Footnotes For Kanye
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- @POETJASMINEMANS
@POETJASMINEMANS
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"Footnotes for Kanye"
You look hungry,
like that girl don't make you no fried chicken
or macaroni & cheese
like she don't feel you on the inside,
like you haven't had a home-cooked-meal
since your momma died.
You look like
you lost the Psalm in your own song--
like you want to talk to God
but you're afraid
because ya'll ain't spoke in so long .*
Do you tell you daughter about me, *
how we were bittersweet, *
"to never mess with entertainers because they always leave?
He'll get on and he'll leave your ass for a white girl" *
and he'll give her your style, your language, your waist
damn near try to give her your face,
and somewhere in his Post Traumatic Twisted Fantasy *
he'll make it all okay
but what's the worth in loving a man
whose lost his smile anyway?
When Kim fucks up the lyrics to the College Dropout *
like them white folks used to fuck up your name, *
do you pretend not to notice?
Do you regret the Marilyn Monroe in your decision,
and wish you could've taken Billie Holiday as your bride?
Do you ever want to run back to your wedding day
and have it all over on the South-side?
Do you wake up in the middle of the night and think
that she wasn't the right girl
like you should've found
one of them "i like art type girls." *
Can you hear all the black kids calling your name
wondering why the boy who rapped
about his momma getting arrested for the sit-ins
didn't sit-in---
why he traded in his Nat Turner for Ralph Lauren.
Do you know how many kids
at the protest had your sneakers on?--
None of them.
Do you know how many of your songs
were played at the protest?
All of them.
Could your hear all of the lights,
the flashing lights,
the new slaves,
the runaways--
on their road to redemption
waiting for Malcolm West
to have the whole world at attention.
Nigga they got you quiet!
Like how come only at awards shows-- he riots.
Maybe Yeezus was all talk.
Jesus never needed Adidas to walk.
Why is he outlining sneakers
when the South-side is outlined in chalk?
Can someone go and find the man
who could make a diamond with his own b(e)ar(e) hands, *
we are looking for you.
Because these kids still want to be-- just like you *
they want to rap and make soul beats-- just like you *
even though you just not you.
Even though you traded in your spaceship *
to buy back your 40 acres in a mull,
purchased the plantation and master's daughters too.
Nigga why you got these white folks claiming you
like they built you,
like they made you,
like they polished you,
like the readied them a good nigga for the picking,
like they got you for sale,--
oh how they love Kanye
lets put him all in front of the store *
like you their black boy,
you forgot you black boy? *
They got you lost in this world? *
You getting black-mailed for that white girl? *
You don't see how your lies is effecting me,
you don't see how our lives were supposed to be? *
And I never let a nigga get the close to me,
and you ain't cracked up to what you were supposed to be.*
I guess its bitter sweet poetry. *
Written by Jasmine Mans // jasminemans.com
Director Editor: Jolade Olusanya // jolade.com
Artwork by Folasade Adeoso // lovefola.com
@kingjasminemans / @roninsteps_ / @lovefola
Jasmine Mans is not simply a poet. Jasmine Mans is a pressure point, a discomforting pressure point necessary for hip-hop, Black Arts, and our generation of young scholars.
Today we release Mans' poem "FootNotes for Kanye". This isn't just one poet's interpretation of Kanye West, this isn't just one opinionated babble, it's...
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She clearly is a big Kanye fan that's has become disappointed in him. This was great.
+KinGAdil019 Very dissapointed endeed hey
jasmine mans is his ex girlfriend
We are? Are you sure about that?
for me I think the black woman has been put down and disrespected for so long that they're born practically insecure and self conscious, cause of society and us black men. Even though I didn't like black women when I was younger cause I always felt they dissed me cause of my interests and/or mannerisms, I'm older and appreciate ya'll.
