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Originally posted by Wonderland
The censoring of a song with the n-word and the actual singing of it are two different kettles of fish to me. We're talking about the latter.
So when you're singing, just don't sing anything? Is "flow" really that important to you that you'd rather maintain it with a racial slur than to just have the respect to not say anything? Hell, if it's in a rap, just use the break to take a breath or something
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It's part of the song.
Black artists are aware that people of all races/colours are going to hear it. If they're willing and able to speak a word that will be heard and referenced by all, including other black people (who may not agree with their use), then where does it end?
You cannot put the blame on non-black people, but rather the people who are using it. So should any black person who is offended by anyone using such lyrical content. The word would be widely obscured by now if it wasn't for its constant use.
Of all the words in the English language, it's the commonly used words that last among generations of people.