"It''s all about what I''d like to ask [him]," the New York Daily News quoted LL as saying at a downtown studio, where he let a few friends listen to his forthcoming album, "Exit 13" - his last for the Def Jam label.
Cranking up the bass till the floorboards throbbed, LL played track 14.
"Mr. President, are you aware/Our flesh and blood is dying over there?/When the coffins come back, do you care?/When only the poor kids die, is it fair?/Don''t get me wrong. I respect the flag/But it hurts to see a kid in a body bag/He fought for his country with all he had/Now we have a family without a dad."
The song moves on to other policy issues: "Mr. President, are you aware unless you''re rich, you have poor health care/It makes you scream and want to pull out your hair/Discharged from the hospital soon as you get there."
When asked during the interview if he would like the disk to be delivered to the White House, he said: "Tell me how to set that up, and I would be there in a heartbeat," he said, smirking.
LL fine-tuned the album for the past 2%BD years, during which time he turned down a half-dozen movie roles. Out Sept. 9, it''s also filled with less polemic tracks and funny rhymes that had heads in the studio bobbing. (ANI)
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