-Wow, you're up already. It's early. -Yeah.
That's a good thing. You're sleeping your life away.
-Am l? -Yeah.
Hey, come with me. I have something for you.
Where are we going?
It's a surprise. Come on.
I don't play that getting my hair wet, so don't....
-You got a shower cap? -No, sorry.
You didn't tell me I was gonna be working out.
-Have fun. -Why do you sleep all day, huh?
Why not?
Why not? I don't know, and that's not an answer.
Well, since you're asking all the questions...
...why did you hold me the way you did...
...when I told you my mother died?
Because you needed to be held.
Yeah, but it was the way you held me.
I mean, you held me like....
Like you care.
You don't know that I care by now?
Why?
You know, if you have to ask that question...
...then you just don't know yourself, I guess.
That's still not an answer.
April, I think that you are a very warm and sensitive...
...and loving person.
And you are funny. You are very funny.
I'm not that funny. Cut it out.
But you hide it. You hide it all away.
I don't understand. You put up this wall so that nobody sees it.
But I see through it.
I don't understand you and him.
-Talking about Randy again? -Yes.
He's not so bad.
He's not so good either. It doesn't make sense to me.
Do you love him?
He helps me out. He pays the bills.
That's not what I asked.
April, do you love him?
In a way.
I guess.
That is not love, April.
Loving a married man, sharing him with his wife.
Love is not having somebody to pay your bills.
It's not having to work all night. That is not love.
Love is....
Love is being too tired from the night before...
...to even go to work the next day.
Whatever.
April, we're all looking for love, one way or another.
Love is having someone there in the morning when you wake up...
...that is gonna be there with you, thick or thin, right or wrong.
Let's go.
Oh, my God, I can't believe I let you talk me into getting on a boat.
Be glad I didn't get my hair wet.
You know black girls don't like getting their hair wet. Thirsty?
Yes, I would like something to drink, please.
-Hi. -Hi, kids.
-How was school? -Fine.
-Good. You okay? -Yeah.
He's all right.
Okay, good. I have a surprise for everybody, okay?
Come on, April. I want you to see.
-You're gonna love it. Come on. -You and your surprises.
Keep your eyes closed, okay? It's a big surprise, come on.
Come on, Manny, Byron. Come here.
Come here. Stand right here.
Jennifer, come on.
Right there.
-Okay, you ready? -Yeah.
Open your eyes.
-ls this our room? -This is your room.
-Thanks. -No, it's not.
-But it looks like it's for us. -lt is.
It's not.
Where you steal all this stuff from?
I did not steal any of this stuff.
The church gave it to me. It was in the basement.
Right.
My bed.
-My bed. -Yes, Byron, that's your bed.
I'd never heard him speak before.
My bed.
-My bed. -This is the bomb, Sandino.
Why you gotta get their hopes up for? You know she don't want us here.
Hey, that could change.
"Could" is not definite.
She definitely don't want us here.
Listen, how about you stay in this room for as long as you're here, okay?
I made it for you.
Thank you, but we good. We stay downstairs.
Come on, y'all. Manny, Byron, I said come on.
-Do we have to go? -Yes, we have to go.
Why didn't you tell me you were doing this, huh?
-Now they're upset. -What difference does it make, April?
You made it very clear to them that you don't care.
April, come on, we're going.
What the hell are you knocking on this door for, Mexico?
-I'm trying to wake up April. -For what?
Because we're supposed to be going to church.
Well, April ain't going to no church.
Hear this real good, houseboy.
Knock on this door again, I'm sending you back to Mexico in a pine box.
Ain't a damn thing for you in here.
This morning, our subject comes from the text found in Luke 15 and 8.
It reads, "Either what woman having 10 pieces of silver...
...if she lose one, does not light a candle...
...and sweep the house and seek diligently until she find it?
And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and says:
'Come rejoice with me...
...for I have found the piece which I had lost."'
-Where the hell are you going? -To church.
Church? No, you ain't.
Randy, I'm going to church. We can talk about this later.
April.
Hey, come here now. I said you ain't going, all right?
-Who's gonna stop me? -And what is all this?
I've never seen you dressed for no church.
How do I look?
April.
April, I'm talking to you.
