Sweepstakes

**Sweepstakes** — это двенадцатый трек из третьего альбома *Gorillaz*, *Plastic Beach*. В записи песни участвовали ансамбль Hypnotic Brass Ensemble и американский хип-хоп-исполнитель Mos Def.

## Информация

Мёрдок рассказал об этом треке следующее:

“
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble показали нам истинную силу духовых инструментов из Чикаго, превратив этот трек в версию хип-хопа от Куинси Джонса, чему так же в полной степени поспособствовал Mos Def. Настоящий джентельмен. Впервые я с ним встретился в клубе "The Box" в Нижнем Ист-Сайде в Нью-Йорке. Мне нравится его рэп, и я видел его в "Перемотке".

Sweepstakes: you’re a winner ['Тотализатор: ты – победитель']. Заберите свой маленький пластиковый приз на прилавке. Сейчас перед носами людей трясут всяким мусором, заставляя их чувствовать себя победителями. Лучшая приманка.
”
—**Мёрдок Никкалс**

## Текст

[Куплет 1: Mos Def]

Pay day, you're a winner...

Pay day, you're a winner

Keep cool form a line

Scared money, broke money

Bold money, mo' money

So sunny, cloud breaker

Sound maker, wave runner

Wild wonder, funky drummer

You can get it how you wanna

There's math and there's dealers and players and me

They say that they winners, okay, well, let's see

You pay or you play

The rules of the trade

The math of the days

The times and the age

Whatcha want? How you like?

Aim high, man, why not?

Sun, moon, and starryarrs

Each and all of y'alls

Mathematics and dealers and players and me

They say that they winners, okay, well, let's see...

[Припев: Mos Def]

Sweepstakes! Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! (Sweepstakes!) You're a winner (You're a winner)

[Куплет 2: Mos Def]

Pay day, you're a winner

Keep cool, form a line

Scared money, broke money

Bold money, mo' money

So sunny, cloud breaker

Sound maker, wave runner

Wild wonder, funky drummer

You can get it how you wanna

"Who's the winner?" said the dealer

Every player: "Yeah, me!"

So you say, we will see

Pay or play, a-okay

What's it roll? How you like?

Aim high, why not?

Sun, moon, and starryarrs

Each and every all of y'alls

Who's the winner? "Yeah, me!"

So you say, we will see

Cloud breaker, danger beach!

Big fleets!

Ha! Okay, let's eat!

[Припев: Mos Def]

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

[Куплет 3: Mos Def]

Pay day, you're a winner

Keep cool, form a line

Scared money, broke money

Bold money, mo' money

So sunny, cloud breaker

Sound maker, wave runner

Wild wonder and drummer

You can get at it how you wanna

There's math and there's dealers and players and killers and me

They say that they winners

Okay, well, let's see

You pay or you play

The rules of the trade

The math of the days

The times of the age

Whatcha want? How you like?

Aim high, man, why not?

Sun moon and starryarrs

Each and every all of y'alls

There's math and there's dealers and players and me (Sweepstakes!)

They say that they winners

Okay, well, let's see! (You're a winner)

[Припев: Mos Def]

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

[Куплет 4: Mos Def]

Pay day, you're a winner

Keep cool, form a line

Scared money, broke money

Bold money, mo' money

So sunny, cloud breaker

Sound maker, wave runner

Wild wonder, funky drummer

You can get it how you wanna

"Who's the winner?" said the dealer

Every player: "Yeah, me!"

So you say, we will see

Pay or play, a-okay

What's it roll? How you like?

Aim high, why not?

Sun, moon, and starryarrs

Each and every all of y'alls

Who's the winner? "Yeah me!"

So you say, we will see

Cloud breaker, danger beach!

Fresh fleets!

Let's eat!

[Припев: Mos Def]

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Sweepstakes! You're a winner

Ha, ow!

[Аутро: Mos Def]

Keep cool, form a line

Scared money, broke money

Bold money, mo' money

So sunny, cloud breaker

Sound maker, wave runner

Wild wonder, funky drummer

You can get it how you wanna

There's math and there's dealers and players and me

They say that they winners

Okay, well, let's see

You pay or you play

The rules of the trade

The math of the days

The times of the age

Whatcha want? How you like?

Aim high, man, why not?

Sun, moon, starryarrs

Each and allayalls

There's math and there's dealers and players and me

## Интересные факты

* По неизвестной причине это единственная песня с Plastic Beach без официального инструментала.
* Изначально Мёрдок назвал этот трек "Salmon on Rye with No Title To Go". Причины смены названия неизвестны.

## Примечания

1. ↑ Plastic Beach [Japanese experience edition], TOCP-66950, буклет, стр. 20-24
2. ↑ Gorillaz premiere two new songs from 'Plastic Beach' on NME Radio