Def Poetry - Amiri Baraka - Why is We Americans

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  • Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
  • Amiri Baraka in Season 1 Episode 4 of Def Poetry Jam

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  • @RunawayTrane
    @RunawayTrane 10 років тому +93

    Forget resting in peace, or paradise, or power....may he come back and haunt the shit of the devil that persecutes us

  • @dazzlin1968
    @dazzlin1968 10 років тому +49

    I am saddened by the fact that it has taken me 45 years to have this brilliant genius. My eyes are open. He is outstanding may you RIP

    • @hangarnut5660
      @hangarnut5660 Рік тому

      I am now 45 and watching this and seeing g your post from 8 years ago hits different. I hope you are well my friend.

  • @praywithourfeet
    @praywithourfeet 3 роки тому +8

    Every syllable he utters speaks to my soul!!! Whew! 💥💥💥💥

  • @khemirby4010
    @khemirby4010 10 років тому +33

    May the light that he shared with us continue in us.

  • @chillebony8863
    @chillebony8863 2 роки тому +12

    HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. RESPECT 🙏 TO KING OF POETRY. NJ. ALL LOVE ALWAYS TO AMIRI BARAKA .HE LOVED HIS POC. THIS WILL ALWAYS BE OUR EXAMPLE OF A GOAT BROTHER.

  • @candyland1986
    @candyland1986 13 років тому +6

    I luv how poetry and music seem interchangeable.

  • @CTopple
    @CTopple 10 років тому +13

    Words are a weapon, he said. He used them in an inspiring way. Thank you, Brother Amiri

  • @chillebony4381
    @chillebony4381 10 років тому +9

    Greatest poet ! Listen open your ears blessed strong mind ! The youth need to learn his HISTORY I would make it mandatory!

  • @robertmalin3244
    @robertmalin3244 10 років тому +28

    "but Reality is an excerpt on television” classic

  • @garyn1953
    @garyn1953 10 років тому +6

    THE BROTHER BE HITTIN' HARD !!!!!!! EVEN MORE SO AFTER HIS TRANSITION !!!!!!! A GREAT REVOLUTIONARY !!!!!!!

  • @JessanDunnOtis
    @JessanDunnOtis 13 років тому +6

    bo-dee-dah, bo-dee-dahhh... Indeed! Sing on, Mr. Amiri Baraka. Thank you for your work, gifts, Life.

    • @jazzer102
      @jazzer102 2 роки тому +1

      Coltrane equinox

  • @leftliberated
    @leftliberated 4 роки тому +3

    i didn't know amiri baraka passed away. i met him in college when he came to our school. his recitation was really powerful. i love the beats. he was a great human being.

  • @Magic1970something
    @Magic1970something 10 років тому +2

    Thank You Amiri.....thank you from the bottom of my heart.

  • @Oseanacoceanblue
    @Oseanacoceanblue 4 роки тому +2

    I’m so glad I just found this man Watched a documentary on herbet selby Jrn the author of requiem for a dream and last exit . This man cane up a lot , I was curious , now I’m a believer .

  • @califiasrevenge77
    @califiasrevenge77 10 років тому +16

    "all that! all that! all that! all that!!!" i love it!

  • @allaalhaj3858
    @allaalhaj3858 10 років тому +3

    رحمك الله. هذه النوعية من الرجال التي تشكل الفرق تماما كمعلمه مالكومX.

  • @emahunn1
    @emahunn1 10 років тому +13

    Rest in Power

  • @djartwerk
    @djartwerk 10 років тому +14

    Tune used : Equinox by John Coltrane

    • @praywithourfeet
      @praywithourfeet 3 роки тому

      Thank you for that brother.❤️🙏🏾✊🏾

  • @kinkyyogi
    @kinkyyogi 5 років тому +4

    I hear the boodeedahhh of Coltranes "Equinox".. this man is a genius

  • @Thenameisboosta
    @Thenameisboosta 6 років тому +3

    So Powerful... I Love It!!!!!

  • @heavyjr1
    @heavyjr1 10 років тому +1

    you live on through us. your words will forever inspire...

  • @GloRubac
    @GloRubac 10 років тому +3

    Muchisimas Gracias, Bro Amiri ! !

  • @London_miss234
    @London_miss234 10 років тому +4

    Rest in peace. Great poet and activist.

  • @TheSoloflyte
    @TheSoloflyte 10 років тому +3

    Rest In POWER, Baba

  • @susankennedy5739
    @susankennedy5739 Рік тому

    Previously known as LeRoi Jones, author of the only books on Black Music I could find when I was in high school, 1968: Black Music, and Blues People. Still excellent and relavent books.

  • @rievans57
    @rievans57 10 років тому +2

    . . . on this earth you walked now in heaven you fly . . .

  • @chillebony8863
    @chillebony8863 4 роки тому +3

    KING GOAT THE BLESSED TEACHER. THE MOST WISE. BLESSED KING. GREAT KING.

