Lupe Fiasco stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night, Feb. 25, to promote his newest release Tetsuo & Youth. The rapper performed "Little Death" with Nikki Jean and The Roots on the late night talk show. The song is the third single from the January release following "Deliver" and "Adoration of the Magi."

"Now bring it out / Like a finger in the back of your mouth / Cherubs and cerebellum, Tara at Sarah's wedding / Sam marrying Sam / Band pushed upon the finger of Sam's hairiest hand / If that sickens you, you a bigot / If it doesn't well you're wicked / Such is life," Fiasco sang to kick off the track.

Jean joined in with some sleek lines throughout the tune as Questlove and Co. played on. Check out the performance below.

Tetsuo & Youth is Fiasco's fifth album and features Ab-Soul, Crystal Torres and Troi. The album received positive reviews from multiple outlets and hit No. 14 on the Billboard 200.

"By the album's finale, what we are left with is not only a permanent residence in the hip-hop fan's consciousness, but a promise of a new career lifeline after finally severing ties with Atlantic, after a war that's dragged on for years," XXL wrote. "We are left to pine over what the artist who crafted Food & Liquor, The Cool and now Tetsuo & Youth will brainstorm next."

At the end of January, Fiasco gave what he called his "last interview." When Sway asked why, the rapper said it had nothing to do with his private life. He just wants to pull back from the public eye.

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