There was a question white music executives were faced with in the 1990s: promote revolutionary hip hop or promote the (no less authentic) gangster hip hop from places capitalists had de-industrialized. Guess what they did?
Hey, french Union member since years here, we've been protesting for months against the latest reforms of the racist banker who calls himself our president. Just letting you know the south of the country blasts this song in protests, among other ones, thank you guys ;)
@@GODHATESADOPTION without unions we would still have child labor and 20 hour work days with little to no pay. But judging by your username you don't strike me as the brightest bulb.
Good groove with lyrics that lay out the harshest truth. Cool video too. It makes me wonder if Oakland is the black Portland (not that either city is what it was at the time this video was made)
Because we’re still fighting the class war. The culture war reigns victorious at the moment, but it doesn’t have to be if we dedicate more energy to building collective class consciousness.
Ah, the song that had me explaining to my 6 year old grandson "it's a tool for punishing people who have everything and still want to take from those who have nothing"
Fellow hillbilly/comrade here! Got more in common with any person on the bottom than I do any person on the top. Time to topple the system. Keep it bangin' like a shotgun, y'all!
Favorite memory of this song: we attended a protest to fight a rich white landlord trying to evict hella people living in his apartments in poorer neighborhoods of Oakland during the pandemic. We blasted this song max volume on repeat from the car along with hella other people doing the same, blocked off the streets surrounding his rich neighborhood in Piedmont (rich hills of Oakland), and danced around chanting and just wilding out while people being affected gave speeches over a megaphone. Need this energy!
@@stab456 bro just shut the fuck up your landlord isnt going to fuck you landlords are parasites, "if ours are the hands that work the earth, than ours are what it gives" they contribute nothing to the world, they create homelessness by hoarding and driving up the prices of a resource people need to live, for a profit workers do
Unfortunately they were around in an age of gangsta rap and not many were interested in their political views at the time. If they’d been around a little earlier they would probably have been massive. At the end of the day whatever you think about their political views no one can deny The Coup sounded amazing and we’re seriously underrated.
If we're not selling imaginary mansions and shoes we're not getting our message out. Like dead prez said: would you rather have a dream or some substance? The Coup has been held back because of their message. It's not the profitable one for our masters.
@@oku12 It certainly was punk for quite a while and it has punk roots and some of that is still very much alive. It also got co-opted in the mainstream by corporate interest and dumbed down, controlled, and distorted, in the interests of harming the communities it was meant to empower.
We can't wait for some elusive "boiling point" to come along spontaneously. If you know we need a revolution, you need to be educating and organizing to bring that shit.
I'm here from "Sorry to bother you" 💚 I stumbled upon this AMAZING work of yours yesterday by accident, when looking for some sci-fi to watch on Skyshowtime in the evening. I looked you up and BOOM! here I am! Your band is not very well known here in Poland where I'm from, but I will now do everything in my power to change that, dear Sir! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! 🤝🤜🤛👊✊💪
Just found out about him from is mind blowing film Sorry to Bother You. He's a fucking genius. One of the best films I've seen in a long time and this music is tight as hell.
Just remember it’s class warfare they fear, they have spent 11 years dividing us legally since the Smith Mundt Modernization Act was passed. Please look into that act, what it made legal, and then reflect on how our nation went from electing a black dude to all of a sudden everyone is all racist? Good luck to us all and God Bless.
Warn our leaders. They've profited from our blood sweat and tears long enough. Time to flip the roles. The people are ready for a meet a greet, and we'll be playing this song on our way to it.
The Coup putting it down like a motherfuckin' jackhammer - loud, relentless, and hard! This is exactly what youth culture desperately needs a dose of right now. Long live music with a substantive message!
Hurricane Spencer funny, your rant makes you sound the opposite of fulfilled. Breathe and calm down. Ok- No one will suggest that you rebel against oppression if it gets you that worked up. And yeah- most of the people who have been rebelling against all this the last few months have a job and raise kids- like I do. BECAUSE we have kids, we know we have to fight for their future. People like you will just accept it all and smile, apparently.
Hurricane Spencer again, you don’t sound fulfilled. You love the boot on your neck. You bow down and kiss whoever’s ass they tell you too. And if you do that- what kind of example are you setting for your kids. Your motto is to shut up and let them exploit you. Hopefully, your kids won’t fall for it.
@Hurricane Spencer Being a cop isn't even in the Top 10 of most dangerous jobs in this country. And half the deaths they DO have are from fucking traffic accidents, yet people like you acts like they're headed to D-Day, every day.
