Black-ish (2014) s05e04 Episode Script
Purple Rain
1 [Quietly.]
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Please.
Please.
Come on.
[Sighs.]
Okay, okay.
Okay.
- [Sighs.]
- [Cellphone chimes.]
Okay.
Oh.
Hey, Tiffany.
I-I didn't expect you to call.
Did you draw yourself a mustache? No.
No, no, no.
But don't let the baby face fool you, okay? I may be in middle school, but pfft I stink like a ninth grader, so Okaaay You're weird.
Anyway, text me your address so I can come study tonight.
O-Oh.
Um, uh, study.
Uh, okay.
Um, I-I'll send it to you.
[Cellphone clicks.]
It's okay, friend.
Lots of people die alone.
DRE: Raising children is always an adventure.
Because you never know how they're going to disappoint you.
Sometimes it's small stuff.
[Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" playing.]
And if de-elevator tries to bring you down Go crazy Punch a higher floor Whoo! Whoo! [Fingers snapping.]
Whoo! Whoo! [Laughs.]
Are we gonna let de-elevator bring us down? Oh, no, let's go Let's go crazy Let's get nuts - Look for the purple banana - Let's do it! - 'Til they put us in the truck - [Trilling.]
- [Music stops.]
- [Vocalizing off-key.]
Guys, we have Spotify Premium.
We can afford the skips.
Yeah.
Who was that lady singing? [Squeals.]
Your children don't know who Prince is?! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Wait a minute, Pops.
We not even sure if those two are mine.
And sometimes they disappoint you so much you wish you had left them at the fire station.
You two really don't know who Prince is? That's worse than Kanye saying slavery was a choice.
- This is your fault.
- What? Why didn't you teach my babies about Prince? Don't put this on me.
I am the math and science parent.
I did my job.
- Okay.
Jack? - Yep? - What's four plus four? - Okay Science.
No, wait.
- Math.
- Mm-hmm.
Okay, if y'all don't want to listen to Prince, - who would you like to listen to? - Oh, well, I wouldn't mind hearing See, that's the problem right there.
See, your children think that their opinion matters! Yeah, you let them choose.
If they're not making us all listen to Kidz Bop, then they're in their headphones listening to that mumbly "Gucci Gang" nonsense.
See, back in my day, we didn't have but one radio, so Dre didn't have any choice but to know some good music.
Watch this.
Dre Buddy Guy.
George "Buddy" Guy, born in 1936, is a Louisiana blues musician who was signed to Chess Records, who's also the father of Chicago rapper Shawnna.
Junior - Prince.
- Prince Rogers Nelson, born on June 7th, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was a guitar virtuoso, and his favorite color was probably purple.
Well, I only like purple on a bruise, so Whatever.
I'm done playing with the two of you.
You have fallen in the rankings.
- What? - Y-You rank us? Yes, child formerly known as Three.
And for you to get that reference, you are gonna learn about Prince the way that Junior and Zoey did.
- Family meetin'! - Ohhhh, my God.
[As Prince.]
Dearly beloved.
We are gathered here today to teach these awful kids - about Prince.
- Amen.
[Normal voice.]
Do you know why damn near the entire black community loved a man who wore heels and ass-less pants? Ooh! That booty! It's because in his forty-year career, he won eight Grammys, six American Music Awards, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, and sold over a hundred million albums.
- A hundred million! - ZOEY: Oh, my God.
You guys are getting the Prince lesson.
Zoey, you are the real adult here.
Can you please explain to everyone in here that it's no big deal that we don't know who - Prince is? - No big deal? Actually, it's low-key a huge deal.
- Mm, mm, mm.
- Like, you know who Lil Uzi is.
Uh, Lil Uzi, who-sa-say? He wouldn't exist without Prince.
Wait a minute! You are comparing the greatest musician of all time to a mumble rapper? I'm just trying to relate it to something they think is awesome.
Like, Junior, it'd be "Star Wars.
" And with you, it'd be whatever you think you're doing with that beard.
Yeah, well, Grandma liked him 'cause he was sexy.
