It's not cool to put down an entire race and language for being savage and having killed people. The generalization is so broad, it points not to a trend of violence but to narrow minds. America brought back democracy, and now all the western world's doing it.
That tradition of conquest is why they can put this on the internet, where you and I watch it in air conditioned homes, in comfortable chairs. Conquest has done good things for me, for you, and for them. They would do well to remember so.
damn.. I really just can't get enough of this. I mean I consider myself a sensational poet, and I love hearing other poetry, but none that i hear, i feel has never said the things I say, that you scream..
I liked some phrases that they used in the poem but overall, most of the messages they're trying to put across are just gay. I mean come on... "semen seeping from bloody wounds." Faggots. I wonder who brain washed them.
Ha ha yeah I know I'm going to get some negative comments or poor comment votes but it's the truth.
Well, all I have to say is that your mind is CLOSED with a capital LOSE. The reason why my generation is in such a dangerous state is because people like YOU are being BRAIN WASHED into believing in the status-quo normal.-which is, anything out of the ordinary is GAY, WEIRD, not worth anything. Do you even know what gay means? Do you even know what WEIRD means?
Because you see, in reality, in REALity, these guys are the only non-brain-washed ones because they're fed up with the status-quo.
half the art of it is the performance. anything on paper can sound different to anyone in their head, but dramatizing it like this brings it out much more.. but you are true, it isn't the best written, but they presented it very well.
Wow whether you realize it or not you just wrote i poem. A small and insignificant poem but either way, your gay. According to your own words at least.
That would depend. If you're talking about a gardening instrument, then it's "hoe."
If you're talking about a woman of the night, it's "ho." I'd imagine from "hooker" but I'm not a linguist.
Also, you both really blew that out of proportion. It's amazing what a little embarrassment, conceit, and arrogance can do when combined with anonymity.
i was bored in parts i was not annoyed but sorta uncomfortable in others yet i really liked other parts fashionable revolution and .. well especially the part about cain face turing pale and so on ...
Your an IDIOT. But they never said that that was illeagal. This was crazy good, I got goose bumps several times, and if you cant appericiate what theyre saying, maybe it's because you have the intelligence of a cricket, and the voice of one.
i am not an idiot... i have my views and they are shared by others, i do not discredit this poem, i have often sent it to friends and peers of mine many of whom have shared similar views to my own. It's hard for me to fathom that someone who seems to enjoy this type of poetry would be soo narrow minded as to call another person an idiot just because they dont share the same views as yourself.
history will forget you' a friend of mines says to you and like minded people.
Hey I am from the Jackson Heights Poetry Festival and I really love all this content. Please check out my page and watch the video from last year's festival and check out our website. We're growing and expanding and I want to welcome everyone and hope that you guys can give me some feedback!
I've watched these videos and listened to this poetry a hundred times over the past year, and they still get me. These poets are the type of people we need. Thank you so much.
Wow, for their age, it's an insightful message. I like the part about a "socialist portrait" on our t-shirts. It's true. Good: Half the kids who wear the Che t-shirts don't know who he is. Even better? Neither do half my teachers.
Seriously? You are going to sit here and put down intellectual poetry that these students made when the majority of students sit on their asses and play video games? If you can sit here and specualte about their lives let me speculate about yours. You are an adult who feels the need to put down students who have done more with their high school career than you probably did. Who am I? I am a high school teacher.
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Poor, over-priviledged white kid. I feel your struggle. You know what you are talking about, you self-important asses. You 2 listen to too much Rage Against the Machine. Why all the negative Catholic references and no other religion. You started with current events but don't talk about ethnic cleansing or clitorectomies done by Muslim tribes. Just the easy, religious target...Christianity.
Maybe there are alot of negaive refrances to the catholic church because they catholic church funded the murders of people who refused to convert. check it out research what roman and spanish catholics did to people in south america.
