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Joseph Edward McWilliams lyrics : "From me to Shining me"

[Begin with full orchestraic notes, as per:
O- Ho Say Can Yooo Seeee...]
[Illustrate Obama, winning picture]

Poom-Poom-Poom-Poom-Poooom?
[five of the first six chords of Star Spangled Banner,
then kick-in with a basic Hip-Hop riff on,

what should have been, the sixth?]

[Narrative Rapper]

UP-town is for the Elitist, [Uptown video]
The oldest money and nouveau riche-est.
From-a-way on high in Chanel and Hermes

They ask not for much, politely, en Francais,

[Uptown Refrain]


Bur-ROC'-ko-ba-ma, you are just as we.
Bur-ROC'-ko-ba-ma, kindly let us be,

Fu-ree of THOSE people (s'il vous plait, merci).

[Narrative Rapper]


Downtown is a Div-erse-City, [Downtown video]
Long on drugs, short on pity.

Folk are hard, bu-leed graffiti,
[quickly, off beat] Living for the moment cause
The future ain't so pretty


[Downtown Refrain]


Bur-ROC'-ko-ba-ma, just like me,
Bur-ROC'-ko-ba-ma, set us free,
From THOSE people, by whatever means

[quickly, off beat] Just as Malcolm say-he-said
Is Ne-Ce-Ce-Ce-SAR-y!


[Narrative Rapper]

College is a world divided [State/Private College video]

INclusive state from EXclusive private.
Be it brick and ivy or steel and concrete,
From the ?stacks? of Olin to an on-line ?tweet,?

There is one place the twain shall meet,
[quickly, offbeat] Where the fiscally divided
May stand and seeeeem united:


[State/Private College Refrain]


Bur-ROC'-ko-ba-ma, we are just like thee:
A-vant-garde IN-tel-lec-tual-ly
Bur-ROC'-ko-ba-ma, please do fu-ree us

From THOSE People, you know:
The Ig-No- RA-Mus!


[Narrative Rapper]

Let us not forget

The vast Majority, [The ?Masses? video]
Flawlessly among us
From Me to Shining Me

[quickly, offbeat] Ever so self so self so self
So self, self, self-righteously
Created in the image of

The best the world can be.
They voted from the heart,
Because their minds

Could clearly see
You may look like them OBAMA,
But you [illustrate a big WINK] act like ME!


[Conjoined Refrain]


May look like them Obama, but you're just as we [Uptowners]
May look like them Obama, but you're just like me [Downtowners]
May look like them Obama, but it just can't be [College]

[quickly, offbeat]
Because, as we can plainly tell and any fool can clearly see,
You may look like them Obama, but you act like ME! [Majority]

[Quickly, 4 riffs, no words]


[Conjoined Refrain, continued]

For it is evidently SELF [Uptowners]
To which We ALL hold true: [Downtowners]

Obama stands for ME [College]
And WE will not stand for YOU. [Majority]

Bur-ROC'-ko-ba-ma, Just Like Me,
Bur-ROC'-ko-ba-ma, Set Us Free,

From anyone who's not,
The same as?
[Xylophone, cheap tinny, subdued, as per: And The Hooome Of The ?]
@#$% [show Uptown] ?@#$% [show Downtown] ?@#$% [show College St]
?@#$% [show College P] ?@#$% [show Majority]

[five of the last six chords of the Star Spangled Banner,
one for each stereotype; followed by a chorus of all five saying,
on what should have been the sixth?]
ME? denk [Illustrate Obama, looking sheepishly] .

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