The Special, Toxic Relatnship Between Gays and Smokg

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• DID CDC SAY 'IT'S GAY TO SMOKE' THIS VIO?
• WHO WANT SMOKE?NARDO WICKPRODUCED BYEMKAY“WHO WANT SMOKE?” IS THE BREAKOUT TRACK BY JACKSONVILLE NATIVE, NARDO WICK. THROUGHOUT THE TRACK, NARDO RAPS ABOUT VAR WEAPONS, MURR, AND HIS ENUNTERS WH… READ MORE JAN. 22, 20211 VIEWER110.4K VIEWS35 CONTRIBUTORSWHO WANT SMOKE? LYRICS[INTRO]I'M WICKEDI'M WICKEDI'M WICKED (EMKAY)I'M WICKED[CHOS]WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?NIGGA, WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?NIGGA, WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?[VERSE 1]WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME? I'M TRYNA FUCK A NIGGA LUNGS UPTHEY BE LIKE, "NARDO, PUT THEM DAMN GUNS UP"FUCK THAT, SAY, "BIG BROTHER, BRG THEM GUNS OUT"WHEN 'S SMOKE, WE GET TO SPN' WHILE THE SUN OUTI A'T NEVER LACK', I PUMP GAS WH MY GUN OUTSCREAM OUT, "WHAT'S HAPPEN'?" THEN GET TO BS' 'TIL N OUTALL THE NIGGAS HID', I'M LIKе WHERE THEY AT? IT A'T NO FUN NOW7.62S BIG AS HеLL'LL KNOCK A NIGGA LUNGS OUTONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR (KICK YOUR DOOR, GET ON THE FLOOR)FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT (DON'T MAKE NO NOISE, I'LL EAT YOUR FACE)NE, TEN, ELEVEN, WE A'T GON' SAY THAT NUMBER, WE DON'T FUCK WH JAKI'MA KILL FOURTEEN NIGGAS IF THIRTEEN BCH NIGGAS PLAYI THK MY DRA MIGHT BE GAY (WHY?), 'E HE BLOW NIGGASI JT GOT A BRAND NEW LOLLI, THAT'S A FOUR-NICKELCALL ME NARDO Y-MAN, I DON'T KNOW NIGGASYOU N SEND YOUR BT MAN, YOU GON' LOSE YOUR BT HTERYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[REA]WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?THAT'S HOW I STEP ON NIGGAS(HOW I STEP ON THE BCH-ASS NIGGAS, YEAH)[VERSE 2]WE STEP ON SH LIKE CRAIG DADDYWE THE GYM, NO PEP RALLYWON'T E OUTSI, HE SRED PROBABLYTHEY EPER THAN A FUCK' PARTYTHAT DON'T MATTER (WHY?)'CSE I'M GON' SPRAY THIS BCH AT EVERYBODYI'M NARDO, BCH, I DO MAGICTURN HIS WHIP TO A BASKETTAKE HIS LIFE, HE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD I'M QUICK TO SNAP JT LIKE MY DADDYMY NA L, SHE KDA SASSYLET HER GO, SHE'LL LET YOU HAVE PLAY YOU, LAY YOU, TRY YOU DOWNI'M LD AS HELL, BUT I LET OFF FIREPLEASE DON'T TRY 'E YOU GON' DIEAND I DON'T WANNA SEE YOUR MAMA CRY[CHOS]WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?NIGGA, WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?NIGGA, WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?