To God
Be the glory
To God
Be the glory
To God
Be the glory
For the things
He has done
With his blood
He has saved me
By his power
He has raised me
To God
Be the glory
For the things
He has
Done
See that beautiful girl right there?
That's my sister Mona.
I'm throwing her this wedding.
Oh, me? My name is Anita. I am 40 years old.
I'm What some might call an overachiever.
I make six figures. I have six figures in my savings.
And, yes, this house is paid for.
I got it going on. Got it all together.
There's only one thing missing in my life.
I've never been married, and I've never had any children.
But I'm really so happy for them.
I just wish that God would send me my man.
She met her husband Victor on a hiking trip.
She hurt her leg, and he was the fireman that came to help her.
Maybe I ought to go somewhere and hurt my leg.
It's not gonna happen on a hiking trip though. I can tell you that.
Oh, there's my friend, Jasmine. She works with me at the bank.
She is a wild woman.
I've been trying for years to get her to get saved...
and finally she decided to get saved last year.
Y'all about to be doing the nasty!
Oh, look at her.
Let's just say her mind got saved, but nobody told her body.
Oh, there's the Reverend Walker.
He's been my pastor for a really long time.
He's always saying to me...
“God will make a way.”
Well, God, I am waiting.
I'm Waiting on you, God.
There you are, girl. I've been looking all over for you.
- Why aren't you downstairs? - I had to get this laundry together.
I forgot to put new towels in the guest bathroom, so-
- I'll help you do this, right here. - Thank you.
Everything is so beautiful.
You must have spent an arm and a leg on this wedding.
- Well, she is my baby sister. - Girl, I like everything.
The flowers, they was all real and stuff.
Oh, and the ceremony, it was so gorgeous.
And, girl, that cake! I ain't never seen no cake like that before in my life.
It's shaped like a mountain, and they met on a mountain...
and the cake is a mountain.
You think when we out into it, it's gonna be like chocolate dirt on the inside?
Yeah, it might.
Oh, and girl, she is so lucky. How she meet a man that fine?
Girl, we need to go hiking and break our legs. Look at him.
He's something else.
Oh, and I was crying when he was saying his vows to her.
It was so beautiful.
He loves her so much.
You know how men get to crying and their voice gets a-quivering and all of that?
Oh, it was so sexy.
And, girl...
you know they're going to have a good time on their honeymoon in “Bor-ay Bor-ay.”
Bore-Bore, Jasmine.
Same thing, girl.
You know that honeymoon is gonna be smoking.
You know they gonna constipate, right?
- They gonna What? - Constipate.
“Consummate,” Jasmine.
Girl, constipate, consummate, Whatever.
All right, all right, come back, come back.
Look, I don't know how you do it, Ms. Celibate.
When you commit your body to the Lord, it is easy.
I be trying, but the only thing I can commit to...
is Keyvonté in the middle of the night.
You'll get there.
You don't know Keyvonté, apparently, you know?
You'll get there, Jasmine. Just relax.
Look, I don't know that I Want to get there. Don't you miss men?
Well, if I missed men, I would have a man, okay?
'Cause I be needing a big ol' sexy...
strong daddy in the middle of the night!
Okay, okay. Jasmine, would you go downstairs...
and give the guests some refreshments?
Why don't you do that for me? Can you, please?
- Did I say something wrong? - No, no, you didn't. You didn't.
Oh, girl, I'm so sorry. Lam going on and on...
and you don't even have a man...
and your sister is downstairs getting married to that fine man.
Not to mention that you got left at the altar.
Kid just messed around and broke your heart-
Jasmine, that was five years ago.
Oh, and you still by yourself? That is completely tragic-
Okay, okay, he)”
Would you stop? Go downstairs and give the guests some hors doeuvres.
Would you do that for me, please? 'Cause you ain't helping me up here.
Oh, okay.
Yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir!
That's nice right there ain't it?
Yeah, well, all right, then.
Yes, sir, that's What I've been looking for right there.
- Turned on for What? - Whats that you say, Mama Hattie?
I'm sayin' I'm about to get D-R-U-N-K-E-D, baby.
Oh, Mama Hattie, you know better than that!
What you talking about, baby? The Bible said, “Drink ye at the wedding.”
No, no, no, it don't. No. It doesn't.
I don't see how come it don't.
If He said, “Drink ye all it”...
if you drink ye all it, then you gonna be drinking ye all at the wedding.
No, but that's not What the Bible meant. The Bible says...
“Be not drunk off of that there wine.” Hand me this.
Oh, baby, I ain't gonna be drunk off that wine.
I be drunk off the Henn already.
Oh, Mama!
Jesus, Mama Hattie!
On, God.
Reverend Walker, don't be calling my name like that.
You know What? I never.
And you never will. That's the problem. You need to.
You know What? I'm gonna pray for you.
Yeah, you do that. A little prayer a day help keep the spirits away.
But I'm gonna keep this spirit. This a good kind of spirit, right here.
- Jesus. - I'll tell you who does need praying.
- Who that? - Anita.
- What's Wrong with Nita? - She is really upset.
What's she upset about?
Look around. Just look around.
Look around at What? This a beautiful wedding. I told her that.
Baby, she ain't never been married before.
Oh, no, I don't think she feel no kind of Way about that.
She wouldn't have done this beautiful thing if she wasn't happy for her sister.
Oh, she happy for her, but shed be happier if it was her own.
Yeah, you're right. No, she's not.
She is gonna need a warm, kind word from a wise person.
Oh, I got this. I'm gonna go talk to my grandbaby. I be back.
Not you!
I said a wise person. I was talking about the reverend.
- That's right. - You Wait one doggone minute.
If anybody gonna talk to my grandbaby, ifs gonna be me.
Can't nobody do it like I can.
Mm-mm. Not While you getting drunk, though.
Oh, baby, I just need this Henn to help me chill out.
Well, What for?
'Cause if I'm in chill mode by the time I get to her...
I won't slap her to sleep for Whining.
That's real wise and gentle.
I don't know nothing about all that, Rev...
but What I do know is the best Way to get over her old man...
is to slip right up under a new one.
That's the way, Mama Hattie!
Mama Hattie!
Reverend Walker! Don't be calling my name like that!
The police be looking for me. You know I got warrants and things like that.
Listen, but you should really let me talk to her...
'cause I can pray with her and everything.
- That's right, Rev. You know God hears you. - That's right.
Since he hear you so well, then tell him to hurry up and send her a man.
And whilst you at it, can you tell him to give me the number to the Powerball?
That's enough! You know What?
In the name of Jesus. I'm gonna pray for you.
Yeah, you pray for me. You know What?
I'm going back here to talk to my grandbaby. I be back.
You go on and talk to her. If that don't work...
I got a plan.
- And What kind of plan you got? - I'm gonna hook her up.
Hook her up? You see, Rev?
That's What you need to be praying about right there, the hookup.
I Want you to go over there to the thug side of heaven over there...
Where Tupac and them is over there...
and tell him to send me one named Hakeem, Rasheem, Malik.
Long as he got gold teeth, long as he got Tims...
two rottweilers sitting there right beside his ankles, baby...
and long as he tatted up everywhere- just tattoos everywhere!
That does a body good. That's better than milk, right there.
Mama Hattie, I bind you in the name of Jesus.
And I bind you back in the name of Jesus.
That old lady is something.
Whoo, you know What? That's a problem, right there.
- You got some hors doeuvres here, I see. - What?
Some hors doeuvres.
These just baby hot dogs with bacon on them.
Bless your heart. Anyway, hand me a couple.
No, Rev, everybody ain't had none yet.
It's all right. I've been here all day.
You all done had me here all day.
- My stomach- - Everybody ain't had none.
My stomach been touching my back all day. Give me some of this.
Nita! Nita!
I know doggone well you ain't up here whining over that man.
Ifs been five years, and ifs time for you to get over him!
- What? - You heard What I said.
- I'm not. Who told you that? - Jasmine. She told me everything.
I am not thinking about him, Grandma.
If you not thinking about him, why is you up here cleaning and sweeping and dusting?
You need to be down there having a good time, baby, with everybody else.
Grandma, I said I'm not thinking about him.
Well, good, 'cause you need to be thinking about your new man.
Grandma, I don't need a man to make me happy.
Well, that's What all lonely Women say.
- I am not lonely! - Nita, don't you be hollering at me.
You know I get real sensitive about stuff like that.
Mona-Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt.
Y'all gonna be doing it!
Such a shame. You ought not encourage that.
You know what, I'm so-
Hold this. I'm sorry.
- Oh, Rev- - Excuse me, I got to-
That's white, ain't it? Oh, Lord.
Well, you know you shouldn't be wearing white, though, bless your heart.
But you know what, I believe in that marriage you have right there.
- Thank you. - It's been a long time coming.
God gonna bless that union. Yes, He is.
- Thank you, Reverend. - Bless your heart, your lipstick.
Hey there, Anita! God bless your soul.
This is a Wonderful thing you did for your sister today.
Well, thank you, thank you.
Yes, indeed. I mean it's just been fir-
- Whoo, first class, all the Way. - You all right?
Just a little hot. You know your air don't work too well...
when you get a whole bunch of Negros in here.
Sorry. Why don't I take your robe?
- I can hang it up for you. - Okay, then.
Thank you so much. I appreciate that. God bless you...
so much. I love you for-
it's stuck. God bless you. Maybe it was too small to begin with.
