Our prohibition of the first person was, in part, a reaction to the fiercely individualistic authorship presumed in rap lyrics, so in imagining what a Drexciyan utopia might look like, through the lens of clipping.’s linguistic rules, we imagined their culture might affirm collectivity over the individual, and therefore, the plural over the singular. The word y’all, for us, became both an emblem of the Drexciyans’ advanced communal society, and a reference to the multiple-authorship of the song, shared between those of us in clipping. and our partners at This American Life, as well as with
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