  • @desdamonaone
    @desdamonaone 11 років тому

    Thank for posting the tune he borrowed. I really appreciate that! Going to use the poem and now some Coltrane in a workshop.

  • @pillettadoinswartsh4974
    @pillettadoinswartsh4974 4 роки тому +3

    May 31st. 2020. Setting asses on fire.

  • @Mina-vr1kw
    @Mina-vr1kw Рік тому

    As a baby boomer I’m so proud the young ones gave him a standing ovation!!

  • @PharaohTheBarber81
    @PharaohTheBarber81 10 років тому +2

    Rest In Uhuru, Brotha Amiri.

  • @classicharlem3952
    @classicharlem3952 2 роки тому +1

    He was humming "Equinox" by John Coltrane! 🎼🎵🎶🎷🎤😎

  • @Graciana529
    @Graciana529 10 років тому +2

    powerful! thank

  • @Marella2024
    @Marella2024 5 років тому +1

    Amazing!!!! RIP King👑

  • @AfroHairScience
    @AfroHairScience 2 роки тому

    Wow! How many hit replay like 3 times? ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

  • @Aplustradomus
    @Aplustradomus Рік тому

    THANK YOU STORY OF SOUL

  • @chillebony8863
    @chillebony8863 6 років тому +3

    GOAT

  • @angilynntaylor5678
    @angilynntaylor5678 8 років тому +6

    RIP Jan 9, 2014

  • @bentayman
    @bentayman 7 місяців тому

    he spit hot fire

  • @thewintersessions
    @thewintersessions 10 років тому +12

    This is a stick up.
    Amiri get out of the coffin.

  • @waynebess5854
    @waynebess5854 6 років тому +2

    SPOKEN LIKE A PATRIOT OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN NATION!

  • @BekaShakur
    @BekaShakur 10 років тому +3

    Rest In Uhuru Baba Amiri

    • @jubileeshine
      @jubileeshine 10 років тому

      whats up beka? a great loss to the world and our struggle. amiri!

  • @chillebony8863
    @chillebony8863 6 років тому +1

    BLACCC HISTORY EVEdAYS GREAT BROTHER THE FIRST FATHER POET. BIG RESPECT.

  • @AssanRaelian
    @AssanRaelian 4 роки тому +1

    Excellent! 👏🏿

  • @PoetPariahMusic
    @PoetPariahMusic 10 років тому +3

    Rest in peace

  • @Southernwhitehorse
    @Southernwhitehorse 13 років тому +2

    That is EQUINOX!!!! Coltrane

  • @dumilemzimela6461
    @dumilemzimela6461 2 роки тому

    amazing!

  • @gloriamitchell3518
    @gloriamitchell3518 2 роки тому

    Rest in Powerful Peace.

  • @radkl61
    @radkl61 Рік тому

    Amazing.

  • @kiiadevaroux
    @kiiadevaroux Рік тому

    Forever relevant 💫

  • @Glenhas
    @Glenhas 4 роки тому +2

    Truthsayer Ancestor

  • @sundaymanalang987
    @sundaymanalang987 12 років тому

    i shock,very wonderful song and singer they..

  • @blacmanish
    @blacmanish 10 років тому +1

    RIP!!!!!!!

  • @MINDEYE7
    @MINDEYE7 10 років тому +1

    My Hero

  • @JayeBoogie1017
    @JayeBoogie1017 28 днів тому

    I miss that brothers wisdome

  • @MREpikpryde96
    @MREpikpryde96 13 років тому

    tanks for ur eye opening poem.

  • @buknekkedguy
    @buknekkedguy 11 років тому

    I met this cat at a Jazz set in the West Village. I feel cool just saying that :)

  • @tomfinch956
    @tomfinch956 4 роки тому +1

    Classic

  • @andrewdelgado8911
    @andrewdelgado8911 10 років тому +1

    Agreed

  • @mantra3930
    @mantra3930 2 роки тому

    Happy father's Day ❤️!

  • @biblicalstreet
    @biblicalstreet 12 років тому +1

    wow

  • @kyawhtetaung2236
    @kyawhtetaung2236 3 місяці тому

    🎯 Key points for quick navigation:
    00:00 *🇺🇸 Reparations for historical injustices*
    - Calls for reparations for African Americans for historical injustices such as slavery, lynchings, and discrimination.
    02:24 *💰 Central bank and self-determination*
    - Advocates for the establishment of a central bank with democratically elected trustees for the African American community.
    03:48 *🕊️ Striving for voluntary unity*
    - Emphasizes the importance of voluntary unity, autonomy, and self-determination for creating a harmonious future in America.
    Made with HARPA AImore

  • @Nyabinghi101
    @Nyabinghi101 10 років тому

    rest in everlasting Life...Nkuluntu

  • @newhorizonsforfifty2833
    @newhorizonsforfifty2833 2 роки тому

    "Either give us our lives or plan to forfeit your own."

