 PETEY GREENE'S
 WASHINGTON BECAME AN
UNDERGROUND HIT AND ALLOWED
PETEY TO INVITE ANYONE HE WANTED
ONTO THE SHOW.
>> MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A YOUNG
MAN WHO, I THINK, THAT HE'S--
HE'S SHARP.
OF COURSE, EVERYBODY DON'T
AGREE WITH ME.
WHITE PEOPLE SAY HE'S GROSS.
BLACK PEOPLE SAY
HE'S INTELLIGENT.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> HOW COME I DON'T GET
NO BIG CHAIR?
>> I'M TALKING TO HOWARD S--
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
>> STERN, NIPSEY.
[laughter]
>> SO NOW, YOU KNOW--
>> I LIKE WHEN YOU RHYME.
I LIKE WHEN YOU RHYME, NIPSEY.
DO THAT FOR ME.
>> YOU LIKE NIPSEY,
NIPSEY RUSSELL.
>> HEY--
>> HOLD IT. HOLD IT NOW.
YOU KNOW, AIN'T NO CRACKER
GONNA TAKE OVER NOW.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT--
NOW--NOW HOLD.
THE ONE THING ABOUT IT ALREADY,
SEE, YOU GOT A NIGGER
WORKING FOR YOU.
YOU GOT A NIGGER WORKING
FOR YOU, BUT YOU DON'T RUN
THIS NIGGER HERE, SO, CRACKER,
YOU SHUT UP.
[laughter]
>> I THINK THE LANGUAGE THAT
PETEY USED WAS INTENDED TO
SHOCK, AND I THINK SOME OF IT
WAS JUST THE NATURE OF HIS
ENVIRONMENT AND UPBRINGING.
>> NOW, THIS IS A GOOD AND CRAZY
CRACKER, SO I'M GONNA LET HIM
TALK, BUT I WANT ALL THE NIGGERS
AT HOME TO LET THIS CRACKER
EDUCATE YOU HOW IGNORANT
CRACKERS CAN DO WHILE I EDUCATE
CRACKERS IN TERMS
THAT NIGGERS CAN GET.
GO AHEAD AND RAP, NIGGER.
>> NOW, WAIT A SEC.
WHAT KIND OF NAME
IS PETEY GREENE?
THAT'S A SLAVE NAME.
>> WORDS HAVE NEVER, NEVER,
NEVER HURT ANYONE.
IT'S THE ACTION OF A PERSON
THAT HAS THE LASTING EFFECT.
>> ON SATURDAYS, WHEN YOU USED
TO BE ON ON SATURDAYS,
I WOULD GET UP AT 8:00
TO WATCH YOUR SHOW.
PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL, WHAT
ARE YOU WATCHING THAT GUY FOR?"
>> THEY SAID WHAT ARE YOU
WATCHING THAT NIGGER FOR?
>> WHAT? THE NIGGER?
>> RIGHT, SAY IT. GET IT OUT.
>> N-N-N-N-...
>> FORGET THE WORD "NIGGER,"
THE "HONKY," AND "CRACKER,"
AND ALL OF THOSE WORDS.
HIS BIGGEST THING TO GET THE
EFFECT THAT HE WANT IS THAT HE
WOULD WALK UP IN A CROWD OF
VERY ATTRACTIVE WOMEN, AND HE
WOULD JUST PICK ONE OUT AND JUST
GO RIGHT FOR THE JUGULARS,
SAY, "I SURE WOULD LIKE
TO [...], OKAY?"
SOMEONE WOULD SAY, "PETEY,
JUST GET OUT OF HERE."
>> I KNOW THAT A CRACKER LOOKS
AT ALL NIGGERS AS ONE,
YOU UNDERSTAND?
YOU LOOK AT ROBIN AS A NIGGER
LIKE YOU LOOK AT ME
AS A NIGGER.
NOW, YOU MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE
STEP, ANOTHER DIMENSION,
AND TRY TO JIVE IT OFF,
BUT ALL CRACKERS
AND ALL NIGGERS HAVE RACISM
IN 'EM, INCLUDING ME.
SO WE GOT--ALL HAVE GOT
A LITTLE BIT OF RACISM IN US.
SO YOU CAN BE RAISED UP
IN NEW YORK AND HEARD 'EM TALK
ABOUT NIGGERS, AND I WAS RAISED
UP IN WASHINGTON AND HEARD 'EM
TALK ABOUT CRACKERS.
THE RACIAL THING IS NOT WHAT
YOU AND I ARE ABOUT.
WE JUST LIKE PEOPLE.
I KNOW THAT YOU LIKE PEOPLE.
>> THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW,
WHEN YOU HERE PEOPLE SAY,
"OH, HERE COMES PETEY.
I'M GETTIN' OUT OF
THE FIRING RANGE,"
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE
HE'S GONNA COME FROM.
>> I LISTEN TO YOUR SHOW, AND
I GO ON AND USE YOUR MATERIAL.
>> OH, I KNOW. I KNOW YOU DO.
>> HE WAS INTENTIONAL ABOUT