So he was tall, dark, and handsome? Oh, no.
He was short, pale, and pretty.
So pretty.
I used to want to put him on my hip and carry him straight to my bed.
[Chuckles.]
See, look here, Prince was a true American success story.
- Uh-huh.
- That brother grew up so poor he used to stand in front of McDonald's just to smell the food.
And that scrappiness allowed him to become the first black man to survive a Minnesota winter.
- [All murmuring.]
- Junior Yeah? Maybe you don't talk anymore.
You know, as a matter of fact, nobody talks anymore! Put those on.
You are gonna listen to Prince until you like him.
So we're we're just gonna watch them hear music? - Yes! - [Sighs.]
I want to see my babies' faces when they fall in love with Prince for the first time.
But we don't know how long that's gonna take.
Yeah, but I know I will miss it if you continue to yap! - Okay.
- Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
Shhhh.
Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
It's happening.
Oh, it's happening.
- My babies are falling in love with Prince.
- I know.
Okay, I want to know what song they're listening to.
Give me this.
Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang "Gucci Gang"?! Sorry, I just don't care how many Grammys he has.
But you can't do this to Prince.
Who wants to do that to Prince?! That's your kids.
Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang Gucci gang I don't know what to do, Bow.
- They don't like Prince.
- Ohhh.
You mean you can't get the kids to like something by yelling at them? Try a different tactic, Dre.
Try something different.
- All right.
- Okay.
- Maybe you're right.
- Yeah.
All right - Here we go.
All right.
- [Groans.]
Okay.
Yeah.
Your music is stupid.
- Dre! - What? It is stupid.
We want them to understand.
Or you could just try having one stereo.
- Dre.
- Hmm? Joe Tex.
Joseph Arrington Junior was a heavily sampled soul singer born in Rogers, Texas, in 1933.
- See what I'm talkin' about? - RUBY: [Chuckles.]
Look, I still don't understand how you can say "Gucci Gang" is stupid.
So all of a sudden you don't love hip-hop? Of course I love hip-hop.
You kids just don't get it.
You don't understand.
Prince changed my life.
When I took your mom out for the first time, it was all bad.
She broke her shoe.
I spilled ketchup on her dress.
No way I had the confidence to kiss her goodnight.
So goodnight? - Goodnight.
- [Keys jingling.]
Okay.
But then I thought to myself, "What would Prince do?" [Prince's "Kiss" plays.]
Unh You don't have to be beautiful To turn me on I just need your body, baby From dusk 'til dawn You don't need experience To turn me out You just leave it all up to me I'm gonna show you what it's all about, yeah You don't have to be rich to be my girl You don't have to be cool to rule my world Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with I just want your extra time and your Kiss I kissed a girl I had no business even going out with.
That was me.
- And that was because of Prince.
- Mm-hmm.
A-As a matter of fact, none of you would have been here had it not been for him.
- [Mumbles.]
- Zoey, we made you to "Peach".
- Ew.
- You were "Dirty Mind".
- Mm.
That feels right.
- Mm-hmm.
You two the whole Gold album.
- I was on one that night.
- Okay, very nice.
- I remember you couldn't handle nothin'.
- Okay.
Okay.
[Clears throat.]
Can I just please go do my homework? Y-Yeah, c-can I go watch her do my homework? - Actually, Dre - Hmm? you wouldn't be here if it weren't for Prince.
- Excuse me? - Mm-hmm.
RAINBOW: Yeah, he spilled ketchup on me.
And he was shorter than I usually liked, but there was something about him.
So I thought: "What would Prince do?" So goodnight? Goodnight.
Oh.
[Prince's "Erotic City" plays.]
Ah Ah Ah All of my purple life I've been looking for a dame That would want to be my wife That was my intention, babe If we cannot make babies, maybe we can make some time Thoughts of pretty you and me Erotic City come alive [Both laugh.]
Prince empowered my sexuality.
- Yes, it did.
- And that's how I saved the night.
Prince is way more than just make-out music.
