30-Minute Music Hour

(city traffic noise) I'm Andy Moore. It's the 30 Minute Music Hour. From Chicago, Illinois; Madison, Wisconsin; Brooklyn, New York, and the world, F.Stokes! ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT YOU KNOW I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR ME AND FOR YOU LIFE HAS THIS WAY OF COMING FULL CIRCLE MY MAN GIL SCOTT-HERON SAYS NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU'RE GONE YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER BUT IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR ME AND FOR YOU SNEAKING UP ON YOU YEAH SNEAKING UP ON ME I SO THOUGHT IT WAS OVER BUT IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR ME AND FOR YOU NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU'VE GONE YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN AROUND AND GO BACK WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN MY PROJECT CENTER WAS LIKE SPACE EXCEPT POPS WAS THE ALIEN WALKING AROUND DOPED UP 43 AND CHANGE COULD GO IN THE FOLKS UP GANG BANGING AND CRACK SLANG IT WAS MY COUS-O WHO GOT SHOT SO MANY TIMES HIS BLOOD COUNT LOWER, LOWER ONE SHOT TO THE BELLY HAD HIM (PEEING) IN ZIPLOCKS MY AUNTIE RAN SO FAST SHE LOST HER FLIP-FLOP CRACK HAIR, POP SCREAMING JOSEPH GOT SHOT HIS STOMACH WIDE OPEN HIS SHIRT SO BLACK MY ROLE MODEL BODY STRETCHED LIKE A BROKEN BOTTLE BLACK BOY LOST THE BASE OF WHICH A RIGHT NOVEL WITH TEARS IN MY EYE HAND CLENCHING MY DOME I LOOKED AT MY MAMA AND SAID THIS AIN'T HOME BARELY OLD ENOUGH TO BUSTIN' UP WHEN I'M GROWN UP BARELY OLD ENOUGH TO HOLD A CASKET BUT I DID AT NINE WHILE MY CLASSMATE WAS HIT BY A STRAY GREYHOUND BOUND NEXT STOP WAS A SMALL TOWN WHERE THERE'S NOT MANY COLORED FOLK AND MAMA'S EYES WERE SO COLORFUL BUT ALL DADDY SAW WAS A SWEET GIRL SO GULLIBLE

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: SO... YOUNG AND PURE SO THAT'S THE DREAM I THOUGHT I WAS A HUXTABLE SIXTEEN AND TRYING TO SHARE THREE LUNCHABLES WE THOUGHT SLEEPING IN BASEMENTS WAS COMFORTABLE

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SO... YOUNG AND PURE TEARS OF A CLASS CLOWN WE BEEN OPPRESSED FOR YEARS SO THE BLOODSTAIN IS PASSED DOWN FOR MY AUNTIE A BODY BAG'S A NIGHTGOWN SO LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE NIGHT'S SOUNDS I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER BUT IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR ME AND FOR YOU I WOKE UP THIS MORNING SO EXCITED IN MY HOMETOWN OF MADISON, WISCONSIN YES... THE TOWN THAT BRED ME THE TOWN THAT MADE ME WHO I AM THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR LOVE, MADISON, I APPRECIATE YOU TENFOLD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING MY MOVEMENT I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER WHEN I WAS STAYING IN THE SHELTER THE SALVATION ARMY SHELTER ON EAST WASHINGTON IT WAS ME AND MY MOTHER AND FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ONE ROOM WITH TWO BEDS AND I SO THOUGHT IT WAS OVER BUT IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR