Steve Hightower, a former 1970s R&B singer who once opened for acts such as Gladys Knight and the Pips, can't seem to find ideal employment. After some failed jobs as a musician, he decides to take a job as a high-school music teacher. Accustomed to celebrity life, he learns to deal with the realities of working a nine-to-five job and his class of troublemaking, but well-intentioned, kids.