"¶ Dressed step, we going out tonight ¶" "¶ Me and my girls gonna put it down like another original ¶" "¶ Hold up, now we steppin' into the club ¶" "¶ And we hear the beat, beat, bump ¶" " ¶ Working your body... ¶" " Whoo!" "¶ If you're a hot boy, if you're a hot girl ¶" "¶ Get on the dance floor and put your hands up ¶" "¶ And bounce your head from side to side ¶" "¶ And bounce it now to the anthem ¶" "Yo, yo." "That's hot." "That's it." " Yeah?" " That's it right there." "All right." "Okay." "Well, I hope the bigs at Mai Tai Records feel your sentiments." "Don't even worry about that." "That's under control." "It's a smash." " Come out here." " All right." "That's hot." "That's fire." " Cedric, you are off the chain!" " That's what I'm talking about." " I'm so glad I got you in my corner." " Hey, I know." "What?" "What?" "So when can you get the disc ready?" "When you get my money ready." "I need a little time, man." "Look, girl, I didn't give Snoop Dogg time and he got bank." "What'd I say about paying me?" "What'd I say, Jen?" "That nothing would this place until you got paid." "Right." "What, you bump your head or something?" "I'm starting to think you had amnesia or something." "Ced, dude, we're friends." "Besides, it's my material." "Yeah, but they my tracks." "Without the music it's just words in a dictionary." "You know what?" "Not this." "So what?" "You mad now?" "Yeah, I'm mad." "Oh, well." "I'll get you your money, Cedric." "I hope so." "'Cause that's the only thing standing between you and that MTV New Artist of the Year award." "From your lips to God's ears." "Better hope he listening." " Hey." " Hey." "How you doing, sweetheart?" "I'm doing great." "Your flow is tight." "Thank you, sweetheart." "I appreciate that." " Slayer, what up, baby?" " What's up with it, Ced?" " Chillin', man." " Who was that, homie?" "That's my new artist." "She hot, right?" "Yeah, she's hot, man." "You need to let me make her a boss lady." "That's what you said about the last one." "What up, playa?" "Let's get it poppin', baby." " Let's do it, man." " A'ight." "And as a result a lot of African-American men are being imprisoned and they also are having difficulties finding jobs when they get out, so..." "How much do you owe him?" "About three grand." "$3,000?" "Uh, Jennifer?" "Tell us what you think the solution is to the high rate of unemployment among young African-American men." "Easy." "Give our men the 40 acres and a mule that they owe us." "Shoot, give it to us all." "We all need to be rich." "An incisive response." "Now, your essay assignment..." "Yeah!" "What's up, y'all?" "It's your boy, G.C., headlining on WNRGZ 107.3 the station that's leading the nation." "I'm out at the krump expo at UTS." "It's crackin' this morning." "It's a beautiful, beautiful Wednesday morning and I'm out here handing out information about the upcoming 35th annual Greek Step Contest." "Yes, they out here." "They out here this morning." "Y'all need to come and check your boy out." "I need to talk to some of my peoples out here." "What's up?" " My man, player, player." " Yo, what's up?" " What's your name?" " My name is Bryan." "Who you representing, Bryan?" "I'm representing the brothers from Gamma Phi Zigma." "G Phi..." "Smooth!" " Yeah!" " That's what I'm talking about." "But we here, too." "Oh." "Who y'all representing?" "We representing ourselves." "Sweetie, you can't represent yourself." "See, this contest is just for frats and sororities only." "Now, for all y'all who haven't gotten the opportunity to go to college you're missing out on something very special." "Very special indeed." "It's called spring break." "No, I'm just playing." "I'm just playing." "I'm just playing." "I would not want to imply that higher education is all about fun and games because all of us here at UTS, we work the same way we play." "And that's hard, right?" "Yeah!" " Yeah, that's right." " Yo, G.C." "Hey, what's happening, man?" "How you doing?" "Who you representing?" "Yo, I'm representing Alpha Sky Alpha." "Oh, fool!" "All right, tell me something about your frat, man." "Well, look, we represent leadership, scholarship service, and perseverance and not to mention taking it to the next level." "Okay, see?" "That's what's up." "Oh." "I see I'm getting flagged down by a lovely young lady." "What can I do for you, ma'am?" "I'm Julie." "I'm president of Alpha Alpha Alpha." "It started in 1910." "Well, Julie, 1910." "I must say you're holding up very well for somebody well north of 100." "Our organization represents social justice social change, and social action." "Well, that is downright social." "Actually, G.C., we're looking for pledges." "That's a commercial!" "Okay." "Hold up, hold up." "I need to get my rate card out to see what I gotta charge you." "But talking about commercials, y'all..." "I got to go and sell something so I'm going to be back in 120 seconds." "And for all y'all out there right down here at UTS." "I can see you're spun with all this brain gas." "What?" "UTS, ooh!" " What?" "What?" " UTS, ooh!" "Hey." "What's up?" "The director of alumni relations, baby." " Congratulations, man." " Thank you." "Thank you." "That sounds pretty impressive." "What you going to be doing?" "I'm going to be taking care of business, man." " You know, I'll do what I do, man." " All right." "I want you to know that I'm going to be there for you." "So if you need anything, you hit me." " I'm your man." " That's a good thing, man." "If your boys need anything, I want all of you guys to know that all you got to do is send the boys down and they'll valet park for the hotel and I'll send some of the alumni down there and they'll tip them." " That's a good thing." " That's a good thing." "We need somebody on the inside, man." " I'm on the inside now, baby." " Right on." "As long as you're looking out for all of us, you know?" " Yeah." " That's going to work." "But we got problems, right?" " Mu Beta?" " Yeah." "We gotta squash them, man." "They on the uprise." "But this year, you know, the step show it's going to be better than ever." "Last year, it was slammin'." "This year, it's going to be off the chain." " You know how we do it." " I'm telling you." " Black and gold, baby." " Black and gold." "Black and gold, baby." "Black