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Effie : I'm
sorry I'm late.
C.C. : Effie.
Effie : C.C., sorry I missed rehearsals. But I went to
the doctor, and I am feeling much better now.
C.C. : Look, don't try to make it tonight.
Effie : What are you talking about, baby? It's New
Year's Eve.
C.C. : Yeah. Curtis just stepped out to make a call.
Why don't you go up to your room and later he'll come up
and talk to you?
Effie : I said, I'm fine. Excuse me. I have to get
dressed now.
Woman : Oh, God, I'm so nervous. I got all the steps
down, but those harmonies...
Effie : C.C., what's going on? Lorrell, what's going
on?
C.C. : Effie, Curtis was supposed to...
Effie : Love me. Curtis was supposed to love me.
Curtis : There you are, Effie. I've been looking all
over.
Effie : I turn my back and find myself out on the line
You could have warned me
But that would have been too kind
Curtis : I've been warning you for months to
clean up your act.
You've been late, you've been mean,
Giving all kinds of bullshit flack.
Effie : That's a lie, that's a lie
It's just I haven't been feeling that well
Curtis : Effie, please!
Stop excusing yourself.
You've been late, you've been mean,
And getting fatter all the time.
Effie : Now, you're lyin', lyin'
I've never been so thin!
You're lyin', you're lyin'
'Cause you're knocking off that piece
Who thinks she's better than everybody
She ain't better than anybody!
She ain't nothing but common!
Deena : Now, who you calling common
You self-indulgent, self-absorbed, non-professional?
Effie : You! I'm calling you
I'm calling you the common piece he's knocking off
Deena : Now, you listen to me
Miss Blame It On The World
See, I've put up with you for much too long
I have put up with your bitching
I've put up with your nagging
And all your screaming, too
Lorrell : Now, when are you two gonna stop all this
fighting?
Effie : Stay out of this, Lorrell.
This is between Deena and me.
Lorrell : Yeah? Well, it's between me, too!
I'm as much a part of this group as anybody else
And I'm tired, Effie, I'm tired
Of all the problems you're making us
Effie : I always knew you two were together
Lorrell : What?
Effie : I always knew you two were
ganging up on me!
Deena : She had nothing to do with this change
It was you, it was you
Always thinking of you!
Always thinking of you!
Curtis : I knew you were trouble from the start
Effie : Trouble?
Curtis : You were real bad trouble from the start
Effie : Curtis, I'm your woman.
Curtis : But you're getting out now
I'm not building this group
To have you tear it apart
Go ahead and rant and scream and shout!
Don't worry, baby, I'll buy you out
Effie : There's no money dirty enough to buy me out.
You remember that, Curtis.
C.C. : Lay off,
Effie.
Just take the money and run
Effie : You're in this with him, C. C.?
C.C. :: Cool it, Effie.
This time you know what you done
Effie : So they bought your black ass, too, huh?
C.C. :: I said, cool it, Effie.
This time you've gone too far
Effie : Oh, I can go further! I can go further!
Woman : I don't want to stay around this
I'm just breakin' into this business
This is between all of you
This is none of my affair
Effie : Yeah?
Well, it's between you, too
Now, little sister
This snow job is as much your sin
Look at me! Look at me!
How much did you put out to get in?
Woman : Now, you watch your mouth
Watch your mouth, Miss Effie White
'Cause I don't take that talk
From no second-rate diva
Who can't sustain
Effie : I'm not feeling well, I've got pain
All : Effie, we all got pain!
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