>being a thug is responsible?


"To me, "thug" is my pride. Not being someone that goes against the law, someone
that takes, but being someone that has nothing, but even though I have nothing
and there's no home for me to go to, my head is up high. My chest is out. I walk tall.
I talk loud. I being strong."



>rich white kid aside


Under my boot, preferably



>when did we turn thug into a positive word somewhere


I'm not sure what year Pac said that, but whenever that was. Cemented for me when
white supremacists insist on calling us "thugs" for the very same characteristics
that get white guys called "awesome" or "asshole".


>and suddenly refuse to attribute what is a negative word
>to this kid?


Call him any negative word. "Thug life" definitely isn't the term to associate with him.
And (this is probably my most important point here) as long as EYE get called "thug" for being outspoken,
he doesn't get to be a "thug" for actually breaking the law.
It's not ME who changed the meaning. White folks did that.


>am i lost in here?


A little, but not that lost.