Brave New Voices 2010 - "Favorite Color"

[coldhearted0420]

that's my friend jay!! i never get tired of this poem!! =D

[Bitesized05]

Absolutely Beautiful ! Props !

[MsWhit2013]

dang :'( this seriously makes me cry, the part that made me cry the most was when everyone ran up to hug her. This makes me grateful to have a mother because it brought tears to my eyes to even think of how i would feel if my mom didnt love me.

[Minecraft9468]

I feel for her

[mmj32Showtime]

This poem reminded me of my mom .. I still dont know her favorite color ... I wonder if she knows mine ... :/

[gigglesgay]

My heart goes out to her

[tanis1110]

@Legacybabe824 this poem about one of the kids, out of four children, who's mom hated them becuz they were all born to look like their fathers (black) instead if like her (white) follow this helped. :)

[Legacybabe824]

Can someone please explain this?

[raisharde]

@Legacybabe824 Her mother doesn't like her or pay her any attention because she is darkskinned she feels her mother doesn't love her. She wishes she could be her mothers favorite color & would do whatever it takes to become that color, even die just so her mother would show any love towards her.

[lmcgee]

jesus

[Lala2thick2stick]

i love this poem so much! so many ppl don't even know about this poem because they don't show the poetry slam on showtime anymore!

[lucero3606]

I love this one!! But my heart goes out to her

[brohamm94]

That was Beautiful(:

[DaSheppardGurls]

thats deep!

[CindyVortex1408]

Holy shit she reminds me of myself :( such a beautiful poem & girl

[morganfreemanismydad]

ALWAYS makes me cry. damn.

[TheAshRich]

makes me cry. i can relate soo much, love it!

[LilBittSmokesAhLOUD]

Damn This Was Deep As Shitt Mmmmmmmm .

[psychotsunade]

Every single time I hear this, I cry and cry because she just gets it. Even just thinking about this poem, I cry.

[TashaG16]

She is so beautiful. Good poem too.

[2013Desha]

mad me cry

[iCANiDejance]

this is like my daily thing. i always watching. and i feel like i have to watch this and i agree w/ [tondymoorelol15] my life isn't that bad. i always thought it was, but this poem makes me think about life and others.

- "that all five of us are in fact your favorite color... "

[MCSlover12]

This poem makes me burst into tears!!! :)

[tondymoorelol15]

this is my favorite poem it makes me thik about what other ppl go through and that my life isnt that bad i am sorry for erything yu go through

[iCANiDejance]

@ 1:11 it skips 17 lines of the poem. so this isn't the whole poem. BUT thank you for uploading this video. this really made me cry. i loved this poem. she is just amazing! she really got into deatils.. :'( 

[LosDuffau10]

I'm speechless...absolutely riveting...

[RandaFulzs]

.....I love her and this poem is just beautiful

[kiana5600]

from the look on her face when she first step to the mic from the first breath she took from beginning to end i was silent and everything stop . jay pen game is amazingly beautiful . hope to see more from her .

[AshaCattette]

I cried because I could see myself as her whenever I am around my grandmother; she likes me but I want her to love me...

[TheVoiceofLyndra]

@AshaCattette im so sorry. im sure u are someone who deserves to be loved. <3

[BriMarquis]

I wish I could like this 1000 times over

[BarlowBabehhh]

oh god the first time i saw this i was in tears from the first word..her passion...incredible..

[maybeitsapandemic]

she definitely was speaking in metaphor

[trinichic210]

she scared the shit out of me at the end. but i fucking loved it!!!!!

[ThisKid1196]

dang.. you know this poem meant something to her if she was crying before she started..love this girl ' :)

[w314eva1]

This is DEEP! wow!

[93gayle]

who was the 10 insensitive dumass who dislike this pure discription her true inner emotions .. ..unperseptive pll

[VONiiE8]

Yeah. She's def. crazy. The look in her eyes she said "humans just have crazy tendencies when they want someone to love them" admits crazy. But BEAUTiFUL poem tho.I wish was lyrically AWESOME like these spoken word artists.

[662snoop1]

@VONiiE8 She crazy for her mother love... The kind of love that every child should get from their mother... That unconditional love....

[dopeeflowCOLE]

i'm in tears.

[luvleeize]

Man, I love this.

[misskimhall]

Wow!!! I'm crying... This is a powerful poem. I want to hug her and let her know she is loved, even if I don't know her. I love her spirit.

