All language subtitles for Madame.X.2021.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG2_English

* MTV. *

(pulsing)

MADONNA:
Don't repress yourself.

It's our gypsy blood.

We live between life and death.

Artists are here
to disturb the peace.

Madame X is a secret agent.

I am Madame X.

Traveling around the world.

-(moans)
-Changing identities.

Fighting for freedom. Freedom.

Bringing light to dark places.

I bring light to dark places.

Madame X is a dancer.

I'm a dancer.

A professor.

A head of state.

A housekeeper.

An equestrian.

A prisoner.

A student. A mother. A child.

A teacher. A nun.

A singer. A saint.

A whore. A whore.

I'm a spy

in the house of love.

I'm Madame X.

X. X. X.

I'm Madame X.

-* *
-(guns firing)

(high-pitched ringing)

The most controversial thing
I have ever done...

...is to stick around.

(cheering and applause)

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to the world
of Madame X.

We want you to be present

and enjoy the journey with us.

Let nothing stand between us.

And don't forget:

none of this is real.

(cheering and applause)

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(keys clacking)

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(gunshots)

(paper rustling)

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(gun firing)

(paper winding)

(woman whoops)

(cheering and applause)

(typewriter carriage returns)

MAN:
Yeah!

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(gun firing)

(cheering and applause)

("God Control" playing)

(cheering and applause
grow louder)

* Everybody knows
the damn truth *

* Our nation lied,
we lost respect *

* When we wake up,
what can we do? *

* Get the kids ready,
take them to school *

* Everybody knows
they don't have a chance *

* To get a decent job,
and have a normal life *

* When they talk reforms,
it makes me laugh *

* They pretend to help,
it makes me laugh *

* I think I understand
why people get a gun *

* I think I understand
why we all give up *

* Every day
they have a kind of victory *

* Blood of innocence
spread everywhere *

* They say that we need love *

* But we need more than this *

* We lost *

* God control *

* We lost *

* God control *

* We lost *

* God control *

* We lost *

* God control *

(cheering and applause)

(gun clicks)

(gunshots)

* This is your wake-up call *

* I'm like your nightmare *

* I'm here to start your day *

* This is your wake-up call *

* We don't have to fall *

* A new democracy *

* God and pornography *

Hey, girl.

* *

* A new democracy *

* People think that I'm insane *

* The only gun is in my brain *

* Each new birth,
it gives me hope *

* That's why
I don't smoke that dope *

* Insane, people think I am *

* Brain inside my only friend *

* Hope it gives me
birth each new *

* That dope I don't smoke,
it's true *

* Everybody knows
the damn truth *

* Everybody knows
the damn truth *

* Wake up *

* We need to wake up,
wake up, wake up *

* Wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up *

* Wake up, wake up, wake up,
we need to wake up *

* Wake up, wake up, wake up *

* Wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up *

* Wake up, wake up *

* It's a hustle, yeah *

* It's a con *

* It's a hustle *

* It's a con *

* It's a weird kind of energy *

* A bizarre thing
that happens to be *

* An abnormal fraternity *

* And I feel
more than sympathy *

* We need to wake up,
wake up, wake up *

* Wake up, wake up, wake up *

* Wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up *

* We need to wake up,
wake up, wake up *

* Wake up, wake up,
wake up, wake up *

* Wake up, wake up, wake up *

* Everybody knows
the damn truth *

* Everybody knows
the damn truth *

* Wake up *

* We need to wake up,
wake up, wake up, wake up *

* Wake up, wake up, wake up *

* Wake up,
wake up, wake up *

* A new democracy *

* Everybody knows
the damn truth *

* Our nation lied,
we've lost respect *

* When we wake up,
what can we do? *

* Get the kids ready,
take them to school *

* Everybody knows
they don't have a chance *

* Get a decent job,
to have a normal life *

* When they talk reform,
it makes me laugh *

* They pretend to help,
it makes me laugh *

* We lost *

* God control *

* We lost *

* God control *

* We lost *

* God control *

* We lost *

* God control *

* We lost *

* God control *

* Wake up, wake up *

(cheering and applause)

* Wake up, wake up *

* Wake up, wake up... *

If you are sure
that I am a sinner,

then let he who has not sinned

cast the first stone.

If you are not sure,

then I beg of you
as righteous men and women

that worship a god
who loves unconditionally

to see my show
and then judge me.

My show asks questions,

provokes thoughts

and takes you
on an emotional journey,

portraying good and bad,
light and dark,

joy and sorrow,
redemption and salvation.

(cheering and applause)

("Dark Ballet" playing)

* *

* It's a beautiful life *

* But I'm not concerned *

(woman whoops)

* It's a beautiful dream *

* But a dream is earned *

* I can dress like a boy *

* I can dress like a girl *

* Keep your beautiful words *

* 'Cause I'm not concerned *

* 'Cause your world
is such a shame *

* 'Cause your world's
obsessed with fame *

* 'Cause your world's
in so much pain *

* 'Cause your world is *

* 'Cause
your world is *

* Up in flames *

* It's a beautiful plan, hmm *

* But I'm not concerned,
oh, yeah *

* It's a beautiful game, hmm *

* That I never leaned *

* People tell me
to shut my mouth *

* Shut your mouth *

* That I might get burned *

* Keep your beautiful lies,
hmm *

* 'Cause I'm not concerned *

* 'Cause your world
is such a shame *

* 'Cause your world's
obsessed with fame *

* 'Cause your world's
in so much pain *

* 'Cause your world is,
'cause your world is *

(cheering and applause)

(screams)

Fuck off!

VOICE (echoing):
Wake up, wake up.

Wake up, wake up, wake up...

* *

(cheering, whooping)

(auto-tuned):
* I will not denounce
the things that I have seen *

* I will not renounce my faith
in my sweet Lord *

* He has chosen me to fight
against the English *

* I am not afraid at all to die
'cause I believe you *

* God is on my side,
and I'll be fine *

* I am not afraid
'cause I have faith in him *

* You can cut my hair
and throw me in a jail cell *

* Say that I'm a witch
and burn me at the stake *

* It's all a big mistake *

* Don't you know
to doubt him is a sin? *

* I won't give in *

(man whoops)

(echoing):
* They are so naive *

* They think we are not aware
of their crimes *

* We know *

* But we're just not ready
to act *

* The storm isn't in the air *

* It's inside of us *

* I want to tell you
about love *

* And loneliness *

* But it's getting late now *

* Can't you hear outside
of your Supreme hoodie *

* The wind that's beginning
to howl? *

(blowing)

(audience whooping)

Traitor! Fucking traitor!

I fought for you! Ah!

Death.

Death to the patriarchy.

