PR-GTV: Knicks Poetry Slam 2009 - B. Yung - 3rd Place

[dsomanje]

........... Only think to say

[Telaylay95]

This is REAL .. like thats a great thing

[SpokenTruthful]

He should of won....

[desde11]

this one 3rd???? i wanna hear 1st and second

[babylana70]

powerful. chills

[imshannonwilliams]

wow =O

[bohemiansunset117]

Sometimes PSI rules frustrate the hell out of me. Say it with me: FUCK THE TIME!

[BTRmovement]

I watch this poem every single day. It is simply amazing!

Does anyone know the title of this poem?

[BTRmovement]

I watch this every single day. It is simply amazing <3

Does anyone know the title to this poem?

[BTRmovement]

Does anyone know the title to this poem?

[Jolisaaa]

He lost ponts because he went over 3:10. -__-

[therealmarkowen]

The shakiness of the camera adds effect. I can't come up with up a adjective great enough to describe how well he delivered this poem.

[sarasan3]

Got to say that this brought me to tears

[LilJ3rkbaby]

First Impression: Amazing

[LADYBADDLOVEYU]

@toniquica Idk who got first && i seen second after i seen this one && i fell in love ! i was just judging off of first impression ! Bt i love anything B. Yung do !

[Sista11]

Who could have possibly disliked this?? Where is your head at?? This is art!!

[LADYBADDLOVEYU]

OMG he is soo fire ! He should have got first !

[SillyTurtleMatedne]

"She lives 2 blocks from heaven and

just across the street from God..."

[IHopeForTheBest13]

damn.

[MesiahPoet]

Mann, listen. Smh unrealistic.

[chessfreak29]

omfg...im speechless o.o

[nthnsome]

@chessfreak29 You seem to like black dick

[cheesebasterd44]

who got 1st????

[kahlanii2]

Chills

[MissAjaJade]

This video gets to me every time i watch, he puts so much emotion into his poetry, i would LOVE to actually see him in action and not just have to watch his video.

[Dionti1]

I Cant Even Look At This Video Randomly. Something SO SO Very Deep is Extreme !!!!!! I Tear Up Everytime I Watch It. I Try To Be Strong But Its SOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL

[TheAwesomepeople3]

I'm balling my eyes out. How the hell did he get only in first place???

[danteblaze14]

This guy is such an inspiration for me

[dayz179]

how did he come in 3rd place?

[ElleonOnline]

I don't know about you guys, but this made me tear <3

[KemoraandAnthony]

@ElleonOnline it made me cry too :) it was beautiful

[AyeeeRees]

FIRST PLACE HANDS DOWN!

[SlimmyShades]

He should have gotten first place....

[MrLaconic95]

Like no homo but this dude gave me the chills man so much emotion in this poem it ridiculous

[FMay2010]

I Teared Up ...This was amazing 

[iknocrazy17]

im amazed...

[Kat72886]

AMAZIINNNNGGGG!!!!!!!

[MesiahPoet]

My stomach curls everytime I get ready to watch this....

[TheCamisha1]

So they cheated him out of his first place win!!!!

Not saying that the others weren't good but his was just better!!

[prettyfaceDade]

1st place hands down. B.Yung, forget what the judges say,you murdered it.No you merked it,buried it,and got away with murda.IT was original.Listen to the words.I ain't never seen nothing like this,and I'm pretty sure the judges haven't either.So how B.Yung came in 3rd. Winner 1 and 2. WHO??????? :(

[desde11]

third place??????!!!! than i wanna hear 1st...damn

[sexualass]

Wow!  I love it!

[cmillrob]

He was amazing!

[TheeMrsGordon]

OMG! I need to see 1st place if he got 3rd place! This was beautiful... touching... amazing. Wow.

[NappyWigTv]

I watch this everyday. !!!

[Intricate2012]

he was probably over time which resulted in penalties but i am pretty sure he would have gotten first place besides that.

[whyeesha7]

@Intricate2012 how can they put a time limit on something like this?

[Intricate2012]

@whyeesha7 Never mind....there were a lot of people over time if that was the case...look up this guy named Korim. his was like 5 mins

[xxpwincessjamicex]

I LOV3 THISSs ..TOO EMOTIONAL .. TEARs down my cheeks x

[TheMrzross]

B Yung IS ONE THE GREATEST POETS OF THIS GENERATION...!!!!!!!!