To be fair, Mom and Dad didn't just make out.
I mean, they made us.
- You're gross.
- Yeah.
Okay, Prince's music had substance.
In 1987, he was talking about AIDS when you couldn't talk about AIDS.
That's right.
He also talked about, uh, gang violence, drug abuse, the Challenger crash.
- Really? - Yeah.
- [Prince's "Sign o' the Times" plays.]
- He was a serious artist, and he taught me how to become more socially conscious.
Oh, yeah Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling off a church And killed everyone inside You turn on the telly and every other story Is telling you somebody died A sister killed her baby 'Cause she couldn't afford to feed it And yet we're still sending people to the moon - Yeah, sign of the times! - In September - Whoo! - Junior, what are you doing here?! Well, I'm helping you honor Prince.
I don't need your help.
I'm showing people how Prince inspired me to become socially and politically active.
Prince inspired me to be active, too.
Sexually active.
[Exhaling.]
Oh, my God.
Ooh [Prince's "Sexy MF" plays.]
We need to talk about things Tell me what ya do, tell me what ya eat I might cook for you See, it really don't matter 'Cause it's all about me and you Ain't no one else around I'm even with the blindfold Gagged and bound, I don't mind See, this ain't about sex, it's all about love Being in charge of this life and the next Why all the cosmic talk? I just want you smarter than I'll ever be When we take that walk Come here baby, yeah - You sexy - Language! Language! Language! Language was the least disturbing part of what just happened.
All right, kids, here it is.
There's Prince right there.
This feels right to you? Well, if it seems a little weird, it should.
I mean, it's a grown man naked in the flowers.
I didn't get it at first, myself, but then I found out what kind of man he is.
When this brother felt that his record company wasn't doing right by him, he, uh, wrote the word "slave" across his face - Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
changed his name to a symbol - RAINBOW: Mm-hmm.
- and took them to court.
- Did he win? - Oh, yeah.
Pince fought master and won his masters.
All right.
And that victory - [Prince's "7" plays.]
- gave us all a little more courage.
Back when I was working in the factory, they'd like you to work overtime but didn't want to pay you.
I am yours now and you are mine And together we'll love through all space and time So don't cry Cry One day all seven will die Wait, Pops.
I can't believe you quit your job.
Oh, I can.
And it made hard times for all of us, so Your grandma spent a lot of lonely nights listening to Prince and reading the jacket covers.
And guess what I learned.
He played every instrument on "When Doves Cry".
Wow.
Really? Sure did.
And that spoke to me.
As a single mother I was a one-woman band.
[Prince's "When Doves Cry" plays.]
I had to be a mother, a father, a cousin, a sister, and a friend.
How can you just leave me standing? Alone in a world that's so cold So cold Maybe I'm just too demanding Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold RUBY: People think crying doves are a bad thing, but they're not.
They mean hope.
Hope was all we could afford back then.
And it's what helped me get my kids out of Compton.
- [All agreeing.]
- Oh, yeah.
Absolutely.
Diane Diane, you okay? What's wrong? I get it.
You get what? I love Prince.
- It worked?! - RUBY: Really? We did it! I got through to you the most, right? Because I'm a beautiful, brilliant influencer? No.
I've been reading stuff online.
Mm-hmm.
Did you know his song "1999" is about the Apocalypse? - I did not.
- No.
And "Purple Rain" is about blood in the sky? Is it? Give me this.
Huh.
I thought it was about What? I don't I-I-I don't know what I thought it was about.
Yeah.
Dude was dark.
I like that! [Prince's "Purple Rain" plays.]
Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain I only wanted to see you bathing In the purple rain [Guitar riff.]
[Cheers and applause.]
Uh, blood in the sky is not the healthiest way in, but I'm glad you finally got it, baby.
You know, I will take a win however I can get it.
Hey, what about you, little buddy? You a Prince fan yet? That's got to be a no for me, dog.
What? Why not?! I'm sorry, I'm just I'm just not a Prince guy.
- Oh, well.
What are you gonna do.
- [Indistinct talking.]