(grunts)

(auto-tuned):
* It's a beautiful life *

-(fire crackling)
-(music stops)

(spits)

* Express yourself,
don't repress yourself *

* Express yourself, don't
repress yourself *

* Express yourself,
don't repress yourself *

* Express yourself,
don't repress yourself *

* Express yourself, don't
repress yourself *

* Express yourself,
don't repress yourself *

* You wouldn't let me say
the words I longed to say *

* You didn't want to see life
through my eyes *

* Express yourself,
don't repress yourself *

* You tried to shove me back
inside your narrow room *

* And silence me
with bitterness and lies *

* Express yourself,
don't repress yourself *

* Did I say something wrong? *

* Oops, I didn't know
I couldn't talk about sex *

* Did I stay too long? *

* Oops, I didn't know
I couldn't speak my mind *

-* And I'm not sorry *
-* I'm not sorry *

-* It's human nature *
-* It's human nature *

-* And I'm not sorry *
-* I'm not sorry *

* I'm not your bitch,
don't hang your shit on me *

* It's human nature *

* You punished me
for telling you my fantasies *

* I'm breaking all the rules
I didn't make *

* Express yourself,
don't repress yourself *

* You took my words and made
a trap for silly fools *

* You held me down
and tried to make me break *

* Express yourself,
don't repress yourself *

* Did I say something true? *

* Oops, I didn't know
I couldn't talk about sex *

* Did I have a point of view? *

* Oops, I didn't know
I couldn't talk about you *

* And I'm not sorry *

* I'm not sorry *

-* It's human nature *
-* It's human nature *

-* And I'm not sorry *
-* I'm not sorry *

* I'm not your bitch,
don't hang your shit on me *

* It's human nature *

* Express yourself
don't repress yourself *

* Express yourself, don't
repress yourself *

* Express yourself,
don't repress yourself *

* Express yourself,
don't repress yourself *

* Express yourself, don't
repress yourself *

* Express yourself,
don't repress yourself *

(trumpet soloing)

-* And I'm not sorry *
-* I'm not sorry *

-* It's human nature *
-* It's human nature *

-* And I'm not sorry *
-* I'm not sorry *

* I'm not your bitch,
don't hang your shit on me *

* And I'm not sorry *

-* I'm not sorry *
-Come on, ladies!

-We've got something
that we want to say.
-* It's human nature *

-* And I'm not sorry *
-* I'm not sorry *

* I'm not your bitch,
don't hang your shit on me *

All right,
we're gonna break down now.

* Here we go, yeah *

* I'm not your bitch *

* I'm not your bitch *

* I'm not your bitch *

* I'm not your bitch,
don't hang your shit on me *

* I'm not your bitch *

(whooping)

* I'm not your bitch *

-* I'm not your bitch *
-Come on, come on.

* I'm not your bitch,
don't hang your shit on me. *

(cheering, whooping)

Don't hang your shit
on anybody.

Do you get the message?

Are we all on the same boat?

Yeah!

Remember that.

If the ship goes down,
we all go down together.

Stella,
come over here.

Do you have something
you'd like to share

with the audience?

#TimesUp.

(cheering)

MADONNA:
That's right.
Time's up, people.

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.

Esther, would you like
to share something

with the audience tonight?

God is a woman!

What's up?

-(cheering)
-That is highly possible.

All right, Mercy James,
what are you doing over there?

Think you're gonna get away
without the spotlight on you?

I try to raise my children
to believe

that we never have to settle
for second best, ever.

We deserve only the best,
each and every one of us.

So, if I have told you once,
I have told you 100,000 times...

* Don't go for second best,
baby *

* Put your love to the test *

* You know, you know,
you've got to *

* Make him express
how he feels *

* And, baby, then you'll know
your love is real *

* Express yourself *

* You've got to make him *

* Express yourself *

* Hey, hey, hey, hey *

* So if you want it right now *

* Better make him show you how *

* Express what he's got *

* Oh, baby, ready or not *

* I said express
what she's got *

* Oh, baby, ready or not *

-Come on, Lisbon.
-* Express what we've got *

* Oh, baby, ready or not *

No, that wasn't good enough.
One more time.

I'm gonna give you
one more chance.

* Express what we've got *

* Oh, baby, ready or not. *

(cheering, whooping)

Not bad. I'll take it.
I'll take it.

All right.

We've got a really big show
for you tonight,

and we got to get on
with it, so...

I'll see you ladies later
at the bar.

Drinks are on me!

(woman whoops)

All right.

Is there a doctor in the house?

Dr. Love? Dr. Feel Good?

-Are you a doctor?
-Yeah.

-Really?
-Yes.

You look like a criminal,

like a gangster...

(laughter)

I'll let you know
if things work out.

Doctor, I need a checkup
from the neck up.

No, not that hole,
the other hole.

-(laughter)
-Uh, Doctor,

you've got it all wrong.

Knock it off!

Jesus Christ.
Who ordered a string quartet?

(laughter)

I'm trying to talk
to the audience.

I just want to know,

are you guys enjoying
the show?

AUDIENCE:
Yeah!

MADONNA:
Unforgettable?

Yeah!

* That's what we are. *

(scattered whooping)

Anyway,
the important part is

that I've been waiting for ages,

ages, to have
this intimate experience

-with my audience.
-(cheering)

It's so great.

Yes, queen.

(laughter)

This moment of intimacy,

in this small theater,

where I can touch,
I can see, I can smell--

yes, sometimes I can smell.

(laughter)

(audience responds)

-MAN: Yeah!
-(laughter, cheering)

And I couldn't be happier

to be able to look deep,
deep into your eyes.

-(cheering)
-And you know...

-(man shouts)
-Don't talk when I'm talking.

You know, they say that...

Do you believe that?

-Yes!
-(indistinct shouting)

However-- there's always
a "however," isn't there?

Who cares about my grandma
right now, though?

She's dead.

(laughter)

No, I'm just kidding.
I'm just kidding.

I love my grandmother.

She lived to be 100.
God bless her.

I'm gonna live to 200,
bitches.

(cheering)

Just you watch.

Anyways,
getting back to the soul.

(a cappella):
* I think you are forgetting *

* About a more important
window. *

-(classical music plays)
-(whooping)

That's right,
ladies and gentlemen.

This is what it's like to have
Mozart coming out of your pussy.

(laughter)

A girl has to do
what a girl has to do.

(cheering)

Okay, let's get down
to the important things.

I think...

