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The Word of the Day

Yesterday's words are a thing of the past. Kids today make up their own sayings or put a spin on old terminology to make it custom to today's scheme of things. What was "fresh" is now "raw."  Instead of saying "that's dope" we say "that's what's up." "Crack Heads" are now "Cluckers." And what was "played out" to them is "definitely not whats up" to us. So why is there one word that sticks around? One word that no matter what the circumstances, mean the same negative thing? When will we stop trying to turn something so bad into something good? When will we pay attention in history class to when people who don't look like us call us something that we now call ourselves? When will yesterday's word finally be old news and instead of calling me something that Nas thinks is so smart to throw around, you will call me something that kings call their wives or what the Gods called their wo