(extention of the last comment) Yes I do agree that clitorectomies are horrible how ever there is a line between strange cruel tradition and murder in the name a "God". Don't get to bent up about the catholic thing all religons have a bloody past specifically the monotheistic religons. the thing is people will do ne thing for "God". Christianity is a easy target because they have one of the bloodiest pasts For ex. The crusaids(forgive my spelling)
Because the catholic chruch is a much better example of a religion whuch funded and insisted upon "conquest" (the title of their poem) than other religions. Especially in america and south america when it was discovered (which they discuss specifically). They decided if the people there were savages, they could be killed, if they were civilised they couldn't be. The criteria? If they convert to christianity, they're civilised, if they don't-they're savages, and can be murdered.
wow, thats cool. hey, I'm in a poetry slam next week. anyone with tips/suggestions, please e-mail me. I've never done or been to one, so I'm not sure what I should do. thanks.
groundbreaking, i havent heard any anti-war fodder from a
"poet/artist" yet.....you might want to take a look at yourself a little closer. Then take a real good look at "them". Anyways, off to write my anti-guy who writes anti-war poetry, poetry
why wouldn't it bug you, it probably stands against what you believe in, the truth hurts when heard, somethimes angry lyrics are needed, not everything is jolly, actually almost everything in this country is foul
absolutely astoundingly,breathtaking. Go Go and tell it to the world. because it seems noone really listens anymore, of course,unless it affects them.Loved it!
It's not cool to put down an entire race and language for being savage and having killed people. The generalization is so broad, it points not to a trend of violence but to narrow minds. America brought back democracy, and now all the western world's doing it.
That tradition of conquest is why they can put this on the internet, where you and I watch it in air conditioned homes, in comfortable chairs. Conquest has done good things for me, for you, and for them. They would do well to remember so.
commentxxpolice 1 year ago
absolutely amazing,absolutellllllly amazing.wonderful,i am blown away you guys are .SO MUCH
tristatoxicity 1 year ago 2
A way to have your voice be heard without filters and the full range of the infinite mind.
Finally.
Much love towards slam poetry.
covi0919 1 year ago 4
damn.. I really just can't get enough of this. I mean I consider myself a sensational poet, and I love hearing other poetry, but none that i hear, i feel has never said the things I say, that you scream..
rastafyme 2 years ago
Those sentences were strung together pretty shoddily for a "sensational" poet.
ElBandito47 1 year ago
The dude in green moves too much in my opinion. But it is really good :) I love how they presented it
WrittenSound 2 years ago
I'm in love. I'm in love! Beautiful! Absolutely phenominal!
LupaDove 2 years ago 14
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corn7777777 2 years ago
we watched this in school
collzeen 2 years ago
Omg we did too!
Panndia 2 years ago
I liked some phrases that they used in the poem but overall, most of the messages they're trying to put across are just gay. I mean come on... "semen seeping from bloody wounds." Faggots. I wonder who brain washed them.
Ha ha yeah I know I'm going to get some negative comments or poor comment votes but it's the truth.
RoflCopterofJustice 2 years ago
Well, all I have to say is that your mind is CLOSED with a capital LOSE. The reason why my generation is in such a dangerous state is because people like YOU are being BRAIN WASHED into believing in the status-quo normal.-which is, anything out of the ordinary is GAY, WEIRD, not worth anything. Do you even know what gay means? Do you even know what WEIRD means?
Because you see, in reality, in REALity, these guys are the only non-brain-washed ones because they're fed up with the status-quo.
kimciotola 2 years ago
and also, do you know what "semen seeping from bloody wounds" means? Does your brain-washed mind have the capability of realizing what that means?
kimciotola 2 years ago
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RoflCopterofJustice 2 years ago
holy shit awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AgeOfTheMasses 2 years ago
that was good i liked it
cwdhumphrey 2 years ago
Yes, melodrama makes mediocre writing sound great.
curriedmussels 2 years ago 2
half the art of it is the performance. anything on paper can sound different to anyone in their head, but dramatizing it like this brings it out much more.. but you are true, it isn't the best written, but they presented it very well.
xMWxFITZ 2 years ago 2
thats why this type of poetry isnt just poetry, irs more performance art thing anything
npoc 2 years ago
Daaaaaaaamn. I am so impressed. Very well done.
AshleyNicoleBarela 2 years ago
wow!
xhumdedumx 3 years ago
excellent!!
xhumdedumx 3 years ago
meh
liberator77 3 years ago
omg. i loved it.
gymnophobia 3 years ago
*content
Sorry
Wolvesofmibu666 3 years ago
The sound was kinda bad, but I really enjoyed the comment
Wolvesofmibu666 3 years ago
lol i liked it. music would make it alot more dramatic.
bruhmayne 3 years ago
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at the end of the day
poetry is still gay
status1hitch 3 years ago
If you don't like poetry, then why are watching this?