+BillyBong420 Don't listen to Grayne. He's the kind of person who could probably care less about these things. There will be a revolution. It may not be today, it may not be tomorrow. It may be bloody, or it may be a political revolution, but one way or another, the people will one day stand up and seize the government, that is meant to work for only the very rich and make it work for the common people. History proves this; the Bolshevik Revolution, the French Revolution, the political revolutions of many European countries right now. I just hope it is of a political and peaceful revolution. Bloodshed would be devastating, even if it's the assholes who'd be losing it.
Greasy Belcher that’s because hitler co-opted socialist rhetoric to use for his purposes. That’s why his party was called national socialist, not because they were, but because it made them sound less horrible than they were. If they were actually socialists or leftists, companies wouldn’t have been backing him with everything they had.
One of the best videos I’ve seen in 2020. Love the costumes, the dancing and how it’s filmed on streets of the Bay Area, specifically ABCO Artspace in Oakland.
This video is the SHIT! What a mashup of awesome costumes, old school dance moves, BADASS revolutionary lyrics and storyline, as well as ghetto childhood fantasy nod!
Honestly, I can't respect a band unless their guitar is held together by ductape, but even if this one wasn't, I'd still fucking respect it because this fucking song is amazing
A song that becomes more topical with every passing year.
Who's here 12y later for a song more applicable than ever?
Don't call it comeback.
Checking in
@@jacobkane3935 Wow, within the same minute. We got hella people
United Healthcare CEO just learned it today. This song will always be relevant. Eat the rich.
"Guess what we got you instead."
Came here for this.
Also came here for this. Never heard this song or of this group... but had to assume this was the sentiment.
It can also be a metaphor for 9 millimeters of "DENIED"
they're running scared from *one*. They're not gonna like what comes after.
How has this existed for a decade without me listening? What the fuck am I doing with my life?
I asked myself the same question
There was a question white music executives were faced with in the 1990s: promote revolutionary hip hop or promote the (no less authentic) gangster hip hop from places capitalists had de-industrialized. Guess what they did?
Hey, we got to the party late, but that just means we have more energy to fight the class war.
This should be attached to every comment section on line and sent to the ceos
Lol I bet you're here for the reason we are! ddd.
This song is a constant mood, growing more every day.
Everyone keeps this in the playlist in case of revolution.
It's been on steady rotation since George Floyd
shoot I got a whole revolution playlist.😎 rage against the machine, corporate adventure, desil automatic, The coup, marcel cartier, Steve Grant
You know Luigi Mangione had this song in his playlist.
Hi, it's time.
😂👍🏼
If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having." -*V*
You are not a riot ❤
I fucking love Emma!
Hey, french Union member since years here, we've been protesting for months against the latest reforms of the racist banker who calls himself our president.
Just letting you know the south of the country blasts this song in protests, among other ones, thank you guys ;)
Union synonym for cartel
Bro, he just stopped the election because y’all are effectively kicking his ass. Good work!
@@GODHATESADOPTION without unions we would still have child labor and 20 hour work days with little to no pay. But judging by your username you don't strike me as the brightest bulb.
The French people are based.
@@GODHATESADOPTION found the bootlicker.
This song ages like fine wine 🤌🏻
It's giving Deny Defend Depose energy
I have a feeling something huge will happen in our lifetimes. Good luck to the people and I love you all❤.
It's happening right now. Fascist dictatorship in America. Unreal.
Year 3000
'Guess what we got you instead" one of the sickest hip hop jams ever created.
Yes!
This song feels *extremely* relevant today, considering a capitalist health insurance CEO got assassinated…
brought to justice you mean
@@chadrowe2275 Well, he got the guillotine, and he failed to run, so…
Came to the comment section looking for the other people who were vibing with this song for this reason. Was not disappointed. Fuck yeah, lets dance.
lmao the guillotine was used primarily on the lower classes by the rich so everybody here is really showing their leftist asses
"May all your guns go off if it's time to bust" as the song goes.
HOW DOES THIS VIDEO NEVER GET OLD
Look up the Doctor Who episode on Mount Versuvius.
It is a point in time that can NEVER be altered.
It may as well be the word of GOD.
No.
Good groove with lyrics that lay out the harshest truth.
Cool video too. It makes me wonder if Oakland is the black Portland (not that either city is what it was at the time this video was made)
Because we’re still fighting the class war. The culture war reigns victorious at the moment, but it doesn’t have to be if we dedicate more energy to building collective class consciousness.
