Answer: It is a White man's word. That's they shyt. Let them have it.
Y'all need to go ahead and stop using it
Don't listen to music that refers to you as such
Stop dehumanizing yourself
" See, nikka first was used back in the Deep South
Falling out between the dome of the white man's mouth
It means that we will never grow, you know the word dummy
Other nikkas in the community think it's crummy
But I don't, neither does the youth cause we
Em-brace adversity it goes right with the race
And being that we use it as a term of endearment
nikkas start to bug to the dome is where the fear went
Now the little shorties say it all of the time
And a whole bunch of nikkas throw the word in they rhyme
Yo I start to flinch, as I try not to say it
But my lips is like the oowop as I start to spray it
My lips is like a oowop as I start to spray it "
This discussion has become so recursive to me. I get certain brothers don’t like the word but I’m not sure how we arrive at the conclusion “it belongs to da man.” Context matters. In the same manner that women playfully call each other “bytches” it’s not for outside parties to speak on.