Today, our subject is value added.
There are three things I wanna talk about from this subject.
Number one, this woman was a good steward.
All right.
Because she took time to know what she had...
...and how much of what she had.
Therefore, because she watched it every day...
...she knew when a piece of silver was lost.
Yeah.
Secondly, she gave value to each piece of silver.
She did not extol one piece over the other.
And thirdly, when she discovered that one was lost...
...she swept the house clean to find it.
Amen.
You don't know what it is to walk the floor worried...
...over something you've lost.
-Aunt April's here. -All of us love...
...and somehow our love is limited...
...when someone ends up somewhere that we don't want them to be.
But what she knew is that even though this piece of silver was lost...
...it had not lost its value.
-Amen. -lt had just lost its usefulness.
You cannot help anyone when you're lost.
You cannot fulfill your mission in life when you're lost.
You cannot help your family or your fellow man when you're lost.
And somebody has to care enough about you...
Yeah.
...to put a light in a very dark place...
...when you're caught in the crevices of life...
-...and can't figure out how to get out. -All right.
You need somebody that's gonna care enough about you...
...that says you're worth it.
I want you to know you're worth me waiting on.
Oh, Lord, have mercy.
I said you're worth me waiting on.
There are some things that we face.
You've come to people...
...and it seems as if they don't wanna know.
I understand it.
I've been there.
As a matter of fact, let me say it like this:
I've hurt so many nights
I cried so many hours
Trying to make it right
But just didn't have the power
And you ignored all my tears
It hurt me so bad
Sing that song!
You wanted them to disappear
I tried to let it go
But I guess
You just don't wanna know
Listen.
If I had a dime for every time
I tried to call your name
Some tell me
I'd be wealthy
Amen, amen.
Oh, Lord
But I learned that I could cope
-Yeah. -Yeah.
- Yes, I did -Yes.
Through my struggle I discovered I discovered I could make it
In nights so long and cold
So cold
You don't know how cold
I discovered I discovered I could take it
Now I wouldn't I wouldn't change a thing
Lord, have mercy.
Not for the knowledge
That I've gained
You know what I discovered in my trials?
I learned that I could grow
I really did
I tried, I tried to let, let it go
I did
I tried, tried to let it show
But I guess
- You just don't wanna know -Just don't wanna know
-No, no, no - Yes
Really don't wanna know
You don't wanna know How many nights I cried
You don't know how many times I felt like I was gonna die
But I kept on moving I kept on hoping
I kept on believing And now I can tell you
- That I'm over - That I'm over it now
Anybody here.
-Say "I'm over, I'm over it now" -Over it now
-I can't explain it -I can't say how
-But right now, I'm over it -But I'm over it
I'm hoping right now
One morning I just broke free
And the chains They just dropped off from me
People can talk about me
-As much as they please -Just don't wanna know
But I'm all grown up now
I said I'm all older now
And I got the victory Because I'm over
-But I'm over it now -I'm over it now
-Over it now -I'm over it now
-I can't say how, but I'm over it -Say it again, say I'm
Over it now
Just wave your hand if you know you're over it.
If you feel the presence of God...
...if you feel the anointing of God, just declare now...
...that I'm over it now.
Say it right now.
Over it now
It's over, I'm walking out of here free.
Because I'm over it now
Amen.
I'm really over it now
Went to a meeting one night And my heart wasn't right
But something got ahold of me
And I'm over it now
Just don't wanna know
Wilma. Wilma, would you just...?
People don't know you've been through some things.
They think because you're looking so pretty in your hat...
...they don't know what you've been through.
But could you say one good time, "I'm over it now"?
I'm over it now
Over it now, I can't say how
But I'm over it now
Right now, right now, right now
-I'm over it now -I'm over it now
-I don't have to live with it
Don't have to live with it
-Don't have to be in it -Don't have to be in it
I'm over it, over it now
Over it now, I can't say how
But I'm over it now
-Now -Right now
-Now, now, now -Right now
-Now, now, now -Now, now, now
I'm over it now
I tried
To let it go
I really did
I tried to let it show
Thank you, Jesus
But right now I learned that I could grow
But I guess
You just don't wanna know
Hallelujah.