One out of two ain't bad, baby.
POPS: One stereo, son.
RUBY: [Laughs.]
Don't worry, big guy.
It worked on me.
But I don't care about you.
Only want to see you laughing In the purple rain Purple rain BOTH: Purple rain [Music stops.]
Purple rain, pu Babe I know you're sad, - Yeah.
- but if it's any consolation, there's lots of music you like that Jack doesn't like.
- I wouldn't say "lots".
- Oh, I would.
Okay, okay.
Babe, I get it.
Mm-hmm.
But Prince - [Sighs.]
- Man, he was different.
- I know.
- I was so sad when he died.
I know.
Me too.
You know, I just wanted to pass that legacy on to Jack.
Mm-hmm.
[Chuckles.]
That was a big miss.
That's what you think your big miss was? - Mm-hmm.
- Really? Junior still can't ride a bike.
Okay, Bow, you don't think about what else we didn't teach the kids? - Like, do they have faith? - Mm.
Do they check their food before they leave the drive-thru? - Do they have a healthy fear - [Sighs.]
of white men with wrap-around sunglasses? Of course I worry, but this is what parenting is.
We just expose our kids to what we like and then they get to choose what they love.
That's the way it works.
I guess you're right.
I'm always right, baby.
- [Doorbell rings.]
- So, Jack had disappointed me with Prince, and I could tell he was about to disappoint me again on his first study date.
Help me, I'm scared I'm gonna blow it.
Calm down, you're not gonna blow it.
Just, um, make sure you're in the light.
W-Why? Because I'm making a movie called "Jack Blows It".
- [Whimpers.]
- It's gonna be amazing.
Aw, man.
[Exhales.]
Okay.
Hey.
But sometimes your kids surprise you.
[Prince's "Kiss" plays.]
Kiss Hey.
Mom, Dad, I-I totally get Prince! You better not be joking.
- Don't you mess with me, boy.
- No, I mean it.
- Oh! - Okay.
- Really? Nice! - Yeah.
Okay, well, hey, what took you so long?! Dre! Leave him alone.
- [Chuckles.]
- Give me this.
I'm very, very pleased.
You know, there's this Prince song that I think you would like.
- Okay.
- And it didn't really hit me until I married your mother.
So, we all want to leave a legacy for our children.
The only problem is our children are the ones who get to decide what it is.
[Plays notes.]
Wait, why are you playing Sinead O'Connor? - Boy! - Prince wrote this.
Oh.
- Yeah.
- Cool.
But this time I got lucky.
Since you been gone I can do whatever I want [Laughs.]
Sing it, son! I can see whomever I choose - Ooh! - Ahh! [Laughs.]
- Pops! - Hey, Pops.
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant - Isn't this good? - That was good.
'Cause nothing Hey, guys.
Can take away these blues 'Cause nothing compares Nothing compares to you RUBY: That's it.
- [Laughs.]
- Okay, Mom.
Hi, baby.
Aw, Devante get some of this.
Come on.
- Hit it for Daddy! - Oh, piano lessons in the future! - [Chuckles.]
- Hey, Dre.
- Hey.
- So, a, uh, management consultant has suggested that I engage my subordinates in, uh, - "team-building banter".
- Mm-hmm.
So "How was your Saturday and/or Sunday?" It was good, thanks.
You know, I finally introduced the twins to Prince.
Oh! Prince who? [Chuckles.]
Prince.
- Prince of what? - No.
Just Prince.
Yeah, I don't Seriously, you guys don't know who Prince is? - Well - It's cool, Dre.
I got this.
[Blows air.]
The video for the smash hit "Raspberry Beret" begins with a spinning drum, as Prince counts us in.
One, two - Just play the song, Charlie.
- No, this is better.
The song begins in A Major.
[Off-key.]
Aaaaah, aaaaah Wendy's on acoustic guitar.
And there are ascots everywhere.
- Guys, shall we? - We're with you.
Then an Asian lady in a yellow suit begins to dance like this.
Nope.
Nope.
That's enough of that.