And anyone strong enough to get up and speak their words with such rhythm and emotion deserves applause and more respect than you've shown these guys.
littlemissr17 3 years ago
and at the same end, of the same day,
stateboarding amounts to nothing.
devo5 3 years ago
true, i hate stateboarding. all those boarders of state.
status1hitch 3 years ago
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"at the end of the day
poetry is still gay"
Wow whether you realize it or not you just wrote i poem. A small and insignificant poem but either way, your gay. According to your own words at least.
Ignoramus.
GangstaFarva 3 years ago
that was the joke.
whose the ignoramus now ho?
status1hitch 3 years ago
Yeah whatever you say man, i'm sure your not lying now that you know how fucking stupid you are.
GangstaFarva 3 years ago
I'm not the one who is to retarded to see the joke in my initial comment. I also don't use big words like ignoramus to feel smart. fatass.
status1hitch 3 years ago
Whatever you have say to make your self seem less of a dumb ass man. Oh and since when is a 9 letter word a "long word?" lol
GangstaFarva 3 years ago
Ask almost anybody, they will say its a "big word."
call me a dumbass all you want. I will amount to more than you ever will.
status1hitch 3 years ago
Lmao alright ill put it right on my to do list to ask everyone i know that.
And alright since i dont know you ill give you the benifit of the doubt and just give you the whole you'll amount to more than me comment.
GangstaFarva 3 years ago
Um... you spelled Hoe wrong.. there's an e (idiot)... what?
RoflCopterofJustice 3 years ago
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The no e in ho, you fucking retard.
TNTWhackyProductions 3 years ago
"The no e in ho" ? Wow I think you're the fucking retard... what the Hell were you even trying to say? dumb ass.
RoflCopterofJustice 3 years ago
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"The no e in ho" Wow i think you are the fucking retard. What the Hell were you even trying to say? Dumb Ass
RoflCopterofJustice 3 years ago
Like YOU could do better?
Dashdude5 2 years ago
That would depend. If you're talking about a gardening instrument, then it's "hoe."
If you're talking about a woman of the night, it's "ho." I'd imagine from "hooker" but I'm not a linguist.
Also, you both really blew that out of proportion. It's amazing what a little embarrassment, conceit, and arrogance can do when combined with anonymity.
loganberry30 2 years ago
Yes it is amazing... just look at you your comment. It's proof. Jeez replying to a comment that's a month old....
RoflCopterofJustice 2 years ago
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loganberry30 2 years ago
Breathtaking!
curtiscrush 3 years ago
i was bored in parts i was not annoyed but sorta uncomfortable in others yet i really liked other parts fashionable revolution and .. well especially the part about cain face turing pale and so on ...
nemo528 3 years ago
Your an IDIOT. But they never said that that was illeagal. This was crazy good, I got goose bumps several times, and if you cant appericiate what theyre saying, maybe it's because you have the intelligence of a cricket, and the voice of one.
lolagurlx0x0 3 years ago
i am not an idiot... i have my views and they are shared by others, i do not discredit this poem, i have often sent it to friends and peers of mine many of whom have shared similar views to my own. It's hard for me to fathom that someone who seems to enjoy this type of poetry would be soo narrow minded as to call another person an idiot just because they dont share the same views as yourself.
history will forget you' a friend of mines says to you and like minded people.
nemo528 3 years ago 4
these guys are fucking great!
"a fashionable revolution" fucking genius
dustcakegrrl 3 years ago
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shmacy 3 years ago
absolutely amazing
SexEJuggalette4Life 3 years ago
speechless
a15hah 3 years ago
Seriously, these guys are amazing! I wish I had something less dumb to say, but they are rock!
Cunnus777 3 years ago
check out a musician namesd K'naan. His music is very much influenced by spoken word poetry, if you like this, you wil probably like his music
fizzy23 3 years ago
They do have a good teamwork, yet i was expecting something else, ephemeral rap or poetry?... who knows.
Iluvatar900 3 years ago
who are these guys? They are great!
dillshell 3 years ago 2
I wanna marry you, kay?
AmyNicol8 3 years ago 2
Very cool.
quibily 3 years ago
Good performances, young and talented, keep up the great work boys.
