"The soul man is recorded in front of a live studio audience." "♪ Woke up this morning, I was hungry ♪" "♪ Looked on the counter and got some bread ♪" "♪ Thought I'd make myself a sandwich ♪" "♪ Had peanut butter ♪" "♪ But..." "No jam ♪" "♪ No, no no, no ♪" "Babe?" "Help me decide what to wear for church." "♪ Oh, no no, no ♪" "Come on." "All right, now this one matches better," "But the round toe makes my ankle look good." "Uh..." "Babe?" "Wow, that is some dress." "You don't like it?" "It's just that some of the church ladies, they..." "There's no pleasing those women." "One minute, they're like "you ever met beyonce?"" "I say "yeah," they say, "think she's something 'cause she met beyonce."" "I do want those biddies to come to my salon," "So guess I could at least put some pantyhose on." "[phone ringing] Thank you, baby." "Hello?" "Yes, this is boyce ballentine." "Yes, boyce the voice." "Actually, double platinum." "Yeah, four american music awards." "Even snuck onto the country charts." "With a little duet with the oak ridge boys." "Well, a lot of people liked it." "Who are you anyway?" "My super sweet 16?" "[whispering] dad, it's a tv show." "Hello?" "This is lyric ballentine." "It's a show on mtv about all these off-the-hook parties," "Private jets, limos." "Why they calling us?" "We ain't even got jam." "Really?" "Oh, this is so exciting." "Yes, he's a minister now." "Crazy, right?" "But it's only been a few weeks, and I am still cool." " Give me the phone." " I'll be in touch, bye." "Dad, you have to say yes." "Okay, yes." "And my real answer, no." "Doesn't sound appropriate for a minister's daughter." "Oh, not this again." "Honey, we're all having a difficult time." "On account of your father." "Hey!" "Don't you have some pantyhose to put on?" "Come on, lyric." "I gotta go put on pantyhose." "Lord knows I hate pantyhose." "But those church ladies..." "They want pantyhose." "They can't take these legs!" "Look, god..." "You've taken me from singing soul." "To saving souls." "But I could sure use a sign." "That I'm doing the right thing here, you know?" "Lolli, she's having a tough time with this," "And you know happy wife mean a happy life." "Of course, you wouldn't know that." "You never married." "That keeps you infallible." "Once you marry, you know you're fallible." "So..." "A little help here?" "Choir: ♪ lift them higher ♪" "Showtime!" "♪ Higher and higher ♪ [soul music]" "♪ hey ♪" " ♪ The soul man ♪" " S01E01..." "Sister rosetta, good seeing you." "Wonderful sermon." "Nice seeing you too." "Oh, thank you for coming." "Thank you." " Okay, all right." " Beautiful dress." "Thank you, sister williams." " Couture?" " Yes." "Good eye." "Must be nice." "My salon opens tomorrow." "Hope to see you ladies there." "Brother summerlin, how you doing, young man?" "I'm still here." "Enjoyed the sermon." "Oh, it's always good to hear someone enjoyed the sermon." "I gave it a "c" minus." "Hello, daddy." "The bit at the end was pretty decent." "I mean, I would've approached it more from the old testament," "But that's just me." "Oh, would you be quiet?" "Rev. B, the boy did just fine." "Sister pearly, how you doing?" "What a pretty hat!" "You know the wig and hat is all one thing." "Is it now?" "Gorgeous." "How about you stop by my salon tomorrow," "And I can freshen it up for you?" "Oh, no, I could never leave miss Gina's." "I've been going to her since I had real hair." "And, reverend, your sermon was just fine." "You didn't put everybody to sleep." "With long-winded scripture stuff like our last pastor." "Coriann pearly!" "Are you saying that when I was minister." "The problem was that I consulted the bible?" "Don't you raise your voice to me." "If you want a new roof on this church." "Don't go throwing your wallet at me, old woman." "Matthew 19:24." "It would be easier for a camel..." "Oh, I am bored already!" "How about I walk you to your car, sister pearly?" "Hey, big bro, sorry I'm late." "Late?" "Church is over." "Then I'm right on time." " You didn't come home till 4:00 in the morning." "Pop, I'm too old for a curfew." "Also too old to be living at home." "Okay, would you two stop?" "Wow!" "People still come to church, huh?" "Ugh, mostly old people." "A couple of hot girls." "Hey!" "In jesus name." "Stamps, boy, what is wrong with you?" "Pop, why you always sweating' me?" "Still looking for that sign." "Happy first day, ladies!" "Ooh, wait, did I get the wrong day?" "Did I do the thing I do with your birthday?" "Nobody showed up." "Oh, I'm sorry, lollipop." "Well, don't worry." "They'll come." "I don't know." "Right now, I'm just not sure about..." "Anything anymore." "Just feel lost and..." "Out of place, no friends," "Everybody looking at me like I'm a freak." "It's like when you sang at the grand old Opry." "The oak ridge boys asked me to." "Oh, by the way," "Whatever happened to those snakeskin boots they got me?" "They got lost in the move." "Hmm." "Well, you know what?" "I'll talk to the church ladies," "And I'll let 'em know how good you are." " Babe, they hate me." " They do not hate you." "They just hate how you look." "And how you act and what you represent." "You want a shovel for this hole you digging right now?" "No, the shovel will just slow me down." "I'm sorry, babe." "We'll fix it." "Look, all I'm asking you gracious, beautiful ladies." "Is