Rick Perry Launches Campaign With Rap Country Song

Former Texas Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry entered the 2016 race with a fire remix of Colt Ford and JJ Lawhorn's rap country hit "Answer to No One," flipped — slightly — to espouse the candidate's ultra-conservative beliefs. A video of Perry strutting onstage to the song is available via Buzzfeed. While the new version cops the original chorus of "Answer to No One" verbatim, it features re-cooked rap verses about the right to own firearms and closing America's borders. The song's original chorus is equally blusterous, containing lines about being "raised up to stand my ground" and expressing a willingness to lose a job over a gun. It's all in line with Perry's political views, though the chorus' final proclamation — "Except for the good Lord up above / I answer to no one" — is peculiar.