TheLegendsLeague: Did You Just Call Me, “Nigger”?

be.jpg

I could have sworn I posted this on here, but apparently not. To all my new LegendsLeague heads… check it out.
True Story.

—————

Originally posted November 17, 2006

On the evening of the release of the new Sony PlayStation 3, arguably the biggest campaign that I would ever design and be a part of, I prepared to head home from the office. With plans to meet with friends and my lady, I rushed to gather my things from my desk. While doing so, I get bumped and asked,
“So what’s up, nigger”?

This is for you, my friend. This, is what’s up.
_____________________________________________

11.17.06

Give it to the street kid ’cause he can relate
to the poor, the impoverished, the beaten and raped.
He can do graffiti, he knows bullies in Bape,
he knows the difference between a Green Bean, a Grape and a fake.

We heard he’s been to jail but some say overnight
for a fist to a cops face, or was it a fight
on a drunk night. But that shit’s a general sight
when you live in the ghetto with no men in your life, right?

Talk to the street kid he knows “what it do”.
You can tell from his manner, and his swagger and shoes.
He’s been fucked up, but fucked up a numerous few.
We heard he’s got a heavy hand, never ran with a crew.

But he was Top Notch, he had a baby with who?
Oh, she’s a “b-girl”, that’s like a “Gangsta” or “Goon”.
We should ask him, “What does crack have to do with a spoon”,
or what happened with his getting down with Gators and Toons?

He was a protege, and I heard he used to rob from the rich,
I heard he was in a restaurant and started some shit.
They caused a stink over some racist bullshit with this man
who they smashed with a mug, and he fractured his hand.

We can give it to the street kid ’cause he can relate
to the poor, the impoverished, the beaten and raped.
He can break dance, I heard that they got it on tape
he looks like he’s cleaning floors, that’s the shit that I hate.

He could never afford nothing, his friends are druggies and drunks
who sell “hydro” and Jordans from their bumpers and trunks.
They live in projects with government subsidized rents,
Where they can cover all the “Brothers” with cement and a fence.

But I love rap music cause it makes me feel tough,
I love the beat, though I never listen to lyrics enough.
It’s all the same, theyre just talking about 40’s and blunts,
What’s a “blunt”? I think I saw him in the office with one.

You know the song where Jay-Z says, “I’m a hustler” and pimp?
That’s my shit, when I’m on a business trip with a bitch.
I’m a “Stunner”, sometimes I pretend that I walk with a limp,
and in the club, I hold my blackberry, splurging on drinks.

Holding my dick, like they do in the videos, watch.
Is that a grill? Yo, let’s laugh at how this idiot talks.
“Yo shit is ill”, what’s he know about a mortgage and stocks.
He had two fathers and he named them each, “Biggie” and “Pac”.

Alot of times me and my boys pretend we’re holding on guns,
at the cottage we take pictures like we’re niggers for fun.
But it’s just a joke, I would never display hate to the poor,
the impoverished, or Africans on world charitable tours.

It’s the same as when they say it in the songs that I play,
It’s the same as the shit that we’re hearing all day.
He said, “put my niggers on”, that’s the newest from Jay,
and Kanye, say, “Nigger” in the funniest ways.

They do skits, I once saw this whole thing on Chappelle,
With the Niggar family, that was funny as hell.
We all laughed at the dinner table in Saskatoon
And dad talked about how back when “Niggers were Coons”

He used to work with one, a cleaner they used to call him “Baboon”.
Just as a joke, he knows that black people are coming up soon.
It would be mad hilarious if they made a cartoon,
and maybe things would be safer, lock them all in a room.

And maybe AIDS would be gone and the crime level down,
and the smell when you’re lady wants a night on the town,
would go away if we put all the niggers in cells,
They sell drugs, and buy guns and dont make lives for themselves.

But I love rap music cause it makes me feel tough,
and I love him, because i know he can relate to the stuff,
and I love rap music cause it makes me relate,
and I love that now he can be my bully in Bape.

And I love that maybe one day we can go to the mall,
and ball out, and get some fly spring shit in the fall.
And I love that we can get along and it makes me feel good,
that now I have a close connection to someone from the hood.

And I love that he called me, “dog” the last time that we spoke
I guess I can call him, “Nigga” as a joke.

Nope

Welcome To The Legend’s League

Brought to you by: be.

5 Thoughts about “TheLegendsLeague: Did You Just Call Me, “Nigger”?”

  1. TG thought:

    that shit is crazy.
    but you didnt post it on the blog, that was from the myspace days

  2. Chillyean thought:

    Wow. I came here from that Lost in the Willderness blog. I’m the one that keeps leaving comments from Chile, but I’m really Canadian, lol. I just wanted to say that this blog is amazing. I got home early tonight at 8 pm and discovered this page and I’ve been reading it all this time. I looked at the clock and it’s now past 11; it seems like 5 minutes.

    You probably have a lot of people rooting for you, I hope you do. I am. You’re like an alchemist. You haven’t lived the most privileged life, but you took everything you had/have and turned it into gold. Its like the gold can never be yours though, but you give it to all your readers; you provide a verbal portrait of the reality most of us choose to ignore on a daily basis. But above all, this blog is really inspirational, heartfelt and so real. I’m sure for many people who visit, it might be that helping hand that pulls someone onto a better path.

  3. Mare thought:

    ^^^^wow be. i cant help but feel like the mama bird that just saw her hatchlking take off in flight for the first time right now. so proud. so honored to be part of this.
    inspiration has the same effect worlwide. u got the midas touch homie. dont ever stop. u gotta smoke the energizer bunny.

  4. be. thought:

    I could’ve ended this motherfuckers career. I could’ve snuffed his stupid ass right in front of my desk. Or I could’ve written this and put him on semi-blast.

    Sometimes I wish I did one of the first 2 choices. He went on to win some entrepreneurship award that year and was celebrated around the office. He’s still a racist and prejudice moron to me. A lot of the lines in this piece are direct references to him as an individual and the types of shit he would do and say. He actually said that he, “doesn’t do Africa” because he “walks over enough homeless people on his way to work”.

    Fucking clown.

    I saw him within the past 2 months and still felt like fucking him up. He’s now a very successful young business man, and I wonder what would have become of his career had I just told the HR department that I wanted him fired when they asked.

    I hope he thinks about it too.

    You hear me, motherfucker? I hope you think about it too. Because I still remember the look in your face and the tears in your eyes right after you said that shit to me and i picked up the phone to call my homies.

    Fuck.

    I don’t know yo.. thanks for taking the time to read this shit ya’ll.

  5. Janine thought:

    ““doesn’t do Africa” because he “walks over enough homeless people on his way to work”. ”

    He needs a fist in his face for this shit alone.

    I appreciate, however, that you could turn his ignorance into something that has proven to be inspirational to anyone lucky enough to stumble across your blog. So…you win.

Leave an Opinion. It Matters.