SUPREME COURT MAKING ME REMEMBER HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS SONG
2015: "It'd be swell if Bernie won"
2025: ***Killing bankers on a live stream***
Only we can make it happen
HELL YEAH
I'm so hard right now
Based transhumanist
Make it 2021 fam
Ah, the song that had me explaining to my 6 year old grandson "it's a tool for punishing people who have everything and still want to take from those who have nothing"
If we don't teach them young, they will indoctrinate them.
Wat
I love you.
Based
I love you also.
@@unpredictableaxolotl3762
I feel this song and video even more now!
BAAAAAANGER!!!!!
i am what you call a hillbilly and i love this
its not a race war its a class war- and we are losing unless we stand together and fight
You say 'hillbilly" I say "comrade".
Shawn Rekiel
Hillfolk here.
What’s up fellow hillbillies and comrades ?
Fellow hillbilly/comrade here! Got more in common with any person on the bottom than I do any person on the top. Time to topple the system.
Keep it bangin' like a shotgun, y'all!
Love the working class solidarity.
you are right, lets take the rich down a notch or two.why do they need a billion dollars?
2020 and this song is more relevant than ever.
Did you say this before the relevancy increased even more?
Wonder how the whole CHAZ thing will turn out
@@samyrandome425 CHAZ? They are amazing... I think they have more zones now in other cities, too.
@@samyrandome425 What is CHAD? Oh CHAZ now.
Not really your coup will fail.
this song aged extremely well
I mean, it was always relevant, and was never going to stop being relevant without us doing something?
The Coup does not age...
It keeps it banging like a shotgun 🤔
Truth usually does
not until the rich are gone
Right here folks and still relevant in 2024. This song seems to travel love it.
Lovin this for 11 years now wow..
Favorite memory of this song: we attended a protest to fight a rich white landlord trying to evict hella people living in his apartments in poorer neighborhoods of Oakland during the pandemic. We blasted this song max volume on repeat from the car along with hella other people doing the same, blocked off the streets surrounding his rich neighborhood in Piedmont (rich hills of Oakland), and danced around chanting and just wilding out while people being affected gave speeches over a megaphone.
Need this energy!
bro just pay your rent
@@stab456 Nah, we need social housing.
@@stab456 bro just shut the fuck up
your landlord isnt going to fuck you
landlords are parasites, "if ours are the hands that work the earth, than ours are what it gives"
they contribute nothing to the world, they create homelessness by hoarding and driving up the prices of a resource people need to live, for a profit
workers do
@Uncle Musty this song is directed at you.
Your music sucks, so at least you played something by people with talent.
Unitedhealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, hello
Karma is a bitch
How's the weather down there, mr Thompson? Please, tell Cerberus I said hi
no war but class war yall
educated youth.
Its almost enough to make a grown man cry.
@@markus3533 somebody has to fix things. thanks for guiding us old comrade. ❤
Poor kids are just as smart as white kids -Joe Biden
@@johnrice1943 Biden is a liberal, liberals don’t believe in class war
@@johnrice1943 rightoid who thinks the democrats are leftist. Typical
Ive Listened to this song so many times over the years and the video is so perfect. ❤
I love this a million bazillion times.
thinking about the people of Minny right now. People power
Absolutely!
And now the people of Portland.
Down with the monarchy!
We deserve out privacy!
Eight years later, this song has only become more timely.
Damn this song gets more relevant every month this year...
😉😉
Definitely in November
That’s because capitalism gets worse and worse with time
It's like they exploiting me with they thoughts
Message from 2021...still. more relevant...
This one aged like the finest wine.
Word❤
How has this musical GENIUS been so underrated?!!! He's one of the greats, just slept on!
He's an amazing artist who can make solid points but then it's turns to rubbish with commie bullshit.
i know him 15years +
Unfortunately they were around in an age of gangsta rap and not many were interested in their political views at the time. If they’d been around a little earlier they would probably have been massive. At the end of the day whatever you think about their political views no one can deny The Coup sounded amazing and we’re seriously underrated.
@@lee7701totally agree always thought they were underrated still loved them tho ❤
If we're not selling imaginary mansions and shoes we're not getting our message out.
Like dead prez said: would you rather have a dream or some substance?
The Coup has been held back because of their message. It's not the profitable one for our masters.
where punk meets hip hop so succinctly
@@oku12 It certainly was punk for quite a while and it has punk roots and some of that is still very much alive. It also got co-opted in the mainstream by corporate interest and dumbed down, controlled, and distorted, in the interests of harming the communities it was meant to empower.
The soundtrack of a generation. We've got the guillotines.
Sorry to Bother You was a masterpiece 💝
"Okay, I promise myself I wont get too political tonight..."