Thank you.
- Lunch.
- Nope.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Please.
Please.
Come on.
[Sighs.]
Okay, okay.
Okay.
- [Sighs.]
- [Cellphone chimes.]
Okay.
Oh.
Hey, Tiffany.
I-I didn't expect you to call.
Did you draw yourself a mustache? No.
No, no, no.
But don't let the baby face fool you, okay? I may be in middle school, but pfft I stink like a ninth grader, so Okaaay You're weird.
Anyway, text me your address so I can come study tonight.
O-Oh.
Um, uh, study.
Uh, okay.
Um, I-I'll send it to you.
[Cellphone clicks.]
It's okay, friend.
Lots of people die alone.
DRE: Raising children is always an adventure.
Because you never know how they're going to disappoint you.
Sometimes it's small stuff.
[Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" playing.]
And if de-elevator tries to bring you down Go crazy Punch a higher floor Whoo! Whoo! [Fingers snapping.]
Whoo! Whoo! [Laughs.]
Are we gonna let de-elevator bring us down? Oh, no, let's go Let's go crazy Let's get nuts - Look for the purple banana - Let's do it! - 'Til they put us in the truck - [Trilling.]
- [Music stops.]
- [Vocalizing off-key.]
Guys, we have Spotify Premium.
We can afford the skips.
Yeah.
Who was that lady singing? [Squeals.]
Your children don't know who Prince is?! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Wait a minute, Pops.
We not even sure if those two are mine.
And sometimes they disappoint you so much you wish you had left them at the fire station.
You two really don't know who Prince is? That's worse than Kanye saying slavery was a choice.
- This is your fault.
- What? Why didn't you teach my babies about Prince? Don't put this on me.
I am the math and science parent.
I did my job.
- Okay.
Jack? - Yep? - What's four plus four? - Okay Science.
No, wait.
- Math.
- Mm-hmm.
Okay, if y'all don't want to listen to Prince, - who would you like to listen to? - Oh, well, I wouldn't mind hearing See, that's the problem right there.
See, your children think that their opinion matters! Yeah, you let them choose.
If they're not making us all listen to Kidz Bop, then they're in their headphones listening to that mumbly "Gucci Gang" nonsense.
See, back in my day, we didn't have but one radio, so Dre didn't have any choice but to know some good music.
Watch this.
Dre Buddy Guy.
George "Buddy" Guy, born in 1936, is a Louisiana blues musician who was signed to Chess Records, who's also the father of Chicago rapper Shawnna.
Junior - Prince.
- Prince Rogers Nelson, born on June 7th, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was a guitar virtuoso, and his favorite color was probably purple.
Well, I only like purple on a bruise, so Whatever.
I'm done playing with the two of you.
You have fallen in the rankings.
- What? - Y-You rank us? Yes, child formerly known as Three.
And for you to get that reference, you are gonna learn about Prince the way that Junior and Zoey did.
- Family meetin'! - Ohhhh, my God.
[As Prince.]
Dearly beloved.
We are gathered here today to teach these awful kids - about Prince.
- Amen.
[Normal voice.]
Do you know why damn near the entire black community loved a man who wore heels and ass-less pants? Ooh! That booty! It's because in his forty-year career, he won eight Grammys, six American Music Awards, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, and sold over a hundred million albums.
- A hundred million! - ZOEY: Oh, my God.
You guys are getting the Prince lesson.
Zoey, you are the real adult here.
Can you please explain to everyone in here that it's no big deal that we don't know who - Prince is? - No big deal? Actually, it's low-key a huge deal.
- Mm, mm, mm.
- Like, you know who Lil Uzi is.
Uh, Lil Uzi, who-sa-say? He wouldn't exist without Prince.
Wait a minute! You are comparing the greatest musician of all time to a mumble rapper? I'm just trying to relate it to something they think is awesome.
Like, Junior, it'd be "Star Wars.
" And with you, it'd be whatever you think you're doing with that beard.
Yeah, well, Grandma liked him 'cause he was sexy.
