Choose your words carefully. Words can wound and words can heal.
When Jay-Z was on Oprah they had a discussion of his use of the 'n-word' in his lyrics. 'Bros and Hos,' said Oprah. Jay-Z said they took the power of the word away by using between the 'bros.' "Not to me," said Oprah. "Imagine that as the last word heard before being lynched." I sided with Oprah on this issue, I completely agree with her. It is an evil word, spoken with hate and venom. I wished that Jay-Z would have said, 'Okay, I will not write another rap with that word in it from now on." Why not? He could choose other words. He could rap Langston Hughes poetry, why not?
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