KinGAdil019 it's literally his ex girlfriend
It's a shame this kind of poetry and art isn't getting the publicity it respectfully deserves
because it's knowledge. What she is teaching is knowledge self awareness. She teaches you how to be selfless instead of selfish. ..But they want you to teach ignorance to the world, instead of truth to the world...ijs...
Exequelley it shouldn't be this shit trash. All she doing is hating
Steph Curry The G.O.A.T
From the mouth of children comes the dumbest shit. *pats on head*
Exequelley 👏
Caesar Vespasian
The way you flipped his lyrics and song titles into a mirror asking if he sees all that he ventured from was beautifully brilliant. Salute.
damnlookathim Awesome!! chill's
damnlookathim trash she a hater
Lyrics Music Awesome COOL dope best powerful best ever cover best ever girl magic black beautiful poetry performance power
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If you haven't been a Kanye west from the very beginning the you won't understand how great this poem is!
Breion Allen right omg
Breion Allen nah it's trash. All she doing is hating
Steph Curry The G.O.A.T Is she not telling the truth?
vangie 2sing she is telling the truth...Kanye was so pro black and then he lost his mom. Slowly crashed n burned after that
What part of Jasmine's words were hate...and don't say ALL of them because that's a cop out. Choose a line or two to validate your claim that what Jasmine's saying is hate, if you can't do that then guess what...YOU"RE HATING!!!!
Jasmines conveys her message with an old soul, almost like the voices of our ancestors. I hope Kanye hears this and gets a bone-chilling reality check. Jasmine, you're marvelous!
yesss I agree.
agree!!
TheLifeOnHigh 😂
Joe McCoy it's reminiscent of Maya Angelou poem on the Richard Pyror Show
beautiful
Joe McCoy
" Could you hear all of the lights? The flashing lights , the new slaves , the runaways on their road to redemption waiting for Malcolm West to have the whole world at attention." The entendres in this sentence alone is amazing
"Why is he out signing sneakers while the southside is outlined in chalk?"
Secret EyeSpot the chalk is used in crime scene investigation to mark where a body was resting
Donovan Pinder Sherlock you've done it again!
The quote was quoted out of respect, not out of need for explanation..
Donovan Pinder only in movies.
It's outlining sneakers lol
She didn't just whoop Kanye, she whipped the asses of a whole bunch of rappers and entertainers.
Sedrick Jones 80% of the lyrics are Kanye's
after the news of his divorce, I felt compelled to come back to this piece
"Do you regret the Marilyn Monroe in your decision and wish you could've taken Billie Holiday as your bride?" O_O *runs around the room*
Angela Roulette 😂
What does that line mean?
@Ashley Lawrence
It means do you wish you would have married a Black woman instead of a White woman
High Vibes Kim isn't "white" tho, she's Armenian from her dads and other things from her moms. So that's why the line didn't make sense to me too.
Thank you, High Vibes!
Jasmine Mans yaaassss Queen you did that!! I'm so proud of this beautiful black sister!!
christen crutchfield she is lit 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yes, most definitely!! Kanye needs to hear this.
I love how Jasmine does these power reality check poems for these celebrities. Waka nicki minaj kanye west I wish all them can hear this
+teamoutrage1 Make no mistake, they hear them!
Deep Cool good Listen wow speak special girl awesome radio power peace hope music spoke word flow vibe love you
What a beautiful letter to one of the most tragic artists of our time. Can't count the times I listened to College Dropout.. When he performed on def jam I saw a brilliant musician and writer... Now I see a reality tv star. I wish his mom was still here, she would know what to say to him. This poem might have come close to her words
Joanna Nice boooo
Screw you, Kanye never changed. The world changed around him and he just found different ways of expressing himself. He is still one of the greatest innovators to the music, fashion and philosophy industries, every album he puts out is altering the way we perceive music. Surely after all the work he's done and all he's suffered you can't give him a bit of leeway on who he loves?
