10 Things I Want To Say To A Black Woman by Joshua Bennett (Captioned)

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  • Ten Things I want to say a Black Woman by The Strivers Row poet Joshua Bennett
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  • @clpaige716
    @clpaige716 12 років тому +43

    "Who else can make kings out of bastards ? Turn a fatherless Christmas into a floor full of gifts.."
    This is amazing , got chills .

  • @missamazing17
    @missamazing17 13 років тому +9

    Beautiful... "the way the moon gets jealous when you mock her crescent figure with the shape of your mouth. Queen, you make the sky insecure." *swoons*

  • @shanoriya
    @shanoriya 8 років тому +72

    am I the only one who crys everytime I watch this

    • @nelliebean84
      @nelliebean84 4 роки тому +3

      Nope years later I still cry. Being a Black woman is overlooked n overwhelming. So when we're appreciated it hits your heart.

    • @deebrown2481
      @deebrown2481 3 роки тому +1

      No I am crying now.Man the color of my skin gets me down sometimes.It’s so hard fighting the world.This helps

    • @madeleineg8438
      @madeleineg8438 2 роки тому

      Yes

    • @smokeymcpot69
      @smokeymcpot69 2 роки тому

      I've been listening to this poem for years and I'm crying right now.

    • @tiannathegreat9647
      @tiannathegreat9647 2 роки тому

      No, I'm crying now!😭😩😂☺️

  • @MODEL1LENA
    @MODEL1LENA 9 років тому +100

    I cried! Most Black woman are emotionally drained from the various issues we must face on a day to day basis. From the blatant lies of our history to the losing our confused Black men to woman who look nothing like us, all to show, that we aren't good enough but we will continue to persevere. It's in our DNA!

    • @veronicaalleyne
      @veronicaalleyne 7 років тому +3

      I'm sorry but, I refuse to restrict love to similarities in skin color or else I've betrayed myself & am no longer worthy of it from anyone, just because he can find beauty in another who shares no physical similarities with me in no way diminishes my own beauty, I'm just not not that insecure or neurotic

    • @deaironsmith
      @deaironsmith 5 років тому

      FOH

  • @malichai100
    @malichai100 8 років тому +38

    More black men like HIM will change the world. I'm after you bruh.

  • @mentalshampoo
    @mentalshampoo 4 роки тому +8

    still here in 2019.

  • @odysseyjones6215
    @odysseyjones6215 8 років тому +77

    I pray to marry a man like this!

    • @serious7179
      @serious7179 4 роки тому

      I found one😊 It's possible sis...there are wonderful back men

  • @MsBest82
    @MsBest82 10 років тому +132

    Joshua Bennett youre amazing thank you for reminding me as a black woman how beautiful and strong i am. For the white woman that tried to redirect this poem to white women stating whats wrong with white women; you just answered your own question... Allow us black women to enjoy admiration by our men without you feeling excluded from a bond(culture) that you will never understand even if you birth a black man kid(s). Take a sit and enjoy the message...

    • @ryublueblanka
      @ryublueblanka 6 років тому

      you needed this corny ass to remind you of that? wtf...you need to get the entire seasons of a different world and living single and start feeling yourself...wise words from 2018

    • @sharonbrooms7271
      @sharonbrooms7271 4 роки тому +2

      AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH SISTER!!!

  • @ReginaDillard
    @ReginaDillard 10 років тому +31

    Even his LISP is beautiful. Thank you for this. Love.

  • @jamaicaw.2135
    @jamaicaw.2135 10 років тому +47

    This made me feel so good about myself... In a world where we get put down on a daily, this was refreshing to know someone believes in our beauty, THANK YOU.

