Austin City Limits

-"Austin City Limits" presents our rare hip-hop hour with Run the Jewels. - A wise man once said, "We all dead... Just spit it disgusting youngin' And hold your... while you gunnin' I listened, tatted a sentence on my...last summer We the best We will cut a frowny face in your chest, little wench I'm unmentionably fresh, I'm a mensch, get correct I will walk into a court while erect, screaming "Yes! I am guilty...I am death" Hey, you wanna hear a good joke? Nobody speak, nobody get choked, hey - Oh, my, y'all I coulda died, y'all A couple times I took my eyes off the prize, y'all I know a few people pray for my demise, y'all But even birds with broken wings want to fly, fly -Welcome, everybody, to Austin City Limits!

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-Now to the most distinctive and celebrated names in rap, El-P and Killer Mike -- Run the Jewels. -Come on. Hey! Put your hands up. Put your hands up. Hey! Hey! - We return from the depths of the badland With a gun and a knife in our waistband Went to war with the Devil and Shaytan He wore a bad toupee and a spray tan So high now, hoping that I land On a Thai stick, moving through Thailand On the radio, heard a plane hijack Government be in debt while they cook crack I move in a world of conspiracies Obey no rules, I'm doing me Smoke kush, transport to the airport Customs found a joint in my passport Pull cash and I gave him what he asked for God damn it, it's a...miracle Small bribe, made it back into America Hit Uber and maneuvered out the area Rhyme animal, pit bull terrier Rap terrorist, terrorize, tear it up Brought gas and the matches to flare it up Militant Michael might go psycho On any ally or rival Born Black, dead on arrival My job is to fight for survival In spite of these All Lives Matter-ass white folk -This is spiritual warfare that you have been dealing with. This is not a fight that you have been dealing with flesh and blood. But this is a fight against principalities and evildoers and unclean spirits. -RTJ3... - Brave men didn't die face down In the Vietnam muck so I could not style on you I didn't walk uphill both ways to the booth And back to not wild on you Hey, you think baby Jesus killed Hitler Just so I'd whisper? When you're safe and sound and these crooks tap your phone and now have a file on you? What, me worry? Nah, buddy, I've lost before, so what? You don't get it, I'm dirt... I can't be crushed ...open the books up and stop...the kid My...got a Michelin star I'm on par with the best ever took the gig I'm a super cat, from don dada to dusk, don't bother to touch I got firm clutch on the grip and the bucks Ghost ride a tank - A ride to the bank - I'm the son of Rick Rubin rushing full-thrust Don't flash weak... to the "Shark Tank" judge Talk real good 'cause I'm smart and stuff Good crew to...with, better to love -If y'all got "Run the Jewels 1," make some noise.

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If you got "Run the Jewels 2," make some noise.

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And if you got "Run the Jewels 3," let me hear you scream.

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-Ladies and gentlemen, DJ Trackstar. -Talk to me.

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Hey. Hey. -R-R-RTJ3.

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- Hear what I say, we are the business today ...finished today RT and J, we the new PB and J We dropped a classic today We did a tablet of acid today Did joints with the masses and ashes away Skrrrt! We dash away Donner and Dixon, the pistol is blastin' away - Doctors of death Curing our patients of breath We oughta pay you the trust Crooked at work Cookin' up curses and slurs Smokin' my brain into mush I became famous for blamin' you... Maimin' my way through the brush There is no training or taming of me and my bruh Look like a man, but I'm animal raw - We are the murderous pair That went to jail and we murdered the murderers there Then went to Hell and discovered the devil Delivered some hurt and despair Used to have powder to push Now I smoke pounds of the kush Holy, I'm burnin' a bush I give a...about none of this... Jewel runner over and out of this bitch Hey! -Whoo! -Hey! -Put your hands up. -Hey! -Whoo! -Hey! Get your hands up. -Step into the spotlight, whoo! Hey! Hey! -What you doing? What you doing? - Copping of uppers and downers get done I'm in a rush to be numb Droppin' a thousand ain't much Come from the clouds On a missile to turn this whole town into dust Don't make a sound, baby, hush I am the living swipe right on the mic, I'm a slut I don't know how to not spit like a lout I'll spill a pound of my kids on your couch - Half of a mongrel and mythical team Feelin' this treacherous theme Legend says El is a spawn out of Hell The myth is my mom is a murderous queen Your life can end like in "Godfather 1" You get the gun as I christen my son I die today, Hell I should pay Tell the Lord Mikey said,..."it was fun" - Every new record's my...in a box We get a doozy, the moolah's a lock You're getting used to me doing no wrong I don't play chicken, you...I'm a fox You wanna kick it, I'll give you the rock You kiss the wood chipper blade if you bark I'm...magic, in fact I'm a warlock of talk I got a unicorn horn for a - Stop -Hey! Whoo! -Hey! Put your hands up. Hey! -Whoo! -Get your hands up. - Step into the spotlight, whoo! Hey! Hey! Watch, this is my favorite part. -And the crowd goes... -RTJ! -And the crowd goes... -RTJ! -And the crowd goes... -RTJ! -And the crowd goes... -RTJ! -And the crowd goes... -RTJ! -And the crowd goes... -RTJ! -And the crowd goes... -RTJ! -And the crowd goes... -RTJ! -Break it down. - Mike Pentangeli won't snitch I'll rent a room at the Ritz I'll sip a fifth of the whisk I'll smoke a dub in the tub Then I will split both my wrists - I'll pull a sword on you simps Just with a flick of the wrist Kitchen ain't givin' a miss Me and Mike skip away whistlin' and grin Every day's golden when you only win - Bangin' on bullies and beatin' on beasts Sounds like a day at the beach, preach I keep it middle school, step on your feet Before you can speak, blow to teeth - We move among the ones you think are meek You think I'm lion, you right, see my teeth Don't be a bore when I roar if I move Hunting's no fun when your prey doesn't move I'll put a gun to a bunny like choose Say somethin' funny or bunny go boom You got a bevy of... you could groove We'd like to thank you for choosing our crew - And that's from a crew you can trust Warranty plus for...up We are the no-gooders, do-gooders Known to the dancers and dealers and doers of dust

