Words are Bond

Word. The one thing we as a people are supposed to count on. If someone says something we take that as a promise, a truth. It is what we call a good sermon from a preacher with exceptional skills in bringing The Word. Even the Bible itself honors the Word: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). Even rap mentions that a man’s word is bond:

Whenever ya hear the piece of the track, peace to the black
peeps on the streets with the beats in the jeeps
Comin back in '94 with the raw that's against the law
It's the G-O-D, my delivery is C-O-D
Word is bond and bond is life
We got it goin on tonight, don't nobody wanna fight
they wanna see a tight show where some brothers might go for broke
Utilisin the effects of the smoke……..
Brand Nubian will stand, without the use of a band
We always work with a plan…..
Word is bond, we got it goin on
C'mon throw ya hands in the air
Brand Nubian'll rock to the break of dawn….
Word is Bond – Brand Nubian Everything is Everything 1984

A man word is his honor and tells you about his character. Once you say this is what I am going to do or this is what I believe in, then those who heard will tend to believe what you said. But once you say one thing then do another then your word becomes useless.
So when I read this quote from Soulja Boy Tell Em “Shout out to the slave masters! Without them we'd still be in Africa." All I could feel was simply astonished. Absolutely stunned that we as black folks allowed this simpleton out of whatever southern backwoods, hole-in-the-wall, country ass town and show just how much the some of the south miss the Brown vs. the Board of Education verdict and continues to fail to teach our children history and how their word becomes who they are and determines where they are going. Without education in our history we become nothing more than a Bamboozled nation putting on a minstrel show with simpleton rap lyrics and saying asinine things for the world. Our words must be considered holy and bonding. Without such things then whatever we say is nothing more than a lie.