[posh0623]

Its not working for me...

[liljazzybaby12]

I've watched this at least five times already, and he has so much intesity as well as so much passion.... I love this poem...

[Speak2MySpirit]

I have officially become a FAN!!!

[1babytee1]

I LOVE dis dude....trully jus love him...Hes so talented!!!!!!

[MesiahPoet]

Thiz shitz iz Insanez!!!!!!!

[2himioall]

this was awesome!!!!

[CSC09LAYDEE]

wWOOWW..TOO GUD

[supergurl8121]

B Yung is one of the greatsest poets of his generation

[BROWNFNB]

i absolutely love this man!!!!!!

[specialk9569]

i got chills

[jacjae2304]

wow

[snakekilla]

this nigga is one of the best i been thinkin that since i heard him spit on the bnv a few years ago

[zayloc23]

dangggggg!this is how good i want to get for real!

[Datdude513]

I've watched this a disturbing amount of times



[erzzr]

chills

[bengals0104]

1ST PLACE SHIT RIGHT HERE

[MesiahPoet]

too much unescessary fucking movements, imma teach him a lesson at nationals lol

[MesiahPoet]

too much unescessary fucking movements, imma teach him a lesson at nationals lol

[TheSilkEffect]

DAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyuuuuuuuummmmmm!!!!!

[Trufullyspeakin]

this join gave me goosebumps! wow!!!

[ptypanda]

3rd place?!?!?!?

dude....man, this kid should have won

&he's amazing!

[mizseductive69]

this was the most touching poem ive ever heard. b yung is truly talented..

[a1cia]

That made me cry! Your are amazing at what you do.

[XotchilCommon]

DAAAAMNN that shit was hot!!!!! snap it up

[TheNinjaboi333]

simply amazing there are no words that can come close to describe his performance.

[queenvisionify]

preaaaaccchhhhhhh!!!!!

[RiotersBlock]

"and Bianca believes rainbows are like angels so she paints one in the sky to let the world know that she is

dancing."

[MsBreJohnson]

Third? wow! he shoulda got way better

[CloudSix6]

I would love to see what got 1st and 2nd place if this was third.

[Qwifey77]

This poem is crazy good! My only thoughts are like third place (insane) First place was what this was suppose to be.

[09AshMck]

It was a deep message in it but i ask myself was he kinda dissing God? you have to listen at the words. overall it was nice but does he believe in God??

[MsAquagurl]

@09AshMck  he does believe in god he sayin the world isnt always as people see it and the blind see more than those that can actually see

[carlito965]

This Niqqahs Beasty Real Talk.

[ktc311]

Is he gay or something?

[taylorohboy767]

they were smoking crack wen they gave him third this was better then kanye at def jam poetry

[Lodipie25]

does any one know the name of this poem

[janepriere]

@Lodipie25 i think it's called she lives. check out his myspace page to find out or his blogspot

[PoeticHarmony1]

OMG!! I can't believe he got third place, this piece was absolute perfection. His words are so powerful and carry such meaning. He is now easily my favorite male poet.

[mikeweckstein]

This poem was so deep. It literally was deep. 3 layers at least. I'm really sorry if this is true. This poem is so sad, but so beautiful.

[essexj6353]

So did anybody else cry on this shit!!!..he is so beautiful, i can listen to him all day

[LiliBful]

I definitely cried. It was so powerful and beautiful.

[janepriere]

@essexj6353 i watched too many times to count n i still cry listenin to this

[aduad]

Unbelievable. Words can't even explain. My favorite poet.

[H34RTL3SSINS4N3]

How in the world of FUCK did this get third place.

I can't tell you how many times I've watched this.

He is a fucking beast.

Check out Choke and I Am A Queen too.

And all the rest shit.

[LiliBful]

I totally agree, I don't know how much better than this a performance can get!

[mikeweckstein]

My Gosh! I swear I was inside of his words. I wrote about fingers going up piano keys before, but I swear, hearing him speak these words with these emotions was deep. Very deep. People should do this more often instead of killing each other.

[ryc345]

Damn

[a1q2s3]

...this was 3rd place?