  • @arrowmcdowell6881
    @arrowmcdowell6881 9 років тому +57

    This was literally so beautiful 💖 black women are beautiful and deserve respect. 💖

    • @staticwave1139
      @staticwave1139 2 роки тому

      No you need to earn respect you don't get respect by default just because you are a woman and the way you women acting you don't respect yourselves let alone the man respect, many other black women has corrupted our culture and created this s*** culture and passing on to the younger women with this narcissistic feminist woman is movement that kept the black movement down because of their own selfish grievous needs by coinciding with the government the biggest traitors in history is the so-called African American woman hands down ❗

  • @ninamack1667
    @ninamack1667 7 років тому +15

    The poem that opened up my world to spoken word... 5 years later and I'm still looking back for my reason of inspiration when I have writer's block.

  • @starcutie286
    @starcutie286 8 років тому +27

    Yes! teach self worth! show black women that they are beautiful and magical at a young age.

  • @lebothabethe1534
    @lebothabethe1534 8 років тому +18

    What muscles and well tailored suits are to other women, that’s what WORDS are to me. I'm a "speak WELL to me and you’ll win my heart" typer girl. Joshua Bennett, thank you for this beautiful love letter, for reminding me how much of a simple girl I am and always will be...

  • @kylahhenry2634
    @kylahhenry2634 10 років тому +15

    Can you hear the tears falling down my face, I just...wow

  • @taziafarrao
    @taziafarrao 7 років тому +20

    "who else could make kings out of bastards"😢😢😢😢😢

  • @roots2gotv
    @roots2gotv 6 років тому +5

    Still one of my favorite poems. I love Joshua, been watching him for years and to witness his journey has been nothing short of beautiful🔥🔥💕

  • @sharmy9396
    @sharmy9396 10 років тому +17

    We need so much more art like this uplifting colored women, I watched this some months ago and today it popped up in my mind again. This poem is so impacting its crazy.

    • @vinnidavinci3932
      @vinnidavinci3932 7 років тому +1

      Blurr Commencement black women not colored women

  • @Sive_Nyanda
    @Sive_Nyanda 12 років тому +2

    wish other young black men thought the way he does, beautiful words man!! he's truly talented, if i wasn't in south africa i'd definitely go see his poetry live!!

  • @denisehickman6966
    @denisehickman6966 9 років тому +12

    I just heard a poem called 10 things I need to say to a black woman. I just have no word's to describe how I felt after word's. Truly amazing is this piece and every man woman and blaclk child need's to take a
    Listen.I lost it somewhere on fb so I don't kno who the author is.

  • @stephb5410
    @stephb5410 10 років тому +6

    Your piece was beautiful and amazing. Thank you.

  • @Ziemiax
    @Ziemiax 2 роки тому +1

    Still gets me emotional.... so many years later. ❤️

  • @idaranta5989
    @idaranta5989 9 років тому +7

    Geezzz I cried. So Beautiful.

  • @thinkpioneering9922
    @thinkpioneering9922 5 місяців тому +1

    Me and my mother don’t speak much these days but this always makes me remember what she sacrificed to bring me here. Makes me remember when we were more correspondent. I miss those days

  • @CVMelanie2009
    @CVMelanie2009 13 років тому +1

    omg! this message was the most beautiful thing any black woman could ever hear ...thank you :)

  • @DJ23322332
    @DJ23322332 10 років тому +8

    BEAUTIFUL. I CRIED...SERIOUSLY-THANK YOU

  • @ChiChiV93
    @ChiChiV93 9 років тому +14

    I can't even explain the feeling I had watching this..

  • @dragonsparks6054
    @dragonsparks6054 3 роки тому +2

    I found this video in my junior year of high school. I'm now 23. I have lost count how many times this poem has been the words I have never figured out what to say to my female friends in situations I have no knowledge in. Thank you for that.

  • @Nayrizzy
    @Nayrizzy 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for making a teenage me believe in her worth I still watch this video at 26 and the words still touch me the same ❤️

  • @Gigilovehugs
    @Gigilovehugs 5 років тому +1

    This poem this poem is speaking life to my hurt spirit

  • @francesjohnson6638
    @francesjohnson6638 3 роки тому +1

    This is STILL my favorite poem 🖤

  • @ladyalexci
    @ladyalexci 10 років тому +3

    This almost made me cry. It's so beautiful.

