Sparkle (1976)

Irene Cara: Sparkle

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• Sparkle : What do you want?

  Stix : Looking for a girl singer.

  Sparkle : Didn't you know? This family's fresh out.

  Stix : Sparkle...

  Sparkle : When'd you get back?

  Stix : A few days ago, my grams been real sick...

  Sparkle : A few days ago. Must've been out when you called.

  Stix : Sparkle... Look, I know how you feel.

  Sparkle : I know you do. You know, it's funny. One brain in this room thinking for two people. Since when did you know how anybody feels? About anything except yourself, Mr. Stix Warren?

  Stix : Look, Sparkle, we got a lot to talk about. But unless you talk about it, you know, just give me a chance.

  Sparkle : Give you a chance? Wanna know something funny? When you first left, I wasn't sure if I'd be able to live without you. Yeah, I used to sit in this room and wondered if I would ever get through another second. Can you imagine a person so unhappy? To not know if they'd live through another second? I got through the second, Stix. Minutes, days, months, weeks. I'm doing fine without you. Just fine.

  Stix : Sparkle, no matter what you think of me, I came back because I want you to sing. Why you think I been so busy since I been back? Got me a job at the record company, lined up all my old contacts...

  Sparkle : You know, you were always so good at business, Stix. Business! BUSINESS!

  Stix : And it's no truer than it is now. I want you to sing, Sparkle.

  Sparkle : What have I got to sing about? Stix, what have I got to sing about?

  Stix : I loved Sister too. But what happened to Sister happened to Sister, not to you. You got your whole life. I want you to sing. Don't bury yourself with your sister.

  Sparkle : Get out of here. Get out! Nobody ever understood Sister except me! Don't you ever, ever, use her name again! Get out of here! Get out!

• Stix : You ever been kissed?

  [kiss] 

  Sparkle : Don't.

  Stix : Why?

  [kiss] 

  Sparkle : It's a sin.

  Stix : Well, does it feel like a sin?

  [long kiss] 

  Sparkle : Feels so good it must be a sin.

• Sparkle : I ain't never been in no hotel room before.

  Stix : Well, we getting too big to make love on the roof. Besides, it's getting too cold.

  Sparkle : Look, Stix, they got the toilet wrapped up.

• Sister : [singing]  And when we touch

  Sister , Sparkle , Delores : Our hearts move at a steady pace

  Sparkle , Delores : Oh, oh, yeah

  Sister : I'm tryin' hard not to show

  Sister , Sparkle , Delores : The blushin' over my face

  Sister : Ooh baby, you bring out the woman in me...

• Sister , Sparkle , Delores : [singing]  And now you jump, We're gonna shake a little funk, You're doing fine, And now you're right on time, Have a ball, I hope my mama don't call, Know the rules, We're gonna keep it in the groove, Baby, you're all for me, Cause your moving just sets me free, I love the way you party hard, Don't want nothing to tear us apart, Tell you now, I ain't too proud too beg, Hope my partner loves to shake a leg...

• Sister , Sparkle , Delores : [singing]  Living in a world of ghetto life

  Sister : Everyone seems so uptight, But, nothing's wrong

  Sparkle , Delores : Nothing's wrong

  Sister : And it's alright

  Sparkle , Delores : It's alright

  Sister : With my man

  Sparkle , Delores : My man

  Sister : I like the ways we have our fun, His loving ways send me on and on, With my man

  Sister , Sparkle , Delores : People out there can understand, I'm giving him something he can feel...

• Stix : [singing]  I'm telling everybody, out loud, That this woman makes me feel so very proud

  Sparkle : When I thought that there was nothing left

  Stix : I believe I found myself

  Stix , Sparkle : I want to give it to you, baby, yeah...