Madame X (2021) Movie Script
MTV.
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.
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.
The most controversial thing
I have ever done...
...is to stick around.
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.
Yeah!
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
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
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.
It's a beautiful life
But I'm not concerned
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
Fuck off!
Wake up, wake up.
Wake up, wake up, wake up...
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
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?
Traitor! Fucking traitor!
I fought for you! Ah!
Death.
Death to the patriarchy.
It's a beautiful life
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
- 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
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.
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.
-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?
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.
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!
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...
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.
Uh, Doctor,
you've got it all wrong.
Knock it off!
Jesus Christ.
Who ordered a string quartet?
I'm trying to talk to the audience.
I just want to know,
are you guys enjoying the show?
Yeah!
Unforgettable?
Yeah!
That's what we are.
Anyway, the important part is
that I've been waiting for ages,
ages, to have this intimate experience
with my audience.
It's so great.
Yes, queen.
This moment of intimacy,
in this small theater,
where I can touch,
I can see, I can smell...
Yes, sometimes I can smell.
Yeah!
And I couldn't be happier
to be able to look deep,
deep into your eyes.
And you know...
Don't talk when I'm talking.
You know, they say that...
Do you believe that?
Yes!
However... there's always
a "however," isn't there?
Who cares about my grandma
right now, though?
She's dead.
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.
Just you watch.
Anyways, getting back to the soul.
I think you are forgetting
About a more important
window.
That's right, ladies and gentlemen.
This is what it's like to have
Mozart coming out of your pussy.
A girl has to do what a girl has to do.
Okay, let's get down
to the important things.
I think...
What are you looking at?
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.
I'm Madame X, X, X.
I'm Madame X, X, X.
I'm Madame X.
X, X, X.
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
We shake hands with our fate
And we walk past
There's no rest for us in this world
Finally, enough love
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.
-Fuck.
-I love you!
I see some children in the audience,
and I don't mean to offend anyone,
but you know what?
This is my pussy.
So, listen...
Oh, my God! Madonna!
Excuse me?
It's very hard to hear with one eye.
I don't know why.
In fact, tonight, this patch
is really getting on my fucking nerves.
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.
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.
Oh.
Oh, thank you, honey.
Now look, I've got mascara under my eyes.
-I look like shit.
-Good thing you don't
have your fucking phones in here.
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...
Whore!
She's a what?
-A whore!
-A what?
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.
This image of moi, Madame X,
exists nowhere else but in my hand.
Therefore,
this is very valuable.
Do you understand
the word "valuable"?
Value.
I'm a saint because...
Come on, now.
This is for charity.
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?
-300 what?
-Euros.
-Whoa! Whoa!
-Wow.
-How much do you have?
-2,000.
Two...
Excuse me?
Wow!
Take your time. Really.
I love... I love kneeling.
Is this 1,000 euros for sure?
Just empty your fucking wallet.
-No...
-Give it to me.
What do you need it for?
-Just take a...
-take a fucking Uber home.
That's all you need the money for.
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.
No.
No. You get the picture.
That's enough.
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."
Well...
it is now the second happiest
place on Earth.
Where'd you get all this cash?
Uh, I brought it with me.
-Are you an arms dealer?
-I run a drug cartel.
You run a drug cartel.
Uh, great.
Don't sell it.
It might come in handy.
You know, Armageddon
might be just around the corner.
You never know.
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 shot
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.
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
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
- 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
Ladies and gentlemen,
the Batukadeiras Orchestra
from Cabo Verde, give it up!
Aren't they amazing?
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.
As you know, I moved to Lisbon to...
support my son David's passion
for playing football.
Yes, Madame X is a soccer mom.
However, at some point,
I found myself a tiny bit lonely,
a little bit depressed.
No!
The main reason was
because I have no social life.
I'm not sure why
you're cheering about that.
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.
Am I talking too much?
No!
Let me ask you something,
are there any gay people here tonight?
Oh, my God.
What's wrong with me?
Anyway, so I met Dino d'Santiago.
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 funan,
and then eventually batuque.
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!
No, everyone here knows what fado means.
