you.

Well, I'm not doing the review.

I gave it to Gabe.

Why'd you give it

to Gabe?

I gave you money

to help start the label.

Doesn't the conflict

of interest seem obvious?

All right.

Well, what did Gabe say?

It wasn't a bad review.

He dissed us.

He didn't diss it.

He just wasn't feelin' it.

Sid, you gotta step in.

You gotta do your thing.

You're editor. I mean,

you heard the CD.

I can't do that, Dre.

I can't step on his review.

You're the main person

that's talkin' about

hip-hop losin' its way,

how we gotta get back

to its roots.

What's wrong with

getting in touch with why

we both fell in love with

hip-hop in the first place?

'Cause it's about

forward movement.

Innovate and move on.

One minute you talkin' about

you want things to change,

and the next minute

you talking about

you want things

to stay the same.

I do want things

to change.

I just don't like

how things have changed.

And... And I didn't know

this is how it would turn out.

And that's why we need

to look back, ok?

'Cause if we look back,

it will make us

see things...

The mistakes we've made,

things that we never knew

were there before.

And if we just can stop...

then maybe

we can find that thing...

that we both know

is missing...

and build on that.

Are we...

are we still talking

about hip-hop?

That's all

we've ever talked about.

It's all we've ever known...

from when we were 10.

Sid, just do me a favor.

Before you do something

you might regret, just...

just listen again.

Just listen again.

And just follow

your heart.

And whatever you decide...

whatever you decide

is cool.

Whatever you decide

is cool.

Dre...

Dre.

I've made my decision.

You ain't gonna

change your mind?

What about your heart, Sid?

Sid?

Hey.

Can I get you something, sir?

Reese:
Yes.

Macallan 25, neat.

Hey.

You smell nice.

Uh...

you gonna have to treat me,

'cause I can't afford

that sh*t no more.

Here.

Please. You couldn't

afford it then, remember?

I had to keep playing

if I was gonna get your number.

Damn. I lost nearly

$200 that night.

Yeah, yeah.

Dre...

So, what...

why'd you, uh...

why'd you call me

here tonight?

So we could have a drink,

laugh on our good times,

and, uh, act like

none of this ever happened?

Yes and no.

I went to

a divorce lawyer today.

And...

he asked me

one simple question.

Have we tried

to make it work?

Are you serious?

Dre, let me finish.

We never tried.

We just assumed

it was over,

like we were in

high school or something.

But we're not.

We're married.

We took those vows, Dre.

You broke those vows.

Come on.

I know that you and Sidney

have something very special

that you share.

I also know there's a reason

you made me your wife.

And I...

and I'm hoping that

whatever that reason is,

it's enough to make you want

to keep me as your wife.

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