Original subtitles

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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(gun firing)

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(woman whoops)

(cheering and applause)

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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

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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)