that you give Lolli's salon a try." "Oh, I'd leave my husband before I'd leave miss gina." "We all would." "We stick with things." "Except, apparently, your husbands." "I'm single, reverend b." "She is vegasing up our church." "We don't need her vegasing up our hair." "We all thought you'd come back and marry a nice girl." "A local girl." "Keeping up with our hair is like a second religion," "And you don't just change religions." "Because someone asked you to." "Well, sure, not if they ask you." "But what if they..." "Paid you." "Keep talking." "♪ Ooh, baby, it's time to lock the door ♪" "♪ ♪" "♪ I wanna see that clothing hit the floor ♪" "♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪" "♪ Ba ba ba, ba ba ba ♪" "Both: ♪ I wanna have sex with you ♪" "Do you think paul McCartney sits at home," "Singing along to his own songs?" "I know he does." "That was the longest dinner of my life." "Whatever happened to that wings tour jacket they gave me?" "The satin one with the big wings on it?" "Lost in the move." "Lyric's on her way." "Now about that sweet 16 show..." "She's not gonna do it." "I watched that show." "Those little girls are spoiled monsters." ""Prada this" and "Dolce that." Agreed." "But I say we play "good cop, bad cop"." "And I'll be the good cop." "No, not this time." "This time, we both play bad cops." "And I'm talking training day." "All right." "Just remember to listen to her." "Be sensitive to her feelings and don't get all preachy." "Are we trying to improve lyric or me?" "Little bit of both." " You wanted to see me?" " Yes, baby girl." "Come in and have a seat." "You guys can't say no about the show." "I've told everyone." "I've tweeted it." "Well, I'm gonna retweet that you're not doing it." "And I have more followers than you." "Dad, come on!" "I liked being a celebrity's daughter." "I don't know if I like being a minister's daughter." "Lyric, I'm not saying this stuff." "Because you're a minister's daughter." "It's because you're my daughter." "And I want you to be a person of substance." "Now go forth and do great things." "[sing-song] preachy." "[mockingly] I'm a preacher." "Yeah, and I'm a preacher's daughter," "And I hate it!" "Did she just storm out of here?" "Was that a storm?" "It was a little storm." "I'll go talk to her." "My salon is booked all day!" "I got 12 customers and two hat wigs." "What did you say to those ladies?" "Look, I just said," ""wouldn't you wanna look like my wife?"" "And the thing was done." "Aww." "Well, I did something nice for you too." "I fixed it so you can watch a little basketball game." "Oh, baby, you know I can't." "I got counseling with jack and linda." "Mm, no, they don't need counseling any more." "I told jack to do chores." " Chores?" " Yeah!" "Women love when men do chores." "We see you over there, washing dishes," "And something in our lady parts start percolating." "And that took care of jack's problem." "He just had the one complaint." "Well, thank you, babe, 'cause this is a big game." "You know what, I need my lucky sweatpants." "With the tiger stripes." "Lost in the move." "I just saw 'em yesterday." "Lost..." "In the move." "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Tv announcer:" "And air ball!" "No!" "God..." "Can Mizzou hit at least a few threes?" "And keep in mind, I was gonna thank you if I won the grammy." "Speech was right in my hand." "And the winner is..." "Al jarreau." "Al jarreau?" "[knocking]" "My cable's out." "One bill to pay and your broke-ass brother can't do it." "Well, look at you swearing." "I'm not a minister anymore." "And besides, the good lord created cuss words." "So I could describe your brother." "Have a seat." "But there are rules." "I don't wanna hear about." "How they don't teach fundamentals anymore," "And I'll allow one "none of these players." "Can hold a candle to bill russell."" "But they can't." "Bill russell could control the game." "Without even touching the ball." "That's your one." "Close game." "Yeah, it's too close." "Look, pop..." "I know you have issues with stamps," "But you gotta be happy that I'm doing what you always wanted." "20 years too late." "Broke my heart when you dropped out of seminary." "But you had to be a player." " Daddy..." " All those filthy songs." "I did a whole sermon." "On how the devil possessed you." "I wanted to sing." "But then I found myself wanting more," "And I got the calling." "Back then, I wanted to be a preacher for you." "And now I'm doing for the right father." "Good answer." "Don't look so pleased with yourself." "It's boastful." " Well, what do you think?" " I love it!" "Girl, you did your thing." "Tell that handsome husband of yours." "He doesn't have to pay us next time." "What?" "Ooh, did I let that slip?" "No!" "Now how is that a foul?" "Dad, the man is bleeding." "Hey, pop!" "Our cable's out for some reason." "Can I watch it with you guys?" "I brought beer." "I'll take one." "I brought just the one." "In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have mentioned it." "You paid all those ladies to come to my salon?" " Ooh, lolli baby..." " Don't you "lolli baby" me." "Do you have any idea how embarrassing that was?" "Look, in my defense..." "[phone ringing]" "Let me get that." "Lyric, get the phone!" "What'd he do this time?" "He bribed all those church ladies." "To come to my hair