Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Page #7

that is in you to sing.

- Right.

- All right.

Thank you. Okay.

Uh...

- The love boat

- Ah. Don't sing that.

Soon will be making another run

All aboard!

Okay. Okay. Stop.

"The Love Boat."

All right. All right.

That's nice. That's...

Mary Lazarus.

this is your soul mate.

Do you know the theme song

from Gilligan's Island, too?

- I do.

- It's one of my favourites.

Listen. You guys.

This is not about whether

you can sing or not.

We know you can sing.

We've heard you do it.

This is about singing together

as a group.

Hit it!

All right.

On three.

One. Two...

When Jesus is

My portion

A constant friend

Is He

His eye

Is on the sparrow

I mess up on that part

every time!

The sparrow

What's the matter. Rita?

That was beautiful.

Don't even try. Girl.

'cause you can blow. Too.

Yeah. But you got that type of voice.

you could really make it.

Uh-uh.

This is for church.

What's wrong with you. Girl?

I don't know. I just been

thinkin' about things.

My mother thinks singin'

is a dead end. No security.

And that's cool. Rita.

But what do you think?

I don't know.

Look. Let's do the song

I was doin'...

but this time

let's do it together.

I can't sing with you. Girl.

C'mon. I know

you're with it.

You take the top.

and I'll take the bottom.

- Just try it.

- All right.

I sing

- Because I'm happy

- Because I'm happy

And I sing

- Because I'm free

- Because

His eye

Is on the sparrow

Please don't stop.

I'll see you later. Rita.

Yeah.

You have a beautiful voice.

So what?

So?

So why aren't you

in the choir?

l-I know you want to be.

Yeah. Well. There are a lot of

things I wanna do. But I ain't

gonna get to do 'em. So...

Yeah. I know.

I. I used to feel that way. Too.

You know. You should talk

to Sister Mary Clarence.

She helped me so much.

Um. Rita?

You're just barely 17.

Now. How do you know what you're

going to get to do and not do?

Have you walked around

this neighbourhood lately?

I'm not exactly livin'

in the land of opportunity.

I might want to sing.

but it ain't gonna happen.

So. What's the point?

Welcome to the real world. Sister.

Rita?

Ri-Rita!

Rita? Rita. You...

What's the matter?

This chick's got

a lot of attitude.

No. No. No. I think

it's deeper than that.

Si... Delor...

Uh. Sister Mary Clarence...

I think that

she needs help.

Well. Why you lookin' at me?

Well. Okay. I thought that

maybe you could help her.

You know. Kind of the way

you helped me?

No. No. No. No.

You were different.

Look. She really.

really wants to sing.

She any good?

Oh. Yes.

Yeah. I think so.

God bless you.

Sister Mary Clarence.

All right. All right.

Chapel time.

- God bless you.

- Now. Get in there.

Ah. Rita!

- Hey!

- What?

Listen. You have just a little bit

more attitude than I like...

but I've decided I'm gonna dog you

no matter what. Okay?

- I'm listenin' to you. Go ahead.

- Okay.

I know you want to sing.

See. I love to sing.

Nothing makes me happier.

I either wanted to be a singer

or the head of the Ice Capades.

Hey. Do you know who

the Ice Capades are?

Don't roll your eyes.

They were very cool.

I went to my mother.

who gave me this book...

called Letters To A Young Poet.

Rainer Maria Rilke.

He's a fabulous writer. A fellow

used to write to him and say:

"I want to be a writer.

Please read my stuff."

And Rilke says

to this guy:

"Don't ask me

about being a writer.

lf. When you wake up in the morning.

you can think of nothing but writing...

then you're a writer."

I'm gonna say

the same thing to you.

If you wake up in the mornin'

and you can't think of anything

but singin' first...

then you're supposed to be

a singer. Girl.

What's the point of your story. Sister?

l... What's the point?

Read the book.

And don't roll your eyes about the

Ice Capades. It was a very good living.

I just want

to point that out.

That's good.

Let's try some energy. Hey!

And as a group.

From the diaphragm.

Welcome back. Hey!

Let's do Fran-kay. Hey!

Hey! Ho! Hey!

See. Go right down the scale.

Okay.

- La

- Ouch.

Yes. Go on. Go on.

Let's go. Let's go.

Let's go.

- Okay. You got it?

- This is so corny.

What were you doin'

spinnin' this around?

Now. Listen. You're always

talkin' about Shaka Zulu.

Do you think Shaka Zulu

could repel a bunch of troops...

with a little teeny-tiny voice

like you're usin'?

Here. Gimme

"Oh. Happy Day" in "C."

You listen to what

I'm gonna do. Okay?

This is you.

Oh, happy day

That ain't gonna scare nobody.

Shaka.

Oh, happy day

That's what I want

you to do. Okay?

Take it up

a half a step for me.

All right. Repel me.

Oh, happy day

That ain't gonna scare nobody!

Oh, happy day

See. Now you've got it.

Okay. You guys. Relax.

Okay? Take a deep breath.

Be fine!

Don't worry.

You ready?

Oh, happy day

Oh, happy day

- Oh, happy day

- C'mere.

- C'mere and stand over here.

- Oh, happy day

- When Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

- Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

- Washed my sins away

- Y'all gonna have to do

better than this.

- Oh, happy day

- Oh, happy day

- Oh, happy day

- All right. You guys.

Take your cue from me.

You.

- Sing.

- Oh, happy day.

Oh, happy day

- Oh, happy day

- Oh, happy day

- When Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

- When my Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

He washed my sins away

- Let's party.

- He taught me how

Oh, he taught me how

- To wash

- To wash, to wash

- Fight and pray

- To fight and pray

Fight and pray

- And he taught me how to live rejoicing

- And live

- Rejoicing

- Yes, He did, oh yeah

- Every

- Every

- Every day

- Every day

- Oh, yeah

- Every day

Oh, oh, happy day

Oh, happy day

- Oh, happy day, yeah

- Oh, happy day

- When Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

- When my Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

- When Jesus washed

- My sins away

- Oh, happy day

Come on, I'm talkin'

'bout happy days

- Oh, happy day

- Oh, yeah

- Sing it, sing it, sing it, yeah, yeah

- Oh, happy day

- I'm talkin' 'bout

- Oh, oh, happy day

Take your bow.

Go on.

Take a bow.

All right!

Ladies and gentlemen...

I believe we are now a choir.

Ashes to ashes

and dust to dust.

Show me the man

that a woman can trust.

So. Where does it say.

"On the eighth day he dusted"?

- Look at all these trophies.

- Yeah.

"All State Music Competition. 19 71."

- 1969.

- Wow!

Looks like this school's been

winning competitions for a long time.

Yeah. Do you think

they still have these contests?

Focus.

What if I told you that

we have just entered you all...

in the All State

Music Competition?

- Six weeks from Saturday in Hollywood!

- Hollywood?

- What?

- Let's go!

- We be doin' some crazy stuff. Man!

- Oh. My God. That is so cool!

Well. Sister. You put this choir

together. We took our cue from you.

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