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  • He's just throwing up thing he would do if he had a magic wand. He doesn't know anything about leadership, sacrifice, tough decisions, the greater good.

  • AMEN!

    

  • I respect him

  • Fuck man, I'd vote for ya!

  • El Flaco!! God man makes words fly like superman

  • God love you mos def.

  • I Lovr Mos Def seriously he's awesome and would make a fucking awesome president

  • Love this kid!

  • @jcatzcustoms Someone Supports Communism...

  • Voting weekend sounds good too...

  • 10% Flat Tax Yaaayyyy!!!!! I'm in....

  • LOL. you're american, you deserve this. WHAT THE FUCK. You don't deserve shit. Work for something for once. shit shouldn't be handed to people. That's the problem to begin with.

  • Hellz yeah I'd vote for Mos Def!!!

  • I would get a magical american citizenship out of nowhere and the vote for you.

  • lower taxes, higher public spending.

  • Mos Def is a good jedi who would make America cool again!

  • Lmao! I would vote for Mos Def!! Amen! (:

  • wearing an UNKLE jacket. awesome! wonder if he has worked with them?

  • Love most of it, but too much of it is wishful thinking.

    Let us start with the "you have more, you should do more" motto.

  • i live a few blocks from Malcom X College/ university

  • "Mister i don't feel like it today" lmao...

  • Mos Def got my vote

  • what about the weed mof def.!

  • Vote for mos def

  • mos def be president u would be the shit

  • this is great nd true nd key

  • why isn't he president already? I'm voting Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) 2012

  • special ed student

  • @Erik160 Man you have | | this much space to talk about mos def, for real, this dudes education level peaks at a such a height you're ... oh damn correct me on that mr. english, YOUR! Iq would be equivalent to a vegetable.

    Mos def for president.

  • "Elijah Mohammad Airport, Malcolm X University"

    .................Did I miss something because I thought Elijah Mohammad fucked over Malcolm X in a very bad way. And may even have had some responsibility for his death. I could get behind everything else though assuming it was possible to have national health care for 10%-20% tax lol. Love Mos Def though.

  • @booschman Do you know how much money is being spent. fighting two unnecessary wars and importing all that oil? Not to mention 5 trillion in bailouts. Get your schoolkids a free meal in school, and your healthcare would be a lot cheaper. That's how we do it in Sweden, and we do just fine. Healthcare is expensive, because people are so sick!

    Not to mention, if everyone has 40% more money to spend, there would be a lot less unemployment AND LESS CRIME. Save money from your military&popo

  • @Falconferare Actually, yes. Billions. Too much money. (Also, I disagree that Afghanistan was unnecessary. Iraq is a different story.) Children who need it DO get free meals in school in the United States, depending on their parents' income. Also, your health care situation is not the same as ours. I'm fairly certain we actually pay more than you for health care (just not to the government) and get less out of it, hence the problem.

  • @Falconferare (2) In the US, it is expected that employers pay for employees' health insurance, who pay most or all of your medical costs.  The issue is for people who don't have employee-provided insurance, because in many cases it is prohibitively expensive. The insurance companies have a ton of resources to lobby government representatives, who are often corrupt (another reason we don't want the government in control of health care).

  • @Falconferare (3) It's more complicated than "take money from the war and put it into health care" no matter how much foreigners like to think they know what is best for the US. Sorry for the long response, but your comment was pretty preachy and disrespectful. A majority of Americans probably agree with you, but enacting change is more difficult in a country 50x the size of yours, with that many more conflicting opinions and an election system that drowns out the minority.

  • @booschman I agree. In no way was I trying to be disrespectful. But saying it's difficult does not mean I'm wrong. Of course everything wouldn't change because you elect a new predident. And my country is far from perfect, the EU is in many ways more fucked up than America. But I have another perspective on things, I was hoping to be able to share that without offending anyone.

    I believe the health insurance industry is at the core of the problem with your healthcare system, no offence dude.

  • Vote M. Def 2012

  • It's "You're an American." 35 second mark. Fucking idiot can't even spell.

  • @Erik160 yep, because he did the editing.

  • hahahaha what a fucking socialist lol but whatever respects to this guy. At least his heart is in the right place.

  • hahahahaha. This is hilariousl

  • Soooo, Mos Def wants to live in sweden? :P

  • Yasiin Bay!

  • I started laughing when talked about beautiful smiles and perfect posture

  • NATIONAL TUPAC DAY!!! :-)

  • Kill lil wayne and all his cohorts! Mos Def for Pope!

  • i love mos def but this shit is just super unrealistic...

  • @kranleyapple Hence it being called "IF I were president." It's about what's fair/right, not what's realistic in our current political climate.

  • Too bad none of what he proposed would be affordable. How are you gonna pay for universal this and universal that when it's only a 10% flat tax?

  • @Cropduster777 maybe end the billion-dollar 10 year war? And NOT give money to countries that hate the nation? Or reduce farm subsidies so we don't burn the food we make.... we literally waste money. We can actually USE that money..

  • Anyone do you know the name of this song is in the background?

