LL has a few questions he would like to address to our current douchebag of a president.
Joining Nas, Q-Tip and Jay-Z in turning rap away from it’s original direction and focusing on politics, the elder statesman of hip hop subjects Dubya to a blistering interrogation on his new cut, “Mr. President.”
“It’s all about what I’d like to ask [him],” LL told us the other night at a downtown studio, where he let a few friends listen to his forthcoming album, “Exit 13″ - his last for the Def Jam label.
Cranking up the bass till the floorboards throbbed, LL let track 14 rip:
“Mr. President, are you aware/Our flesh and blood is dying over there?/When the coffins come back, do you care?/When only the poor kids die, is it fair?/Don’t get me wrong. I respect the flag/But it hurts to see a kid in a body bag/He fought for his country with all he had/Now we have a family without a dad.”
The song moves on to other policy issues:
“Mr. President, are you aware unless you’re rich, you have poor health care/It makes you scream and want to pull out your hair/Discharged from the hospital soon as you get there.”
Would he like to get the disk to the White House?
“Tell me how to set that up, and I would be there in a heartbeat,” he said, smirking.
LL fine-tuned the album for the past 2 and half years, during which time he turned down a half-dozen movie roles. Out Sept. 9, it’s also filled with less polemic tracks and funny rhymes that had heads in the studio bobbing.
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