THE BEST REAL N***A NEGRO SPIRITUALS

Aye let’s talk about my favorite real nigga negro spirituals. 

REMEMBER THE TIME - MICHAEL JACKSON

This was the first time a nigga like me ever talked in tongues. I was walking around the crib in Ninja Turtles drawls just screaming Brrrrrrdat DAT DAT DAT!! Guess this the first time I caught the Holy Ghost. 

SWAG SURF - F.L.Y 

Any song that triggers you to kneel down inches above any surface in a fire fit with other people on your back and shoulders with drinks in hand is some spiritual shit. If you do this shit at a brunch you doing this shit with French toast and chicken lingering above you. This is some dangerous shit to do but your ancestors take over your body as soon as you hear “Man I got that swaaaaaaaaaaaaag”  I’m not doing that shit but yall can though.

RETURN OF THE MACK - MARK MORRISON 

I never seen a song that makes you dance like a old nigga. It don’t matter how old you are you will be dancing like a old nigga. You might get a nice lil wine from a shorty on the wall too. This song just exudes happiness. Have you ever seen somebody fighting while Return Of The Mack was playing? Exactly. It’s never happened. Can you imagine the mayhem of this song playing once Covid is defeated? If you are 23 years old you were probably conceived because of this song. Your parents heard this masterpiece sometime that night, locked eyes and yeah now you here. 

WIPE ME DOWN - BOOSIE FEAT FOXX & WEBBIE 

This song is the best example of you having faith the size of a mustard seed that you’re able to move mountains. Foxx pulled up to the club V.I.P with an empty gas tank and had the selflessness to buy everybody drinks. His money had to be low cause the tank was on E and despite that he still bought all niggas Henny. Foxx just committed the acts of a prophet. This sounds like something Jesus would do. Foxx had no idea how he was getting home but as long as yall are having a good time that’s all that mattered to that nigga plus he was strapped up ready for war to protect the party. Realest ever. 

BACK TO LIFE - SOUL II SOUL 

The beginning of the album version baptizes you. You can do some beautiful shit or some evil shit to the intro of this song or you can play this shit giving back to the homeless or you can play this shit before you spin a block. It’s that versatile. This shit got us dancing to violins like we in year 1754. This song introduced niggas to techno, house, classical, and dance all in one track. What a time. This was when black men and black women actually liked each other. 

I THINK I LOVE HER - GUCCI MANE 

There’s a rule I have. A standard I live by. If a woman can rap this shit word for word and rap suzie’s part with conviction she either has some outstanding coochie or she has the ability to rob you. I’m a positive nigga so I’m gonna lean more towards her having life changing coochie. I’ve seen women get saved and sanctified rapping this shit in clubs and parties. When you find out Suzie is a metaphor for cocaine you realize how genius Gucci is. 

TATTED UP - FABO 

Nigga I don’t even know who’s song it is. I don’t even know the fucking words. All I know is that we saw the greatest sermon at the end of this from Fabo screaming his testimony to the lord above. You can literally hear the sweat trickling on that nigga head like a preacher in a down south church with no air conditioning. Who is 2 dolla and why do we want him to stop? Who’s Barbara? Was she the greatest tattoo artist to ever live? Does she own a soul food restaurant? Is she still beefing with Shirley? Nigga we don’t know and the mystery is what makes this spiritual. You just gotta have faith and believe Barbara is a good person and she must be important for Fabo to scream for her presence and guidance. I just wanna tell all the DJ’s out there just put the end of this song on your mix and just play that and watch how crazy the crowd will get. 

I’M A HOE - ICE CUBE FEAT MASTER P 

NOW WHICH ONE OF YOU FREAKS WANNA GET DOWN WIT THE BIGGEST NIGGA IN TOWN THE WORLD RENOWNED??!!! My nigga Cube let hoes know out the gate that you are you and I’m me. It’s time for you to choose or lose. He was not playing around about his time. He was on some are we fucking or not type shit. Straight to the point. I got in trouble for rapping this when I was a kid. You can be somebody who never heard this song before but if you hear it you gone move cause you know the shit hard. Ass is gonna get thrown at high volumes. 

LIFE WE LIVE - PROJECT PAT 

I don’t think niggas understand how testimonial this song is. This shit hit your soul driving at night when you going through some shit. Like listen to what this nigga was saying on the first verse. “Escalade what a nigga steering last days nearing tryna get it right wit God only one who I’m fearing.” That is some deep introspective shit right there. This was more than beautiful hood shit this was really life shit. 

