The Coup - "The Guillotine" video free download

"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