Somebody made a mistake, this individual needs to be on a new season of Def Jam Poetry.

[Phakaditha]

@a1q2s3 ......I agree.

[SmerCrew4994Pt]

@a1q2s3 Actually, he IS on Brave New Voices. Which is Russel Simonns' TEEN poetry festival.

[Slemon426]

DAMN. this is what a real spitter is. you know when stuff comes from the heart bcuz you cant make up stuff like this and you surely cant make creativity and this wat B Yung has

[anthonydjo]

I'm scared.

[malikj52]

thats from the heart

[MsAdam63]

Wilde said it best. All bad poetry is written with passion. That doesn't mean to say that all poetry written with passion is bad, but I don't see the point in risking my art when I try my hand at poetry. two criticism though. Meter is good he has a lot of it, but I don't know what he's saying half the time. I get the twitching because it's about elctroconvulsive therapy but I also found it distracting. Overall some of the best slam I've seen but I still don't want to take it seriously

[SmerCrew4994Pt]

Seriously, my words and content is SICK,but if I could perform like him,usin the GITSin technique...i would flip,B. Yung is one of the best Spoken word artists ever!!!

[notyouraverageone1]

wow..no words..

[rch52096]

This is crazy how he uses so much detail and emotion and characer in his word they pour out in his rythms and they are just falling from his soul......CRAZY!!

[ScoobysWifey4Lyfe69]

o dope

[NashDatDime]

Oh Wow! i love this poem; it mad me cry mannnnn; that was beautiful; B. yung is one talented man; his flow is so perfect; & he is soo real; i love this dude rite here i could listen to him all day; as a matter of fact im finna watch this video once more;

[MzBKdancer]

OMG>>>DIS BOY IS GNNA MAKE ME CRY

[SamLim1391]

"It's like a holocaust being thrown through the sky"

dam..

[simplylovely17]

love this dude, all of his pieces are amazing.

[Carlpittbull]

damn powerful words brother just powerful

[SecondCitySinner]

dude got twitches lol

[TelevisionMA]

@SecondCitySinner stupid ass..it's part of the performance

[SecondCitySinner]

@TelevistionsMAsterbater

it was a joke,dumbass. it was part of the reason why i said "lol" after it. so check ya self homie

[Mercy055]

OMG!!!

WOW!!

I have chills!!

Love it!

[TEETEE0000001]

1:41 -1:45 what does he actually say?

[rch52096]

comes face to faces with thunder bolts

[510LTC510]

@TEETEE0000001 a non government approved treatment that puts her face to face with thunderbolts and god every week so i ask the doctors. . . .

[TEETEE0000001]

thanks alot.

[TEETEE0000001]

do u know what he says after just first class trip ticks to death beds and .

[510LTC510]

@TEETEE0000001 grave sights tell her that the ECT brings her closer to her brother

[TEETEE0000001]

thanks

[TEETEE0000001]

ok last ? what does he say from 1:42-1:43/4

[younglos]

@A non-goverment approved treatment that puts her face to face with a thunderbolt and God.

[SmerCrew4994Pt]

sad that he got 3rd...n the only reason the guy in 2nd got 2nd...was cuz people could relate to his poem more.

[brandyleshar]

loves it

[MrOvaDhaTop]

When I first heard this piece at a "poetry club" meeting, I cried. I was embarrassed until I saw MANY others around me doing the same. It literally gives you goosebumps. It raped my soul and minimized everything I've ever written to merely words on a page, despite the "10's " I've received at poetry slams and the admittance to the Top writting school in the US and the multiple writing scholarships I've acquired. I am not worthy of being called a writer,

Third Place?

The Judges can drop dead!

[bustabust2435]

i'm not a sensitive dude by any means...i feel like in the past few years ive been thru so much dumb shit its hard to feel things...but this....this gave me goosebumps all up and down my body and i hung on to every last word like a cheap thread from a newborns blanket...so poetic and beautiful it even touches me

[MrOvaDhaTop]

damn

[talent91is]

yea it was an intentionjal pause if u notice the whole tonality of the poem changes, pay attention, and he def deserved 1rst place

[TheBreaker44]

THIS dude is straight-up, raw, natural talent.

[constantlythinkin]

3rrrrrrrrrrrrrrd???? shame...

