TrueGodHS;1729141 said:
Mental slavery? I can agree with. I mean, we are all slaves to money, possessions and sometimes ignorance. We let the money dictate us, and allow money to define stature in the world instead of moral compass and our zeal for life. We step over family, friends, and whoever just to become rich. We believe in religion just so we can have something to depend on. There is a lot of mental slavery going on in the world. I dont necessarily agree with the whole nigga part though about saying nigga and using it. I've tried to use the word brother, homie, dawg, bruh more lately, something other than that, but to completely wipe away the word is hard. It's become a term of endearment almost for the black community... like yo, that's my nigga... that's my nigga. I think that the day when black people started telling white people that it wasn't cool to say that shit no more, the tides changed somewhat. However, we live in a world now where people actually allow white people to say nigga freely. I think there are deeper issues than the word nigga, and that harping on what black people say amongst each other is holding us back from a bigger issue at hand.
100 percent agree fam,,see,,i easily replaced nigga with fam
kanye west said some realness when he said he would like to quit using nigga in raps,,,but there is no other word strong enough to convey what nigga does,,,he is right,,as a writer i was trying to do the same thing,,but sayin fool in place oif nigga in raps jus sound corny..so instead,,when i say nigga in a verse,,,im actually addressing those who still submit to callin themselves a nigga,,,and even with that i feel guilty
but it has been an easy transition for me to not say nigga personally because growin up in chicago im used to sayin
-joe
-folk
-stone
-fam
to those i knew
and when i moved to cali everyone was addressing themselves as
-cuz
-blood
-dawg
-fam
-and all other types of bay area/sacramento slang that i wont even attempt to spell
now im back in florida where everyone,,including females are calling each other "bro"..shits weird cuz they will be dissing a person and still call them bro ex: "thats some green ass shit you doin bro" "you a hoe ass nigga bro"
you & everyone else who points out the fact that there are bigger fish to fry outside of the n word but the n word is where it starts
how can i start a movement by saying "lets elevate our minds my nigga. lets get our people free my nigga. lets make a better place for these lil niggas to grow up...my nigga"
we cant build shit properly if i cant even address you properly,,that is the complete opposite to "knowledge of self"