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So you know what that means? The first
black drug dealers didn't even sell drugs.
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They sold books.
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"Yo, man, I got two pages, man,
got two pages, man, check it out, man.
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"Yo, man, I got a word, check it out, man,
I got a new word.
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"I got a new word, man.
It's new, man, it's new, man."
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So think about the poor slaves
that could read but had to hide it.
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Think about the poor slaves that could read
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but was scared to teach they kids to read
for fear they'd be killing they kids.
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Think about the poor slave who used to drive
the buggy into town every day.
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Used to drive the buggy.
He's driving the buggy -
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and he could read.
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And up ahead he sees a real busy intersection.
He's driving the buggy.
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And then he sees a stop sign.
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Now he's got a real dilemma.
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"Oh, Lor,
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"what is I gon' do?
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"Oh, Lor, what is I gon' do?
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"OK, if I go across this intersection,
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"I'm-a have a accident.
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"If I stop at this sign, these crackers'll kill me.
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"Oh, Lor, what is I gon' do?"
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And he don't know. And he's riding the buggy.
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He says, "Fuck it,"
and goes through the intersection.
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He has a big old accident, wipes out.
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Wipes out, almost kills somebody.
And the police come.
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"Nigger, what's wrong with you?
What the fuck is wrong with you?
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"You could've killed somebody, nigger.
You see that stop sign?"
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"I don't know what you talking 'bout, sir."
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"Nigger, you see that stop sign right there?"
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"Do you mean that octagon thing?
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"Nigger, who taught you octagon?"