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THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS | 2023 REMASTER | Fallout: New Vegas Rap!

6.4M views · Sep 15, 2023 · Music

The Stupendium

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@TheStupendium · 3 years ago · pinned
LYRICS: VERSE 1: Welcome to The Lucky 38, glad you could make the trip The crowning jewel in the oasis of the Vegas Strip I'm Robert Edwin House, the founder of this place of rest A haven for the wayward, that's to say, if you can pay the rent Understand that if you try to stop my plans you'll come to harm I ensure that every bandit standing here has just one arm I eschewed the grandeur, built a land for all that's free from smarm But show your hand, I'll flush you out straight down to the farm You blunder in and wonder if a bunch of chips can run the strip? A hundred twits with guns and clips have tried their luck and lost the bet I funded it - I'm one with it So watch your lip or run the risk 'Cause if you're here to plunder it You might just end up under it CHORUS: You can hit them, you can fold them Stack the deck and weight the dice All that glitters isn't golden Cash that cheque you'll pay the price Might be safer in the desert Only dust to judge your sins But those who wager aren't so clever 'Cause in heaven Well, the House always wins House always wins House always wins House always wins VERSE 2: You want to see the profits of democracy? Then go and see 'em Across the street, a bunch of freaks are playing Colosseum Honestly? Was the world you wanted what you got to see? When you were dropping crosses into boxes behind polling screens? Was dropping bombs your chosen option? Did you vote for screams? Was the apocalypse your politician's policy? Did you put stock in their prepostering and prophesy? A shining future built on squabble-free equality? That every day you'd get your plate of steak and collard greens? The human race was capable of anything but wanton greed? But now that world is gone and what lived on belongs to me That freedom you so wanted's now the cost of living comfortably Peace is just a product with a focus test of billions And the test was unsuccessful so we altered it's description "Your safety now provided by the guys at RobCo Services!" For one ongoing price of your unwavering subservience Impressed? I raised the stakes, returned this land to vibrance Witness as I raise estates from mud and random violence Business is the way to stay the bloody hand of tyrants Convinced yet? Sail and ask my buddy Andrew Ryan A grip of iron never tires Head of ire, lead and wires Neon veins in ancient spires Pump the caps and I respire The economy is ash, I didn't light the fire But I can always turn a profit sweeping up the pyre CHORUS: You can hit them, you can fold them Stack the deck and weight the dice All that glitters isn't golden Cash that cheque you'll pay the price Might be safer in the desert Only dust to judge your sins But those who wager aren't so clever 'Cause in heaven Well, the House always wins House always wins House always wins House always wins VERSE 3: I saw the path, I preempted those ascending arms My gilded heart beats forever on to mend the scars I built an ark out of empty spas and trendy bars Mended the families Befriended with the NCR I raised the wasteland from a band of little fight clubs I handle situations delicately - White Gloves I'm the Chairman of the board taxing on your survival Out to murder competition then sit back and hike the price up BRIDGE: Oh no - A society trapped in a snow globe? No surprises, the Rapture's a no-show Undeniably tragic, there's no hope The Mojave is savage, it's no home Until I came to manage the whole show Took the glitz and the glamor and showboats Built a bastion for man for my 'folio And officially branded it RobCo VERSE 4: With just a pair of dice I came and tamed these earthly wastes I built a paradise, you might as well desert your faith Long ago when we aimed armageddon at those pearly gates I used that molten gold to rebuild heaven at The 38 CHORUS: You can hit them, you can fold them Stack the deck and weight the dice All that glitters isn't golden Cash that cheque you'll pay the price Might be safer in the desert Only dust to judge your sins But those who wager aren't so clever 'Cause in heaven Well, the House always wins House always wins House always wins House always wins
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@Ace0Spades2187 · 1 year ago (edited)
Benny is the King of Diamonds: ambitious, materialistic, greedy The Brotherhood of Steel is the King of Spades: militaristic, separate, and isolation through unique identity The Legion is the King of Clubs: brutal, unrefined, blunt The NCR is the King of Hearts: idealistic, compassionate, communal House is the collective deck (at least in his own mind): Possessing all of the above traits when necessity dictates, but smart enough to show a different suit to fulfill his goals And the Courier is the Joker: a wildcard, unpredictable, able to completely upend the game by their influence Something something, it's like poetry, it rhymes
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@CantusTropus · 3 years ago
Reminder that this banger was originally produced as a response video in a "New Vegas faction rap challenge" and was so incredibly high quality that nobody ever really tried to respond to it.
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@psychiclion · 2 years ago
I just noticed the double meaning in "Ask my buddy Andrew Ryan", as the voice actors of Andrew Ryan and Robert Edwin House were actually really good friends in real life (Armin Shimerman played Quark and Rene Auberjonois played Odo in Deep Space 9). I have no idea if that was on purpose, but it's still great.
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@TheSuitedGoatFeller · 1 year ago (edited)
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr3W3XVXVB0&t=306">5:06</a> I love how he says in the background, "Anymore more bets? No more bets.." which is a hint to the fact that House has won the battle for Hoover Dam
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@Courier2 · 3 years ago
"Oh no - A society trapped in a snow globe? No surprises, the Rapture's a no-snow" I just love this moment in song, it's give vibe
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@leidenjar · 3 years ago
"You blunder in and wonder if a bunch of chips can run the Strip?" is such a masterfully crafted line. It encapsulates how everyone else at the table fails to realise it's his casino, and it doesn't matter how much they win or which games they play, the House always wins. Simultaneously, the line reflects the self-assuredness of characters like Benny and the Omertas, their short-sightedness and poorly crafted plans. So much conveyed in such a short line. Bravo!
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@ToeTruck1958 · 1 year ago (edited)
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr3W3XVXVB0&t=225">3:45</a> this verse made me realize that the casinos in the strip all exist as aspects of House's personality. The White Gloves represent his careful planning and meticulousness, the Chairmen represent his ambition and greed, and the Omertas represent his ruthlessness and willpower. And all of them are separate, which is why they fail, the combination of all these traits in Mr. House is what makes him successful.
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@norplaych · 2 years ago
The morse code on the chip at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr3W3XVXVB0&t=92">1:32</a> is 23/2077, and the ball is on 10, meaning 10/23/2077, which is when the bombs dropped in fallout. Smart as hell.
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@wilhelm_iron2359 · 2 years ago
Haven't seen anyone mention this yet, but I love how in the chorus he slowly transitions "The House Always Wins" to "House Always Wins" very subtle, but I love it
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@tadeuszekpl · 2 years ago
"Might be safer in the desert, Only dust to judge your sins" This goes hard and is 100% my mood after i get kicked out of the casino for investing into 10 luck
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@ophiuchus_kin · 3 years ago
"A grip of iron never tires, a head of ire lead and wires Neo veins and ancient spyres Pump the cap and I respire" This lyrics have being inside my soul since my first listen all those years ago, some things can truly live forever
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