Auto-Tune the News #7: texting. rhyming. pat buchanan fail.
mp3: amiestreet.com ATTN shirts available: www.districtlines.com thanks to our friend Aaron for his arresting appearance in this episode! www.myspace.com also, thanks to Tchaikovsky for providing such a fiery hook (from Swan Lake): en.wikipedia.org lyrics: JE: Let’s get it right. ABS: Let’s get it right. JE: Shawty on the mic. AH: The fact is that right now if you are black or hispanic, you have a much greater chance of being arrested. JE: Are you sayin we got thugs in the fuzz? AH: Particularly when it comes to the war on drugs. JE/ABS: Real talk, we got caught together smokin lettuce leaves. JE: Lettuce leaves. ABS: They put me in the slammer. JE: They gave me a college degree! ABS: WTF? JE: In biology. ABS: He don’t know a tiger from a giraffe. DB: It is painful, it is shameful. ABS: Disdainful! I’m on parole. JE: I’m keepin my glass of champagne full top of the world. ABS: Brick on my ankle. DB: If you are stopped by the police Putcha head down and just wait. ALL: Wait! DB: Wait. ALL: Wait! DB: Wait. ALL: Wait! DB: Don’t say nothin. ABS: Shh. DB: Wait. ALL: Wait! DB: Wait. ALL: Wait! DB: Putcha head down ALL: Do the dance now! DB: Putcha head down and just wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! ALL: Putcha head down, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! AH: This is happening all the time It’s really stunning ————————- PB: This has been a country built by white folks. 100% of the people who wrote the Constitution, 100% of the people who signed the Declaration of …
