From Jay-Z

my president is black, in fact, he’s half white
so even in a racist’s mind, he’s half right
if you got a racist mind, it’s alright
my president is black but his house is all white
rosa parks sat so martin luther could walk
martin luther walked so barack obama could run
barack obama ran so all the children could fly
so i’ma spread my wings, you can meet me in the sky
i already got my own clothes, already got my own shoes
i was hot before barack, imagine what i’m gon do
hello miss america, hey, pretty lady
red, white and blue flag, wave for me, baby
never thought i’d say this shit: baby, i’m good
you can keep your puss, i don’t want no more Bush
no more war, no more iraq
no more white lies, my president is black

hat tip to Raindrophustla

Kelly O—formerly a Stranger staff photographer, music writer, Drunk of the Week columnist, and more!—finished art school and a soul-crushing internship at a corporate advertising agency in Detroit,...

4 replies on “More Poetry”

  1. @1 – It’s “half white” with “half right”, and “alright” with “all white”. And, it’s Jay-Z so he delivers it a million times cooler than it reads.

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