*4 Drinks later*
I love the reimagining of the Wizard of Oz as an uprising of the working class. Yip Harburg would have approved.
Man, I just found out about these guy and can't get enough of this track, it's got a sick beat and mean licks.
Same
We got the guillotine and so do you ✊
Just remember, history repeats itself. If the people are trod on for too long, we'll hit a boiling point. Best wishes, comrades.
Alk3mest wise words my friend
its coming.
We can't wait for some elusive "boiling point" to come along spontaneously. If you know we need a revolution, you need to be educating and organizing to bring that shit.
Amen coach, Amen.
@Alk3mest Same to you! I'm ready when you guys are!!!!
I'm here from "Sorry to bother you" 💚 I stumbled upon this AMAZING work of yours yesterday by accident, when looking for some sci-fi to watch on Skyshowtime in the evening. I looked you up and BOOM! here I am! Your band is not very well known here in Poland where I'm from, but I will now do everything in my power to change that, dear Sir! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! 🤝🤜🤛👊✊💪
Legend.
I think I've been put on a watch list for falling in love with this song.
We're all on a watch list.
Oh I'm definitely on a watch list cuz of this song!
Yeah for the recruitment of the so called democratic (deep state or authoritarian state) party.
Just saw the news about that United Healthcare CEO and came running here to celebrate 🎉🥂
I hope someone is blasting this in Portland right now.
It's been heard on live streams streaming in portland! 🤣
We are :)
Every time i watch this I notice something new, somehow up to this point I hadn't seen the Lion on drums and damn he's hot.
commenting because this band needs to be huge and comments are good for the algorithm.
Pure genius!!
12 years strong and as relevant as ever, increasing more so. Brilliant musicians.
We need people like you more than ever.
Just found out about him from is mind blowing film Sorry to Bother You. He's a fucking genius. One of the best films I've seen in a long time and this music is tight as hell.
That film was traumatic but for all the right reasons.
Boots is just simply amazing, no-one inspires me like he does. Such a freaking intelligent man.
i love this!! it's like parliament and rage against the machine...
He actually has a side project with Rage's guitarist Tom Morello call The Streetsweeper Social Club. You might like it too
Ariel Christine you should check out street sweeper social club.
Ariel Christine I hear it!
And a little Outkast!
Rage Against the Parliament
Aw man, I heard this song several times but never saw this video. ❤ or its been a long time.
This video played in the pre-show for Sorry to Bother You at Alamo and I'm obsessed.
Ah I'm glad that preshow converted some people!
Who is rocking this during Corona2020?
I'm taking the advice and building one.
@@anthonyjohansen1312 I heard it only costs 1200 dolllars to build one
@@noelhefele thats hilarious
I heard it on a French socialist website
Yes!
this song is so amazingly political and relevant. thank you boots and thank you to the coup, this song will be blasting at the revolution
NOW! MORE THAN EVER!!!!
has it been long enuff for this to be a classic yet?
best hip hop song ever.
Indeed.
No.
Most ahead of its time song ever written. #wewillprevail
Workers of the World, unite!
*people
Still relevant 11 years later. 💞✊️🔥
Indeed! More relevant than ever!
Just remember it’s class warfare they fear, they have spent 11 years dividing us legally since the Smith Mundt Modernization Act was passed. Please look into that act, what it made legal, and then reflect on how our nation went from electing a black dude to all of a sudden everyone is all racist? Good luck to us all and God Bless.
This is total fire.
Warn our leaders. They've profited from our blood sweat and tears long enough. Time to flip the roles. The people are ready for a meet a greet, and we'll be playing this song on our way to it.
Find Jesus the only way
@GODHATESADOPTION there is no FINDING Jesus. Jesus lives within. It's just that not enough of us are aligned with him.
are you against taxation?
they got the TV, we got the Truth
many cappies would say the same crap
@@rainerwinkler8188 but they would be wrong, that's the difference
The Coup putting it down like a motherfuckin' jackhammer - loud, relentless, and hard! This is exactly what youth culture desperately needs a dose of right now. Long live music with a substantive message!
A very.... direct message. I think that maybe we should be listening to it.
Reckon it's about time for this song to come back around again.
I've been listening to this song every morning for the last 2 weeks! Gonna get my own gullotine. You better run!!
I've watched this music video so many times in the past 48 hours.
I am 7 years late to this song, but I heard it in Portland last night being played during the protests as they pushed the Feds back into the building.
Brandi Lynn Dominguez :-)
Hurricane Spencer yet you’re safe at home, never daring to rebel because you might get arrested. Nice! Your grandkids will be proud.