You're worth it.
Give him praise because he's worthy.
His purpose is real.
You're gonna make it. You'll be all right.
You don't have to worry at all.
You're over it now.
Hold on. I'll be right back.
How you doing, beautiful?
I've seen the way you've been looking at me.
See, this here my house...
...and I can let you and two little nappy boys stay here.
Right.
I'll get you all the medicine you need.
I need to give him his insulin.
Now, see, what you need to do is take care of me.
If you don't stop right now, I'm gonna tell April.
You think she's gonna believe you, huh?
You think she's gonna believe you?
Take it off.
I said--
What are you doing? Get off of him!
Stop it! Stop it!
What are you doing to him?
-What is going on here? -It's okay.
It's okay. Come on.
He tried to rape her.
They lying on me, right-- They lying on me.
No, no, no. This little slut--
You know she's a slut. She tried to get me to have sex for money.
Baby-- Sandino, you saw her!
-Tell her what you saw. -He tried to rape her!
Who you gonna believe, huh?
April, who you gonna believe, huh? Them or me?
-He's lying, he's-- -He's lying, April, he's lying.
Who you gonna believe? Them or me, babe?
You, baby.
-He's lying. -April.
Go upstairs and get in the tub.
-I can't believe you believe him. -It's okay, it's okay.
-It's okay. -He's lying!
He's lying, April.
It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
Look at me, look at me.
Look at me. It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay, it's okay.
Hey, no one's going to hurt you.
It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
It's gonna be okay, all right?
It's okay.
Okay, no one's going to hurt you. Nobody here will hurt you.
-Nobody's going to hurt you. -No.
It's okay, Jenny.
Baby, I think I broke my nose.
Oh, baby, thank you.
You know I love you, right?
Baby, I'm just trying to provide the best life for you I can.
-What happened? -Baby, I told you what happened.
That little girl tried to get me to have sex with her for money.
Baby, these kids ain't no good.
They spending up all my damn money, baby, you know?
I mean, everything was fine before they got here.
It's all their fault, baby.
Them kids causing all kind of problems.
Paying all these bills around here...
...these damn kids come here snatching up all our money.
I didn't want these damn kids here, I told you that.
We had all kinds of problems since they got here.
Tell me what happened.
April, I told you what happened.
Tell me what you did.
April, I didn't do nothing.
That's my niece.
She's 16.
Baby, calm down now.
What did you do?
I told you, I didn't do nothing, April.
You are just like Lee.
April, stop!
He told my mother he didn't do nothing either.
Stop! Stop it, April. Damn!
April, get that thing away from the water.
April, stop!
You wait here, okay?
-You watch your sister. -Stop playing!
I told you. Get that thing off!
-April, damn it! -Just like Lee.
He told my mother he didn't do nothing.
April.
-That it was my fault, that I did it! -That is plugged in and I'm in water!
-Shut up! -He's not worth it. Put the radio down.
-Stop! Let-- -You want me to put it down?
-Ap! Calm down! -You want me to put it down?
April, no!
You got three minutes to get your stuff and you get the hell out of here.
Hey.
Why did you leave him alone?
April, he's gone, okay? I took his keys, he won't be back.
Are you okay?
I should've known.
-April, this is not your fault. -I should've known.
The way he looked at her.
I should've known.
Like my mother should've known.
She was always saying...
...whatever happens in this house stays in this house.
Nothing ever gets healed if you keep it covered up.
I should've known.
When a man...
...a grown man...
...takes interest in a little kid...
...something ain't right.
Come on, April, that's enough.
Get off of me.
Are you one too?
What?
A child molester.
-Are you a child molester, Sandino? -Are you asking me this question?
Why do you care so much about those kids?
I hit a nerve.
-Enough. -What do you like, huh?
Do you like the little girls or do you like the little boys?
I said, that's enough. You shut your mouth.
Who are you talking to? Come back here.
Come back here. Hey!
Hey! Tell me.
-Stop it. -What is it?
-Tell me! -Enough, April.
You get your stuff out of my house!
I'm not a child molester, you stop calling me that.
-Why are you so uncomfortable? -You wanna make me a bad person...
...for showing these kids some love? These kids that have nobody?
