04x24 - Martin, I Want to Sing

[bunniefuu]

Bye-bye, baby.

Gina, where you going?

To put my car in the shop

For the third time this week.

I thought you got that car fixed already.

My car backfires so loud,

When I drive down the street, g*ng members be ducking.

It's embarrassing.

I got a better idea.

Why don't you stay here

And let me give you a tune-up?

Vroom. Let me rev it. Let me rev it.

Aah!

Martin, we can play auto mechanic later.

Oh, don't forget-- we got to see pam's cousin sing tonight

At nipsey's.

O.k., Yeah, pam's cousin.

Now, is she saint bernard or...

Or half c*ck spaniel?

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Whwh

♪ Martin ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Ooh, yeah, yeawhazzup!♪

♪ I'm the man ♪

Tin ♪♪

On the real.

Let's squash all this east/west nonsense.

I'm audi ,.

All right.

The next brother coming to the stage is a poet,

And we didn't even know it.

[Silence]

I said, we didn't even know it.

All right. Give it up for dean knowledge.

Tommy, I know damn well you ain't dean...

Knowledge...

This piece is called...

To my lady.

[Clears throat]

[Shouting] "I wrote this for you...

"Even though we broke up for no reason...

"And still I rise.

"I wrote this for you

"Even though you keep sayin',

"Back up off me, 'cause you ain't goin' to get jack!

"But still I rise.

"I wrote this for you...

"Even though I still want to grab a handful of that weave

"And just kiss you until you say,

Aah! Aah! Big tommy! Oh, you're the best! Aah!"

Uh...

"And still I rise.

"And still I rise.

Andstilli rise." Thank you very much.

Sit your corny a*s down.

Forget you, chump.

Hey, man.

How'd you like that?

What the hell you talking about, "still I rise"?

No, no, man--

Pam done put a root on you, man.

She didn't put a root on me--

Hey, you guys.

Hey.

How you doing?

I want you to meet pam's cousin.

Martin, tommy, this is alesha.

Nice to meet you.

Alesha.

This is pam's cousin?

You know, there's no family resemblance.

Consider yourself lucky.

You're the lucky one.

Shut up, martin.

I can't believe I'm actually meeting you.

I watch your show on tv all the time.

Seriously?

Wait a minute.

I thought they canceledalf.

Stop.

Uh...

O.k., Uh,

Alesha!

Alesha.

Alesha.

Stop it, now.

Are you ready to sing, girl?

I'm a little nervous.

I never really sung outside of church before.

Don't worry about that. Girl, you know you know how to sing.

Get on that mike and sing. Tear it up!

Do what you do.

[Begins playing]

[Raspy voice] ♪ a roo-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪♪

She needs to warm up.

She just needs a little time.

No, she don't need more time.

She's terrible!

Shut up, martin.

Shh.

[Singing beautifully] ♪ a room is still a room ♪

♪ Even when there's nothing there ♪

♪ But gloom ♪

♪ But a room is not a house ♪

♪ And a house is not a home ♪

♪ Without two of us... ♪

Sing now!

♪ I fall apart ♪

♪ And one of us ♪

♪ Has a broken heart ♪

♪ Hear-ar-ar-art ♪

♪ I'm not meant to live alone ♪

♪ Turn this house into a home ♪

♪ When I climb the stairs ♪

♪ And turn the key ♪

♪ Oh, please, be there ♪

♪ Still in love ♪

♪ With ♪

♪ Me ♪♪

[Pam] well, all right!

Y'all give it up for alesha now. Give it up.

She's the first cousin on my mother's side.

Her mother and my mother was good frie--

Baby, relax.

That's my cousin--ha ha!

You're going to make somebody rich.

You need a manager.

Manager, manager!

That would be me.

Welcome to mpm management.

Martin payne management.

[Buzzing]

Yo.

Your : is here.

Oh, cool. Send him in.

Dex, the man that writes the checks.

Whazzup?