[OUTRO]WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?THAT'S HOW I STEP ON NIGGAS(HOW I STEP ON THE BCH-ASS NIGGAS, YEAH)8EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• THE SPECIAL, TOXIC RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAYS AND SMOKG
• WHY DO GAYS SMOKE SO MUCH?
• THE FOUR REASONS WE LOVE METHLEON FOX·FOLLOW7 M READ·JUN 29, 2021--4SHARETHE GAY MUNY HAS BORN THE TRAGEDY OF TWO GREAT EPIMICS: THE FIRST WAS HIV/AIDS, WHICH ROBBED OF A GENERATN OF LEARS AND MENTORS. THE SEND WAS METH, WHICH WILL NTUE TO ROB OF FUTURE LEARS, MENTORS, AND YOUTH FOR YEARS TO E UNLS WE N E TO UNRSTAND S POWER OVER OUR MUNY.HI, MY NAME IS LEON FOX. OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, I’VE STGGLED WH BOUTS OF METH E THAT REPEATEDLY THREATENED TO VASTATE MY LIFE.NEVER DID I THK MY TWICE-YEARLY RECREATNAL E WOULD SNOWBALL TO A BI-WEEKLY HAB BY YEAR SEVEN AND BEE MY GO-TO RUAL FOR NUMBG PAS AND CELEBRATG PLEASUR. THIS PERD OF MY LIFE CULMATED A HARROWG SIX MONTHS WHERE I WAS EHER G OR G DOWN AND NSTANTLY NSUMED BY SADNS, ANGER, SELF-LOATHG, AND SELF-PY.I NSUMED METH BENRS THAT LASTED 4–5 NSECUTIVE DAYS, DURG WHICH I BARELY ATE, DRANK, OR SLEPT — UNTIL I WOULD EVABLY PASS OUT OM EXHSTN. THE SPAC BETWEEN WERE ALWAYS BTAL: LEAVG ME PHYSILLY AND MOTIVATNALLY STUTE FOR A WEEK OR EVEN LONGER. AT LEAST A HUNDRED TIM, I PROMISED I’D NEVER PICK UP THE PIPE AGA, AND A HUNDRED TIM, I BROKE THAT PROMISE.DPE BEG FULLY AWARE THAT MY LIFE WAS SPNG OUT OF NTROL, MY SIRE TO E REMAED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.I DID EVERYTHG I ULD THK OF TO BELAY MY SELF-STCTN. I TRIED HARNSG MY WILLPOWER AGAST . I TALOGED MY HATRED FOR JOURNALS. I SOUGHT THE GUIDANCE OF EXPERTS THE FIELDS OF THERAPY AND HARM RCTN. SADLY, THE EFFORTS PROVED EFFECTIVE TERRG MY E.IT WASN’T UNTIL A CHANCE NVERSATN WH A IEND ABOUT HOW HE SUCCSFULLY STOPPED SMOKG CIGARETT THAT I SAW THE REAL FLUENC UNRPNG MY RELATNSHIP WH METH AND WHAT I ULD DO TO IMPACT .HE SAID THAT ONCE HE UNRSTOOD WHY HE LOVED SMOKG CIGARETT, HE WAS ABLE TO GIVE THEM UP.SO I CID TO ASK MYSELF, “WHY DO I, AND SO MANY MEN WH OUR MUNY, LOVE METH?”REASON ONE — METH CREAT EMPHATIC SEXUAL NNECTNS

