- My
name
is
Lady Gaga!
And welcome
to the last
of five shows
at Madison Square Garden.
I feel so blessed,
you have no idea.
I grew up 20 blocks from here
and I watched every name go up on that marquee
year after year, month after month
and I used to dream that one day
I'd see my name in lights.
So, thank you so much.
Thank you for buying a ticket to see my show.
And for those of you who didn't pay for your tickets,
I want my money back.
I'm just kidding.
You know, I didn't used to be brave.
In fact, I wasn't very brave at all.
But you have made me brave, little monsters.
And New York made me brave.
So now,
I'm gonna be brave for you.
Tonight, I want you to forget all of your insecurities.
I want to reject anyone or anything that's ever made you
feel like you don't belong, or don't fit in,
or made you feel like you're not good enough or pretty enough
or thin enough or can't sing well enough
or dance well enough
or write a song well enough or like you'll never win a Grammy
or you'll never sell out Madison Square Garden!
You just remember that you're a goddamn superstar
and you were born this way!
May tonight be your liberation of all those things.
'Cause I used to pick up my leather boots on that street
and I would go down the stairs
to the nine train or take the nine train downtown.
And then I'd get on the L train to go across town.
And I go to dance class and I would pray and I would dream
that someday, one person would believe in me.
So when you leave here tonight,
know that at least one person believes in you.