The Barack Obama Song

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Music and lyrics by Matt Beat.

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Was born and raised in Hawaii

Also lived in Indonesia

A multiracial ancestry

Loved all different types of people

After Harvard in Chicago

Community organizer

Then a rising legislator

His words soon inspired millions

Barack Obama

Became an Illinois Senator

Rock star turned into a President

First African American

To reach that highest position

Tried to end the Great Recession

With lots of deficit spending

Helped the country pay for health care

A law nicknamed Obamacare

Barack Obama

Keep using the state to help, despite a growing debt

Ended U.S. involvement in the Iraq War, but sent more troops to Afghanistan

Responsible for the death of bin Laden, but caused chaos in Libya

Promised transparency of government but cracked down on whistleblowers

More diplomacy by him around the world but he increased drone warfare

Barack Obama

They wanted hope and change, but they got most of the same

First to support same sex marriage

Healed relations with Cuba

Made a compromise with Iran

He kept his cool no matter what

The economy recovered

But wealth disparity did not

Political unrest growing

And terrorism not subsiding

His words were different but institutions all the same

He couldn't change

Barack Obama

They wanted hope and change, but they got most of the same

Keep using the state to help, despite a growing debt