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-Thank you, Austin.

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What an honor. What an incredible honor to be doing this. I'm told that we're the third rap group ever to do this particular event.

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The other ones were... -Mos Def. -And... -Kendrick Lamar. -Good company. -We are the first rap group to do a rap show in that we only have two emcees and a goddamn deejay. Y'all give it up for DJ Trackstar.

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-Now, we'd like to apologize ahead of time... -Yes. -...for any profanity that we may be using. -Oh, we're gonna curse like goddamn sailors, kids. -Apologies to those editing this for live broadcast, whenever that happens. We've been back here so many times, and every...time I come back to Austin, I'm so happy to be back in Austin because I know that the crowd is gonna give us that energy, and you guys always have. And we're so lucky to have you...give a... about what we're doing right now, and I just want to honestly say thank you for that. -Thank you. -This means the world to us. And we don't take it lightly. And we're gonna do everything that we can to make this place and this night a...blockbuster night tonight. So if you feel good, put your hands in the air like this. Let me see it.

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Hey! -Hey! Bunches and bunches Punches is thrown until you're frontless Oodles and oodles Bang bullets at suckers' noodles Last album? Voodoo! Proved that we were...brutal I'm talking crazy, half past the clock is cuckoo You rappers doodoo Baby...just basic boo-boo I'm Shaka Zulu Mansa Musa, my money's beaucoup My beats is bangin' ...what you rappin', who produced you? I slapped the snot, take what ya got And Run The Jewels you - You itsy bitsy Furry frightened and frickin' sickly A little prickly...on display for winter swimming Look at these kiddies, Mike - I'm a rat-a-tat 'em for living - I deal in dirty work Do the deed and then dash - Ditch 'em - I'd lend a hand but it's stuck In a fist and gun position We run a brand where destruction's The number-one commitment It's all a joke between mom contractions And coffin fittings So we disappear in the smoke Like we're...magicians No hocus pocus These simple suckers been served a notice Top of the morning, my fist to your face is...Folgers - We might be giants, standing on little dandy shoulders - You punks is...proverbial pansy panty holders I Jake the Snake 'em, DDT 'em in mausoleums Macabre massacres killing... in my coliseum They all actors - Giving top in back of a BM - I'd fall back if the casting calls are ending in semen -Put your hands up! -Yeah! Yeah, yeah! -Put your hands up! Yeah! Let's go! - I'm the foulest, no need for any evaluation I'm a...a Johnson, a jimmy spraying faces Any cow that is sacred will get defaced Like any tyrant murderer gets replaced - Face it - The fellas at the top are likely rapists But you're like, "Mellow out, man, just relax" - "It's really not that complicated" - Well pardon me, I guess I'm just insane as you explained Or maybe sanctifying the sadistic is deranged, check - This Run The Jewels is Murder, mayhem, melodic music Psychotics use it to lose it Junkies simply abuse it That's word to Phillip Seymour Hoff' and I'm kushin', coughin' I probably smell like a pound when they put me in a coffin The gates of hell are pugnaciously pacin', waitin' I give a...if I'm late, tell Satan be patient But I ain't here for durations I'm just taking vacations And tell him...him, I never loved him and salutations I'll tell him...him, I never loved him and salutations We tell him...him, we never loved him and salutations Now, that's a Run the Jewels crowd.

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Let me see you. -Come on! -Jump, jump, jump, jump! -Hey! -Oh, my! -Hey! -Don't cry. -Hey! Hey! -Oh, my! -Hey! -Let's do it. -Hey! -...the law, they can eat my...that's word to Pimp Word to Pimp, word to Pimp, word to Pimp -Austin, Texas, if you in the house right now, make some goddamn noise!

