NSFW. Norad, I thought the exact same thing. I think it's the big blocky lettering.

Norad: took the words out of my mouth... 'cept with profanity.

Flash has made the internet cool. Anybody can make up their own music video... I could see fark helping to get this some play on, say, MTV (sans naughty words).

20 seconds of my life I will never see again.

Lyrics here

I take no responsibility for pop-ups and other crap that may show up on your comp, because they're usually all over lyrics websites.

Or...it could just be an unfetchable link:

http://display.lyrics.astraweb.com:2000/display.cgi?the_coup..party_music..rid e_the_fence

The Coup?

One time they stiffed my college radio station 500 bucks.

I think they broke up already too.

great, farked

IMHO this isnt bad.

political hip-hop is better that friggin MTV 3times an hour craporama.

fag?

you say it like it's a bad thing, 10thLetter

flash = nicey
music = kaka

Pure crap. If you want to say something about politics, at least make it understandable.

very cool

One word:
Manstache

It would be better if the sound recording was better. It sounds like they used a used cassette tape.

Bet you $500 none of the people in that group have ever voted in an election.

nuclear_asshat

that's their right. or do they not earn their rights because they don't want to support anyone they don't truly stand with?

nuclear_asshat That's because "The Man" won't let them.

Everybody knows police forces are made up of 100% white men, and that the FBI has nothing better to do then beat up random black people on the street...

I'm no fan of the current American administration or their policy, but brainless bashing isn't helping...

hip hop sucks...

RIDE THE FENCE don't you really wanna RIDE THE FENCE booogie woogie RIDE THE FENCE lalalalala RIDE THE FENCE(in my head).............will it ever stop?

ps. if you are going to make a song about politics you don't also have to make it about race.

i agree, a political hiphop song doesnt have to be about race.


but like i said. it ANY political hiphop is better than listening to "ill pimp the hos, been shot 83 times" you hear on MTV.

I thought the link was about moustache rides. Boy, was I wrong. Cool animation, though. The song is OK, but not my cup o'tea.

Enjoyable. Then again i'm a fan of political rap/hip hop. Oh.. I said that outloud. Oops.

Pretty stupid. Nothing like seeing a black man jump on and strangle uncle sam. The whole thing is just a Black Panther recruiting commercial and is no better then the trash that skinhead punk bands sing. This stuff and websites that glorify black men banging white chicks makes me just want to punch every black I meet. The sad thing is that the biggest consumer of interracial pron is probably fat white men.

I'm always amused by the childlike naivete of some political protestors. The same video aired in Cuba would land the musician in a "ound me in the ass" prison for life (at best) or executed.

Cuba Vive indeed.

"We will not rest until the streets run red with the blood of the white man!"

Yawn.

Whoa-- down, boy, bad doggie with the Malcolm X reference. He was assassinated because he changed his mind.

I don't get it.

The Coup is communist. His fight is class warfare, not race. When he mentions Blacks specifically, it seems to me that he is expressing disappointment that they are not taking the lead in directly changing the system...which is valid.

dsquid
I know you don't, but I'll ask anyway. Do you have any proof to back up your statement about Cuba?

drew
thanks for posting the link, I'm impressed...again.

Dalai: Sure. Here's one incident of MANY.

Diplomats protest as Cuba jails dissidents

Valid...the actions are illegal and bullshiat.

Still, I'm curious as to the other side of the story. Just knowing the history of the US and Cuba relationship...there has to be something deeper.

Like, what is the depth of involvement of James Cason and what was his objective? Not that this would validate any knee-jerk reactionary crackdown on anyone.

Do a google search on Cuba jails journalists, Dalai. This has been going on for a LONG time. It's not a one-shot deal.

will do, thanks for the lead.

The actual lyrics:

The Coup
Title: Ride The Fence
Album: Party Music

Yeah
Uh-huh
yeah
that's right
gotta get off the phone, bust this verse
aight
okay

I'm anti-imperial
anti-trust
anti-gun if the shiat won't bust
anti-corporate, they anti-my essence
anti-snortin' them anti-depressants
but i'm not pro-poppin' em;
i'm provocative
and pro-stoppin' them FBI operatives
who professional at Black Man Pounce
and hand you a sentence that you can't pronounce
I'm also anti-narco, anti-vice
911 marks the anti-christ
they anti-social, pointin' M-16's;
guess i'm anti-the-anti-attractive and successful African-American-machin e
Proletarian, funkadelicparliamentarian
pro-revolt-in-the-21st-centurian
pro-running up in Congress sayin' "fark it all!"
but bring the people with you, that's the protocol
This beat is joyful like jailbreaks
the whole world is anti-United Snakes
so check it out, anticipate the anti-venom
and move your antibodies to this revolution rhythm
we goin' be farkin' with 'em
pro-union but most lost they bite
anti-muthafarkas-crossin' a strike
take a look around and be for or against
but you can't do shiat if you ridin' the fence.

