Charlie Wilson: Tiny Desk Concert

foreign [Music] [Music] the love of love but being famous sometimes it's hard to find someone to trust [Music] yourself [Music] Charlie [Music] [Music] feels like I know days [Music] [Music] [Applause] thank you [Applause] thank you I've been on a lot of Records I've sung a lot of Duets and and pop rock hip-hop and r b but I bet you 90 of people in this room don't know I sing on this record right here let me see if you know it [Music] [Applause] looking for my computer [Music] love [Music] you know I've been searching for someone in your eyes [Music] my computer thanks [Music] thanks [Music] come on [Music] [Music] every week [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Applause] thank you thank you so much all right let me see if you know this one [Music] okay [Music] rolling in my car when I pull up at the mall couldn't find a place to park I threw my keys to the valley for me almost only that I hang wasn't looking for a thing that was just about to bounce and then I saw this lady said to myself [Music] [Music] [Music] okay I'll treat her like a queen queen give her everything [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] handsome babies thank you [Music] that you give me some of your time yeah it makes me so crazy come on it makes me so crazy crazy [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] I love y'all so much making me feel good see I'm trying to keep them tearing up in here but it's all good uh [Music] I've been through so much in my life it's just I wish I had enough time to just tell you everything but I don't but God has been good to me [Music] he's been better to me than I've been to my own self so for that I'm blessed how many of y'all blessed tonight today come on you scared to sad waking up thanking God every day is feeling just so like Sunday a wifey Fly By My Side Green Light everything is going my way riding clean living dreams just left the barber and I'm feeling like Midas heard them say giving praise what's the new one I got you acting like this ain't a day go by [Music] and I tell you what's up yes giving every moment known we could cause my face I'm like oh yeah I'm blessed I'm blessed come on ask me how you live in every moment though smile up on my face [Music] thank you [Applause] [Music] my name is Charlie last name Wilson and I used to be so many years ago we sold me as a records and I went from Ranch to riches riches to rags and rats to the curb then curve to homeless cause I was an alcoholic cocaine addict but I'm but I hate this is water in my body cause I found something greater than myself pick me up and turn me around and place my feet up on some Solid Ground And if you think you know who I'm talking about can you somebody make some noise I think I feel like shouting right now [Music] Hallelujah [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] up in here two and that's holding for about 15 seconds the loudest noise you can make one two three [Music] thank you [Music] we'll be having church for the next 30 minutes [Music] [Applause] he's been good to me I promise God if he got me off the streets [Music] it's not right sleeping on it in parked trucks [Music] just give me one more chance [Music] at life and music I promise I'm not going to shout him out and have some church wherever I go I don't care who's in the building I'm gonna shout you out Lord and look at it Lord Jesus I thank you Lord I'm gonna stop right there because I get too emotional and can't get the words out next thing is tears so y'all all right yeah cause I feel good right now here's one you might know my brother thank you baby [Music] [Music] the time has come for us to stop messing around [Music] in my life foreign [Music] [Music] so if you know the song let me say it right now [Music] come on [Music] [Applause] [Music] my heart [Music] let me inside [Music] [Applause] [Music] keep running [Music] you can't keep running in and out of my life [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] okay keep running that thing down for me let me I wanted to introduce you to to the people that's been we've been with me for so many years and some just got here but I want to start with Charlie's Angels first [Applause] in the back Angel throw your hands up so they can see you baby [Music] they call him a little challenge [Applause] and Leah [Music] behind me I call him go get him Nick ladies and gentlemen on saxophone brother Nick go get him Nick yeah [Music] on keys right back here brother Steve oh base here for the EQ [Applause] Alex on guitar [Applause] Lawrence on another base key base [Music] on drums we call him Rain Man [Music] and this ain't this ain't no joke I'm going to tell you this is he got two little boys I said what's the name of your group chicken butt so I love you honey this is for chicken butt and my musical director Mr Cardell Walton he puts it all together for me do y'all know this song we're doing right now y'all don't know the song come on [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you tiny dance [Applause] thank you so much I got one Robert you know I just didn't want to use it you know I thought I was I took one home from rehearsal last night I still got that I don't know what's going on with this something's falling and everything's falling but uh I have um I thought I was getting ready to retire I was getting ready to sit down so here come this song and said man I want you to get on this song I'm like man I'm tired I think I think I'm tired see now you're not Uncle Charlie you got to go do this song and this it sounds like this [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] yeah so please [Music] [Music] my happiness [Applause] thank you so much and some I said I said what should I sing over there I know and somebody said you know you can't leave at it without this record here [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] inside here [Music] girl you're looking Sweetheart now [Music] you're getting finer every day girl I wish that I could have left you right [Music] in a special way girl [Music] with you baby [Applause] [Music] my life [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] see I feel so lucky today be on the tiny Dash [Applause] [Music] [Applause] basement [Music] [Music] like my time [Music] [Applause] you blow my mind [Music] [Applause] [Music] girl you know you know you move you knocked me out [Music] I don't I don't know if it's a party tonight [Music] do I get some schools [Music] [Applause] [Music] over here [Music] please [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] scream [Music] yeah I know where the party is the party's in the middle [Music] Uncle Charlie is here [Music] hey hey hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

Channel: NPR Music

Views: 3,774,028

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Length: 29min 38sec (1778 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 05 2023