IT'S ALL OVER

Effie, Curtis was supposed to... ...Love me. Curtis was supposed to love me. There you are, Effie, I've been looking all over... I TURN MY BACK AND FIND MYSELF OUT ON THE LINE YOU COULD HAVE WARNED ME BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO KIND 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. THAT'S A LIE, THAT'S A LIE IT'S JUST I HAVEN'T BEEN FEELING THAT WELL Effie, please. Stop excusing yourself. You've been late, you've been mean, and getting fatter all the time. NOW YOU'RE LYIN'! YOU'RE LYIN'! I'VE NEVER BEEN SO THIN! YOU'RE LYIN' YOU'RE LYIN' 'CAUSE YOU'RE KNOCKIIN' OFF THAT PIECE WHO THINKS SHE'S BETTER THAN EVERYBODY! SHE AIN'T BETTER THAN ANYBODY! SHE AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT COMMON! NOW WHO YOU CALLING COMMON? YOU SELF-INDULGENT, SELF-ABSORBED NON-PROFESSIONAL! YOU! I'M CALLIN' YOU I'M CALLIN' YOU THE COMMON PIECE HE'S KNOCKIN' OFF 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 BITCHIN' I'VE PUT UP WITH YOUR NAGGIN' AND ALL YOR SCREAMIN', TOO OH, NOW WHEN ARE YOU TWO GONNA STOP ALL THIS FIGHTING? Stay out of this, Lorrell. This is between Deena and me. 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 MAKIN' US I ALWAYS KNEW YOU TWO WERE TOGETHER! What? I ALWAYS KNEW YOU TWO WERE GANGIN' UP ON ME! SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS CHANGE IT WAS YOU! IT WAS YOU ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU! ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU! I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE FROM THE START Trouble? YOU WERE REAL BAD TROUBLE FROM THE START Curtis, I'm your woman. 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 There's no money dirty enough to buy me out! You remember that, Curtis! LAY OFF, EFFIE, JUST TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN You in this with them, C.C. ? COOL IT, EFFIE THIS TIME YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DONE! So they've bought you black ass too, huh? I SAID COOL IT, EFFIE THIS TIME YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR! Oh, I can go further! I can go further! I DON'T WANT TO STAY AROUND THIS I'M JUST BREAKIN' IN TO THIS BUSINESS THIS IS BETWEEN ALL OF YOU THIS IS NONE OF MY AFFAIR 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? 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! I'M NOT FEELING WELL, I'VE GOT PAIN EFFIE, WE ALL GOT PAIN! OH, FOR SEVEN YEARS I SUNG WITH YOU I WAS YOUR SISTER YOU WERE OUR TROUBLE AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME IT'S ALL OVER AND NOW WE'RE TELLING YOU IT'S ALL OVER AND NOW I'M TELLING YOU I AIN'T GOING IT'S ALL OVER I AIN'T GOING IT'S ALL OVER