Musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 How come you don't laugh none?
00:07 Ain't you got something to make you just smile?
00:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:13 My sister, and I ain't seen her in years.
00:22 You know, if you ain't gonna laugh,
00:23 you need to sell your funny bone.
00:25 [LAUGHTER]
00:26 Oh!
00:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:29 I was married to a man I didn't love.
00:33 Whatever I say, go.
00:34 [BELL RINGING]
00:35 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:38 And he took my sister away from me.
00:41 Even if we have to part, you and me--
00:43 Us have one heart.
00:44 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:47 How come you so nice?
00:49 Don't know.
00:50 Maybe you too nice.
00:52 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:54 You seem like trouble.
00:55 I come here out of respect.
00:59 But if there ain't nothing to get,
01:01 that sure ain't nothing to give.
01:02 [BELL RINGING]
01:04 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:08 Now that I got your attention, here's what you may need to hear.
01:18 Drake's on the house!
01:20 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:21 Push the button.
01:22 There's gonna be some changes made.
01:25 Give me something.
01:27 You gots to stand up.
01:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:32 I know my sister's somewhere in the world.
01:35 Someday, we're gonna meet again.
01:39 Keep your head held high, just like mom taught us.
01:43 It's time I be free from you and then turn to creation.
01:46 I'd die before I let that happen.
01:49 Good.
01:50 That's just a gone away present I've been needing.
01:52 Ooh!
01:53 [LAUGHING]
01:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:58 Baby, baby, baby, oh!
02:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:07 What are you gonna do?
02:14 Time for you to see the world.
02:16 Push the button.
02:17 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:21 Ooh, sweet and loving God.
02:23 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:32 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:35 [BLANK_AUDIO]