'Duality Duel' Daniel Beatty (Def Poetry).avi

[CamFM1]

i let my nerd guide the nigga

[merk68]

amazing!

[MrSuperboiii]

This should be renamed "A message to Obama."

[yssufyan]

This guy is amazing

[WUTCHA1197]

Dries my throat... LOL

[tinazALLFiYAHH]

Like a boss!

[Herbstkoenigin]

very very powerful!

[Herbstkoenigin]

Fantastic!!!!!



[6FeetDopeProductions]

.....But nigga

[LiLouLeBadAss]

yep nigga won!

[pulp901]

Carlton Vs Will

[nappygirl507]

No words......amazing

[SneakerAddicted12]

That's was cray! Respect

[EnochMuzik]

4 people have yet to confront their duality!

[llzSKiLLzll]

This man deserves Nobel Peace Prize

[pajackso945]

Everyone please listen to this man's words..Beautiful

[yoyorucca]

lmao... not ifyou shoot a mothafucka



[iamjabali]

Period.

[janespeaks]

Embracing ALL that you are, by not denying ANY part of you. That is the KEY to your internal CALM.

[buckTaylor1]

i love how he spit dat

[ittsJessica]

"but nigga" xD

[TejasM14]

Although I think I have the message in this spoken word, I want to know what it means to african americans and how they can relate to it. So what do you understand from this?

[Bankallday]

@TejasM14 Well this is something I'm sure all Blacks including myself have battled with internally. It seems to not matter how educated, achieved or well accomplished I may become I will forever be a nigga/nigger in America's eyes.

It reminds me as a Black man not to forget my ancestor's history in this country and to remain true to self no matter my current surrounds

[Cyf1]

@Bankallday - WORD

[bleuaja]

"Nigga" do not be so harsh.

[blatantlyable]

now hold up nigga lets talk this thru!

[JJakaThaNiitemare]

lol where herman cain at?

[JoTheAnomaly]

"It's time to release the nigger in me"

says the overly inspired white girl.

[venomous513]

herman cain needs to understand this poem.

[rymcmanus]

oh shit.... that was awesome.

[Foundation23]

This guy is amazing

[mixedchocolate1012]

The fuck!? no standing ovation, shieeet...

[XsweetstarliteX]

described me

[eier]

How is assimilating gonna bring him down?

[lolabeauty02]

@eier cuz assimilating meant that he would have to conform to the american culture and pretty much leave and forget where he actually came from. thats how harsh "assimilation" was back then when african american rights were non existent :S

[eier]

@lolabeauty02 But he's talking about nowadays, where I thought assimilating was a good thing. You don't have to be an "uncle tom" to get along with white people. Both black people and white people have to assimilate toward each other for them to get along and live side by side instead of in separate communities. Isn't that what everyone (aside from white and black nationalists) wants?

[boblet99]

@eier im an Asian 16 year old boy. I would love to have that. To be accepted by all races as an equal. But the truth is, life just isn't that way. I live everyday through highschool, through life being the end of at least one racist joke or remark. Old and young, i have been discriminated by white people everywhere. They call me an immigrant, say i don't have a passport. I was born in Oregon, USA. I have loved my home and everything about it. I do hope we can all realize equality.

[eier]

@boblet99 I'm sorry people treat you that way. I too hope for a brighter, more equitable future. Peace.

[betterdropdatdonk]

@boblet99 Dont even worry about it. I'm asian/pacific islander so I know what you're going through. You're born in the states but you still carry the culture and face from your ancestors and because of peoples ignorance they speak only what they know. You have to realize that high school isn't close to being a mature adult yet, even in college drunk assholes still speak ignorance. But it gets better in college because everyone gets pussy and groups get mixed up with difference ethnicitys.

[SpongecakeSuds]

@eier (I'm just gonna jump in here and add my 2 cents.) Assimilation in a lot of black communities still means acting like a man of the status quo/whitewashing your insides/making yourself more palpable for the middle class white majority so what the poet is talking about is still a very big issue in the black community. Assimilate doesn't mean get along- Assimilate brings to the mind images of a spy. An alien- someone pretending to get along.

The words 'Bougie" sums up the idea.

[eier]

@SpongecakeSuds Oh. 

[bigdawgdl]

@SpongecakeSuds No it doesn't. Like how bout we just stop going to jail, dropping out of school, and make something of ourselves, and then blaming the white man for everything? You can be successful and still, "remember where you came from," whatever that is even supposed to mean

[SpongecakeSuds]

@bigdawgdl I never said one couldn't be successful and still remember where they came from (Which normally amounts up to Noblesse oblige but especially in respect to your community. ) and I don't recall blaming the 'white man' for anything. The term 'assimilation' still implies that, as blacks, we aren't a part of normal American society and must adapt to fit in when, black Americans (along with many other minorities) are just as ingrained into the American identity as whites are. 

[applegiant11]

he described me ..........

[leshark]

@applegiant11 he described applegiant11 ......

[nutripals]

wish i could write poems like this :(

[Zisin2day]

This guy...this guy...he's goooooooddd!