salon." "What?" "You bribing people in the lord's house?" "Pop and I are very disappointed in you, bro." "Baby, this is just like the music business." "Just a little payola up front for some airplay." "Or in your case hairplay." "[nervous laugh]" "Are you smiling on the inside?" "'Cause you're a little hard to read right now." "Dad, that phone call, it was the hospital." "Mr. Summerlin's asking for you to come." "They don't think he's gonna last the night." "[sigh]" "I gotta go." "Wow, dad, you have to go sit with him while he dies?" "That's what ministers do." "And he doesn't have any family." "Then I'm glad he has you." "You want me to go with you, son?" "I got this one, dad." "It's cold out." "Take your coat." "All right." "Ike, I'm gonna be honest with you." "I only been a minister for a few weeks now," "So this is the first time I've been called to, uh..." "Sit with somebody who's about to die?" "Well, this is my first time dying," "So we'll both be new at this." "You know, I marked a few passages in the bible..." "No, no, not just yet." "Maybe some personal words of inspiration." "Inspiration, huh?" "Just checking in, mr." "Summerlin." "You need anything?" "Thank you, but I'm fine." "Everyone else is watching the game." "You want me to turn it on?" "Ooh, now there's an idea." "Never cared much for sports." "All the fuss over nothing." "Yes, yes, very inconsequential in the larger sense." "But still, might be lessons to draw on." "Possibly." "I'll just put it on mute." "[whispering] bless you." "Aw, man, it's hopeless." "You call that inspirational?" "I'm just saying that sometimes." "It seems like it could be over," "Yet miracles can happen." "Oh." "Say, um, like a quick three pointer," "And you steal the inbound pass." "Come on!" "Come on, hang on!" "Hang on!" "I'm trying!" "I'm trying!" "Still alive." "You're still alive." "Every second is precious." "Got that right." "And..." "And..." "Oh!" "Oh, that's it." "Guess there's always next season." "You know, I'm referring to the afterlife of course." "Oh." "You know, you think about this," "The moment between life and death..." "The big mystery, what's gonna happen?" "What was it all for?" "Ike, I know you need some answers from me right now." "Maybe it's because I'm new at this," "But..." "I gotta be honest with you." "I'm struggling here." "See, that's what I liked about you right off." "You're struggling with the rest of us." "Got me coming back to the church every Sunday." "[chuckling]" "Well, thank you, ike." "And thank you for sitting with me, reverend." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Not dead yet." "Oh!" "Whew!" "Ooh." "All that life in someone and then..." "Nothing." "Puts things in perspective." "So does that mean you're not mad at me anymore?" "[chuckles]" "I used to be so proud watching you on stage." "Now I'm even prouder." "You know who doesn't sit with someone when they're dying?" "Al jarreau!" "Girl, you always know what to say." "Mm-hmm!" " You wanna head up?" " Give me a minute." "Okay." "Thank you." "Who left these lights on?" "Normally this is when I would give my sermon." "But not today." "Praise the lord." "It's not over, brother stamps." "I just wanna do something more personal." "I wanna talk about change." "We all know change is a part of life." "Children grow up, and people grow old." "And leave this world." "Rest in peace to brother ike." "All:" "Amen." "But this year, you know, I asked my family." "To change everything." "And it hasn't been easy for them." "I mean, some things got lost in the move." "For the last few weeks, I've been looking for a sign." "That I had made the right choice," "Asking god to send me an angel or something." "Then I realized that he had already sent me an angel." "18 years ago when I met my wife." "Looks like they gonna stay together." "So I wanna take this time to thank my family..." "Both at home and here in the church." "Now I asked the choir to finish with a song." "That is not in the hymnal." "Now don't worry, it's not one of mine." "Now look, I know I'm flawed." "But if you have faith in me, we'll get there..." "Together." "♪ I know a place ♪" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" "♪ Ain't nobody crying ♪" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" "♪ Ain't nobody worried ♪" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" "♪ Ain't no smiling faces ♪" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" "♪ Lyin' to the races ♪" " On your feet!" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" "♪ Help me, come on ♪" "♪ I'll take you there ♪" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" "♪ Come on, y'all, you know I'll take you there ♪" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" "♪ If you need some joy, I'll take you there ♪" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" "♪ If you need a ride to my wife's salon, I'll... ♪" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" "♪ Sing it, sister ♪" "♪ Oh, I'll take you there ♪" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" " ♪ Whoa, I'll take you there ♪" " I-I got it." "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" "♪ I will be the one that's gonna take you there ♪" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪" "♪ Come on, y'all, I'll take you there ♪" "Choir: ♪ I'll take you there ♪"