While living here, I had
the great privilege to meet
one of the most amazing fado
singers that ever lived.
Her name is Celeste Rodrigues.
And she introduced me
to her great-grandson,
Gaspar Varela.
Aw!
You know this guy?
-Yeah!
-He's amazing.
Did you bring me a beer?
Thank you so much.
Cheers.
He's 16, so get that look off your face.
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?
Yeah!
You can sing along if you know it.
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
, , ,
, , ,
, , ,
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?
Wild is the world
And lonely is the path
To come
To you, to you, to you.
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
And I won't let you drive
me cray-ay-ay-ay-zy
And I won't let you drive me crazy
I bent my knees for you like a prayer
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
And I won't let you drive
me crazy-ay-ay-ay-ay-zy
And I won't let you drive me crazy
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
And I won't let you drive
me cray-ay-ay-ay-zy
I won't let you drive me crazy
'Cause you're driving me crazy
You must think I'm crazy
And I won't let you drive
me cray-ay-ay-ay-ay-zy
I won't let you drive me crazy
That's the only bad word
I know in Portuguese.
But it works, right?
Like it says in the song,
"I love you, but I won't
let you destroy me."
Never let anyone destroy you.
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.
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.
Somewhere hot.
And sunny.
Somewhere like...
Medelln.
One, two, cha-cha-cha.
Very good.
You know what they say, right?
You can't hit a moving target.
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.
I cannot turn back.
I have been kidnapped, tortured,
humiliated and abused.
And yet, I still have hope.
I still believe
in the goodness of humans.
Thank God for nature,
for the angels that surround me.
For the spirit of my mother,
who is always protecting me.
From now on, I am Madame X.
And Madame X loves to dance.
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
Yo tamin
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 Medelln
- Te gusta?
- The sun was caressing
my skin
Dime
Another me can now begin
Ven conmigo, let's take a trip
Ven conmigo, I'll be so good for you
Ven conmigo, let's take a trip
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
Ven conmigo, let's take a trip
Ven conmigo, I'll be so good for you
Ven conmigo, let's take a trip
Ven conmigo, I'll be so good for you
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
Ven conmigo, I'll be so good for you
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.
Why, thank you, dearly.
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.
Bellissima!
Please, everyone sit down.
Have a seat. Let's all rest.
Dave Chappelle! Oh, my God!
Wow, thanks for coming.
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.
I always masturbate.
It's, like, I'm known for it.
-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?
When I was younger, right,
when I started my career,
I had a poster of you on my bedroom wall.
No bullshit... you, Salt-N-Peppa.
Years ago, I was at
Saturday Night Live backstage,
and you were the musical guest.
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.
Now, that's some wild shit.
And the years went on,
and I met you backstage
at Amy Schumer's show.
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.
Madonna, these are terrible,
terrible times,
and you're making me so happy tonight.
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.
-You're the best.
-Madonna, I love you!
Thank you.
Amazing. I love you.
I need to get on with my journey.
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
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.
I'm not a little girl
I'm not a man
When all the hurt inside of me
Comes out
You understand
You see that I'm ferocious
You see that I am weak
You see that I am silly
And pretentious
And a freak
But I don't feel too strange for you
I think when love is pure
You try
To understand
The reasons why
I prefer this mystery
It cancels out
My misery
And gives me hope
That there could be
A person
Who loves
Me.
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
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.
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.
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?"
Yes!
-Do you?
-I do!
-Do you?
-I do.
You do?
You're very shy, you freedom fighters.
Now, you can't be
a little freedom fighter.
Size matters.
As I said earlier,
quoting the great James Baldwin,
artists are here to disturb the peace.
So...
I hope...
...that I have disturbed
your peace.
And I shall continue.
Because, after all,
we are not here to be popular.
We are here to be free.
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
Future
Past
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.
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like
Home
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
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
- 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
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like
Home!
Home.
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.
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.
Power to the people!
Thank you and good night!
Sometimes
Sometimes
I despair
Sometimes
I have hope
Sometimes I don't know
Sometimes I feel
Pushed
Sometimes I feel
Happy
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
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.
