"The Guillotine" by The Coup from the new album 'Sorry To Bother You,' out 10/30! Produced and Directed by Beau Patrick Coulon DP & Edit - Shawn Butcher AC - Daniel Worlock Gaffer/Grip - Adam Unruh www.agrip.net Muralist - Mona Caron www.monacaron.com Costume Designer - April Howard Assistant Costume Designer - Mimi Tran Hair/Makeup - Donna Wood Art Dept - Rebbecca Skela Prop Builder - Adam Burns Choreographer - Traci Bartlow / Starchild Entertainment Production Assistants - Nicky Holmes and Leo Ritz-Barr Munchkin Dancers - Traci Bartlow, Marina "Nurse Boogy" Stankov-Hodge, Afia "Beauti Full 1" Thompson Crows - Kwic Time and Reggie Brown Sidecar Bicycle - Aaron Geman Winged Skate Monkeys - Mauro Monterroso and Philip Byers Wicked Witch Of The West - Jennifer Agyapong Oz Gatekeeper - Damien Gallegos The Wiz - Francois Hughes Glinda The Good Witch - Gabby LaLa Special Thanks to Pizzaiolo, Scott Sturgeon, Rima, Akalia, Chris, Robbie, Roberto Miguel, Goatman Dan, Barry Monigle and Jaclyn Bassaline. Shot at ABCO Artspace in Oakland Thanks to Marci Bravo and LisaRuthElliot for sacrificing their knit sweaters to use to make the munchkin costumes LYRICS Hey, you We got your war We're at the gates We're at your door Hey, you We got your war We're at the gates We're at your door We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We wanna thank you for flyin with us We know you coulda stayed home, just cried and cussed May all your guns go off if it's time to bust May all their tanks have time to rust They got the armies turnin bullets into gold They got the hookers turnin tricks in the cold And everytime the police kicks in the do An angel gas-brakes-dips in The O And even if a D-boy flips him a O It ain't enough to buy shit anymo Sleep in the doorway, piss on the floor Look in the sky wait for missiles to show It's finna blow, cuz They got the TV- we got the truth They own the judges and we got the proof We got hella people- they got helicopters They got the bombs and we got the- we got the We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run Don't talk about, it's not a show Be about it, it's bout to blow Don't talk about, it's not a show Be about it, it's bout to blow I just spit the dope lines I don't snort em Tell the boss to call police to escort him You don't write all them lies, you just quote em Get offline, plug in to this modem No you can't out-vote em The rules are still golden Only jewels we holdin is if we guardin our scrotum If you press your ear to the turf that is stolen You can hear the sound of limitations explodin Please, sir, may we have another portion? We're children of the beast that dodged the abortion Neck placed firm tween the floor and their florsheim We'll shut your shit down- don't call it extortion Caution- we're coming for your head So call the feds and get files to shred Every textbook read said bring you the bread But guess what we got you instead We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run Let's keep it bangin like a shotgun We're in a war before we fought one Now if you're tired of workin so they can play- A common enemy, we got one Now keep it bangin like a shotgun We're in a war before we fought one Now if you're tired of workin so they can play- A common enemy, we got one Don't talk about, it's not a show Be about it, it's bout to blow Don't talk about, it's not a show Be about it, it's bout to blow Produced by Boots Riley and Damion Gallegos Recorded by Damion Gallegos at Chub Studios Mixed by Damion Gallegos and Boots Riley at Chub Studios The Guillotine (R. Riley, D. Gallegos) Boots Riley- Vocals, Chants, Handclaps Silk-E- Vocals Alina Hubbard-Riley- Vocals, Chants Nicos Hubbard-Riley- Chants Xola Fischer-Riley- Chants Gabby La La- Vocals, Chants Rachel Antony-Levine- Chants Mycull Myculls- Chants Pam The Funkstress- Chants, Handclaps Mike Tiger- Prophet 5, Moog B'nai Rebelfront- Guitar Damion Gallegos- Guitar, Moog, Handclaps Jeff RJFski- Drums

• published: 12 Oct 2012
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