There's an old adage that states "What you say, or allow to be said about you, is what you will become."

In November 1988 Prince did one show in Seattle on the Lovesexy tour. I remember calling Austin, one of my best friends, to see if he wanted to come to the show. Austin was in the Navy at the time and he was stationed in Seattle. So of course I had to call him.

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I really enjoyed reading this. You are right by the way...I don't understand what is wrong with people of my generation lately..like have class and social graces you are considered a nerd or something.

Kinda goes along with the way I see young women treat eachother...like calling eacthother "bitch" or "whore" or "slut" or saying something like "I'M A BITCH" proudly...like that is something to be proud of. That really irritates me.

But cool entry.

hucky this is your best story yet, very powerful

Personally, sometimes I think we give 'words' entirely too much power. It's not the 'words' that does the harm, it's the way we've been conditioned to express and receive them.

This is a great story, but I'm surprised by Prince's reaction at the time, given that he used the term on the Black Album, and, of course, named one track 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton - of course, since he cancelled the album at the time he may have thought better of using the term. I wonder what changed in the early '90s, though, when he began to use it liberally...

booyah said:

What changed in the 90s?
He let idiots like Tony M. influence him.

Thank you for this story Hucky. It was a fantastic, thought provoking read. I agree with you big time.

Great entry Hucky.

I saw the show, went to the hotel after to see my idol. All i saw was Levy Seacer and Miko being ignored in the lobby.

thanks!