Ride the fence
now you don't really wanna
ride the fence
now do you really wanna
ride the fence?
why would you really wanna
ride the fence
don't ride the fence.
Ride the fence
now you don't really wanna
ride the fence
now do you really wanna
ride the fence?
why would you really wanna
ride the fence
don't ride the fence.

I'm anti-uppin'-your-dollars-with-telekinesis
(I done tried everyday, and that shiat decreases)
Anti-them-anti-crime-bill-pieces
We need cash and that's the anti-thesis
I'm pro-overthrow of the "Hip-Hop Nation"
pro-layin'-low-til-I'm-off-probation
pro-people's-control-of-the-cash-and-corporations
pro-prophylactic yet pro-creation
anti-watered-down-drinks-in-fancy-cups
anti-promoters-who-don't-ante-up
but i'm not anti-thug
i know that power is the most effective anti-drug
i'm pro-Zapatista
pro-Cuba
Viva!
Pro-la raza sayin' "fark la migra!"
policia se asesina
lemme show you what i mean
I'm anti-republican and democratic
if they self-destruct
that's anti-climactic
tired of bein' hunted like an antelope
take the system by the throat
that's the antidote
so I pose a proposition
take a look, be in support or opposition
then be proactive proceed with confidence
'cause you know that you can't change shiat by ridin' the fence

Ride the fence
now you don't really wanna
ride the fence
now do you really wanna
ride the fence?
why would you really wanna
ride the fence
don't ride the fence.
Ride the fence
now you don't really wanna
ride the fence
now do you really wanna
ride the fence?
why would you really wanna
ride the fence
don't ride the fence


Like the content or not, you really can't argue with the ideal that "riding the fence" accomplishes nothing but prolonging the status quo.

3Horn

I enjoyed looking at that and am looking forward to forwarding that to my brother.

Ha! Fooled you all! It was all a clever ruse to find out which of you are racists,and those who don't like the song are clearly racist!!!

Book 'em, Danno. I mean, beat their ass, whitey.

(On a serious note, animation was nothing short of awesome, song was ok, it was pretty ok)

Thanks for the link, wldncrzy14, I especially like how there are links in specific words to bring me in contact with childrens' ridable toys fence contractors throughout.

Dalai Lama - I know you don't, but I'll ask anyway. Do you have any proof to back up your statement [that Cuba jails dissidents]?

Wow. What color is the sky in the box you've been living in for 50 years? I normally wouldn't remark. We've all been wrong at some point. But we don't all begin our wrong statements with 'I know you can't back that up' taunts.

I like the song, and the video, but it doesn't change the fact that they're a bunch of commie bastards, and they ought to go live in Cuba if they like it so much.

mtt
I understand your confusion, it would prolly help if you read what I was responding to...

"The same video aired in Cuba would land the musician in a "ound me in the ass" prison"

I still haven't seen any proof that the communist government has punished a pro-communist activist...if you have a link to that, please share.

I understand that anti-government activists are illegally jailed regularly in Cuba AND America...nearly all governments do this. I dropped the discussion because dsquid clearly didn't mean to imply that a communist would be persecuted by communists for his communist beliefs.

Do you understand?

blah blah blah
hate the US
blah blah blah
hate whitey
blah blah blah
socialist
blah blah blah
black power

How is "for the people" socialist or communist? Just curious, because I believe I've heard that phrase somewhere else... Most people who subscribe to the "two party" system scream "commie" everytime someone talks about bringing down the republicans and democrats (which probably would be a good thing)

on another note, I didn't even like the song...

3horn: you forgot to add the "DOO WEEET!" (do it) to the lyrics during the scratch track break.

Yes, this is a real album cover that these asshats almost released.

See
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,46771,00.html

yep, the cover was made before the attacks...eerie

Hillary, that album cover was conceived of and produced *before* the 911 attacks and was pulled immediately after. Those two guys were showing the WTC blowing up as an exaggerated image, because who ever thought some evil farkers would actually do it? Don't blame them for the attacks.

This white boy thought that song was great. A little racially charged, for sure, but with a positive message and some dope rhymes. Reminded me of Dilated Peeples, Jurassic 5, and Midnight Voices.

/me is dope.