Barack Obama’s Hip Hop Flip Flop
By Uppity Woman on July 3, 2008 at 9:05 PM in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Misogyny, Sexism, Women
It wasn’t that long ago that Barack Obama was criticizing Rap for the images the medium conjures up. In fact, he directly blamed the Don Imus incident on Rap, which created a bit of a stir in the Rap community.
At a fund raiser in South Carolina with the SC Legislative Black Caucus, Sen. Barack Obama stated, “We’ve got to admit to ourselves, that it was not the first time that we heard the word ‘ho’. Turn on the radio station. There are a whole lot of songs that use the same language & we’ve been permitting it in our homes, and in our schools and on iPods,” in light of the Don Imus incident.
“If it’s not good for Don Imus, I don’t know why it’s good for us. If we don’t like other people to degrade us, why are we degrading ourselves?”
Ironically, this is probably one of the most truthful things Obama has ever said. Too bad it didn’t last very long. Alas, in typical Obama fashion, he has changed his mind. Of course, he’s been currently featured in Rolling Stone, so our special candidate Barack “Changeling” Obama is adjusting himself accordingly.
“I am troubled sometimes by the misogyny and materialism of a lot of rap lyrics,” he said, “but I think the genius of the art form has shifted the culture and helped to desegregate music.”
Barack Obama troubled by misogyny? You could have fooled me! He’s the Poster Boy for misogyny.
He said hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and rappers Jay-Z and Ludacris were “great talents and great businessmen.”
“It would be nice if I could have my daughters listen to their music without me worrying that they were getting bad images of themselves,” he added.
That’s interesting isn’t it? I wonder what kind of images his daughters had of themselves while he and his surrogates were trashing Hillary as a woman, not to mention his treatment of women on the campaign trail. I wonder what images his daughters had of themselves when he was discussing his vibrating cell phone.
Now let’s see.
Obama has already introduced us to Jay-Z’s work. In a highly professional and “presidential-like” performance that ranked right up there with slapping Michelle on the ass on National TV, Obama mimed Jay-Z during one of his stump speeches: the one where he gave Hillary the finger and brushed “whatever” from his shoulders.
Now how about the “great talent” Ludacris whom Obama admires so much? How about that guy’s inspiring lyrics? I kind of had a hard time choosing which lyrics to post here. After much labor and nausea, I decided to select that profound work called “Ho,” although “Pimp Council,” ran a close second. Here you go:
Ho
(Chorus)
Hooooooooo (Ho) Youza Hoooooo (Ho) Youza Hoooooo (Ho) I said that youza hooooo (Ho) (Repeat 1x)
(Ludacris)
You doin ho activities With ho tendencies
Hos are your friends, hoes are your enemies
ho energy to do whacha do Blew whacha blew Screw whacha screw
Yall professional like DJ Clue, pullin on my coat tail an why do you think you take a ho to a hotel?
Hotel everybody, even the mayor
Reach up in tha sky for tha hozone laya
Come on playa once a ho always And hos never close they open like hallways
An heres a ho cake for you whole ho crew an everybody wants some cuz hoes gotta eat too(chorus x2)
(Ludacris)
Cant turn a ho into a housewife
Hos dont act right
Theres hos on a mission, an hoes on a crackpipe
Hey ho how ya doin, where ya been?
Prolly doin ho stuff cuz there you ho again Its a ho wide world, that we livin in feline, feminine, fantastical, women
Not all, just some You ho who you are
Theres hoes in tha room, theres hoes in tha car theres hoes on stage, theres hoes by tha bar hos by near, an hos by far Ho! (But can i getta ride?!)
NO! (Cmon, nigga why?!) Cuz youza(chorus 2x)
(Ludacris)
You gotta run in your pantyhos Even your daddy knows that you suckin down chocolate like daddy-o’s You hos are horrible, horrendous
On taxes ya’ll writin off hos as dependents
I see tha ho risin it aint surprisin its just a hoasis with ugly chicks faces but hos dont feel so sad and blue cuz most of us niggaz is hos too(chorus x2)
(Ho)
Muthafuckas im so tiired of yall niggaz always talkin bout hos this, hos that, you tha muthafuckin ho nigga I wasnt no ho last night(Pimp)
Ho, bring yo ass!
(Ho) Ok, hold on
Whoa! That’s profound stuff, isn’t it? I mean we are talking inspiration here! We’re talking serious respect for self and women, hey? I mean I can’t wait to get to the parts where we beat the crap out of them and make them bleed, can you? You can get encouragement for that in Rap too! Something for every man! What message does a presidential candidate send to young men and women when he announces that a genre that promotes a filthy mouth, prostitution and violence against women is borne of “Genius” and “Talent”? Does any normal person you know who has kids really want them buying into this crap?
Obama actually approves of his daughters listening to this shit? What’s that all about? Preparation for their lives???
If Obama’s daughters aren’t inspired by “Hos,” Ludicris’ works include other amazingly upbeat, informative, inspiring and female-loving examples, including:
“Girls Gone Wild,”
“Move Bitch,”
“Pimpin’ All Over The World”.
And guess what, folks? As Rappers go, Ludacris is one of the more gentle ones!
Ok let’s recap Duplicitous Panderer, Barack Obama’s opinion(s) of Rap:
1. Rap is bad. Unless you are featured in Rolling Stone. Then rap is good.
2. Rap is degrading, but not really.
3. Rap is bad for his daughters’ self-image, but still, the people who produce this crap are “talented”.
4. The misogyny in Rap is bad. But not so bad. Really. But not really. Kind of. Sort of.
5. The word “Ho” is bad if that pig Don Imus uses it. But “Ho” is good if a “talented” Rapper raps it.
6. Rap is bad, but it’s good. Well not really good, but not bad. Besides, it’s only an insult to women, so who cares?
7. Besides, the violence and disrespect in Rap is aimed at women anyways, so who cares? I’m in Rolling Stone, man! So to hell with those Ho’s!
I’m glad Obama has cleared this all up, aren’t you?
I myself am very impressed, aren’t you? I mean, everybody wants a President who thinks this kind of violent, hateful and misogyinic shit is worth applauding, right? Epecially people with two daughters like Comrade Obama has. I guess in some small way, we can find some comfort that this man doesn’t have any sons to teach woman-hating to.
I am sure that all of this makes you feel as confident, warm and fuzzy as i do about the thought that, if ever elected, Comrade Obama, his iPOD chuck full of “talented” Rap, and his bundlers from Pakistan would be in charge of women’s lives, well-being and future advancement.
And to think his vibrating cell phone caper was the worst we thought we could get out of this unPresidential Presidential candidate.
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