Oh, God bless you. Thank you so much.
Thank you. I guess I'll go on back around here with these young folk.
They said they gonna teach me now to turn up or something.
What-Why? Well, don't hurt yourself, okay?
Pray for me. You know I got bad knees.
Yes, I know.
Jasmine. Jasmine, can I speak to you for a minute?
What's up? Yeah.
Why did you tell my grandmother I was upset?
- I thought you Were. - Well, I'm not!
You always talking and telling my business.
- I'm tired of you doing that, all right? - I'm sorry.
Look, if I was upset, I wouldn't be throwing this Wedding right now.
Right? Right? Doesn't that make sense?
No, but, I mean, that man did leave you standing at the altar, though.
- You know? - That was five years ago.
Yeah, but he did leave you standing there.
You was standing there at that altar with your pretty white dress on.
And you had that long train. You had lace everywhere, baby.
Not a piece of lint nowhere in sight and neither was a man...
or a ring, baby.
They done sung all the songs out the hymnbook.
- Grandma! - You was sitting there Waiting...
and Waiting and Waiting and Waiting and Waiting and Waiting-
- Grandma! - Lord, have mercy.
- Now, stop it, Grandma. - Please, stop your mess.
I'm sorry, but you know your Grandma is a trip.
Well, you're the one started all this here mess.
- You are a mess! - And that dress you got on is a mess!
What's Wrong with it?
- Is it short enough'? - This isn't short.
The hell you preach.
I can see your future with that on, baby.
- Men like this. - Yeah, on a tramp.
Can you pull your skirt down, baby?
Put a book in your hand and close your legs every now and then.
Maybe you can get a man.
And, Nita, you pull your skirt up.
What? Grandma, Grandma! Leave my skirt alone!
Well, you know What? It's a good thing yours is to your knees...
'cause that's how you lose a man.
- What'? You better plead the blood, Rev. - In the name-
Baby, this right here, this here is bona fide.
It don't get ho better than this right here, baby.
This is Grade A, right here.
That reminds me. It was 1973.
Harvey had just come out the military.
He picked me up in that pretty red Corvette, baby.
- Grandma- - He took me out to dinner.
I ain't stayed long 'cause I was ready to get back to that house.
- Mama Hattie. - I ran up them stairs. I pulled my skirt-
- Grandma! - Mama Hattie!
Jesus, I got to Walk away now. Lord have mercy.
- Would you stop it? - What?
Stop it. We already know about your stories.
Well, you better enjoy this black history moment.
We know your stories. Just stop it.
Baby, all I'm saying is there's too many fine men out here...
for you not to enjoy yourself.
Look at that yellow one right there.
He pretty, right there. Look at him.
- Yeah, okay, fine. - Yeah, he is cute.
Ain't nobody talking to you. I was talking to Anita, you old harlot.
Who is Harlot?
' You! " Stop
Anybody got a mirror? Please give me a mirror.
Anybody got a mirror? You got a mirror?
- Barn! - And you gonna give her a mirror.
You see that there? That's the reality of it. Nita.
- Look, look, look. - What?
Look, back there.
Sipping on that punch. You know I spiked that punch.
Grandma!
He gonna be feelin' more than the Holy Ghost in a minute.
Oh, my God.
Look, Jasmine, Jasmine...
would you go get the reverend some coffee?
Get the reverend some coffee and tell him I'm sorry my grandmother spiked the punch.
He already know that punch was spiked.
Look at him. Look, look.
Watch this here.
Thank you, Jesus. You see that? He feel that, there.
- Oh, my- - You see that?
Such an evil woman! In the name of Jesus.
Get on my nerves. Need to be at home sitting somewhere looking like T.D. Jake.
Get ready, get ready, get ready.
Grandma!
Grandma! Oh, God.
Make me sick.
But, Nita, baby...
all I'm saying is get out.
Enjoy yourself. Have a good time, baby.
Learn how to dance, honey. You know how to twerk?
Twerk, twerk, twerk.
Twerking at the wedding. Twerking at the ception.
Stop. Stop.
- Twerk, twerk, twerk. - Stop. Oh, my God.
Put this in the garbage for me.
Do I have to listen to this?
You ain't got to do nothing but stay black and die, baby.
Thank you so much for this wedding, big sis.
You're very welcome.
Sorry.
Sorry. You know.
This was so special, and Mama would have been so proud.
And Daddy. And Daddy.
- Hey, you okay? - Yeah, I'm fine.
- You sure, Sis? - Yes, I am fine. You know I love you.
I love you too.
Anita, you've made this the best day of our lives. Thank you so much, sis.
- You are very welcome. - Thank you.
" Baby - Yes?
- You happy? - I'm so Happy.-
And you've made me the happiest man alive.
You ready for this first dance?
- I'm ready. - Let's go get it.
I had to wait a long time
For this man
Had almost given up
Would he take my hand?
- Take my hand - But just when I was about
To walk away
I found a man who would be my everything
- Walton - Walton
- I had to wait - Your man
- On my man - Walton
My best friend
I had to wait, yeah, yeah
Wait on
- I had to wait - Your lord
On my lord
It may be hard
But I'm so glad that I waited for you
My love
I used to run around in the street
Woman to woman
Yeah, that was me
But then you came
And you changed my ways
You made me grow up
Made me the best I can be
- Oh - Walton
- Your man - Your man
Wait on
I'm so glad you waited on me
Wait on the Lord
Even though it may be hard
- So glad that I waited - I'm so glad that I waited
- For my love - You are my fairy tale
My dream come true, baby
After all that I've been through
I'm glad / found you
My love, the one and only
The one I waited for
Mendez" of my broken hear?'
I'm glad / found you
I'm so glad / waited
- Waited - Hey
On you, yeah
- Wait on - You're my one and only
You're my one true love
I love you
She was upstairs folding clothes.
She need a man so bad, I mean, 911 resuscitate, resuscitate.
She need love, like, 1-800-DIAL-A-LOVELIFE.
Oh, Lord, I-
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Did you get those reports done?
Oh, you know, we was just-
- Here you go. - Okay. Thank you.
Jasmine, there's nothing on here.
You smell good today. What's that fragrance called?
Soap and water.
Soap and water. That's so funny.
Okay, why are you acting so strange?
- I was just thinking about you. - What is it?
- Nothing. - Jasmine!
- What you doin' after work today? - I'm going to Bible study.
- You ever skip Bible study? - Oh, God, no.
No, I don't skip Bible study.
And Pastor's speaking on Beatitudes tonight. I do not Want to miss it.
Hallelujah.
Praise Him, praise Him, praise Him.
Okay, sweetie, Jas.
We're at work.
Okay, listen, I don't Want you to be mad at me though.
- Mad at you for What? - For this.
Oh, Lord. I need to get-
- I Went online and set you up. - What? What is that?
Online dating.
Girl, you must be crazy. Get out of here with that. Go on somewhere.
No, no, no. Look, look.
I took your picture from the Christmas party, and I set up a profile.
Now all these guys wanna meet you!
Jasmine, I have work to do.
Ain't nobody in this bank.
Is this What you talking about?
Look at that man, right there. That man is in prison, Jasmine.
And look at this one here, with all those tattoos.
Wait, wait, wait, “I like oats.”
Really? No, I don't think I'm doing that. How about that?
Ebony, can you do these reports, please?
No, like, sometimes you gotta just weed through the psychos though.
On, God.
- Look, I picked some for you. - Well, I'm looking. I'm looking. What?
Okay, that's Joseph. That's Byron. That's Tyrone.
That's Randy. Ooh, isn't he cute'?
That's Randy?
That's Randy.
Yeah.
Okay, he's all right. He's all right.
See, he's single. Loves to read books.
Well, I like books.
Yeah, he works in finance.
Well, I work in a bank.
Yep, never been married and no kids.
I ain't never been married. I ain't got no kids.
And he's looking for a relationship and to settle down.
- Where you see that at? Wow. - See?
So I put together an early dinner for you and him at Swinton's right after work.
What? No, no, no, I cant do that. You know What?
Those men are always con artists.
They get you to a place, act like they ain't got no money...
Want you to pay for everything.
They lie, they steal, they cheat. I seen them stories. I seen them. I Watch.
- Yes, you are going. - No, I am not.
Yes, you are going. And in the meantime...
let me show you a picture of Randy with his shirt off.
Oh, now, you should've shown me that first.
- See. - What?
Listen up, everybody
I got something to say
It's time for you to date before it gets too late
- We're at work. - You need to get out here and live
Standing around and singing the blues
You need to get out there and live
Nita, what have you got to lose?
You got to get up Hey
- It's time, it's time to get up - We're at worm!
Really?
On, you got to get up
Get up It's time to move
You got to get up
Get up, it's time, it's time to get up
Why are you so afraid?
There's so much more to be said
Snap on out of this funk
Girl, it's time to get drunk
You got to get down, move your body
Girl, it's time to dance
Girl, you better come on
This might be your last chance
Get up!
- Get up, it's time, it's time to live - Get up
It's time It's time to live
Get up
It's time It's time to live
- Work it, girl - Get up
It's time It's time to live
Get a little crazy
Let's get hazy
Forget about the past
Go out and have a blast
Go The night is yours
Out on the dance floor
Your knight in shining armor
He's waiting for you Get up
Get up, it's time It's time to live
- Got to get up - Get up, got to get up
it's time, it's time to live
- Get up, get up, it's time, it's time to live - Break it, break it
Get up, get up, it's time, it's time to live
It's time to get up!
