Part of the Blue Distortion team pointed out to me last night to check out a new song entitled “911 is a Joke” by Public Enemy. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing as our correspondent was relaying the song title… 911 is a joke? Public Enemy has made another enemy in the process of putting out this terrible song. How dare Chuck D call what happened on 9/11 a joke. It was one of the most horrific terrorists attacks to ever happen on American soil. To think I once considered Chuck D a great MC.

A quote from the lyrics “So get up get, get get down / 911 is a joke in yo town,” says it all. I hate to tell you Chuck, but 9/11 was not a joke in my town! I certainly won’t be getting up to get down to celebrate something like this. FYI: many people didn’t find these terrorist attacks funny at all, more along the lines of a national tragedy. “I call a cab ’cause a cab will come quicker / The doctors huddle up and call a flea flicker,” is another infamous line from this song. I don’t know what he is trying to say here because I have a hard time understanding black culture, but I’m sure it is terrorist lingo.