and gold, baby." "Black and gold." "Man, here come these fools." "Man, they always think..." " They better than somebody..." " Chicken Phi!" "...just because they weigh a couple of hundred pounds less." "Wait till we get on the stage." "Show these fools how we do it." "They just don't know." "Chicken Phi about to wreck shop, baby." "What's up?" "Look at that right there." "Look at that!" "You can't do that even if you had some magical shoes, home boy." "Get 'em." "That's one, two, three, four." "Sit on him, baby." " Yeah." " Doesn't matter if they can't see us." "We gonna kill them, man." "For sure." "Chicken Phi, baby." "Come on, we fixin' to go eat for real now." "We can talk out here." "I have an important meeting in my office." "So, you wanted to see me, sir?" "In truth, no, I really don't want to see you, Mr. Hilton, but I have to." "It's part of my job." "So, you're cool, huh?" "You're down, huh?" "Yeah." "So down, you're low-down." "You're so cool, you're stone-cold." " But..." " I did not give you permission to speak." "Sit!" "Your grades are in the toilet, Mr. Hilton." "You're a history major who probably thinks the Trojan War was fought over condoms." "You attend class so seldom you'd flunk a final if the only question was "Pick your professor out of a line-up of three. "" " L..." " I did not give you permission to speak." "Now, Mr. Hilton, what do you think the odds are of a person being struck by lightning?" "I can't hear you." "Don't know." ""Don't know, sir. "" "I'm not one of your little homies, Mr. Hilton." "The odds of your being struck by lightning are approximately 2,300,000 to 1." "Any idea of what the odds are of your being killed in a train wreck?" "No, sir." "The odds of your being killed in a train wreck are approximately 4,470,000 to 1." "Now, the odds of a person dying of a poisonous snake bite are 5,200,000." "Excuse me, Chancellor, but what's the point?" "The simple point is, Mr. Hilton you stand a better chance of being struck by lightning during a train wreck while holding a poisonous snake to your face than you stand of graduating from this school." "At your current pace, you will matriculate just in time to draw your Social Security." "Now, you understand me, son." "Unless you keep your thing in your pants... quit the booze, and get that GPA up the only question you'll be asking is..." ""Do you want fries with that shake?"" "Do you understand me?" "Yes, sir." "Now get out of here." " But Chancellor..." " Get out!" "Yeah." "Yeah, he tried to sweat me but I clowned his ass." "Word, and once I told him that my pops was a major contributor he had to back up off me." "Yeah." "Mm-hmm." "Yep." "For sure." "Man, I put his trifling academic ass in check." "And made him apologize." "And I told him, "If you keep messing with me..." ""the next thing you'll be saying to me is..." "'Do you want fries with that shake?"'" "Uh, aren't those your, uh..." "My get-your-freak-on panties?" "Yes, they is." "Vicki, how long have you been knowing this guy?" "Are you serious?" "I talk about him all the time." "I've been amped about Bryan Davis for a month." "We've been doing the grown-up thing for two weeks." "Mm, sorry." "I haven't noticed." "Don't hate." "How do I look?" "Like a ho." "Ooh, street or uptown?" " Street." " Good." "That's what he likes." "Bryan Davis." "Isn't he the president of Gamma Phi Zigma?" "Mm-hmm, the one and same." "I heard that he..." "Girl, I know exactly what you think you heard." "And it's not true." "At least I think it ain't." "Anyways, as long as he treat me right and his D game stay tight, we straight." "Getting off the D game subject did you hear about the Greek Show Competition?" "The winning chapter gets $20,000." "The best single stepper gets $5,000." "So?" "So... your roommate is going to be the single step winner." "What?" "What?" "What?" "What?" "Okay, one small problem, girlfriend." "You got to be in a sorority." "So I'll join a sorority." "If I go to this competition and I win as single best stepper..." "I'll have enough money to pay Cedric and have enough money to put down on my future." "Okay." "Well, someone's going to win and, girl, you are one fine stepper." "Thank you." "Oh, that's gotta be him, girl." "Ooh." "I'm gone if you need me." "Don't call." "But just in case..." "I'll be at room 117 at the Bear Azz Inn hotel." "That's where we play house." "Vicki..." "I know." "I know." "Be careful." "Afternoon, everybody." "I'm Sinis Lawrenson." "And I am Angel Williamson." "Sinis is the vice president and I am the president of Mu Beta Lota a co-ed fraternity." "Incorporated." "You've heard various speakers explain the merits of their chapters." "And they're all good organizations." "But consider this." "Most of the preceding speakers would not be here if it were not for Mu Beta Lota." "Angel is absolutely correct." "We are all about the recruitment and the retention of African-American students all across the country." "And initially, we were only in historical black colleges." "But I am proud to say that within the last three years we have expanded and we are in schools that cater primarily to the lighter side of the color spectrum, if you would." "In fact, without three of our members in the registrar's office and two on the scholarship committee 75% of the students present today would not be at UTS." "Mm-hmm." "Mm-hmm." "See, our purpose is as righteous as a call to the altar." "Yes." "But what we are about is making sure that students get a quality education while they're having a good time." "And we step just like every other group up in here." "And we party just like any other group." " Fo' sheezy." " Mm-hmm." "But the one thing that this co-ed fraternity can claim almost every other member can claim that no other can is..." "That we graduate." "And we graduate..." "On time." "One other point that we would like to preface with is that we are strictly a non-hazing fraternity." "Mm-hmm." "Yes." "That means that every one of you will be treated with dignity and respect." "I mean, you ain't gonna be walking around in those shitty diapers and getting your ass..." "Sinis." "Okay, correct." "So, young ladies..." "And young men if you're interested in becoming a Mu Beta please step forward." " Thank you for your