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.
The most controversial thing
I have ever done...
...is to stick around.
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.
Yeah!
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
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
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.
It's a beautiful life
But I'm not concerned
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
Fuck off!
Wake up, wake up.
Wake up, wake up, wake up...
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
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?
Traitor! Fucking traitor!
I fought for you! Ah!
Death.
Death to the patriarchy.
It's a beautiful life
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
- 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
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.
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.
-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?
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.
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!
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...
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.
Uh, Doctor,
you've got it all wrong.
Knock it off!
Jesus Christ.
Who ordered a string quartet?
I'm trying to talk to the audience.
I just want to know,
are you guys enjoying the show?
Yeah!
Unforgettable?
Yeah!
That's what we are.
Anyway, the important part is
that I've been waiting for ages,
ages, to have this intimate experience
with my audience.
It's so great.
Yes, queen.
This moment of intimacy,
in this small theater,
where I can touch,
I can see, I can smell...
Yes, sometimes I can smell.
Yeah!
And I couldn't be happier
to be able to look deep,
deep into your eyes.
And you know...
Don't talk when I'm talking.
You know, they say that...
Do you believe that?
Yes!
However... there's always
a "however," isn't there?
Who cares about my grandma
right now, though?
She's dead.
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.
Just you watch.
Anyways, getting back to the soul.
I think you are forgetting
About a more important
window.
That's right, ladies and gentlemen.
This is what it's like to have
Mozart coming out of your pussy.
A girl has to do what a girl has to do.
Okay, let's get down
to the important things.
I think...
What are you looking at?
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.
I'm Madame X, X, X.
I'm Madame X, X, X.
I'm Madame X.
X, X, X.
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
We shake hands with our fate
And we walk past
There's no rest for us in this world
Finally, enough love
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.
-Fuck.
-I love you!
I see some children in the audience,
and I don't mean to offend anyone,
but you know what?
This is my pussy.
So, listen...
Oh, my God! Madonna!
Excuse me?
It's very hard to hear with one eye.
I don't know why.
In fact, tonight, this patch
is really getting on my fucking nerves.
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.
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.
Oh.
Oh, thank you, honey.
Now look, I've got mascara under my eyes.
-I look like shit.
-Good thing you don't
have your fucking phones in here.
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...
Whore!
She's a what?
-A whore!
-A what?
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.
This image of moi, Madame X,
exists nowhere else but in my hand.
Therefore,
this is very valuable.
Do you understand
the word "valuable"?
Value.
I'm a saint because...
Come on, now.
This is for charity.
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?
-300 what?
-Euros.
-Whoa! Whoa!
-Wow.
-How much do you have?
-2,000.
Two...
Excuse me?
Wow!
Take your time. Really.
I love... I love kneeling.
Is this 1,000 euros for sure?
Just empty your fucking wallet.
-No...
-Give it to me.
What do you need it for?
-Just take a...
-take a fucking Uber home.
That's all you need the money for.
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.
No.
No. You get the picture.
That's enough.
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."
Well...
it is now the second happiest
place on Earth.
Where'd you get all this cash?
Uh, I brought it with me.
-Are you an arms dealer?
-I run a drug cartel.
You run a drug cartel.
Uh, great.
Don't sell it.
It might come in handy.
You know, Armageddon
might be just around the corner.
You never know.
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 shot
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.
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
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
- 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
Ladies and gentlemen,
the Batukadeiras Orchestra
from Cabo Verde, give it up!
Aren't they amazing?
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.
As you know, I moved to Lisbon to...
support my son David's passion
for playing football.
Yes, Madame X is a soccer mom.
However, at some point,
I found myself a tiny bit lonely,
a little bit depressed.
No!
The main reason was
because I have no social life.
I'm not sure why
you're cheering about that.
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.
Am I talking too much?
No!
Let me ask you something,
are there any gay people here tonight?
Oh, my God.
What's wrong with me?
Anyway, so I met Dino d'Santiago.
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 funan,
and then eventually batuque.
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!
No, everyone here knows what fado means.
