Some people doodle while listening -- drawing anything from flowers to intricate geometric designs. Congressman Major Owens writes rap lyrics that explore the most important issues of the day.

So besides being your elected congressman for the past twenty-two years, besides fighting for children on the Education Committee, fighting for minimum wage increases as the Senior Democrat on the Subcommittee for Workforce Protections, fighting for better protections for working families, and besides being a public library Community Coordinator, a Columbia University professor, a New York State Senator, Congressman Major Owens is a rapper!

Below are samples of his raps.

Enjoy.

Rap Poems-109^th Congress

• Let Your Deeds Match Your Apologies

Rap Poems-108^th Congress

• The Angels Cried
• Napoleon's REVENGE
• Eminent Domain Pain 3-25-04
• Let The Rich Go First, 7-16-03
• War is Always Shock and Awe 5-21-03
• We Are Fanatics For Peace 4-02-03
• Stop The War - We Need The Cash 3-03-03
• Crowd the Children In 2-5-03
• Corporate Accountability 2-503

Rap Poems-107^th Congress

• Message to the Republican Mob 7-26-02
• America Fully Mobilized 2-14-02
• The Intelligence Community Untouchables 10-25-01
• Memorial for the Heroes of September 11^th10-12-01
• The Deceptive Storm of Greed and Pettiness 2-28-01
• Death of Former Mayor John V. Lindsay 02-06-01