What's happening, man?

What's going on? How's the show?

Kool aid? Cappuccino? Cup of coffee?

No, I'm cool.

But, uh, you may want to cut back on the caffeine.

All the record deals got you speeding--

"Caffeine? Coffee? Kool aid?"

What you speeding for, man?

I hear you're managing. Is that true, martin?

I thought you knew.

Come on in here andtellme.

Who is this singer you're making all this noise about?

Check it out.

It's this girl named alesha, right?

I was down at this amateur night.

This girl ain't no amateur, man.

She was hitting notes, brought tears to my eyes.

And wasn't nobody cuttin' onions, man.

This is how bad the girl could rip it up.

I can't wait to hear her.

First, I gotta check out this sax player.

Oh, o.k. Well, look, handle the sax player.

I'll just chill on the cot.

So handle your business.

Chillin' on the cot. On the cot.

Send the brother in.

Well, yeah, then you get security!

What the hell...

Hustle, is that you?

No, chief. You got me confused with the next man.

I'm hustle marsalis.

Hustle, man.

Forget it.

Whoever you are,

My scheduleis kind of tight,

So show me what you got, bro.

No, no, no. See, you can't rush good music.

You know what I'm saying?

This is buttons, you know what I'm saying?

Just cool out

To some of my smooth tunes, o.k.?

Yeah.

All right.

[Kazoo sounds]

♪ Doodle oooh do-do-do ♪

♪ Pick up the pieces ♪

♪ Just pick up the pieces ♪

[Playing solo]

♪ Pick up the pieces ♪

♪ Pick up the pieces ♪♪

Tell me where I sign,

'Cause a brother like me think

It's time to get paid.

No.thatwas the worst performance I've ever seen.

Hustle, man.

Hustle, come here.

How the hell you gonna come up in here with a kazoo

Stuck to a saxophone, man?

And try to get over?

How can you do that?

Nah, nah, nah. You can't tell me

Y'all wasn't tapping your feet, 'cause I seen y'all!

I tapped a little on,

♪ Pick up the pieces ♪♪

But that ain't gonna fly.

I got new talent coming in

That he needs to check out.

You got to roll out.

I'm trying to strike a deal, too.

You know how much a pack of franks costs?

Hey.

I'm out, man.

♪ Pick up the pieces ♪♪

Now that amateur night is over,

If you're interested in some real talent,

This girl alesha has all the assets

To make the concept a reality.

That's all good, baby.

O.k., Look, bring her by tomorrow afternoon.

If she's as good as you say,

Then you'll be her manager.

Oh, sure, you're right.

Oh, look. Get berry gordy a message for me.

You tell berry gordy I said watch his back.

Ol' marty-mar gonna make more stars

Than detroit makes cars.

Whoo, we need more cars, baby.

I'm gonna help you make them!

And I ain't gonna be getting the door myself!

Oh, no, no.

You're the best, baby!

You're the best!

You have this big audition tomorrow.

From the top, o.k.?

I can't. I've sung it a thousand times.

You don't like my voice?

Alesha, it's not the song, and it's not your voice.

It's the way you're singing it, alesha.

Baby, you are singing as if you have no energy.

That's right, baby.

You got to throw your drawers in it!

By the time we are finished with you,

You'll make janet jackson look like...

Shabba!

Do you follow what I'm saying?

Give me the mike. I'll show you how it's done.

Because it's all about stage presence, for one.

Let them people know you ain't afraid.

You're gonna sing to 'em.

And then you giveit to 'em.

♪ I'm not meant ♪

♪ To live alone ♪

♪ Turn this house ♪

♪ Into a h*-whoa-whoa ♪

♪ Whoa-whoa-- ♪ right there!

You see how I almost gave you all that?

But I couldn't, 'cause I'm a manager.

You'rethe talent.

Try that.

Try it with feeling and energy, baby,

Because we're about to blow you up!

Now, come on.

♪ I'm not meant ♪

Yes, uh-huh.