-(cheering, whooping)
-* What are you looking at? *

("Vogue" playing)

(shudder clicking rhythmically)

* *

* *

* What are you looking at? *

* Strike a pose *

* Strike a pose *

* Vogue *

* Vogue, vogue *

* Vogue *

* Vogue, vogue *

* Look around *

* Everywhere you turn
is heartache *

* It's everywhere that you go *

* Look around *

* You try *

* Everything you can to escape *

* The pain of life
that you know *

* Life that you know *

* When all else fails *

* And you long to be *

* Something better
than you are today *

* I know a place
where you can get away *

* It's called a dance floor *

* And here's what it's for, so *

* Come on, vogue *

* Let your body move
to the music *

* Move to the music *

* Come on, vogue *

* Let your body go
with the flow *

-* Go with the flow *
-* You know you can do it *

* All you need
is your own imagination *

* So use it,
that's what it's for *

* That's what it's for *

* Go inside
for your finest inspiration *

* Your dreams
will open the door *

-* Open up the door *
-* It makes no difference *

* If you're Black or white *

* If you're a boy or a girl *

* If the music's pumping,
it will give you new life *

* You're a superstar *

* Yes, that's what you are,
you know it *

-* Come on, vogue *
-* Vogue *

* Let your body move
to the music *

* Move to the music *

* Come on, vogue *

-* Vogue *
-* Let your body go
with the flow *

-* Go with the flow *
-* You know you can do it *

* Greta Garbo and Monroe *

* Dietrich and DiMaggio *

* Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean *

* On the cover of a magazine *

* Grace Kelly, Harlow, Jean *

* Picture of a beauty queen *

* Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire *

* Ginger Rogers, dance on air *

* They had style,
they had grace *

* Rita Hayworth gave good face *

* Lauren, Katharine, Lana, too *

* Bette Davis, we love you *

* Ladies with an attitude *

* Fellas that were in the mood *

* Don't just stand there,
let's get to it *

* Strike a pose,
there's nothing to it *

* Vogue, vogue, vogue *

* Move to the music *

* Go with the flow. *

-I'm Madame X. X, X, X.
-(cheering and applause)

I'm Madame X, X, X.

I'm Madame X,
X, X.

I'm Madame X.

X, X, X.

("I Don't Search I Find"
playing)

* *

(echoing):
* Finally, enough love *

* I don't search *

* I find *

* I don't search *

* I find *

* I found love *

* I found something new *

* I found you *

* Yeah, I found you *

* Platinum gold *

* Inside your soul *

* I found light *

* I found emotion *

* I don't search *

* I don't
search *

* I don't search *

* I find *

* *

* *

* It's our gypsy blood *

* We live
between life and death *

* Waiting to move on *

* And in the end *

* We accept it *

-(typewriter carriage returns)
-(bell dings)

* We shake hands with our fate *

* And we walk past *

* There's no rest for us
in this world *

* Finally, enough love *

-(typewriter carriage returns)
-(bell dings)

* I don't search *

* I find *

-* I found peace *
-* I found peace *

-* I found a new view *
-* I found a new view *

-* I found you *
-* I found you *

-* Yeah, I found you *
-* I found you *

* Platinum gold *

* Inside your soul *

* Inside your soul *

* Inside your soul *

* I don't search *

* I find *

* Inside your soul *

* Finally, enough love *

* Finally,
enough love *

-* Finally, enough love *
-* Yeah, it's coming *

* Inside your soul *

-* Finally, enough love *
-* Inside your soul *

-* Finally, enough love *
-* Yeah, it's coming *

* Inside your soul *

* Finally, enough love *

* Finally,
enough love *

* Yeah, it's coming *

* Inside your soul *

* Inside
your soul *

* Finally, enough love. *

(cheering and applause)

(cheering and applause
grow louder)

-Fuck.
-MAN: I love you!

(cheering and applause)

I see some children
in the audience,

and I don't mean
to offend anyone,

but you know what?

This is my pussy.

(whooping and laughter)

(laughter)

(whooping)

So, listen...

MAN:
Oh, my God! Madonna!

-Excuse me?
-(overlapping shouting)

It's very hard to hear
with one eye.

-I don't know why.
-(laughter and applause)

In fact, tonight, this patch

is really getting
on my fucking nerves.

-(cheering and applause)
-Don't cheer that I want
to take it off.

You know, it's so irritating.

I love to irritate people.

You know, people hate my grills,
so I wear them.

They hate my eye patch,
so I wear it.

You hate that? I hate you.

Fuck you. Fuck you.
Okay? I don't care.

(cheering and applause)

Fuck, it's cold. Why?
Can I have a fur coat, please?

A fake fur? Fake fur.
Thank you. Thank you.

The fur people hate me.

-(overlapping shouting)
-Oh.

Oh, thank you, honey.

(laughter)

Now look,
I've got mascara under my eyes.

-(woman whoops)
-I look like shit.
Good thing you don't

have your fucking phones
in here.

MAN:
You look great!

What is all this Madame X stuff
about, huh?

Who is she, anyways?

She's a mother. She's a child.

She's a singer. She's a dancer.

She's a cha-cha instructor,
for God sakes.

And she's a...

AUDIENCE:
Whore!

She's a what?

-AUDIENCE: A whore!
-A what?

AUDIENCE:
A whore!

I'm getting 50% whore
and 50% queen.

Make up your mind. You know,
one doesn't necessarily

cancel out the other.

But here's one
you may have forgotten,

and that is
that Madame X is a saint.

(cheering and applause)

(choir sings)

-(woman whoops)
-This image of moi, Madame X,

exists nowhere else
but in my hand.

-(whooping)
-Therefore,

this is very valuable.

-(cheering and applause)
-Do you understand

the word "valuable"?

(cheering and applause)

Value.

I'm a saint because...

(cheering and applause)

(cash register dings)

Come on, now.
This is for charity.

-(cheering and applause)
-This is not
for my shoe collection.

Now, listen up. I want stacks

and stacks of cash.
Who's got it?

Come to the stage. Let's go.

Don't raise your hand.

Just come forward.
Where are your balls?

-What do you got, baby?
-MAN: 300.

-300 what?
-Euros.

-MAN 2: Whoa! Whoa!
-Wow.

(cash register dings)

-How much do you have?
-2,000.

Two...
(clears throat)

Excuse me?

(coins clinking)

-Wow!
-(cash register dings)

-(whooping)
-(coins clinking)

Take your time. Really.
I love... I love kneeling.

Is this 1,000 euros for sure?

Just empty your fucking wallet.

-MAN: No...
-Give it to me.

What do you need it for?

-Just take a...
take a fucking Uber home.
-(horn honking)

That's all you need
the money for.

-(overlapping shouting)
-What am I saying?

I don't even know
what I'm saying.

Don't hold any of this
against me,

'cause, as I said
at the beginning of the show,

none of this is real.

-Will you sign it?
-N-No.

-Will I sign it? Fuck off.
-(laughter and applause)

No.

No. You get the picture.
That's enough.

-(cheering and applause)
-(coins clinking)

I have never done that before.

You got some balls on you, baby.

-What do you do for a living?
-I work at Disneyland,

-"Happiest Place On Earth."
-(cheering and applause)

Well...

it is now the second happiest
place on Earth.

(cheering and laughter)

(cheering and laughter)

Where'd you get all this cash?

MAN:
Uh, I brought it with me.

-Are you an arms dealer?
-I run a drug cartel.

You run a drug cartel.
Uh, great.

(cheering and applause)

-Don't sell it.
-(cash register dings)

It might come in handy.
You know, Armageddon

might be just around the corner.

You never know.

