Nas - Nigger [Listen]

Wow, This song has left me speechless, If you ever wanted to know what it was like to grow up in the projects of Urban America then listen to the first verse of this song. There has been a lot of controversy over the title of this song/album. I have no problem with it, think about it.

When We Were Niggers the black race was so much closer as a people. We knew our neighbors, and we wanted to learn. Think about life now, our kids don’t want to learn but back in the day when we were “niggers” our kids went to ran down schools to make sure they learned reading, writing and arithmetic. Today’s school kids are more focused on Flavor of love, Soulja boy and getting ass.

I’m just wondering what is your take on the word nigger? Is it a word to never be spoken again, a word we use to show love to our black people, or a word to be used for motivation? I think it’s a motivating force that without it we wouldn’t be in the position to see the first Black president or make any of the progress we have had today.