♪ To live a-lone ♪

♪ Turn this house ♪

♪ Into a h*-whoa- whoa-whoa... ♪

Don't go on your whoas too hard.

♪ Whoa-whoa-whoa-- ♪♪

Whoa!

Damn!

You know darn well that ain't your song.

Let me do your song.

♪ We represent the lollipop guild ♪

♪ The lollipop guild ♪

♪ We represent ♪

♪ The lollipop guild ♪

♪ The lolli-- ♪♪

Pam, go ahead with that.

I don't represent no damn ♪ lollipop guild ♪

♪ Lollipop guild ♪♪

That's it! That's how they do it!

Hey, stop!

Yourepresent--

Cut it out, y'all.

He started.

Shh!

Alesha, girl,

We got the perfect dress

For you to rock this audition!

That's great, but what I really need

Is extra help on those dance steps.

This is what you wanna--

You do want advice from your cousin pam-pam...

Thank you.

The dancing bear.

[Music plays]

Girl, you gotta give 'em something, you know?

Oh, no! Pam, no.

That's a little stank.

You gotta get some soul,

You gotta get more diana...

Like my baby do it. See how she do it?

[As diana ross] don't worry. I'll stop the rain.

[Shouting] hey, what about me?

Just sing! We doing the dance!

You sing!

Stop...

Where are they?

Pam and alesha were due an hour ago.

Baby, you made alesha practice all night long.

She probably just overslept.

What do you mean, overslept?

Know what? It's pam's fault.

She knows when the sun comes up,

She's supposed to c*ck-a-doodle-doo!

Don't start--

I'm not starting. Hey, where you been?

Oh, alesha! Girl, you look beautiful!

Where have you guys been? You're late.

It's no problem. Dex ain't here yet.

No, martin, thereisa problem.

You made her rehearse so much that now she can't sing!

Go ahead and show him, alesha.

[Raspy voice] ♪ hoo--hoo ♪♪

You hear that? Nothing.

The hell she can't!

Gina, get her some tea.

Tea right away, baby.

Get the hell out. You get the hell out.

It's your fault she can't sing!

It's my cousin!

You know what?

Now, now, we didn't come this far to turn back now.

Aw, sookie, sookie now,

What's going on, martin?

Hey, dex. Whazzup, man?

It's all good.

Whoa--whoa--whoa. Is this that singer?

How you doing? Alesha, right?

[Raspy] hi--

Uh, dex, check it out.

As her manager, she doing fine, man.

Too bad we can't stay, yeah.

We got to get up out.

We have waited on you.

We was here, like, what, two, three, four hours.

So we gonna come by tomorrow,

And, uh, let you hear what she got.

No, I don't think so.

I got to bounce over to japan.

So if we're going to do this,

We do it now.

Well, let me see if I brought her...

You know what?

I brought her background music.

A tape, right here.

What are you doing? You know I cannot sing.

Look, I got two words for you--

Milli vanilli.

If they can do it, you can do it.

Girl, you know it's true.

O.k. Follow my lead.

Follow my lead.

Yeah, man. She's bad.

Check this out.

You know what I'm saying--

[Music plays]

[Lip synching] ♪ a room is still a room ♪

♪ Even when there's nothing there but gloom ♪

♪ But a room is not a house... ♪

Hold up, hold up. I heard enough.

She got some more in her!

[Song continues]

Ca ca ca ca ca!

That's cool, bro.

Getting hot! Oh, there you go, baby!

Bring it to him, alesha. Give it to him.

♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪♪

That's enough.

Don't give him no more!

Yeah, yeah!

Whoo!

Ah.

Whoo.

Girl, I'm proud of you.

I am proud of you.

Whoo!

Didn't I tell you?

Man, if I don't know nothing else,

I know talent.

Yes, you do, bro.

That voice, ooh! It is unbelievable.

Alesha, honey, do me a favor.

Hit that high note one more time for me.

