After exhausting all the talk about the hope and the optimism for our country’s future and the realization of its highest ideals on Tuesday night, a blogger-friend and I got down to the campaign result’s most immediate and significant impact: How many emails did we expect the next day from bands publicizing their very special “Obama Won” songs? Our guesses to the amount (and listenability) of said commemorative tracks were pretty dead on, although Jay-Z’s hadn’t rolled in yet. The track’s got J rapping and indirectly repping Obama’s rise, finding the victory in history and the musical counterpart to his Obama’s running so we all can fly speech.

America.

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Comments (8)
  1. the song isn’t directly about obama at all. jay just decided to put it out there because of how timely it is.

  2. Diss'in French Fries  |   Posted on Nov 9th, 2008

    Anything to make a Buck.

    And Black people say they are disenfranchised, JaY has enough money to Feed Africa, but Diamonds, fancy cars & homes is where he puts his money.-+ Very few wealthy Black Celebs actually donate millions to the needy.

  3. fadanature from GH.  |   Posted on Nov 9th, 2008

    yeah its true this song isn’t directly about obama at all, but i think its a nice song and it fits him and and i will say he is a real business man and he know when to come out with a music aight hates just get the f**k off aight….. Jigga all the way

  4. I can’t even listen to it because of that stupid fucking tag that plays every 30 seconds. I can’t even get into the song because I know it’s coming. Fuck them.

  5. elmuerto  |   Posted on Nov 10th, 2008

    That song is deep..choking up

  6. GoodGurl  |   Posted on Nov 11th, 2008

    Tony(singer) is the Truth how do people keep thinking he sounds like T Pain?

  7. steve faucet  |   Posted on Nov 13th, 2008

    Jay-Z’s song is a cover of this famous french song:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2e9sqqUWYE

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