ME AND I REALIZED THAT THAT THAT SAME KID FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO WITH DREAMS AS BIG AS THE SKY COULD MAKE IT IF I PROSTITUTE MY SOUL FOR A PLACE TO REST MY BONES CAN I CALL YOUR PLACE HOME WHEN I LEAVE WOULD YOU TAKE BACK THE KEYS AND LOCK THE DOOR AND WASH THE SHEET AND BREAK THE PLATE FROM WHICH I EAT AND UPON MY RETURN THE DOORKNOB WILL TURN ONLY TO JUSTIFY WHAT WE BOTH CONFIRM IT'S THE FEAR NO ONE'S HOPE OKAY, IT'S PAIN OR IT'S DOPE NO, IT'S WHITE GIRLS AND IT'S MIXED BABIES OR IT'S OLD NEGROES DRIVING MISS DAISY IT'S THE PUSHER OR THE ZOMBIE WE'RE ALL SLAVES IN THE FIELD OF HONESTY GOING NOWHERE ON THIS PILOT-LESS JET AS WE FEED FROM THE QUEEN OF DEATH'S BREAST WELL, ALL RIGHT YEAH Mr. Radish, how're you doing this evening? Thank you for joining me, sir. YEAH, GOOD EVENING YES, MY STOMACH GROWLING BE THE REASON I'M OUT HERE WITH WHAT SEEMS AS SCHEMING, WENT UNTIL I'M WHEEZING BABY NEEDS SHOES AND MY NEPHEWS IS IN SEATED MAMA KING BETCHA SHE WISHIN' UPON A STAR SOMEBODY TELL MY BROTHER I LOVE HIM WHEREVER YOU ARE TO HIM I WAS KAREEM ABDUL-JABAR BUT DIG, I LEFT AND I CAME BACK LIKE A MARTIAN HE THOUGHT I MOVED TO MARS (rapping indistinctly) NOW MY EX-GIRLFRIEND'S STUCK ON COCAINE -- AND MY TATS SHOW PAIN A VICTIM OF HOW I LIVE BLAME IT ON THE DOPE GAME SO AS WE MEET AGAIN ROUGHLY A SECOND VERSE I LET THAT LASER BEAM -- CARRY LIKE A HEARSE (rapping) AND NO GAITERS ON THEY SOCKS AND CANDY ON -- LET THERE BE NOT GIGGLES AS I STRETCH MY BRAIN ACROSS MY AUNTIE'S SOFA LOOK UP AND I'M CONFRONTED BY THIS JESUS CHRIST POSTER AND IT READS, A FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER AND I THINK THAT WE NEVER PRAYED BEFORE WHAT WE ALL BEEN HOMELESS ND SLEPT ON GRANNY'S FLOOR TOGETHER AND WE ALL SOLD DOPE TOGETHER I LOOK UP TO THE SKY AND SAY, NOW OR NEVER LOOK AT US (rapping) THE MONEY I SPENT ON MUSIC AND THEY WANT BLING FOUR MONKEYS RIDE IN A CHEVY WITH NO A/C ONLY THING MISSING IS A NEW -- COMB MY HAIR WITH CHICKEN BONES FELICIA WANT A WEAVE AND THEN MARY IS IN A COMA TO SEE WHATEVER THEY WANT IT TO BE BLACK AND ASHY AS EVER SAW ME LIVE IN NYC AND THOUGHT MY WORDPLAY WAS CLEVER SEEM THAT I WOULD NEVER THOUGHT THE BOWTIE WAS REAL THEN THEY MET ME IN PERSON NO LESS THAN A GENT MAYBE A LITTLE OVERCONFIDENT BUT THAT'S A COMPLIMENT (rapping) SO AS I STRETCH MY FRAME ACROSS MY AUNTIE'S SOFA LOOK UP AND I'M CONFRONTED BY THIS JESUS CHRIST POSTER AND IT READS, A FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER AND I THINK WE AIN'T NEVER PRAYED BEFORE BUT WE ALL BEEN HOMELESS AND SLEPT ON GRANNY'S FLOOR TOGETHER AND WE ALL HAD SOLD DOPE TOGETHER SO I LOOK UP TO THE SKY AND SAY IT'S NOW OR NEVER THESE ARE MY BLESSINGS AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS THESE ARE MY BLESSINGS SO SHARE THESE BLESSINGS I SAY NOW OR NEVER NOW OR NEVER NOW OR NEVER NOW OR NEVER WE WANT LOVE NOW OR NEVER WE WANT EQUALITY NOW OR NEVER WE WANT FREEDOM NOW OR NEVER WE WANT TRUST NOW OR NEVER NOW OR NEVER NOW OR NEVER NOW OR NEVER NOW OR NEVER Thank you, thank