Song of the Day: Public Enemy #1

Before one of most powerful hip hop acts of all time came around, James Brown chose this phrase to describe heroin.

This song came up on my iPod today. It remains the most powerful anti-drug song I've ever heard. The setting in church. The preaching. The guy who testifies, strung out, in anguish. "The place starts a-rockin' a bit. I saw a little tear come from my eye...because I felt it." James is the preacher and the addict all at once. And he sells it. Probably because he was it.