I don’t look in to crystal balls
And leave my fate to the cosmos
And frankly unless you’re blessed to be clairvoyant
The future…I don’t think anyone really knows
I don’t think we pay enough attention to the tides of the water
And how the political current flows
Usually we jump in to the nicest boat that comes along
And it’s either to the left or to the right we go
No compass…just navigation
Provided on a GPS system that the Fox News Network chose
Leaving us misguided without paddles
But yo I refuse to be one of those
Because I know I have the right to choose which way to float
I have the right to vote
I have the right to go left
And so I write about going left
I write my poems with my right and Barack writes speeches with his left
And I’ll continue writing until he’s the only presidential candidate left
And “they” say left handed people are artistic
But I’m the artist and Barack is in politics
Which means I use metaphors and he uses common sense
I write in breaks and pauses, he uses commas in sentences
I connect through my third eye, he uses his five senses
I count my community by the number of poems I write, he uses the American census
And he senses that the average American’s pockets lack cents and so he offers his two cents to hopefully create change
And we need change
We need a new name
If not the rhyme of politics in this country will continue to sound the same
Bush, Clinton, Bush, Bush, Clinton maybe Mcain
But I propose a remix for the American people to start spinning Barack Hussein….
Obama
The same man who wants to bring our troops back home to their babies, lovers and mamas
The same man who was born to an American mother and an East African father
The same man who wants to fund NCLB and knock 4 grand off the cost of a college education
The same man that said “that our prosperity can and must be the tide that lifts every boat;
that we rise or fall as one nation”
The same man who wants to combat the minimum wage
by creating a living wage
for every American and make adjustments for inflation
The same man who wants to overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling so that women and minorities can finally challenge pay discrimination
The same man who plans to remove racial profiling as a part of local, state, and federal law enforcement regulation
And the same man who plans to create universal health care so that the sick and the poor get access to treatment and medication
And the same man that wants to provide opportunities for hopeful Americans and add some structure to immigration
So while I am not a politician, or a mind reader, I am a poet blessed with the gift to gab
And I don’t care that some folks say that “talk” is the only form of action Barack has
Because he inspires me to speak
He inspires me to exercise my right to write
And I invite all of you in attendance to do what is right
And vote left
Vote like Barack Obama is the only presidential candidate left
Let the new sound of politics spin on and on and on
And if you need to purchase soundtrack or get some more lyrics simply go to www.barackobama.com.