PoetHunter 3 years ago
thats awesome
purplestar417 3 years ago
I've watched these videos and listened to this poetry a hundred times over the past year, and they still get me. These poets are the type of people we need. Thank you so much.
splasia 3 years ago
Wow, for their age, it's an insightful message. I like the part about a "socialist portrait" on our t-shirts. It's true. Good: Half the kids who wear the Che t-shirts don't know who he is. Even better? Neither do half my teachers.
littlemissr17 3 years ago 3
Really good. I disagree, but still great presentation.
MojoSavage64 3 years ago
Wow that was amazing! Sehr gut!
DEEMUSICBUG 4 years ago
Oh and another thing, I'm Catholic, too.
HSteacher21 4 years ago
Seriously? You are going to sit here and put down intellectual poetry that these students made when the majority of students sit on their asses and play video games? If you can sit here and specualte about their lives let me speculate about yours. You are an adult who feels the need to put down students who have done more with their high school career than you probably did. Who am I? I am a high school teacher.
P.S. I love Rage Against the Machine.
HSteacher21 4 years ago 38
After reading brenthow1's comments, I really felt like replying with a very anti-christian comment.
However, after reading your comments, I reminded myself that a simple "I think you're a nutjob" to brenthow1, and a "Thank you" to you will suffice.
Solett 4 years ago
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Poor, over-priviledged white kid. I feel your struggle. You know what you are talking about, you self-important asses. You 2 listen to too much Rage Against the Machine. Why all the negative Catholic references and no other religion. You started with current events but don't talk about ethnic cleansing or clitorectomies done by Muslim tribes. Just the easy, religious target...Christianity.
brenthow1 4 years ago
Maybe there are alot of negaive refrances to the catholic church because they catholic church funded the murders of people who refused to convert. check it out research what roman and spanish catholics did to people in south america.
Jinijojo 4 years ago
(extention of the last comment) Yes I do agree that clitorectomies are horrible how ever there is a line between strange cruel tradition and murder in the name a "God". Don't get to bent up about the catholic thing all religons have a bloody past specifically the monotheistic religons. the thing is people will do ne thing for "God". Christianity is a easy target because they have one of the bloodiest pasts For ex. The crusaids(forgive my spelling)
Jinijojo 4 years ago
Because the catholic chruch is a much better example of a religion whuch funded and insisted upon "conquest" (the title of their poem) than other religions. Especially in america and south america when it was discovered (which they discuss specifically). They decided if the people there were savages, they could be killed, if they were civilised they couldn't be. The criteria? If they convert to christianity, they're civilised, if they don't-they're savages, and can be murdered.
han090 3 years ago
I'm quite sure that next time, they'll do everything they can to focus on ALL the injustices in the world in the 3.5 minuets they are given.
Sorry that they let you down.
hllblly413 3 years ago 2
wow.
Great dynamics!
BchangingN 4 years ago
good teamwork, but the message is so cliche. We are all victims; I know I am because I just sat through this rubbish.
gprop3 4 years ago
man this is really good. thanks for the inspiration
sbrawley 4 years ago 3
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this isnt as good as the retard ones
godamnit1111 4 years ago
columbus didnt slaughter cubanos
FalselyAccused6 4 years ago
tainos
jumpnjza2 4 years ago
good god...this is amazing..
jumpnjza2 4 years ago
Damn, speak the truth!
bruskin84 4 years ago
wow, thats cool. hey, I'm in a poetry slam next week. anyone with tips/suggestions, please e-mail me. I've never done or been to one, so I'm not sure what I should do. thanks.
jfreak77sgirl 4 years ago
That was incredible!
Two poets performing one poem with trade off lines like that always makes me happy.
MrJ4ck 4 years ago
This was amazing. I got chills.
Mujitsu 4 years ago
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I can't respect anything that I know I can easily do.
Thecorrectopinion 4 years ago
ppl like the ones below me will never amount to full potential...ugh. waste of intelligent potential.
damelo414 4 years ago
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poetry slam is silly
wodnerduck 4 years ago
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jabop 4 years ago
GREAT POETRY! The youth will change this world...why they still teach that Columbus "discovered" America...is beyond me...
