LL Cool J Taking Jabs At The President On New LP!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:15 pm

President Bush, LL Cool J has a few questions for you.

Joining Nas, Q-Tip and Jay-Z in turning rap away from it’s regular
direction and focusing on politics, the elder statesman of hip hop
subjects Dubya to a blistering interrogation on his new cut, “Mr.
President.”

“It’s all about what I’d like to ask [him],” LL told us the other night
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 let track 14 rip:

“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.”

Would he like to get the disk to the White House?

“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 and half 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.