time." " Thank you." "Don't be shy, now." "Come on." "So, this is for you." "I'll give you a couple of those." " Mm-hmm." " Hi." "That's for you." " Hi." " Here you go." " That's for you." " Holla back." "Here you are." "Hey, hey." "How you doing, Jennifer?" "How do you know my name?" "We know a lot about you." "Oh." "Well, you didn't mention that Mu Beta Lota engages in stalking." "No, no, no." "Actually, we've been checking you out for a while now." "Jennifer, we monitor students we feel have the potential to live up to our credo." "Oh, well, present company excluded no other organization has shown any interest in me." "Well, this here is an application." "And this other form is a non-disclosure agreement stating that you understand that we are a non-hazing organization and you will comply with that requirement." "Fill them out both and give them back to us, please." "Anything else?" "We'll be in touch." "We'd love for you to be in MBL." " Okay." " Bye." "Come on." "Let's go eat." " All right." " All right." "Thank you." "Oh, excu..." "Sorry." "Oh, jeez." "¶ Watch your mouth, boy ¶" "¶ You're comin' off disrespectful ¶" "Oh, how was the mixer?" "Okay." "The only organization that caught my eye was..." "Oh, hell, no." "They do this every night." "I'm getting really sick and tired of it." "I'll be right back." "Oh." "May I help you?" "You just did." " Wait, don't go." " Uh-uh, let go of me." "Sorry." "I'm sorry." " I'm Terence Lawrenson." " And I'm practically deaf." "Good night." "Wait, wait." "Don't go." "What do you mean, don't go?" "Well, I wanna..." "I wanna take a mental snapshot to remember you always." "Oh." "Careful." "You might wind up with a memory of yourself rolling on the floor holding yourself." "Oh." "Well, excuse me for being so forward." "I was just transfixed by your exquisite beauty." "That's why I'm given the first shot at the roles Halle Berry accepts." "Oh, she smiles." "I'm even more blessed." "Look, turn your music back on." "Just keep it below window-shattering." " Okay?" " No problem." " Good night." " Night." "Yes?" "Question." "You wouldn't happen to be Sinis' brother, would you?" " I would." " Just wondering." "One of you shit-for-brains is gonna clean house today." "Now, I wanna be fair so let's see how we're going to do this." "Let's see which one of y'all is closest to a skirt." "Oh." "Okay, I got it." "I want y'all to take this ruler here and measure your Johnsons from the tip of your head to your stomach." "Smallest one does the house work." "It'd be easier with a yardstick." "Is that right?" "You just became the house lady of today." "I got a job for y'all." "And after, Terence..." "I want you to come back to the house and clean everybody's socks and drawers." "The ride is waiting outside." "My rims are dirty and you will use the special cleaning instruments to bring luster to them." "I want my rims to be shiny as your hairless bizalls." "Now, get up out of my face." "Yo, B, what's up?" "Man, I can hear you." "Put on your hearing aid." "I don't have it." "Oh, damn." "Look, the student health center called." "That wart, it was negative." "Whoo!" "Yes!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." "But you got crabs." "What?" "Man, come on." "I didn't do your mama." "Hey, what did I tell you about that mama stuff?" " But look, you want a ride?" " Let's roll." "Man, what you got them boys doing?" "Cleaning dubs." "What's up?" "Eh!" "I didn't say stop, ladies." "Yeah, what he said." "Hey." "Whoa." "Hey, Vicki." "What's up, boo?" "Come here." "Yo, ask her friend if she want to meet my python." "Yo, man, chill out." "Yo, me and my partner gonna go check this party we're throwing tonight." "You wanna come?" "All right, cool." "If Jen comes." "You wanna come?" "It's better to come than go." "Never met a girl I couldn't make come." "I see to that." "Another time, perhaps." "When there's chalk outline around my body." "She has allergic reactions to assholes." "Eh, boy, if you don't think I can see you in this mirror you must be a damn fool." "All right, look going once, going twice going three times." "All right." " I'll see you later, Vick." " Okay." "Hey, you." "Hey, listen, if you are going to that party tonight uh, would you do me the distinct honor of accompanying me?" "I'll drop by, but it's not a date." " Understood." " Bye." " Oh, man, he got a date." " Girl, let's go." "I don't see Bryan." "I'm gonna go look for him." "Wait!" "Don't..." "Don't leave me alone." "I'm glad you came." "I wanted to see you." "I see your girl went looking for Bryan." "Not good." "Not good at all." "I agree." "I see he lives up to his rep." "Yeah." "How's the pledging thing going?" "It's not what I expected." "How's that?" "Well, I thought I was going to develop some social skills you know, make some contacts..." " Benefit my life later on in the world." " And?" "And I discovered that puking and chug-a-lugging for distance aren't desirable résumé entries." "How are the contacts?" "You've seen Bryan and Jay." "Enough said." "So what are your goals in life?" "I like to write, you know." "Write books, write scripts." "Just live a productive life." "So you're ambitious." "Something like that." "How about you?" "I hope to make it as a singer." " Really?" " Mm-hmm." "Oh." "Why don't you do a little something?" "I don't have my track." "Can you sing a cappella?" "I don't know." "Can you hum a few bars?" "Um, no." ""A cappella" means..." "I know." "Singing without musical accompaniment." "The hum remark was supposed to be funny." "Oh." "Yeah, yeah." "That was funny." "Is funny." "Terence, I gotta get going." "You want to catch a movie sometime?" "Sure." " Bye." " Bye." "Yo." "I was hoping you could sing me a lullaby later on." "Would you settle for being put to sleep?" "I have a friend who works at the Humane Society." "Aah!" "Mm." "¶ Looking good and the girls are... ¶" "Wow, hey." "Cedric, I can't believe that that's me." " I keep forgetting that's me." " Well, it is." "I'm living out my dream." "So what's up?" "I got this dude, right." "Basically he want to ante up for your tracks." "For real?" "He's willing to give me a loan?" "That's great." "That's incredible." "No, no, it's more like..." "It's more like he wants to hire you to perform." "Dude, I'm willing