Stevie Wonder says he’s ‘practicing’ to become president

On Saturday, Stevie Wonder, a musician who doesn’t shy away from politics, said he was “practicing to become president” and even had some bombs in his potential arsenal. But MOABs these aren’t.

“We’ll be building love bombs,” Wonder said as he accepted the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ inaugural “key of life” award at a ceremony in Los Angeles, according to Variety.

During his acceptance speech and performance, the “Superstition” singer weighed in on the current occupant of the White House, a place he visited numerous times during the Obama administration.

At the ceremony Wonder debuted a new song called “Where is Our Love Song,” (remember love bombs) and explained that the lyrics were inspired by the 2016 presidential election, which the singer, a Hillary Clinton supporter, called “a heartbreak ... all the negativity, the people that felt they wanted to make America great again when America already is great.” He went on to call out President Donald Trump without actually saying his name. Fellow artist and Obama fave Janelle Monae, who was on hand to interview the man of the hour, asked Wonder, who was integral in getting Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday established as a federal holiday, whether there is “still power in music the way there was?”

“Citizens have to be accountable; artists have to be accountable; leaders have to be accountable as well. Stop saying, ‘Can you believe what he said?’ ‘Can you believe what she said?’ Believe it! And say it’s unacceptable,” said Wonder, who also managed to throw a hefty helping of shade at fellow Michigander Ben Carson. “So many things are washed over, like our friend from Detroit who was appointed head of HUD,” said Wonder, referring to Carson. “I don’t really get it. A brilliant surgeon, I’m sure a really smart man, but somewhere along the way, something got confused.”