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-Now go! -...the law, they can eat my...that's word to Pimp I don't...with or talk like all these...imps Style violent, give a... if you deny it, kids You can all run naked backwards - Through a field of... -...the world, don't ask me for... - That's word to B.I.G. - I dreamt we owned the world But I've woken up and it don't exist Soak it in and need no assist You can't slap my wrist, I don't owe you... Trust me, I'm a doctor - DOOM - Rate of my pulse won't raise a bit - Tip-toe on the track like a ballerina Ski mask in a Pontiac Catalina It's obese female opera singer You can run the jewels or lose your fingers Me and El-P got time to kill Got folks to kill on overkill He hangin' out the window, I hold the wheel There's one black, one white, we shoot to kill That...boy life about to be repealed That...boy... about to be repelled ...boy Jihad, kill infidels Allahu Akbar, boom from Mike and El - Life is hell, death's a bitch And these FUBAR rulers getting rich I cop a zip, it opens up I smoke it up, go home and... C'est la vie, girl - When in Rome - I gave the face, please pay with dome My business card says you're in luck I do two things I...rap, I tote the strap I smoke the kush, I beat the... I read the books, did the math Don't need a preacher preachin' on my behalf No teacher can't teach my arrogant ass I'm blowin' on crippy while readin' the scriptures That's written by Egyptians while sippin' on whiskey Hey, baby, you with me? -Put your hands up. -Let's go. Let's go. - Don't cry -Hey! - Oh, my Don't cry -Hey! - Oh, my Don't cry - We run this spot like a Chinese sweatshop Don't stop Work a worker till chest pop Cardiac arrested, I'm so invested I'm self-invented, that's no illusion There's no confusion You see the future, you fear the future I've seen the truth and I'm so deluded I been a better bad guy than I been better than bad Been a better bully, talk beatin' on my chest In fact I'm half stack from a rack I been around the block, babe, I know a few facts Maniac, brainiac, run go tell them that ATLien, NY felon rap - Handle me wrong I'm snappin' Show up at your class, what's happenin'? Schoolyard bully with a fully automatic Heart full of pain, head full of havoc Everybody stepped on the kid I'm letting them have it Leaving they mama to say "What happened?" Who gonna buy my baby a casket? - Megablast, I'm mega lit Highway 6 and I'm not strapped in I don't crash...I just skid You got the cash, I'll make the trip I make the trip, you better pay Done worse for less, don't make my day I'm not from Earth, from far away I bust through chests like baby grays - Runnin' the jewels of the game Whippin' the mixes like chickens of 'caine Spittin' the sickness again Parents is livid again Kids is just...insane Pointin' that pistol and fist for the chain Reppin' the symbol like they in a gang Delivery dope like a dosage of dope Or a noseful of coke for a junkie or fiend - Oh, my Don't cry Oh, my Don't cry

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This is not to say that we don't respect you if you cry. It's that we don't want you to cry, 'cause that would be sad. Well, apart from that awkward segue, I feel like this has gone pretty well.

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One of the things that the guys at the marketing team came up with, God bless his twisted soul, is that when you guys came into this building, you may not have realized, but you were given not only a ticket but one golden 36-inch invisible chain to put around your neck.

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It's like that, but invisible. And the reason why we gave you this is so that you can walk away feeling the way that we feel when we're together and we're having fun. And we feel empowered. We want you to be able to walk away knowing that you had this around you. Not everyone can see it. Only people in this room can see it. And you know when you look at each other. You can do this if you see each other. That way you'll know. There's all sorts of you. You're working everywhere. We've infiltrated everywhere. But you just remember that that...is around your neck next time somebody tells you that this...world is not gonna be exactly what you want this...world to be. You remember that that chain is around your neck every time someone tells you that you're not gonna do what you want to do in your...life because of their mistakes. Any time anybody tells you that this world has somehow been irreparably lost to the dirty, filthy minds of old war-mongering...

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Any time anyone says anything like that, you can look them straight in the eyes, and you can say,..."I have an invisible 36-inch chain around my neck."

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Whoo! Put your hands up! Yeah! Hey! -Yeah! Come on, Austin. ...we be that...that's right Number-two boo-boo, straight caca I smoke ganja with a dreadlocked Rasta Move like Frank, you will die like a hassa Move like Jesus, die like a martyr Hell of a choice when you're riding on the MARTA Trying to get some hoes in the hot car How far are we away, man? - Not far - The greatness they claim, not all Are not, we are those juggernauts Me El, we hail Like a young Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, cash flow, car full of females Bad hoes, we in the DR Any...rapper boy gettin' out of line I pray the preacher beat him to the goddamn E.R. -E.R., E.R., E.R. - I spit them country rap tunes like "Hee-Haw" Cocaine flow, fish scale, no re-rock Take a snort for yourself, shawty, see, he raw - Hold on, sniff, see he raw! - That's you, shawty, go on snort your nose off Then put the news in the street Tom Brokaw 'Cause of you shawty met a bad snow...out of Brooklyn And that Brooklyn... straight got broke off Yeah, she called her homegirl from the BX Freaky lil 'Rican brought X and we sexed Couple months later brought 'em down to Atlanta Let 'em style on the 'bamas, that's right, yeah, we flex Heard she got a baby daddy but that...acting aggy Runnin' round talkin' 'bout yeah, he plexed But he better pray for his ho like Tebow though Right now he stay losin' like The Jets -Come on! -Yeah! And I walk around like I got a 36" chain -Hey! -Yeah! And I walk around like I got a 36" chain -...we be that... that's right Light a flare put your thumbs in the air, high five I came for the stash box, gimme that I been waitin' for this all my life 3:00 AM and I'm still not right Still awake still away from fading - Crazy - Psilocybin Why the ride so hazy Dribble this spit till the street gets wavy The bliss and pure...magician Get to skipping Not too tall, dark, and handsome, man But I talk dark for ransoms, man Spend grands of those zombies Folded origami Yes, I bag the clams Anyone object to the style Gets a smile and a backwards hand - Backwards hand Backwards hand - Venomous face in the place of an angel Bringing that buckshot back to the table Been a veteran, earthbound hellion Try to say grace, get a face full of staples Woke up and the city air smelled like maple If you come straight from New York, you relate If you come straight from another place, stay tuned Me and Mike got the whole map held safe - Be it NYC or the ATL From the ceilings of heaven to the gates of hell We murder death killed every stage we step Homicide times two better warn yourself, El - Anybody looking for some trouble better self med We could double dutch in a minefield, hell yeah Just the right temperature, break beat minister Riverdance cleats on your face for the finisher