Hurricane Spencer funny, your rant makes you sound the opposite of fulfilled. Breathe and calm down. Ok- No one will suggest that you rebel against oppression if it gets you that worked up. And yeah- most of the people who have been rebelling against all this the last few months have a job and raise kids- like I do. BECAUSE we have kids, we know we have to fight for their future. People like you will just accept it all and smile, apparently.
Hurricane Spencer again, you don’t sound fulfilled. You love the boot on your neck. You bow down and kiss whoever’s ass they tell you too. And if you do that- what kind of example are you setting for your kids. Your motto is to shut up and let them exploit you. Hopefully, your kids won’t fall for it.
@Hurricane Spencer Being a cop isn't even in the Top 10 of most dangerous jobs in this country. And half the deaths they DO have are from fucking traffic accidents, yet people like you acts like they're headed to D-Day, every day.
Organize and seize the means of production!
100%
OMG I love this song but have to find the words and now it is 2023 and so ready for prime time.
So we definitely have to blast this during the revolution
This song will ALWAYS be timely. Fantastic video too.
The revolution will be televised and sanitized for your protection, but it's already got some great music.
Give me a break. There won't be a revolution.
+BillyBong420 Don't listen to Grayne. He's the kind of person who could probably care less about these things. There will be a revolution. It may not be today, it may not be tomorrow. It may be bloody, or it may be a political revolution, but one way or another, the people will one day stand up and seize the government, that is meant to work for only the very rich and make it work for the common people. History proves this; the Bolshevik Revolution, the French Revolution, the political revolutions of many European countries right now. I just hope it is of a political and peaceful revolution. Bloodshed would be devastating, even if it's the assholes who'd be losing it.
+Second Lieutenant Donovan All of human history is the history of revolution. Lies are mortal, the truth is forever. :) We will overcome
@@comradeconnolly4538 LMFAO at using the Bolshevik Revolution as an example! To anyone reading this, know your history. Damn, you're an idiot!
As relevant as ever 💪
I'll tell my kids this was "Wicked: Part 2"
This song was written for today. Be about it
Love from scandalnavia... Viva la revolución..!
Its 2023 and i just heard this for the first time. And its excellent and highly befitting of the times.😮😅
This song gave me the chills...
And this is why I'm so proud to be from Oakland California!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Even though im late on finding this song, I love this. Plus the fact this a "The Wiz" reenactment favorite movie ever!
This video is so cheaply made and so fucking awesome. I love the coup forever and ever and ever and ever. thanks comrades.
Workers of all lands unite! Workers unite in class struggle against dictatorship of financial bourgeoisie
Not only the financial bourgeoisie, but the industrial bourgeoisie as well!
Anatoly Burov Souns like a Hitler quote.
Greasy Belcher that’s because hitler co-opted socialist rhetoric to use for his purposes. That’s why his party was called national socialist, not because they were, but because it made them sound less horrible than they were. If they were actually socialists or leftists, companies wouldn’t have been backing him with everything they had.
Death to capitalist and totalitarian dictators, Hail to the red front.
@@adamhauson1211 easy buddy, everything eventually dies. like communism (edit: like communism already has)
One of the best videos I’ve seen in 2020. Love the costumes, the dancing and how it’s filmed on streets of the Bay Area, specifically ABCO Artspace in Oakland.
Been listening to The Coup since 1993. Not one moment wasted.
Brazil need this in they playlist right about now
Comrades from all around the world, make them run
This video is the SHIT! What a mashup of awesome costumes, old school dance moves, BADASS revolutionary lyrics and storyline, as well as ghetto childhood fantasy nod!
Finally, people are starting to pay attention and come around to these hard truths.
Been sharing this for years...
Playing this on repeat lately....
lyrics, beat, melody, dance, rhythm, voice...The Coup, you got it baby!
AB Crane lol
People who can’t afford food 🤝 people who can’t afford rent
All power to the people.
Power anywhere where there's people!
Don't divide, organize.
Honestly, I can't respect a band unless their guitar is held together by ductape, but even if this one wasn't, I'd still fucking respect it because this fucking song is amazing
Sorry to Bother You was an awesome movie. This is an awesome song. This rocks
We'd like to thankyou for flying with us..." Bangin in 2023
Defeat fascism in Brazil!
Lula is not forgotten. Justice for the Brazillian people! Solidarity and love from an American prole!
@@rodolfodoce devia ter sido no pescoço
Lula Livre
Yay Bolsonaro
And now defeat the fascist coup in Bolivia. The lives of indigenous people outweigh lithium mine profits.