Mikhail Gorbachev

"Knock knock knock knock! Did somebody say birthmarks?"

- Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev was the fourth of 5 rappers in Rasputin vs Stalin, battling Grigori Rasputin, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, and Vladimir Putin (though Putin appeared afterwards). He was played by EpicLLOYD.

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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov) (born March 2, 1931) is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the first (and last) president of the Soviet Union from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991. He was the only general secretary in the history of the Soviet Union to have been born during the Communist rule.

Gorbachev's attempts at reform as well as summit conferences with United States President Ronald Reagan and his reorientation of Soviet strategic aims contributed to the end of the Cold War, ended the political supremacy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Otto Hahn Peace Medal in 1989, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 and the Harvey Prize in 1992 as well as Honorary Doctorates from University of Calgary in 1993, Durham University in 1995, Trinity College in 2002 and University of Müenster in 2005, and Eureka College in 2009.

Gorbachev is most closely associated with his policies of "glasnost" and "perestroika", both of which created a bridge between Soviet and Western culture, and which ultimately set the stage for the 1991 coup. He was not harmed and largely withdrew from politics to become a lecturer, which he remains to this day.

Lyrics
Knock knock knock knock.

Did somebody say birthmarks?

Yo, I'm the host with the most glasnost!

Assholes made a mess and the war got cold.

Shook hands with both Ronalds, Reagan and McDonald's, no doubt.

If your name end with "in", time to get out!

I have the balls to let Baryshnikov dance, playa!

Tore down that wall like the Kool-Aid Man, oh yeah!

You two need yoga (Дa). You need to shower (Дa).

And you all need to learn how to handle real power!

Scrapped Lyrics
"You all need to learn how to embrace real power!"

Trivia



 * The ERB crew originally wanted Gorbachev's birthmark to read "ERB", but because of the fact that Lloyd would have to awkwardly tilt his head towards the camera for the audience to even see it, they scrapped the idea.