Wouldn't you like to be a nigger too?

Nas Leaks First Song From Nigger -- It's Controversial As Promised

Published: Monday - April 21, 2008
Words by Allen Starbury

Nas has leaked the first song the public has heard from his upcoming
controversial album, Nigger, and the song is just as shocking as the
album's title.

On the new song, titled "Be A Nigger Too," the Queensbridge rapper
begins with "You are now allowed to listen to the radio, real niggers
are back (on the radio)" before going into his verse.

On the Salaam Remi-produced track, Nas uses the dreaded "n" word
repeatedly to get his point across, giving a preview of what's to
come.

"I'm a nigger, he's a nigger, she's nigger, we some niggers / wouldn't
you like to be a nigger too / They like to strangle niggers, blame a
nigger, shootin' niggers, hangin' niggers / still you wanna be a
nigger too... true," Nas raps on the song's chorus.

"To all my 'kike' niggers, 'spic' niggers, 'guinea' niggers, 'chink'
niggers/ That's right, y'all my niggers, too," he continues.

Before that, though, he even mentions the topic of a young Eminem
using the racial slur, but says he's not mad.

"Not mad cause Eminem said nigger / Cause he's my nigger / Wigger /
Cracker friend / We all black within / We all African within / Some
African's don't like us no way / A killin' happened in Johannesburg
yesterday."

Whatever kind of flack Nas gets for the song, it's done it's job. Only
out a day, the song has sparked controversy and spawned talk between
critics and media alike.

"Be A Nigger Too" is just a street leak, however, with the first
single expected to drop soon.

(Listen to the song here)

The upcoming album is due in stores later this year, via Def Jam.