to go and perform at a club..." "I don't care." "I will sing." "I'm excited." "I just want to get this done." "I want to get this stuff out there." "The dude I'm talking about, right?" "He work at this escort service, right?" "And I was telling him about you..." "Wait, wait, wait." "He wants me to be a hooker?" "You're..." "Wait, wait..." "You're asking me to be a prostitute?" "Nobody asked you..." "Look, you ain't got no goddamn money." "And you ain't got no prospect of getting no money." "Now dude want to pay your debt." "I'll release your tracks." "You can shift your career from park to drive." "I mean, shit!" "All you've got to do is go out with a few rich businessmen." "Yeah, a few businessmen who want to get down to business with me." "Cedric, you know I ain't like that." "So, you're telling me you never did it?" "Look, what's wrong with getting some money for something that you do for free anyway?" "You know what?" "You have no right to disrespect me..." "First of all, ain't nobody disrespecting you." "And I got 3,000 reasons I can say anything I want to you." "Look, man." "This is how it's going to go down." "I need my three Gs by next Monday otherwise..." "I gonna get the money from dude." "And he going to have to talk to you direct." "Dude can be convincing." "But I suspect that if you see what he got to say you might have preferred spreading them pretty little legs of yours." "Opposed to getting them busted up." "You know, this is not 1850, Cedric." "Haven't you ever heard of the emancipation?" "Yeah, that's it." "The e-man-cipation." "Not the e-woman-cipation." "Cedric, let me just..." "Let me just ask you this, man." "What happened to that old Cedric?" "Huh?" "What happened to the nice guy?" "Yeah, him?" "He was just wearing a game face." "Now, I got bills." "And you got till Monday." "It is what it is, Ma." "My sons, it's 3 in the morning." "And the day ain't ended yet." "So, let's recite some history." "Ain't nobody want to hear no history." "Okay." "My sons, your brothers have spoken." "So, what you want to do?" "Let's beat their asses." "Your brothers have spoken." "Assume the position." "Now, we're doing this because you're the supreme." "The debonair." "The almighty." "The black and gold." "But for those that don't know you are the brothers from?" "G Phi!" "Smooth." "You are the brothers from?" "G Phi!" "Smooth." "You are the brothers from?" "G Phi!" "Smooth." "You are the brothers from?" "G Phi!" "Smooth." "Yeah." "Now, stand up." "Yeah." "Stand up." "Turn around." "Pardon me." "Throw the G up." "I am so glad, man, cause this shit is almost over." "Why am I doing this?" "To be a brother from G Phi." "You forgot, man?" "No, I thought I did." "T, we been doing this shit every night." "Tonight is no different, man." "No, G, man." "It's not the licks." "The pain is momentary." "I can handle that." "All I see from these dudes is scrounging around for rims or weed or jewelry." "They don't respect women." "Man, as a matter of fact, they don't do anything positive." "I thought you said you wanted to change all that." "Yeah, man, but one man can't do it." "Man, we got your back." "Do you?" "To be real, yo..." "I was thinking about giving it up myself." "What the hell is going on?" "They some assholes, dog." "D, when did this shit start?" "Greg, man, you haven't seen this coming?" "Look, first of all, man, I thought I came to a black college to build some relationships from a few people who I thought cared about me." "Yeah, man." "Bryan's supposed to be the man teaching us." "But the stuff he's teaching us we can learn on the street corner for free." "Yeah, man." "I had to bust my ass to get up in here." "So what y'all saying?" "Y'all gonna just walk?" "I am." "Look, Greg, man." "This shit is all wrong." "Look, a frat is supposed to build a person up." "Not tear him down." "Look, y'all my brothers." "Love y'all, man." "Ride or die." "But I'm out." "I'm out, too, man." "Yeah, for sure." "Man, I don't know." "I just gotta..." "I just gotta do some thinking." "Look, man." "Either way, it's your call." "We still tight." "Holler." "Ladies and gentlemen!" "What's up, Frat." "I hear we're losing guys on line, is what I hear." "I hear we lost Terence Lawrenson." "Terence?" "I cannot stress to you how important it is that we do not lose this competition." "Look, man, what do you want me to do?" "I need you..." "I need you to go over to Bryan." "I need you to find out whatever is happening whatever is wrong and I need you to fix it." "All right." "All right then." "I'll fix it." "Look, just chill out." "I got this, all right?" "I'll fix it." "Yeah." "Yeah, fix it." "By any means necessary." "I got it." "All right." "¶ I know you see me and my woman walking hand in hand ¶" "¶ Despite the circumstance, you tried to take a chance ¶" "¶ You never stop to think I wasn't that kind of man ¶" "¶ And that your plot to get with me wouldn't go as planned ¶" "Whoo, baby, you was the bomb..." "What the hell?" "Where's Nisha?" "Oh, um, she had to run." "You're already here so you know your boy don't discriminate." "Did you come to give big daddy some?" "Mm-hmm." "Just the way you like it." "We need to handle your business." "Gladly." "Mm-hmm." "Yeah, do that right there." "Oh!" "Ah!" "Ah!" "Get off me before I punch you in your face!" "Ow!" "Oh!" "Bitch!" "Okay, everybody." "Quiet down." "Listen up." "For the next month..." "I will be your father." "AKA..." "Big Rush." "Welcome to your pledge period." "¶ When I sit and think ¶" "¶ About the first time ¶" "¶ That I laid my eyes on you ¶" "¶ Something went through me ¶" "¶ It was a feeling ¶" "¶ That I never felt before ¶" "Uncle Trevor." "This better be the..." "Who the hell is this?" "It's your nephew." "Who?" "It's your nephew, man." "Open the door." "Move around front." "Let me see." "Move around the front." "Hey, Terence." "What you want, man?" "I'm trying to come here and talk to you about..." "Look, me and your auntie busy, man." "Uh, just give me five minutes." "It's my birthday." "She's having me put my thumb in it man." "Come on." "Me and her, shit." "Come on, big daddy." "What you doing?" "Knock five minutes later." "That is nasty." "Down right nasty." "The nerve..." "Come on." "Uncle Trevor!" "What are you