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I can keep going. -I love the Run the Jewels audiences, 'cause they're all about audience participation, you feel what I'm saying? That means the other emcee in the group is you. So when I say, "One, two, three" -- I'm gonna say, "One, two, three." I'ma say, "One," I'ma say, "Two," and I'ma say, "Three." I want y'all to scream to the top of y'all lungs, "Hey, Dad, Uncle El, stay gold." One, two, three! -Hey, Dad, Uncle El, stay gold! -Good. Definitely good. But that was like TV taping good. That wasn't Run the Jewels show good. We're gonna give it one more shot. -That's right. We're gonna say this...like we mean it. We're gonna say it... like this is WWE. A-one, a-two, a-three! -Hey, Dad, Uncle El, stay gold!! -Whoo! -Yeah! -Can we get the music up a little bit? Come on. -I dedicate this to my lovely wife, Shana, man. -Hey! Ready? -I'm ready. - I got a bad girl - Yeah - Got a brain-with-an...girl - Yeah - She got a mean bop, I got a lean to the way I walk And they get it like gold - G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, it's gold G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, that's I got a good thing with a bad chick, that's rare chick She don't even like you hoes She'll walk in the room, take err' bitch Gold G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, it's gold G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, that's gold - I got a bad girl - Yeah - Got a brain-with-an...girl - Yeah She got a mean bop, I got a lean to the way I walk And I get it like gold All you...frauds keep juggling lava rocks I'm non-compliant, I'll define it Nothing servile, all defiance - Let's go - You're gonna love how we ride to the gates on a lion High and smiling - High - Me and Mike, we just think alike And can't stop high-fiving - Bye I'm not a running man, I'll do the wop on you hoes Then grab the dough I hit a lick every time we park the bus Then it's time to go - I got a good thing with a bad... that's rare... She don't even like you hoes She'll walk in the room, take err'... We fuss, we fight, we...like freaks What a fabulous marriage You ain't lived you life till you've seen a bad... Eat your wife like a savage Not your average guys We play cool but see through savage eyes We're the crooks, we'll run the jux And kidnap mom from jazzercise Stockholm syndrome when she get home Mom's like, "I like those...guys" Thanks for the ransom, handsome Let Mom know the guys loved her pumpkin pie - I got a bad girl - Let's go - Got a brain-with-an...girl - What she got? What she got? She got a mean bop, I got a lean to the way I walk And they get it like gold G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, it's gold G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, that's - I got a good thing with a bad...that's rare... She don't even like you hoes She'll walk in the room, take err'... Gold G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, it's gold G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, that's gold - Check it out Gold is shiny, gold is fun Some like taking gold with guns A heart ain't gold if it don't like us But go for the gold, dumb... good luck A golden boy, man, good as gold Golden rule is "Don't lose your soul" ...on power, golden shower Golden rays of sun grow my dope - Look at my gold Going for the gold 'fore a G get old And my heart grow cold I go-go-go for every year my career was slow And seemed that it wouldn't go You should know I keep these rhymes Like Smoltz, like Glavine, like Maddux in '95 Now we shine just like Eddie Golden teeth from Greenbriar in '99 - Can't be broke when you own gold rope Pawn shops offering cash for those Cash is fake though, gold accrues Make my own gold, golden goose Run down yellow brick roads toward riches Just be sure to not trust no wizards Golden age is now gone, admit it All that's gold is not gold that glitters - 36-inch Cuban as I'm movin' through Cuba With a half a ki of gold on my neck Call me Gaddafi and pay me in gold 'Cause your money ain't really worth... Just a piece of paper to promote propaganda To keep you in debt and know your... Dope boys had... right all along Puttin' gold all in them they bitch - I got a bad girl Let's go, let's go - Got a brain-with-an...girl - Yeah She got a mean bop, I got a lean to the way I walk And they get it like gold G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, it's gold G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, that's - I got a good thing with a bad...that's rare... She don't even like you hoes She'll walk in the room, take err'... Gold G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, it's gold G-O-L-D, G-O-L-D, that's Gold

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-Let's put our hands together out there, y'all. -Come on! Hey, hey, hey, hey! -Yeah! -Hey, hey, hey! -Yeah! -Hey, hey, hey! Hey, hey! - Hello from the Little Shop of Horrors Ski mask like a Phantom of the Opera Go cold like the land of Chicago Child soldiers sprayin' the chopper But you don't give a... 'bout them though Till a peasant put a pistol in your window You ain't really need that chain You ain't really need that ring You ain't really need them thangs "Snow on The Bluff" showed up With the slums in the city blown up Now the white folks showed up Everything bought sold up ...assed out...po'd up Politicians so corrupt, sold our black ass out Really ain't color, my brother Here in Cabbagetown they put they white-ass out Truth been told, I'm out He in here, me in here, we in here - Don't get captured - No cryin' here, just do your dirt and disappear - Don't get captured - Then lay it low and take it slow and reappear - Don't get captured - Return to us victorious, smoke pounds of kush - Don't get captured -Say, "Hell yeah!" -Hell yeah! -DJ Trackstar!

