This is the shit you dream about with the homies steamin out
Back-to-back, backin them Beemers out
Seems as our, plans to get a grand
Then go off to college, didn't pan or even out
We need it now, we need a town
We need a place to pitch, we need a mound
For now, I'm just a lazy boy
Big dreaming in my La-Z-Boy
In the clouds of smoke, been playin this Marvin
Mama forgive me, should be thinkin 'bout Harvard
But that's too far away, niggaz are starvin
Ain't nuttin wrong with my aim, just gotta change the target
I got, dreams of baggin sni-dow, the size of pil-lows
I see pies everytime my eyes cli-dose
I see rides, sixes, I gotta get those
Life's a bitch, I hope that I make her over though

Now see the life's right there, and it seems right there
It's not quite near, and it's not like we're
professionals, movin the decimals
Know where to cop? Nah! Got a connect? No
Who in the F knows how to be successful
Need a "Personal Jesus," I'm in Depeche Mode
They say its celestial, its all in the stars
Like Tony LaRussa on how you play your Cards
Cause y'all ain't fuckin with me! The ironies are
At all costs bet on before he was boss
Now let's start, on your mark
Get set, let's go, get out the car
Goin in circles it's a vicious cycle
This is a crash course, this ain't high school
Wake up Muttley, you're dreamin again
Your own reality show, the season begins

Step one in this process, scramble up in your projects
And head to the heights where big coke is processed
You gotta convince 'em that you're not from the precinct
Please speak slow cause he no speaky no english
If he takes a likin after a couple of trips
and your money is straight, he's gon' give you consignment
You're now in a game where only time can tell
Survive the droughts, I wish you well - hold up
Survive the droughts? I wish you well?
How sick am I? I wish you health
I wish you wheels, I wish you wealth
I wish you insight so you could see for yourself
You could see the signs when the jackers is schemin
And the cops is comin, you could read they mind
You could see from behind, you could redefine
the game as we know it, one dream at a time
I'm American dreamin

Jay-Z "American Dreamin" 

Obama Learns to Talk Tough, Just in Time
By Paul Harris

Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama once electrified America by preaching a ‘politics of hope’ that would eschew negative adverts and attract voters put off by the divisive rhetoric of the campaign trail.

Unfortunately Obama then found himself outsmarted and outfought by his chief rival, Senator Hillary Clinton, and languished in the polls. Now Obama has, in effect, relaunched his campaign, coming out fighting against Clinton and slamming her record on everything from Iraq and Iran to education and trade.

It is working. Obama’s support in the key state of Iowa — which votes first in the Democratic presidential nomination race — has moved up strongly. Last week a poll for the Washington Post put Obama four points ahead of Clinton. The news rocked the political pundits who for months had assumed that Clinton’s lead there was virtually unassailable.

America is waking up to the fact that Obama’s shift in tactics, and some critical missteps by the Clinton campaign, have left the Democratic field open again. “It is back to being Obama or Hillary. It has tightened up in the last few weeks,” said Professor Bruce Gronbeck, a political specialist at the University of Iowa.

The signs of Obama’s new aggression were everywhere last week. He did not hesitate to attack Clinton and defended himself against criticism. In Austin, Texas, he slammed her for being too calculating and cynical to be President, echoing a feeling among many Democrats that the former First Lady has shifted her principles to secure the nomination. “Triangulating and poll-testing positions … just won’t do,” he said, attacking Democrats “… who think and act and vote like George Bush Republicans.”

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Hate Crimes Up In ‘06

The latest FBI statistics show that hate crimes jumped 7.8 percent in 2006. What do you think?

Paul Hershey,
Systems Analyst
“This just means that those who commit crimes of passion will have to work that much harder next year.”

Veronica Lambert,
Financial Advisor
“Yeah, I remember that. People really hated each other last year. What was the deal?”

Alan Dumain,
X-Ray Technician
“Did you ever think that maybe Asians just got 7.8 percent more annoying?”

From TheOnion.com

Today’s photo of the day shows Billy Dee Williams. At age 70, he’s still a cool mofo. If only he didn’t sell our people malt liquor for a decade….