  • @50ccc
    @50ccc 11 років тому +1

    I cried. This smile, that -NOT A SOUL- can steal from me, is due to you and your words. Simply put, thank you...

  • @bjohnson9320
    @bjohnson9320 12 років тому +1

    This poem makes my heart smile; If you're a girl you should be honored to be a woman after hearing this poem & if you're a guy you should make you girl feel like this today

  • @Go_Ranei
    @Go_Ranei 11 років тому +1

    This poem is life; it speaks volumes and screams truth. The passion behind these words can cause the blind to see and the deaf to hear. It's amazing. I pray that God continues to bless u with words of truth that inspire greatness. ♡

  • @zakiyarhodie9801
    @zakiyarhodie9801 6 років тому +1

    I will never get tired of this! ❤️

  • @milawy8115
    @milawy8115 4 роки тому

    Had to come to this today. Heavy heart. I just pressed play and closed my eyes to listen. Thank you, Joshua.

  • @vuyilemagwaza3236
    @vuyilemagwaza3236 3 роки тому +1

    2021 and am still here.

  • @fashiongrl326
    @fashiongrl326 9 років тому +4

    This poem rendered me to tears! Pure poetry at it's best

  • @Taniere
    @Taniere 2 роки тому +1

    I use to be in love with this poem.

  • @andrextra1234
    @andrextra1234 13 років тому +1

    For every 10 Waka Flocka's there's one of you....good stuff brutha, keep it up!!!!

  •  10 років тому +8

    goosebumps....

  • @beautiful835
    @beautiful835 Рік тому

    STILL VISIT THIS POEM TILL THIS DAY💜

  • @JustALovelyLdy
    @JustALovelyLdy 9 років тому +3

    Thank you very much. I needed to hear this from a man, a man that resembles me.

  • @MzMusiq94
    @MzMusiq94 12 років тому +1

    Every Black Female Should Listen To This, It's Beautiful, I Almost Cried...!

  • @zabaparviainen3657
    @zabaparviainen3657 9 років тому +4

    It is so beautiful, it made me cry....thank you

  • @NightMagiq
    @NightMagiq 13 років тому

    thank you...and god bless your mama. she raised a good one.

  • @sylviesaraga7382
    @sylviesaraga7382 8 років тому

    That is so beautiful. Most beautiful words I ever heard. Thank you for sharing this with us.

  • @globug78
    @globug78 13 років тому

    Very nice, beautiful, I loved it. It's about time a black man praise his black queen. Thank you for making this video. It was a pleasure listening to those sweet melodies of words flowing from your mouth. thank you

  • @tysheanabrantley202
    @tysheanabrantley202 7 років тому

    I don't even know what to say! This was beautiful, I'm in real tears right now!!! Wow!! I love this!

  • @ButterflieJay88
    @ButterflieJay88 12 років тому

    It is moments like these that I realize that SPOKEN WORD is
    still alive and still touches peoples souls. Keep doing
    what your doing!!!! May God continue to bless you young man.

  •  10 років тому +4

    "heaven in your hello" ... "why we forgot to call you divine in the first place" ... love this... reminds me of my poem "evaporate"..

  • @sydriam999
    @sydriam999 12 років тому

    I always cry when I hear this poem.

  • @freefallinification
    @freefallinification 12 років тому +2

    you are such a beautiful man. :) thank you for this.

  • @777morgy
    @777morgy 13 років тому

    he is just ...words cant describe!!!