you for your time. Well, all right. How you feeling, Radish? Good, man. You know what, man? We got these nice rugs and you have a very nice set-up. This might be the finest table we've ever played on. Yeah. We got the band. Give me a high five, man. (shouts happily) Yeah! Let's do it. How are you guys doing out there? Andy, thank you so much for having me. Yeah, I appreciate it. Thank you for the gift, young man, I appreciate that, as well. I kept it in my back pocket the whole night. Yeah. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT HEY, WOULD YOU RATHER I BE (---) OUT FULL OF DOPE, PASSED OUT ON MY AUNTIE'S KITCHEN FLOOR LIKE MY UNCLE DENNIS WAS WAIT, LET ME FINISH 'CAUSE MY HOMIES WORKING AT PYREX POT LIKE A CHEMIST DOES AND ME I OPTED FOR THE GREYHOUND TICKET TO WHERE BIGGIE WAS BROOKLYN WHERE MY SOUL WAS SUCKING ( rapping ) HANDLED MY DEMO AND HAD ME OPEN LIKE CHEAP SANDALS 'CAUSE MY M.O. WAS NO PETE SAMPRAS AND LESS GUNS ON THE STREET BUT I MOVED TO A DIFFERENT TEMPO THE DEFINITION OF A -- EXHIBITION I'M JUST TRYING TO TOUCH THE FEW SOULS THAT'S LEFT TO LISTEN HOPEFULLY MY NAME IS WHISPERED WHEN THE BEST IS MENTIONED WELL-FED BABIES EATING OFF GRANNY'S POST OFFICE PENSION BRINGING THE SUNSHINE DOWN I CRIED WHEN V GOT SHOT AND WAS PARALYZED FROM THE THIGHS DOWN MY LIFE WAS A WILD BEAST I'M TRYING TO TIE IT DOWN BLACK MAN WITH A PLAN TO GET HIS -- TO QUIET DOWN IF I TOLD YOU I WAS HOMELESS WOULD YOU FEEL FOR ME SEE ME SELLING MY CDS THEN PULL OFF A BILL FOR ME, FOR ME, FOR ME HIP HOP SAVED MY LIFE IT SAVED MY LIFE IT SAVED MY LIFE HIP HOP SAVED MY LIFE IT SAVED MY LIFE IT SAVED MY LIFE EMILY, PEACE LET ME ELABORATE FAR TOO MANY CATS FABRICATE CRIMINATE LIVING THEY LIFE LIKE PAPPY MAKES DOLLAR SEVENTY-FIVE A DAY IS WHAT MY PAPPY MAKES -- HE DOING TIME UPSTATE FOR A MURDER CASE AND THEY WONDER WHY HALF OF US DRINK AND TURN THE BASS UP A NARCOTIC MAKE A SWEETER SOUND TINA TURNER MAKES TEARDROPS CLICK LIKE BEER TOPS AT AGE FIVE I WOULD CRY PRAYING THIS FEAR STOPS BUT THANK GOD THE BAND PLAYED ON 'CAUSE MAMA WOULD DIE IF SHE GOT THE PHONE CALL THE OLDEST SON WOULDN'T MAKE IT HOME I SAY THANK GOD THE BAND PLAYED ON 'CAUSE MAMA WOULD DIE IF SHE GOT THE PHONE CALL THE OLDEST SON WOULDN'T MAKE IT HOME LET ME DEMONSTRATE YOU SEE I WAS A DOLLAR SHORT COUPLE MINUTES LATE YOU GET IT NAH, LET ME REITERATE BABY GIRL TURNING DRINKS TO GET HER DINNER PLATE LOOKING FOOL AND THE RENT PAID AND SHE AIN'T EVEN SEEN PAST THE FIFTH GRADE Well, all right. Yeah, how ya doing. Great start. - Thank you, sir. Thank you, Radish. Pull up a stool. I will. - Excellent. Go to sleep, have a dream, wake up. - Right. Do me a favor and grab that for me. I got it. - Thanks, buddy. What motivates you, Stokes? - Motivation. Um... I come from the south side of Chicago, right? And there is a sea of people that have no idea what the world is like beyond the south side of Chicago. So it's important that I continue to be a conveyor of not just the truth, but also the message that's outside of our community. When I go back I