I dont think its about failing, i think its more to do with appeasing or assymilating into a society or system of governemnt that once was the cause of so much oppression towards "their" peoples. To ease their suffering some decided to change the system, wheras others opposed it. Some of those who tried changing the system had become so assymilated that they became instrumental in the oppression of others, hence the term uncle tom, house ******.

At the top is still the white man, and no matter how hard u assymilate that is never going to change. Times may have changed, people may have changed but the memory lives on.

As for Nas, I dont doubt he feels this way but he is simply using it to raise awareness of the prodcts he is selling by being controversial and drawing attention to it. In the end they all sold out.

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