-(cheering and applause)
-God bless America!

* Do I have to change my name? *

* Will it get me far? *

* Should I lose some weight? *

* Am I gonna be a star? *

* *

* I tried to be a boy *

* I tried to be a girl *

* I tried to be a mess *

* I tried to be the best *

* I guess I did it wrong *

* That's why I wrote this song *

* This type of modern life,
is it for me? *

* This type of modern life,
is it for free? *

* So, I went into a bar *

* Looking for sympathy *

* A little company *

* I tried to find a friend *

* It's more easily said *

* It's always been the same *

* This type of modern life
isn't for me *

* This type of modern life
isn't for free *

* American life *

-* American life *
-* I live the American dream *

-* American dream *
-* You are *

* The best thing I've seen *

* You are not just a dream *

-* American life *
-* I tried to stay ahead *

* I tried to stay on top,
I tried to play the part *

* But somehow I forgot *

* Just what I did it for *

* And why I wanted more *

* This type of modern life,
is it for me? *

* This type of modern life,
is it for free? *

* Do I have to change my name? *

* Will it get me far? *

* Should I lose some weight? *

* Am I gonna be a star? *

* American life *

* American
life *

* I live the American dream *

-* American dream *
-* You are *

* The best thing I've seen *

* You are not just a dream *

-* American life *
-* Oh, yeah *

* They try to fuck us over *

* Oh, yeah *

* They will walk right up
on you *

* Do I have to change my name? *

* Will it get me far? *

* Should I lose some weight,
am I gonna be a star? *

* Ah, fuck it *

* Ah,
fuck it *

* Ah, fuck it *

* Ah,
fuck it *

* I'm drinking a soy latte,
I get a double shoté *

* It goes right through my body,
and you know I'm satisfied *

* I drive my Mini Cooper,
and I'm feeling super-duper *

* Yo, they tell I'm a trooper,
and you know I'm satisfied *

* I do yoga and Pilates, and
the room is full of hotties

* So I'm checking out
the bodies *

* And you know I'm satisfied *

* I'm digging on the isotopes *

* This metaphysics shit
is dope *

* And if all this can give me
hope, you know I'm satisfied *

* I got a lawyer and a manager,
an agent and a chef *

* Three nannies, an assistant
and a driver and a jet *

* A trainer and a butler
and a bodyguard or five *

* A gardener and a stylist,
do you think I'm satisfied? *

* I'd like to express
my extreme point of view *

* I'm not a Christian,
and I'm not a Jew *

* I'm just living out
the American dream *

* And I just realized
that nothing *

* Is what it seems *

* Do I have to change my name? *

* I'm Madame X *

* Am I gonna be a star? *

* I'm Madame X *

* Do I have to change my name? *

* I'm Madame X *

* Am I gonna be a star? *

* Fuck it *

* Fuck it *

* Fuck it *

* Fuck it *

-* Fuck it. *
-(cheering and applause)

(waves crashing)

(women singing
in foreign language)

* *

* *

* *

(wind whooshing)

(women vocalizing)

* *

* *

* It's a long way *

* It's a long
way *

* It's a long way *

* It's a long
way *

* It's a long day *

* It's a long
day *

* It's a long day *

* It's a long
day *

-* Lord, have mercy *
-* Lord, have mercy *

-* Things have got to change *
-* Things have got
to change *

-* There's a storm ahead *
-* There's a storm ahead *

-* I feel the wind blowing *
-* I feel the wind blowing *

-* Let me catch my breath *
-* Let me catch my breath *

-* Will we win this race? *
-* Will we win this race? *

-* Well, the road is long *
-* Well, the road is long *

-* And the highway listens *
-* And the highway listens *

* 'Cause it's a long way *

-* It's a long way *
-* It's a long way *

-* It's a long way *
-* It's a long day *

* 'Cause it's a long day *

-* It's a long day *
-* It's a long day *

(vocalizing)

* *

* I was up all night *

* I said a little prayer *

* Get that old man *

* Put him in a jail *

* Where he can't stop us *

* Where he can't
stop us *

-* And he can't hurt us *
-* And he can't hurt us *

-* We will stand tall *
-* We will stand tall *

-* Underneath this tree *
-* Underneath this tree *

* 'Cause it's a *

-* 'Cause it's a long way *
-* 'Cause it's a long way *

-* It's a long way *
-* It's a long way *

-* It's a long day *
-* 'Cause it's a long day *

* It's a long day *

* But will we taste
the freedom? *

* Will we taste the freedom? *

-* In the right way *
-* In the right way *

-* Will we stand together? *
-* Will we stand together? *

-* It's a new day *
-* It's a new day *

-* So don't judge a human *
-* So don't judge a human *

-* Till you're in their shoes *
-* Till you're in their shoes *

-* If you have a dream *
-* If you have a dream *

-* Then you can't stop us *
-* Then you can't stop us *

(cheering)

(vocalizing)

-* Sing, "Hallelujah" *
-* Sing, "Hallelujah" *

-* Sing, "Amen" *
-* Sing, "Amen" *

-* Sing, "Hallelujah" *
-* Sing, "Hallelujah" *

-* And say, "Amen" *
-* And say, "Amen" *

-* I say, "Oh, yeah" *
-* I say, "Oh, yeah" *

* I say, "Oh, yeah" *

* I say,
"Oh, yeah" *

-* I say, "Amen" *
-* I say, "Amen" *

-* I sing, "Hallelujah" *
-* I sing, "Hallelujah" *

-* 'Cause it's a long way *
-* 'Cause it's a long way *

-* It's a long way *
-* It's a long way *

-* It's a long day *
-* It's a long day *

* It's a long day *

(singing in foreign language)

(cello soloing)

* *

(cheering, applause)

(singing in foreign language)

-(song ends)
-(waves crashing)

Ladies and gentlemen,
the Batukadeiras Orchestra

from Cabo Verde, give it up!

(cheering, applause)

-Aren't they amazing?
-(cheering quiets)

I am so proud to know
these women,

who represent the strength
of being female,

not only for Cabo Verde

but also for women
all around the world.

So...

And so, this is a very emotional
show for me,

because this is
where it all began.

(cheering)

As you know,
I moved to Lisbon to...

support my son David's passion
for playing football.

-(cheering)
-Yes, Madame X is a soccer mom.

However, at some point,

I found myself
a tiny bit lonely,

a little bit depressed.

-(chuckles softly)
-MAN: No!

The main reason was
because I have no social life.

-(man whoops)
-I'm not sure why
you're cheering about that.

(laughter)

Luckily for me,
I had a friend--

one friend only--
who lived here.

Her name is Victoria.
She took me out.

The first thing she took me to
was a living room session.

They don't have
living room sessions

anywhere else in the world,
and I hope that you guys realize

how amazing and unique
this experience is,

because we don't have this
in America.

People don't get together
in people's homes

and just play music and sing

and recite poetry
and paint paintings

just for the love of art.