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-Where you at? Where you at? Where you at? - Good day from the house of the haunted Get a job, get a house, get a coffin Don't stray from the path, remain where you at That maximizes our profit Is that blunt? Oh, well, hell, so's this boot We live to hear you say "Please don't shoot" A pure delight, come on, make my night When I file reports what's right's what I write Snuff films air all night Till your last sane thought take flight What a great sight, what a job, what a good life The more we act wrong the more we are right And who exactly gon' stop what we got? We don't argue, we are not calm and impartial Some call it work, but it's more like an art Paint the walls with your heart And we better not catch you - He in here, me in here, we in here - Don't get captured - No cryin' here, just do your dirt and disappear - Don't get captured - Then lay it low and take it slow and reappear - Don't get captured - Return to us victorious, smoke pounds of kush -Say, "Yeah!" -Say, "Hell yeah!" -Hell yeah! -Say, "Hell yeah!" -Hell yeah! -Say, "Hell...yeah!" -Hell...yeah! -Say, "Yeah!" -Yeah! -Say, "Hell yeah!" -Hell yeah! -Oh, I love y'all. -You guys are amazing. And sir and ma'am, can I just say -- I don't want to point you out, but you two right there, I hope that you've been married for many years. But I got to say, I was watching you guys from backstage on the monitor, and you guys got here a little bit earlier than a lot of other people were. And you sat right there, and I was watching you from backstage. And I was like, "Man, I hope they like us. I hope they have fun tonight."

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And it looks like you are. -You guys are jamming your ass off. Thank you very much.

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-It just warms my heart. I appreciate it. -I definitely know those people smoked marijuana together before.

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- Picture this, I'm a bag of... Put me to your lips I am sick I will punch a baby bear in his... Give me lip, I'ma send you to the yard Get a stick, make a switch I can end a conversation real quick - I am crack I ain't lyin', kick a lion in his crack I'm the...I will show up to your crib, take a... Pinch your mama on the booty Kick your dog...your... Fat boy dressed up like he's Santa And took pictures with your kids - We the best We will cut a frowny face in your chest, little wench I'm unmentionably fresh, I'm a mensch, get correct I will walk into a court while erect, screaming "Yes! I am guilty...I am death" Hey, you wanna hear a good joke? - Nobody speak, nobody get choked -Hey! -Hey, hey! - Nobody speak, nobody get choked Nobody speak, nobody get choked - Get running Start pumping your bunions, I'm coming I'm the dumbest who flame throw your...to Funyuns Flame your crew quicker than Trump...his youngest Now face the flame...your fame and fate's done with - I rob Charlie Brown Peppermint Patty, Linus, and Lucy Put coke in the doobie, roll woolies to smoke with Snoopy I still remain that...grabbin' rapper that spit a loogie 'Cause the toter of the toolie'll Murder you friggin' Moolies -Ladies and gentlemen, one more time. A nice Austin round of applause for our deejay, DJ Trackstar!

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-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! - Nobody Nobody speak -Yeah, yeah! Yeah! - Nobody speak

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-Y'all feel good?

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Can we keep going or y'all tired of us yet? Can we keep going? -Hey, Mike. -As a kid who didn't grow up with cable, this is the best...in the world for me, 'cause I've watched so many of these and never thought we'd be on this stage, man. So thanks for public -- Thanks for public broadcasting, one. Because I don't care what they say about watching TV makes you dumber, I am definitely smarter because of PBS, man.

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-And, you know, it actually -- I remember earlier today, it moved you so much that you wrote what I thought was frankly a pretty soul-stirring poem about the event. And I don't know if you'd be so brave as to share the sort of more tender side of what you do... -I feel brave. -...with this amazing crowd right here, but I'd love to encourage you, maybe with a round of applause from the people in front of us to just let Mike break out of his shell and give you guys Michael Render for once, and not just Killer Mike, you know? -And it goes a little something like this. I'm a rider and provider and I don't tolerate ho... I Bun B out on emcees meaning I obliterate yo'... Every time I try to like a rapper they turn and do ho... Make me ski mask on they a-a-ass Run they jewels and mo'... - Run them jewels fast, run them, run them jewels fast Run them, run them, r-run them, run them...the slo-mo -Hey, hey, hey! -Hey! -Hey! -Hey! -Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey! -Hey!