DID CDC SAY 'IT'S GAY TO SMOKE' THIS VIO?

The CDC released a vio that said, "It's gay to smoke.

WHO WANT SMOKE?NARDO WICKPRODUCED BYEMKAY“WHO WANT SMOKE?” IS THE BREAKOUT TRACK BY JACKSONVILLE NATIVE, NARDO WICK. THROUGHOUT THE TRACK, NARDO RAPS ABOUT VAR WEAPONS, MURR, AND HIS ENUNTERS WH… READ MORE JAN. 22, 20211 VIEWER110.4K VIEWS35 CONTRIBUTORSWHO WANT SMOKE? LYRICS[INTRO]I'M WICKEDI'M WICKEDI'M WICKED (EMKAY)I'M WICKED[CHOS]WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?NIGGA, WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?NIGGA, WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?[VERSE 1]WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME? I'M TRYNA FUCK A NIGGA LUNGS UPTHEY BE LIKE, "NARDO, PUT THEM DAMN GUNS UP"FUCK THAT, SAY, "BIG BROTHER, BRG THEM GUNS OUT"WHEN 'S SMOKE, WE GET TO SPN' WHILE THE SUN OUTI A'T NEVER LACK', I PUMP GAS WH MY GUN OUTSCREAM OUT, "WHAT'S HAPPEN'?" THEN GET TO BS' 'TIL N OUTALL THE NIGGAS HID', I'M LIKе WHERE THEY AT? IT A'T NO FUN NOW7.62S BIG AS HеLL'LL KNOCK A NIGGA LUNGS OUTONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR (KICK YOUR DOOR, GET ON THE FLOOR)FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT (DON'T MAKE NO NOISE, I'LL EAT YOUR FACE)NE, TEN, ELEVEN, WE A'T GON' SAY THAT NUMBER, WE DON'T FUCK WH JAKI'MA KILL FOURTEEN NIGGAS IF THIRTEEN BCH NIGGAS PLAYI THK MY DRA MIGHT BE GAY (WHY?), 'E HE BLOW NIGGASI JT GOT A BRAND NEW LOLLI, THAT'S A FOUR-NICKELCALL ME NARDO Y-MAN, I DON'T KNOW NIGGASYOU N SEND YOUR BT MAN, YOU GON' LOSE YOUR BT HTERYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[REA]WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?THAT'S HOW I STEP ON NIGGAS(HOW I STEP ON THE BCH-ASS NIGGAS, YEAH)[VERSE 2]WE STEP ON SH LIKE CRAIG DADDYWE THE GYM, NO PEP RALLYWON'T E OUTSI, HE SRED PROBABLYTHEY EPER THAN A FUCK' PARTYTHAT DON'T MATTER (WHY?)'CSE I'M GON' SPRAY THIS BCH AT EVERYBODYI'M NARDO, BCH, I DO MAGICTURN HIS WHIP TO A BASKETTAKE HIS LIFE, HE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD I'M QUICK TO SNAP JT LIKE MY DADDYMY NA L, SHE KDA SASSYLET HER GO, SHE'LL LET YOU HAVE PLAY YOU, LAY YOU, TRY YOU DOWNI'M LD AS HELL, BUT I LET OFF FIREPLEASE DON'T TRY 'E YOU GON' DIEAND I DON'T WANNA SEE YOUR MAMA CRY[CHOS]WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?NIGGA, WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?NIGGA, WHO WANT SMOKE WH ME?[OUTRO]WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?THAT'S HOW I STEP ON NIGGAS(HOW I STEP ON THE BCH-ASS NIGGAS, YEAH)8EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

In mid-April 2021, a TikTok vio purported to show an anti-smokg PSA that said, "It's gay to smoke.

It then showed a mera poted at a screen that played the "It's gay to smoke" clip. "Are they smokg, or are they gay?

The words "It's gay to smoke" are followed by the mentn of the CDC.

THE SPECIAL, TOXIC RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAYS AND SMOKG

In sum, the purported CDC PSA that claimed "'s gay to smoke" origated as satire om The Onn. 62s big as hеll'll knock a nigga lungs outOne, two, three, four (Kick your door, get on the floor)Five, six, seven, eight (Don't make no noise, I'll eat your face)Ne, ten, eleven, we a't gon' say that number, we don't fuck wh jakI'ma kill fourteen niggas if thirteen bch niggas playI thk my Dra might be gay (Why? Venturg to gay bars Hartford, I'd ask for the flick of someone's Bic and -- bam!

When we drove to the gay clubs of New York, my cigarett were fiery armor agast some of the strange, uniendly fac that populated those dark to Los Angel the early 2000s meant a huge change: I uldn't smoke si! I still smoked, though, pecially when I drank, and fely when I went dancg Wt Hollywood or Silver only did drkg and smokg go together well -- my md -- was a munal experience at the gay bars. I don't judge anyone who still smok, but I scerely hope all puffers -- pecially gay on like me who often pick up the hab to f or fd a ctch -- disver a way to qu.

WHY DO GAYS SMOKE SO MUCH?

The Natnal Adult Tobac Survey recently unvered that tobac prevalence among LGBT people is 50 percent higher than any other many gay people like myself, cigarett nstute one of the most endurg relatnships our liv and, as Stockholm Syndrome, we've nvced ourselv we need this abive partner. I’ve jt learned om NPR’s All Thgs Consired that California, gay men and lbians are 70 percent more likely to smoke than the general populatn.

