I swear fo’ God.

Some days fucking with the net is more than I can handle.

Here I go, already an emotional wreck..I AM NOT in the mood. I feel tender. You know the feeling…*blank stare*  I open my Tweet Deck just to send a shout out for a contact of mine and low and behold—- a twitpic link with a vague ass description.

I click the link.

WHY DID I DO THAT? DA FUKC FOR ?

I don’t even know where to start….what’s more obnoxious? His man breasts? The flesh rot smell? Or those disgustingly overwhelming chains hanging around his neck?

I’ll let a nigga live for the man boobs and ‘fat person smell’ being over weight..who am I to talk? I could stand to turn down a bag of BBQ Bontons or two my dam self!

But we gotta have a discussion about that chain…how did we get back here?

I swear..I turned my head away from hip hop for ONE second..and yall back on this Chicken George slavery day minstrel bullshit!!

How? I thought we established the fact that people who look just like HIM….NO, the people in Sierra Leone DON”T look like Officer Ricky. They’re no where near fortunate enough to be this dam fat and plump; many of them don’t have 10 fingers and 10 toes to count if they needed to and most of them aren’t covered in expensive tattoos in an attempt to give off the impression that they are gangsters…….NO!

THOSE PEOPLE are forced to kill or be killed as they collect these rocks so NIGGAS that look just like them can pay a hefty fee to buy a chain to hang around their necks as they prance and proudly gloat at their perceived pretend wealth and none status. And you love it!!


MY NIGGA…….MY NIGGA……you must not have seen this documentary by Raquel Cepeda

Bling: A Planet Rock (2007)

When Raekwon AND Kanye West are but a few of the rappers that so eloquently break down how people who look just like you and me are killed and maimed each and every day over these pebbles. It should make NIGGAS wake up. Did you ever consider how having African roots ties each of us together forever via the African diaspora Google it?

Those could be your cousin Tay Tay's children!

Being Piss Po Syndrome is what causes Niggas to go out and cop dat new________piece of shit (fill in the blank). I get that, I really, really do. Bad spending habit come from not having good money sense and that’s understandable. It could happens to anybody; being gullible isn’t exclusive to the black folk. Self destructive and ignorant seems to be though.

But what causes Niggas to specifically and purposely pay A LOT OF MONEY to wear a chain around their own necks that mimics Whitey and his shackles? I’m not criticizing jewelry in general; I got to take issue with the dookie! ropes and diamond bling!

I’m talking about DIAMOND COVERED CHAINS..

NIGGA, DIDN’T ANYONE TELL YOU THAT WE IS FREE??

I give Game a pass, I’m under the impression he isn’t wrapped to tight. And he had a fucked up childhood so…he gets a lollipop and three sessions with a self esteem coach for this retarded ass chain. I wonder how many of his ‘homies’ died while slinging? Are these hood rats really hungry and justifiably trying to survive or is it all about the ‘cop’?

Now THIS Nigga is just ignorant…no background story included.

*blank stare*

I wonder how many little black kids had a hand in making these chain? Get it? It’s bad enough when you think of little Asian children in sweat shops forced to work in dire conditions to make those kicks on your feet NIKE.

But what about DEATH? What causes free Blacks who do or DO NOT have the means to obtain THIS  status symbol to fork over large amounts of cash for the privilege of emulating their NIGGERNESS?

Now before you go all Black History on me; let me explain. I totally get the ‘symbol of oppression’ ironically being turned into a ‘symbol of empowerment’. Yeah, it sounds good..same argument as calling each other BITCH….as the “it” way to say “girl, I really value our friendship!”.

Yeah, but, um………………….NO.


The slave psychology is what drives Niggas to pursue and obtain the BLING material possession. Subconsciously, Nigga..you letting the white man know that you ARE still his slave.


A NIGGA will lie, cheat and steal to hang a chain around his neck. Your little brown child is in danger while NIGGAS have shoot outs in broad daylight in urban cities across the nation for the pocket change drug money they earn hustling.

NIGGAS be in a rush to get money and it’s not to help Momma buy a house, either *cough* Nas. NIGGAS be in a rush to cop some cash and give it to the JEWELER who goes home and promptly invests that money into something viable for himself, his children or his community.

Wealth isn’t for show and status is not something purchased. It’s something acquired. Purchasing things is a quick ‘get high’ done to satisfy the empty feeling many NIGGAS have. Acquiring wealth is done over time and NIGGAS ain’t got no time to spare. I mean, NIGGAS DIE EVERYDAY so they have to have their good shit RIGHT NOW…ironic, isn’t it?

Who do NIGGAS impress when they show up with these big ass chains on? Your not impressing Mr. Charlie…he still thinks your a circus act coon and you give him good reason and until you are able to ACQUIRE wealth according to the white European standard by which we live…anything else is just child’s play.

It’s too bad that while grown ass American Black men play dress up in expensive pretty clothes to pretend play fantasy gangster there are people that look just like them that are forced to aimlessly wander their own continent because their villages have been destroyed by militia that seek to control these pebbles that grow from the African soul.

It’s sad when you compare the value we place on material possessions, money and the white man’s elusive acceptance. As a culture we are too willing to live and die for everything else but our own black skin.

Or maybe it’s not a problem after all because according to THIS black African. The pursuit of diamonds and all of the amputees and refugees that die of starvation in the desserts and those young people willing to risk their lives to earn a small fee in illegal smuggling of diamonds lest they be taken as baby soldiers or killed and thrown in a ditch may just be a figment of our collective imagination.

“I don’t even believe in conflict diamonds. That’s just a movie. Think about it. Ain’t nobody thought about nothing about no conflict diamonds until the movie came out. Where was all that sh*t before the movie? That’s the problem with people — they believe everything they read or see on TV. Unless you go to Sierra Leone and see what’s going down, don’t believe everything you’re reading or see on TV. Trust me. If anything, there’s conflict oil. Worry about the oil — you see what the oil is doing to people. You see what Bush is doing over there… oil is conflict. When you’re driving your cars, you’re driving conflict fuel. It’s killing thousands of people a minute. Diamonds are the least of our worries.”— Akon, rap star and proud owner of a diamond mine in South Africa

You can watch a trailer of the movie Bling: A Planet Rock here.

And while your at it….NIGGA, TAKE THAT STUPID ASS LOOKING CHAIN FROM AROUND YOUR NECK!!

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