[Loothie14]

oh my goodness this touched me so much . <3

[93gayle]

i could not stop crying .. wow

[MsHope08]

Favorite video ever. Wish I could like this a million times.

[bideeg5]

This brings tears to my time every time I watch it. So beautiful <3

[chaay25]

I absolutely love this poem and thaya not even the whole Poem HBO Edited some on it out but I found the whole poem on youtube though

[ELISEilyu94]

i cry for jay everytime<3

[area201soprano]

Damn!!!!

[shishaayo]

That was... heartbreaking.

[4naturalgirlsonly]

gives me chills everytime

[MsSeximama22]

wow!! i am still crying and ive watched this woman speak the poem 5 times today!!!

[briannorby9143]

Beautiful!!!!! Got me crying AND speechless!! OMG :'''')

[mssecretasianninja]

she makes me want to cry, to hug he....to love her.

[vonnababii09]

makes me cry everytime ii watch this.....ii feel her on this

[vonnababii09]

@clicheanonperson poetry doesnt always involve snapping...plus this deserves the applause

[shinsinstar]

Can Somebody Explain This Too Me A Lil More Like Why Dose t Her Mom Love Them ? Please Help.

[PercyWife]

Her Mom Was Prolly in The Audience She was gon tear that booty up LBSSS

[koolgurl402]

i'm watching this from my laptop and i actually started clapping even though no one heard me... amazing work. i can tell you meant every word.

[usher0816]

Wow! Beautiful :)

[Glynnisable]

Wow.

[gangstapuffers]

you go girl i love this poem so much.

[Zoe2011ish1]

I know this feeling... I know this all too well.

[MikeabellM3]

@Zoe2011ish1 reminds me of my "house"

[love4niggers]

@Zoe2011ish1 what do you mean? if you dont mind me asking..

[spiderlegzz]

i just feel her n this bcuz as she crys i do also bcuz i knw where she is cumn from. dang i reli knw hw she feels WOW!

[suchafabdollbaybie]

i cry everytime...i seen dis on tv

[anashuby]

damn

[OneCraYzeeChk7]

This was so moving. Holding back the tears just felt so wrong.

[dionnhajenkins]

OHMYGOODNESS this is soo sad <3

[temecalh]

Touching I cry'd through the whole thing a mother who doesn't love you is horrible she would drown her self to become pale I mean really she would drown herself it's horrible the poem is touching and deep and mixed up filled with love and hate filled with desperation for her mothers love wow it traveled deep in my heart and all I can really say is wow and everything else I put

[annggu]

Hey~ idont get the lines between "To unbraid your spine from a roach egg infested headboard" and "I bet its red". Please help >.<

[TheLyricaldiva]

@annggu "your five children sit, campfire cylinder style around playing guessing games about it"

[annggu]

@TheLyricaldiva Thank you so very much

[annggu]

Her name is Natalage Davis right?

[sasukezfan]

i know how she feels....her poem is beautiful

[annggu]

Hey~ If you dont mind, can i have the lyrics for this?

[Nubian69100]

Amazing!

[ragealmighty]

Wow!



[itskeythedfordnigga]

LET ME WOMAN UP.... i cried

[Yungbabii15]

This poem is sooo touching ; Even when she performed this for my school i loved it since then; I teared the first time I heard this poem

[FurtureQue23]

TEARS RUNING DOWN MY FACE!

[Chellita015]

This poem is amazing. I love it. Definitely heartfelt. I wish I could've been in the crowd and been one to embrace her. It's good to let it out. Speak about the burdens we hold onto everyday. I think I will post some of my spoken word up. Jesus please wrap your arms around this girl. Keep her, guide her, and know that you care and love her enough to help to put ppl in her life that will help with the void of her mother's love. AMEN.

[nolajasper]

wow

[YoPoeticSource]

wow, she's a wonderful poet.

[cockchipper]

you have me crying like a baby.<3

[jusbreezybri]

in tears this truly hits home and im onli 19 i kno how sad this is for especially begin this young sometimes all u every realli need is a heartfelt embrace wen they all ran to her i kno she felt a release it worked for me

[Sookyjo1]

Wow. Too Deep. I just cried

[NathanT69]

This girl is so brave. She spoke that from her heart in front of millions off people and one of this people was probably her mother. I know that must've been unbearably tough for her.

[dxluva]

why you make me cry because why .. that was heart i would love to be at one of those readings..

[calcully]

In tears...I know this feeling all too well, but it was just me.