feel as though it's my obligation to bring back knowledge and culture and a diversity and education. Like a messenger. - Correct, exactly. So that's probably my most fundamental motivation. You spoke to your journey from Chicago to Madison on the first track that you did tonight. - Yes. And that was some broken field running, wasn't it? It was, it was. My mother... hasn't been educated beyond high school. But for a 27-year-old woman to take six kids from the south side of Chicago and bring them to Madison, Wisconsin was just absolutely genius beyond comprehension. I salute her for that. - What drew her to Madison? She wanted a better life and Madison wasn't extremely far from Chicago. You were eleven or twelve then? - Yeah, just about. And then, is this where you got into the hip-hop scene? Well, I was always into hip-hop. Ya know, I had a cousin who lives in Atlanta now and he was my first introduction into hip-hop. He was the biggest Ice Cube fan, so I became an Ice Cube fan as well. In that first cut, you spoke very specifically about your time at the shelter and a lot of people would say that that would be a tough time, never mind what you left in Chicago. A lot of artists with backgrounds like yours choose to be pissed off and they stay that way. - Sure. When I see your crowds and hear your music, it's just uplifting and people are smiling. What saved you from getting pissed and staying pissed? Rodney saved me. I saved myself. I was always resourceful as a kid and I've always been-- just had a knack for surrounding myself with positive, upbeat people. I think that with music it's important that I'm able to provoke emotion at its absolute highest point. And if I'm not doing that, I'm not doing my job. And I can sit here and give you a sob story as to how my father's in prison for the rest of his life and therefore it's okay for me to be a felon, but that's not the story that I want to get across. My story is a story of hope, which is why my fan base, I identify with it so well, your son in particular, who I want to give a special shout out to. Riley. - How you doing, buddy? I'm super good. - Thank you so much for the support, man. You said some words earlier and that means a lot to me, so thank you. ( inaudible ) Yeah, Radish, as well. Tell us real quickly about what Radish is bringing to the art. Well, Radish helps me look good. ( all laugh ) He's young, he's fashionable. He makes me feel as though I'm a mentor to some degree. Speaking of youth, Stokes may be one of the only internationally touring rap artists who has done a new video asking people to eat their vegetables. Yeah, Super Sprowtz. That's changed my life! Did this video. Are you practicing what you preach? You know what... We're on camera. As a matter of fact, I am. (all laugh) I've been a vegan ever since (all laugh) You can find that video by getting on the 30 Minute Music Hour webpage and then finding your way on into Stokes's catalog online. We just have another minute or two. Tell us, in addition to the vegetarian videos, what