So he was tall, dark, and handsome? Oh, no.
He was short, pale, and pretty.
So pretty.
I used to want to put him on my hip and carry him straight to my bed.
[Chuckles.]
See, look here, Prince was a true American success story.
- Uh-huh.
- That brother grew up so poor he used to stand in front of McDonald's just to smell the food.
And that scrappiness allowed him to become the first black man to survive a Minnesota winter.
- [All murmuring.]
- Junior Yeah? Maybe you don't talk anymore.
You know, as a matter of fact, nobody talks anymore! Put those on.
You are gonna listen to Prince until you like him.
So we're we're just gonna watch them hear music? - Yes! - [Sighs.]
I want to see my babies' faces when they fall in love with Prince for the first time.
But we don't know how long that's gonna take.
Yeah, but I know I will miss it if you continue to yap! - Okay.
- Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
Shhhh.
Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
It's happening.
Oh, it's happening.
- My babies are falling in love with Prince.
- I know.
Okay, I want to know what song they're listening to.
Give me this.
Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang "Gucci Gang"?! Sorry, I just don't care how many Grammys he has.
But you can't do this to Prince.
Who wants to do that to Prince?! That's your kids.
Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang Gucci gang I don't know what to do, Bow.
- They don't like Prince.
- Ohhh.
You mean you can't get the kids to like something by yelling at them? Try a different tactic, Dre.
Try something different.
- All right.
- Okay.
- Maybe you're right.
- Yeah.
All right - Here we go.
All right.
- [Groans.]
Okay.
Yeah.
Your music is stupid.
- Dre! - What? It is stupid.
We want them to understand.
Or you could just try having one stereo.
- Dre.
- Hmm? Joe Tex.
Joseph Arrington Junior was a heavily sampled soul singer born in Rogers, Texas, in 1933.
- See what I'm talkin' about? - RUBY: [Chuckles.]
Look, I still don't understand how you can say "Gucci Gang" is stupid.
So all of a sudden you don't love hip-hop? Of course I love hip-hop.
You kids just don't get it.
You don't understand.
Prince changed my life.
When I took your mom out for the first time, it was all bad.
She broke her shoe.
I spilled ketchup on her dress.
No way I had the confidence to kiss her goodnight.
So goodnight? - Goodnight.
- [Keys jingling.]
Okay.
But then I thought to myself, "What would Prince do?" [Prince's "Kiss" plays.]
Unh You don't have to be beautiful To turn me on I just need your body, baby From dusk 'til dawn You don't need experience To turn me out You just leave it all up to me I'm gonna show you what it's all about, yeah You don't have to be rich to be my girl You don't have to be cool to rule my world Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with I just want your extra time and your Kiss I kissed a girl I had no business even going out with.
That was me.
- And that was because of Prince.
- Mm-hmm.
A-As a matter of fact, none of you would have been here had it not been for him.
- [Mumbles.]
- Zoey, we made you to "Peach".
- Ew.
- You were "Dirty Mind".
- Mm.
That feels right.
- Mm-hmm.
You two the whole Gold album.
- I was on one that night.
- Okay, very nice.
- I remember you couldn't handle nothin'.
- Okay.
Okay.
[Clears throat.]
Can I just please go do my homework? Y-Yeah, c-can I go watch her do my homework? - Actually, Dre - Hmm? you wouldn't be here if it weren't for Prince.
- Excuse me? - Mm-hmm.
RAINBOW: Yeah, he spilled ketchup on me.
And he was shorter than I usually liked, but there was something about him.
So I thought: "What would Prince do?" So goodnight? Goodnight.
Oh.
[Prince's "Erotic City" plays.]
Ah Ah Ah All of my purple life I've been looking for a dame That would want to be my wife That was my intention, babe If we cannot make babies, maybe we can make some time Thoughts of pretty you and me Erotic City come alive [Both laugh.]
Prince empowered my sexuality.
- Yes, it did.
- And that's how I saved the night.
Prince is way more than just make-out music.
To be fair, Mom and Dad didn't just make out.
I mean, they made us.