It is so amazing and incredible
to witness this.

(cheering, applause)

Am I talking too much?

AUDIENCE:
No!

Let me ask you something,

are there any gay people
here tonight?

-(laughs)
-(cheering)

Oh, my God.
What's wrong with me?

Anyway,
so I met Dino d'Santiago.

-(vocalizing)
-And he took me-- yes--

he took me out to one fado club
after the next.

Not just fado
but morna and coladeira

and of course funaná,
and then eventually batuque.

-(cheering)
-So...

What a lucky human I am
and I was.

And you know,
I've-I've traveled

across the United States
of America,

trying to explain to everyone
what fado means,

but finally,

I don't have to!

(cheering)

No, everyone here knows
what fado means.

(typewriter clicks, dings)

(cheering, clamoring)

While living here, I had
the great privilege to meet

-one of the most amazing fado
singers that ever lived.
-(fado song playing)

Her name is Celeste Rodrigues.

(cheers, applause)

And she introduced me
to her great-grandson,

Gaspar Varela.

(cheering)

(music stops)

Aw!

You know this guy?

-AUDIENCE: Yeah!
-He's amazing.

Did you bring me a beer?
Thank you so much.

(cheering, clamoring)

Cheers.

He's 16, so get
that look off your face.

(laughter, clamoring)

Anyways, while we were
rehearsing in Brooklyn,

18 hours a day,

Gaspar challenged me

to learn how to sing
a fado song.

I'm always up for a challenge.

So I learned... a small piece.

I don't know,
do you want to hear it?

AUDIENCE:
Yeah!

* *

You can sing along
if you know it.

(singing in Portuguese)

* *

(cheering, applause)

(singing in Portuguese)

(cheering, applause)

(speaks Portuguese)

(cheering, applause)

("Killers Who Are Partying"
playing)

(audience clapping rhythmically)

* I... *

* Will be gay *

* If the gay are burned *

* I'll be Africa *

* If Africa is shut down *

* I will be *

* Poor *

* If the poor are humiliated *

* I'll be *

* A child *

* If the children are
exploited *

* I know what I am *

* And I know what I'm not *

(singing in Portuguese)

* *

* É, é, é, é *

* É, é, é, é *

* É, é, é, é *

* I'll *

* Be Islam *

* If Islam is hated *

* I'll be *

* Palestine *

* If they're incarcerated *

* I'll be *

* Native Indian *

* If the Indian *

* Has been taken *

* I'll *

* Be a woman *

* If she's raped *

* And her heart is breaking *

* I know *

* What I am *

* God knows what I am *

* And I know *

* What I'm not *

* And He knows what I'm not *

* Do you know *

* Who you are? *

* Mm... *

* Will we know when to stop? *

(singing in Portuguese)

* Wild is the world *

* And lonely is the path *

* To come *

* To you, to you, to you. *

(cheering, applause)

("Crazy" playing)

* I spent all night waiting up *

* It's gonna be the last night
I wait up for you *

* Spent a long time *

* Wakin' up used to think *

* That I was not enough
for you *

* Now I see
that I'm just way too much *

* You got your hands full,
I'm misunderstood *

* Now I see
that I'm who I can trust *

* And you got a lot of room,
you tryin' to make it good *

* But if you think I've been
foolish and you only fool me *

* Once I guess
it's shame on you *

* Say now if you think
I've been foolish *

* And you keep on trying
to do it, baby *

* I'm-a switch the plans
on you *

* 'Cause you're
driving me crazy *

* You must think I'm crazy *

(singing in Portuguese)

* And I won't let you drive
me cray-ay-ay-ay-zy *

* And I won't let you
drive me crazy *

(singing in Portuguese)

* I bent my knees
for you like a prayer *

(cheering, applause)

* My God, look at me now *

* Pulled off my weakness
layer after layer *

* Nothing left
for me to keep 'round *

* I'm a force
that I won't tame, babe *

* Can't go through this
and stay the same, babe *

* I've seen a lot
of stranger things, babe *

* But I'll never look
at you the same *

* But if you think I've been
foolish and you only fool me *

* Once I guess
it's shame on you *

* Say now if you think I've
been foolish and you keep *

* On trying to do it, baby,
I'm-a switch the plans on you *

* 'Cause you're
driving me crazy *

* You must think I'm crazy *

(singing in Portuguese)

* And I won't let you drive
me crazy-ay-ay-ay-ay-zy *

* And I won't let you
drive me crazy *

(singing in Portuguese)

* I put you on a pedestal
but statues, they can fall *

* Felt so safe, I let you drive
me straight into the wall *

* Paid the hell you dealt me,
thought you felt me *

* Was never good at games,
now I just forget your name *

* But if you think
I've been foolish *

* And you only fool me once *

* I guess it's shame on you *

* Say now if you think
I've been foolish *

* And you keep on
trying to do it, baby *

* I'm-a switch the plans
on you *

* 'Cause you're
driving me crazy *

* You must think I'm crazy *

(singing in Portuguese)

* And I won't let you drive
me cray-ay-ay-ay-zy *

* I won't let you
drive me crazy *

(singing in Portuguese)

* 'Cause you're
driving me crazy *

* You must think I'm crazy *

(singing in Portuguese)

* And I won't let you drive
me cray-ay-ay-ay-ay-zy *

* I won't let you
drive me crazy *

(singing in Portuguese)

(cheering, applause)

(speaks in Portuguese)

That's the only bad word
I know in Portuguese.

But it works, right?

(scattered shouting, cheering)

Like it says in the song,

"I love you, but I won't
let you destroy me."

(cheering, whooping)

Never let anyone destroy you.

(cheering, applause)

(bell ringing)

No matter what horrible things

we do to one another
as human beings

in these very dark times,

the one thing that pulls us
out of it all,

the one thing
that carries us through,

the one thing
that keeps us connected,

the one thing that lifts us up,

the one thing
that gives us hope...

-is music.
-(bell ringing)

(cheering, applause)

* Welcome to my Fado Club *

* Sit down at the bar *

* Have an Amarguinha *

* You won't go far *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* Can you do that?
One, two, cha-cha-cha *

-* Let me hear you say *
-* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* Tropical the island breeze *

* All of nature wild and free *

* This is where I long to be *

* La Isla Bonita *

* And when the samba played *

* The sun would set so high *

* Ring through my ears
and sting my eyes *

* Your Portuguese lullaby *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

-* Let me hear you say *
-* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* Pretty good,
one, two, cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* Now, you now, Madame X *

* She doesn't like to stay *

* At one place for too long *

I think I'd like to go
somewhere south.

-(woman whoops)
-Somewhere hot.

And sunny.

Somewhere like...

Medellín.

AUDIENCE:
* One, two, cha-cha-cha. *

-(fast percussion)
-(cheering, applause)

Very good.

You know what they say, right?

You can't hit a moving target.

