Information: - '' Uncle Sam Goddamn '' is the second single from Brother Ali 's second full - length album The Undisputed Truth . The single was released on May 4 , 2007 as a 12 '' vinyl . There are three different editions of the single ; a red version , a white version and a blue version each containing a different B - side . The song features a blues - influenced beat produced by Ant to assist its '' bitingly critical '' lyrics . Its lyrics harshly condemn the United States government for its past involvement in slavery and the crack cocaine trade , and its failure to provide for the poor . Its music video contains controversial images of cross burning , lynching and police brutality alongside images of American landmarks like the White House and Capitol building . Brother Ali has been under pressure from the recording industry due to lyrics from this song , claiming creative interference from '' somebody I do n't wan na name , but some of you probably has their cell phones . '' The unnamed corporation ultimately withdrew its sponsorship of Ali , causing him to truncate parts of his 2007 tour . Furthermore , on the song '' Second Time Around '' with Benzi and Wale , Ali makes references to being kicked off a tour followed by the line '' Verizon dissed me too , cuz I was too political . '' The song is notably critical of the United States government , with accusations that the political system is addicted to war . The introduction , in which Brother Ali says , '' The name of this song is Uncle Sam Goddamn . It 's a show tune , but the show ai n't been written for it yet , '' is an allusion to Nina Simone 's '' Mississippi Goddam . '' - A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is also termed a saltire in heraldic terminology. - Ali Douglas Newman (born Jason Douglas Newman, July 30, 1977), better known by his stage name Brother Ali, is an American hip hop artist, community activist and member of the Rhymesayers Entertainment hip hop collective. - Veneration (Latin "veneratio" or "dulia", Greek , "douleia"), or veneration of saints, is the act of honoring a saint, a person who has been identified as having a high degree of sanctity or holiness. Angels are shown similar veneration in many religions. Philologically, "to venerate" derives from the Latin verb, "venerare", meaning to regard with reverence and respect. Veneration of saints is practiced, formally or informally, by adherents of some branches of all major religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism. - Cross burning or cross lighting is a practice widely associated with the Ku Klux Klan, although the historical practice long predates the Klan's inceptionas far back as Peter of Bruys (11171131), who burned crosses in protest of the veneration of crosses. In the early 20th century, the Klan burned crosses on hillsides or near the homes of those they wished to intimidate. - The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used to refer to actions of the president and his advisers, as in "The White House announced that...". - Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated as R&B or RnB, is a genre of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, saxophone, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy. Lyrics focus heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, freedom, economics, aspirations, and sex. - John Adams (October 30 [O.S. October 19]1735 July 4, 1826) was an American patriot who served as the second President of the United States (17971801) and the first Vice President (178997). He was a lawyer, diplomat, statesman, political theorist, and, as a Founding Father, a leader of the movement for American independence from Great Britain. He was also a dedicated diarist and correspondent, particularly with his wife and closest advisor Abigail. - The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States. Historically, it is differentiated from the "Upper South" as being the states most dependent on plantation-type agriculture and considered slave societies during the preCivil War period. The Deep South was also commonly referred to as the Lower South or the Cotton States, for their production of cotton as the primary commodity crop. - A chant (from French ', from Latin ', "to sing") is the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the later Middle Ages some religious chant evolved into song (forming one of the roots of later Western music). - Blues is a genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century. The genre developed from roots in African musical traditions, African-American work songs and European-American folk music. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues form, ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll, is characterized by the call-and-response pattern, the blues scale and specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues is the most common. Blue notes (or "worried notes"), usually thirds or fifths flattened in pitch, are also an essential part of the sound. Blues shuffles or walking bass reinforce the trance-like rhythm and form a repetitive effect known as the groove. What is the relationship between 'uncle sam goddamn' and 'rhymesayers entertainment'?
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