doing, Terence?" "Hold on, man." "We watching Jerry Springer, man." "You know how she get excited..." "Oh, come on, man." "Uncle Trevor." "You can listen." "Just listen." "That's it, baby." "Put your thumb in it." "Put your thumb in it!" "Take your thumb out, baby." "Take your thumb out." "Come on in, man." "Hell, she heard you was out here." "You knew I was coming over." "It's funky in here." "No, no, no, no." "Sit down." "Sit down." "We busy back there right now." "What, man?" "How are you going to just show up at my house unannounced?" "I told you you need to call me before you coming." "Me and you aunt..." "Look, it's my birthday." "You know your auntie get freaky on my birthday." "I'll be back in a minute, baby!" "How are you doing?" "Now, I told you it's my birthday, man." "She let me put my thumb in it on my birthday." "Come on, man." "I'll be back there in a minute, baby." "I'm gonna get rid of him." "I came over, man, cause I wanted..." "I want you to show me some steps." "Oh, man." "I ain't stepping too much no more, man." "Man, I think I got the gout in my ankle." "I was trying to come over and get some pointers, man." "Oh, no, no." "Not from me, man." "Not from me." "You know, I'm taking this water pill right now." "You know, but I keep telling them you know, all I need is a glass of yak." " That'll be all right." " Yeah, that always is." "Your auntie says if I keep drinking the yak she ain't going to give me no pudding." " Pudding?" " You know..." " Never mind." " Oh, man." "Please." "Hey, hey, hey." "You getting some of that pudding up at that college you at?" "Hey, man, you know, hey." "I do all right." "You're lying." "Oh, I..." "Hey, I do my thing." "Speaking of which, man." "I met a nice young lady, man." "You would love her." "She's incredible." "She got a big ass?" "Come on, man." "She working with something." "She got a mama?" "I'll keep you posted." "Okay, let me know cause, you know me and your auntie, you know..." "I think I might be pushing her on her way out." "No, man." "Hang on to Auntie Carla, man." "I mean, I'm going to bring her back in but I'm just going to push her out you know, until I meet somebody else." "So, what's going on, man?" "Your grades are good?" "Grades are good." "Man, got a new girl." "Uh, I'm doing the step show, man." "Trying to follow in your footsteps." "Oh." "You stepping now." "Yeah, man." "We got a step show so I want you to come and support your nephew." "I'm going to support you but right now I got your auntie hanging in this little sex swing..." "You know, we got weak wood..." "You can't afford no sex swing." "That's why she hanging from the wood and the beams..." "It ain't going to support her long, dog." " I'm sorry I asked." " Yeah." "Come on now." "I was..." "Hey, Aunt Carla!" "Hey, hey, Terence." "How are you doing, sugar pie?" "I'm all right, baby." "Yeah." "I just came by to get some advice on the step..." "You want to come to the step show and watch me step?" "Yeah, I'm going to do all that, baby but listen here, Terence." "You gotta start calling here." " You can't just pop up." " But Uncle Trevor knew..." "But you can't pop in." "That's rude." "I know your mama taught you better." "That's my sister." "How you father doing?" " He's all right." " He's still locked up?" " Yeah." " Well, listen." "I'm going to send him a care package, you hear?" "Now, you doing okay in college?" "Yeah, man." "Grades are good." "Hey, I met a girl." "She's incredible." "You'll love her." " You met a girl?" " Mm-hmm." "So you know what we dealing with right now." "'Cause you in college." "You know we trying to pa-dow-boom-boom what we do." "Okay?" "'Cause it's his birthday." "You don't know nothing." "But listen here, Terence." "Now I want you to go on and go home, okay?" "You got bus fare?" "Yeah, I'm good." "I'm good." "Okay." "What's the little girl's name?" " Her name is Jennifer." " Jennifer?" "Okay, she a big girl?" " No..." " Well, that's all right." "Okay." "Get some mints and tell her I said, "Hey"." "Okay, I'm going to see you later." "I'll see you at the step show." "There you go." "Step one and two." "Trevor, what you doing?" "What you doing, nigga?" "That's okay." "Keep your fat ass out here." "I'll do it myself." "Damn it!" "Every time we getting ready to hit it, you..." "Yeah." "What's up?" "Just making it." "Trying to get ready for this step show." "You know, school's out next week but we should be cool with this practice schedule." "So, uh, how many steppers you plan on having?" "Ten." "Would have had 11, but one bailed out." "Who bailed?" "Terence Lawrenson." "I mean, he showed me some stuff." "That boy can step." "Well, Terence Lawrenson crossed to Mu Beta Lota a few days ago." "You think he can help them win the competition?" "Help ain't the word." "That boy is off the chain." "Yeah, well..." "Then do something about it." "Like what?" "Make damn sure he don't help them." "I ain't talking a pole to the knee like the ice skater, you know." "Just make sure he don't help them." "I'm going to get his ass." "How?" "When I left the frat house..." "I jacked the key to his car." "Mm-hmm." "¶ I know you see me and my woman walking in hand in hand ¶" "¶ Despite the circumstance you try to take a chance ¶" "¶ You never stop to think I wasn't that kind of man ¶" "¶ And that your plot to get with me would go to plan ¶" "Yo, G. Why you take my car without asking?" "I ain't take your car." "Stop playing." "Bro, I'm serious." "I ain't take your car." "Shit." "I think somebody stole my car." "Where was your car at?" "It was out in the front where it's always been." "At least I think it was." "Oh, shit." "I don't know." "It's for you." "Hello." "Yeah, I do." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Right, Officer." "I was just about to call you and report it to you." "Where?" