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Everybody wanna be Black
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People seem to be so concerned with the 'N'word ...Now...Not the Origin..or how its used..I wonder if the 'New' concern is like when the Drugs hit the suburbs and rich white kids were 'OD'ing and Puking on the Lawns of 300K Homes.The 'N' word Disturb white people? they dont understand the the meaning of NIGGA/niggah/Just the Nigger?,which is not what its used astoday for the MOST part people 'Krammer' their' Racism' (street slang)I grew up with the word,which was used to desensitize the Impact/Pain from Nigger.So I know how and when to use it for emphasis.It is Never Nigger.A reader read in authorsden one of my works and said that he'd get arrested if he used that word in his hometown....Unlikly..don't think it would have hung around for so long..'no pun'intended.He Never even noticed how it was spelled.My Veiw is when all the Prejudice has gone away then its many variations should go with it.But I wont see it in my life time. But Until,Creative as Black folks are we say on the street MY 'NICCA'or what up my' NEZZIE'I think black folks will always have a Creative way of speaking.Lately I'm interested in writing about the more Obscure emotions of people, and trying to understand why they think that way.This is for all the 'wankstas' that listen to commercial Rap and are not Born Black.

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Everybody wanna be Black

Till 5-0 come

Till they throw you on the Ground pullin they Gun

Got  Blond dreads

Tats on yo Back

Wantin to be Black aint gon bring 2 PAC BACK

You listenin to ‘’Gansta” RAP

Tryin to walk that Mack

Rackin stacks a ‘’Duckets” till

Somebody snitched on ya Back.

Dress in Fatigues you think you wit tha Game

Cause you Smoke a lil weed an sell a lil ”Caine”

Being Black comes wit Daily Hard Rain

Thas one thing

You never see cause of our Pride

the way we was Raised.

Now you Hit the

‘’Row” doin a lil 4 an 4

Consecutive an whatever else

The B.O.P (bureau of Prisons)

Say give Give with No consolations for good behavior..

Doin a lil time instead of takin Probation

INSTEAD getting let go

Now you here

What do you know

Niggahs got some ‘’New” shit for to learn

out here on the” Row”

So who you know?

Who you don’t

Say what you will do

An what you wont…?

that game you played got that slice on your face

You was lookin for a Home

Man , Niggahs still killin they own

That scar on you face

reminds you of the pain black folks carry everyday

NOW what ya think niccah?

HOW you feel niccah?

WHERE you from niccah?

WHERE you going Niccah?

WHERE you Belong niccah?

A lot of hurt

An pain just to find

YOU

To be You

To accept

You

YEAHHHHHH….I know

Everybody wanna be black till 5-0 come

Till they throw you on the ground

an pull they gun.

Footnotes : 1.tats/Tatoos  2. 'Duckets'/money   3.Nicca/niggah   4. '50' / ' the-PoPo'=  The Cops 6.Wanksta= a fake, a Phony, a Posur
 

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Reviewed by D.T. de Bruijn
Reviewed on April 25, 2014
Pride is a killer.


A white boy.

Reviewed by Mitzi Jackson
Reviewed on December 13, 2006
hahaha
"er'body wanna be a nigga" (like Paul Mooney say)
yes it is in fashion don't you know...the N-word isn't the start and isn't going to be the end...LOVED the way you expressed it here
glam it up till reality hits

Awesome writing Big Smiles!!!

Reviewed by Sue Hess
Reviewed on December 11, 2006
no thank you...i've run into enough problems just being crazy and white.

Reviewed on December 10, 2006

"Everybody wanna be Black"

Carolyn wonderfully expressive narrative and poetic rendering.
I must return and continue to read you, quite intriguing indeed!

Thank you for sharing your style,
From the Heart of an Artist Quiet Storm

Reviewed by Art Hernandez
Reviewed on December 10, 2006
Your views of the realities of ...life...and the combined thoughts and or words on rap...drugs...gangs...and of course the philosophy behind the N word are very well stated and written within this display of poetic expression...nice work on bringing this subject to the fore front...


Art Sun...


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