other new projects that you have on the burner. On the burner, we have-- I'm on tour right now, as a matter of fact. I'm on the last leg of a 34-day tour with Mac Lethal, who was formerly of Rhymesayers. And I'm playing a show here in Madison, Wisconsin, if you guys are watching, December 26. That's coming and we have a couple of spot dates in Europe at the top of the year. Real quickly. - No worries. How do you go over in Europe? How are the crowds? How did it go over in Europe? I'm asking about the crowds as much as you. Yeah, the crowds are-- Paris is interesting because they treat African Americans a bit better than they treat Africans and it's important I say this because my African brothers over there are dealing with some of the same issues that Mexicans are dealing with in America. A lot of times in Europe their first idea or concept of a black person is Michael Jordan or Jay-Z, frankly, so as an African American we go over and there's a red carpet, but for a lot of my African brothers it's a bit more difficult. Struggle's always out there, isn't it? It's always out there, though I love Paris and I love Europe as a whole. I'll continue to tour for the rest of my life. Thank you for getting us through the struggle when you perform. Thanks. - No worries, man. Some more music right now? - Yes, I think so. I also want to say hello to Jordan. Thank you, good sir, as well as Pat Kelly and Aaron --. ( a cappella ) SAY BABY, DON'T YOU THINK I'M BEAUTIFUL FOR TOO LONG MY EMOTIONS BEEN BOXED IN LIKE CUBICLES LATE NIGHT WALKS IN MANHATTAN I'M SAD AS A FUNERAL DEPRESSED SO I BITE MY FINGERNAILS DOWN TILL BLOOD DRIP OUT THE CUTICLES MY SKIN DON'T YOU ADMIRE IT MY SOUL BEEN RAN OVER COME IN I'LL SHOW YOU THE TIRE PRINTS POCKETS FULL OF RETALIANT SHOWER IN SEWAGE WATER UNDERARM GOT AN OSCAR MAYER STENCH DID SHE LEAVE ME FOR HER PRIOR GENT ROSE PETALS, VIOLINS SHE SAY, BABY, I'M ALL YOURS HER TENDER EYES I FALL FOR THE SAME WOMAN I CALLED WHORE FEARLESS BEAUTY KISS YOUR COLLARBONE I STALK YOU A BIT FOLLOW YOU HOME MAYA ANGELOU'S TOUCH CATHERINE ZETA-JONES' BLUSH ATHENA CRAFT ME A HEART MADE OF ARABIC SAND THE RUSH IS WHAT WE LIVE FOR GRAB A CUP LET THE TEARS POUR MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA CLOTHES PACKED IN MY GUITAR CASE TO MY NAME A FEW QUARTERS YOU SEE WHEN I WAS WAITING TABLES COULDN'T FOCUS ON THE ORDERS 'CAUSE I WAS DAYDREAMING OF US ELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTH AMERICAN BORDERS WITH LOVE LETTERS HANDWRITTEN WITH PENMANSHIP AS SHARP AS THE TORAH NEVER MIND MY SOMBER AURA I JUST CALL IT HOW I SEE IT LIVE IT HOW I FEEL IT A LOVESICK MUSICIAN PERHAPS I'LL OPEN THE BILL WITH MY TEARS PLAYING PIANO BLOOD POUNDING THE DRUMS THEN DROWN AWAY MY SORROWS WITH BOTTLES OF PUERTO RICAN RUM FEARLESS BEAUTY (soft piano melody) TATTOOS ON HER BREASTS TEARS ON HER FACE ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT MISTAKE AND SHE CAN SCREAM AS LOUD AS SHE CAN BUT NOBODY EVER CARES IF SHE NEVER EVER ESCAPE COCAINE FLAKES LEAK FROM HER NOSTRILS NEWPORT