In this modern day world We seem to consume The "N" word of hate The slave word for doom
This word has been drenched In red from our *lo** It enslaved us like swine Chain dragged through the mud
How fast we forget Those lynch mobs and scars The burnings and beatings Those hot branding bars
Our freedom was taken Our humanity stole We were just that "N" word No body no soul
Our women were raped Some men were castrated Black children were sold Our race was degraded
With the crack of a whip This word was yelled out With each break in our necks The rope showed know doubt
We were hunted like prey Then put on the block We were branded as slaves With a chain brace and lock
This "N" word was use To take guilt out of blame Because it made us inhuman To be killed with no shame
Yet after all of those years Of that suffering pain The use of this word Has weaken our brain
We throw it around Like a word with no past But history lives on From the shadow it cast
It's now part of our language In every sentence we say It shows off our ignorance In a sorry sad way
There's no other culture And no other race That would embrace such a slur Or welcome disgrace
Yet we as Black people Have done so for years Our dignity lost Without feelings or tears
It's part of the reason We will never excel Or out-live our slums And Ghetto-ish hell
-- Edited by bLaCkBeatZ (Mod) on Sunday 4th of October 2009 06:03:24 PM
Certifyde Gangsta said
18:02 10/04 2009
indian mi luv u but... i cant read not a b****clawt word pon dat...
bLaCkBeatZ said
18:02 10/04 2009
whe u get dis from
djpinhype said
18:05 10/04 2009
nice job true words
Certifyde Gangsta said
18:07 10/04 2009
great poem babez... real talk..
Gamepun said
18:33 10/04 2009
WOW THATS DEEP, I LIKE IT
Munk said
04:30 10/05 2009
Yeh it definately connect....
definately thought provocking...
u definately got talent Indi...mi respec u fi dat.
kinda shed a negative light on an already negative subject tho'....
I kinda have a different view pan dis nigga ting.
If u think bout it u will notice although certain words have what on the surface seems like a definate negative denotation to them...they can have a positive connotation based on the context.
look @ jamaican culture...most words we use that have an aggressive or negative denotation e.g. dutty gyal/bwoi, b!$%h, chi chi man, ***** bwoi,...etc. etc.
can have a positive connotation like when these words are said between close friends.
I've noticed many times, when close friends c each other across the street for example, yell out "DUTTY GYAL!! when last me see u" or "Chi Chi Man!! u nuh c me a hail u up?". Only to see smiles an embrace or a return of the same or even more 'colourful' remarks from the other person.
I'm sure u can relate to that...i kno i can,i've done it many times.
In this context the other person would not take the words Dutty Gyal or Chi Chi Man in their negative denotation but would assume the positive connotation judging from the fact that these words are coming from a friend.
i see the same thing with the word Nigga in the american culture.
When members of the black community refer to each other as nigga, the majority of times they do so connotatively. e.g. "That's My Nigga",
"My niggas got my back",
even in Jamaican terms "A mi Nigga Dat, him nah do mi dat".
It is sometimes used Denotatively even within the black community e.g. "You ain't nutt'n but a dumb ass nigga".
And of course the one we're all familiar with, the slave master slave context.
Though what u say makes perfect sense on the surface...
I choose to look even deeper...
I don't see the constant use of the word nigga as "showing off our ignorance"
I see it as displaying growth as a race in being able to take something so denotatively negative,
putting our own spin on it,
defiantly twisting the meaning of the word into something as undeniably positive as a deep
friendship, or sense of belonging.
To me there is nothing "ignorant" about that.
I fail to see how that is the sign of a "weakend brain"
Munk said
04:32 10/05 2009
jus realise seh my post longer dan di poem itself...
but that just a show how thought provoking that poem is...
In this modern day world
We seem to consume
The "N" word of hate
The slave word for doom
This word has been drenched
In red from our *lo**
It enslaved us like swine
Chain dragged through the mud
How fast we forget
Those lynch mobs and scars
The burnings and beatings
Those hot branding bars
Our freedom was taken
Our humanity stole
We were just that "N" word
No body no soul
Our women were raped
Some men were castrated
Black children were sold
Our race was degraded
With the crack of a whip
This word was yelled out
With each break in our necks
The rope showed know doubt
We were hunted like prey
Then put on the block
We were branded as slaves
With a chain brace and lock
This "N" word was use
To take guilt out of blame
Because it made us inhuman
To be killed with no shame
Yet after all of those years
Of that suffering pain
The use of this word
Has weaken our brain
We throw it around
Like a word with no past
But history lives on
From the shadow it cast
It's now part of our language
In every sentence we say
It shows off our ignorance
In a sorry sad way
There's no other culture
And no other race
That would embrace such a slur
Or welcome disgrace
Yet we as Black people
Have done so for years
Our dignity lost
Without feelings or tears
It's part of the reason
We will never excel
Or out-live our slums
And Ghetto-ish hell
-- Edited by bLaCkBeatZ (Mod) on Sunday 4th of October 2009 06:03:24 PM