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Day 171: Adriel - If I Was President

dude..has this blog been completely abandoned? how bootsy of us. we'll have to drop a mixtape this year to make up for it.

anyway, here's the lyrics to my diddly for the 247townhall campaign. video will be up soon.


they're saying that the climate's changing
and i don't just mean that the sky is changing
i mean that this guy is change...
or just disguised as change
and i can't describe this sensation
cuz i live in oakland and the crime ain't changing
they're saying it takes time just be patient
i'm like, all right, i'll wait
but at times i'll just make believe
what would happen if i were president
would would happen if when i was in kindergarten the teacher said
i could be president
except she really meant it then
cuz really, in the 80's i couldn't make sense of it
in the 90's i learned i had a bit too much melanin
and nowadays, like they're gonna trust a chinese guy
to protect them from terrorists

anyway
if i were president
the sky would be the limit but
but in the real world
the sky is limited
the ozone's all broken
like the sky is limpin
and we can't go outdoors
to sigh's a detriment
the city's so shitty the kiddies can't live in them, cuz
THAT AIR IS POISONNNNNNNNN
like bel biv and them

the bugs taking over
my kitchen's covered with cinnamon
the government's taking over
their hearts are filled up with sin in 'em
yeah, that's a synonym
like how jail is to prison
and bail is to dividends
hell's to this system
so instead of hailing this system
to hell with this system
there's hella frustration that for eons the office been beyond the peoples' grip
but now hold on oh shit
now we've got o-bama
the polls say asian folks won't bother
to vote a brother
but i sho' wonder exactly who the surveys are serving
i sense sly foxes who smile, watching
the crabs in the crate pull each other down bottom
but i seen with my eyes how tides are swapping
now the crabs is bout rock the boat, no lobster
now the masses bout to vote the how proper
obama changed the tyrant's terrain, oh bummer
so yeah, barack for president
and if i were president
i'd apply some sense in it
give fema a subpeona
and find where the levees went
show who wears the levis in this whitehouse
and rebuild the tenements
give dues to the immigrants
and ship off the ignorant
afghanistan, iraq, iran...yeah, there's a difference
north korea, china, japan...yeah, there's a difference
bush, bush, goose, mccain, yeah, get rid of em
you don't call me a gook and say sorry for the election
you don't spit on martin's grave site and say sorry for election
you don't stand against gay rights, you and your sorry ass election
now you ain't taking office, i feel sorry for your election

they're saying that the climate is changing
which really means it's time for some changing
so what would i really do if i were president?
i'd put everybody else on the ballot and let the people represent.

1 Comments:

Blogger WordWarrior said...

Oh shit. One of your finest yet, mate.

"the bugs taking over
my kitchen's covered with cinnamon
the government's taking over
their hearts are filled up with sin in 'em"

That's too fun to read.

July 14, 2008 8:19 PM

 

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