- I wanted to do this tour to honestly
prove something to myself
(heart beat)
and to interact with my friends.
I mean, not my friends.
Well, they are my friends, my supporters.
Yeah, to interact with my supporters.
(crowd cheers)
When I walk on stage, I just thank God because,
like, all those people paid to come see little old me.
I just feel like I've reached them, in a way,
and I'ma reach 'em even more.
How many people heard War Cry?
I dropped War Cry. (crowd cheers)
♪ Our people are dying slowly every day ♪
♪ The enemy's trying, attacking every way he can ♪
♪ We gotta fight ♪
- [Producer] Hey, Queen, do you wanna just
do the couple lines in here?
- Can you take those out, and put the ones after that.
- [Producer] To the front? - To the front...
- Take those later ones and put in the earlier ones?
- Yeah, can I see how that sounds?
("War Cry" by Queen Naija plays)
I actually finished this song during the tour.
We went to LA, I went to the studio, and I did it.
Alright.
When I say, "And I'm fighting you off,"
I don't like how I said that.
Could you take the second, fighting you off?
- [Interviewer] What was it like being in the studio
and hearing that song back?
- Powerful.
I was like, wow, this is powerful.
Is this me?
("War Cry" by Queen Naija)
I have this relationship with God where it's like,
I know that He gave me my gift of voice for a reason.
That purpose is to give Him glory
and tell people about Him.
And so I feel like He got me to this point
of singing about my experiences and all this stuff
where like, I would feel totally ungrateful
and out of whack if I didn't
make an impact on people involving God.
Honestly, that song came from Him.
He gave me the words when I was 18,
so I'm not gonna have people like idolizing me
like I did this all alone.
- [Producer] You want me to double check your lead vocal,
and just do, I mean, it'd be like nothing drastic,
just make sure it's there?
- Ooh, what?
You almost smacked the back of yo earring.
Terrible.
- Can you listen to what he's saying so we can leave please?
- It's honestly it's like,
- [Producer #1] Yeah, if it ain't broke
I'm not gonna fix it.
- Yo, let me smell the back of your ears.
- Are you okay with it so we can leave please?
- Some alcohol.
- Stop playing, you could do this in the hotel.
Yes?
You good?
- I said that I was okay.
- Alright, she's good.
So send it to Liz, copy me, I'll follow up.
- Yeah.
(baby babbling)
- Mummy's right here, CJ.
- [Lee] Queen wanted to meet her supporters.
She's so appreciative.
Like if she could hug every supporter,
and sit down and talk with every supporter, she would.
- You did your own makeup?
- Yeah.
- Girl, that's cute girl.
- To actually get near her,
and actually say a few words to her or take the picture,
it means a lot to them.
She wants to meet them.
She wants them to know that she appreciates them.
- Hi!
Who?
- Me, I got clothes.
One is for CJ and one is for the baby.
- Thank you so much!
I appreciate you.
- When they are giving like, her gifts,
like the whole trailer's filled with gifts for baby Renzo.
Like, how we are getting them on the plane, I have no idea.
- Thank you. - Thank you!
- How ya doin', babe?
CJ, what?
CJ, you know what?
Come here, come here.
It's fun meeting my supporters.
They have different personalities, and stuff like that.
- [Interviewer] You keep calling your fans supporters.
Why don't you use the word fans?
- I guess I don't like to say fans because like
I don't know, even though they call themselves fans
it's just, I don't feel humble when I say fans.
And honestly, I still don't know
if that's the wrong way to feel.
Because if they call themselves fans, then why can't I?
I just don't wanna like,
feel like I'm making myself higher.
I don't know.
Maybe I'll like Google it or something.
- You're so pretty!
- Thank you.
- [Security guard] Sorry.
- Sorry.
I already tweeted it before I started tour.
But like since I'm pregnant now,
my security guard's gotta tell them, like,
don't touch my stomach and things like that 'cause
I just don't like, know how everybody's energy is.
Not to say that they bad people.
But I just don't believe in putting
all different kinds of energy on my child.
Sit down right here and don't move.
Don't move.
- [Dad] Cheese!
- CJ did you fart!?
Nuh-uh, nevermind.
Go back down there.
You fart?
You farted!
Oh my god.
This is over y'all.
Well for now, for now.
I'ma come back. I promise.
Before I go, I need to say the last,
the last prayer of this tour.
I say prayers after every show.
Is it okay?
- [Crowd] Yeah!
- What can you ask for better to come from a person?
Like the person who is going to entertain you,
give you her blood and sweat for 45 minutes
so you can be happy and entertained.
Because that's what you pay to see.
But then also pray for you before you walk out the door,
so you get home safe and that you live you life the best.
I don't think you can, you know, can beat that.
- Lord, we thank you so much.
We are blessed to wake up another day.
We are blessed to have another breath to to breathe
and another chance to make it right with you.
And Lord, we just thank you once again.
In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
- She sings from a different place
when she's singing about God.
♪ This is a war cry. ♪
- It's so crazy, like I told her the other day,
you sing Medicine in all of those songs.
And it's cool but like, War Cry, it's just different.
It's special.
- [Queen] I save it for the end because I need them
to walk out hearing that message that God gave me.
That's the most important part of my show.
♪ These wrongfully teachings. ♪
♪ Makin' a bad name for all of us Christians. ♪
So even if I'm feeling like my stomach is hurting,
or my voice is gone, I still sing that song.
I have to.
It's like I can't like leave it out.
♪ People livin' in famine ♪
♪ Everyone's losing patience ♪
Sometimes I look out in the crowd and see like,
a lot of people crying.
I see people with their hands up
I see people prayin'.
And it's just like, wow.
♪ Devil, you can't have my mind. ♪
♪ Devil, you can't have my soul. ♪
When everything is said and done, I want to be remembered
as a girl who was so transparent,
who took her pain and turned it into success,
who was always humble,
who walked through Walmart with a robe and some slippers on.
No matter how big my fan base is,
I want to be remembered as a girl
who wore a sleeper to perform in and still slayed it.
I want to be remembered as the girl
who prayed at the end of every one of her shows
just because she loved God so much
and loved all her supporters.
♪This is a war cry. ♪
♪ This is a war cry. ♪
♪ But most of all listen. ♪
♪ This is a spiritual war. ♪
♪ A spiritual ♪
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(lip smack)
Come on y'all!