>> STEPHEN: NOW PERFORMING "AMERICANS" FROM HER NEW ALBUM,
"DIRTY COMPUTER," PLEASE WELCOME, JANELLE MONAE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪
♪ HOLD ON DON'T FIGHT YOUR WAR ALONE
♪ HALO AROUND YOU DON'T HAVE TO FACE IT ON YOUR
OWN ♪ WE WILL WIN THIS FIGHT
LET ALL SOULS BE BRAVE ♪ WE'LL FIND A WAY TO HEAVEN
WE'LL FIND A WAY ♪ WAR IS OLD, SO IS SEX
LET'S PLAY GOD, YOU GO NEXT ♪ HANDS GO UP, MEN GO DOWN
TRY MY LUCK, STAND MY GROUND ♪ DIE IN CHURCH, LIVE IN JAIL
SAY HER NAME, TWICE IN HELL ♪ UNCLE SAM KISSED A MAN
JIM CROW JESUS ROSE AGAIN ♪ I LIKE MY WOMAN IN THE KITCHEN
♪ I TEACH MY CHILDREN SUPERSTITIONS
♪ I KEEP MY TWO GUNS ON MY BLUE NIGHTSTAND
♪ A PRETTY YOUNG THANG, SHE CAN WASH MY CLOTHES
♪ BUT SHE'LL NEVER EVER WEAR MY PANTS
♪ I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
♪ LEARNED THE WORDS FROM MY MOM AND DAD
♪ CROSS MY HEART AND I HOPE TO DIE
♪ WITH A BIG OLD PIECE OF AMERICAN PIE
♪ LOVE ME BABY LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM
♪ FALLEN ANGELS SINGING, "CLAP YOUR HANDS"
♪ DON'T TRY TO TAKE MY COUNTRY, I WILL DEFEND MY LAND
♪ I'M NOT CRAZY, BABY NAH, I'M AMERICAN
♪ I'M AMERICAN, I'M AMERICAN, I'M AMERICAN
♪ .79 CENT TO YOUR DOLLAR ALL THAT BULL FROM WHITE DOLLARS
♪ YOU SEE MY COLOR BEFORE MY VISION
♪ SOMETIMES I WONDER IF YOU WERE BLIND
♪ WOULD IT HELP YOU MAKE A BETTER DECISION?
♪ I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
♪ LEARNED THE WORDS FROM MY MOM AND DAD
♪ CROSS MY HEART AND I HOPE TO DIE
♪ WITH A BIG OLD PIECE OF AMERICAN PIE
♪ JUST LOVE ME BABY LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM
♪ FALLEN ANGELS SINGING, "CLAP YOUR HANDS"
♪ DON'T TRY TO TAKE MY COUNTRY I WILL DEFEND MY LAND
♪ I'M NOT CRAZY, BABY NAH, I'M AMERICAN
♪ I'M AMERICAN, I'M AMERICAN, I'M AMERICAN
♪ LET ME HELP YOU IN HERE ♪ UNTIL WOMEN CAN GET EQUAL PAY
FOR EQUAL WORK ♪ THIS IS NOT MY AMERICA
♪ UNTIL SAME-GENDER LOVING PEOPLE CAN BE WHO THEY ARE
♪ THIS IS NOT MY AMERICA ♪ UNTIL BLACK PEOPLE CAN COME
HOME FROM A POLICE STOP WITHOUT BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD
♪ THIS IS NOT MY AMERICA, HUH!
♪ UNTIL POOR WHITES CAN GET A SHOT AT BEING SUCCESSFUL
♪ THIS IS NOT MY AMERICA ♪ I CAN'T HEAR NOBODY TALKIN' TO
ME ♪ JUST LOVE ME BABY
LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM ♪ FALLEN ANGELS
SINGING, "CLAP YOUR HANDS" ♪ UNTIL LA TEEN'S AND LATINAS
DON'T HAVE TO RUN FROM WALLS ♪ ♪ THIS IS NOT MY AMERICA.
♪ THIS WILL BE MY AMERICA BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER ♪
♪ ♪ PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME ON THE
DOTTED LINE ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> STEPHEN: JANELLE MONAE, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.