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Man, look at my truck." "Ah!" "It's been destroyed." "Man, if my father finds out about this, my ass is grass." "I'm Detective Lewis." "Which one of you guys is Mr. Hilton?" "Me, man." "Mr. Hilton." "Look at me when I'm talking to you." "You want to tell me how your truck got here?" "I guess it got stolen." "You guess somebody stole it?" "We looked throughout your whole truck and we know it's not been hotwired." "So whoever had your truck must have had your keys." "Now, you want to start by telling me the truth?" "Well, I mean..." "Shit..." "I didn't even..." "Look." "Man, I took the car last night and I went to the store and left the keys in it." "Well, there you have it." "I need you guys not to touch anything inside of this truck." "The crime guys will be down here to take a look at it." "So how did you end up at TSU?" "Growing up, all I ever heard was how incredible TSU is." "Yeah." "My grandparents met here." "And so did my mom and dad." "I guess I always knew I was going to come here." "So do you think the tradition still lives?" "Maybe." "Maybe not." "Times change." "You know, you should keep an open mind." " Really?" " Yeah." "Well, I thought you wanted to make it big before you settled down." "I think I made it big the day I met you." "What are you trying to say?" "I love you." "Is saying "I love you" hard?" "Well, you know, I've never said that to anyone before." "I mean, at least in a romantic way." "But, um, no." "It wasn't hard at all." "It was actually the easiest thing I've done." "I love you, too." "¶ What I'd do for you, girl ¶" "¶ Sometimes just to call you ¶" "¶ When you need me there to hold you ¶" "¶ Girl, you got to know ¶" "¶ What I'd do for you, girl ¶" "Till this moment you are my daughters and sons." "Now, verbally to Mu Beta Lota." " Mu Beta!" " What?" "Mu Beta!" "What?" " Mu Beta!" " What?" "Mu, Mu, Mu, Mu." "Who knew?" "I ain't have a clue." "All right, y'all." "Check that move out." "Hey, hoo, hoo." "Hoo!" "Ooh, we going to kill them." " What's up, Terence, man." " How are you doing?" "I'm just trying to, you know, maintain here." "Cook these, uh, porks." "All this right here, this Escalade sauce." " Escalade sauce?" " Escalade diet sauce." "You look like you put on a few pounds, man." "I don't know if the diet pork chicken wings are going to work." "When you in Chicken Phi, this adds to your persona." "Is that so?" "You can't just be Chicken Phi..." "What's with the bib, though?" "I don't want to get no sauce on my belly." "As a matter of fact how are you all doing with the stepping?" "We doing good, man." "'Cause I got a couple people that just crossed on Chicken Phi." " Really?" " That's cold blooded." "My secret weapon." "Man, why you eat my chicken, dog?" "'Cause it was in a bag." "Man, I was going to make something special with that." "Man, when was the last time you made something special for anybody?" "Well, I was." "And if you close your large, chicken-eating mouth for a minute..." "I'd like to explain what I was going to do." "You just messed up on some chicken salad, partner." "Salad?" "Yeah." "When was the last time you ever see me near a salad?" "Man, you know what..." "I want to introduce you all to a brother of mine that's from the other side." "Terence." "Hey, what up, baby?" "Deadweight." " Deadweight?" " Chicken Phi, baby." " All right, all right." " What it do?" "What's up, man." "How you doing?" "All right." "So, y'all step?" "We step?" "You think they give these boots to just anybody?" "Look at the sole on them." "And look at the shoestrings pimping." "How about this?" "Roll call!" "See that?" "This the leader, baby." "I just came by to say, "Good luck. "" "Man, you guys are hilarious, yo." "You don't want one of these burgers before you leave?" "No, I got to stay light on my toes, man." "I got to stay light on my toes." "Come on, now." "You're a little slim around the ankles though, partner." "That's all right though." "The ladies love my chicken legs." "I bet they like your bird chest, too." "Oh, is that right?" "Don't take your shirt off, boy." "You might catch pneumonia." "Y'all want to work on a few?" "'Cause I got this one called the Escalade." "Hee-hee, ha!" "Hee, ha!" "Hello." "Cedric, why are you calling me?" "You said I had until Monday." "For real?" "I don't know." "I meant just that." "I don't know." "I mean, after our meeting on Monday..." "I got to think about it." "Hey, homie!" "No." "I haven't seen him since last night." "I mean, I don't know where he could be." "Have you talked to his brother?" "He called me." "Okay, I'll ask his professors and you go to the campus police." " Okay." " Okay?" "Anything?" "No." "Let's go to the campus police." "All right." "Come on." "Let's roll." "He's gonna be all right." "Taking this to the po-po." "Excuse me, ma'am." "Who do we speak to about filing a missing persons report?" "We can't find my brother." "Ma'am!" "Did you hear me?" "Have you looked in the places he frequents?" "We done checked everywhere." "Do you have a photo?" "No, but he stands out." "Six feet." "Handsome." "Well built." "Fine as hell." "Damn, baby." "If I find him, I'm going to keep him for myself." "Okay, bad joke." "Please." "We're serious." "We can't find my boyfriend." "Okay, sweetie." "What's his name?" "Terence Lawrenson." "Okay." "I'm going to take his name down." "I'm going to call my people." "And we'll get on it right away, okay?" "Just relax." " Thank you." " All right, baby." "It's going to be all right." "Anything?" "Let me see." "Oh, Terence." " Terence." " Terence." " Baby, are you okay?" " Yeah." " Are you okay?" " I just got away from them fools." " You cool?" " Yeah, I'm cool." "Good." "See?" " I'm calling the police." " No, no." "Put the phone down." "Put the phone down." "They'd file counter-charges." "For what?" "Okay, babe, look." "Remember that summer job that I was telling you about that I had in the summer?" "Driving a septic tank truck?