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Fashion slave, you protestin' to get in a...look book Everything I scribble's like "The Anarchist Cookbook" - Look good, posing in a centerfold of Crook Book - Black on black on black with a ski mask That is my crook look How you like my stylin', bruh? Ain't nobody stylin', bruh 'Bout to turn this...up like Riker's Island, bruh Where my thuggers and my cripples And my blooders and my brothers? When you...gon' unite and kill the police... Or take over a jail, give those COs hell The burnin' of the sulfur, God damn, I love the smell Blankets and pillow torchin', where the...the warden? When you find him, we don't kill him We just waterboard him We killin' 'em for freedom, they tortured us for boredom So even if some good ones die...it, the Lord'll sort 'em -Hey! We out of order, Your Honor, you out of order This whole court is unimportant You...are walkin' corpses I'm a flip wig synonym, livin' within distortion I'll bite into a cyanide molar before you whores win I'm a New Yorkian, I...from the jump I wear my Yankee so tilted I actually walk with a hunch Look at Mikey, I think he likey, we are sinister sons Aye, we the type to greet the preacher with a grin and a gun - Run them jewels fast, run them, run them jewels fast Run them, run them, r-run them R-run them, run them, r-run them - Run them jewels fast, run them, run them jewels fast - Run them, run them, r-run them R-run them, run them, r-run them - A wise man once said - "We all dead...it" - Just spit it disgusting youngin' And hold your... while you gunnin' I listened, tatted a sentence on my...last summer Now I'll never get that phrase off my brain, it's no wonder I'm here to buy hearts, I got hundreds, honey The cheaper the parts, the better buy for the money I'm trained in...whisperin', glistenin' Waitin' for their christenin' I know the neighbors can't help but listen in A dirty boy who come down on a side of dissonance I can't even relax without sirens off in the distances Not...you, little buddy, this...island's a prison The only solace I have is the act of conjugal visitin' - My solitary condition's preventin' conjugal visits Though mainly missin' my missus They keepin' me from my children Conditions create a villain The villain is givin' vision The vision becomes a vow To seek vengeance on all the vicious Liars and politicians, profiteers of the prisons The forehead engravers, enslavers of men and women Includin' members of clergy That rule on you through religion They'll strip your kid to the nude And then tell 'em God'll forgive 'em - Run them jewels fast, run them, run them jewels fast Run them, run them, r-run them R-run them, run them, r-run them Run them jewels fast, run them, run them jewels fast Run them, run them, r-run them, R-run them, run them, r-run them...the slo-mo

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-Let me see your hands in the air like this. Hey!

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Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Beware of horses I mean, a horse is a horse, of course But who rides is important Sitting high with a uniform Barking orders, demanding order And I'm scared that I talk too much About what I think's going on I got a way with this They might drag me away for this Put me in a cage for this I might pay for this Just say what I want like I'm made for this But I'm just afraid some days I might be wrong Maybe that's why me and Mike get along Hey, not from the same part of town But we both hear the same sound coming - Whoo - And it sounds like war - Whoo - And it breaks our hearts When I started this band, didn't have no plans Didn't see no arc Just run with the craft, have a couple laughs Make a buck and dash, yeah - Yeah, yeah - Get a little dap like "Yeah, I'm the...man!", yeah Maybe give a little back like, "Here, I do what I can" It's all jokes and smoke till the truth start schemin' Can't contain the disdain for y'all demons Talk clean and bomb hospitals So I speak with the foulest mouth possible And I drink like a Vulcan Losing all faith in the logical I will not be confused for docile I'm free...I'm hostile If you feel free tonight, Austin, Texas, put a finger in the air like this! -If you free tonight, let me see you wag your finger from left to right! Say, "Yeah!" -Yeah! -Yeah! -Yeah! -Yeah! -Yeah! -Yeah! -Yeah! Choose the lesser of the evil people And the devil still gon' win It could all be over tomorrow Kill our masters and start again But we know we all afraid So we just simply cry and march again At the Dem Conven my heart broke apart When I seen them march mamas in As I rap this verse right now Got tears flowing down my chocolate chin I told the truth and I've been punished for it Must be a masochist 'cause I done it again Ooh, Mike said "uterus" They acting like Mike said "You a"... Every writer that wrote it misquoted it Mike says, "You a... you a...you a"... Add a...for that black writer that started that sewer... I maneuver through manure like a slumdog millionaire El-P told me,..."them devils, Mike, we gon' be millionaires" I respond with a heavy, "Yeah" Big bro says..."that, toughen up Stay ready, write raw raps... rugged rough" The devil don't sleep, us either El spits fire, I spit ether We the gladiators that oppose all Caesars Coming soon on a new world tour Probably play the score for the World War At the apocalypse, play the encore Turn around, see El, and I smile Hell coming and we got about a mile Until it's over we remain hostile

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Hold up. -RTJ! -What's that? -RTJ! -What? -RTJ! -Huh? -RTJ! -What? -RTJ! RTJ! RTJ! -Thank you. -RTJ! -Thank you guys. That's good. Thank y'all so much. Feels really good.

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This next song is dedicated to anybody in your life that may have left you too early, that may have left this planet too young. And if you close your eyes and you can think about them here, then you know what this song is like. Yeah Whoo! Right for a right, wrong for a wrong This is clearly not life's design Figure out nothing real quick when you answer When you ask the universe why Life is a journey, to live is to worry To love is to lose your damn mind But living's a blessing so I am not stressing 'Cause some of my friends ain't survived Death's a release but a much bigger beast Is a living on limited time Like how do you look in the eyes of a friend And not cry when you know that they're dying? How do you feel 'bout yourself when you know that Sometimes you had wished they were gone? Not because you didn't love 'em But just because you felt too weak to be strong You couldn't bear to see someone Who prided themselves on the strength to feel weak Chaos of randomness, hold it for ransom That life will not fade in your dreams You see that they're fighting and know that they're losing But still you make jokes and you laugh 'Cause you know despite all the sadness That you better get the good times while they last Now every new word that they speak You are already feeling like it's in the past And when they all gone you just try to move on 'Cause the memory's hurting so bad Grown up so much and I wonder Who you'd've become if you stuck for a while Just know that I love you, good friend Ain't forget you, and when I remember I smile And I guess I'd say I'll see you soon - I'll see you soon - But the truth is that I see you now - I see you now - Still talk to you like you're around - Like you're around - And I guess I say you left too soon - You left to soon - But the truth is that you never left - You never left - 'Cause I never let myself forget - Myself forget -Whoo! Let me see your hands in the air for that one person who couldn't be here tonight.

