By Tony Sokol
Some of you might become uncomfortable as some parts of this film unfold because Pussy Riot is predicting that the next American president is coming Straight Outta Vagina. The political punk band that shook up Putin’s Russia and survived the gulag is confident that Vagina gonna win the race. These revolutionary musicians know that the vagina is tough and dangerous because when their vaginas landed in prison the world listened. The members of the political punk group spent nearly two years in a Russian prison after criticizing Vladimir Putin in their 2012 performance “Punk Prayer” in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior and artists from Paul McCartney and Madonna spearheaded a movement that got the musicians labeled political prisoners and ultimately released.
Pussy Riot’s new song and music video isn’t meant to shake up the major labels, they are endorsing a Hillary Clinton presidency. Vagina’s got a lot to say and, if you listen carefully, you will agree that the concepts will contribute to the rearing of a mature person who has a healthy responsible attitude toward the sexual side of his life.
This is by no means the first time Pussy Riot has broadened their social commentary past Russia. They teamed with the Voidoid’s Richard Hell for their first English language song, “I Can’t Breathe,” which was dedicated to Eric Garner. Garner was killed by Staten Island police who used an unlawful chokehold to subdue him. He repeated the words “I can’t breathe” eleven times before he died.
Pussy Riot also shot a video at the Olympics in Sochi in 2014 when six members of the band were attacked and beaten by Cossack auxiliary police when they tried to stage a protest against Russia President Putin.
Desi Mo and Leikeli47 take the lead on the new song. The video opens in a religious setting and I’m ready to convert.
Straight Outta Vagina
Does your vagina have a brand?
Let your vagina start a band
If your vagina lands in prison
Then the world is gonna listen
My vagina is tough and dangerous
Shaking up the major labels
Vagina gonna take the stage
Cuz vagina’s got a lot to say
Don’t play stupid
Don’t play dumb
Vagina’s where you’re really from
Don’t play stupid
Don’t play dumb
Vagina’s where you’re really from
(Where you from?)
(Where you from?)
Vagina gonna win the race
Vagina gonna play in space
Vagina gonna top the charts
Vaginas fill your shopping carts
Vaginas in the art museum
And people buying tickets just to see ‘em
Put your pussy on a diet
Then paparazzi gonna start a riot
Don’t play stupid
Don’t play dumb
Vagina’s where you’re really from
Don’t play stupid
Don’t play dumb
Vagina’s where you’re really from
(Where you from?)
(Where you from?)
V.A.G.I.N.A.
We got pussy for days
Back up, pussy don’t play
First they come and then they stay
You gon’ always gonna find it when you need it
You gone’ always come back and repeat it
Oh, cuz you know where home is
Go down like you know what dome is
Woah now man I’m losin focus
Va jay jay on hocus pocus
Don’t act like you don’t notice
Girls run it like U.S. Open
Throw a fit right now (right now)
Put up a fist right now (right now)
Cuz you the shit right now (right now)
Probably acting like a bitch right now
Don’t play stupid
Don’t play dumb
Vagina’s where you’re really from
Don’t play stupid
Don’t play dumb
Vagina’s where you’re really from
(Where you from?)
(Where you from?)
My pussy my pussy
Is sweet just like a cookie
It goes to work
It makes the beats
It’s CEO, no rookie
From senator to bookie
We run this shit, go lookie
You can turn any page, any race, any age
From Russia to the states
We tearing up the place
I rip shit like Sinead O’Connor
I wear my vag as a badge of honor
I take pride in the way we rise
One love to Maya Angelou, the 8th world wonder
How we do it all sometimes I wonder
I could play nice so I can bring that thunder
So sad I gotta end right here
But this vagina gotta go make them numbers
Don’t play stupid
Don’t play dumb
Vagina’s where you’re really from
Don’t play stupid
Don’t play dumb
Vagina’s where you’re really from
(Where you from?)
(Where you from?)”
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