Come on. We're gonna have to do something.
What, really? Okay, okay, okay, fine.
- Spruce it up a little bit. - I'm gonna take a break. I'll be back, okay?
Hi, I-
Okay, I guess that's not him.
This is crazy. I'm not doing this.
Jasmine!
- Where are you going? - What are you doing here?
- Making sure you stay. - Well, I can't do this.
It's already done. Where is he?
- He's not here. I guess I got stood up. - It's not even 5:30!
Girl, it is 5:30 and 15 seconds.
He is late, and that's a bad sign.
Anita, he's 45 seconds late. That ain't late.
That is late.
You know what'? I'm not gonna stay here. I can't wait on somebody-
Oh, maybe I can Wait a little longer. Is that him?
If it ain't, it will be. Hey, Daddy.
That's all you, boo. Have a seat. Sit down. Sit down.
- She don't know me. She need to sit down. - Stop, stop, stop.
- She sat down, didn't she? - Just stop. No, look, All right?
That's enough. I can't do this.
- Yes, you can. - No.
- Yes, you have to do this. - No, I don't have to do this.
- Yes, you do. You need this. - No, would you stop?
- Why? - You got to.
- Sit down! - What are you doing?
Ow! Ooh, and they lookin' all, hey.
Jasmine. Jasmine, get up.
- You are embarrassing me. - Okay, okay.
Look, I'm gonna be right over here.
- Go home. - Okay, but you stay.
- Five minutes, that's it. Just 5 more minutes. - Anita?
Jesus, whoo.
No, I'm Randy.
Yes, you are.
- No, no, no, I'm Anita. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's Anita...
but if it don't work out... I can be Anita-Anita-thing-you-want!
Good-bye.
Bye.
- Friend of yours? - Yeah, she is.
Oh, no, let me get that.
Well, thank you. Thank you.
- Now, I'm so sorry that I'm late. - It's okay.
- I'm usually always right on time. - Yeah, me too. Me too.
You know, with this traffic, and I just moved here.
- I'm still trying to find my Way around. - It's fine, really. it's okay.
- I hope you're hungry. - Oh, no, not really. I'm not really hungry.
Well, lam. Shoot, I think I Want me a steak and a lobster.
You know What I'm saying?
A steak and a lobster? Okay, well, guess that sounds good.
This place is expensive.
You know what, I left my wallet-
There it is! There it is.
See, I knew it. You know what? I knew you were too good to be true.
- What? - You think I'm ready to buy you dinner?
I'm not getting ready to buy nothing.
Coming here talking about, “Fm so hungry, I want steak and a lobster.”
- I want surf and a turf. - Wait, wait, wait.
No, no, no. You know What?
If you can't find your Wallet, then you should order some water...
and hope they don't charge you.
Wow.
“Wow,” What?
Okay, don't take this the Wrong way...
but I think its pretty obvious that someone has messed you over really bad.
Excuse me?
You don't know me!
Wait, wait, wait. Time. Chill.
I just think we're getting off on the wrong foot.
Yes, we are. I'm not buying nothin'.
Thank you. Hey, appreciate it.
What was that?
Well, like I was saying, I left my wallet back in my car...
and I asked the valet to get it for me after he parked my car.
That's the reason I was late.
We at Swinton's. I'm trying to make sure I take care of you for the night.
I'm really sorry. Oh, God. I'm sorry.
Hey, look. I'll pay, all right?
No, now I feel like I should pay.
No, no, no. All you should do is sit down and relax...
and I'm sure that we will have a great dinner.
- All right? - All right.
Look, look, I'm really sorry. I'm not usually like this-
Chill, chill. Relax, you're good.
Oh, okay.
Oh, I love this song.
Oh, yeah. That is a good song. it's a good song.
Want to dance?
There's no dance floor in here.
- So? - So, that would be embarrassing.
Oh, come on, girl. Our waiter ain't even showed up yet. Come on.
- I can't do- - Come on.
Oh, I can't believe I'm doing this. Okay.
There.
How about this?
Now, it feels good to let go, don't it?
Yeah. Yeah.
Lord, who is this?
This man feels so good.
If he don't let me go-
It's been too long since I been in a man's arms.
I can't do this.
Devil, you a liar. No, I cannot backslide.
I cannot backslide. I cannot backslide.
- You ever electric slide- - I cannot backslide!
What?
Electric slide.
You don't do that on a slow song. Everybody knows that.
No, but you do this.
It' was a song I never wanted to end.
Ooh, he was smelling so good, and I felt so safe in his arms.
This fool might be a serial killer.
I am not falling for him. I ain't falling for him.
He ain't that cute.
Just, Anita, don't look in his eyes.
Anita, do not look in his eyes.
Anita, don't-
Oh, I just did.
Lord, help me.
Somebody call Lyanla to fix my life.
This man is making me crazy, and I just met him.
I don't even know his name. This is stupid.
Okay, you know What? That's enough. Let's eat. Let's eat.
Waiter! Waiter!
Fancy place. Gargon.
Gargon.
Yeah, hi, hey, hey.
You know What? We'd like to order everything on this side of the menu.
Can we do that? Yeah, and something cold. Do you have something cold?
Like ice? Like Water?
Water with ice in it. Ice on the rocks.
Can you get something cold? Really cold. Okay?
Thanks so much.
- What happened? - What? Well, nothing.
No, no, no. You just stopped.
I'm so hungry. Why, yeah, oh!
Gargon! Waiter! Waiter, gargon!
You know What? They didn't even bring us bread.
Can we get some bread? We need bread.
Like, cold, cold bread. Make the bread cold.
Make everything cold. Lord, make everything cold.
Oh, Lord.
- I came as soon as I could. - We all did.
- Mama Hattie, what's going on'? - That's what I wanna know...
'cause I got a funeral in the mornin'.
- Well, can't the dead wait? - What's going on?
Anita's not here. It's 2:00 in the morning.
- She should be here by now. - What? Baby, that's not like her.
Yeah, I know, baby. it's okay. it's okay.
I don't know. At least you all go out and try and find her.
I don't know Where she could be.
Hold on, hold on, hold oh. She had a date.
With Who?
I hooked her up!
Oh, Jesus. Call the police.
She probably been kidnapped by now.
Lord, in Jesus' name, keep my daughter.
I didn't say I hooked her up with one of my friends.
- Thank you, Jesus. - God, you're an uptown God.
- Thank you. - Yes, he is.
This is a man she met on the Internet.
What?
Oh, she's in trouble. She's in trouble.
You know what, baby'? Calm clown. I'll go look for her. Just calm clown.
- Rev. - On the Internet?
Don't you know there's all kinds of crazy people on that Internet?
I'm on the Internet.
Exactly. Don't you know its all kinds of crazy people on the Internet?
And who did you hook her up with?
I don't know. He seemed like a nice guy.
They Went to dinner, and then maybe afterwards they got busy.
Baby, this here is Anita we talkin' about.
The only thing she gonna get busy with is a piece of paper and a pencil.
Yeah, that's not like her at all.
Yeah, 'cause, you know, she missed my Bible study...
and she don't never miss my Bible study.
Shes a good Christian girl. You know I was teaching on the Beatitudes.
Would you shut up before I be have a attitude with you?
Well, Where do you all think she Went?
They Went to Swinton's for dinner.
Swinton's? Oh, they gonna be broke as hell when they get back.
That place bougie over there. Mark that own that place, he bougie over there.
Yeah, but that place closes at 10:00.
You know What? I'll call some of my police friends. We'll get to the bottom of it.
Oh, do you really think ifs that serious?
I think we should at least just check, baby.
Wait, I thought y'all was on your Way to “Bor-ay Bor-ay.”
Bore-Bore.
Damn.
We were heading to the plane when Mama Hattie called. I mean, it was a red-eye.
Oh, did I make y'all miss your flight?
Oh, I'm so sorry. Make me feel so bad.
Make me feel so bad. Make me feel so bad.
I'm just worried, Mama Hattie.
I don't know Where she could be.
- Who? - Anita.
Anita!
- Hey. - Where've you been?
What are y'all doing here?
- We were Worried about you. - Me? Why?
'Cause you weren't here.
Well, I had a date. Jasmine didn't tell you all?
- I tried to. How did it go? - It was the best!
But listen. We was Worried sick about you.
I'm sorry. The time just started to fly.
Anita, we're glad you're okay.
Baby, she's fine. Let's go on our honeymoon.
I'm sorry.
It's okay. I want to hear all about it when I get back, okay?
- Okay. - Okay, I love you. Bye!
Enjoy “Bor-ay Bor-ay.”
Bore-Bore. Damn!!
Nita, now I wanna hear all about this right now.
- Me too. - Me three.
Well, there's really nothing to tell.
I mean, he was the perfect gentlemen.
He was kind, and he was gentle.
He made me feel like I was the only Woman in the World.
- You having sex with him? - What? Grandma, no.
- Well, Where did y'all go? - Well, we Went to dinner.
And then we Went dancing, and then we took a Walk in the park.
It was the most magical night of my life.
See, I told you all.
Oh, okay, hold on.
What the devil? Nita, don't nobody call you.
