![]() We don't have to run around shining his shoes and driving his cars and cleaning his floors and being his ma. Thanking him for his chicken-sh*t pay and chicken-sh*t jobs. We don't have to live off what the white man throws our way. Mama, we don't have to slaves to the white establishment anymore. Like, there's education like there never was before. Well, whatever troubles you got here are going right with you and that suitcase. Get out! Nobody ever understood Sister except me! Don't you ever, ever, use her name again! Get out of here! GET OUT! But what happened to Sister happened to Sister, not to you. What have I got to sing about? Sticks, what have I got to sing about? Business! BUSINESS!Īnd it's no truer than it is now. You know, you were always so good at business, Stix. Why you think I been so busy since I been back? Got me a job at the record company, lined up all my old contacts. Sparkle, no matter what you think of me, I came back because I want you to sing. Can you imagine a person so unhappy? To not know if they'd live through another second? I got through the second, Stix. Yeah, I used to sit in this room and wondered if I would ever get through another second. ![]() Give you a chance? Wanna know something funny? When you first left, I wasn't sure if I'd be able to live without you. But unless you talk about it, you know, just give me a chance. Look, Sparkle, we got a lot to talk about. Since when did you know how anybody feels? About anything except yourself, Mr. One brain in this room thinking for two people. Didn't you know? This family's fresh out.Ī few days ago, my grams been real sick.Ī few days ago.
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