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From: taylormali
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  • Listen to it drunk. Even better.

  • SOOOOO GOOOOOOD

  • That had me on the floor...

  • I love this man. His words roll and take life of their own

  • You kind of sound like Tom Hanks when you raise your voice. It's awesome.

  • I have watched these videos more than I can express. I love it.

  • I had the most mixed feelings about this guy until i saw this video.

    wow.

    <3

  • You're amazing! I would love to interpret you into Portuguese!

  • The "Heat of the Moment" reference won me over completely.

  • Mr. Mali only said "herpes" four times.

  • @fyermind : Count again.

  • i love your stuff

  • Come to Jamaica :D

  • I see this was already posted, and I love this guy (he's actually got me interested in poetry), but wasn't this Carlin's bit?

  • I loved this. Thanks :)

  • Do you remember when we used to dance?

  • Outstanding.

  • A modern man, and perhaps the next follow in Carlin's footsteps.

  • And it all began with Orson Welles

  • He is so awesome!

  • I sent him an email my senior year to see if he could stop by during my poetry club since he was doing a college in the area. He came just for the hell of it.

  • Mali is amazing. My friend got me into Def Poetry and we showed some of his videos during writing camp, he truly amazed me. This is one of my favorite readings by him. It as humor, charisma but a serious message, it really grabbed my attention.

  • great comment - they are rare on Youtube lol

  • Everything is just bloody perfect. His idea is perfectly portrayed, the style it is written in is even perfect. Just amazing

  • this is fricking awesome.

  • Kill haha

  • I want to know him...

  • taylor mali is the man

  • who said he is woman?

  • fabulous

  • I love your smile! It's so mischievous. :3

    It's like you're plotting...

  • Sticks and stone may break your bones; but words will fuckin kill you.

    haha, Mr. Mali is great xD I love almost all of his work that I've heard, funny, and powerful :3

  • Absolutely amazing. This is one of my favorite videos. I love his word play and humor.

  • he is actually amazing lol

    like his words g's

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  • "Is viagra right for me?"

    Dont Let the words confuse, dont let the lies fill, because, sticks and stones can break your bones, but my words are gona fucking kill you.

  • How do you do this? I mean.. how are you so articulate and poetic? It seems so natural to you.

  • he sounds like obama

  • This man is a literary hero.

  • @DiosGX You appear to have made a spelling error. Shouldn't that be "literal" hero. :)

  • @archistrage get over yourself mate.

  • @archistrage no its a literary hero as in a hero of literature... like a vegetable hero if he was talking about vegetables

  • @archistrage /facepalm

  • Absolutely amazing. :)

  • ... YOU are amazing.

  • just brilliant

  • Thank you for all that you do Mr. Mali. You're an amazing author, teacher and speaker, and you change the lives of anyone priveleged anough to hear or read any one of your poems. Thank you.

  • I have a live performance of "What Teachers Make" on my myspace page and I watch it regularly. I just finished my 4th year of college and sometimes I just need a little reminder of why I'm doing what I'm doing to be a teacher. Thank you!

    AND I love this poem.

    Like, you know? lol!

  • I'm starting my pgce next year mostly thanks to the inspiration Taylor Mali gave me in "what teachers make"

  • Hey Taylor, I saw you perform this in the booming metropolis of High Falls, N.Y. a few years back. Now that I'm working as a V/O artist, I just had to hear this piece again.

    Thanks for posting it. A visit I just paid to your website was also quite refreshing. Keep up the phenomenal work!

  • you are amazing!

  • lol who wouldnt wan this guy for a teacher?

    how awesome would that be?

  • Damn...Just...Damn...

  • lol... this is bomb. I love this guy

  • you're right Mr. Mali you do look like an FBI agent with your haircut

  • Can you be my teacher???

  • Please be my sensai.

  • I have to say that YOU are the voice over my shoulders I hear when I teach. Keep doing what you do and have fun buddy!!!

  • ♥

  • The guy has a gift! Thanks for sharing!

  • You're my hero

  • this guy is the greatest

  • Taylor Mali has a Youtube account?!?!?! Sweet.

  • Come teach my English class.

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