TRIAL TIME - THE LAST MR.BIGG 

My nigga said his crack tasted like ribs. You know how good you gotta cook crack for it taste like cuisine that niggas be addicted to for centuries? If that not spiritual then I don’t know what the fuck is. 

BREAK EM OFF SOMETHIN - MASTER P 

This is the best start to a verse I ever heard. P really set this bitch off. It’s one of those songs nobody dances to. They just rap Master P verse in each other faces. 

MARCH MADNESS - FUTURE 

When the doors of the church are open and you invite people to get to know their lord and savior this is the song that should be playing. We have to show the proper respect to March Madness and turn off the lights when it’s played on some Undertaker entrance shit and put your lighters in the air. 

KNUCK IF YOU BUCK - CRIME MOB 

Im sure there’s some holy quotes about war in the Bible so spirituality and beating people ass go hand and hand since the beginning of time. Knuck If You Buck defines this. 

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT - MONTELL JORDAN 

This is self explanatory. I don’t even care for this song but 25 years later you can play this and still get a positive reaction outta people. It was a party song in the 90’s and still is a party song in 2021. Negro Spirituals never die and this song is living proof.

TELL ME - DRU HILL 

These niggas invented the greatest praise dance in history. Jazz is a clear 300 pounds and he’s doing a hop step high enough to reach the heavens. You cant tell me that ain’t spiritual work at hand. Why isn’t this shit played more often? You can hear the church in this song. You hear those organs on this muhfucka??? STRAIGHT GOSPEL! 

LET ME SEE IT - UGK 

Look, there’s just some songs that God has blessed us with where nastiness (good nastiness) is the only thing that comes from it. Let’s just thank the most high and be grateful that our lives have been blessed because of it. 

DEY KNOW (REMIX) - SHAWTY LO  FEAT JEEZY & A BUNCH OF OTHER NIGGAS 

LongLiveLO my nigga said the trap slow so I’mma make these niggas jog and praise dance in one spot. I can just envision a choir behind Jeezy rapping his verse. It was that holy. 

SPACE AGE PIMPIN - 8BALL & MJG 

Aye you ever trip off the shorty who was singing on this song? She was singing her ass off. What’s her name? We need to give her all the flowers and the whole mothafucking yard. MJG was PREACHING on this though! The pimps call it the ISM. This song is like a bible story. 

THAT’S WHAT’S UP - YO GOTTI 

Why is the unofficial anthem of every city it’s played in?  That’s the lord working. I’m sure Gotti has multiple key’s to the city in different cities because of this song. I always wanna put money in a collection plate when I hear it. 

RICH NIGGAS - JUVENILE 

Okay if you noticed I did not put Back Dat Azz up on this list. It is a negro spiritual but it’s one I’m tired of. I will literally go to the bar when I hear that song come on. I just don’t care anymore but Rich Niggas with Wayne is a different story. I don’t rock with Wayne anymore forreal but his verse on Rich Niggas was like that kid that sings in front of the church and you think nothing of him until they actually start singing and you like “GOT DAMN THIS LIL NIGGA CAN SING.” 

GIRLS DEM SUGAR - BEENIE MAN FEAT MYA 

One. I love Mya. When she comes into my life that will be the last time anyone sees me. Two. This is the only song that I will allow beautiful women to sweat on me and ruin my fit. 

DEM BOYZ - JEEZY 

When you look back on it and realize how iconic Jeezy verse was he really rapped and made you think trapping was legal. This song was made for niggas who only go to church on Easter Sunday. It’s me. I’m niggas. 

POISON - BELL BIV DEVOE 

This is a song that never ends and I’m fine with that. You know how a choir is just feeling it and they just keep singing because they feel the lord in their spirit? That’s this song. It’s a roller coaster of a song. You’re screaming Ricky part. You’re dancing. Then you try to do the Kid N Play dance. It’s a lot going on. 

LIFE IS LIKE A WHIRLWIND - TAYLORMADE 

If you’re not from St.Louis then you won’t be familiar with this song. Every time I hear this song it makes me reflect on the right I’ve done and the wrong I’ve done. St.Louis is a rough place to be raised in and this song reminds me of damn a nigga still here and I don’t look like what I been through. I just feel blessed when I hear this shit. Especially when you hear it around your family and friends. It makes you wanna give all yo niggas the I love you speech. 

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