Okay. Hello?
Hi. Oh, yes, I did get in safe.
I'm sorry. I meant to call you. I-
Excuse me. Good night, all.
Who callin' Nita on the phone?
Don't nobody be talkin' to her.
And that's how it started.
My storybook romance.
He was the man of my dreams.
We went shopping every day and dancing every night.
He took me to the movies all the time.
It didn't even matter to him whether they were movies about love and romance.
He bought me flowers.
I was trying so hard not to fall for this man...
but he was so amazing to me.
Boy, people just nasty next door. I don't know What that all about.
I ain't never seen no cockroaches that big.
Be outside like they need an exterminator over there or something.
I wonder What they doing over there.
I seen crackers and everything all on the porch.
What they doing-
And What time you get in last night?
Oh, Grandma.
And don't tune your lips up to tell no lie.
I know you didn't come in. What time did you get in?
Okay, okay. I didn't.
I know you didn't, Nita. Where were you?
- Well, I stayed at his house. - You did What?
In the guest room. He has a beautiful home on the lake.
I stayed in the guest room, Grandma.
- Nita. - Yes, ma'am.
You playing snakes in the grass?
- You playing park the car in the garage? - Grandma, What are you talking about?
- You all playing mom and dad? - What?
Are you having sex with him, Nita?
What? No, I told you I'm not doing that until I get married.
But, Nita, you been going out with him for a whole month now.
- And I haven't even met him yet. - On purpose.
When am I gonna meet him? When is he gonna come over here?
You'll meet him tonight, okay?
Well, good, but I still think you should just-
Grandma, I already know What you're gonna say.
You're gonna say I should slow down.
You should slow down, Nita.
You've been going out with him every clay for a whole month.
Just take some time away from him.
- Y'all are killing me. - What do you mean by that?
First you tell me I need to get a man...
and then once I get one, you tell me I'm spending too much time with him.
- And who told you that? - The reverend and Jasmine at work.
Well, she did say you was taking a whole lot of time off at work.
What? Grandma...
I've been working at that job for 18 years, and I never used a sick day. Not once.
And you know how hard I worked for them.
I bring my work home. You know that.
They owe me.
- Yeah, they owe you to fire you. - They wouldn't dare.
- Nita. - Ma'am.
Baby, just slow down. That's all.
Grandma, listen. I got it, okay?
Just let me live my life. Please.
I'm not trying to interfere with you living your life, baby.
- But, you know, I care about you, Nita. - I know, Grandma.
And I'd just hate to have to choke somebody to sleep about you, baby.
I know.
Come over here and sat down here and let me talk to you.
Grandma, please-
Come on over here and sat down. Let me talk to you.
Lord, okay, fine. I'm gonna come over and sat down.
You quit acting funny, Nita.
Baby, you know I would never interfere with your life.
I know. I love you, Grandma.
And I love you, too, Nita...
but it would break my heart if something should happen to you.
- Nothings gonna happen to me. - That remind me. It was 1964.
And I had just hooked up with, you know, Deacon Johnson-
Saved by the bell. it's too early in the morning for your stories right now.
It ain't never too early for a black history moment.
No, no, no, Grandma, it is.
- Let me answer your phone. - No, no, no, I got it. I got it.
I know how to be professional.
- Hello? - Hello?
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Would you-Why are you repeating after me?
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye?
- Now, repeat after me. - Grandma, stop it.
No, no, no. That was just my grandmother.
Yes, yes. I was just getting ready for work.
Well, no. I'm on my Way now.
Really?
You Want to do that now?
Yes. I will meet you there.
Okay? Yes.
- Nita, What is that all about? - He wants me to meet him at the airport.
At the airport? For What?
We're going to Vegas!
- Vegas? - Yes, ma'am.
Nita, you not gonna take any clothes with you?
I don't have to. He always buys me new things.
Nita, don't Walk. Don't leave and just go.
Oh, you know What? Do me a favor and call Jasmine.
Tell her I'm not coming to work, and I'll explain everything later. I love you.
Nita, don't just walk out that door! Nita!
I'm scared of the dark.
- Hey. . Hey, baby.
Where were you? I fell asleep Waiting on you.
- The seminar ran over, you know. - Oh, okay.
Oh, you smell like casino. All that smoke.
Yeah, baby, you know, gotta walk through the casino to get to the room.
- That's all that is. - You know What?
I was thinking that while we're here, maybe we can see some shows.
- Randy. - Look, baby, I am in love with you.
All right? I love the Way you Walk.
I love the Way you talk, and I love the Way you smell, baby.
I Want to be with you, all right?
- Let me make love to you. - Oh, no, no, no. We're not doin' that.
I know, till you're married. I know.
So... marry me, baby.
Randy.
This is Vegas, all right? Now come on, baby.
It's too soon. You know that.
Well, I didn't know there was a time limit on love, baby.
Listen, Nita, I don't know many things about much of anything...
but I know that I love you.
- Do you love me? - Well, I mean-
Look, you don't have to say it if you don't really mean it. I understand.
I do.
Say it for me, baby. Just once.
- I love you. I do. - Then, Nita, baby...
let's do it.
- Wait, wait, wait. See, it's just that- - I get it.
It's about some dude that left you standing at the altar five years ago, huh?
Now, see, I should have never told you about that.
Now, baby, I'm not using that against you, all right?
I'm not a bad guy. I'm not like him, okay?
I'm using that for us.
Now, come on, baby, I mean, don't you trust me?
- Well, yeah. - Then, baby-
Baby, look.
The chapel is right there on the strip.
Now, ifs you and me, baby. Remember? You and me.
Wait, ifs just-I'm sorry.
It's just, I haven't been kissed like that in a long time and I just-
But that doesn't mean that it shouldn't happen, baby.
- Okay, okay, stop, stop, stop. - Whats wrong?
Look, look, I don't Want to hurt you.
- I'm not trying to hurt you. I just- - I understand.
- Now you're upset. - It's cool. I understand.
Where are you going?
For a Walk.
Wait, wait, wait.
You said the chapel is right down on the strip?
Yeah, baby. Look, Nita.
I don't know who that guy was that broke your heart...
but, look, I'm not him, okay?
I mean, you're like a little bird that's hiding up under its wing or something.
Look, look, look, I need you to trust me, all right?
See, that's so hard. I mean, we just met. I just met you.
- I'm not used to- - Baby, don't you feel like you know me?
Well, yes.
And don't you trust in our God, baby?
Well, of course I do.
And wasn't it you who said that you felt like it was Him...
- that was responsible for all this? - Yeah.
Then marry me, baby.
Marry me.
- Randy, I- - Baby.
Why you standing here so lonely
Baby
Why you standing here so sad
I know you want me all up on you
And I'm not trying to make you feel bad
No, I ain't
You need to let me come and hold you
Let me hold you through the night
Oh, baby
So / can be your one and only
So / can be your Mr. Right
Al! you gotta do, all you gotta do
ls just let go
Just let go
- Just let go - Just let go
- Al! you gotta do - Just let go
- All you gotta do is just let go - Just let go
- Al! you gotta do, all you gotta do - Just let go
- All you gotta do is just let go - Just let go
- Al! you gotta do - Just let go
- All you gotta do is just let go - Just let go
Don't act like you don't want me
I know you want me, want me, want me, baby
I can look into your eyes
And see that you're scared
But this might be your one and only
Your only chance to come and
Yeah
Girl, don't act like you don't know you want me
I know you're lonely, lonely, lonely, baby
I can look into your eyes
And see that you're scared Oh
But this might be your
One and only
Your only chance to come and
Yeah, yeah, yeah
- Just let go, just let go, just let go - Just let go
- Al! you gotta do - Just let go
- All you gotta do is just let go - Just let go
- Al! you gotta do, all you gotta do, baby - Just let go
- All you gotta do is just let - Just let go
- Just let go, just let go - Just let go
Yeah, yeah, yeah
All you gotta do, all you gotta do
All you gotta do is just let go
All you gotta do, all you gotta do
All you gotta do is just let go
Yeah, he cheating oh you. You should have known that.
Look at the camera up on the pole.
Yeah, you can come over here. I cheat with you.
Oh, Lordy. Oh, Lordy.
Where is Anita?
Girl, don't be piling up in my house like you pay rent here!
- Where's Anita? - She ain't here.
- Well, Where is she? - She not here. What do you Want?
I'm trying to call her all day.
Well, did she answer the phone?
- No. - That mean she don't Want to talk to you.
- What do you Want with her? - Look.
What is that?
Anita asked me to transfer some money to her account.
- Well, did you do it? - No, because all her money is gone.
No, that's a lie, 'cause Nita got plenty of money.
Take that back to Full Trust Bank, 'cause I don't full trust them.
- Mama Hattie. - What?
- Look. - What?
Ain't no money in this account, so this is not Anita's account.
I think its that man that she with.
You said What?
What the f-
Where is she?
I don't know. She should be here by now.
- You think he did something to her? - Girl, hush up.
Well, you know, I be watching them crime channels...
and this one time it was this one situation just like Anita's.
She Went away for the weekend with her boyfriend that she met on the Internet...
and all they found was her nose and a chunk of Weave.
Girl, I said hush. Get over there.
Sit down before I slap you to sleep.
Oh, there she is.
But why would she be ringing her own doorbell?
. Hey, baby. . Hey, baby.