(cheering)

(chair scrapes)

(typewriter clicking)

(whispering):
How could I trust anyone

after years of disappointment
and betrayal?

How could I not want to
run away?

Again and again?

I will never be what society
expects me to be.

-I've seen too much.
-(panting)

I cannot turn back.

(typing rhythmically)

I have been kidnapped, tortured,
humiliated and abused.

And yet, I still have hope.

(typewriter clicks)

I still believe
in the goodness of humans.

-(panting)
-Thank God for nature,

for the angels that surround me.

For the spirit of my mother,

who is always protecting me.

(typewriter dings)

From now on, I am Madame X.

And Madame X loves to dance.

-(scattered cheers)
-(typewriter dings)

(typing rhythmically)

(clapping rhythmically)

("Madellín" playing)

(cheering)

* One, two, one, two *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, two, one *

* Two, one, cha, cha-cha-cha *

* I took a pill
and had a dream *

MALUMA:
* Yo tamién *

* I went back to my 17 years *

* Allowed myself to be naive *

* Dime *

* To be someone
I've never been *

* Me encanta *

* I took a sip and had a dream *

* And I woke up in Medellín *

-* ¿Te gusta? *
-* The sun was caressing
my skin *

* Dime *

* Another me can now begin *

(Maluma chuckles, whoops)

(singing in Spanish)

* Ven conmigo,
let's take a trip *

(singing in Spanish)

* Ven conmigo,
I'll be so good for you *

(singing in Spanish)

* Ven conmigo,
let's take a trip *

(singing in Spanish)

* Ven conmigo,
I'll be so good for you *

* Ay-ay-ay *

* Sipping my pain
just like champagne *

* Found myself dancing
in the rain with you *

* I felt so naked and alive *

* Show me *

* For once I didn't have
to hide myself *

* Dice *

(singing in Spanish)

* Ven conmigo,
let's take a trip *

(singing in Spanish)

* Ven conmigo,
I'll be so good for you *

(singing in Spanish)

* Ven conmigo,
let's take a trip *

(singing in Spanish)

* Ven conmigo, I'll be
so good for you *

(singing in Spanish)

* Cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* One, two,
cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, slow down, papi *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* One, two,
cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, ay-ay-ay *

* We built a cartel just
for love *

* Venus was hovering above us *

* I took a trip,
it set me free *

* Forgave myself for being me *

* Ay-ay-ay *

* Ven conmigo,
let's take a trip *

(singing in Spanish)

* Ven conmigo,
I'll be so good for you *

(singing in Spanish)

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* One, two,
cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* One, two,
cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, slow down, papi *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* One, two,
cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, cha-cha-cha *

* One, two, ay-ay-ay *

* One, two, two, one *

* One, two,
two, one *

* One, one, two, two *

-* Cha, cha-cha-cha. *
-(cheering)

-Why, thank you, dearly.
-(loud cheering)

Such a gentleman you are.

Your mother raised you well.

I would love to sit down
for a moment.

Can you find an empty chair
for me?

Yes? Over there?

Can I sit there?

Thank you so much.

-(indistinct shouting)
-MAN: Bellissima!

Please, everyone sit down.

(indistinct shouting)

Have a seat. Let's all rest.

(sighs)

Dave Chappelle! Oh, my God!

Wow, thanks for coming.

(chuckles)

And sharing your backwash
with me.

Uh, you want to say something?

How unusual.

I didn't expect to want
to masturbate during this show.

(laughter)

I always masturbate.

It's, like, I'm known for it.

(laughter)

-Are you, really?
-Yeah. Yeah.

You're known
for smoking on stage,

and I'm know
for masturbating on stage.

It's, like, a known thing.

-Right? Right?
-Yeah!

Honestly, this is no bullshit,

I always tell Dave
he's the next James Baldwin,

but he refuses that title.

Take it, motherfucker!

We need someone.

We need someone like you
to look up to.

Grab it by the balls.

-You know what, Madonna?
-(laughs)

When I was younger, right,
when I started my career,

I had a poster of you
on my bedroom wall.

(cheering)

No bullshit--
you, Salt-N-Peppa.

Years ago, I was at
Saturday Night Live backstage,

and you were the musical guest.

(cheering, whooping)

And I knew a guy that--
knew a guy

that gave me some tickets.

And I saw you and Tupac
walking backstage.

I don't know what was going on
that night,

but you looked very worried
about him.

(laughing)

(chuckles):
Now, that's some wild shit.

And the years went on,

and I met you backstage
at Amy Schumer's show.

(cheering, whooping)

And it was as if I had known you
for a million years.

Madonna, I believe in God.

I believe that all humanity is
from a single source.

I thank God every day
that he made me talented

so I could get to meet people
like you.

-Yeah!
-And talk to...

-people like you.
-(cheering)

Madonna, these are terrible,
terrible times,

and you're making me so happy
tonight.

(cheering)

I believe my life has a purpose.

I believe all life has
a purpose.

And I believe that
every human being is exactly

where they're supposed to be
at all times.

Be it good or bad.

And that belief is
why I feel free.

(cheering)

-You're the best.
-MAN: Madonna, I love you!

Thank you.

Amazing. I love you.

I need to get on
with my journey.

* *

(cheering quiets)

* I went to the far right *

* Then I went to the far left *

* I tried to recover *

* My center of gravity *

* I guess I'm lost *

* I had to pay the cost *

* The thing that hurt me most *

* Was that I wasn't lost *

* I came from the Midwest *

* Then I went to the Far East *

* I tried to discover *

* My own identity *

* I guess I'm lost *

* I paid a handsome cost *

* The thing that hurt the most *

* Was that I wasn't lost *

* I wasn't lost *

* No *

* I wasn't lost *

* It was a different feeling *

* A mix of lucidity *

* And craziness *

* But I wasn't lost,
believe me *

* I was right *

* And I've got the right *

* To choose my own life *

* Like a full circle *

* Life is a circle,
life is a circle *

* Life is a circle *

* Life is a circle,
life is a circle *

* Life is a circle *

* Life is a circle,
life is a circle *

(singing in Portuguese)

* I guess I'm lost,
I guess I'm lost *

* I guess I'm lost *

* I had to pay the cost *

* The thing that hurt me most *

* Was that I wasn't lost *

* I wasn't lost. *

(cheering)

(cheering quiets)

(rhythmic breathing)

(rhythmic breathing continues)

(heartbeat thumping
rhythmically)

(rhythmic breathing continues)

(heartbeat
thumping rhythmically)

* I'm not a little girl *

(rhythmic breathing)

* I'm not a man *

(rhythmic breathing)

* When all the hurt
inside of me *

* Comes out *

* You understand *

(rhythmic breathing)

* You see that I'm ferocious *

(rhythmic breathing)

* You see that I am weak *

(rhythmic breathing)

* You see that I am silly *

(rhythmic breathing)

* And pretentious *

(rhythmic breathing)

-* And a freak *
-(deep inhale)

