Soul Men Page #9

What'd he say?

Uh, he said I'm fired,

and... and, uh,

and you're off the show.

Are... Are you serious, man?

I'm so sorry.

Nnn! Nnn! Nnn!

You know, uh,

according to the map,

that road leads to the turnpike.

I think we've still got time to make it.

Make what, Louis?

You heard what the motherf***er said!

It's over!

F*** that.

This sh*t ain't over till we

say it's over, all right?

Things have changed,

and I have achieved

a state of mental clarity.

Ain't that a b*tch?

You hear what this motherf***er said?

Ever since I knocked

on your door, man,

you've been beating my balls

at every f***ing turn.

Now all of a sudden, you've

got a state of clarity.

Where was your clarity in L.A., Lou?

You can't just dial that sh*t up

like you calling for a pizza, motherf***er.

You got to go inside, do the work.

Consequently,

I have a confession.

Floyd, you were right about me.

I have given up on a lot

of things in my life.

But I ain't giving up on this. All right?

Come on, man, we've been through

enough sh*t the last few days.

We can do this.

And I dare anybody

to try to stop us.

Let's go, motherf***er.

Shotgun.

Get your ass in the backseat.

# Ain't no stoppin' us now #

# We're on the move #

# There's been so many

things that's held us down #

# But now it looks #

# Like things are finally coming around #

# Don't you let nothing, nothing #

# Stand in your way #

# I want y'all to listen, listen #

# To every word I say,

every word I say #

# Ain't no stopping us now #

# No, no, no #

# We're on the move #

# The movin' groovin' #

# Ain't no stopping us now #

Full sound and switch on all

the floor monitors, all right?

Look at that.

That's nice and subtle.

I'm on it, then. Sound check.

Okay. Thanks.

- Mr. Epstein.

- Yeah?

Hey, thank God you're here.

Oh, God, this isn't happening.

What are you doing here?

I thought I fired you.

I just wanted to tell you

I'm not alone.

You guys are insane!

Good to see you, too, Little Ep.

Yeah, this is never going to happen.

You'll be arrested

the moment the cops spot you.

We don't care anything about that.

We just want to do our song.

Oh, one other thing.

You got a few minutes?

Yeah, I got all the time

in the world.

I'm just producing a television show

with dozens of huge musical acts

that goes live in 171/2 minutes,

but you know, let's grab some coffee

and have a little chit-chat.

Wow. How long's he got?

We don't know.

All right.

I'll see what I can do. Okay?

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and

gentlemen,

please take your seats.

The ceremony will begin shortly.

I'll get it.

Wow!

The Black Moses.

How's it going, man?

Hey, what's happening?

What's up, baby?

Hey, fellas.

Hey, what's happening?

- The man.

- My man.

Okay, all right.

Heard you were here.

Just wanted to wish you luck.

Oh, by the way,

brought somebody by to see you.

Oh, is that right?

Yeah.

Okay, everybody,

let's move on out of here.

Come on.

All right, you heard what Mr. Henderson said.

After you, young man.

Okay.

I'm sorry I ran out the way I did.

I'm the one who ran out.

There's no need for you to apologize.

Can I help you with your tie?

Yeah, sure.

You know what you're doing?

Yeah, I know what I'm doing.

Here you go.

Mm! Ohh!

You all right?

Yeah. Just some water, please.

Damn!

All cameras are on point.

We just added two mics.

Mr. Epstein!

You better come quick.

Come on, I'm serious.

Come on! It's important!

All right. Take care of those.

15 minutes, Danny.

He just collapsed.

I think he's in a lot of pain.

Open your hand.

Open your hand.

Right there, right there.

Okay, okay.

Be strong, brother.

Hang on in there.

It ain't time for you to check out now.

Check out? What?

Come on, man.

Everybody knows, man.

My aunt was taking the same

doggone pills, man.

Took her about a week

before she wasted away to nothing,

just kicking and screaming.

I don't know what killed her ass,

but if she was taking those,

she had a bladder infection.

Say what?

Look, Doctor Dumbshit,

I got a kidney stone.

Hurts like a motherf***er

when I pee,

but it ain't gonna kill me.

So you're not dying?

From the first slap and cry,

we all start to die.

But I ain't on no accelerated program,

hell, no.

Ain't that about a b*tch?

All that damn hard work,

busting your ass out of jail,

and you ain't even dying.

I was kinda looking forward

to seeing you go.

Excuse me, Danny.

They're on in two.

All right. Where we at, guys?

Okay, I'm good.

The Apollo, the mecca.

This brings back memories, man.

How many times you think

we've performed here?

Ooh, uh...

ooh, five-oh.

50, really?

- Five-oh.

- Oh!

Come on. Move, move.

That's them! Hold it! Hold it!

All units report, all units report.

Suspects have been spotted.

All units, apprehend them quietly

and by the book.

Hey, Lou, do you think

they're gone, man?

I don't have X-ray vision, motherf***er!

How would I know?

Lower your voice, Lou.

Doggone it, man.

It's so dark in here you can't see sh*t.

Hold up.

Let me see if I can reach my lighter.

Don't light no lighter

up in here, man.

We'll blow up like a barbecue.

Hold on one minute.

Sh*t.

Marcus motherfucking Hooks.

Long way from Linwood Street, huh,

motherf***er?

F*** Linwood Street and him.

He used both of us, and you know it.

Come on, man. He just thought

he'd be a bigger star going solo.

He was right.

No he wasn't.

He didn't want to split

the money three ways.

Just look at him, sitting there

with that old sh*t-eating

grin on his face.

You think you're all that, motherf***er,

don't you?

I have to admit, every time

I think about you,

I could just choke the sh*t out of you!

Stop it, stop it!

Floyd, he ain't

thinking sh*t. He's dead.

Say, ain't that my watch?

See? You thought

I stole that mother...

I told you this motherf***er

was a klepto!

Sh*t, look at that.

That's nice.

Probably stole that, too.

Motherf***er always had

good taste, though.

I'm gonna keep this.

Hey, Louis.

You think if, you know...

if he wouldn't have, you know, died,

you think we would have

got back together?

Oh, hell, no.

But you know what?

We are together,

and I've been thinking

about our little arrangement.

I'm gonna go ahead

and break you off 50/50, all right?

Wow, Lou, that's...

that's real black of you, man.

Because there ain't no money.

Say what?

Well, you said it yourself.

It's a funeral.

Nobody pays you to sing, man.

You lied about the money?

- Yeah.

- You motherf***er.

Hey, you can't say

it wasn't worth it.

Well, I could say it.

But I'd be lying.

I love you, Lou.

My n*gger.

But this motherf***er,

you know, I can't help it.

Every time,

I could just kill this motherf***er!

That's why he left, because

you was always picking on him.

Stop f***ing with him.

He f***ed with my happiness.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I'm Isaac Hayes.

Where the f*** are they, Danny?

My good friends, please join me

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