While living here, I had
the great privilege to meet
one of the most amazing fado
singers that ever lived.
Her name is Celeste Rodrigues.
And she introduced me
to her great-grandson,
Gaspar Varela.
Aw!
You know this guy?
-Yeah!
-He's amazing.
Did you bring me a beer?
Thank you so much.
Cheers.
He's 16, so get that look off your face.
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?
Yeah!
You can sing along if you know it.
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
, , ,
, , ,
, , ,
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?
Wild is the world
And lonely is the path
To come
To you, to you, to you.
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
And I won't let you drive
me cray-ay-ay-ay-zy
And I won't let you drive me crazy
I bent my knees for you like a prayer
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
And I won't let you drive
me crazy-ay-ay-ay-ay-zy
And I won't let you drive me crazy
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
And I won't let you drive
me cray-ay-ay-ay-zy
I won't let you drive me crazy
'Cause you're driving me crazy
You must think I'm crazy
And I won't let you drive
me cray-ay-ay-ay-ay-zy
I won't let you drive me crazy
That's the only bad word
I know in Portuguese.
But it works, right?
Like it says in the song,
"I love you, but I won't
let you destroy me."
Never let anyone destroy you.
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.
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.
Somewhere hot.
And sunny.
Somewhere like...
Medelln.
One, two, cha-cha-cha.
Very good.
You know what they say, right?
You can't hit a moving target.
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.
I cannot turn back.
I have been kidnapped, tortured,
humiliated and abused.
And yet, I still have hope.
I still believe
in the goodness of humans.
Thank God for nature,
for the angels that surround me.
For the spirit of my mother,
who is always protecting me.
From now on, I am Madame X.
And Madame X loves to dance.
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
Yo tamin
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 Medelln
- Te gusta?
- The sun was caressing
my skin
Dime
Another me can now begin
Ven conmigo, let's take a trip
Ven conmigo, I'll be so good for you
Ven conmigo, let's take a trip
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
Ven conmigo, let's take a trip
Ven conmigo, I'll be so good for you
Ven conmigo, let's take a trip
Ven conmigo, I'll be so good for you
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
Ven conmigo, I'll be so good for you
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.
Why, thank you, dearly.
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.
Bellissima!
Please, everyone sit down.
Have a seat. Let's all rest.
Dave Chappelle! Oh, my God!
Wow, thanks for coming.
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.
I always masturbate.
It's, like, I'm known for it.
-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?
When I was younger, right,
when I started my career,
I had a poster of you on my bedroom wall.
No bullshit... you, Salt-N-Peppa.
Years ago, I was at
Saturday Night Live backstage,
and you were the musical guest.
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.
Now, that's some wild shit.
And the years went on,
and I met you backstage
at Amy Schumer's show.
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.
Madonna, these are terrible,
terrible times,
and you're making me so happy tonight.
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.
-You're the best.
-Madonna, I love you!
Thank you.
Amazing. I love you.
I need to get on with my journey.
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
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.
I'm not a little girl
I'm not a man
When all the hurt inside of me
Comes out
You understand
You see that I'm ferocious
You see that I am weak
You see that I am silly
And pretentious
And a freak
But I don't feel too strange for you
I think when love is pure
You try
To understand
The reasons why
I prefer this mystery
It cancels out
My misery
And gives me hope
That there could be
A person
Who loves
Me.
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
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.
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.
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?"
Yes!
-Do you?
-I do!
-Do you?
-I do.
You do?
You're very shy, you freedom fighters.
Now, you can't be
a little freedom fighter.
Size matters.
As I said earlier,
quoting the great James Baldwin,
artists are here to disturb the peace.
So...
I hope...
...that I have disturbed
your peace.
And I shall continue.
Because, after all,
we are not here to be popular.
We are here to be free.
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
Future
Past
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.
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like
Home
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
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
- 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
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like
Home!
Home.
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.
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.
Power to the people!
Thank you and good night!
Sometimes
Sometimes
I despair
Sometimes
I have hope
Sometimes I don't know
Sometimes I feel
Pushed
Sometimes I feel
Happy
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