[livelovelearnlaf]

This Poem was Amazing!, he really performed it!, so many things to think about. the poem that won first place was SOOO cliche'...

He is an amaziNG poet!!!...

man ohh maH ;)..haha

I need me a poet,, darn!

[GPization]

uhmm im sure that if yu look back and follow tha format that he was sayin tha poem he didnt run out of breathe he paused

[errybodyknowme]

he did not win 1st place cuz he blew it at 2:48, if u notice he kind of got stuck and lost his breath for a lil while.

[iSingkeke]

THIS SHOULD HAVE GOT 1ST PLACE

[AsanteISaDANCER]

@iSingkeke Couldnt Have Said It Better..

[chinaaza]

OK, I know pretty much everyone thats commented this video has said this but HOW did this get 3rd place? I do not understand. So much emotion was put into it and was sent out from it. I felt his cousin's pain just by his words. Lyrically and beautifully put B. Yung. You are my new favorite poet.

[taieshaallday]

3rd place he shoulda got 1st...do it all for brooklyn we go hard!!!tht was amazing

[Biggkelz]

smh..

wow

[imajindat]

and this time, she can actually see what a rainbow looks like, and its nothing like piano keys, it's like a holocaust bein thrown through the sky

SICKKKKKK

[imajindat]

how did this not get first place

[vanityrivera]

He definitely should have won this. He is so amazing.

[screweveryoneinlife]

Damn... that was crazy good

[masaydese]

woooooooooow

this poem is amazing...

he did his thang

[Koribaby1]

B. Yung is just so......I can't even say! There just are no words for how something this boy is! <3

[ClAsSoF2o09]

I luv him!!! He is a great poet.

[liljerseygirl13]

this is the reason i love the written word my favorite poem. tears flow. beautiful preformance

[TheMusicMonstaDre]

he mst deff do i swear i cudnt stop thinkin bout this in class 2daii

[adizzie1]

i think he deserved 1st place. no direspect to the others that placed but he was best in my opinion. i would love to meet him. he reminds me of Nas. both are very talented and the look alike!

[charliegirl3]

I agree. Ol' boy touched my soul with this one.

[raishad2009]

I Almost Cried! That Was Beautiful!

[augabut]

I feel that you only get a few special voices in each generation at on time there was Tupac and when it came to Spoken word you had Saul Williams i think this young man is in the category enjoy him while he's here because the great ones don't last long

[ChrisPaulWifey3]

I love all his poetry.. this is amazing!!!

[samiiwack]

beautiful poem; fav poet !!

[MrDeeXnuts]

THis iS crazy...Beautiful>>>> Everything a poem should be....I need to meet this dude... Dam... I've listend to this poem over and over again.... And I'll continue to do so...

[iRaiwkz]

wow that touched me like... i dont know what to say but damn

[djromancehart]

THE BEST POEM I EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!

[JazyJaz112]

im speechless right now i don't even know what to say...... this poem left me in aww, truely powerful

[kuhyoute]

ugh!....im good but DAMN!! will i EVER be this good??

[lilboodtown]

this is a piece of garbage. he should take a lesson because he sucks

[nicy2013]

haha you are a joke

[taedosh]

he should of got 1st but the second place winner was guud 2 they were both better than the first place winner she should of got 3rd

[Faimafeeeleeex3]

damn, that was powerful . NICE!

he should have gotten 1st*

[lexhotone718]

{speechless}..................­.

[JazzySlim35]

GOD i hate him! He almost made me cry

[heartonfeb12]

damnn HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN FIRST PLACE but second place winner was good too

[tyty0994lucy]

girl mines too

[bballano31]

You mean to tell me this guy didn't win?

[jjt53]

Brotha iz goin places, I have to listen to his words like everyday...yall should check out sum of the other poems he has like:

*choke...(dis iz on point, makes u think)

*I am a queen... (dis shiit here go hard)

*change... (sum deep ass words)

He has more but these are the ones that I LUV...until he comes out wit sum more (of course ; O P)

[tenfoldsoffspring]

I seen first place and second place....second place was good but it was boring and dead......first place was deceent but not impressive...B should've won this one foreall man because his write was alive andheartfelt AND impressive and the BEST

[so2009]

he should have been 1st place

[biskamal00]

these are the most powerful words uttered. 1st place