SMOKE BLOW FROM HER TONSILS FROM THE SHELTER TO MOTEL 6 ANY THOUGHTS OF PROGRESSION DISMISSED BONES WRAPPED IN FAT BUILT LIKE PRECIOUS AND I CAN TELL EVERY BLACK GIRL FELT THIS AT LEAST ONCE BABIES TRAPPED INSIDE THE SEATS (---) WE WANT REALITY AND THAT'S FAR FROM LIVING LAVISHLY AND I AIN'T SEEN A BLACK GIRL IN TEN YEARS PERHAPS IT'S MYSELF I FEAR YEAH, LET'S GET DEEP NOW BOW TO MY 18 FEET NOW FOR EVERY TIME SHE BEEN BEAT DOWN NO BIRTHDAY CARDS JUST SCARS BALLOONS FILLED WITH LIES TAKE A SLICE OF MOLESTATION PIE LET IT DIGEST AND SETTLE SHE AIN'T GOT A SPINE MADE FOR METAL MADE FROM JELL-O (---) MADE FROM PLUMS AND HER BODY PRODUCE HONEY EVERY TIME SHE COMES TEARDROPS TASTE SALTY LIPS SOAKED IN BLOOD MY CHILDHOOD LOST ME I THOUGHT MAMA WAS MECHANICALLY FAULTY 'CAUSE I COULDN'T JUSTIFY EVERY TIME SHE FOUGHT ME MANHOOD IN QUESTION 'CAUSE EVERY OTHER BLACK GIRL I WALKED PAST WAS CALLING ME A (---) 'CAUSE MY STYLE WAS MORE GRACE JONES THEY WOULD LESSEN HOW MANY FOXY BROWNS I TOOK HOME THINKING I WAS THE UGLY SON 'CAUSE I DIDN'T SHOOT A BASKETBALL OR BUST A GUN BUT I'M COMING FULL CIRCLE NOW FELT ASHAMED WHEN YOU TURNED ME DOWN MY SPIRIT WAS SO BATTERED SELF ESTEEM BEAT DOWN MY HEART WAS CALLOUSED BUT IT'S CLEAR MY LOVE IS NEVER DYING RAISED IN BROOKLYN MY BIRTHPLACE WAS ZION SO GO AND TAP DANCE AND BEAUTY SALONS KILLING ME SOFTLY MY SOUL IN YOUR PALM AND MAYBE ONE DAY YOU'LL SEE I'M JUST A BLACK MAN TRYING TO FIND ME TRYING TO FIND ME I'M JUST A BLACK MAN TRYING TO FIND ME YEAH, I'M TRYING TO FIND YOU AS WELL LET'S FIND EACH OTHER I did this all over the "Titanic" soundtrack, obviously, 'cause I assumed that every white person ever born would know this song and I've been right in most of the markets I've been in. It's like playing "Good Times" with black people. Like we just know that song. It's almost a birthright. Yeah. It's one of those songs that just kind of keeps going. It's very like... ah. I always have a hard time filling in these pockets because there's so much music, but then it ends abruptly. Apparently this "Titanic" movie is, like, seven hours long because the song just keeps going and going and going and going! But, yeah, it's... I mean, I've never even seen "Titanic," but I know (chuckles) the movie had to be at least half as epic as this song. Yeah, well, Radish, you can quit the song anytime. ( both laugh ) That's the "Titanic." All right, which is like the white version of "Roots" in terms of how long it is. It's like eleven hours long. The song is two hours long. I'll do "Hang On." Yeah. You got five minutes left. You know what, let me do "Cold-Blooded." Yeah. I'm sure I've already said this, but, Emily, if you're watching, kisses and hugs. I HATE YOU MORE THAN I EVER HATED AND EVERY TIME WE COME IN CONTACT IT'S ELEVATED YOU'RE SO AMAZING LET'S CELEBRATE IT THE PRINCESS AND THE PEASANT I HATE YOU BY THE HOUR MORE BY THE SECONDS 'CAUSE YOU HOLD THE POWER GUESS I'M A COWARD FLOWERS, BLESSINGS YES, I'M A COWARD FLOWERS, BLESSINGS (raping) (unintelligible) I HATE YOU MORE THAN I