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Well, the owner of the company and I are tight so I persuaded him to make a delivery to the Gamma Phi Zigma house." "Delivery?" "What are you saying?" "Okay." "I'm saying that 5,000 gallons of human waste was pumped into the basement of the GPZ house." " Oh, my God." " That's disgusting." "Terence, that's unacceptable." "I'm loving it." "So let's just say I turned their party house into a potty house." "That's not what we stand for." "Baby bro, you is a cold piece of work." "Oh, wait, and that's not all." "That's not all." "Check this out." "Aren't those Jay's hearing aids?" "Yeah." "Let's just say I got a little expertise in electrical work." "Tell them, Sinis." "He ain't lying." "When Terence was ten, he made an actual radio." "I mean, it didn't pick up no stations but the static came in loud and clear." "Thanks a lot, brother." "Hey, I got your back." "We're just glad you're safe." "Yeah, for real." "I was about to start kicking some ass." "Hell, you fart, man?" "What?" "I said, did you fart?" "Hell, no." "Yo, you need to put on your heading aid, man." "What?" "Put on your heading aid." "Yo." "What's good?" "Yo." "You smell that?" "Yo, you shit on yourself?" "He been farting, man." "Oh, man..." "Go upstairs, baby." "Mm-hmm." "Yo, you smell like a bag of assholes." "I mean, it's probably one of them silent deadly ones, man." "Get up out of here, man." "This is where we eat, man." "You nasty." "Yo, you seen my hearing aid?" "No, I ain't seen your hearing aid." " You?" " No." "What?" "I did not see your hearing aid." "Man, ain't nobody seen your damn hearing aid." "Matter of fact, don't you keep it on the side of your bed?" "You probably lost it." "Or did you really take it, man?" "How many times I got to tell you?" "I did not see the hearing aid." "Man, which one of y'all took the hearing aid?" "I ain't playing around." "Man, ain't nobody take your hearing aid." "I'm going to go check on my boy." "Yo, seriously between me and you you got to cut down on the burritos, dog." "What?" "Nothing, man." "Damn, dude." "Yo, don't bother about that wake-up call." "Seems our house guest checked out." "And I bet you Terence took your hearing aid." "Damn." "What we need to do is go over there and make sure he got it and take..." "Yo, what the hell is that smell?" "It's him." "No, no, no." "It seem like it's stronger over here." "Damn." "Oh, shit." "Yo, Greg, come here." "Yo, the sewer's messed up." " Come check this out." " Yo, I got to see this, man." "What happened?" "Ugh." "Whoa!" "Call the plumber." "Oh, my God." "The matrix." "Ugh, damn." "Yeah, so there was this big-booty girl at the club, and I seen her but I really wasn't paying attention to her." " I was looking at her friend's booty..." " Yo!" " Look." " Oh, hell, yeah." "Told you, man." "You tripping." "I can hear now, baby." "Yeah." "Man, you the dumbest most lame punk-ass piece of shit I ever met." "Hey, don't cross that line, man." "What are you talking about?" "I should just knock your ass out." "Bust your ass so hard, you start hearing without that artificial ear." "Man, you don't got no call to diss me like that." "Diss you?" "Ain't nobody diss your dumb ass." "Best part of your ass run down your daddy's leg, sucker." "I should just knock your ass out." "What?" "You be tripping, man..." "Now say something." "Man, break it up." "What y'all doing, man?" "Come on." "Y'all can't be fighting." "Oh, I'm an ignorant shit now?" "Oh, my..." "I didn't even do nothing." "Come on, man, I'm trying to help y'all." "Yo, Bryan, looks like you and your boys got played." "Can't y'all brothers just all get along?" "Yo, UTS, what's up?" "What's happening, y'all?" "Hey, hey." "Oh." "Yes, all the beautiful people are in the house tonight for the Texas Stompdown." "What y'all know about that, huh?" "Huh?" "Okay, I am G.C. Lathan program director at WNRGZ 107.3 the station that's leading the nation and tonight I am co-hosting..." "I repeat, co-hosting this joint with one of radio and television's hottest hip-hop personalities." "This man is to hip-hop what Bill Gates is to computers." "So without further ado..." "I would like to bring out on the stage, my man..." "Big Tigger." "Yes, yes, yes." "UTS, make some noise." "Oh, man." "What up, G?" "Y'all about to witness a crazy competition it's a beautiful thing between six fraternities and four sororities." "Four sororities." "And in the end it will all be up to you, the audience." "Your applause or boos or whatever the hell you choose to do will determine the final two chapters." "So you got to put your hands together." "For Zeta Zeta Zeta." "¶ To get ¶" "¶ To get ¶" "¶ Down ¶" "¶ Zeta Zeta ¶" "¶ Zeta ¶" "¶ Ah, ah, ah, ah ¶" "¶ Ah, ah, ah, uh ¶" "Y'all feelin' it?" "Going down..." "It's going down big up in here." "Check it out." "Come on, who's next?" "All right, let's give it up..." " For Omega Omega Omega." " What?" "What!" "¶ Well, listen, me hot team ¶" "¶ Yeah ¶" "¶ We on the intro ¶" "¶ Yeah ¶" "¶ We about to get this krump for you ¶" "¶ All right, all right, well, listen up, team ¶" "¶ We on the intro ¶" "¶ We about to get this krump for you ¶" "¶ All right, all right ¶" "¶ Well, listen to me ¶" "¶ The Psi Omega krump team ¶" "¶ Omega, Omega, Omega Psi Omega ¶" "¶ Well, listen to me, team ¶" "¶ Well, listen to me, Omega Psi Omega ¶" "¶ Omega Psi Omega ¶" "¶ Hey, hey ¶" "¶ Hey ¶" "¶ Hey ¶" "¶ Hey ¶" "Let's get this competition moving." "Ladies and gentlemen, coming to the stage the beautiful ladies of Alpha Alpha Alpha." "¶ I bet you won't get krump ¶" "¶ When I step, I come correct ¶" "¶ I got my sorors on my side ¶" "¶ 'Cause my sisters got my back ¶" "¶ I get krump ¶" "¶ When I hear that divine ¶" "¶ 1-9-1-0 ¶" "¶ I start to shaking in my shoulders ¶" "¶ To my little bitty toe ¶" "¶ So get krump ¶" "¶ Get krump ¶" "¶ You wanna be startin' something ¶" "¶ Got to be startin' something ¶" "I love UTS, almost as much as you do." "Yeah, well, you've demonstrated that love on many an occasion." "This school would be on life support if it wasn't for you and others like you." "Seeing all these bright young people preserving their rich African heritage and stepping with such synchronized fluidity and doing it to the applause of all their friends both Greek and non-Greek alike just kind of drives home the point that we're never going to make it as a people unless we stick together." "So maybe, just maybe steppin' is a step in the right direction." "Stepping and committed brothers like you, my brother." "You're going to make me throw up." "Get out of here." "¶ We are the men of Alpha Sky ¶" "¶ And we can't be stopped ¶" "¶ We here to show you what we got ¶" "¶ So sit back and chill and relax a little bit ¶" "¶ We going to break this thing just like this ¶" "¶ We are those hard-stepping brothers of A Sky ¶" "¶ Hey, all right, all right, all right ¶" "¶ We are those hard-stepping brothers ¶" "¶ The brothers of A Sky ¶" "¶ Hey, all right, all right, all right ¶" "¶ We are those hard-stepping brothers ¶" "¶ The brothers of A Sky ¶" "¶ Oh, get it, get it ¶" "¶ We are those hard-stepping brothers ¶" "¶ The brothers of A Sky ¶" "¶ All right, all right, all right ¶" "¶ A Sky ¶" "¶ Let's go ¶" "¶ Yeah ¶" "I done seen it all now, 'cause..." "See, this next group is different." "And when I say different, I mean different... 