[Netherwolf6100]

This describes me perfectly.

[sivius]

Damn. I had my money on the nerd winning. Oh well.

[allabouthekicks]

carlton banks went through this same shit...

[SageSoto]

@allabouthekicks Nah, watch the early episodes of Fresh Prince. Carlton Banks was sheltered.

[chichi1019ine]

@allabouthekicks yea but nerd won

[OfficialSykoSolja]

Them white dudes in the back is enjoying him saying "But Nigga" a lil too much.

[imaphilosophymajor]

@OfficialSykoSolja

And you can totally and objectively judge that from a low quality TV rip! :D

[MsMovieCollector]

Love this poem

[Valyntino]

this is  the REAL can you say Spoken word?

[MzLadyTz]

THIS IS THE SHIT!!!!

[HynCutie]

goohoooosebumps!

[ashgat05]

wow....

[acdnan]

again genius

[Garrnett1]

damn somebody stop him before he takes over.

[561400]

that was amazing

[ttthugge]

Wow I lost words!

[Spunkette87]

damn that was intense.

[TheEmeraldshapale]

Too real , just TOO real .

I almost got scared and wanted to bring the nigga out .

[darryenr]

this poem is amazing made my hair stand up lol. daniel is truely a great poet 

[LilNaruto9tails]

@justiceleagueable um...where can I find this wired sounding video?

[kampambachanda]

Think I need to take a journey to tha Nigger in me

[sean12fowler]

that was the best poem i have ever heard so far

[omogaju]

2 dudes have got dual personalities

[Toozip09]

This gave me chills. Wow.

Absolutely amazing.

[game143128]

Wow!!!

[DarkNepenthe]

True.Fuckin'.Story.

[north901memphis]

2 people don't want to journey to the nigga in them.

[wascar123]

WOW.....

[Ahtivah]

immmm speechless...

[galist10001]

Two people doesnt have a niqqer in them

[wopundo]

REAL!!!! I like I like......!

[sashmuscle]

it eludes me why blacks use the N word against each other

the gga and gger argument is so weak, the origins are the same

[Lawdadel]

2 dislikes!!!! I guess the nerd personal loses the battles with those people.

[Lawdadel]

2 dislikes...I guess the ivy league persona is losing the battle with those people XD

[Lawdadel]

2 dislikes...I guess the ivy league persona is losing the battle with people.

[Shea354]

LOVED it!!!

[TaliBoo12]

I lovee the way he say Mutha Fucca .

[IchiShini]

what does he say in the last sentence?

[amh19805]

I'm in love. Lol.

[mrgoodlyfe1989]

This is on point!!!!

[tetekeke]

wow really is great and hella powerful

[sugarbear968]

wow....wow..wow.wowagain....im sitting in school with tears in my eyes now....thats what makes and educated black man so powerfull...that strong nigga inside of us

[beautifulleo]

Love it!

[trichomenomitry]

this made me proud to be a brother oh wait? im not black

[9msindependent]

wow

this is too powerful. I can relate to this because i have always been called the oreo and i have always had a part of me that wanted to just show "the nigga in me" but the nerd i am is so prevalent.

[princessnaynaya]

i met him before this man is awsome

[thanameznick]

Man if only this guy were a politician

[jampasss]

@thanameznick rather president

[MikeLenoch5]

Flawless climactic ramp up.

[HugThePsycho]

I love how this starts off funny and kind of joking, but towards the end the seriousness and the message becomes loud and clear. <3

[Amerrhys]

One million thumbs up.

[SycoMunkee13]

Shit was nice!!

[mariika14]

That rage it's like a cage that keeps love out and you in jail -Nerd

[Polycarpus23]

this is just .. amazing.. why does this only have 5000 views? :\

while double rainbow has millions..

whats wrong with mankind D:

[jjay75]

@Polycarpus23 it had millions before all these videos got removed

[jampasss]

@Polycarpus23 the most are getting retarted cause of war that's why

[ImJustAPoet]

@Polycarpus23 because everyone isn't wise as you...

[cwolf2035]

@Polycarpus23 .......because... it's almost a triple rainbow!

[Shea354]

@Polycarpus23 Welp...it's jumped up since three months ago. lol

[Smellylethalfarts]

@Polycarpus23

I think you already know the answer to your question...

[LilNaruto9tails]

@Polycarpus23 What's double rainbow?

[kittyma911]

@Polycarpus23 at this time that i'm watching it now has almost 45,000...give it time...people will awaken again & begin to watch videos that have meaning...well at least i hope they do

[hardcoredance123]

@Polycarpus23 check how many it has now

[harlemstutter]

Everytime I hear this I get chills :)

[HynCutie]

@harlemstutter omg me too!

[ratedtp13]

this guy is great! poetry is such an amazing art!

[chells8]

i love this guy!!!! i want to see a live performance

[harlemstutter]

@chells8 He's amazing live, see if he's going near you. I saw Emergen-SEE and it was AWESOME

[i0l0u]

ikr

[KnockoutNed1]

amazing

[andrew49247]

thanks for uploading this, it's amazing!