Hours before the show aired, Roots drummer Questlove told his Twitter followers to keep their ears pricked during Tuesday morning’s show.

“Aight late night walkon song devotees: you love it when we snark: this next one takes the cake. ask around cause i aint tweeting title,” he tweeted.

…and then Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann strode to the couch smiling and waving to the crowd while The Roots covered Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch.”

Questlove told the Wall Street Journal the decision was a “spur of the moment” thing. “The performance was a tongue-in-cheek and spur of the moment decision. The show was not aware of it and I feel bad if her feelings were hurt. That was not my intention.”

The original song from Fishbone’s 1985 EP is below:

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