TONIGHT'S MUSICAL GUEST
IS A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED RAPPER
WHOSE NEW EP AND SHORT FILM
"PRIMA DONNA"
ARE AVAILABLE NOW
PERFORMING "SMILE" WITH
A LITTLE HELP
FROM THE ROOTS, GIVE IT UP FOR
VINCE STAPLES!
♪ HOW YOU FEELING EVERYBODY
HOPE YOU HAD A NICE DAY ♪
♪ SOMETIMES I FEEL ALL ALONE ♪
♪ SOMETIMES I CAN'T GET AWAY ♪
♪ I FEEL MY LIFE IS IN DANGER ♪
♪ EVERY NIGHT WHEN I LAY ♪
♪ SO CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR,
SMILE FOR ME? ♪
♪ I KNOW THEY WANNA SEE
ME FALL ♪
♪ I KNOW THE FRAUDULENT I KNOW ♪
♪ I KNOW THEY HOPING THAT
IT'S RIGHT ♪
♪ BACK TO THE GHETTOS I GO ♪
♪ I KNOW MY PIGMENT ♪
♪ IS NOT THAT OF A BUSINESSMEN ♪
♪ I KNOW THEY THINK I'M
IGNORANT ♪
♪ I'M MESSING UP MY
PRIVILEGE I KNOW ♪
♪ THAT MONEY COME AND GO ♪
♪ SO MONEY NOT MY MOTIVE
NO MO' ♪
♪ I MADE ENOUGH TO KNOW ♪
♪ I'LL NEVER MAKE ENOUGH FOR
MY SOUL ♪
♪ I TURNED MY BACK ON MY
FRIENDS ♪
♪ I TURNED MY BACK ON MY HOME ♪
♪ I LEFT THE STREET WHERE
I'VE GROWN ♪
♪ TO CHASE THE YELLOW
BRICK ROAD ♪
♪ I HEARD THEY PAVED IT
WITH GOLD ♪
♪ I TURNED AROUND AND SEEN THEY
PISSED ON IT ♪
♪ JUST LIKE ME ♪
♪ BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT BECAUSE MY
SOUL BURNING ♪
♪ PLEASE SET ME FREE ♪
♪ I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN ANOTHER
LIFE TIME'S ♪
♪ MINES JUST NOT FOR ME ♪
♪ CAN'T YOU SEE? ♪
♪ EVERY NIGHT UP ON MY
KNEES I PRAY ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME ♪
♪ THAT EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE
AND BE OK ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME ♪
♪ MAYBE I'LL STAY MAYBE I'LL
PASS AWAY ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME ♪
♪ I'M HOLDING ON TO WHAT THE
PASTOR SAY ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME, YEAH ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME, YEAH ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME, YEAH ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME, YEAH ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME ♪
♪ SMILE FOR ME ♪
♪ I WATCHED THEM TAKE THE
BLACKNESS OUT THE PYRAMIDS ♪
♪ POISON THE WATER FOR THE
DARKER OUT IN MICHIGAN ♪
♪ LIKE WHATS THE POINT OF
BREATHING ♪
♪ I THINK I'M MISSING IT ♪
♪ I THINK I WANT TO PUT THIS
RAZOR TO MY WRIST AGAIN ♪
♪ I WANT TO KILL MY NEIGHBOR ♪
♪ CAUSE THE WAY HE LIVE AGAIN ♪
♪ MY MAMA HAD ME WHILE MY DAD
WAS IN THE PRISON AND ♪
♪ I'M TRYING TO SHOW YOU ♪
♪ I WAS BOUGHT INTO THIS
WORLD ALONE ♪
♪ BUT THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ME ♪
♪ THEY WANT ANOTHER SONG ♪
♪ THEY WANT ANOTHER SHOW ♪
♪ THEY WANT TO SEE ME GROW ♪
♪ JUST TO BREAK ME DOWN, SOON
AS I BREAK THE MOLD ♪
♪ PAY A TOLL TO WATCH IT TAKE
ITS TOLL ♪
♪ ITS WILD ON ME ♪
♪ SO WON'T YOU SMILE FOR ME ♪
♪ HOW YOU FEELING EVERYBODY
HOPE YOU HAD A NICE DAY ♪
♪ SOMETIMES I FEEL ALL ALONE ♪
♪ SOMETIMES I CAN'T GET AWAY ♪
♪ I FEEL MY LIFE IS IN DANGER ♪
♪ EVERY NIGHT WHEN I PRAY ♪
♪ SO CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR,
SMILE FOR ME? ♪
VINCE STAPLES!
THANK YOU BUDDY
VINCE: THANK YOU
"PRIMA DONNA" IS AVAILABLE NOW!