[adbrownmusicguru]

She killed it,

Anybody who doesn't agree

is DEAF DUMB.

[Biddledits]

Just because she is a woman of color doesn't mean she's talking about it. As lovers of poetry can you not see passed a look? Let's give it a different take, maybe she's talking purely in metaphor. Maybe she's asking why can't her mother love her and her siblings purely for who they are, they're own individual color.

[everpwr90]

@Biddledits - That's exactly how I interpreted it.

[mrzpunkin]

@Biddledits &ifeel that's exactly what she says.

she wants her mother to love her just as much as she loves her favorite color.

[cayterr]

damn girl

[MrAronnin]

Her mom is black. She's saying her mom doesn't notice her at all. So if she was her moms favorite color than she would finally be loved because she was finally her moms favorite. P.S. She alittle bit dark to have a white mom

[jamaicancutie1000]

that really made me cry, i'm just unsure what she's talking about, did her mom abandon them because they were too dark or something, was she white? can someone please explain it to me?

[TheAaliyahMichael]

If you disliked this your an ASSSSSS , 

[HollywoodHill424]

this poem is heart touching, what is even more amazing, she's 17 when she wrote it, i think its safe to say that no matter what age u are u can experience some crazy things, much respect for her for building the courage to say that not jus in front of a packed crowd but on a show for hbo

[monasue53]

so im reading so of the comments, what exctaly is she talking about then, some ppl saying her mom is white? I think her mom just doesnt like her skin color

[matpants]

I cried.

[Lhipz667]

This was just...so deep. Had me crying.

[Mrshappyhippo75]

first sentence me:crying

[MizzOldSchool]

4 people are colorblind.

[Ninjrate]

@MizzOldSchool Nah they're just mad she made them cry

[divanel]

loveeeeeeeee



[Vanillalala3]

Blew me away!

<3 <3 <3

[lovetobehiswifey15]

this made me cry so hard i almost got sick. i remember a time when i felt this same pain clawing at my chest, causing me to cry myself to sleep almost to the point i almost killed myself, JUST WANTING HER TO LOVE ME!!!

[karate406]

@bells44life she's sayin that she wants here to see color so she can finally notice that she loves her kids and the man did not say her spirit lives on he said the spirits are here

[oku12]

Why are we not funding this?

[FlamingNinjaBoi]

@oku12 Because people care more about politics and money.

[IGetCrazy411]

this is amazing .

[bells44life]

man, Im confused, is her mom dead or is she white?

[myway713]

@bells44life Shes neither she just wont pay attention to her kids

[bells44life]

@myway713 ... thanx...... and why does she says I want you to stop leaving in black and white images! and then the guy at the end says her spirit lives on. those are the two lines that confuses me the most!

[butterfLIEz951]

@bells44life her moms white that doesnt pay attention to her...

[jjt53]

Okay I held my tears up until I heard these words: "....I would drown in the pacific ocean for a kiss on my corpse's cheek because I often forget you have lips..." my God this girl is so ADMIRABLE &... BRAVE. You don't have to be in the same position to know where she is coming from in this poem, just hearing 2:10 of her spoken words is like taking a walk in her world. MUCH REPSECT!

[Softbird27]

Brave and incredible poem.

[TheEmeraldshapale]

just cried .

[StaceyValles]

I saw this last night on HBO. Oh I cried my eyes out. I told all my friends about it now I will post it on my facebook. This is so powerful. But so many people feel that their parents love others more than their own children!!

[KeirySaavedra375]

This poem made me cry

[2cool4fools]

woooowww



[Jenn504xoxo]

I just watched this episode on HBO and I am completely in awe. Jay Davis you did an amazing job.

[azariag25]

I cry every time I watch this. Its so beautiful

[oxnatieeox]

People on this earth will never love us as much as our heavenly Father

[spiderlegzz]

WOW! that was azmazing choked me up man i have no words right now

[bluegirl451]

damn she made me cry!!!!!

[Suvi1128]

I love this girl... so passionate, so emotional, so intelligent, so touching.... This is actually perfect, the only spoken poetry that makes me bawl. I love this girl, I really want to give her a hug, and my god, she's so brave.

[tiffayeeprettybxtch]

this poem gets me every time.! its like shes speaking for me.! im a poet myself.! nvr do i ever share some of them.. but she was obviously braver then i could ever be.! this is such an amazing piece

[TrishaDowney]

I saw Ryan Cole's video on youtube "My Suicide" and loved it so much that I bought his album on amazon. I'm just in love with it now. Great poetry.