- You're gross.
- Yeah.
Okay, Prince's music had substance.
In 1987, he was talking about AIDS when you couldn't talk about AIDS.
That's right.
He also talked about, uh, gang violence, drug abuse, the Challenger crash.
- Really? - Yeah.
- [Prince's "Sign o' the Times" plays.]
- He was a serious artist, and he taught me how to become more socially conscious.
Oh, yeah Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling off a church And killed everyone inside You turn on the telly and every other story Is telling you somebody died A sister killed her baby 'Cause she couldn't afford to feed it And yet we're still sending people to the moon - Yeah, sign of the times! - In September - Whoo! - Junior, what are you doing here?! Well, I'm helping you honor Prince.
I don't need your help.
I'm showing people how Prince inspired me to become socially and politically active.
Prince inspired me to be active, too.
Sexually active.
[Exhaling.]
Oh, my God.
Ooh [Prince's "Sexy MF" plays.]
We need to talk about things Tell me what ya do, tell me what ya eat I might cook for you See, it really don't matter 'Cause it's all about me and you Ain't no one else around I'm even with the blindfold Gagged and bound, I don't mind See, this ain't about sex, it's all about love Being in charge of this life and the next Why all the cosmic talk? I just want you smarter than I'll ever be When we take that walk Come here baby, yeah - You sexy - Language! Language! Language! Language was the least disturbing part of what just happened.
All right, kids, here it is.
There's Prince right there.
This feels right to you? Well, if it seems a little weird, it should.
I mean, it's a grown man naked in the flowers.
I didn't get it at first, myself, but then I found out what kind of man he is.
When this brother felt that his record company wasn't doing right by him, he, uh, wrote the word "slave" across his face - Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
changed his name to a symbol - RAINBOW: Mm-hmm.
- and took them to court.
- Did he win? - Oh, yeah.
Pince fought master and won his masters.
All right.
And that victory - [Prince's "7" plays.]
- gave us all a little more courage.
Back when I was working in the factory, they'd like you to work overtime but didn't want to pay you.
I am yours now and you are mine And together we'll love through all space and time So don't cry Cry One day all seven will die Wait, Pops.
I can't believe you quit your job.
Oh, I can.
And it made hard times for all of us, so Your grandma spent a lot of lonely nights listening to Prince and reading the jacket covers.
And guess what I learned.
He played every instrument on "When Doves Cry".
Wow.
Really? Sure did.
And that spoke to me.
As a single mother I was a one-woman band.
[Prince's "When Doves Cry" plays.]
I had to be a mother, a father, a cousin, a sister, and a friend.
How can you just leave me standing? Alone in a world that's so cold So cold Maybe I'm just too demanding Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold RUBY: People think crying doves are a bad thing, but they're not.
They mean hope.
Hope was all we could afford back then.
And it's what helped me get my kids out of Compton.
- [All agreeing.]
- Oh, yeah.
Absolutely.
Diane Diane, you okay? What's wrong? I get it.
You get what? I love Prince.
- It worked?! - RUBY: Really? We did it! I got through to you the most, right? Because I'm a beautiful, brilliant influencer? No.
I've been reading stuff online.
Mm-hmm.
Did you know his song "1999" is about the Apocalypse? - I did not.
- No.
And "Purple Rain" is about blood in the sky? Is it? Give me this.
Huh.
I thought it was about What? I don't I-I-I don't know what I thought it was about.
Yeah.
Dude was dark.
I like that! [Prince's "Purple Rain" plays.]
Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain I only wanted to see you bathing In the purple rain [Guitar riff.]
[Cheers and applause.]
Uh, blood in the sky is not the healthiest way in, but I'm glad you finally got it, baby.
You know, I will take a win however I can get it.
Hey, what about you, little buddy? You a Prince fan yet? That's got to be a no for me, dog.
What? Why not?! I'm sorry, I'm just I'm just not a Prince guy.
- Oh, well.
What are you gonna do.
- [Indistinct talking.]
One out of two ain't bad, baby.
