This Obama/politics-inspired song is "It's Time, Stand Up", by Question (Daniel Boskind), a rap artist from San Antonio, Texas, who approved this video. His websites are http://www.myspace.com/question and http://www.thedopeattic.com/ ( http://thedopeattic.wordpress.com/ ).

It includes a sample from "Come In Out Of The Rain" by Parliament (aka Funkadelic). You can hear the rest of that song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wy4Zb4e0_c , and see its lyrics at http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?postid=3240908#p... .


LYRICS:

It's election season, people
Get out and vote
It's up to you what we do

**sample:**
[Happiness and peace]
[Is getting more and more out of my reach]
[Violence and revolution]
[Seems to be all that the people wanna preach]
[You're gunning down your brothers]
[Molesting your sisters and your mothers in the streets]
[Ooh, and the President's talking 'bout a change]
[But nobody's got sense enough to come in out of the rain]
[Hey, ooh, hey]

**chorus:**
Now it's time, yeah, just to lay it on the line
We are not the dumb, deaf, and the blind
They try to make us out to be
Let your voice be heard, if you really feel free
And pump your fists in the air like this
And pump your fists in the air like this
We can tell 'em how it was, tell 'em how it could be
Or stand up and show 'em how it should be

The principal faction has no sensible reaction
People are reactin', but the President's relaxin'
Out in Crawford, and hate is such a strong word
No plan long-term, got me smokin' strong herb
'Cause we're economically fallin' while Exxon is ballin'
And all the preachers say that Jesus is callin'
And told 'em "Vote McCain", 'cause in the end more pain
Means apocalypse coming, judgement day... insane
Lunatics in the pulpit got us chokin'
We want change, but none of us is votin'
Fools on the block feel like it ain't important
'Cause in the end it's our family we're supportin'
That's why politicians don't pay attention to the poor
If we don't vote for 'em, what would they listen for?
We didn't elect 'em, so they neglect 'em
They'll run the country into the ground if we let them

**repeat chorus**

Now I can sit here and bad-mouth the system
Or even even point the finger at people with no wisdom
But instead I glance in the glass of the mirror
It's the reflection that we truly have a fear of
When youngsters join gangs for a sense of belonging
The countries that hate us are the ones that we're bombing
Or threatening to, here's a definite clue
The whites run the absolute red and definite blue
Thieves steppin' to you, with a weapon on you
'Cause there is no good jobs, that's the definite truth
And the media use clips to promote stereotypes
The brain's never muted, gonna rock your stereo right
And I hate to say it, even the police are underfunded
I guess that's why they arrest us for nothin'
While the Republicans lovin' every single second
Keep the people blinded, there's no money in the message

**repeat chorus**

Soldiers dyin', but life doesn't take precedence
They designed this war and hid all the evidence
Prescription drug bills signed by the President
No cash in the cure, the profit's in the medicine
But if you didn't vote in 2004
Then what the hell is you bitchin' for?
Make your voice heard, it's time, sign on this line
Rock the vote dot com, it's time to get signed
'Cause I'm tired of struggle, I'm out to get mine
Speak my mind, and try to free the blind
The dumb, the deaf, don't accept that logic
Does questioning your government make you unpatriotic?
Y'all bought it, and accepted Patriot Act
All the brave men and women, want my patriots back
Republican, Democrat, like Blood and Crip drama
No more to say to y'all, Vote Obama

**repeat chorus**

**repeat sample**


If you like this song, please consider volunteering for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign at http://www.barackobama.com/ - get out the vote!

You can download an MP3 of this song at http://www.texasstandup.com/texasstandup/Home_files/Quest... (less info)