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It’s All Over

Effie, Curtis was supposed to..

[Effie:]
LOVE ME.
Curtis was SUPPOSED to love me.

[Clarence:]
There you are, Effie, I’ve been lookin’ ALL over.

[Effie:]
I turn my back, and find myself out on the line. You could’ve warned me but that would’ve been TOO kind.

[Clarence:]
I’ve been warning you for MONTHS to clean up your act, you’ve been late, you’ve been mean, you’ve been all kind of bullshit flack.

[Effie:]
That’s a lie, that’s a LIE. It’s just I haven’t been feeling that well.

[Clarence:]
Effie, please, stop excusing yourself. You’ve been late, You’ve been mean, and getting fatter all the time.

[Effie:]
Now you’re lyin’, you’re lyin’. I’ve never been so thin, you’re lyin’, you’re lyin’ cause you’re knockin’ off that piece of thinks-shes-better-than-everybody, she ain’t better than anybody. She ain’t nothin’ but COMMON.

[Deena:]
Now who you think you’re calling common, you’re self indulgent, self-absorbed and unprofessional.

[Effie:]
YOU! I’m calling you, I’m calling you a common piece of –.

[Deena:]
Now you listen to me Ms. Blame-it-on-the-world, see I put up with you for much too long. I have put up with your bitchin’, I put up with your naggin’, and ALL your screamin’ too!

[Lorrell:]
OOOH, when are you two going to stop all this fighting!?

[Effie:]
Stay out of this Lorrell, this is between Deena & me.

[Lorrell:]
NAH! This is 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 makin’ us.

[Effie:]
I ALWAYS knew you two worked 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:]
You were a trouble from the start?

[Effie:]
TROUBLE?!

[Curtis:]
You were a real bad trouble from the start.

[Effie:]
CURTIS, I’m your woman!

[Curtis:]
Now, Now, I’m not building this group to have to tear it apart, go ahead & cry, 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.

[Clarence:]
Lay off, Effie, just take the money & run.

[Effie:]
You in this CC ?!

[Clarence:]
Cool it, Effie, this time you know what you done.

[Effie:]
So they got your black ass too, huh?

[Clarence:]
I said, cool it, Effie. This time you’ve gone too far.

[Effie:]
Boy, I can go further. I can GO further!

[Clarence:]
I don’t wanna stay around this, I’m just breakin’ in to this buisness. This is between all of you. This is none of my affair.

[Effie:]
Yeah, well it’s between you too now lil’ sista. This new job is as much your sin. Look at me, look at me. How much did YOU put out to get in?

[Clarence:]
Now, you watch your mouth, watch your mouth Ms. Effie White cause I don’t take that tone from no second-rate diva, who can’t sustaine.

[Effie:]
I’m not feelin’ well, I got pain.

[ALL:]
Hunnie, we all got pain.

[Effie:]
All those years I was with you, I was a sister.

[ALL:]
You were a trouble.

[Effie:]
And now you’re telling me, it’s all over.

[ALL:]
And now we’re telling you, it’s all OVER.

[Effie:]
And now, I’m telling you, I’m not goin’.

[ALL:]
It’s all over.

[Effie:]
I ain’t goin’.

[ALL:]
It’s all over…

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And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going

[Effie]
And I am telling you
I’m not going
You’re the best man I’ll ever know
There’s no way I can ever go
No, no, there’s no way
No, no, no, no way I’m living without you
I’m not living without you
I don’t wanna be free
I’m staying
I’m staying
And you, and you
You’re gonna love me, oohh ooh mm mm
You’re gonna love me

And I am telling you
I’m not going
Even though the rough times are showing
There’s just no way, there’s no way
We’re part of the same place
We’re part of the same time
We both share the same blood
We both have the same mind
And time and time, we’ve had so much to see and
No, no, no, no, no, no
I’m not waking up tomorrow morning and finding that there’s nobody there

And I mean there’s no way
No, no, no, no way I’m living without you
I’m not living without you
You see there’s just no way, there’s no way

Tear down the mountains
Yell, scream, and shout like you can say what you want
I’m not walking out
Stop all the rivers, push, strike, and kill
I’m not gonna leave you
There’s no way I will

And I am telling you
I’m not going
You’re the best man I’ll ever know
There’s no way I can ever, ever go
No, no, no, no way
No, no, no, no way I’m living without you
Oh, I’m not living without you, not living without you
I don’t wanna be free
I’m staying, I’m staying
And you, and you, and you
You’re gonna love me

You’re gonna love me, yes you are
Ooh ooh love me, ooh ooh ooh love me
Love me, love me, love me, love me

You’re gonna love me

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I Am Changing

[Effie:]
Look at me, Look at me
I am changing
Trying every way I can
I am changing
I’ll be better than I am
I’m trying to find a way to understand
But I need you, I need you
I need a hand
I am changing
Seeing everything so clear
I am changing
I’m gonna start right now, right here
I’m hoping to work it out
And I know that I can
But I need you, I need a hand

All of my life I’ve been a fool
Who said I can do it on my own
How many good friends have I already lost?
How many dog nights have I known?
Walking down that wrong road
There was nothing I could find
All those years of darkness
Looking for some light
But now I can see

I am changing
Trying every way I can
I am changing
I’ll be better than I am
But I need a friend
To help me start all over again
That would be just fine
I know it’s gonna work out this time
‘Cause this time I am
This time I am
I am changing
I’ll get my life together now
I am changing
Yes I know how
I’m gonna start again
I’m gonna leave my past behind
I’ll change my life
I’ll make a vow and nothings gonna stop me now

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One Night Only

[Effie:]
You want all my love and my devotion
You want my loving soul right on the line
I have no doubt that I could love you forever
The only trouble is, you really don’t have the time
You’ve got one night only, one night only
That’s all you have to spare
One night only, let’s not pretend to care
One night only, one night only
Come on big baby come on
One night only, we only have ’til dawn
In the morning this feeling will be gone
It has no chance going on
Something so right has got no chance to live
So let’s forget about chances, this one night I will give

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Too bored.

- Nicole