Eric B. and Rakim sum it all up re: Obama "Don't Sweat the technique"

[wndycty]

Sometimes a rap song sums it up well. Rakim gives voice to the words I am feeling about Obama right now. Emphasis is mine.

Keep it up POTUS

Don`t Sweat The Technique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y1Emb7Jyks

Don't sweat the Technique(2x)

Let's trace the hints and check the file
Let see who bit to detect the style
I flip the script so they can't get foul.
At least not now, it'll take a while
I change the pace to complete the beat
I drop the bass,'till mc's get weak.
For every word they trace, it's a scar they keep...
'Cause when I speak, they freak
To sweat the technique
I made my debut in '86
Wit a melody and a president's mix
And now I stay on target and refuse to miss
And I still make hits
wit' beats, parties, clubs, in the cars and jeeps
My underground sound vibrates the streets
MC's wanna beef then I play for keeps
When they sweat the technique

Don't Sweat the Technique

They wanna know how many rhymes have I ripped in rep., but
Researchers never found all the pieces yet
Scientists try to solve the context
Philosophers are wondering what's next
Pieces are took to last who observe them
They couldn't absorb them, they didn't deserve them
My ideas are only for the audience's ears

For my opponents, it might take years
Pencils and pens, are swords
Letters put together form a key to chords
I'm also a sculpture, born with structure
Because of my culture, I'm a rip and destruct the
Difficult styles that'll be for the technology
Complete sights and new heights after I get deep
You don't have to speak just seek
And peep the technique

But don't sweat the technique

I speak indiscreet cause talk is cheap
Then I get deep and the weak then complete their
Pull with a seat, never weak or obsolete
They never grow old techniques become antiques
Better then something brand new 'cause it's radiant
And the wild style'll have much more volume
Classical too intelligent to be radical
Masterful, never irrelevant: mathematical
Here's some soothing souvenirs for all the years
They fought, and sought, the thoughts and ideas
It's cool when you freak to the beat
But don't sweat the technique

Don't sweat the technique (2x)

[vaberella]

1. When I saw the vid....I remembered this song and where I was when I heard it. n/t

[wndycty]

2. ;)

Its damned appropriate don't you think?

[vaberella]

7. Very much so. ^_^ n/t

[jenmito]

3. Same here! Those were the days. ETA-yes, it's very appropriate. n/t

[wndycty]

4. ;)

:kick:

[jenmito]

5. Someone unrec'ed this? Why? n/t

[CakeGrrl]

6. Because it suggests the POTUS knows what he's doing

and that he isn't the incompetent, inexperienced, weak, DINO tool that people were breaking their fingers to post that he was a few days ago.

[babylonsister]

9. Amen!

:thumbsup:

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. The only time I stop is when

Somebody drop and then
Bring 'em to the front cuz my rhyme's the oxygen...

:-)

I draw a crowd...like an architect.

[Cali_Democrat]

10. Eric B. and Rakim

Two of my favorites :)

[Safetykitten]

11. Big technique bump...

[rug]

12. There's another song on Don't Sweat The Technique.

What's happening, it's been so long, what's going on
And what's going wrong? The good old days are gone
You forgot your plot and your plans as a young man
You invented a scam even you don't understand
You rig the enigma, can't figure it out
You change the route, now you're in doubt
You use to cut class, smoked grass, still passed,
Figured you was all that but that ain't last;
The times is harder, the drugs is heavier
You say whatever, the more, the merrier;
Smoke chokes your dreams and blurs your scenes,
Now a young man fiend change his plan to schemes;
No more good times, no more time,
Too far to find, you're almost blind,
You can't see what spot that the trap is in...
(Hey bra!)What's happening!
You had it mapped out, your plans get torn,
You stayed up for days and now your dreams are gone
You said you quit, stated your word is bond
(Hey bro) what's going on?

What's going on?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geMGNG1Ax7I&feature=artist

[RandomKoolzip]

13. I think "Follow the Leader" is much more appropriate, unfortunately...

Especially if the title is barked at progressives and critics.