The Council Has Spoken: A Star Wars Rap Opera
Written by Super Smack
Remixed by K-DEF
Cast
Anakin Skywalker - Super Smack
Obi-Wan Kenobi - Robin de Jesus
Padme Amidala - Mili Diaz
Yoda - Michael Mainwaring
Mace Windu - Tobias Young
Shmi Skywalker - Briana Taylor
[YODA]
(Ahhhhhh)
At war we are, and Chosen though he may be
Hazy is the way the Sith evade me
Slipping is our gripping on this trainee
Prophecies, hypocrisies, betray me.
Chosen though he may be
Hazily they evade me
Prophecies, hypocrisies, betray me.
[MACE WINDU]
Boom, go the clones and droids
Hush go the politicians plotting their ploys
We got the Sith playing with us like a kid with a toy
We're a Council of men. Now they sending us boys?
Well I’ll be damned, if I let this grandstanding Chancellor
Push plans on me, I'm a Jedi Master
That’s a rank, young Skywalker will never reach
Long as I, Mace Windu, sit in this seat.
[OBI-WAN, YODA and MACE]
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
YODA:
Ahhhhhhh
[ANAKIN SKYWALKER]
Hold up, I didn’t ask for this, Mace
But you rejecting me? That’s a f****n disgrace
[OBI-WAN KENOBI]
Anakin, enough. You’re out of place.
[ANAKIN]
Back me up, Obi-Wan. Look me in the face
And tell me I don’t deserve this. You know my service.
Dooku shook you, and I killed him, I earned this-
I've been rippin every mission that you asked me to
Palpatine sees it, why can’t you?
[OBI-WAN]
Blast. Is he right?
Is he Master? Is he Knight?
He’s gonna be more than anybody before but
Will be it Dark or Light?
Quiet. Obi-Wan you’re scaring yourself again
This guy's your brother, he’s your friend.
Shut up and tow the company line. Everything will be fine.
But for a second pretend…
If the boy turns, isn’t that on you?
Cuts like a saber burns. What would Qui-Gon do?
What am I gon' do?
...My job. Gotta see this through.
Gotta peace to keep, a war win
The Sith don’t sleep. Still in the Jedi do I trust
The shadow's deep. It’s darkening.
But it's not him. Yo, Anakin is one of us.
[YODA & MACE]
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
(OBI-WAN: I raised you like a son)
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
(OBI-WAN: I think of all that we’ve been through)
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
(OBI-WAN: You are the Chosen One)
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
(OBI-WAN: And I believe in you)
[ANAKIN]
Padme, something's not right with me
I’m scared I’m not the Jedi that I should be
[PADME AMIDALA]
What's the matter Ani?
You're gonna be a father, what else matters Ani?
[ANAKIN]
Premonitions I can't shake
Someone trying to take you away from me,
And in my dreams
Padme, I can hear your screams
[PADME]
Breathe in, breathe out,
I don't doubt your strength, don’t you doubt mine now
I've been through the fire. Imma be alright.
But don't you run away from me, we're running out of time
The Senate is a shell of what it once was
To thunderous applause they fall backwards
With Palpatine, democratic means are going extinct
Any who'd oppose him are frozen like statues
[ANAKIN]
You’re wrong about the Chancellor,
He knows of a power... It could be our answer.
[PADME]
The answer is go back to Naboo
Raise our child free of this taboo
Anakin, what else can we do?
I must be with my people, that includes our family too
Our family, boo
Our fam-i-ly, Ani, what can we do?
[YODA, MACE, and OBI-WAN]
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
(PADME: What can we do?)
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
(PADME: What can we do?)
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
(PADME: What can we do?)
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken, spoken
(PADME: What can we do?)
[ANAKIN]
Alone...So much noise.
Back home. There was so much sand.
I remember my mother's voice.
I remember how she took my hand.
[SHMI SKYWALKER]
Ani, are you okay?
Are you okay? Are you okay?
[ANAKIN]
Mom, I failed you then, but not her.
I won't fail again, that's my word, my love.
[ANAKIN]
I swear that nothing will hurt you,
I’m sick of living in this twisted image of virtue
Yoda's riddles, Mace's high horse,
Obi-Wan preaching on like he knows Force.
There’s a black hole in my dark soul that even that
goodie-goodie Kenobi can’t control
I want more, I want her, I want us to rule together,
Beat death, live forever.
Serve a higher power, higher Force,
Climb the maiden's tower, be their Lord
And these words feel wicked but I won't deny.
This Council's the gravity that I'll defy.
If you’re not the master, then you’re just the slave
I’ll be in my grave before I roll with that
I will bring disaster, but if her it saves
I will pay that price and I will not look back
[OBI-WAN/PADME]
Come baack!
[MACE/SHMI/YODA]
Ah!
[ANAKIN]
(Beatbox)
(Breathing)
[YODA/MACE]
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken
[PADME/SHMI]
Ani are you okay, are you okay, Ani?
[YODA/MACE]
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken
[PADME/SHMI]
Ani are you okay, are you okay, Ani?
[ANAKIN]
They don’t speak for me
[YODA/MACE]
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken
[PADME/SHMI]
Ani are you okay, are you okay, Ani?
[YODA/MACE]
The Council has spoken, spoken, spoken
[PADME/SHMI]
Ani are you okay, are you okay, Ani?
[ANAKIN]
They don’t speak for me
[MACE]
We spoke, spoke, spoke
[ANAKIN]
The Council's broken
[PADME/SHMI]
Are you okay?...Okay…
[OBI-WAN]
You're the Chosen One
[YODA]
Chosen though he may be
[SHMI]
Ani…
[MACE]
The Council has spoken.
[YODA]
At war we are and Chosen though he may be
[MACE]
The Council has spoken.
[OBI-WAN]
Prophecies
[ANAKIN]
…hypocrisies
[PADME]
…betray me.
[MACE]
The Council has spoken.
[YODA]
At war we are and Chosen though he may be
[MACE]
The Council has spoken.
[OBI-WAN]
Prophecies
[ANAKIN]
…hypocrisies
[PADME]
…betray me.
credits
released January 5, 2021
Produced by K-DEF
Mixed & Mastered by Bill Beats @ NOIR GRIME
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