- Oh, its just you. - Oh, its like that, Mama Hattie?
Everybody, this my buddy, Larry, the detective I was telling you all about.
Hey, my name is Hattie Mae...
and I'm a Cancer...
and I like long walks in the park.
You know you smell like Snuggles?
So you wanna snuggle with me?
- Old and crazy. - Larry, don't worry about her.
That's just my crazy grandma-in-law.
Oh, shut up. Quit putting salt in the game, you old hater.
- Is Anita back yet? - No, she ain't here yet.
She should be here by now.
Man, I told Larry all about this guy, man.
Okay, so What you find out, son?
Well, we been running him, but we can't seem to find anything on this guy.
Well, listen, when she get here, I want to tell her nice and gentle, all right?
- Mama Hattie. - What?
- Hey. - Anita!
What are you all doing here?
You must be Mama Hattie.
- Come here, baby. - Get your damn hands off of me!
- Grandma! - What?
That is no Way to speak to my new husband.
Husband?
I is married now!
Look, look, look.
Grandma, look, look. isn't it beautiful?
Yeah, that sure is a nice ring your money bought.
Come on, baby. Stop, relax. You embarrassing me.
Oh, I just Want my family to share in our love.
Nita...
did you say husband?
Yes, we got married in Vegas.
- Lord have mercy. - Did you say married?
Why, yes. We's two married ladies now, Miss Celie.
Why you all acting like this?
- Nita. - Yes, ma'am?
There's something we need to tell you.
- Okay, What? - In private.
Now, anything you need to say to me, you can say in front of my new husband.
No, you may Want to hear this in private.
- Victor's right. - So, come on.
Wait, wait, wait, no. Now, just say it here.
All right, well, in the Bible it says-
That bastard done stole all your money!
Jesus.
He don't mean you no good. He don't love you.
He trying to take you for everything you got.
- Anita, I- - Now, step away from her.
The police are already here.
And I got a piece of chalk to outline the body when I bust a cap in his eye.
No, Mama Hattie, listen.
I told you. I Wanted to tell her gently.
Well, you was taking too long, Reverend. Don't nobody wanna hear all 66 books.
Wait, wait, wait a minute.
Grandma, What are you talking about?
Jasmine.
Jasmine, What?
- I pulled your statement. - What? I asked you to.
- What? And What is- - Anita.
Okay, well, this is not my statement, because this says the account is empty.
I mean, you know I got $350,000 in my savings.
This ain't right. No, this is a mistake.
This has got to be a mistake. Jasmine, listen, you gotta-
Anita, listen to her! You could learn a lot from a dummy.
Baby, all your money is gone.
It was Withdrawn in Vegas.
Wait, wait. Randy'?
- Yeah, baby? - Wait, did you-
Yeah, baby, I did.
How?
Well, you're the one that gave me access to your account.
That's because of your financial planning business.
I mean, you said you were investing in our future.
Yeah, all that. But we're also married now.
Plus, I don't feel like married couples should have separate accounts, baby.
The hell you preach?
Lots of married Women have a separate account. Now give her her money back.
Hey, listen, bro...
man-to-man, just give my sister-in-law back her money.
- Oh, really? - Yeah, really.
Who the hell you supposed to be, brother?
Oh, I'm the one that's gonna get her money back.
- Wait, wait, wait, Victor. - Stop it, stop it.
Listen, let me speak to Randy in private...
and I'm sure we'll- I'll take care of everything.
Come on. Let's go outside and talk about this.
Oh, no, no. They need to go outside.
What?
You heard me. They need to leave.
- Hold on. Who need to leave? - You need to leave.
- How about you put me out? - Vic, come on, man.
Stop it.
Wait, wait, wait. Randy, you are not putting my family out of this house.
- Oh, yes, lam. - This is my house.
You might Want to watch your voice. This is our house. All right?
- Randy. - Look, I am your husband.
So they need to leave.
You, you, you, all y'all.
You all got to go, now.
I ain't going nowhere. You gonna have to carry me up out of here.
Hey, man, put this man out her house, man. Come on, dog.
- Do What I brought you here to do. - I'm gonna handle this, but I gotta do it right.
- Arrest this man! - I got to do it the right Way.
Wait a minute. So you an officer, right?
Yes, I am.
Why don't you go ahead and run down the rules of this state?
I believe it says under community property law, that Whats hers is now mine.
So for the last time, I Want them out of my house.
Can he do this?
- Yeah, sweet thing, I sure enough can. - Sweet thing? You-
- Victor! - Listen, let's become civil.
She is married to him.
Well, she can have it annulled.
Yes, she can. But until then, we're trespassing.
Lord, this is the devil.
And I thought he was cute. This is so wrong!
Listen, we should leave. We all should go.
- That's right. - Let's go.
Thank you, Officer. Appreciate that.
Come on, Mama Hattie. You can come stay with us.
I ain't going nowhere. I wish I Would. I wish for God I Would.
That's all right. I mean, she can stay.
She old as hell. She probably gonna drop dead before the night over with anyway.
Randy.
What? She is old.
I tell you one thing. You'll leave here before I do.
You ain't about to be pointing at me in my house.
- You got to go. - Don't put your hands on me!
You got to go. Hey, hey, hey, oh!
Stop it.
Stop it. Stop it.
- Hey! - Stop it.
Stop it. Jesus.
- You get out my house. - Stop it.
Stop it. Stop it.
Just stop it.
Lord, have mercy. Stop it.
Stop it. Stop it.
Stop it. Jesus.
Oh, God, stop it.
Professor Klump...
What you still doing in my house, man?
I come with the blood of Jesus, son. I'm gonna pray you up outta here.
You know What? Why don't you go ahead-Damn.
I'm like a tree planted by the rivers of water.
I shall not be moved.
Well, you know What?
Trees grow best outside. So you got to go, brother. Let's go.
Hey, Sherman, Sherman, Sherman.
It's all right. You know What?
I stand in holiness.
Walking in the promises of God.
The devil be damned. You got your place in hell, son.
You are going to hell.
I Pray you out.
Ooh, Nita, you done all to stand.
You make sure you-
stand.
It's all right.
I'm gonna get my deacons to whup off on your butt.
Woman, you done lost your damn mind...
bringing me in this house with all this drama today.
Look, you don't know nothing about me, all right? Nothing.
I thought I did.
After only a few weeks'?
Look, look, I'm gonna get you some money here and there, and we gonna be all right.
Look, look, you don't even need them. All right?
It's me and you. Remember?
- You lied to me'? - About a few things.
- What else? - Look, I got your money.
Well, correction, our money.
But I'm gonna mortgage off this beautiful home of yours...
and tomorrow I'm just gonna, you know, start another business of mine.
Well-
That business thing, yeah.
- This is my house. - Say that again?
- This is my house. - No, no, no, correction, baby.
This is our house.
You signed the papers, remember?
“I is married now.
Ooh, I is married now. We two married ladies now, Miss Celie.”
You don't remember that? Now you got this beautiful house.
You got this car. I mean, you ain't got no Worries...
so just relax.
I don't understand.
You have your own business. Why would you do this to me?
Girl, look. I lied to you.
I ain't got no business.
Do I look like I got a business?
Financial planning? Girl, I ain't even got no damn job.
Okay, all right, all right. I'm sorry. That was harsh.
That was my confession.
You lonely women, you all just so easy.
You know What? This is too much drama for me on a Monday.
Where are your car keys at?
Hey, you got gas in your car, right?
It's all right. I'll just take my truck.
Matter of fact, I'll get a brand-new truck...
since I got so much money now.
Oh, and that house on the lake...
that wasn't even mine.
Okay, okay, okay. I'm sorry.
Look, get some rest, all right?
I mean...
you look bad.
Where he at, Nita?
He put me out the front door. I'm gonna come in through the back.
Where he at, Nita?
How could he do this to me?
Some men are just dogs, Nita.
You all right, baby?
No, Grandma, no.
No, she's hurt and embarrassed, and she feels like a fool...
and she think everybody laughing at her.
Are you here to help her or help her jump off a bridge?
I am trying to encourage her.
Look, I know this your grandma, but she be talking to me real crazy...
and I do not appreciate it. I'm trying to be a good friend.
Girl, you better get out behind me before I slap the taste out your mouth.
Do you Want me to fix you some tea or something?
No, I don't Want any tea, Mona.
It's gonna be all right, Anita.
No, Mona, ifs not gonna be all right.
- It is not. - Just pray.
- And then we can go to church. - No, no.
Yes, that's a good idea because, you know, you can go to church.
I think the message is gonna be good tonight...
and you can figure out how you found yourself...
about to fall so hard so fast and lose everything you had-
Jasmine!
Put the shut to the up.
Come on.
No. I don't Want to go to church, okay?
Just...
can y'all just please leave me alone?
I think you should go to church...
'cause you know the message tonight is gonna be get your stuff back.
- Get ready, get ready, get ready! - Jasmine!
Please, just leave me alone. I need some space, okay?
I just need some space.
All right.
- Do you want to go, Mama Hattie? - Go where?
- To church. - You said What?
- Church. - Where?
- Church, Mama Hattie. - What you say? I can't hear out my right side.
Church!
- Holler at me again, hear? - You said you couldn't hear.
She heard us. She just doesn't Want to go.
Look, I'm gonna leave the key under the doormat tonight, okay?
I ain't coming over to that stinkin', nasty house.
