OPINION

COLIN POWELL'S NEW RAP

Written by Jan Herman
Published December 07, 2004

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell got down the other night in Washington D.C. — or thought he did — when he paid tribute to Warren Beatty at the Kennedy Center Honors with a rap that went like this:

I'm Colin Luther Powell.
Public service is my thing.
Don't do it for the fame.
Don't do it for the bling.

Harlem Globe Trottahs
Got nuthin' on me.
Been everywhere
That a brutha can be.

Been a soldier,
Brass stars on my shouldah,
Ran JCS an' NSC,
Hung it up, 'stablished a char-i-tee,

Came back into office as Secretar-ee.
And what comes aftah this
Y'all jes'
Hafta wait an' see.

Then, according to this report, he pounded his chest once and shouted to Beatty: "Representing, my bruthah!" Now we know why Colin Powell has had so little influence on foreign policy.

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COLIN POWELL'S NEW RAP: Published: December 07, 2004; Type: Opinion; Section:; Writer: Jan Herman; Jan Herman's BC Writer page; Jan Herman's personal site