  • @parisbrown9669
    @parisbrown9669 8 років тому +15

    21 duck boys disliked this video... What is there to dislike??? I hate Internet trolls

    • @sharonbrooms7271
      @sharonbrooms7271 4 роки тому

      LOL SPOT ON SISTER!!! THAT'S THE MAIN THING WRONG WITH OUR OPPRESSORS IS THEIR INNATE ENVY OF US. AND NO WONDER IT WAS THEIR FATHER SATAN'S INNATE JEALOUSY OF GOD WHO IS BLACK THAT GOT HIM KICKED OUT OF HEAVEN...

  • @SupermanSavedMe
    @SupermanSavedMe 12 років тому

    ... this moved me to tears, and that is not an easy thing to do... thank you...

  • @angelbreon
    @angelbreon 13 років тому

    Oh My Goodness... I Wanna Cry Now . I LOVE This Poem .

  • @tisharose6287
    @tisharose6287 8 років тому +2

    Beautiful!!!!!! I LOVE THIS! Made me cry 😞😢👏👏👏👏👏💪👑💯💓

  • @TaoKiomi
    @TaoKiomi 13 років тому

    I still have goosebumps, and I want to cry. Oh my goodness, I could listen to his voice all day.

  • @milawy8115
    @milawy8115 3 роки тому +1

    Back again because 💙

  • @rasimphiliivha4571
    @rasimphiliivha4571 8 років тому +1

    ow! This is so beautiful

  • @alovelywalk88
    @alovelywalk88 4 роки тому

    Almost 10 years later....still my favorite ❤️❤️

  • @mayaarmour14
    @mayaarmour14 8 років тому +2

    trying sooo hard not to cry!! Ugh it's too beautiful!!

  • @MariWay2x
    @MariWay2x 11 років тому +1

    This was amazing that's all I can say the rest took my breathe away I loved it and it open my mind made me think!!

  • @pedostare
    @pedostare 13 років тому

    This was so touching; I cried while watching it. What an amazing man and what an excellent example of how articulate black men can be. Thanks for the upload!

  • @blackloveactivist6339
    @blackloveactivist6339 4 роки тому

    My GOD!!! I'm in tears! Thank you..Thank you..this is beautiful! We ARE! We ARE!..When you strengthen us..we glow so bright that we become mirrors..We reflect how Great you are! Thank you for seeing us (Black Man). -Mantra

  • @Yoshikoburney
    @Yoshikoburney 10 років тому +1

    Loved this

  • @lululovexo8227
    @lululovexo8227 7 років тому +4

    that was beautiful

  • @babyb120306
    @babyb120306 8 років тому +3

    WOW...From the first word to the last....SPEECHLESS.....

  • @_ami95
    @_ami95 11 років тому

    I am shedding tears, I needed this more than you can ever know. Thank you.

  • @Baileytheferret1
    @Baileytheferret1 12 років тому

    OMG i just fell deeply in love
    With his words
    To be black in the world is not always considered beauty so when a man like this tells you he treasures every aspect of your being it radiates happiness from my spirit and I LOVE IT

  • @lbp_1238
    @lbp_1238 11 років тому

    Wow...So moving and beautiful...That keeps me motivated!

  • @0609ju
    @0609ju 11 років тому

    Divine......simply divine

  • @sherriwarren9761
    @sherriwarren9761 9 років тому +1

    Absolutely beautiful. Thank you.

  • @lesliepeterson7677
    @lesliepeterson7677 Рік тому

    Humbly, thank you, young sir.

  • @WonderChia
    @WonderChia 11 років тому

    This moved me to tears! Bless you, Joshua, and thank you.

  • @ValarieCole
    @ValarieCole 12 років тому

    Jesus!!!! Words are strong and ever so real! God has blessed him with a major gift!

  • @YahkiYah_Yisrael
    @YahkiYah_Yisrael 8 років тому +1

    BEAUTIFUL!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!! - YOU MADE ME SMILE XXX

  • @hanishamarshall3341
    @hanishamarshall3341 11 років тому

    OMG!!! don't judge me, i cried!!! this is the most beautiful thing I ever heard. and you'll cook? OMG. and poems just makes you loce yourself more and more. your wife and kids will be or is lucky to have you. OMG!

