Drumline: A New Beat Page #5

No, no, no, no, no.

I want her to do it.

She started this, now

she can finish it.

Yo!

What up big homie?

I'm sure you all know Devon,

especially since every other

song on the radio is his.

Oh, don't forget

about the Grammy.

Now, you know how I feel about

disruptions during practice.

Man, you called me.

Plus, I am not dressed

to be doing no laps.

These is my gelins.

Tasha, wait up.

I got a business

proposition for ya.

Not sure I wanna be in

business with ya' JFK?

Look, I need a tutor.

I'm trying to get back on

the field for the Classic

and the chem is kicking

a brother's ass.

What brother?

All right, I have

a test on Friday,

and as much as you

try to hide it,

I know you're

smart as hell.

I wouldn't say all that,

but I aint gonna turn

down no good money.

And I want it in quarters,

cause laundry is

kickin a sista's ass.

Yeah, you got it.

All right, deal.

All right.

D, I really appreciate you

offering to MC the Classic.

It's gonna be

A&T's best shot

at keeping it here

at the school.

Come on, it's nothing.

It's my pleasure.

I owe so much to A&T.

I owe a lot to

you too, big dog.

What about you?

You good?

Yeah.

You sure?

I don't know man.

I always dreamt of

coming back here

and leading this band.

I was gonna teach teamwork,

squash egos, let em'

discover who they are,

the power of what

they could do.

I don't even know if I

should be here sometimes.

Come on, man, you was

ready when you graduated.

The band just think they the

center of the world right now,

you gotta show em'

that they not.

Show em' what work is.

What would Quentin

say about you?

Besides, Quentin

definitely aint gonna help

you get back with Nia.

Nia Phillips is lookin'

mighty delicious.

You married, bro.

Yeah, happily.

But you aint.

Devon Miles.

It's been a long time.

Too long.

Oh my goodness.

Oh, thank you so much again for

agreeing to MC the Classic.

I mean thank you.

I always gotta

represent for A&T.

And my boy Sean.

You know what, I gotta make

a couple of phone calls.

I'm gonna go ahead

and step out.

The work of a

mogle's never done.

Thanks again.

Yeah, no doubt.

You know I still got it.

I see.

Get out of here.

So, you called him?

I broke it, I

wanted to fix it.

Well, it worked.

The Classic sponsors have

unanimously agreed to overlook

the A&T and Southern

State fight

and Devon's appearance

is gonna be

a huge draw for

the Classic.

So, thanks for helping

out the school...

Nia, what I said about you

and Kevin, it was low.

You know, you had a

role in this too.

You think Kevin is

all about ego?

Well so are you.

And truthfully, that man

I saw on the field

the other day is the same boy

that ran me off years ago.

They always question me

try to bring me down

I took AP Chem

in 10th grade.

Some of these study

aids should help.

Damn, in 10th grade I

was trying to step out

of my brothers shadow.

All seven of them.

So you came

here to stand out.

You noticed me.

And the way they

look at us when me

and you touch I do

Is this high school Tasha?

Did you look

cute in glasses.

You still do.

Uh uh.

Head in the books, Josh.

And, thanks.

I'll be right back.

All right.

Hey.

What's up?

You takin' orders?

Let me get the wings.

That all?

Yep.

So are we never

gonna talk again?

What do you wanna

talk about, Dani?

How you tryin' to be brand

new came between us?

Actually, that chick on your

arm is what came in between us.

You said you came to A&T to

get away from all of this.

This anger.

This image.

But you're slippin'

right back in, Jay.

Y'all done?

Yeah.

We're done.

Oh my love, my love

I know I may have changed

Oh my love, my love

I may have lost my way

Hey.

You okay?

Um, I'm fine.

You know what?

I'm gonna go talk to his

passive aggressive ass.

You said you were sorry.

No.

I'm just letting it go.

Hey.

I see you're here feeling

charitable too, huh?

Yeah, you know Alpha Beta's

all about community service.

Yeah.

Oh, sorry.

This is my girl Dani.

Hi.

Want a lot of things

that I couldn't have

I've done a lot of things

that I shouldn't have

And uh, this is my girl Cree.

Hi.

I'll see y'all around, okay?

Maybe he's just...

I know what he is.

I was just hopin'

that he wasn't.

Leon.

I gotta go.

Tyree.

I'll catch you later, bro.

Yeah man.

Tyree, come on.

I can handle everyone

else being mad at me.

I know I messed up at

the Southern State game.

Can we truce this?

Please?

I need you to help me

get back on the field.

Damn.

Them boys were

right about you.

You got bigger

balls than me.

What kind of misogynist

B.S. is that?

Listen, Dani.

I don't care what Armondi

and them think they did.

You didn't make

P1 that night.

The call was fair, and I

know because it was mine.

But I deserve...

But you don't get it.

You don't just deserve to

be out on that field.

I mean we all feel

like we deserve it,

but the difference is,

we aint all used to

getting everything

handed to us.

I have to believe

that I belong here.

Well maybe you don't.

Maybe your dad was right,

you should go to Spellman.

There aint nothing

for you here.

And that aint just

me talkin' neither.

Spellman?

Girl, Tyree is family.

He was just trippin'.

No, he's right.

I messed things up so badly,

and I can't fix them,

so I should just go.

Have you talked to Jay?

My Pops is gonna

be here soon.

I got so much

more to pack, so.

All right.

All right.

You guys better

get to practice

because I still want

a Panther victory.

Since day one we've

talked about identity.

I wanted you to know

where you came from,

but I also wanted you to

discover who you are.

Now in New Orleans,

my band, we had Jazz.

It was the sound of thriving

in the face of defeat.

But what's our sound?

Who are the

Marching Panthers?

Maybe we aint tryin'

to have a sound.

We just tryin' to

win the trophy.

Mr. Mason, there's

a whole...

Got a whole lot of mouth.

Sean, let me holla

at him real quick.

Y'all suppose to be

the Senate right?

You know it.

Section leader,

where you at?

Sup?

Meet me on the field

in five minutes.

All right, lets do this.

Lets see if you can

keep up, youngin's.

If you can.

Hey, my bad.

They're pretty good.

Kind of reminds me of

us back in the day.

Of course, they aint as

pretty as we were.

Na, na, na.

Never that.

Never that.

Man, how long it's been

since we've played together?

12 years.

Think you still got it?

We'll see.

Lets do this.

Damn!

Yeah.

We still do that.

One band...

One sound.

We know each other because we're

a team until the day we die.

Yeah.

I mean, there's a lot

of talent in this band.

Talent, aint get me

to where I am today.

Work ethic, drive, team work.

I learned all of

that right here.

Until y'all learn

that, you aint gonna

get no where near a trophy.

So, stop bitching

and be about it.

Truth.

One.

Two.

One, two, three.

They got a

business program.

Not only will you learn

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