In the documentary "Rock'n'roll nerd" Tim explains its use of the word "nigger": "The whole song works on contrast between the innocent and the shocking(...) I make a point that racism is ignorance, so my position is clear; and then I make a point that there's an industry out there (...) that exploits the idea of the 'nigger' as reclaimed by black people to mean someone who cares about money, guns and bitches, and in my eyes it's not a particularly positive reclamation of the word."
Faced with the criticism, the word was removed. But he used this episode superbly for the song "Prejudice".
In the documentary "Rock'n'roll nerd" Tim explains its use of the word "nigger": "The whole song works on contrast between the innocent and the shocking(...) I make a point that racism is ignorance, so my position is clear; and then I make a point that there's an industry out there (...) that exploits the idea of the 'nigger' as reclaimed by black people to mean someone who cares about money, guns and bitches, and in my eyes it's not a particularly positive reclamation of the word."
Faced with the criticism, the word was removed. But he used this episode superbly for the song "Prejudice".