You're sick! You're out of your mind, you know that?
You don't know my life, April.
I have nobody.
From the time that I was 7 years old...
...and picking coca leaves 10, 12 hours a day...
...and getting beaten when I'm hungry or tired.
When I'm old enough...
...the cartel send me to recruit children to do the same thing.
I see these kids, I wanna help them, and you wanna get in the way of that!
I feel sorry for you.
What the hell are you looking at?
Move out of the damn way!
You don't ever have to worry about him coming back.
He's never coming back.
-Get some sleep. -Wait.
Aunt April.
Thank you for believing me.
Baby, I believed you when you said it.
I know that look.
Wait, wait.
If you let us stay here, I promise we won't be no trouble.
I'll cook and clean for you. And the boys, I'll take care of them.
You won't have to do nothing.
-Jennifer-- -Wait, let me finish.
-I'll quit school, I'll get a job. -Jennifer.
You don't have to quit school.
And I'll help you pay the bills...
...and I can be a good girl. I won't be so angry.
I'm just so tired of going from place to place.
I need y'all to stay with me.
I just messed-- I messed everything up.
And I gotta fix this.
So you gotta stay here with me, okay?
And I really--
I would love it if you taught me how to take care of your brothers.
Jennifer.
We will get through this, okay?
You're a good girl.
We're gonna be all right, okay?
Now, get your brothers and come up to your new room.
Hey, come on, go get your brothers.
Manny? You have to get up.
Come in.
-She's gonna let us stay. -I know.
-Ain't that supposed to be good? -Yeah, Manny, that's really good.
Why do you look sad?
I'm not sad.
I have to go away for a while.
-What? -Where you going?
I'm gonna shoot straight with you guys, okay?
Things aren't going very well with me and your aunt.
So it's best that I leave.
In the meantime, I'm going to call you...
...and write letters.
Okay? And you make sure you write me back.
All right.
I understand.
I mean...
...you gotta do what you gotta do, right?
We're gonna miss you.
I'm gonna miss you too.
Give me a hug. All right?
-I'm gonna miss you so much. -I'm gonna miss you too.
-Hey. -Hey.
He's gone.
Yeah, I know.
You wanna help me unpack some of Mama Rose's things?
Sure.
That's cute.
You know, I think you're wrong about him.
What do you know about this?
That's a good man...
...and I don't think you should just let him go like that.
You're too young to understand, baby.
Yeah, but...
...I know there's a lot of bad people in this world.
-Yeah. -lf you find somebody you can trust...
...then you should probably hold on to them.
I mean, it's like....
When Peter was walking on the water...
...and he got distracted by the whale and he started to drown...
...and Noah came in in the St. Louis Arch--
Wait, wait. What? What?
He was drowning and Noah--
He was-- Wait a minute.
Who taught you this story?
Madea was telling me all these Bible stories--
Oh, Lord, her? Girl, even I know that ain't right.
I know that story. Come on.
I guess I should've known better, huh?
Yeah, I guess I'm gonna have to take you to church more often, huh?
What is it?
That's weird.
They're singing Mama Rose's favorite song.
She still knows when to show up.
Come on down now for prayer if you want the Lord.
Hi.
I'm....
I'm so sorry.
I'm not really good at knowing how to love...
...anything...
...or anybody.
But I really like having you around.
And since you talked me into keeping the kids...
...I really, I would love for you to just stay here with me...
...and help me with the kids.
Please?
Say something.
-What do you want me to say? -What do you wanna say?
I don't know. What is this?
Your way of telling me that you like me or something?
I do. I can admit that.
I think I love you.
Please say something.
I don't know what to say.
I mean, you're a good human being.
I love you like a friend, like how I love Tanya.
Okay.
Like you love Tanya.
-You don't believe me. -No, I don't believe you, okay?
-You don't believe I love you. -April, let's not get into this, okay?
No, tell me, please.
It's okay. You don't fully love yourself, okay?
Everybody that loves you, you push them away.
You keep them at a distance.
What are you, a psychiatrist?
Not a psychiatrist, but I know love. Look at you, that's not love.
You're drinking, smoking yourself to death.
Your father dies of liver cancer.
You don't love yourself the way I love you.