Dope poetry Cool vibe music spoke word flow poet Cool vibe can rap for kids black power
Student Of Fear me too I miss Dr. Donda West and her son Kanye Omari West. I dont know this guy who married Kim Kardashian thats not Donda's son
I've watched it over and over since its been posted. The power behind this, my God. She's one of my favorites.
I agree
It's funny that folks are knocking her and saying she bitter but she's using his lyrics in the poem. It's clever. Jasmine Great poem!!!
even if you think no one will watch this share it. the more you share it will become put out in the internet. this shit is fire and worthy to be discussed
I've been listening to this poem for years. This needs to go viral. He really needs to hear this. Like yesterday.
He did
Wow. This gave me chills. Brother Ye needs his mother's love. He is hurting and all of the fame, money, Hollywood woman doesn't help heal his pain. This is frustrating. Not being able to find what's missing because what's missing will not be coming back. God bless Ye.
N it's crazy he doing thru it and she saw this shit a year ago. Praying for you ye
kanye old Chicago betas soul music awesome Cool good music
I look at this daily, her dramatic approach and delivery is perfect
had to come back to this after j cole dropped false prophets
all of the people that don't go to poetry slams or don't know about spoken word are so lost lol
there are multiple paths to enlightment, this is just one of them. There are many many more, go try them too ;)
Too much truth...she got me screaming in my house...I'm crying now.
Jay Johnson me too!
Jay Johnson she just salty she couldn't cop the Yeezys
too me mss kanye west old
That was absolutely moving! I have a lump in my throat because Jasmine nailed it. She spoke with her heart and I felt it...and I agree with her. You can tell she cares for Kanye and she knows he is lost and can't find his way back. She's not bitter, she's just telling us what she see's through her lenses. Remember this is Jasmine's opinion in an art form. I loved it.
Bravo! I still have chills down my spine!
-From Chicago with love! ❤️
Every time Kanye does Kanye things, I gotta revisit it.
Everytime!
Due to recent events, I came back to hear this again 🙌🏾
Back again!
2023 & I still have to hear at least the first 35 seconds of this every other month. ❤
When I say this should have more views it's an understatement
Still watching this masterpiece in 2022 after the release of Kanye’s documentary 👌🏾👌🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️
“Ninja they got you quiet / Like, how come only at award shows YOU riot?”
I held my breath the entire 5:31. I finally exhaled at the end. Dope Jas
This is amazing! Kanye may not see it this way but I felt every word! As a disappointed fan of his as well I know exactly what this poem means. I wish he would come across it... 🙏🏾
I think most early fans of Kanye are disappointed in him. I hear what she's saying, but I think she puts too much importance on Kanye and who he should be. Kanye is not a revolutionary, a hero, or a black leader, never was. He's a musician and celebrity. Period.
You do have a point.
My feelings exactly...
Kanye promoted himself and his music as something "revolutionary." I bought his very first album but has since come to hate the narcissistic jackass! His legacy on music will be nothing more than a parody on Saturday Night Live or South Park....
Darian Logan that is so true a celebrity now!! married to it.No longer the poet he was.Sad😔
HE CHANGED THE GAME
this is so deep. it taps into my spirit... my feeling when i see black men chasing white women. i always swear they are lost looking for home.... not a physical home but a comforting place that they have lost or never had.... the way they fuck up your name..... amen
Jaye Dunlap how you feel when they chase Hispanic women?
John Colon why do you care?
John Colon i suspect you are not black... and I don't allow white people to pick my brain
+Jaye Dunlap
damn. well said.
Jaye Dunlap you say you "refuse to be taught anything by you animals" yet previously say "blacks are racist believe me your race taught us how to me". You are contradicting. If you hate white people the way you imply you do then why allow a race you hate teach you hateful ways? Don't be so ignorant in allowing history to repeat itself by dividing people solely off the color of their skin. Grow up.
Now I see why celebrities don't speak on social issue because they become pigeonholed into categories. Kanye isn't a fucking revolutionary, his passion was always high end fashion.
