Fox News and Republican critics of Obama have been hyperventilating this week about a visit by the rapper Common to a White House poetry event. The controversy is so mind-blowingly stupid that my opinion on it is communicated in grunts and hand gestures (Jon Stewart did an amazing job covering the scandal Wednesday night). Sarah Palin has been suffering from a lack of attention lately, so she decided to jump into the controversy. She claims it isn’t just anti-Obama, she’s a rap fan.
“I’m not anti-rap. In fact, like Bret Baier, I know the lyrics to ‘Rapper’s Delight,’ too.”
Uhhhhh….yeah
Rapper’s Delight was released in 1979. The song is 7 minutes long.
I said, a hip hop the hippie the hippie
To the hip hip hop, a you don’t stop
The rock it to the bang, bang boogie
Say up jumped the boogieTo the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
Now what you hear is not a test I’m rappin’ to the beat
And me, the groove and my friends
Are gonna try to move your feetSee I am Wonder Mike and I like to say hello
To the black, to the white, the red and the brown
The purple and yellow
But first I gotta bang, bang the boogie to the boogie
Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie…
How many lyrics does she know? Why all of them, of course.