It's a Trap!

If I ran a game store I would play the song It's a Trap! by Dr. Awkward.

Han Solo is the original space pirate. The movies don't show him doing much pirating, though, and instead he plays as more of a smuggler. In It's a Trap!, Dr. Awkward raps about a pirate character that at times seems like they're in the Star Wars universe - possibly Han Solo himself - but that is a pirate that fits the "prepare to be boarded" model more than Han ever did. The song is a moody rap that portrays this dark character talking about his swagger and the crimes he commits. Even though the song samples Admiral Akbar's famous "It's a trap" line, it is used in the context of a spaceship trapped and about to be boarded by the pirate character. The character almost sounds more like Malcolm Reynolds than anyone from the Star Wars universe. I'd pay to watch this movie.

It's a Trap! is from Dr. Awkward's 2013 album, Blank Pages.

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It's a Trap! lyrics

I'm a brigand, space be the Seven Seas
Headhunting Wilkes-Booth in the mezzanine
Nina on my hip, Jon Hamm, I'm a mad man
Give me the loot, give me the loot, I'm a bad man
I do damage when I'm brandishing a pistol
So get your hands up and keep them there like a Chris show
Trust me, you don’t want to die for some cargo
Turn this to a hostage situation: Argo
It's a trap, catch them exiting the orbit
Lay down your arms and prepare to be boarded
Money and mischief is everything we stand for
So put the transport ledgers in the Jansport
Not a smuggler, forever I'm a pirate
Six-shooter on my waist, that's a sidekick
Free of the system, we lurk in the black
You're caught before you realize where you're at
Screaming it's a trap

It's a trap
On the attack
A cutthroat captain, the crew got his back
Let the flag hang black
Let the flag hang black

It's a trap, grab a ship like it's just for fun
Tell me Cap', how quick you make the Kessel Run?
I'm a pirate, I love to do dirt
There's no question I always shoot first
The first to blast back that's the first to get the jettison
So here's a sack, everybody throw the credits in
In a hurry, hurry up, we ain't got the time
'Cause my mind on my money, money on my mind
Not a Jedi, never had a master
Only Force that I need is a blaster
Blast past the trash, I'm the prize of the sector
Ransack the crew like the virus in Vector
Independent, I answer to myself
Only in it for the women and the wealth
Free of the system we lurk in the black
Now you're caught before you realize where you're at
Screaming it's a trap

It's a trap
On the attack
A cutthroat captain the crew got his back
Let the flag hang black
Let the flag hang black