You don't clean up over there.
You need to exterminate.
Grandma...
can you just, really, catch Mona and just go to Mona's house, please?
- I need some time. - Oh, you need some time?
Yes, ma'am, please.
Okay, then, I give you some time to yourself.
Grandma, no. Grandma, please just-
Just catch Mona. I need- I just need some time.
Please, I need to be by myself right now.
- Okay? - Okay, you need to be by yourself?
- Catch Mona. - Okay, then.
Grandma, please just hurry. I'm sure shes still out there.
Catch Mona. Really, Grandma, please.
I need some time alone.
- Okay? - Okay, I give you some time alone, then.
Okay.
Right, right, right.
You just Want to Walk all over me like everybody else.
So now you Want to have a pity party?
I didn't know people could be so cold.
Yeah, they can be.
I didn't do anything to him.
I don't hurt nobody. I just try to live the best life that I can.
You do, Nita.
You do, and you're a good girl.
Then why me?
I don't know, baby.
Grandma-Grandma, I don't understand.
Why me?
Baby, sometimes we bring things on our own self.
Right.
So now you saying ifs my fault.
- Some of it. - How? How can that be?
Nita, you gotta learn...
to take some responsibility for this your own self...
because if you don't...
you gonna repeat the same thing over and over again.
Grandma, Grandma, what-
Baby...
you need to ask yourself this question-
What's missing in you...
Where you allowed it to happen?
That's the question.
What? I don't- I don't know What you're saying.
Nita...
baby, you're not the first woman...
and you certainly won't be the last, that's ever been made a fool out of.
This didn't just happen for you to just crawl up under a rock and die.
It certainly makes you feel that way...
when you've given your heart and soul to a man...
and he just walks over it like you're nothing.
I just-
I don't understand why, Grandma.
Baby...
I sit here...
and I watch you day after day...
all confident and everything like nothing in the world bothers you...
but I know that you're lonely.
Ain't no sense in lying to yourself.
Baby, when you lie to yourself...
you will find yourself in these kind of situations over and over again.
What you put out...
that's What you attract.
Baby, when you learn to love you...
then you can love somebody else.
Work on you first.
That man seen you coming from a mile away.
He's a master predator. That's What he do.
And you sitting there, with your vulnerable self.
You was exactly What he needed.
He's gonna take my house.
And What are you gonna do about it?
I don't know, Grandma.
I tell you What you gonna do.
You're gonna fight, and you're gonna win.
Do you hear me, baby?
Once you get through licking all your wounds...
stitching up your cuts and your bruises...
you're gonna get up, and you're gonna fight.
Grandma, I don't have no more fight.
- I don't have no more. - Yes, you do.
- No, I don't have anything left, Grandma. - You wanna bet?
You have fight left in you.
You know why'?
Because you been scorned.
When you mess with a woman's child...
or stomp on her heart...
those are two things...
that will make a Woman unleash the gate of hell oh somebody.
You know, Anita...
I know you've been battered
Know that you've been abused
And as a woman
I've been in your shoes
Listen, baby.
I know you want to cry, cry, cry, baby
Sometimes lay down and die
Look, Nita.
But / promise you this
Everything will be all right
Because, because
- Hell hath no fury - No fury
Woman scorned
Oh
The ocean can't hold her
When she's up in arms
Hell hath no fury like a woman
Like a woman that's been hurt
With everything inside her
She can torch the earth
Girl, you been hurting
And you feel like a fool
And so, so, so many times
That's what a man can do
Don't be ashamed
And you should not cry
'Cause all you did was love him
Baby, what he did wasn't right
It's not your fault
What you're going through
It's all gonna come back on him, baby
He's gonna miss you
The way that you love him
And the way that you care
Baby, he turned down the best thing
That ever happened in his world
Hell hath no fury like the woman, like the woman
The ocean can't hold her
When she's up in arms
Hell hath no fury like a woman that's been hurt
Everything inside her
She can torch the earth
Listen, don't you be bitter
Baby, don't you be depressed
It's time to start to live
Live with the rest
Learn from your mistakes
Never go that way again?
Walk with God
And you'll find
Oh, hell hath no fury
Like a woman that's been scorned
Yeah
Hell hath no fury like a woman that's been hurt
Baby
Like a woman that's been hurt
Yeah
Tel! him bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, baby
Tell him why
He didn't deserve you
He wasn't ready for you
Yeah
God got something better
Yes, He does, yes, He does, Yes, He does
Yeah
God's got something better
Better, better, better, better, better
He's got something better, baby
Don't you give up now
God's got something better for you, baby
Don't give up on Him now, baby
Don't you do it
I know you've been battered
I know that you've been abused
And as a woman
I've been in your shoes
But whatever you do, baby
Whatever you do
Don't you let that man
Change
You
Thank you, Grandma.
- You hear me? - Yes, ma'am.
- I love you. - I love you too.
- Grandma. - Yeah, baby.
I need you to- I need you to do something for me, please.
I do anything in the world for you. You know that, Nita.
- I need you to go to Mona's house. - Go where?
- Please, go to Mona's house. - No, baby.
I ain't gonna be able to do that for you.
Grandma. Grandma, please.
Nita, don't make me do that.
I do anything. Their stuff be all in my toes. Stuff be crawling on me, Nita.
It's stuff that be flying.
Stuff be flying at their house.
- Nita. - Grandma, Grandma.
Grandma.
Nita, stuff crawling all up their curtains and things.
Grandma. Please, Grandma.
I need you to just go.
I don't Want to just go.
Grandma, just go.
I'm gonna take care of everything.
Okay?
Let me handle it.
You gonna take care of everything?
Yes, ma'am.
Nita.
You gonna fix him some breakfast?
You gonna fix him some breakfast.
You gonna put some antifreeze in it?
Put a little antifreeze and some ammonia...
and some lime in there.
And put a little sugary pee in there too.
Nita?
Oh, you gonna need some things.
You got your list ready? Go get the list.
I already know you gonna need some bleach.
You gonna need some lime.
You gonna need a saw.
You gonna need some trash bags.
You gonna need some duct tape.
You gonna need a rope.
And a rug.
And you-Nita, I'm gonna pick up a couple pair of gloves too.
Nita, I'm gonna go to the hardware store.
I'll be back again.
Nita, I'm gonna have to go to three different hardware stores...
'cause I don't Want them to trace nothing.
Nita, if you think of anything else...
call me on my cell phone.
Nita, don't call me on my cell phone...
'cause they got towers and things everywhere.
Just call me on my beeper...
and I hit you back on the land line.
I knew that beeper was gonna come in handy one day.
In a day, one day...
I went from being the happiest woman on the planet...
to being the saddest.
All of my money was gone.
20 years of savings and sacrifices...
gone in one month.
During one relationship, I lost it all.
When I was left at the altar, I cried and I cried.
My heart was broken, and / got sick.
But tonight, within a few hours...
I could cry no longer.
My tears began to sting.
My heart gave way to another emotion."
anger.
And I was mad as hell.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
You were out late.
Yeah.
I'm gonna make you breakfast, okay?
Wait a minute. Why you being so nice now?
No, I mean, you were right.
I mean, you are the man, and I should give you all my money.
Yeah, girl, see, I told you.
About time you get with the program around here.
Matter of fact, I-
Wait-
What the hell?
Girl, What the hell is this?
- Payback. - What?
Don't worry. I left you enough slack there to sign the annulment papers.
I ain't signing nothing, girl.
Oh, you gonna sign.
Hell, no.
- I bet you will. - I bet the hell I won't.
Well, then, I guess I'll have to beat the hell out of you until you do.
Girl, you too sweet and too innocent.
Now get these chains off me, woman. You done lost your mind.
You know, I was sweet and innocent.
But every Woman has a breaking point.
And you-You crossed the line.
Now, you know you'll go to jail.
Now, I might.
But I'll be smiling the whole time, knowing I got you back.
Wait a minute.
This ain't God-like.
“Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord,” ain't that right?
Well, look at the devil quoting scriptures.
How about this one:
“The kingdom suffereth violence...
and the violent take it by force.”
Lady, you crazy.
No, I'm mad as hell!
I chained him up...
as if I was getting him back for every woman...
who has been chained up mentally or physically by a man.
I beat him and I beat him and I beat him.
I couldn't stop.
I beat him for every woman who has been lied to...
cheated on, called out her name...
left alone, knocked down, battered, broken, raped...
murdered, stolen from, jilted, disregarded...
disappointed, discarded and forgotten.
I beat his ass for every one of us.
I dragged him into the basement and left him there for three days.
I was so scared all of a sudden.
How did / get here?
How could I have turned into a monster?
You just gonna sit here?
Reverend, you can't just Walk up in peoples houses.
Well, you should lock the door.
You all right?
Don't Want to talk to you, Reverend.
Well, I didn't come to talk. I came to pray.
- I don't Want to pray. - Well, good, 'cause I do.
Listen, I don't Want to hear this right now.
I didn't say you had to hear anything. I said I came to pray.
Whatever.
You working on my nerves.
- You can't hear me. - No, I can't hear you, but I know you praying.
Okay.
And that's working on my nerves. Now, stop it. I'm serious.
All right, all right. I'll just sit here.
No, just go somewhere. Just-
I'll just sit. Trust me.
I'm about to lose my house to a devil.
I'm about to lose my mind 'cause of this fool.