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And I want you to close your eyes for a second and imagine that person here enjoying this energy, enjoying this night with you. And if you can see him or her, say, "Yeah!" -Yeah! - An eye for an eye, and a tooth for the tooth Will leave us all mumbling and blind So we stumble blind through depths of the dark Looking for something divine Life is a journey, to live is to suffer And I have been suffering through mine But living's a blessing, so I ain't no stressing 'Cause some of my homeys ain't 'round And he got no drama, but his baby mama Is still on my line and she cryin' I searched for the words to offer some comfort For her soul and spirit and mind I tell her that it'll be fine But deep down I know that I'm lying The family came, took rings and his chains The bank took the house and the rides The only thing left was his child And she had his smile and his eyes So much to the soul, that when the grandmama kept her She'd look at her sometimes and cry The very next day she cried And day after day, she cried Then called baby mama and told her "I'm sorry, can't keep her no more, I have tried" No killer was captured, but I know he listening So I'd like to tell him in song The streets was a jungle, I hope that you made it I hope that you righted your wrongs I hope that you learn, I hope that you change So your mama don't know this pain And my homey's name will mean something more Than a...got killed for a chain - And I guess I'd say I'll see you soon - I'll see you soon - But the truth is that I see you now - I see you now - Still talk to you like you're around - Like you're around -Aye! -Whoo. - And I guess I say you left too soon - You left too soon - But the truth is that you never left - You never left - 'Cause I never let myself forget - Myself forget -Whoo-hoo. I guess I say I'll see you soon And I guess I say I'll see you soon - I'll see you soon - And I guess I say I'll see you soon - I'll see you soon

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-We're gonna try and do a song that we've never quite successfully pulled off yet. You guys are our guinea pigs. We can always edit it out.

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- How long before the hate that we hold Lead us to another Holocaust? Are we so deep in it that we can't end it? Stop, hold, ever call it off It's too clear, nuclear's too near And the holders of the Molotov Say "The revolution's right here, right now" And they ain't callin' off - Wake up, roll an eighth up Throw a double finger with a fist Here at the abyss, I will be your tour guide It is war time, check your wrists - Ready, kids? - Over to your right, shine a light Got a bevy ready for the fight I just wanna live, I don't wanna ever have to load a clip Only hunt bliss, I am still a kid in my heart But these...sick They don't give a... not at all They don't even want to let you take a little...in a pot - Listen along - They don't want your love... is bugged ...steady getting rich from the blood Love when you beg Trust, I would sooner Put a puckered pair of lips to the sun Love will survive Run out under iridescent lights for our lives I will be surprised if we ever got to feeling so alive as tonight - Wild for the night - Look into my eyes I am standing at your side for the fight Minds over might, swear to God They could barely even see the dog They don't see the size of the fight - Wake up, drink water, smoke blunt Clean off my Kalashnikov, stop, pow, 10 for a min Free this case... get the poppin' off The evening news givin' youse views Telling you to pick your master for president Then behind the curtain, seen the devil workin' Came back with some evidence I'm here to tell you don't let 'em tell you What's right and wrong -Hey! - Make love, smoke kush, fight or laugh hard and live long That's the anecdote You defeat the devil when you hold onto hope 'Cause, kinfolk, life is beautiful And we ain't gotta die for them other men And I refuse to kill another human being In the name of a government 'Cause I don't study war no more I don't hate the poor no more Gettin' more ain't what's more Only thing more is the love So when you see me please greet me with a heart full And a pound and a hug - Save my swollen heart -Ladies and gentlemen, BOOTS. - Bring me home from the dark -Yeah. - Take me home, take me home, take me home Take me home, take me home, take me home

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Seen the devil give a sermon in the church Seen an angel dancing in the club Tryin' to feed a baby so I threw a thousand in the air And blessed her with a hug I done been down so many times Walked on like a dirty rug And now that I made it, can't fake it Gotta give it what I'm truly worthy of - And I don't how much it really means to be right - Means to be right - But what a joy it'd be to see some peace in this life - Peace in this life - And it occurs to me that Maybe we ain't even really seen any right Here in the dark, hoping just to see a beam of the light - Save my swollen heart Bring me home from the dark - Yeah, yeah, yeah - Take me home, take me home, take me home -Come on! - Take me home, take me home, take me home