    

  • Hilarious!! And so dang right!! I love Obama, but Def might be the way to go! :p

  • fuckin excellent, 2nd time seein n its better than before, everything he says is truth, open your eyes n ears n get balanced, read a book its free

  • He had me at taxes

  • Why the hell can't we get behind Mos Def? They get behind any jackass who has a decent smile and whoever the other side trashes the least becomes their candidate. And really, whoever party is the incumbent for the last 8 years loses. That's the trend and I'm sick of it.

    I'd vote for Mos Def.

  • PSYENCE FICTION

  • hahaha be a good jedi

  • "Your" an American.

  • @redelmos That's actually correct because to say "You're AN American" would not fit. Saying "You're a American" would. So because he says an "Your" actually is the correct way to say it.

  • He said national skateboarding day haha, thats wassup

  • im famous lol

  • UNKLE JACKET WIN

  • Universal healthcare, education, housing. Someone want to tell me what new ground he's breaking? This is the same tired old shit the left has been preaching for forty something years, and their success at any of it, to say the very least, has been limited.

  • YESSSSSSSSSSS

  • THAT IS A SIIIIICK JACKET....

  • Agree with free breakfast for kids

  • Mos Def 4 President!!!!

  • where did he get that futura jacket?!!!! hahaha

  • This moron can't even spell. Yep, that's what we need - a jive talking, illiterate negro as president.

  • @7188181 Racist. 

  • @7188181 wat logic do u c in racism ?

  • @7188181 Sorry about your sad, lonely life. I hope you learn to love your fellow man and make something of your time on earth before you die.

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  • @7188181

    pretty sure this "jive-talking. illiterate negro" is more successful then you will EVER be

  • "Get off the couch, get yourself balanced." Lol this guy is funny as hell

  • There's already a national skateboard day.

  • @uuestly but its not promoted by the gov't

  • @uuestly this vid was posted on oct 24th 2008. we're in 2011 -_-

  • you know if i was old enough to vote, i wouldnt normally vote cuz i find it meaningless but if here were an option i would totally without a doubt vote for him!

  • Love you Mos! Miss you much! lol

  • mos def mos def mos def mos def mos def

  • THE MOAR YOU KNOW: Go skate day is June 21st.

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  • It should be 'you're an American' not 'your an American'

  • Fox would lose their mind over this lmao

  • he forgot weed -.-

  • Mos Def 2012!

  • "...mr err, rolls royce maybach, oh you don't wanna feed them hungry kids..." lol

  • What a cool cat man.

  • i would end the fed and kick the bankers in the ass

  • This is from 2008, now America has a black president!

  • That's it, I'm writing him in!

  • Chillest president out

  • Love it

  • This guy makes perfect sense!!! I'd vote for his black ass!

  • If he were president, i'd say good luck with trying to make all that happen with all the c-r-a-p we got in place! but why not try?

  • dam he had me til he said elijah muhammed airport. fuck that deviant he had Malcolm X killed, I'm glad he died the way he did elijah can rot in hell

  • HAHAHA its national skateboarding day today actually. Thats funny as hell. Im about to go shred. Thanks mos def

  • AND WHAT ABOUT WEED???

  • i just love you little brother...i still think you're better than the fake brother people got tricked into. voting for...peace...

  • Hell yea Mos Def! the only thing I would add is to end the War on Drugs by legalizing and regulating ALL drugs, then we could use that money for other social services :)

  • @nyssab26 ya legalize and tax weeed you'd have more than enuff for REAL universal healthcare (not the sorry bill that obama gave us) not to mention loads of other social programs.

  • You are The Man! support MosDef.. ;)

  • fucking love this guy. he reminds me of dave chappelle and that makes him so much cooler hahah and he is lyrical poet.

  • he talks like he´s stoned haha

  • Right on!

  • "High fives at an all time high" haha that would be a great statistic.

  • "You're an American"*

  • The popular vote should be the only vote. YES.

  • National skateboard day thumbs up

  • If Mos Def was president, I would change my major to political science, stay for my masters and my phd and take an very active role in politics.

    I promise.

  • their is a nationa skate boarding day already

  • i would vote for ur ass even if in morroco , MOS peace out always number 1

  • Why doesn't he run then??? Doesn't he have money from all that rapping and acting??

  • @thelegend759 bc no matter how much sense he makes he'll never win...presidentz are selected not elected

  • "America would be cool again" DAMN STRAIGHT!! Mos Def for president

  • He got me smiling the whole timeeee :)

  • thats all fine and dandy.. but if he's such a feckin socialist then why isnt he spreadin his wealth out.. take off some of that bling and dole it out homeboy.. i like mos defs music.. but the only rapper who should be a leader or president is immortal technique. plain and simple

  • @FightTheSystem1492

    Mos Def is an underground rap artist who has played fairly major roles in 2 underground films and one mainstream film where he was a second banana. He hasn't released any albums in a long time, I doubt he has a considerable amount of money. He most definitely doesn't rock any extreme bling from the pictures I've seen of him

  • The people who actualy make half a mill a year studied their fucking ass off for lets say 10 years in university. The poor mother fuckers would rather join a gang, so why would the wealthier peeps pay more, seems as if the losers who ruin the streets (lower class people) should be putting in work. Ironic isn't it ?

