Ban Ki-moon Raps for Jay-Z

by Michael Kleinman

Published October 07, 2008 @ 04:09PM PST

And sometimes, words fail.  Jay-Z was honored at the recent UN Association of the United States Global Leadership Awards gala, for his support of the UN Water for Life campaign.  In his honor, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon apparently went temporarily insane.

According to the UNSG: “Since one of the honorees is my man Jay-Z, I think I’ll try his language tonight. It is a foreign language to me, but one which I love, so please bear with me."  He then rapped:

Global Classrooms are a cinch, with the help of Merrill Lynch.

When you put the org in Google, partnerships go truly gloooobal.

There is hope for Earth's salvation, with the Cisneros Foundation.

With Jay-Z there's double strife, life for children and water for life.

Human health will get ahead, with the valiant work of (RED).

For the poor and doing good, stays the job of Robin Hood.

UN stays on the front burner, thanks to our champ Ted Turner.

And whole revolutions stem, from the work of UNIFEM.

But tonight my special shout-out, goes to one I can't do without.

We have traveled up and down, Frisco, Atlanta, Chicago town.

Yes, the king of all the doers, is my trusty friend Bill Luers.

For a video, see here:

To see a video diary of Jay-Z's Water for Life trip to Africa, click here.