2008: #6 - "My President"

From the unexpectedly ethereal to the unexpectedly poignant, our next most favoritest song of 2008 is "My President" by Young Jeezy.

We have to admit that we fell hard for this song during our post-Election Day hangover, and while our actual president has disappointed us tremendously (though for the exact opposite reasons you'll hear spewed on the news or in the paper), "My President" has stayed fresh, even as that historic November night becomes a hazy memory.

Jeezy hits all the right notes here - it's catchy, it's uplifting, it's epic-sounding, it's serious, it's fun, it's witty, it's angry. It's surprisingly strong lyrically, too, with pseduo-political lines like "Be all that you can be/ Don't that sound like some dumb shit?/ When you die over crude oil/ Black as my nigga Boo" delivered the only way Jeezy knows how (loud), and held together by a 3rd verse by Nas that blows through the gate ("Our history/Black history/No president ever did shit for me") and coasts until the final triumphant chorus.