  • @preciousjones2781
    @preciousjones2781 9 років тому +4

    This is beautiful :-) I needed this.

    • @preciousjones3778
      @preciousjones3778 6 років тому

      Precious Jones omg i never in my life thought I'd find someone else with my name but here you are. Precious Jones, I'd like to introduce myself, my name is Precious Jones

  • @Ayumiessence
    @Ayumiessence 12 років тому

    All I can say is AWESOME!!!! LOVE IT!!!! WOW!!! So there is really men still out here like this!!!! Thank You God!!!! There is HOPE!!!!

  • @seaweed2007
    @seaweed2007 5 років тому

    So incredibly beautiful. There are no words to describe the feelings his words evoke. Poetry of and for the soul. ❤️

    • @sharonbrooms7271
      @sharonbrooms7271 4 роки тому

      Jeanine Best
      Jeanine Best
      5 years ago
      Joshua Bennett youre amazing thank you for reminding me as a black woman how beautiful and strong i am. For the white woman that tried to redirect this poem to white women stating whats wrong with white women; you just answered your own question... Allow us black women to enjoy admiration by our men without you feeling excluded from a bond(culture) that you will never understand even if you birth a black man kid(s). Take a sit and enjoy the message...

  • @jmchawkeye
    @jmchawkeye 13 років тому

    Beautiful (from a white guy in the Midwest).
    Keep doing you. Much respect for this video.

  • @bjohnson9320
    @bjohnson9320 12 років тому

    That left me completely speechless..I've NEVER felt as appreciated as a black woman then just now after watching this. This was beautifully amazing; it made my heart smile

  • @singinwithceline
    @singinwithceline 10 років тому +2

    Joshua, I wrote poems for my brother and sister based on this. Thanks!

  • @arosestillblooming88
    @arosestillblooming88 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you this made up for every time I felt like black men didn’t see me 🤎 I feel seen I feel....felt 🤎✊🏾 thank you 🙏🏾

  • @lexy393
    @lexy393 12 років тому

    i actually teared up...i thought guys like this were nonexistent...i thought they were only spoken of but never to be seen :)

  • @beautimoniously
    @beautimoniously 13 років тому

    i loved this. absolutely loved it. made me proud to be a black woman.

  • @tamarajohnson3880
    @tamarajohnson3880 10 років тому +6

    Omg just gave me life

  • @MsLiaButterfly
    @MsLiaButterfly 12 років тому

    Soo true!! thank you I could not have said it better

  • @jasmineboyce2589
    @jasmineboyce2589 10 років тому +2

    I love this so much. It and you are truly amazing

  • @EMELiO96701
    @EMELiO96701 13 років тому

    LOVE! this poem made me cry. i LOVE this one even tho im not black...but dang your the bomb dude!!!

  • @caramellovesista9634
    @caramellovesista9634 8 років тому +2

    Thank you black men. We love y'all too.

  • @KarinaMatlock
    @KarinaMatlock 13 років тому

    This is great. Man you are blessed.

  • @lisapearl9757
    @lisapearl9757 11 років тому

    I love you. When I need encouragement to face the challenges of my day, I can listen to you and know that your are a blessing from God to encourage my soul.

  • @mre1love1love
    @mre1love1love 9 років тому +3

    WOW hey brother I just watch the HBO show you have improved so much from there bro just keep doing what you doing you were the first person I looked up

  • @TiffanyNT02
    @TiffanyNT02 13 років тому

    Last name optional...word. definetly the kind of man i'm looking for. wonderful. absolutely beautiful & heart-felt. a poet and man at his best

  • @jessicabanks9036
    @jessicabanks9036 6 років тому

    I feel uplifted and encouraged every time I hear this poem 😏

  • @MartyredxMaiden
    @MartyredxMaiden 11 років тому

    almost made me tear up. what a brilliant poet.