What?
I said that I love you.
What? Like a...?
Like a friend, like a buddy? Like a pal or something?
No, April, I don't wanna make love to my buddies and my pals.
I'm in love with you.
I'm ready to love you...
...but you have to be ready to give it back the right way.
I wanna learn...
...how to love the right way.
Will you show me?
I'll show you.
That's right.
Can't hold my girl down.
Because she a good woman, y'all.
Y'all ready?
There you have it.
I'm still with you, my sisters.
My troubled sisters.
I still got problems too.
You're not alone.
He's slow.
Elevator don't go all the way up there.
The lights is on at the mall-- Oh, no, no.
The mall is open but ain't nobody shopping.
You ain't gonna eat?
You gotta learn how to talk in the real world.
When people ask if you slow, you say:
"Do you ride the big bus or the little bus?"
-Don't know what I'm talking about? -No.
Okay, fine, yeah.
I believe you're on the little bus too.
Go ahead, boy. You funny.
You the next....
Who that? Tyler Perry! You the next Tyler Perry, man.
I'm telling you, you funny.
I love that Madea.
He's slow. The mall's open but ain't nobody shopping.
What are you talking about?
The elevator don't go all the way up to the top floor.
The car is running but ain't no engine.
Are you okay?
I'm-- No, hell, I'm fine.
Is he okay? I'm just trying to--
Boy, maybe you're a little slow too.
Maybe your book ain't got no pages in the middle.
Your grandma went to work for four days and ain't ever come back?
-Yeah. -I know what she do for a living.
What?
Well, I'll tell you when you get a little older.
There's a reason women disappear for four days and come back.
The looks he give me are priceless. Okay, keep going.
Shut your mouth.
-She never, never came back? -Yup.
I wouldn't have come back either trying to feed him.
I hate you.
Manny, eat your food and shut up.
Yeah, you better eat it, because I'm getting ready to choke you out.
Yeah, they can talk to me. Where's your mama?
Say something else to me.
I dare you to say something to me.
Say one more-- Say one more thing.
I dare you, I dare you.
Ugly.
Leave him alone.
Eat.
What you laughing at, Freddie?
They're lying.
I can still hear you, you know.
Mabel, I'm gonna beat him down.
Will you shut up?
-Who the hell you talking to? -Get your hands off me.
-Back up. -Who the hell you talking to?
-On mark. -Stop laughing.
Turn right here. The camera's rolling.
Get out the way, crackhead.
-I can't work like this. -That'll be cut, we're good.
Maybe she was hungry.
Hungry, April? I mean, is that a reason to steal?
No.
Even more, she was caught stealing needles.
Wow, did you hear my stomach?
Yeah, you don't feed me around here. I'm hungry!
Here we go. Go one more time.
You touch us again, I'm gonna call 911 this time.
You call 911, honey. They don't scare me.
I call 911. I will call them for you.
I will ask them over here. I won't ask them to send the police...
...or Child Welfare. I will ask them to straight up send a ambulance.
Cough again. Cough one more time.
Hell, I'm trying to learn these lines...
...but she over there coughing off-camera.
And I'm trying to do a scene. What the hell I'm supposed to do?
Come here. Come here, bring me the book now.
Bring me the book. I need to see where the hell I am.
Come here.
Now, give me the lines.
"But when I shove it down your throat," would that be a good one?
Say it like I say it.
-But when I shove it down your throat. -Okay, now settle down.
When I shove it down your throat....
There's a letter in here for you.
From Mama Rose.
To me?
-You wanna read it? -No.
-No, you read it. -Me?
Yeah.
"Dear April.
If you're reading this, I'm probably past my suffering.
April, my dearest child...
...you are beautiful, bright and brilliant.
If you're ever nominated for an Academy Award...
...be humble about it.
Remember the people that helped you along the way.
Props, Hair, Makeup, Wardrobe...
...Grips, Electricians, Camera, Sound...
...script and most of all Mr. Tyler Perry."
I knew that one was coming. I knew that was coming.
"And, April, if you're ever walking from your trailer...
...and you see an airplane, duck."
Duck. Yeah.
"Love, Mama Rose."
You know what? Everybody just get out of here.
Good night.