Black President (Explicit)

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

Yes, we can

Change the world

(Change the world)

They say

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

Yes, we can

Change the world

(The world, the world, the world)

They forgot us on the block, got us in the box

Solitary confinement, how violent are these cops?

They need a early retirement

How many rallies will I watch?

I ain't got it in me to march

I got a semi to spark, the game's in a drought

Public housing projects, cookin' up in the Pyrex

My set, my clique, either gettin' money

Or runnin' from homicide trial, that's if they ain't died yet

Tryna be rich, still I'm pledgin' allegiance

A predicate felon, a ghetto leader

Lendin' my poetical genius to whoever may need it

I bleed this from Queensbridge, now livin' with my feet up

Never defeated, so a president's needed

You know these colored folks and Negros

Hate to see one of they own succeedin'

America, surprise us and let a black man guide us, uh

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

Yes, we can

Change the world

(Change the world)

They say

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

Yes, we can

Change the world

The world, the world, the world

What's the black prez thinkin' on election night?

Is it, "How can I protect my life

Protect my wife, protect my rights?"

Every other president was nothing less than white

'Cept Thomas Jefferson had mixed-Indian blood

And Calvin Coolidge

KKK is like, "What the fuck?"

Loadin' they guns up

Loadin' up mines too, ready to ride

'Cause I'm ridin' with my crew, he dies, we die, too

Yeah, but on the positive side

I think Obama provides hope and challenges minds

Of all races and colors to erase the hate

And try to love one another, so many political snakes

We in need of a break, I'm thinkin' I can trust this brother

But will he keep it way real?

Every innocent **** in jail gets out on appeal

When he wins, will he really care still? I feel

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

Yes, we can

Change the world

(Change the world)

They say

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

Yes, we can

Change the world

(The world, the world, the world)

Say a prayer for, do we have to?

You ain't right, Jeremiah Wrong pastor

In love with a slave master

Sincerely yours, USA's most brave rapper

Jesse carjacker, Uncle Tom kidnapper

Ask around, Bentley coupe off the Richter

Bitched called Life, I pimped her, what?

Politics, poli-tricks, Klan shooter

Deacon for defense, progress producer

Nothing on the stove, a survival booster

Gotta do what we gotta do

We ain't got no governors comin' through to help

Anything we need done, we gotta do for self

New, improved JFK on the way

It ain't the '60s again, **** ain't hippies again

We ain't fallin' for the same traps

Standin' on the balconies where they shot the King at

McCain got apologies, ain't nobody hearin' that

People need honesty

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

Yes, we can

Change the world

(Change the world)

They say

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

(And though it seems heaven-sent)

(We ain't ready to have a black president)

Yes, we can

Change the world

The world, the world, the world

(It is my distinct honor and privilege)

(To introduce to you, the next President of the United States)

(Barack Obama)