>> Stephen: PERFORMING "A FEW WORDS FOR THE FIRING SQUAD" FROM
THEIR ALBUM, "RTJ4," RUN THE JEWELS!
>> A FEW WORDS FOR THE FIRING SQUAD.
♪ I WOKE UP EARLY ONCE AGAIN THAT'S FOUR DAYS STRAIGHT
♪ I DIDN'T WAKE YOU, BABY I JUST WATCHED YOU LAY
IN THE RADIATION OF THE CITY SUN ♪ I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU
IT IS MY ONLY GRACE ♪ YOU KNOW HOW EVERYTHING CAN
SEEM A LITTLE OUT OF PLACE? ♪ ALL OF MY LIFE, THAT SEEMED TO
BE THE ONLY NORMAL STATE ♪ SO FEELIN' NORMAL NEVER REALLY
MEANT ME FEELIN' SANE ♪ AND BEIN' CLEAR ABOUT THE
HAVE NEVER REALLY BEEN THE TRUTH AND BEIN' SANE SAME
CHANCE TO SHOW THE WORLD I'M ♪ I USED TO WANNA GET THE SMART, HA
♪ I SHOULD'VE FOCUSED MOSTLY ISN'T THAT DUMB? ON
THE HEART ♪ 'CAUSE I SEEN SMARTER PEOPLE
TRAMPLE LIFE LIKE IT'S AN ART ♪ SO BEIN' SMART AIN'T WHAT IT
USED TO BE THAT'S REALLY DARK
♪ YOU EVER NOTICE THAT THE WORST OF US HAVE ALL THE CHIPS?
♪ WE CAN KINDA TAKES THE SHEEN OFF PEOPLE GETTIN' RICH
♪ LIKE MAYBE RICH IS NOT THE HOLY EVER-LOVIN'
KING OF NOTHIN' (BLEEP) ♪ KNOW WE KNOW YOU'RE BLUFFIN'
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE (BLEEP) MONEY-MONEY RUNNERS
MY PARTNER IN RHYME AND CRIME ARE YOU THE JEWEL.
♪ IT'D BE A LIE IF I TOLD YOU THAT I EVER DISDAINED THE
FORTUNE AND FAME ♪ BUT THE PRESENCE OF THE
PLEASURE DOESN'T ABSTAIN ME FROM ANY OF THE PAIN
♪ WHEN MY MOTHER TRANSITIONED TO ANOTHER PLANE
♪ I WAS SITTING ON A PLANE TELLIN' HER TO HOLD ON
♪ AND SHE TRIED HARD BUT SHE JUST COULDN'T HANG
♪ BEEN TWO YEARS TRUTH IS, I'LL PROBABLY
NEVER BE THE SAME ♪ DEAD SERIOUS, IT'S A CHORE
NOT TO LET MYSELF GO INSANE ♪ IT'S CRIPPLING
MAKE YOU WANNA LEAN ON A CUP OF PROMETHAZINE
♪ BUT MY QUEEN SAY SHE NEED A KING
NOT ANOTHER JUNKIE, FLUNKY ♪ RAPPER FIEND
FRIENDS TELL HER ♪ "HE COULD BE ANOTHER MALCOLM
HE COULD BE ANOTHER MARTIN" ♪ SHE TOLD HER PARTNER
"I NEED A HUSBAND MORE THAN THE WORLD NEED ANOTHER MARTYR"
♪ RAISED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA WHERE I USE TO RIDE THE MARTA
FRONT POCKET OF MY BRAVES ♪ WITH A EMPTY .22 IN THE STARTER
MUD AS A BABY FATHER IS MUCH ♪ TRYIN' TO MAKE IT OUT THE HARDER
♪ THE SAME CHILDREN THAT YOU LOVE AND ADORE
THE COURT'LL USE TO BREAK AND ROB YA
♪ CIRCUMSTANCE WOULDA BROKE A WEAKER MAN
♪ BUT I PUT IT ON MY MAMA I'M A MAN OF HONOR
AND THE HARDSHIP MADE ME A BETTER MONEY RUNNER
♪ THIS IS FOR THE NEVER-HEARD NEVER EVEN GOT AN ITTY-BITTY
WORD. ♪ THIS IS FOR MY SISTER, SARAH
HONEY, I'M SO SORRY YOU WERE HURT, AYY
THIS IS FOR THE DAWN MAMA TOOK A KNOCK
HAD TO CHANGE THE LOCKS ♪ DUSTED UP AND BRUSHED OFF
AND I WATCHED TALK ABOUT A BOSS
FOR THE HOLDERS OF A SHRED OF HEART
EVEN WHEN YOU WANNA FALL APART WHEN YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY
♪ THE FOG, TREADIN' WATER IN THE ICE-COLD DARK
♪ WHEN THEY GOT YOU FEELIN' LIKE A FOX, RUNNIN' FROM
ANOTHER PACK OF DOGS ♪ PUT THE PISTOL AND
THE FIST UP IN THE AIR ♪ WE ARE THERE
SWEAR TO GOD ♪ BLACK CHILD IN AMERICA
THE FACT THAT I MADE IT'S MAGIC ♪ BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL
THE WORLD BROKE MY MAMA HEART AND SHE DIED AN ADDICT
♪ GOD BLESSED ME TO REDEEM HER IN MY THOUGHTS, WORDS
AND MY ACTIONS ♪ SATISFACTION FOR THE DEVIL
♪ HE'LL NEVER, EVER HAVE IT THIS IS FOR THE DO-GOODERS
♪ THAT THE NO-GOODERS USED AND THEN ABUSED
♪ FOR THE TRUTH-TELLERS TIED TO THE WHIPPIN' POST
LEFT BEATEN, BATTERED, BRUISED FOR THE ONES WHOSE BODY HUNG
FROM A TREE LIKE A PIECE OF STRANGE FRUIT
GO HARD LAST WORDS TO THE FIRING SQUAD
WAS "(BLEEP) YOU TOO"
THAT'S IT FOR THE "LATE EVERYBODY. SHOW"."
TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY KARINE JEAN-PIERRE AND TATIANA MASLANY.
GOOD NIGHT. ♪ ♪