Drumline Page #9

Synopsis: A fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Charles Stone III
Production: 20th Century Fox
  12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG-13
Year:
2002
118 min
$56,178,945
Website
4,596 Views


- (Free) Yeah!

- Bring it on!

- (Free) Both bands will perform two drum cadences.

- The judges will make their decision...

- I'm so amped.

- on who will take the $50,000 prize.

- Put it down, A&T.

- Devon?

- Yes, sir.

You want to give them a little taste

of what they're gonna get all next season?

That is if it's okay

with your section leader.

Mini-Me,

I knew you couldn't stay away.

- Cecil!

- Thank you.

- Give them hell.

- Cecil!

- What?

- Take off your uniform!

- Huh?

- Pants, too. Come on!

(Crowd Cheering)

Senate!

Senate!

Present arms!

(Crowd Cheering)

(Crowd Cheering)

(All)

Break... it!

(Band Yells)

(Crowd Cheering)

(Crowd Cheering)

(Crowd Cheering)

- (Man) Whoo!

- (Crowd Cheering)

(Cheering Continues)

It's okay. It's okay.

(Free) It looks like the judges

have made their decision.

The winner and champion

of the B.E.T. Big Southern Classic...

is Atlanta A&T University!

(Crowd Cheering)

(Band Cheering)

(Shouts)

Yeah! Yeah!

(Squeals, Laughs)

Forget that bull...

(All)

A&T! A&T! A&T! A&T! A&T! A&T!

A&T! A&T!

# (Drumsticks Tapping Rhythm) #

(Whistle Blows)

# (Funk) #

(All)

# Uh-oh #

# Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh #

# Uh-oh, uh-oh #

# Uh-oh, uh-oh #

# Uh-oh, uh-oh #

# Uh-oh, uh-oh #

# Uh-oh, uh-oh #

# Uh-oh, uh-oh #

# Uh-oh #

# Uh-oh #

# Ooh #

# (R & B) #

# Have you ever slipped up

and got caught up in something #

- # Incriminating evidence #

- # Uh-oh, uh-oh #

# Didn't pay attention when

You thought you were creeping #

- # You thought you kept it on the low #

- # Oh-oh, Oh-oh #

# I thought I had my game tight

until I got caught up in the night #

# 'Cause I didn't

turn off my cell phone #

# Heard everything I said

And I was so busted #

- # And all that I could say was #

- # Uh-oh #

- # Better watch them two-ways #

- # It'll get you caught up #

- # Caller I.D. will #

- # It'll get ya caught up #

- # Message on the voice mail #

- # It'll get ya caught up #

# Them shady friends

that go and tell, oh #

# Uh-oh, uh-oh #

# Uh-oh, uh-oh #

# Uh-oh, uh-oh #

# Uh-oh, uh-oh #

# (Funk) #

(Man)

# Saw you 'round the other day #

# Shorty she was all the way #

# Looked like you were feeling me #

# So I had to come and see #

# Girly wasn't trying to hate #

# But she had to demonstrate #

# That she was the queen to be #

# But she couldn't fight the chemistry #

- # And I say #

- # I, I, I #

# I can't lose you #

- # I, I, I #

- # No #

# She was disco lights

on a Friday night #

- # She moves across the floor #

- # Sugar #

# She was oh so tight

like dynamite #

# Blowing me up with her love #

# She was on the phone with me

all night long #

# I just can't get enough #

# She was ah-ah-oh

Ah-ah-oh #

# Blowing me up

with her love #

# Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh #

# Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh #

- # Tell me what's it gonna take #

- # Tell me what's it gonna take #

- # You've got me all bent out of shape #

- # Got me all bent out of shape #

- # Thinking about you all day #

- # Thinking about you all day #

- # So why you gonna make me wait #

- # And I say #

# I, I, I #

# I can't lose you, no #

# I, I, I #

# Whoa #

# She was disco lights

on a Friday night #

- # She moves across the floor #

- # She moves across the floor #

# She was oh so tight

like dynamite #

# Blowing me up with her love #

# Na, na-na, na, na-na #

- # Na, na-na, na-na #

- # I can't get enough #

# Na, na-na, na-na, na-na #

- # Na-na, na-na, na, na #

- # Ooh, yeah #

(Man) # The game is dirty

Watch how you playing it #

# It's your bed

Watch who you let lay in it #

# It's your crib

Watch who you let stay in it #

# 'Cause when you think they won't

They just might #

# And it's hard to tell

So choose your chicks right #

# The real ones

know when you front #

# That's why you gotta

know what you want #

# Walk with them

Show them the love #

- # Conversate Talk to them slow #

- # Nowadays it's hard to tell #

# Where them girls

is coming from #

- # Are they in it to the finish #

- # Oh, yeah #

# Or just having fun #

# I ain't mad at them girls #

# Doing what they do #

# Out to get that money #

# But I ain't that dude

Whoa-whoa #

# I want a girl a regular girl #

# I want a girl that ain't tripping

off that iced-out sh*t #

# I want a girl,

a regular girl #

# If youre for real

then let me hear you holler #

# I want a girl #

# That can ride with me #

# Never get tired of me #

# That's the girl for me #

- # That's what I'm looking for #

- # I want a girl #

# That can hang with me #

- # Wanna do things with me #

- # Do things #

# The girl that I want #

# I want a girl like you #

# I want a girl

that can ride with me #

# Never get tired of me #

# That's the girl for me #

# Ooh, yeah #

# I want a girl

that can hang with me #

- # Wanna do things with me #

- # I hear that #

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Tina Gordon Chism

Tina Gordon Chism is an African-American screenwriter and director. Her movies include Tyler Perry's Peeples, ATL and Drumline. Chism studied drama at Duke Ellington School for Performing Arts. She was inspired by The Cosby Show to tell stories of rich black families. HBO has green-lit a new series done by Chism called Crushed. more…

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