  • @abcman Wow, you my friend are a moral absolutist. If you 're still young, it's forgiven. If you 're not, check yourself out before expressing similar views in public.

  • @SatounoKumo : What about you ?, your acting as if my statement has no significance, you havn't expressed anything to back up your disconcern. Maybe your the one who should check yourself when disputing with others.

  • @abcman What's the significance of being rich and say being rich? This is where the saying 'The rich get richer and the poor gets poorer'. There's no need for that money to be with them, 90% of what you earn is yours under the Def Government!

    PS. please watch what you say, many 'lower class people' work two jobs or work day and night. That doesn't rule out that there aren't lazy people out there's also hard-working people on all levels of income.

  • mos def .....mate u a legend!!! xxx

    

  • i love mos def

  • Mr. " oh I don't feel like it today " lol

  • MOS DEF 4 PRESIDENT!!! 

  • mos def is so damn cool haha

  • Mos Def for President.

  • Hell yea i would too!

  • wat is the name of that song

    

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  • Greatest thing on the Internet EVER

  • good he mentions rich athletes..i mean for example lebron spends 10'000 dollars to some school its a big event...but cmon..10'000 to lebron is like 10 dollar to me.. i give away 300 each year as student..(even thats nothing, i know)..but still, thatll be like lebron (or kobe, or messi,....) giving 300'000...they even could all give away 10 mil they'd still live like kings...but yeah, they need to look good on mtv cribs to impress kids or some stupid people which are impressed by everything...

  • lmao Mos Def for president, he's changing lives

  • does anyone know the name of the background tune

    its seriously fly !

  • Mos Def would be a bad politician...

  • i dont think he knows that there is a national skateboard day lol

  • National Tupac day <3 

  • Does anyone knows what's the brand of the jacket he is wearing ?

  • @davidak666 Don't know the brand but it looks like two guys from dragon ball z

  • @davidak666

    That's a jacket for the group "unkle". its kind a trip hop. It's the psyence fiction album cover n that jacket.

  • well...he has my vote haha.

  • What is the music in the background?

  • for your health

  • we are one race. the human race. we are one being. a social being. and the "economy" sees nothing but vessels in which to profit and create more money out of thin air. there is no need for money. but ill still get some bullshit replies from people who couldn't even fathom a world with no money because they do not know any other way. These people are simply victims of an insanity that refuses to go way. for how can you win the game when you don't even know it's a game. so helpless and so weak.

  • @itzphatloc you cant kill human greed unfortunately :P.

  • @itzphatloc there was a time like that in History and it was more choatic then it is now. Thats y currency was made. A car is worth 20 chickens (ridiculous), you need to 20 chickens for the car but the farmer wants 10 pair of suede shoes, the tailor wants 10 pounds of lumber, the lumberjack wants 12 fish, the fisherman wants a car. You can even fathom a world without money. Do research before you make statements. Of course it sounds good but thats ideally speaking.

  • @itzphatloc I mean't *can't even fathom

  • I hear what you're saying, and I like it. But I can't fathom anything pratical or reality driven from it.

  • @AmericanBadass44 it's not practical at all, who says that a few people can't change the world, in fact it's the only way it ever has. but you're probably correct, so i'll keep my job and pay my rent and enjoy life as much as a slave can. "i sure hope you are wrong"

  • @itzphatloc What do you mean "slave?"

  • the economy is not real.

  • there should be a national holiday called civil day.

  • free breakfast for all the kids..... everywhere......

  • I agree with everything except free healthcare and breakfast. There should be reward systems for poor people, the more they try to get out and work, the more we help them, tilthey are in a suitable position to handle themselves. The system can't support everyone with those additions at 10% tax.

  • It's funny how yanks can't see the forest for the trees, sure MOS is no polly, but if u take the underlying message he is dead on.. U need to take better care of people or it doesn't matter how advanced you think u are, if all people arn't standing on level ground it will be the collapse of the weakest link. I give the man credit, common sense is some what harder to swallow for some people!

  • WHATS THE NAME OF THE BACKGROUND RECORD???

  • The popular vote should be the only vote.

  • If only the electoral college would vote  for him.

  • Legalize Marijuana.

  • thumbs up if you would vote for him i would

  • now REALITY, if hes was a president he'd probably be dead... to be a president means to fuck up lives otherwise you get shot, am I right?

  • Can he even spell president? Much less his name? I've seen how it pars up to a debate with people that have high school degrees, it wasn't good.

  • "...Making my phone look like it came from the 80s...no." I love me some Mos!

  • ´m german, but i vote u :DDD

  • if i we're president, i would make money a thing of the past....

    oh wait.. bankers have presidents in their pockets...

  • An alarming number of people don't get humor and social satire

    He's not campaigning, you idiots, he just expresses his concern on what he thinks is important. In a jokingly, non-serious way.

  • 53 people just dislike the video cuz he´s black!!

  • @assassinovicy No, I disliked it because hes a dumbass

  • @MegaDefuse Idiot.