THE FOUR REASONS WE LOVE METHLEON FOX·FOLLOW7 M READ·JUN 29, 2021--4SHARETHE GAY MUNY HAS BORN THE TRAGEDY OF TWO GREAT EPIMICS: THE FIRST WAS HIV/AIDS, WHICH ROBBED OF A GENERATN OF LEARS AND MENTORS. THE SEND WAS METH, WHICH WILL NTUE TO ROB OF FUTURE LEARS, MENTORS, AND YOUTH FOR YEARS TO E UNLS WE N E TO UNRSTAND S POWER OVER OUR MUNY.HI, MY NAME IS LEON FOX. OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, I’VE STGGLED WH BOUTS OF METH E THAT REPEATEDLY THREATENED TO VASTATE MY LIFE.NEVER DID I THK MY TWICE-YEARLY RECREATNAL E WOULD SNOWBALL TO A BI-WEEKLY HAB BY YEAR SEVEN AND BEE MY GO-TO RUAL FOR NUMBG PAS AND CELEBRATG PLEASUR. THIS PERD OF MY LIFE CULMATED A HARROWG SIX MONTHS WHERE I WAS EHER G OR G DOWN AND NSTANTLY NSUMED BY SADNS, ANGER, SELF-LOATHG, AND SELF-PY.I NSUMED METH BENRS THAT LASTED 4–5 NSECUTIVE DAYS, DURG WHICH I BARELY ATE, DRANK, OR SLEPT — UNTIL I WOULD EVABLY PASS OUT OM EXHSTN. THE SPAC BETWEEN WERE ALWAYS BTAL: LEAVG ME PHYSILLY AND MOTIVATNALLY STUTE FOR A WEEK OR EVEN LONGER. AT LEAST A HUNDRED TIM, I PROMISED I’D NEVER PICK UP THE PIPE AGA, AND A HUNDRED TIM, I BROKE THAT PROMISE.DPE BEG FULLY AWARE THAT MY LIFE WAS SPNG OUT OF NTROL, MY SIRE TO E REMAED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.I DID EVERYTHG I ULD THK OF TO BELAY MY SELF-STCTN. I TRIED HARNSG MY WILLPOWER AGAST . I TALOGED MY HATRED FOR JOURNALS. I SOUGHT THE GUIDANCE OF EXPERTS THE FIELDS OF THERAPY AND HARM RCTN. SADLY, THE EFFORTS PROVED EFFECTIVE TERRG MY E.IT WASN’T UNTIL A CHANCE NVERSATN WH A IEND ABOUT HOW HE SUCCSFULLY STOPPED SMOKG CIGARETT THAT I SAW THE REAL FLUENC UNRPNG MY RELATNSHIP WH METH AND WHAT I ULD DO TO IMPACT .HE SAID THAT ONCE HE UNRSTOOD WHY HE LOVED SMOKG CIGARETT, HE WAS ABLE TO GIVE THEM UP.SO I CID TO ASK MYSELF, “WHY DO I, AND SO MANY MEN WH OUR MUNY, LOVE METH?”REASON ONE — METH CREAT EMPHATIC SEXUAL NNECTNS

In a sterlg example of why I try not to listen to too much NPR, reporter Sarah Varney immediately segued to the perceived need for more anti-smokg ads targeted specifilly at gays. In other words, Varney implicly assum that gays are eher too stupid to have gotten the msage that smokg is bad for you or too irratnal to have modified their behavr acrdgly.

A more quisive reporter might stead have raised the obv qutn: What good reasons might gays have to smoke more than other people? In four mut of air time, the clost Varney me to addrsg that qutn was to suggt that for gays, steppg outsi for a cigarette n be a good way to meet people—as if the sire to meet people somehow differentiat gays om straights.

At the same time, she managed to overlook the bldgly obv: Gays are disproportnately childls, and childls people are more likely to smoke. As a matter of fact, childls hoeholds (whether gay or straight) spend, on average, 56 percent more on cigarett and alhol than their childbearg neighbors.