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Either Ted Cruz is hip or rap is dead. I am not sure which. It has to be one of the two. A group called We Are Watchmen, a Christian rap group from the Chicago suburb of Westchester, has made what can be loosely described as a “rap paean” to Ted Cruz. It is entitled “Set It On Fire.” It is about four minutes long, and if you listen to it enough times, every ounce of hipness drains from your body and you become Donny Osmond. (VIDEO-AT-LINK)The title is misleading. The gist of the song is that you should vote...

A hip-hop track released Tuesday urges listeners to pick Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) as America’s next president. We are Watchmen released the tune, titled “Set it on Fire,” on YouTube with a lyric video. “Make D.C. listen, switch off the dead news, the lame stream media feeding us the fed stew,” the group raps in the clip. “Collectivism, everyone’s a victim like the reds do, and for our next president, we’re all in for Ted Cruz." We are Watchmen’s website describes the group as “a movement that uses music and message to mobilize American Christians to civic duty.”