To me, its just a word, a word whose power is owned by the user and his or her intention. People give words power, so banning a word is futile, really. 'Nigga' becomes 'porch monkey' becomes 'coon' and so on if that's what's in a person's heart. They key is to change the person. And we change people through conversation, not through censorship.

Stop screamin', you know the demon said it's best to die, And even if Jehovah witness, bet he'll never testify, D'Evils...

And through our travels we get separated, never forget: In order to survive, got to learn to live with regrets.

Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.

If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be Lyrically, Talib Kweli Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common Sense But I did 5 mill' - I ain't been rhyming like Common since.

Screamin' 'Carpe Diem!' until I'm a Dead Poet.

Cough up a lung where I'm from marcy son, aint nothin nice

The Nets' a stone throw from where I used to throw bricks ...So it's only right I'm still tossing 'round Knicks.