Kanye Raps About "The Magic of Racism," Kimye Expecting Their First Son
Kanye played Hot 107.9's Birthday Bash at Atlanta over the weekend, and he used part of his set to make lyrical comments on last week's nine hate-crime murders at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina. Watch the clip below; it's raw, breathless, conflicted stuff. A key passage from the freestyle, which starts in earnest at the 1:19 mark:
See that's the magic of racism; it works on itself
We hate each other shoot each other kill each other when we can't kill nobody else
See that's the magic of lack of resources; it works on itself
500 ni---s getting pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-popped
And North Carolina [sic] didn't help
See that's the magic of racism; it works on itself
Ni---s hate ni---s hate ni---s hate ni---s hate ni---s hate ni---s...
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