Taking all my money. Taking all my feelings.
Walking all over me.
And you Want to come in here and pray.
God ain't hearing me.
No, no, no, that ain't true. That ain't true at all.
Just don't come in here talking about God.
I told you. I didn't come to talk about God.
I came to pray to God.
Seems like you're doing more talking about God than I am, though.
You know What, no. Let's talk about God.
Yeah, let's talk about God.
I was celibate. I was praying.
I was fasting. I was faithful.
I paid tithes at your church.
And still I work at that bank...
all day and I see people like that prostitute...
running her escort service.
She's doing better than me.
She don't even believe in God.
Or that stripper on the pole...
she's doing better than me.
She ain't got no collar on her life.
Oh, What about that Woman next door...
that's sleeping with that woman's husband?
She's doing better than me.
What I do? What I do? I just sit here.
And I Wait on God. Just Waiting on God.
I'm about to lose my house.
He's already taken all of my money.
What do I have? What do I have?
- Say something. - I'm still praying.
Answer me, Reverend.
I can't answer you if I can't talk to you about our God.
No, no, no.
Your God. 'Cause, you see, He's let me down too many times...
to ever believe in Him anymore.
- Say something! - Nita, I'm still praying.
Reverend!
Listen, I didn't come here to fight with you.
I didn't come here to wrestle you down and try and make you believe.
Just came to pray. That's all.
I don't have to quote scriptures to you.
You already got the Word deep down inside you.
Don't have to pray you happy.
God has already given you His joy.
Don't even have to tell you why you have it much better than all those people...
you just mentioned, 'cause you know that.
You have the Lord our God on your side.
And, yes, sometimes things are gonna get bad.
But What you gotta understand is you can't go blaming God...
for the bad decisions you made.
This Bible right here says...
all things work together for the good of them who love the Lord...
are called according to His purpose.
See, the devil wants you to see your circumstance and not Gods promise...
but this God of ours, He's real.
Yes, He is.
Then why am I going through this'?
Oh, baby, you just gonna have to trust the process.
And, honey, don't you lose your faith now.
You just gotta learn from it.
You know how many times I've seen somebody go through...
something similar to What you going through right now and then...
they get through all of that pain, get through all of that misery...
look back over and say...
“God, thank you for letting me go through that.”
I learned something there.
See, I-
I know you can't see it right now.
But when God brings you through this...
you'll see that What the devil meant for evil...
God can turn that thing around for your good.
Listen...
you just gotta remember...
God
Cares
For
You
His love
Surrounds you
Angels encamped
About you
God
Cares for you
So I need an angel
To help her find heaven's door
I need the Lord
She can't take this anymore
She needs an angel
Yes, Lord, To keep heaven on her mind
We need the Lord for this
Pain to subside
I know you don't understand
Why He would do this to you
But / promise if you stay strong
This will work out for your good
Sometimes you pray
And you feel like
The Lord is a ghost
And you're needing an answer
Right there, when you need it the most
But God will send you someone
To help you walk on through
Be sensitive
To His spirit, yes, Lord
Knowing it is close to you
I need an angel
Yes, Lord
To help me find heaven's door
Yes, Lord
We need an angel today Yes, God
Hey, she can take it no more
She can take it no more
Yes, Lord
Oh
To keep heaven on her mind we need
Yes, Lord, we need you, we need you
We need you We need you
Yes, Lord
- We need an angel - Send your angel with love
- We need an angel - Send your angel with joy
- We need an angel - Send your angel with peace
- We need an angel - Yes, Lord, we need you, we need you
Angel
Listen.
God cares
For you
Yes, he does.
His love surrounds
It surrounds you
Angels encamped about you
God cares
For you
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry, Reverend.
I'm sorry. He wouldn't sign the papers.
He wouldn't sign the papers, and I put him downstairs in the basement...
- and I- - What?
I beat him. I beat him.
- Reverend, I beat him. - What?
He might be dead, Reverend.
What? Oh, my God. Come on, child. Jesus.
- Reverend, I don't know. I don't know. - Lord, have mercy.
Hey, everybody.
- Hey, Officer Larry. - What's up, man?
Well, he's okay.
- Damn. - You should never-
No, no, no. You should never take the law into your own hands.
The hell you preach.
She could have been in jail right now.
Well, I'm glad she beat him bloody.
That's not of God, though. it's not.
It is, though.
Mama Hattie.
Are you okay?
- I got my house back. - Yes, you did.
So, Larry, think he going to press charges?
Well, he's been arrested.
- What? - Say What?
Yes, it seems that you weren't the only woman.
When we really dug down deep into this case...
we realized that this man had different aliases in different cities...
all over this country.
I should say-
He had done the same thing to six different women.
You were the seventh.
Nita, you were number seven, baby. Number seven!
Thank you, Jesus! The number of completion.
Thank you, Jesus! Thank you, Jesus!
Thank you, Jesus!
Thank you, Jesus! Thank you, Jesus!
Yes.
Because of your story...
the other Women came forward.
I just feel so embarrassed. I just-
You shouldn't be.
Look, thank you, Detective, for everything that you did.
I'm sure we'll be speaking to you soon.
Yes.
- I'm going to ask her. - Oh, no, not now. Not now. Bad time.
Not right now.
No, no, no, man. Now is exactly the right time.
No, no, no. She's just been through some stuff.
- Not now. - Come on, man, now. Now is the time.
I don't think so.
I think so, man. I do.
- What you all talking about? - Nothing.
- Miss Anita. - Yes?
You know, I could have called you to tell you this.
Oh, yeah, I know. Thank you for coming by.
Well, I Wanted to know if I can take you out for coffee sometime.
Okay, so now you feel sorry for me too.
No, no. I think that you are a beautiful...
- beautiful woman. - Get out of my house.
Wait a minute. Hold the hell on, Nita.
- Hold on, now. - I'm not doing that.
Why?
He needs to go.
Go ahead, Mr. Officer, sit down. Sit down.
Don't stir none. We'll be right back. Sit down.
I Want him out of my house.
- Why? - Because I am done with men.
That's the stupidest thing I clone heard in a long time.
You can't be done with men...
'cause one man done hurt you.
Baby, sometimes He use a bad situation-
Sometime He use a bad situation to Walk you right on in to your goodness, baby.
Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.
Now, she has a point there, Anita.
Do you know how many men I had to go through before I found my Victor?
And he could be a crazy Wife killer.
Nita, ain't nothing wrong with going out and having a little coffee.
Anita, don't let the last man make you miss out on a good one.
I am not going anywhere with him.
You don't have to marry him.
Don't marry him today.
Don't marry him, Nita, today.
Grandma.
Ain't nothing wrong, going out having a little coffee.
All right, fine, fine.
All right, Mr. Officer, she'll go out with you. She'll go outwith you.
Grandma, oh, my God.
Listen, I will go outwith you for coffee, but not now.
- All right, not now. - Okay, take all the time you need.
- Okay. - Thank you.
- Okay, fine. Thank you. - I'll call you.
She'll be waiting.
I'm just glad they caught the man.
Me too, Reverend.
Anita, we're so sorry that this had to happen to you.
Well, thank you. And thank you all for being there with me...
through all this. I-
it's fine. That's What family is for.
- I love you all. I do. - We love you too, Nita.
If you weren't there, I would have lost my mind.
No, no, no. If you didn't have the Lord.
Amen, Pastor.
- Amen. - Well, listen, I have...
some unfinished business to take care of, so I'll be back, okay?
Wait, Nita, Where you going?
Okay, Grandma, don't be mad at me, but I'm going to the prison.
That's dumb as hell.
- No, I need to visit him. - For What, Nita?
You don't need to see him.
Girl, you still in love with him?
No, no. I just have to see him.
- Then why are you going? - I have to see him.
That doesn't make any sense to me.
What are you going therefor, Nita?
Just send him a postcard or something.
Do they still even send postcards?
Hell, yeah.
Okay.
Mama Hattie, the reverend is right there.
Oh, sorry, bigfoot.
Mama Hattie.
- What? - Baby, she can't help it.
Look, Anita, I really don't think you should go.
No, she should.
What, you just gonna let her go?
Yeah. Go on, tell them why you going.
I have to go see him so I can get some closure.
If I don't, I'll be bound by everything he did to me my whole life.
So, really, I need to go see him, and I need to forgive him.
You go right ahead.
Okay. I'll be fine.
- Really. Yes. - You sure?
And you just gonna let this happen?
Listen, if she don't forgive the man that hurt her...
then she'll make every man she meets from here on out...
pay for his mistakes.
Now, I have been there and done that...
and thank God I kept on trying and got me a good man.
Oh, baby.
See, if Anita's gonna get her a good man...
she's got to get to that place of forgiveness.
Y'all let her go on and get some closure.
But, Rev, are you saying that she has to see him to forgive him?
No, she ain't got to see him to forgive him.
Sometimes the people you got to forgive are dead and gone...
or have moved on.
You ain't got to see them, but you do have to forgive them.
I don't know about that. I just think that forgiveness thing...
need to be followed by a hot piece of lead.
- Jesus. - Pew!
Dang, so you saying I gotta forgive Marcus, Carlos, Rico, Hennessy...
Courvoisier, Patrén and Keyvonté?
In the name of Jesus, yes, you got to forgive...
Keyvonté, Courvoisier, all of them.
