Election Time - Wyclef Jean

My generation like

We’re okay

As long as we got music, we gon' dance all day

He gon' vote Taylor Swift, she gon' vote Kanye, yeah, yeah

Election time is coming

We’re okay

As long as we got music, we gon' party all day

She gon' vote U2, he gon' vote Coldplay, play, play

Election time is coming

Immigration, socialism, capitalism, racism

Health care, welfare, seems like nobody cares

Big business, corporation, small business, taxation

Unemployment, education, my generation

Built a space station so when you google earth

You can see all the Haitians as they rebuild their nation

With fair trade, everybody trades

You trade, I trade and everybody gets paid

Election time around the corner

Who you gon' vote for?

We’re okay

Election time around the corner

What you gon' fight for?

We’re okay

Election time around the corner

Who you gon' vote for?

We’re okay

Election time is coming

Do you want peace or war?

Alternative energy or oil in your SUV

Tell me what you’re looking for, we about to have it all

Gun control, infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturer

Hip Hop, be my culture, tell me what you think about us

Technology and foreign policy

I need the bailout money to stimulate economy

Raised on family values, my life be my testament

King had a dream and you too can be the president

Election time around the corner

Who you gon' vote for?

We’re okay

Election time around the corner

What you gon' fight for?

We’re okay

Election time around the corner

Who you gon' vote for?

We’re okay

Election time is coming

Do you want peace or war?

But the kids like

We’re okay

As long as we got music, we gon' dance all day

He gon' vote Taylor Swift, she gon' vote Kanye, yeah, yeah

Election time is coming

But the kids like

We’re okay

As long as we got music, we gon' party all day

She gon' vote U2, he gon' vote Coldplay, play, play

Election time is coming

You know what?

What?

Why don’t you take some of that stuff I grew up on

You know what I’m talkin' about?

Gramps was a voodoo priest, Dad was a preacher

Uncle was a Mason, I was raised Christian

Best friend, Muslim, al-salam-alakum

My manager was Jewish, he taught me Shabbat Shalom

Flatbush Rastas taught me the scriptures

Haile Selassie, Marcus Garvey

Saint L’ouverture, Haitian Revolution

Napoleon’s Army got spanked by them Haitians

Toussaint St. Jean with the info

Did you know that a Haitian founded Chicago?

If I was president

The first thing I would do is get my people out them tents

Election time is coming

My generation like

We’re okay

As long as we got music, we gon' dance all day

He gon' vote Taylor Swift, she gon' vote Kanye, yeah, yeah

Election time is coming

But the kids like

We’re okay

As long as we got music, we gon' party all day

She gon' vote U2, he gon' vote Coldplay, play, play

Election time is coming

I wanna thank you all for coming to see me here

You could have been anywhere

But you’ve chosen to come to the Haitian Experience to see us

I go by the name of Wyclef Jean, straight from Haiti

And that’s my brother Steph on the drums