(heartbeat
thumping rhythmically)

* But I don't feel
too strange for you *

(rhythmic breathing)

* I think when love is pure *

* You try *

(rhythmic breathing)

* To understand *

* The reasons why *

(rhythmic breathing)

* I prefer this mystery *

(rhythmic breathing)

* It cancels out *

* My misery *

(rhythmic breathing)

* And gives me hope *

(rhythmic breathing)

* That there could be *

(rhythmic breathing)

* A person *

-* Who loves *
-(deep inhale)

* Me. *

-* *
-(cheering and applause)

* *

("Frozen" playing)

* You only see
what your eyes want to see *

* How can life be
what you want it to be? *

* You're frozen *

* When your heart's not open *

* You're so consumed *

(echoing):
* With how much you get *

* You waste your time
with hate and regret *

* You're broken *

* When your heart's not open *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* If I could melt *

* Your heart *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* We'd never be *

* Apart *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* Give yourself to me *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* You *

* Hold *

* The key *

* Now there's no point
in placing the blame *

* And you should know
I suffer the same *

* If I lose you *

* My heart will be broken *

* Love is a bird *

* She needs to fly *

* Let all the hurt
inside of you die *

* You're frozen *

* When your heart's *

* Not open *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* If I could melt your heart *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* We'd never be apart *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* Give yourself to me *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* You *

* Hold *

* The key *

* *

* *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* If I could melt *

* Your heart *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* We'd never be apart *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* Give yourself to me *

* Mmm *

* Mmm-mmm *

* You *

* Hold *

* The key *

* If I could melt *

* Your heart. *

(cheering, applause)

* *

(cheering and applause)

(wind howling)

-(thunder rumbling)
-* *

("Come Alive" playing)

* I'm in the sky
where I ought to be at *

* I've been watching you *

* Rocket ship takin' off
and that *

* Now I'm onto you *

* Mouth closed *

* I don't want your opinion *

* Who you talkin' to? *

* Stand out, no, I don't want *

* To blend in,
why you want me to? *

* They say be all I can be
and all I want *

* Is peace, peace, peace,
peace, peace, peace *

* See the world,
haven't seen it all *

* I want to see *

* See, see, see, see, see *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Dream's real, it's alive *

* Come alive, come on *

* I can't react
how you thought I'd react *

* I would never for you *

* Front line,
I won't stand in the back *

* 'Cause you want me to *

* Mouth closed,
I don't want your opinion *

* Who you talkin' to ?

* Stand out, no,
I don't want to blend in *

* Why you want me to? *

* They say be all I can be *

* And all I want is
peace, peace *

* Peace, peace, peace, peace *

* See the world,
haven't seen it all *

* I want to see, see *

* See, see, see, see *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Dream's real, it's alive *

* Come alive, come on *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Dream's real, it's alive *

* Come alive, come on *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive, come on *

* Who you talkin' to? *

* Who you talkin' to? *

* I'm in the sky
where I ought to be at *

* I've been watching you *

* Rocket ship takin' off
and that *

* Now I'm onto you *

* Mouth closed,
I don't want your opinion *

* Who you talkin' to? *

* Stand out, no,
I don't want to blend in *

* Why you want me to? *

* They say be all I can be
and all I want *

* Is peace, peace, peace,
peace, peace, peace *

* See the world,
haven't seen it all *

* I want to see, see,
see, see, see, see *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Dream's real, it's alive *

* Come alive, come on *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Dream's real, it's alive *

* Come alive, come on *

* *

* Front line,
I won't stand in the back *

* *

* Front line,
I won't stand in the back *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive, come alive *

* Come alive *

* Come alive, come alive *

* Come alive,
come alive *

* Come alive, come alive *

-* Come alive, come alive *
-* Oh. *

(cheering and applause)

Obrigada.

So, you know, I talk a lot
about freedom in my show

and being a freedom fighter.

But fighting for freedom comes
with a price, as we all know.

It's a commitment.

It's a lifestyle.

You have to ask yourself,
"Do I have the balls

to really be a freedom fighter?"

-(cheering)
-MAN: Yes!

-Do you?
-I do!

-Do you?
-I do.

-You do?
-(chuckles)

You're very shy,
you freedom fighters.

Now, you can't be
a little freedom fighter.

Size matters.

(cheering)

As I said earlier,

quoting the great James Baldwin,

artists are here
to disturb the peace.

-(cheering and applause)
-So...

I hope...

...that I have disturbed
your peace.

(cheering)

And I shall continue.

Because, after all,

we are not here to be popular.

We are here to be free.

(cheering and applause)

* *

(distorted vocalizing)

* Oh, no *

* Future, future *

* Oh, no *

* Past, past *

* Oh, no *

* Future, future *

* Oh, no *

* Oh, no *

* Future, future *

* Oh, no *

* Past, past *

* Oh, no *

* Future, future *

* Oh, no *

* You ain't woke *

* Come get woke and *

* Hear the broken *

* Come give hope *

* Come give life, only get one *

* So we got to live it right *

* Got to live it right *

* Come make peace, oh,
come have faith *

* And inspiration,
come complete you *

-* Advise, positive vibes *
-* Positive vibes *

-* Open your mind,
open your eyes *
-* Open your mind *

-* Open your eyes, yeah *
-* Yeah *

* Not everyone
is coming to the future *

* Not everyone
is learning from the past *

* Not everyone
can come into the future *

* Not everyone
that's here is gonna last *

* Not everyone
is coming to the future *

* Not everyone
is learning from the past *

* Not everyone
can come into the future *

* Not everyone that's here
is gonna last *

* Judge yourself *

* No one else *

* Day begins *

* Wash away your sins *

* There's a spirit *

* Think I hear it *

* Pulling you down *

* Put your head down *

* Feel it turnin' *

* Feel it burnin' *

* Feel it
burnin' *

* Got to learn it *

* Oh, yeah *

* Let your light shine *

-* Not everyone
is coming to the future *
-* No *

* Not everyone
is learning from the past *

-* Past *
-* Not everyone can come *

-* Into the future *
-* To the future *

* Not everyone
that's here is gonna last *

-* Last *
-* Not everyone is coming
to the future *

-* To the future *
-* Not everyone is learning
from the past *

-* From the past *
-* Not everyone
can come into the future *

* To the future *

* Not everyone
that's here is gonna last *

* Last *

(distorted echoing):
* Future *

(distorted echoing):
* Past *

(echoing):
* Future *

* We can light up the dark *

* Everyone has a spark *

* Don't tell me to stop *

-* 'Cause you said so *
-* Oh, yeah *

* Your future is bright *

* Just don't turn off
the light *

-* Tell the sun not to shine
'cause you said so *
-* Bright *

-* Not everyone is coming
to the future *
-* No *

-* Not everyone
is learning from the past *
-* Shine, shine, past *

-* Not everyone
can come into the future *
-* To the future *

-* Not everyone
that's here is gonna last *
-* Last *

-* Not everyone
is coming to the future *
-* To the future *

-* Not everyone
is learning from the past *
-* From the past *

-* Not everyone
can come into the future *
-* To the future *

* Not everyone
that's here is gonna last *

* Oh, no *

* Future, future *

* Oh, no *

* Past, past *

* Oh, no *

* Future, future *

* Oh, no *

* Oh, no *

* Future, future *

* Oh, no *

* Past, past *

* Oh, no *

* Future, future *

* Oh, no *

-* Oh, no. *
-(cheering and applause)