POPS: One stereo, son.
RUBY: [Laughs.]
Don't worry, big guy.
It worked on me.
But I don't care about you.
Only want to see you laughing In the purple rain Purple rain BOTH: Purple rain [Music stops.]
Purple rain, pu Babe I know you're sad, - Yeah.
- but if it's any consolation, there's lots of music you like that Jack doesn't like.
- I wouldn't say "lots".
- Oh, I would.
Okay, okay.
Babe, I get it.
Mm-hmm.
But Prince - [Sighs.]
- Man, he was different.
- I know.
- I was so sad when he died.
I know.
Me too.
You know, I just wanted to pass that legacy on to Jack.
Mm-hmm.
[Chuckles.]
That was a big miss.
That's what you think your big miss was? - Mm-hmm.
- Really? Junior still can't ride a bike.
Okay, Bow, you don't think about what else we didn't teach the kids? - Like, do they have faith? - Mm.
Do they check their food before they leave the drive-thru? - Do they have a healthy fear - [Sighs.]
of white men with wrap-around sunglasses? Of course I worry, but this is what parenting is.
We just expose our kids to what we like and then they get to choose what they love.
That's the way it works.
I guess you're right.
I'm always right, baby.
- [Doorbell rings.]
- So, Jack had disappointed me with Prince, and I could tell he was about to disappoint me again on his first study date.
Help me, I'm scared I'm gonna blow it.
Calm down, you're not gonna blow it.
Just, um, make sure you're in the light.
W-Why? Because I'm making a movie called "Jack Blows It".
- [Whimpers.]
- It's gonna be amazing.
Aw, man.
[Exhales.]
Okay.
Hey.
But sometimes your kids surprise you.
[Prince's "Kiss" plays.]
Kiss Hey.
Mom, Dad, I-I totally get Prince! You better not be joking.
- Don't you mess with me, boy.
- No, I mean it.
- Oh! - Okay.
- Really? Nice! - Yeah.
Okay, well, hey, what took you so long?! Dre! Leave him alone.
- [Chuckles.]
- Give me this.
I'm very, very pleased.
You know, there's this Prince song that I think you would like.
- Okay.
- And it didn't really hit me until I married your mother.
So, we all want to leave a legacy for our children.
The only problem is our children are the ones who get to decide what it is.
[Plays notes.]
Wait, why are you playing Sinead O'Connor? - Boy! - Prince wrote this.
Oh.
- Yeah.
- Cool.
But this time I got lucky.
Since you been gone I can do whatever I want [Laughs.]
Sing it, son! I can see whomever I choose - Ooh! - Ahh! [Laughs.]
- Pops! - Hey, Pops.
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant - Isn't this good? - That was good.
'Cause nothing Hey, guys.
Can take away these blues 'Cause nothing compares Nothing compares to you RUBY: That's it.
- [Laughs.]
- Okay, Mom.
Hi, baby.
Aw, Devante get some of this.
Come on.
- Hit it for Daddy! - Oh, piano lessons in the future! - [Chuckles.]
- Hey, Dre.
- Hey.
- So, a, uh, management consultant has suggested that I engage my subordinates in, uh, - "team-building banter".
- Mm-hmm.
So "How was your Saturday and/or Sunday?" It was good, thanks.
You know, I finally introduced the twins to Prince.
Oh! Prince who? [Chuckles.]
Prince.
- Prince of what? - No.
Just Prince.
Yeah, I don't Seriously, you guys don't know who Prince is? - Well - It's cool, Dre.
I got this.
[Blows air.]
The video for the smash hit "Raspberry Beret" begins with a spinning drum, as Prince counts us in.
One, two - Just play the song, Charlie.
- No, this is better.
The song begins in A Major.
[Off-key.]
Aaaaah, aaaaah Wendy's on acoustic guitar.
And there are ascots everywhere.
- Guys, shall we? - We're with you.
Then an Asian lady in a yellow suit begins to dance like this.
Nope.
Nope.
That's enough of that.
Thank you.
- Lunch.
- Nope.