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In the lyrics of the 1988 Biz Markie song "Nobody Beats the Biz", Biz says: "Make you co-op-er-ate with the rhythm, that is what I give em/ Reagan is the pres but I voted for Shirley Chisholm"
In the 1996 A Tribe Called Quest song, "Baby Phife's Return," Phife Dawg raps: "I got a brave heart like the one named Shirley Chisholm."
In 1999, Redman and Method Man released a track on the album, Black out called "Maaaad Crew", which contains the words: "Clinton is the president I still voted for Shirley Chisholm." Later, in 2006, LL Cool J echoed this sentiment on his album Todd Smith, with the lyric: "George Bush is the Prez, but I voted for Shirley Chisholm."
In the 2003 song "Spread", Andre 3000 of Outkast sang, "You're the prism / Shirley Chisholm / was the first," referencing her being the first black woman member of Congress and the first black presidential candidate for one of the major parties.
In the lyrics of the 2005 Nellie McKay song "Mama and Me," McKay says: "There's a lotta things that I'm proud of in this world / I got a pinch of Shirley Chisholm / And a sprinkle of That Girl."
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