The shirt says it all!

Waking up on November 5 is an incredible feeling. It feels different…it feels new..it feels better. Not better because of what we’ve done, but of what we’re about to do. We are in the position to make this country the America we want and need, as well as the America we have purported ourselves to be. I just welcomed into this world a granddaughter this weekend(Taylor Amari-7lbs) and I actually feel like she might have a decent world to live in. Until yesturday I wasn’t sure if it would be, but today there’s hope, which is all we ever asked for. It’s not up to Barack..sorry, President-Elect Obama to save the day but to inspire us to help him save this country and improve our quality of life. This is the future I’ve always imagined, and it’s now tangible. It’s within reach people, so let’s not stop now. We didn’t just win an election; we won oppurtunity, which is the true American dream. Dr. King is proud y’all. So am I! UGK for life, long live Pimp C!Signing off, Bun B

Okay party people. So I’ve just landed in Chicago on a mission to grab my child’s mother and drag her to the polls caveman style.  I keep calling her, but now she’s not answering the phone. I guess she’s mad because I called her ghetto. She was quick to remind me that we all come from the ghetto, including myself. However, I believe there’s a difference between being poor and being BROKE. When your mentality is, “I don’t know if I can”, “I don’t know if I will”, or “This may not be possible,” that’s being BROKE.  It’s a mindset.

I believe that we can be middle-class even with no money, if our mentality maintains a dignity of strong character.

A friend of mine told me that there has been some extreme voter intimidation tactics in Indianapolis, IN.  Reportedly, there are two men dressed in gorilla costumes with Obama signs trying to provoke Black crowds at certain polling places to jump and attack them–in which case would disqualify them from voting. Maybe one or two, or maybe the whole crowd, depending on how many participate in any such attack.

Let’s not be thrown off our game.
Let’s stay as focused as Barack was when facing down the racist campaign techniques of the Clintons and McCains.

I leave you with a picture of the children I’m fighting for.
My children.

Solomon and Amirah Smith.

“The Ignorance Within”

As I run through LaGuardia airport rushing to Chicago for election day, I’m realizing that my fight for Barack this year is not with a McCain/Palin supporter, or even myself—I participated in early voting.  My fight for Barack Obama’s place in history lies within my own family. 

On Halloween night, my daughter’s mother (baby’s mama) sent me a picture of her in the VIP section at the club dressed as a sexy nurse.

However yesterday, when I asked her what time she was going to vote her response was:

“I don’t know…it depends on if I can get some gas money or somethin’ to get over there.”

I was like AW HELL NAW!! How the **** you gone be able to get to the club on Halloween night in your slutty nurse outfit, but can’t figure out a way to get to the damn polls to vote for Barack Obama??  That’s some ghetto ass sh*t! 

To be fair to her though, I was met with this response: “When you send me some goddamn money for this baby, then worry about what the **** I do at the polls!!” 

So today, not only am I flying to Chicago to give her some damn money for the baby, but Barack has raised the bar enough for Black men in America for me to grab her by her head and drag her to the polls–and she better be registered!! Or it’s gonna be some domestic abuse kicking off in Chitown!!

For your viewing pleasure, here’s my daughter’s mother in her Halloween costume:

Hopefully she won’t mind.  After all, she did take this picture in the club.  Everybody saw it anyway.

PS: I will continue to send you pictures, updates, and posts throughout the day of my Chicago ghetto mess.

(Bun B w/ 97.9’s radio personality J Mac)
This is Bun B from UGK, reporting live from Houston Texas, Missouri City to be exact! Its election day, 7:45 am and I’m out on the block with KBXX 97.9 The Box, broadcasting live from polling centers.

We are trying to make sure people know where to go to vote today and the rules that apply. Today is history and I’m happy to be a part of it! 3 stops before ten today, and more later! Barack just cast his ballot (wonder who he voted for..LOL), and the game is on! Make sure you vote today if you haven’t already! I’ll holla back soon..peace!