So you saying I gotta forgive Riley...
Robert, Deacon German...
Deacon Johnson, malt liquor...
and Sister Pearline?
Anita?
What you doing here?
You need to get some rest. You look bad.
- You locked me up. - Yes, I did.
Why?
Oh, you really are crazy.
- Baby, I love you. - Boy, please.
I do.
No, you don't love me. You can't love me.
You don't even love yourself.
Look, that-That is not true, all right?
No, no, no.
You don't know anything about love.
You did this to me and a whole lot of other women.
Yeah, and you know What? You enjoyed it, didn't you?
You know What?
It was scary...
it was fun, and it was exhilarating...
and it was joyous all at the same time...
but I gave you my heart.
Listen, baby, I just-
This is not a dialogue, baby. This is a monologue.
I gave you my heart, and you stomped on it.
What you didn't realize is all you had to do was be honest.
All you had to do was love me.
Be real and tell the truth.
Had you done that, we could have been good together.
But, no, no. You Wanted to lie...
and trick...
and deceive me and cheat on me.
You know, let me tell you something.
I was the best Woman you could have ever had.
I would have held you down no matter What was going on.
I would have worked two jobs until you got on your feet.
See, that's the kind of Woman I am.
I'm the kind of Woman that when I love my man...
he is the king of my castle.
And I honor him...
and, no, he's not God...
but he's the head of my household...
and I submit to him.
And not because I'm weak, but because I am strong in my submission.
See, that's the kind of Woman I am.
I was the Woman that would have helped you be the best man you could have ever been.
I would have helped usher you into your destiny.
See, I was the Woman that loved you more than your mama...
and made love to you better than any other Woman ever could or Would.
See, that's the Woman I am.
I was the Woman that would have loved you...
in sickness and in health.
For better or for Worse.
See, that's me. I'm that chick.
That's me.
But, no, no, no. You Wanted to lie.
You Want to be a liar and a thief and a cheat.
- That's What you Wanted to do. - Listen, Nita.
I'm sorry, all right? I'm sorry.
You know What?
That may or may not be true.
I mean, you lie so much and so well, I can't tell.
But I hope it is.
'Cause, see, I came down here to give you a gift.
Everything you did to me and I came all the Way down here...
to give you a gift.
I forgive you.
And I know that probably doesn't mean anything to you right now...
but it should.
Because, see, I am a child of God...
and you reap what you sow.
And with everything you did...
you got one hell of a reaping season coming your Way.
So, take this forgiveness.
Take this forgiveness and use it.
I plead the blood of Jesus on your life, and I pray...
that someday, one day, you get to know Him for yourself.
That's it. Good-bye.
Wait, Anita, don't- Wait, Anita, don't-
- Wait? What? - Don't leave.
I'm not a superwoman
Because I want to be
I've been a superwoman
Because I had to be
So many men won't step up
I had to meet my own needs
Found myself in so much pain
My heart, lonely
So / let down my guard
You came over the walls
You said that you loved me
But all you meant was to break my heart
Enough is enough
I won't do this anymore
Enough is enough
I've decided to move on
Enough is enough
This has been too hard on me
Enough is enough
I gotta forgive you so I can be free
From the time I was a little girl
Didn't know my daddy, no
I didn't know the pain that it would leave
Not having someone
To father me
It made me choose
The wrong man
Time and time again
That's how / ended up with you
So lost, confused and broken
See, / letdown my guard
You came over the walls
You said that you loved me
Al! you meant was to break my heart
I won't do this anymore
Enough is enough
Yeah
I've decided to move on
Enough is enough
It's been too hard on me
Enough is enough
See, I've got to forgive you
I've got to forgive
Enough is enough
I won't do it anymore
I won't do it
Gonna take back my joy
Gonna take back my joy, yeah
Gonna take back my pain
I got to take back every, every, every, every, everything
You took from me
'Cause enough is enough
Enough is enough is enough is enough
ls enough is enough
I got enough
I got enough!
Enough is enough Enough is enough
Now, introducing the cast and band...
of Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned.
On background vocals, Sheryl Boyd, Lindsay Fields...
and Greg Kirk/and.
And now the band. On percussion, Aaron Draper.
On trombone, Wilburt Williams.
On trumpet, Melvin Jones.
On saxophone, Michael Burton.
On drums, Marcus Williams.
On keyboards, Vance Taylor.
On guitar, Derek Scott.
On keyboard and organ, Natalie Ragins.
And our music director, on bass guitar...
Ronnie Garrett.
And now the cast.
Olrick Johnson.
Candice Pye.
Monica Blaire.
Ray Lavender.
Zebulon Ellis.
Muhammad Ayers.
As Mama Hattie...
Patrice I 0 very.
And as Anita...
Cheryl Pepsii Riley.
Didn't they do a great job?
Yeah!
We have worked them half to death.
Sit down, sit down.
I- Not you, darlin', not you.
Y'all give it up for Patrice Lovely.
I wanna thank you for watching her show on OWN.
Love Thy Neighbor.
I'm so-
And thank you for watching The Haves and Have Nots, too, I gotta tell you.
Thank you.
It's really-you know-
I do all this stuff because, number one...
I love it and I'm so grateful for you...
'cause you've been with me from the very beginning.
You know, people say, “Where'd he come from? He's an overnight success.”
Now, ifs been 20 years- 21 years, actually...
and before anybody even knew my name...
it was people like you at these plays coming...
holding me down, and I'm so grateful.
I love you. God bless you.
I Want to tell you guys just thank you so much.
The reason I wrote this show is because I know there are a lot...
of people that are holding onto things that people have done.
They're holding onto the pain.
They're not letting it go. They don't know how to let it go.
You know, sometimes in life things happen, and you wonder why.
Why did this happen? There are usually no answers for it.
Sometimes bad things just happen.
What you have to learn how to do is just get up and move on.
People that hurt you don't deserve you.
Amen.
But What I found is...
that they come into your life for a reason...
and you have to learn the lesson of What that person was trying to teach.
If you don't learn the lesson, then you move on to the next person...
and that person will do the exact same thing.
Different person, same situation.
If you find yourself in that situation over and over again...
then ifs not about them, ifs about you.
So I wanted to write this show.
I hope that it lifted the heaviness for people that may be going through.
I Wanted to make you laugh. I Wanted to make you think.
But more than anything, I Wanted you to be blessed and encouraged.
So, I hope that happened.
Listen, I can't Wait to write this movie.
My hands burnin' for this one right here.
I got to write this movie.
So, I Want to say thank you.
The shows gonna be fun.
I love you too, darling. Thank you so much.
You're beautiful. How old are you?
'11'?
She says she's 11 with all them braces, just silver everywhere.
God bless you all. I love you so much.
Thank you so much, Atlanta. I'll see you really soon.
We just saw the greatest play ever.
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned.
You want joy, you Want love, you Want laughter-
this is the play to see.
I laughed, I cried, I prayed.
We're here to see the Tyler Perry play...
and we're glad to be here and hope he does many more.
Well travel all over the world just to go see him.
We came all the Way down from Nashville, Tennessee...
because we love Tyler Perry and all of his films...
and we know this one's gonna be wonderful.
We came all the Way from Virginia...
- just to see Tyler Perry. - Yes.
Hi, my name is Latrice.
I am so excited to see Tyler Perry's play.
I came all the Way from Houston, Texas, to come see it...
and this is my fifth play that I've come for Tyler Perry.
This is my fourth Tyler Perry live.
I've seen him in Phoenix, Chicago, Columbus, Ohio.
We just Want to say we are really enjoying ourself-
We really are.
At this play and we're representing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
I'm a pastor, and I just love Tyler Perry.
We love the spiritual impetus that he has.
We're just excited about What he does and we support everything.
What I love the most about Tyler Perry movies...
and plays and television shows...
are the life lessons that he continues to teach us...
about how to do What we're supposed to do in life...
and how to live through our trials.
It's a great play. Great singing.
Everything was wonderful. I loved it.
One thing about his plays is he always has a message...
and that's the good thing about it.
You know, its a message to let everybody know that you can...
always keep going on, keep trying.
And there's always something there for you.
I tell you I'm enjoying this play.
I really can't express-
He, Tyler Perry...
touches upon issues that are very important to us...
but he adds a humorous twist.
I love the fact that his plays give inspiration.
They give hope. They give humor...
in the midst of any circumstance.
He's just an awesome playwright.
I'm a playwright myself. So I love seeing him.
I am a fan. Die-hard fan.
Yes, I'm excited. I'm ready to laugh.
Just great to be here. Tyler Perry, the best, the best, the best.
Can't beat it.
My names Elizabeth Tyson, and I volunteer for the Tyler Perry show...
'cause I love Tyler Perry and Aunt Hattie.
Hi, name is Jessie Wilson, and I volunteer also.
This is a great play. Enjoy it. Thanks, Tyler Perry.
I'm enjoying the play. I love it. I love it so much.
It's good seeing Hattie. She's so funny.
- We loved it. - We came all the Way from Florida.
- Thank you, Tyler Perry. - All the Way from Florida to check it out.
We enjoyed the show.
It's just Wonderful to be here. I love, love, love Tyler Perry.
Thank you so much for doing What you do.
Please continue to keep doing your plays.
I'm going to make every single one of them.
Kudos to you, Tyler, and all that you do and all your performances.
Thank you so much.