Teach on Young People
aquariusluv17 4 years ago 3
word up to the sky little homies. be contagious!
xwrongway 4 years ago
i love non-retarded poetry slam
MAsterKakashi6 4 years ago
impressive!
xtream88 4 years ago
Amazing. That was inspiring. And how young are these kids? Where can I find the text of the poem?
atticus900 4 years ago
haha, wow
hazybluesky 4 years ago
Oh god, what a dissapointment! I honestly thought this said "NATIONALIST Poetry Slam"
Now THAT would have been interesting. Instead, the same old pretentious Leftist crap with new faces... boooring!!!
utube9000 4 years ago
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poetry?? LOL THIS IS A WASTE OF FUCKING TIME! poetry is useless. man they have too much time on their hands. they should spare me some.
KotobaNoHana 4 years ago
i hope u dont like because rap is poetry with rhythm
yenner 4 years ago
There are no retards in this poetry slam...
flamelupe 4 years ago 3
It is stuff like this that makes me happy the no child left behind act has not yet happened. Someone said treason, well i say keep it up! *clap*
jmil02 4 years ago
havent you heard? It's not no child left behind its no child left a dime. Our great president
naturesplague05 4 years ago
brilliant.
absolutly brilliant.
keeeeller24 4 years ago
treason
llamasong29 4 years ago
haha they sound like theyre possessed
josh10289 4 years ago
finally some real real emotion and heart in someones words
secretsweshare 4 years ago
the worlds filled with hate/violence, some things you really cant change
onewiththepc 4 years ago
groundbreaking, i havent heard any anti-war fodder from a
"poet/artist" yet.....you might want to take a look at yourself a little closer. Then take a real good look at "them". Anyways, off to write my anti-guy who writes anti-war poetry, poetry
TheLifeofEdward 4 years ago
NOW This is what im talking about
venetianfaith 4 years ago
damn, i just watched Isaac today in in Berkeley and he placed 4th and wow, he's crazy good
LiLxbuRdy 4 years ago
people like this make d world a beta place... speak d truth. not every thing is all rosey. bless *clappssss* kenken
knight4rider 4 years ago
why wouldn't it bug you, it probably stands against what you believe in, the truth hurts when heard, somethimes angry lyrics are needed, not everything is jolly, actually almost everything in this country is foul
sownwad 4 years ago
You've guys got talent, keep it up!
hannesolof 4 years ago
if you don't like it, then hush. these guys are great.
dannaaaah 4 years ago
Really? These people bug me.
ilovesolomon 5 years ago
why?
I know why they bug me. Why do they bug you??
awdgurl1 5 years ago
absolutly incredible
lyfe411 5 years ago
I can't hear it. The volume is very low and I hear lots of other videos, no problem. Can you post it louder?
fbreen 5 years ago
turn up your volume
thecrass1 4 years ago
Is he wearin a Wayne State University jacket?
Detroit4Eva 5 years ago
this was real cool, guys! smart and nice rhythm, overall just real sick
catchmusic425 5 years ago
An Icelandic guy says
We have fire - You have fire
We have ice - You have ice
Just keep in mind dont fight fire with fire, or ice with ice.
wondersigur 5 years ago
this is great glad i could see it. thank you to the poets.
siddious 5 years ago
Wow! This gives me hope. I thought our youth had learned nothing from our past,but this gives me hope.
WillCutYou 5 years ago
absolutely astoundingly,breathtaking. Go Go and tell it to the world. because it seems noone really listens anymore, of course,unless it affects them.Loved it!
ambercatgoddess 5 years ago
respect
caodefila 5 years ago
argh! i loved this one too! =]
FLiPDaT 5 years ago
So, I almost cried when I watched it.
Really really good.
GenerationWhyMe 5 years ago
anyone got the lyrics of this?
Samcaracha 5 years ago
Uh oh!... The children are learning. :) With the help of young ones like these our country might have a future.
Taharca 5 years ago
dis hsyt was tight its going on my first favs lists keep up the good work my computer coldnt let me hear it either for a couple of munutes
heartandsoul1455 5 years ago
*speechless*
AnotherShySoul 5 years ago
yo dis shows dat us kids can still rip it like the old folks..respect!
Aliya01 5 years ago
i dnt kn0 if its my c0mputer but i cant hear them 4 shit
lameeze09 5 years ago
beautiful!
MusicalMind 5 years ago
damn,,i liked that!woohoo lol much respect
starstyl33 5 years ago