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-Good job. Please make some noise for our incredibly talented friend BOOTS. -Thank you, Austin. -We brought some other talented friends with us. If any of you guys are fans of a group of guys called Dungeon Family or OutKast and like singing their... this is whose voice you've been listening to for the last couple years. You guys, please give Joi a round of applause. -Thank you. -I want to say a lot of times -- a lot of times, man, life kicks you in the ass. I don't mean kicks you in the butt. I mean firmly, square-toed in the ass. And you say to yourself "I don't want to be here anymore." And I want to let you know that when you feel down and you feel unloved and you feel un-thought-about and uncared for, If you look around you in this room, this is a community of people who have the same thoughts and ideals as you, even though you're very different. I'm sure you guys like love and peace and harmony and fairness and equality and care, so I want you to remember in your darkest times that there's somebody who gives a...about you. And I want all of those who feel great to make sure that we reach out to those that may be alone or lonely or that we love. For the holidays, take your ass to the Veterans Administration hospital and help someone who might not have family. But make sure that you don't allow people to stay down. And if you feel down, I want to let you know that ending your life ain't the answer. Tomorrow brings answers and a better day. I'm Killer Mike. This is El-P. This is called "Down." I hope - I hope - I hope with the highest of hopes That I never have to go back to the trap And my days of dealing with dope So I, I only spit fire and dope So later on you can go quote My lines to your people and folk And they say damn That boy be spitting that pressure And he be smoking that pressure And he smart as a professor, yes, sir 25 lighters on dresser, pound of that pressure Sittin' right next to Right next to a book and a gun Ballot or bullet, you better use one One time for the freedom of speeches Two time for the right to hold heaters Just skip to the fifth if the cops in your house Close your mouth and pray to your Jesus Ask why, 'cause the Devil a lie So I stay holy and high May never get rich, but I never squint 'Cause I made it here by and by - Oh, my, y'all -Hey! - I coulda died, y'all -Hey! A couple times I took my eyes off the prize, y'all I know a few people pray for my demise, y'all But like cream, I had to rise, I had to rise, y'all Oh, my, y'all -Yeah! - I coulda died, y'all -Yeah! A couple times, I took my eyes off the prize, y'all I know a few people pray for my demise, y'all But even birds with broken wings want to fly, fly - RTJ You're gonna need a bigger boat, boys, you're in trouble Aye, gonna need a little hope, boys, on the double Aye, you muckin' with a G here, see, talk to me Or maybe listen to the man That barely dodged his own lobotomy Pop the tape in, baby, we got...we wrote for you You came from feeling what a pure absence of hope can do Only to leap through flaming rings And break the nose of crews Still in their wings'll be them darlings Hope they've broken you Yeah, they better hope that I'm a full force and a cold fact See the cold floor where I licked dirt When the dough dried and the pride died Had a dumb max, had to shop right Gimme two meals and the lights on I'ma do right, get a new crew Make a new life, never boo-hoo Never lose sight, I'm a voodoo With a burst heart from an old soul Better stop, drop when the squad's hot We don't stop a lot We don't talk a lot about it, we just pop it off a lot I'm high, man, I'm a cosmonaut Scream,..."'em," till they lop our bloody noggins off I promise y'all - Oh, my, y'all -Hey! - I coulda died, y'all -Hey! A couple times I took my eyes off the prize, y'all I know a few people pray for my demise, y'all But like cream, I had to rise, I had to rise, y'all Oh, my, y'all I coulda died, y'all A couple times, I took my eyes off the prize, y'all I know a few people pray for my demise, y'all But even birds with broken wings want to fly, fly -"ACL" TV, Austin, Texas, thank you so much for having us! - A couple times, I took my eyes off the prize, y'all I know a few people pray for my demise, y'all But like cream, I had to rise, I had to rise, y'all Oh, my, y'all I coulda died, y'all A couple times, I took my eyes off the prize, y'all I know a few people pray for my demise, y'all But even birds with broken wings want to fly, fly

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-We don't see any disparate, you know, sort of, you know, divide between us being the friends who like to hang out and kick it and joke and aren't taking everything so seriously and saying something that really means something to you. And I think that maybe if you get that right, then you can really feel it on the other end, you know? We're not here making, you know, a political statement as much as we're making a human statement. We made this record during a period of time in which the world really was tumultuous, and it was affecting us, and you can hear it in the music. And there are periods throughout this record where you can almost tell, like, oh, it was hitting the fan pretty hard in this time. And then we come out of it and it's back to fun again. So that's the way our life has been. -We've reached, you know, a crux in this nation and globally where we can all let fear and individualism and selfishness keep us in our individual houses, in our individual states and nations and not recognizing ourselves as part of humanity. And that's only gonna lead to more war, pestilence, and violence. Or we can challenge the different oligarchies that rule this globe, whether it's communism, capitalism, whether it's dictatorship or free republics. Whatever you choose to call it, what I know is everywhere we travel in the world, nationhood seems to stand above humanity. And that's upside-down. And we try our best to remind people through our music that recognizing other people's humanity and love and compassion essentially are going to be the way. And sometimes, that takes punching you in the face to get you to realize that, and we're not afraid to say that part, too. But, you know, ultimately, what we want to do is lessen the political agenda but push the social agenda of, you know, loving your fellow human being. - Run them jewels fast, run them, run them jewels fast Run them, run them, r-run them, run them...the slo-mo -Hey, hey, hey! -Hey! -Hey! -Hey! -Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey! -Hey!

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Fashion slave, you protestin' to get in a...look book Everything I scribble's like "The Anarchist Cookbook" - Look good, posing in a centerfold of Crook Book - Black on black on black with a ski mask That is my crook look How you like my stylin', bruh? Ain't nobody stylin', bruh 'Bout to turn this...up like Riker's Island, bruh Where my thuggers and my cripples And my blooders and my brothers? When you...gon' unite and kill the police... Or take over a jail, give those COs hell The burnin' of the sulfur, God damn, I love the smell Blankets and pillow torchin', where the...the warden? When you find him, we don't kill him We just waterboard him