[Dare2Preach]

the more i listen, the more i understand, the more i love, the more i feel. this iz real..

[writingchic123]

OMG! This poem really spoke to my heart! each breath she toke allowed me to think a little harder, breath a little lighter, and talk a little louder! As a child people may think I can't understand what this poem is talking about, but i understand more than you would every believe!

[nsamuels13]

Could someone interpret this for me...

[JigInsane]

@nsamuels13 r u serious, or being sarcastic?

[tarynwashere]

I cried when I saw this on TV. And I'm crying again. Amazing piece. Amazing.

[walnutshellwarrior]

Poetry is an expression of one's self.

It is vocalized emotions.

Feelings bound by words.

A good poet can make his or her audience experience everything expressed in the poem seemingly firsthand.

I know the depth of her emotions as she wrote this.

[3330lina]

MAN I NO HOW SHE FEEL BUT WITH ME IT IS MY DAD MAN I LOVE THIS POEM

[tiecethepoet]

"humans have crazi tendencies when we want someone to love us"

[tiecethepoet]

omg! my eyes watering! so awesome!!

[tommytriggers]

i right poems and i wish i could write like this

[shirleystar22]

all i can say is wow...



[1loveyoulongtime1]

wow, this is so emotional, i cried.

[Forbrtishesyesonlyy]

I saw this on HBO. I thought that poetry was really lame. But when I heard this poem I stood still, in silence, and unknowingly began to cry.

Very very deep.

[summer09sunshine]

if u didnt cry watching this, i feel bad for u! cuz u have no heart!



[angelbreon]

Tears , Tears & More Tears....Amazing .

[TheHawksRock25]

cried soo much watching this the first time. what a beautiful and heartfelt poem. she was so brave to go up there and speak about that. :)

[muffyeverlove]

OMG I cried listening to this. :-(

[Nisha0700]

I feel the same way ='(

[Phase1luver]

I teared up even though i dont fully understand it. i need someoene to break it down to me just to make sure im right. Any help?

[desire2dance427]

@Phase1luver She is speaking about her mother and how she doesn't pay any attention to her or her siblings or show them any love and shes longing for her attention. She wishes she knew her mothers favorite color so that she would finally pay attention.

[Phase1luver]

@desire2dance427 Ohhhh ok. i was kinda close. Lol. Thanks !!

[LangstonLoverS]

the 4 ppl who disliked are ppl who dont pay attention to there children

[TheSydneyRain]

This is very much beautiful piece <3

[ygplayer02]

REALLY REALLY GOOD PIECE.. I also do spoken word too but at 1:47 is something in person i have never seen anyone do and it gave me chills how she was able to change her emotion drastically in a split second..

[ControlRoom19]

this should have won.

[cupidfrosty]

@ControlRoom19 it did.



[SychBandiTh]

crying

[blink13xiii]

i cry... every single time i hear this.. the emotion she put into it and the way it crawls into my skin, im hispanic and i know it gets to people of all races. wonderful job.

[chocbombero]

I was channel surfing looking for something to fall asleep to when I clicked onto BNV 2010.

I was impressed with, moved by some, but this poem brought tears to my eyes.

I've watched this poem four times now, hanging on every word.

[acemacckin09]

Lord , I cry EVERYTIME I listen to this .

[mspinkgreen96]

i just cant stop watchin this even thoe i cry every time i do . it was amazing i felt ever word she was saying it was beautiful !!

[melonynaytt]

i teared up <3 i felt every word

[PeachesL69]

Wow, this was amazing & breath-taking! I never cried that much over a poem.

[sydriam999]

the first time I saw this I cried...I love this poem. 

[Rubesx23vanillaice]

i loved it! n felt every word of it!! xx

[Alex219128]

WOW!! WOW!! Beautiful

[RaynMarie]

ive watched this video over and over again , and EVERY time , i cry . this was beautiful !

[pedostare]

Dammit...I cried too :(

[MrBkutz]

i this this poetry its very touching..!

i LOVE POETRY:)

[VivaLaSaphinna]

I'm not good at understanding poetry, i would love for someone to explain this to me :)

[Shawniece1210]

@VivaLaSaphinna she is basically saying she wishes she knew her mom's favorite color, the one color that makes her happy... so she can become that color b/c she wants her mom to love her like she loves that color or show affection towards her & her 4 brothers & sisters... she just wants her mom to love her ... let me know if u still don't get it, i'll try to explain it better if u don't :)