'cause they are representing a historically black fraternity but ain't none of them black." "What?" "Yeah, see, now I thought that out here in Texas the only dance that white boys do..." " is the boot-scooting boogie." " Aw, hell, no." "Well, at one point, who would have thought that the world's best rapper would be white and the world's best golfer would be black?" "Whoa." "So damn it, give it up for the vanilla boys of Light Phi Bright." "¶ I said ¶" "¶ Woo ¶" "A night of enthusiastic chanting but no dissing." "Of young people..." "Young people practicing togetherness instead of separateness." "What y'all going to do?" "Yeah!" "¶ Grease, chicken grease ¶" "¶ Are going to eat some chicken tonight?" "¶" "¶ We going to eat some chicken tonight ¶" "¶ Peace out ¶" "¶ Oh, oh, oh ¶" " ¶ Well, it's the bros ¶ - ¶ Bros ¶" " ¶ Of Chicken Phi ¶ - ¶ Phi ¶" " ¶ We get you hungry ¶ - ¶ Hungry ¶" " ¶ We want it right ¶ - ¶ Right ¶" "¶ Bros, bros of Chicken Phi, Phi ¶" "¶ We get you hungry, hungry ¶" "¶ We want it right ¶" "¶ Bros, bros of Chicken Phi, Phi ¶" "¶ We get you hungry, hungry ¶" "¶ We want it right ¶" "¶ Chicken Phi, huh ¶" "If they wasn't so cute, especially the one on the end..." "I'd get up and slap the shit out of him." "They don't have nothing to eat up in here." "It's hot as hell." "The bathroom is crowded." "Girl, you owe me for this." "Shit, now I'm hungry too." "I'm glad I brought my ass something to eat." "All right, y'all." "Coming up next to the stage is the gangsters from G Phi Z." "Wolfgang." "¶ Beast mode ¶" "Man, y'all know who we are." "We're the supreme being." "The debonair the almighty the black and gold." "But for those who don't know... ¶ We are the brothers from G Phi ¶" "¶ Smooth ¶" "¶ We came to step and get down ¶" "¶ Brothers ¶" "¶ We came to step and get down ¶" "¶ Huh ¶" "¶ What we came to do ¶" "¶ Sweat it ¶" "Y'all ain't ready for us!" "Light Phi Bright." "Please." "Chicken Phi Alpha Beta?" "What the hell is that?" "Mu Beta Lota?" "Paint your face on... ¶ What ¶" "That's how we feel about y'all." "Ain't nobody mess with us." "¶ What ¶" "¶ Hah ¶" "¶ Hah ¶" "¶ G, G Phi ¶" "¶ Hah ¶" "¶ Smooth ¶" "¶ G, G Phi ¶" "¶ Hah ¶" "¶ Smooth ¶" "The gangsters." "The gangsters." "It's G.C. And Big T." "We the gangsters of Us Phi Us." "No, but now..." "Wait, wait, wait." "I got an announcement to make." "I got to go, y'all." "I want to thank UTS for having me out here." "It was a beautiful experience." "I got to get on a flight to Hawaii." "This man's going to Hawaii right now." "Hey, hey, Big Tigger does big things." " You go." " It's a beautiful..." "But my favorite fraternity is next." "The co-ed fraternity." "We got something special for y'all." "I heard they have the best after-parties." "This is a treat." "We're talking about a treat, y'all." "The best after-parties." "We got the guys and the girls now we got the guys and the girls together." "These rehearsals must have been off the chain sweating and going..." "Ah!" "I'm ready, y'all." "Y'all ready?" "Can I join?" "Let's give it up for Mu Beta Lota." "It is my distinct pleasure to introduce to a few and to present to all y'all the apex of what a fraternity should be." "Mu Beta Lota fraternity." "¶ Incorporated ¶" "The classy... ¶ And sassy ¶" "Nasty." "Often imitated." "¶ Never duplicated ¶" "The incredible, unforgettable undeniable... ¶ Mu Beta, get ¶" "¶ Busy, busy ¶" "¶ Woo ¶" "¶ Ice cold ¶" "¶ Ah ¶" "¶ Freeze ¶" "¶ Now bust it ¶" "¶ Let's go ¶" " ¶ Woo ¶ - ¶ Right, right, right, go ¶" "¶ Y'all ain't ready ¶" "¶ Hah ¶" "¶ I see you like the way we steppin' ¶" "¶ Must be the way we move ¶" "¶ Well, this is how we step ¶" "¶ Go, go, go, go, go ¶" "¶ Go, go, go ¶" "¶ Ah, ah, ah, ah ¶" "¶ Yeah ¶" "¶ Mu Beta Lota ¶" "¶ Mu Beta Lota ¶" "¶ Mu Beta more better ¶" "¶ I say Mu Beta Lota's more better ¶" "¶ Mu Beta's more better ¶" "¶ Mu Beta more better, Mu Beta's more better ¶" "¶ Than those sisters from ¶" "¶ G Phi ¶" "¶ You go, girl ¶" "¶ M-B-L ¶" "¶ Feel it, feel it ¶" "¶ Ice, ice ¶" "¶ M-B-L ¶" "¶ Ah ¶" "Yeah, this is it." "This is it." "This is it." "We going to have some winners up here in a minute." "Yo, tonight, you got to give it up to the steppers." "Please show them your love." "They did their thing tonight." "Come on, come on." "Let them know." "Let them know." "Let them know." "The judges thought it over." "We got to hand out two checks." "So the best individual stepper tonight is walking out of here with $5,000." "Come on out here." "Yes." "Five grand." "And the best step group gets $20,000." "That's what's up." "So, without further ado..." "For now, for best step group is going to be up to y'all." "The judges came up with two finalists and it's going to be up to y'all to let us know who's supposed to walk out of here with the $20,000, all right?" "So the first finalist to walk out of here with all the chips is Gamma Phi Zigma." "Yeah." "All right, y'all." "This is it." "Show your love for Mu Beta Lota." "Okay, all I can say is that both of them did their thing." "Nobody's walking out of here a loser but somebody's definitely walking out of here a little bit richer." "So is it Gamma Phi Zigma?" "¶ We are the brothers from ¶" "¶ G Phi smooth ¶" "Let them know." "Let us know." "What's up?" "What's up?" "Or is it Mu Beta Lota?" "¶ Mu Beta gets ¶" "¶ Busy, busy Busy, busy ¶" "¶ What ¶" "Oh." "I think we got a winner, and it's Mu Beta Lota." "Congratulations, y'all." "Congratulations." "Yeah, peace." "Show them your love." "Mu Beta, what?" "Mu Beta, what?" "James." "That's Mr. Brooks to you." "I'm Terence Lawrenson." "Name ring a bell?" "Look, I didn't have nothing to do with that." "That's bullshit, man." "But you know what?" "You're not even worth me bruising my knuckles." "On second thought." "What's bruised knuckles of knocking your punk-ass out?" "You okay?" "Yeah." "Never better." " Oh, do me a favor." " Shh." "I love you." "I love you, too."