Oh, no, no.

Won't be no...♪ High ♪♪

Won't be no high notes till we see some c-notes.

You know what I mean about the c-notes?

You funny, martin.

That's what the c-notes is.

Alesha, could you hit it one more time?

Ahem.

[Screeching]

Oh, no!

First of all,

You don't listen to nobody

Who hasn't signed you yet.

I'm your manager, baby.

Come on. Now, look.

Um, don't start high, start low,

'Cause then it comes out,

And all your flavor of your juice

Of your--of your voice.

Now try it one more time.

[Moaning]

Oh, no! I didn't say go that low.

Alesha...

Martin, what's going on here, partner?

She can't sing at all.

It's not like that dex, o.k.?

She's just having a bad day, man.

Martin, look, here at midtown,

I need somebody that can sing every day, man.

I don't want to disrespect you,

But maybe you should go on back to tv,

Leave music to the professionals because she ain't ready--

I'm ready now.

♪ Ooh ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh yeah, yeah-yeah ♪

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ooh ♪

♪ Hey hey hey hey... ♪♪

That's enough, baby. That's enough.

Don't give him no more.

No more!

Whoo!

Don't give him no more.

Now...dexter...

Do we have a deal?

Do we have a deal at midtown,

Or do I have to take alesha over to motown?

Let's go over to motown.

h*-h*-hold on!

It looks like we got a deal, baby!

Those are c-notes.

Girl, you shop till you drop.

Look. That's a check.

Oh!

Go on outside. I'll be out in a minute.

You blew it. You blew it a cappella, baby.

Dish!

Whoo!

She blew it acapulco.

Oh, man. Oh, man.

Let me ask you a question, dexter.

Is getting a singing contract that easy?

You serious?

Yeah.

I'm going to tell you something

I ain't never told nobody before.

I used to do a little singing myself.

Really?

Yeah. Back in the day, i--i was...

I was one of them singers to be reckoned with.

I used to sing lead singer for the stylistics.

Go crazy. Go wild.

And I kicked it a little something like this.

[Sings falsetto soul riff]

That's all I'm going to give you

Till I get a record contract.

Mainly, I was singing back in '.

If you ever want to sign me to a record deal,

What we got to do?

Ooh. Have my people call your people.

I'm sure you're right.

Alesha!

You got my money?

Hey, baby...

Are you still down?

Am I still down?

Damn right, I'm still down, gina.

I can't believe alesha left me for another manager.

Put all my hard work in there.

I know, baby.

But look at the bright side.

At least you still got this big signing bonus.

Could we use some to fix my car for good?

I don't believe you, gina!

What?

You want to spend that money on yourself?

Martin!

Baby, I'm the one who did all the work.

Remind you,

I'm the one who did all the work, gina!

Martin, baby!

How am I supposed to get to work?

How am I supposed to know?

Maybe you get to work with these!

No, you didn't...

Use that money from alesha to buy me a new car!

Oh, I love you!

Who's the best husband in the world?

You are! You are! You are!

That's right.

♪ I'm the best husband ♪

♪ In the world ♪

♪ He's the best husband ♪

♪ In the world ♪♪

Martin...

I think I'm going to go into overdrive, boy.

What?

Girl, are you-- are you serious?

In my new car!

Aah! You want a ride?

♪ Do you want a ride? ♪♪

I guess we going

To have to do it in the car, gina!

You know, i--i was

One of them singers to be reckoned with.

I used to sing lead singer for the stylistics.

Yeah, yeah.

They originally wanted gerald levert,

But at the time, his father wanted him

To keep the music in the family,

So he went on ahead and did his thing.

The five tops called,

But levi already had the lead on that,

So I couldn't get in the group there.

Temptations had silent nightout,

Which was blowing everybody out, you know.

People could not believe

This was a christmas song

That was just playing over every christmas.

So the ' stylistics, we was thinking,

What can we bring out that's gonna make all the kids crazy...