  • @beseeingyou6
    @beseeingyou6 11 років тому +2

    He's got a cool voice

  • @nayahri
    @nayahri 10 років тому +2

    Rest In Pride.

  • @carolanande1355
    @carolanande1355 11 років тому +1

    Beautiful...

  • @billyonthewheels75
    @billyonthewheels75 6 років тому +1

    Notice how most of our brothers and sisters didn't stand up at the end after a dose of the truth....

  • @kjonesdenim
    @kjonesdenim 13 років тому +1

    Mr baraka killed this

  • @mase3girls
    @mase3girls 3 роки тому

    ✊😎

  • @Thesamoel
    @Thesamoel 4 роки тому +1

    Asillere selam

  • @odoacremaniero3734
    @odoacremaniero3734 Рік тому

    IO L'HO ASCOLTATO DAL VIVO A BOLOGNA PRIMA CHE MORISSE CON UN GRUPPO IN CUI SUONAVANO HAMID DRAKE & WILLIAM PARKER...ESPERIENZA METAFISICA...

  • @RustumK
    @RustumK 6 років тому +2

    23 people are vegetables.

  • @jasminemcniven7117
    @jasminemcniven7117 10 років тому

    Does anyone know the year this poem was written?

  • @jamesbunch8932
    @jamesbunch8932 8 років тому +6

    I doubt Amiri Baraka intended to incite literal violence - I mean he never actually tried to do so outside of poetry. But I don't think it's irrational or inappropriate to use such strong language, given that African Americans in the US were certainly *never* subjected to the kind of moderate, peaceful, non-violent resistance of the kind that we expect from them now.
    In a way that is more than metaphorical, I would say, my fellow whites (at least many of the ones writing comments here) have sadly forfeited a better, more humane, more morally honest life that they could have if they would allow themselves to admit to and accept their share of the weight of America's history of white supremacist violence and suppression.

  • @princeofmassachusetts9535
    @princeofmassachusetts9535 7 місяців тому

    hi class

  • @kjonesdenim
    @kjonesdenim 13 років тому

    Mr barak

  • @booksteer7057
    @booksteer7057 Рік тому +1

    The only way to get reparations for all of that would be to take it by force, because it won't/can't happen any other way. I'm pretty sure he knew that. This is also not poetry...despite the scat singing.

  • @reujack
    @reujack 2 роки тому

    Well

  • @Sole-Survivor
    @Sole-Survivor 4 роки тому

    We want" but are unwilling to do what is necessary to get it.

  • @NaturalElicia
    @NaturalElicia 7 років тому

    Ase

  • @MangoSlade.
    @MangoSlade. 2 роки тому +1

    Naw Baraka I want reparations for my people only. We the only ones not getting anything!

  • @jacksonroye9967
    @jacksonroye9967 9 років тому

    this is the scariest thing ive ever seen. kill it with fire

  • @Biyoluminesans2159
    @Biyoluminesans2159 3 роки тому

    ...

    • @Biyoluminesans2159
      @Biyoluminesans2159 3 роки тому +3

      ıt must to be devıl
      Şimdi neymiş zengin fakir farkı çıkmış ayyuka, bunu diyenler komünist olmalı, bak şu Moskof'a

  • @CounterRevolutionary
    @CounterRevolutionary 9 років тому +2

    You will receive nothing.

    • @thegroove6203
      @thegroove6203 9 років тому +1

      +CounterRevolutionary because racist like you still exist only to be found by the bumber of my car and to taste the Michelin's as I drive over you to create Racist Road Kill.

    • @CounterRevolutionary
      @CounterRevolutionary 9 років тому +1

      +The Groove Oooh, dats def; you should use dat in a poetry jam.

    • @PassThatFersacy
      @PassThatFersacy 8 років тому

      You're the ultimate troll bruh. Good gimmick

  • @henryhill3778
    @henryhill3778 10 років тому +3

    Why "IS" we Americans... spoken like a true illiterate.

    • @wanyao77
      @wanyao77 10 років тому +24

      It was deliberate. You would never understand LOL

    • @reneauk6956
      @reneauk6956 9 років тому +6

      The ellipse implies that you had further thought you chose to leave out of your sentence, clearly you don't understand punctuation because with a mind as closed as yours there couldn't have been any room for extra thoughts lingering in the ignorance of your sentence and misused ellipse.

    • @OmarFernandoChavez
      @OmarFernandoChavez 6 років тому +8

      So... an inbred white supremacist who probably peaked in high school is calling one of the greatest poets of modern times an illiterate? That's funny.

    • @-youresogolden-7829
      @-youresogolden-7829 4 роки тому

      Poems don’t have to be literate or be grammatically correct, pretty sure you’re the illiterate one here.

  • @dazzlin1968
    @dazzlin1968 10 років тому +2

    I am saddened by the fact that it has taken me 45 years to have this brilliant genius. My eyes are open. He is outstanding may you RIP