A little traveling music: Play and cruise.
Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes
It was an emotional day for Lady M:
Obama appeared visibly moved when the audience stood and sang an impromptu serenade as she approached the podium. Placing her hands over her heart, she thanked the crowd and seemed to choke back tears.
Indeed. She had just received the report that only 3 out of 10 voters back home plan to vote for Big Guy in 2012. Who wouldn’t be chocked up? Butt she soldiered on.
Local news sources reported on Lady M’s very busy day, from the South African Times/Live:
Dianah Mukundwa from Rwanda said of Obama: "She was so inspiring. I expected her to be like a first lady and be about protocol, but she wasn't.
Boy, I’ll say.
- She's a rich girl
She don't try to hide it
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Lady M and Nelson Mandela: not much protocol here
Lady M covered a lot of territory in one day:
Late yesterday, Obama visited a daycare centre in Zandspruit, an informal settlement north of Johannesburg, before visiting the Apartheid Museum in Ormonde, southern Johannesburg, where she met young women from all over the continent who were hosted by the Young African Women Leaders Forum in Pretoria.
Obama told the women that she wanted her daughters to be like them.
- And she said honey take me dancing
But they ended up by sleeping
In a doorway
By the bodegas and the lights on
Upper Broadway
Wearing diamonds on the soles of their shoes
OK! Everybody: Let’s Dougie!
That’s some evil eye you’ve got going there honey. Do you do voo doo, too?
No Ma'am, but I can put people in a trance
With her back to the cameras and journalists, she told them: "This is just the beginning. This is the start of a conversation with women from all over the globe.
"I'm so proud of you all. This is the culmination of everything that I could imagine. I'm humbled. I just wanna hug you all."
"We asked her how [Barack] Obama felt about her being away, and she told us that he knew she was a strong woman."
Butt not as strong as Gramma
"I'm so proud of you all. This is the culmination of everything that I could imagine. I'm humbled. I just wanna hug you all."
And I could say oo oo oo
As if everybody here would know
What I was talking about
I mean everybody here would know exactly
What I was talking about
Talking about diamonds
Obama also briefly spoke to the group about fitness and the importance of getting enough sleep.
So you’ll grow big and tall like me!
Meanwhile, rumors circulated that Lady M was dissed by President Jacob Zuma, who was still apparently miffed over Big Guy’s KMA in Libya. Butt I tell you what: if they’re going to go all Roman on us over such a little thing, we may just have to colonialize them all over again.
- People say I'm crazy
I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes
Well that's one way to lose
These walking blues
Diamonds on the soles of your shoes
Those African Marxist leaders are such hypocrites. And about the diamonds on the soles of their shoes? They’re blood diamonds.
In related news: Big Guy is still working his fingers to the bone on his abacus to figure how many troops he should withdraw tonight for maximum political impact. After the “3 out of 10” poll, I’m going to predict we’re going to pull out completely sometime before the next election. Of Afghanistan, silly. Weiner already resigned.
- He's a poor boy
Empty as a pocket
Empty as a pocket with nothing to lose
Sing ta na na
Ta na na na
She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes
She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
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