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Obama Campaign Songs Needed to Make Him More Black

 
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:17 pm    Post subject: Obama Campaign Songs Needed to Make Him More Black Reply with quote

Let�s face it, he�s only half-black, and if he�s going top be the first Brother In Chief in American history, I�m thinking he�s got to improve on that, and one way would be judicious selection of theme songs for the followers to get teary-eyed over. With that in mind, two offerings �



The James Brown Obama


Oh!
Can I get a witness!
Good Lord, whoa!
We got a health care plan
Better than the others!
Tell it to ya, now!
We all funkified!
No lie, now!
Whoa!
Gonna bring the troops back!
From Iraq!
Quick as responsible
Good Lawd, yeah!
We got a movement goin�!
You know what I�m talkin about!
Oh, yeah!
Man with a plan
Gonna get that economy
Reinvigorated!
Good Lord, yo!
I�s here to give ya the dope!
�Bama�s ALL about the hope!
Gonna win this clean!
Whoa! Good Lawd, yo! Hah!
Like a political machine!
Good Lord, yo!
Gonna take it to the bridge!
Come on, now!
Lawd, yeah!
Good God, whoa!



Okay, for this one, you need a couple of Bob Marley songs in your head (�Waiting in Vain� and �Jammin�) and hefty bit of Jamaican accented imagination a la Lee �Scratch� Perry �



The Reggae Obama


We�re all gonna campaign for Obama
We�re all gonna campaign for Obama

Obama
Obama
I�m votin� for Obama
Barack Hussein Obama
Hope you like Obama, too.
Obama
Obama

(Stentorian Peter Tosh-style spoken monologue insert with dub in the back behind it.)

Yah, mon, Obama be de man gon� bring de righteousness to Babylon, mon, and he ain� no �pressorman, no, he gon� smite de oppressorman for ah men and de wimmin and boyz and girls. I-an-I, and we all know he be de stepping razor, Obama, and you bettah watch his stride, his faddah he come from Tanzania, mon, an' dat's right nex� door to de Eat-ee-yopiah, so Obama and Hallie Selassie, dey be like de bruddahs deep in the de soul, jus� lahk dat, mon, no lie.

Obama
Obama
Votin� for Obama, too.
Obama
Obama
Hope you like Obama
Hope you like Obama
Obama in de name ov Jah Love.
Obama

Yah, he got de health care plan, bro, and he be de man, gon� bring de dahktahs to de people, and he be de mahn gon� bring the soldiermans back outta de Mesopotamia, too, mon, as soon as it�s responsible to do it, you know dats de troot, mon. He don� smoke de ganja but maybe back in de day, maybe he did that, too, mon, an� we know he likely inhaled, dahm straight. Obama bring de hope, mon, Obama, and not tomorrow, not de nex� year, mon, this year, November. You know it be happenin�, mon. Obama. Yah, da�s raht, Obama. Dis be de time, and Obama be de mighty lion gon� make Babylon de righteous land one mo� time, bring Zion home to de people.

We don�t wanna wait in vain for Obama
We don�t wanna wait in vain for Obama
We ain�t waitin, we�re campaignin�
We ain�t waitin, � (fade)


Still needed:

The Hiphop/Gangstah Rap Obama,

The Shaft Blaxpoitation Obama

The Motown Obama.

The Michael Jackson Obama


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