00:01Please welcome, Billy Porter.
00:06How y'all doing tonight?
00:09So you know, everybody here has their own reason for singing a Paul Simon song.
00:15Most of them are personal. I have mine.
00:18And though I can't begin to tell you how much this song means to me,
00:23I can tell you that when I rediscovered the lyrics,
00:29preparing for tonight, it became all too clear that this song is about my mother.
00:36It's about a mother's love.
00:39You know, I grew up Pentecostal.
00:42I'm also gay, in love with life.
00:46So tonight, I sing this song for all of you and I dedicate it to my mother.
00:54This is for you, mama.
00:58This one is called, Loves Me Like a Rock.
01:05When I was a little boy, and the devil would call my name.
01:19I said, now who do?
01:24Who do you think you're fooling?
01:32I'm a consecrated boy, singing in the Sunday choir.
01:42Oh, my mama says she loves me, she loves me.
01:54She gets down on her knees and hugs me.
01:58Oh, she loves me like a rock.
02:08Hey!
02:10Woo!
02:10She loves me like a rock.
02:15She loves me.
02:19She loves me.
02:19She loves me.
02:19Come on, put your hands together.
02:23Come on.
02:24Come on.
02:25Come on.
02:25Come on.
02:27Come on.
02:35Come on.
02:36Come on.
02:38Come on.
02:38Come on.
02:39Come on.
03:04Come on.
03:06And the Congress called my name
03:09I said, Poodle
03:12How do you think you're calling your name?
03:17I've got the president you'll feel
03:19I'm on the president's podium
03:22And she loves me
03:25She loves me
03:27She gets down and even hurts me
03:30And she loves me like a rock
03:35She loves me like a rock
03:43Thank you, Poodle
03:45Love me like a rock
03:50Love me like a rock
03:57Love me too
03:58Love me like a rock
04:01Love me like a rock
04:05She lovin' like a rock
04:07Love me too
04:08Love me like a rock
04:10Love me like a rock
04:12Love me like a rock
04:14She lovin' like a rock
04:17Love me too
04:18Love me like a rock
04:20Love me like a rock
04:24Love me like a rock
04:28Oh!
04:32Yeah!
04:38Whoo!
04:39Yeah!
04:41Whoo!
04:43Yeah!
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