The Coup - "The Guillotine"
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- "The Guillotine" by The Coup from the new album 'Sorry To Bother You,' out now
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
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!
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
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
This song is a constant mood, growing more every day.
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.
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?
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
This one aged like the finest wine.
Word❤
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
Everyone keeps this in the playlist in case of revolution.
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.
Right here folks and still relevant in 2024. This song seems to travel love it.
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!
'Guess what we got you instead" one of the sickest hip hop jams ever created.
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.
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.
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...
People who can’t afford food 🤝 people who can’t afford rent
All power to the people.
Power anywhere where there's people!
The soundtrack of a generation. We've got the guillotines.
If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution
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!!!!
thinking about the people of Minny right now. People power
Absolutely!
And now the people of Portland.
"Okay, I promise myself I wont get too political tonight..."
*4 Drinks later*
Down with the monarchy!
We deserve out privacy!
Eight years later, this song has only become more timely.
Sorry to Bother You was a masterpiece 💝
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
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?
"Left"... "Right"... We are all FINALLY starting to feel this song.
Oh the right will really *feel* it
@@praxisarms103 Yo wake the fuck up. The two sides are US and THEM only. Get a clue.
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.
Workers of the World, unite!
*people
How has this musical GENIUS been so underrated?!!! He's one of the greats, just slept on!
You misspelled genius.
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 ❤
Lovin this for 11 years now wow..
SUPREME COURT MAKING ME REMEMBER HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS SONG
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 ✊
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.
Had to come back after watching I am Virgo. Blew my mind after watching his name on the credits.
Organize and seize the means of production!
100%
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)
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
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.
I hope someone is blasting this in Portland right now.
It's been heard on live streams streaming in portland! 🤣
We are :)
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
RIP Pam. Forever freeing us of those chains.
👑📣📣
Boots is just simply amazing, no-one inspires me like he does. Such a freaking intelligent man.
"When our turn comes we won't make excuses for the terror"- Marx
Can't stop Communism Truth!!!
I feel that
keep it bangin like a shotgun
@@user-nf1ti7zh4j Protesting isn't a job. Leach on society.
Danny Bones It’s spelled “leech”.
I think this song represents the current feeling in the U.S. right now.
ULTRA MAGA!
@@nunyabusiness3082 will be recieving a guillotine shortly.
You mean the way day 1 of Worker Solidarity since the Pullman Strike of 1894, brother.
NOW! MORE THAN EVER!!!!
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!
Its 2023 and i just heard this for the first time. And its excellent and highly befitting of the times.😮😅
This should be the national anthem...
+jeanious2009 of every nation
+Ian Mooney of every nation and every Martian
it already is, read the translation of la marseillaise if you're English-speaking... this is a powerful update of that sentiment
JC-130, the fact that people think it should be the anthem, is an indicator that it is a horrible place already.
Making this our Anthem, may fix things.
jeanious2009 it is for me. lol.
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.
Comrades from all around the world, make them run
OMG I love this song but have to find the words and now it is 2023 and so ready for prime time.
Well this song just aged like good wine.
SONG OF THE SUMMER 2020
Has to be!
So we definitely have to blast this during the revolution
Love from scandalnavia... Viva la revolución..!
This song is more relevant than ever.
Marie Antoinette: Let Them Eat Cake
The Peasant Class:
2021 Still Bumping
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!
LOUDER.
I've watched this music video so many times in the past 48 hours.
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!
The anthem of 2020
... and 2021, and 2022, and ...
The song is so unbelievably underrated
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.
I 💙 this. Just discovered 2024.
R.I.P. Pam “Tha Funkstress” one love for eternity
One love & PRIDE in all you are❤️
A common enemy… We got one!!!
R.I.P. Miss Funkstress❤️
Hits Sort by new
Here after listening to this blasting during Portland protests ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
I couldn't love this harder.
June 2020 let's go
Reckon it's about time for this song to come back around again.
Power to the People!!!
This is the anthem.
Power to the people! ✌️❤️
Brazil need this in they playlist right about now
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!
As the days go by, this song sadly rings truer.
Counting down the days mate.
Pick a number.
Santa is not real, Satan is, 3.
No?
2022 and this song is more relevant than ever.
it will only get worse as production will need to speed up to keep up with the artificial demand created through centralization of wealth
Still relevant in 2024!
Vibing to the this in 2020. Long live The Coup.
Who all here in 2024
More relevant now then ever
Yo! I like to come back to this video a few times a year for the music and the solidarity in the comments. Solidarity forever comrades.
Here because I'm posting it on social media yet again. Everyone needs to see this, especially now.
Same @@JaeGravley
Present baby
Read "State and Revolution" by Lenin
I love the reimagining of the Wizard of Oz as an uprising of the working class. Yip Harburg would have approved.
The Coup is the proverbial bomb
A very.... direct message. I think that maybe we should be listening to it.
this is the coolest comment section on youtube.
[Intro 2x]
Hey you!
We got your war
We're at the gates
We're at your door
[Hook 4x]
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
[Verse 1]
We want to thank you for flying 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 they tanks have time to rust
They got the armies turning bullets into gold
They got the hookers turning tricks in the cold
And every time the police kicks in the door
An angel gas brake dips in the O
And even if a d-boy flips him a O
It ain't enough to buy shit anymore
Sleep in the doorway, piss on the floor
Look in the sky, wait for missiles to show
It's finna blow cause
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
[Hook]
[Bridge: Silk-E]
Don't talk about it
It won't show
Be about it
It's 'bout to blow
[Verse 2]
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 is still golden
Only jewels we holding is if we guarding our scrotum
If you press your ear to the turf that is stolen
You can hear the sound of limitations exploding
Please sir, may we have another portion?
We're children of the beast that dodged the abortion
Neck placed firm 'tween the floor and the 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?
[Hook]
[Outro: Silk-E]
Let's keep it banging like a shotgun
We in a war before we fought one
Now if you're tired of working so they can play
A common enemy, we got one
Now keep it banging like a shotgun
We in a war before we fought one
Now if you're tired of working from day to day
A common enemy, we got one
[Bridge]
We'd like to thankyou for flying with us..." Bangin in 2023
this autoplayed while i was in the other room and i had to run in to see what this song was, and then i saw the video and fell in love
Still relevant in 2022.🔥🔥🔥
And in 2024 🎉
Eternally relevant.
This song gave me the chills...
This is the song we need right now
Every day!
I love this a million bazillion times.
This song will become increasingly more relevant until we
Kill the president?
@@vorshack8968hopefully 🙏