{"id":99,"date":"2005-04-17T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-17T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/wordpress\/?p=99"},"modified":"2005-04-17T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-17T15:30:00","slug":"popester-in-tha-hizzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/17\/popester-in-tha-hizzy\/","title":{"rendered":"Popester in tha Hizzy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I write this, we are currently without a Pope.  The college of cardinals will meet in the coming week to elect one.  In this transitional time, I&#8217;ve been thinking what the next pope can do to reach a 21st-century audience.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that it&#8217;s time for the pope to update his image a little.  Instead of appearing on the balcony and chanting a blessing in Latin, it&#8217;s time to turn to the medium of the masses: rap.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">POPESTER IN THA HIZZY<\/span><br \/>(c) 2005 Paul Ryburn.  All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Listen up, party people, on your spiritual search<br \/>Listen to the grandmaster of the Catholic Church<br \/>&#8216;Cause the Vatican is where I make my home<br \/>And some people know me as the Bishop of Rome<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m the P-O-P-E to tha S-T-E-R<br \/>And the Popemobile is what they call my car!<br \/>The windows are covered in bulletproof glass<br \/>So can&#8217;t nobody bust a cap up in my ass<\/p>\n<p>As I ride through the crowd, and preach the Word loud<br \/>And try my best to make St. Peter proud<br \/>&#8216;Cause Peter was the first, he was Popester number one<br \/>And a personal acquaintance of God&#8217;s only Son<\/p>\n<p>So listen up, party people, you women and you men<br \/>I will tell you what is righteous, I will tell you what is sin<br \/>Let us all come together on this most holy day<br \/>Bend down on our knees, bow our heads, and let&#8217;s pray.<\/p>\n<p>Heavenly Father<br \/>Heavenly Father<br \/>We love thee<br \/>We praise thee<\/p>\n<p>You GO God!<br \/>You GO God!<br \/>Get down<br \/>With yo bad self<\/p>\n<p>Get doooooooowwwwwnnnnn&#8230;&#8230;..<br \/>(drums)<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Church, in its infinite knowledge<br \/>Brought its leaders together in the Cardinal College<br \/>And they elected me, they said I be&#8217;s da man<br \/>Who can lead the church like no one else can<\/p>\n<p>So I come with blessings for each and every one<br \/>The bishops, the priests, the cardinals and the nuns<br \/>Looking mighty sexy in my flowing papal robe<br \/>I give shout-outs to my dawgs across tha globe<\/p>\n<p>You Italian priests and you bishops from France<br \/>Shake it down, shake it like you got a bee in your pants<br \/>And you American priests, stand up and make some noise!<br \/>You ain&#8217;t Michael Jackson, stay away from the young boys<\/p>\n<p>My name is the Pope, I bring the world hope<br \/>If you ain&#8217;t down with Jesus, you must be smoking dope!<br \/>So spread the word across the Holy See<br \/>That the man they call the Popester is in tha hizzy!<\/p>\n<p>GO POPESTER!<br \/>GO POPESTER!<br \/>GO POPESTER!<br \/>GO POPESTER!<\/p>\n<p>GO POPESTER!<br \/>GO POPESTER!<br \/>GO POPESTER!<br \/>GO POPESTER!<\/p>\n<p>GO POPESTER!<br \/>GO POPESTER!<br \/>GO POPESTER!<br \/>GO POPESTER&#8230;.<br \/>Yeah&#8230;<br \/>Popester in tha hizzy fo shizzy in tha zero zero five, dawg<br \/>Know what I&#8217;m sayin&#8217;?<br \/>Werrrd&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I write this, we are currently without a Pope. The college of cardinals will meet in the coming week to elect one. In this transitional time, I&#8217;ve been thinking what the next pope can do to reach a 21st-century audience. 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