EVER HATED AND EVERY TIME WE COME IN CONTACT IT'S ELEVATED I CAN'T -- IT NO, CAN'T -- IT AND A -- 'CAUSE HER MOTHER MUST HAVE FINALLY GOT THE BALLS TO ARTICULATE IT YEAH, YEAH AND I CAN DIE RIGHT NOW I CAN DIE RIGHT NOW I CAN DIE RIGHT NOW NOW, NOW AND ONCE YOU LAUGH AND DANCE AS THE WHOLE WORLD DROWNS IN YOUR -- HANDS BUT I LOVE YOU BECAUSE I LOVE YOU I LOVE OPTIONS AND YOU'RE SO SELF-ABSORBED I'VE FORGOTTEN SO IF YOU LOVE ME PLEASE PLEASE LOVE ME TOMORROW UNLESS WE HAVE A DAY LIKE -- SHE'S SO COLD BLOODED SO COLD BLOODED HER HEART IS A HAND GRENADE AND I KNOW SHE LOVE IT KNOW SHE LOVE IT EVERY TIME I CALL HER NAME SAY SHE'S SO COLD BLOODED SO COLD BLOODED HER HEART IS A HAND GRENADE AND I KNOW SHE LOVE IT KNOW SHE LOVE IT EVERY TIME I CALL HER NAME DO YOU LOVE ME AND WOULD YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW 'CAUSE TOMORROW COUNTS MORE THAN TODAY I SAY TOMORROW COUNTS MORE THAN TODAY SO DO YOU LOVE ME DO YOU LOVE ME AND WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW -- WE'RE STEPS AWAY FROM HEARTBREAK WOULD YOU BE SO KEEN TO WARN ME AND INFORM ME BUT THOSE -- YOU LIVE FOR PERHAPS THAT'S WHAT THEY DON'T KILL BILL FOR THE KNIFE IS THROUGH ME BUT SHE'S COMING FOR MORE AND THEN SHE WALKS OUT THE DOOR THEN AFTER THIS WONDERFUL JOURNEY OF LOVE OUR CHILDREN GO INTO EXTREME DEBT ALL SO WE CAN SLEEP COMFY IN A SENIOR-FRIENDLY CONDOMINIUM WITH WATERCOLOR WALLPAPER AND A DUCK POND THAT STRETCHES EVER SO GRACEFULLY AROUND WALKING TRAILS AND PICNIC TABLES AND IT'S ALL SO WE CAN DIE IN PEACE OUR KIDS GO INTO DEBT SO WE CAN DIE HAVING TACO TUESDAYS PIZZA ON THURSDAYS AND PLAYING CHECKERS ON SATURDAYS WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THOSE RETIREMENT HOMES SHE'S SO COLD BLOODED SO COLD BLOODED HER HEART IS A HAND GRENADE AND I KNOW SHE LOVE IT KNOW SHE LOVE IT EVERY TIME I CALL HER NAME SAY SHE'S SO COLD BLOODED SO COLD BLOODED HER HEART IS A HAND GRENADE AND I KNOW SHE LOVE IT I KNOW SHE LOVE IT EVERY TIME I CALL HER NAME EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME EVERY TIME I CALL, I CALL HER NAME, HER NAME HER NAME, HER NAME DO YOU LOVE ME AND WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW 'CAUSE TOMORROW COUNTS MORE THAN TODAY I SAY TOMORROW COUNTS MORE THAN TODAY SO DO YOU LOVE ME AND WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW (Radish plays fast music) (rapping) IT'S MOTIVATION FOR MY NAPPY HEADED GHETTO CHILDREN SO MAMA YOU CAN SAY I MADE IT LOOK AT THE WAY I LAID IT DOWN LIKE YOUR FLOOR MAT BROTHERS HAD A LAMBORGHINI -- -- YOUR PORSCHE AT WHERE YOUR KIDS AT ( rapping ) THEY ALREADY DID THAT ME, I'M FROM A LAND WHERE ADOLESCENCE IS DYING OVER FITTED CAPS I'M A GROWN MAN BUT SEE I CRY FOR THAT DREAM GIRL 'CAUSE EVEN WITH THE -- WE BOTH CAME FROM THE SAME WORLD PAPA WAS A HUSTLER MAMA WASN'T BAD ONLY DREAM SO I STEPPED OUT OF MY CASKET NOW EVERYBODY -- GET YOUR CHAPSTICK AND EVERYBODY CLAIM THEY KILLERS THEY AIN'T CLAP FOR NOTHING WE'RE DONE I WILL PAIN GONE I WILL PAIN GONE I love you. Thank you for your time. (applause)