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  • This sounds like a decent approach, although it might struggle in instances where the n word is key to a rhyme.

    For example, in Nas’ NY State of Mind, there’s the sequence:

    But just a n___a walkin’ with his finger on the trigger
    Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger

    If I’m singing along to that, I now tend to leave a blank space rather than substitute another word. Especially because another word which rhymed could easily be mistaken for the real thing!

    I would absolutely never use the word in casual speech, but there was a brief period in the past where I felt that it was more respectful to the artist/material to use the words exactly as written.

    However I realised that I would only ever do that when I was alone - and thinking about why that was the case made me rethink what was really most important and stop doing even that.