Riz Ahmed Performs Gripping 'Sour Times' Spoken Word in Wake of Charlottesville on 'Fallon': Watch

Riz Ahmed's appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon transformed into a powerful and necessary moment on Monday night (Aug. 14). The actor/rapper/activist spit a commanding spoken word piece titled “Sour Times."

"In light of the current events that are going on it just seems like we're living in really divided times, and it turns," Ahmed explained as he referenced the harrowing white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. "I wrote this piece 10 years ago and every year I keep hoping it would become irrelevant, but it seems to become more and more relevant sadly." He then headed to the stage as he began to unveil his rhymes with additional new lyrics.