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lyrics
GUILLOTINE
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v1
You rich bastards better get to Mars quick
Last night chased 1 down a red carpet
He got to his parked smart car first, dipped widda head start
SHIT so I hit the gas to get fast to pry-vitt air strip
Guards there said “stop,” — they got hearts SPLIT
I caught up to dude, tackled his ankles just a yardstick
from entrance (of) his rich friends’ spaceship,
doors closed (shoomp -- bchhh) Liftoff --
afterburn charred my lips.
“Get martyred here with the rest-of-us”
I said to his neck-stub-as it turned scarlett
Inna distance, airship looked size a parsnip
Time for da bazooka. I’m a line producer.
Get a grip
Skip out onna planet?
S’Gonna be a hard trip
vX
We go all the way And call it a holiday
bring justice to busters we all obeyed
Fix the head, Hoist the rope, let fall the blade
Guillotine
chorus
For trust betrayed, the rusty blade
GUILLOTINE
When they go low, we bury them
GUILLOTINE
The oral tradition is a war of attrition
GUILLOTINE
Spread the wealth or your entrails
GUILLOTINE
v2
I could use a good cry
It’s like i got a wooden eye with a backed up flood inside
I been holdin back tears since before I was born
War is performed wherever foes chose from their order forms
Your new barracks are actually former dorms
Lookin for something? Colder... warmer — mourn!!
Whither thy wisecracks?
Carry a cry mask and dry flask
I ask, ‘you want me to die?’ fine.
We not gonna die last.
For trust betrayed, the rusty blade
chorus
For trust betrayed, the rusty blade
GUILLOTINE
When they go low, we bury them
GUILLOTINE
The oral tradition is a war of attrition
GUILLOTINE
Spread the wealth or your entrails
GUILLOTINE
ruff v3
We in a gilded age filled wid rage
build the stage for the GUILLOTINE
Fix the head, Hoist the rope, let fall the blade
GUILLOTINE
Too sharp for even a feeble scream
People fiend for meaning, not keeping peep holes clean
That's not freedom: you're just bein' mean!
Send you back to the pliocene
It's like we woke up from a fever dream
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big lines
1 GUILLOTINE
2 For trust betrayed, the rusty blade
3 When they go low, we bury them
4 (The) oral tradition is a war of attrition
medium lines
5 Spread the wealth. or your entrails
6 (It's like) we woke up from a fever dream
7 Gilded age filled with rage, build the stage
8 Hold the head, hoist the rope, drop the blade
little lines
9 Too sharp for even a feeble scream
10 People fiend for meaning, not keeping peep holes clean
11 That's not freedom: you're just bein' mean!
12 Send you back to the pliocene
chorus
GUILLOTINE -- For trust betrayed, the rusty blade
GUILLOTINE -- When they go low, we bury them
GUILLOTINE -- The oral tradition is a war of attrition
GUILLOTINE -- Spread the wealth or your entrails
credits
from A YEAR OF OCTOBERS,
released August 20, 2021
Guillotine choir: Kyle Hebert, Carrie Keranen, Stephanie Sheh, Keith Silverstein & Luke Simmons
Two brothers tell their true coming-of-age story together through hip-hop bangers that draw from a wide array of pop influences. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 20, 2017