(siren wailing)

(choir vocalizing)

* Life is a mystery *

* Everyone must stand alone *

* I hear you call my name *

* And it feels like *

* Home *

(cheering)

* When you call my name,
it's like a little prayer *

* I'm down on my knees,
I want to take you there *

* In the midnight hour,
I can feel your power *

* Just like a prayer,
you know I'll take you there *

* I hear your voice *

* It's like an angel sighing *

* I have no choice,
I hear your voice *

* Feels like flying *

* I close my eyes *

* Oh, God, I think
I'm falling *

* Out of the sky,
I close my eyes *

* Heaven help me *

* When you call my name,
it's like a little prayer *

* I'm down on my knees *

* I want to take you there *

* In the midnight hour,
I can feel your power *

* Just like a prayer *

* You know I'll take you there *

* Like a child *

* You whisper softly to me *

* You're in control,
just like a child *

* Now I'm dancing *

* It's like a dream *

* No end and no beginning *

* You're here with me,
it's like a dream *

* Let the choir sing *

* When you call my name,
it's like a little prayer *

* I'm down on my knees *

* I want to take you there *

* In the midnight hour,
I can feel your power *

* Just like a prayer,
you know I'll take you there *

* Oh-oh *

Come on, Lisbon,
put your hands together!

* Oh-oh *

-* Just like a prayer *
-* Oh-oh *

-* Your voice can
take me there *
-* Oh-oh *

-* Just like a muse to me *
-* Oh-oh *

-* You are a mystery *
-* Oh-oh *

-* Just like a dream *
-* Oh-oh *

* You are not what you seem *

* Just like a prayer *

* Your voice, your voice
can take me there *

* Just like a prayer,
I'll take you there *

Come on, why don't you
sing it for the people.

* It's like a dream to me *

* Mmm-mmm *

* Just like a prayer *

* I'll take you there *

* And I'll take you there *

* It's like a dream to me *

(vocalizing)

* Just like a prayer *

* I'll take you there *

* Can I take you there? *

* It's like a dream to me *

* Just like a prayer,
I'll take you there *

(vocalizing)

-* It's like a dream to me *
-* To me, yeah *

* When you call my name,
it's like a little prayer *

* I'm down on my knees,
I want to take you there *

* In the midnight hour,
I can feel your power *

* Just like a prayer,
you know I'll take you there *

* When you call my name,
it's like a little prayer *

* I'm down on my knees,
I want to take you there *

* In the midnight hour,
I can feel your power *

* Just like a prayer,
you know I'll take you there *

(choir vocalizing softly)

(cheering)

* Life is a mystery *

* Everyone must stand alone *

* I hear you call my name *

* And it feels like *

AUDIENCE:
Home!

(cheering)

* Home. *

(cheering, applause)

Thank you.

I wrote this song "I Rise"

as a way of giving a voice
to all marginalized people.

People who don't have the
opportunity to speak their mind.

People who are in jail,
incarcerated,

bullied, beaten, abused.

All people who feel that
they are being oppressed.

I hope that this song
gives people hope and courage

to be who they are,

and to not be afraid
to be who they are,

and to speak their mind,
and to love themselves,

because you can't love
other people

unless you love yourself.

* *

(typewriter dings)

(keys clacking rhythmically)

(cheers and applause)

(heart beating)

* *

* I'm going through it, yeah *

* I know you see
the tragic in it *

* Just hold on to the
little bit of magic in it *

* I can't break down now *

* I can't take that now *

* I died a thousand times *

* Managed to survive *

* I can't break down now *

* I can't take,
can't take that *

* I rise *

* I rise *

* I rise *

* Up above it,
up above it *

* I rise *

* I rise *

* I rise *

* Up above it all *

* There's nothing you can do
to me that hasn't been done *

* Not bulletproof, shouldn't
have to run from a gun *

* River of tears ran dry,
let 'em run *

* No game that you can play
with me, I ain't one *

* 'Cause I'm going through it,
yeah, I know *

* You see the tragic in it *

* Just hold on to the
little bit of magic in it *

* I can't break down now *

-* I can't take that now *
-* I can't take that *

* Died a thousand times *

-* I managed to survive *
-* I managed to survive *

* I can't break down now *

-* I can't take that *
-* I can't take that now *

* I rise *

* I rise *

* I rise up above it *

* Up above it *

* I rise *

* I rise *

* I rise up above it all *

* I managed to survive *

* *

* Freedom's what you choose
to do *

* With what's been done to you *

* No one can hurt you now
unless you want them to *

* Unless you want *

* No one can hurt you now
unless you love 'em to *

* Unless you love 'em to *

* 'Cause I'm going through it,
yeah, I know *

* You see the tragic in it *

* Just hold on to the little
bit of magic in it *

* The magic in it *

* I can't break down now *

-* I can't take that *
-* I can't take that *

* I rise *

* I rise *

* I rise up above it *

* Up above it *

* I rise *

-* I rise *
-* Get up *

* I rise up above it all *

-* Yeah, we gonna rise up *
-* Rise up *

* Yeah, we gonna rise up *

* Yeah, we gonna get up,
yeah, we gonna get up *

* Yeah, we gonna get up *

* Yes, we can,
we can get it together *

* We'll rise up,
we can get it together *

* Rise up, yeah, we gonna
rise up *

* Yeah, we gonna get up,
yeah, we gonna get up *

-* Yeah, we gonna get up *
-* Yes, we can *

* We can get it together,
we'll rise up *

* We can get it together *

* I will rise *

* I will rise *

* I will rise *

* I will rise *

* I will rise *

* I will rise *

* I will rise *

* I will rise *

* I will rise *

* I will rise. *

(cheering)

Power to the people!

Thank you and good night!

(cheers and applause)

(typewriter clacking)

(bell dings)

* Sometimes *

* *

(man speaking
in foreign language)

* Sometimes *

* I despair *

* Sometimes *

* I have hope *

* Sometimes I don't know *

* Sometimes I feel *

* Pushed *

(singing in foreign language)

* *

* *

* Sometimes I feel *

* Happy *

(singing in foreign language)

* Have you ever been
to the land *

* Where you can find yourself? *

* Have you ever been
to a place *

* Where you can rest yourself? *

* All the noise just
disappears *

* Rain will wash away
the sadness *

* All our lives we work
in vain *

* For a little touch of grace *

(singing in foreign language)

(music fades)