Sis killed that👏👏
Sunshine Jackson *watches selfs favorite poem. Sees bestfriends comment*
angel sykes great minds think alike bestfriend 💕
This gave me chills !! Wow just wow 👏🏾
Wake up Mr. West!!! We miss who you used to be and are still praying for the genius you are brother. Come back home soon. This sister just reminded me to pray.
My soul felt that sister!
TO EVERYONE SAYING SHE IS HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND: It's not true! She wrote this as a disappointed fan. I attended one of Jasmine Man's live readings and she explained the story behind it. She said that College Dropout was what made her want to write poetry and that as a fan of Kanye she was upset when she saw how far he'd strayed from his original message and how she doesn't think he's properly giving back to the black community that pretty much gave him his career. She printed out almost every work of art Kanye's ever done and highlighted everything she saw that was contradictory and then wrote this poem about it. Jasmine initially imagined this poem as being said by an old lady. She imagined Kanye going back to his old neighborhood in Chicago and some grandma coming up to him and inviting him into her kitchen and then just ripping into him like this. But then she realized an older person probably wouldn't know all these cultural references and his songs so she rewrote it from the perspective of a lover he might have left behind in Chicago when he went chasing after fame. Jasmine Mans never dated Kanye. I don't even think she's met him. She took artistic license with this.
Anyway long rant but basically it's a beautiful poem so stop dismissing this as some salty ex-girlfriend bullshit because it's not.
Damn, she jst touched my soul 👼✊🙏
This needs to go viral ASAP! Amazing Sista! Amazing
Love how she breaks this down..
Such a beautiful spoken word from an even more beautiful Nubian queen
I keep playing it over and over, hit home with me, Kanye was a major influence to me. I can't bring myself to disagree with ANYTHING she said in this piece, and the way she referenced his lyrics throughout this piece was just epic. Its not much you can say when YOUR OWN words are being used to describe who you are. I hope Ye get the message, he doesn't have to change, i just hope he gets the message
Jasmine you are a Queen!
I'm white. And I agree with you, completely, and also I'm in love with you and your beautiful words. Thank you.
exactly how I feel thank you mama !!
this shit shit is deep
my favorite poet back at it again
As a poet this is absolutely awesome. The prose are superb. The message however is a bitter angry woman who hasn't gotten over it. But the poem itself was great.
Jasmine Mans is a genius! This is one of my favorite pieces from her. I'm patiently waiting for the next book.
Straight flames 🔥
I feel like this is the response to Homecoming *years later obviously* from the perspective of Chicago personified...
Such a sad shame he totally embodies this right now...1000% than when she made this. She knows him so well!!!!!
i am in love with your poetry. thank you for sharing a part of your soul
We RIGHT BACK HERE AGAIN....TIMELESS LIKE BIBLE VERSES
This should definitely be trending at a time like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
‼️
I listen to this poem everyday. Love it.
So she's speaking from a woman he once loved? (Hip Hop)
W0NDERW0MANNN is she his ex?? wow gave me chills
Hattie Wright
Yes girl...
who knows our brothers better than we do
W0NDERW0MANNN yes! and i cried listening to this
Beautifully presented!! Jasmine you said everything ive been thinking for so many years now!
You're a genius. I have listened to this incredible work of yours where you performed for a live audience perhaps a hundred or so times over the years.
You've created such richness and depth with your references/timing/storytelling. There is so much to unpack here with every gut punching line you've justly stated.
Ty for your work and wish you every success and blessing on your journey.
This gave me chills....
Yaaas! Baby I waited so long for my Queen to come out with something and now that she has I'm just here like YAAAS! #YouBeTheVoiceQueen #SayIt
I loved you since you performed at my college campus and bought your book
seriously!! i freaking missed u! This!! I missed It all! Make more poems please!
why am i crying like a baby? this just moved me so much.
no jasmine cannot have all this power, this is pure amazing already watched it twice like man man, there aren't many words here to say just the power of lyrical content amazes me, great job, i think we all feel like kanye lost himself somewhere in the fame .
👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿 "none of them" ............ "All of them" ............ "Nigga they got you quiet"
I’m reading “Black Girl, Call Home” and this piece is hitting even harder watching years after it went viral.
Every year this piece keeps making more sense
Man I nearly cried for this. Kanye is amazing wish he would put down the chains and set himself free.
Jasmine never lied!
I listened to Jasmine Man's Nicki Minaj about 5 years ago and it spoke to me then it was "Little Girl" .I was going through this spoken word phase when i was in the 9th grade.Years latter I see this poem and i'm still getting chills like this is my first time listening to her.JOB WELL DONE JASMINE !!!!CONTINUE TO SPEAK MY SISTER.
This is penetrating and thought provoking. Her delivery is timeless, passionate and filled with concern.
This is one of the most beautiful messages I have ever seen this is exactly what the majority of our young talent needs to hear today especially black men and they need to realize that there is much more to our unity than they think and how much they are giving up by giving themselves to their enemy
You are an incredible talent. #blessings
this is so powerful hopefull someone in his corner telling him this
yes... your awesome sis..... I enjoyed this to the tenth power..... New subbie here... keep up the awesomeness you are
The end is heartbreaking ! Poweful.
This Woman Is Phenomenal When It Comes To Poetry ...I Don't Care What Nobody Say ...She Gets My Respect !
This poem is a year old? Kanye's been fucking up for so long.
This is beautiful. This is love.
Jasmine is having a passionate conversation, I understand you my sister, I especially like the marilyn monroe, Billie Holiday part.
wow, I am speechless. You said it all thank you sis. your amazing xxx
why do you only protest at award shows. Wow!
funny how she says that but he been doing that since the beginning of his career all of sudden it's a problem now
but that wasn't all he protested. Kanye was always outspoken about everything. Remember, "George Bush doesn't care about black people," unprompted on live TV? Now we only hear of him protesting for him and his rich friends.
Hope4Me he protests for artists mostly black artists and he's an artist himself so it makes sense he talks about social issues in interviews and in his music instead of on national tv that simple
You're suggesting that she's saying that it's a problem that he protests at award shows now, when he's always done it. She never said that his protesting at award shows was a problem, but that he's ONLY protesting at award shows now, when there are more meaningful things to speak up about- things that he would take up before, but all of sudden aren't of importance to him now. You mentioned him speaking up for mostly black artists. I'm gonna disagree. He's not speaking up for artists in general. He's been speaking up for his very rich friends- people in his own unique club, including his white wife. He has a whole roster of underutilized people on his label. I ain't seen him go on stage for any of them. He's all about promoting him and his elite set of friends, as if racism doesn't exist for the underdog- as if racism isn't a factor unless it can be blamed for him being under-appreciated in other artistic endeavors like fashion.
"Damn near try to give her your face" I felt that deeply 👸👸🏾
Hope he hears this and humble him self and not try to act like it aint nothing.
Still Hits… timeless… and true!
Whoa. somebody remembers the kanye from 2003 that garnered a generation of young hbcu-mites.
Jasmine speaks nothing but the truth!🙌🏾
Girl, I love you. You write and say things I wish I could write and say and sing. Keep it up. I am watching you.
just heard this on tumblr. You are amazing and inspiring
That's some powerful stuff right there!
My jaw dropped...
This aged gracefully 👏🏾💯
I am so crushing on this spectacular black woman. Love black women. DON'T STOP MA.
Malcolm West! POWERFUL
She's a poet(most likely a fan of KW) and this poem is about how he changed. The message flew over so many people's head. 🤦🏾♀️ Jasmine is super talented. Go check out her other poems you won't regret it. 🙂
I literally cried when I first heard this!!