Def Poetry - Bassey Ikpi - Diallo

[Wolfsrain90]

Beautiful Naija woman. :)

[MyEccentricMind]

Shes from my tribe in Nigeria. It feels good to see others like you in a foreign land.

[behinddacurtain]

people say do not generalize black people, but every time some crackers shoot a black guy, people generalize all white people by saying "typical" quit the bullshit fucking hypocrites racism will always exist as long as you got hollywood and america portraying black men as drug dealers and gangsters or so called Artist selling all that Gangsta shit music saying they can´t do it different, Ice Cube is one of the fathers of Gangsta Rap and he does it different, others look for excuses but he didit

[jasmineb96]

All her poems have a special message. I don't know the whole situation of Diallo, but whatever happened, may God have mercy on those police officer's soul. I love how she speaks about the reality of the situation & how she's straight forward. For the people who have dumbass opinions & want people to believe what you believe, please kick rocks & have a wonderful day :)

[ngozeee]

she looks so much younger here

[Junior1luv]

Word NYc done changed so much man.Bunch a fae ass people

running around in it from all over thinkin they true New yorkers

n shit.

[arnold1125]

she is soo pretty! she looks like a black barbie :)

[NatruallyTeeK]

@arnold1125 no she looks like a queen

[NubianBarbie91]

so amazing

[alantos27]

European dreams will cut your life short....becos of the color of your skin..God have mercy on us all

[Koribaby1]

ummm...replay.

[TheGamuchirai]

gosh damn this is deep and just good girl. point taken

[TekNiquePro]

dont pay attention to gatorvalle. hes from canada speaking on matters he doesnt know of. i remember i did a report on diallo back in 7th grade. tragedy man. 41/4 = just over 10 rounds per cop. everyone emptied the clip. acquitted of all charges. if yall only saw the door frame of that mans house afterwards...smh

[disbitch2fly]

dis is sooo deep

[Diamond121212]

i already love her however this is my first time hearing this peice. that's just sad. :/

but so damn true.

[Theeizu]

Deep, strong and beautiful. A typical Nigerian woman, Bassey Ikpi.

[gatorvalle]

So stop with the crying and b1tching about one man's death, tragic as it may be, the courts found them free of any criminal wrong doing...and it's in their right to protect themselves in such situations. HERE! HERE!

[mskillebaby]

@gatorvalle yes they have a right to protect themselves but he was no threat..only an insane man of ANY race would try anything with a cop holding a drawn gun much less four... this is one man that didnt have to die..noone is "bitching" but simply letting it be known that his tragic death was unnecessary...and that him being shot 41 times was wrong..no ones life shound end tht way wrong or right white or black

[gatorvalle]

@mskillebaby  41 times wasn't enough

[gatorvalle]

his colour had nothing to do with it, read the report, it's open for viewing under the freedom of information, when cops yell FREEZE!!!!! you don't turn and run away from them or make the idiotic mistake of reaching within your jacket, these are police officers..men and women placed in a higher authority than the rest us to do a job 90% of you would never do, ever!!!

[gatorvalle]

AHAHAA WHY IS THIS SLOW Axx MUMBLING FOOL ALWAYS FKING UP PEOPLES NAMES??? EVERY SHOW THIS DOOD STOMPS ON NAMES, WHATS HE GOT? DOWN SYNDROME? STRAIGHT UP #LOL

[010anilton010]

Wauw..... Just wauw!!...

[smile678]

i like her braids are they dreads i can't tell

[LoveHugsnHipHopSoul]

@smile678 Yeah, I think they're dreads. Those particular kind are called "sistalocks" if I'm not mistaken. I can't wait until my hair is done dreading. lol

[laylani890]

wow.. speechless. shes is amazing. she expresses her self in way where we the audience dont have to go back and think what she tryna say.

[Koribaby1]

She has knocked me stone silent with every poem I've heard from her. Phenomenal.

[mooki3babiiyonkerz]

She is so beautiful

[Blackseed1978]

She bodied it doooope i was feeling this joint

[shekeelajones]

She b baaaaadddd!!!!!

[machakgo]

I love Bassey......................

[Ahtivah]

black boyz are becoming bloood sport..wow..speak gurl..so true

[sweetlams]

You make me so PROUD to be Nigerian. :-)

[owenivor]

Beautiful!! A true poet. Thank you.

[BonniieJObama]

hey! my bf's family i from Nigeria! COOL! big ups!!! I love your poem to your unborn child. keep writing! (i write myself) one day i will be on that stage

[Tech2theNician]

Wow... I have seen so many comments that have been so charged coming from just this one video. I know that what happened to Diallo was more than despicable, but we as people, regardless of color, can not continue to harness that anger and continue to feed into the negativity of the system. If your pissed off, become a lawyer and fight, become a GOOD cop and fight. Diallo's mother will not get her son back by gearing our petty arguments. If your pissed off, do something to change things!

[Rainbo6colurz]

...beautiful...poem or not

[Mentagasm]

Thanks for sharing...loved the piece.

[NollywoodForever]

Real Talk... Sad but so true!!!

[Seminus662]

I understand what she means but New York and that bad

I would know born and raised still living here I know I'm only 14

but I like to believe I'm not ignorant and that new york isn't that bad

[Omarj1]

you dont have to be ignorant, but new york (is) and was that bad

[Ynazzra67]

Oh she is beautiful! WOW

[teepacsamir1]

damn , she was not playinggggg. deep write. love her delivery.

[misscmae]

What happened to Diallo was pretty brutal.

Think about it - one cop had to empty his clip (shooting 11 times) while the others had to shoot at least 9 or 10. I could see that taking place in 15 seconds or less, but I wonder what is so threatening to make 4 cops empty their clips in the first place.

I'm not really sure what to think. I don't know much about the case, and my dad is a cop so I know how tough it can be for law enforcement. Of course, not all cops are good men like my father.

[aleyeal]

fuck oath touches close to my heart def poetry something i love to listen to and this has to be one of the best ever the truth spoken within this poem racism sexism they are all big issues in this world and bassey she tells its straight about racism she tell it straight i love her she is the best

[logiq3]

this is powerful and thought provoking

[henridion28]

two distincts situations:

1) a (one) police officer who brutalized a old white lady on a road police control,he lost his job,plus 2 weeks in detention and 3weeks of community service.

2) four police officers shot a young blk man,front of his door,41 times,killed him,unarmed...what they got was: nothing wrong,legitime defense...and who ever who talk does'nt know how badly a wallet hurt when it hit a face

[monster284]

if four black cops shot a white dude 41 times they'd all get life or worse. the american justice system at its finest.

[gatorvalle]

@monster284 the justice system of america works fine enough, and there ain't sht you or anyone commenting otherwise can do to change it, kthxbai.

[lilmzwhoatown]

How can u honestly say they made a mistake? Yes,I 'll admit they had only a short deliberation time but in 41 shots you have more than enough time to realize what the fuck you youar doing. Had Diallo been white he probably would not have even gotten shot let alone that many times.

[quran777]

A'yo elvis. Fuck U. Police Murder Blackmen wholesale. Fuck U again. U couldn't walk in my shoes for 1min. Race card? No cards have been dealt to my ppl. We are the Kingz and Queenz of taking lemons and making lemon-aid. Oh yea, Fuck U for NOT understanding, elvis.

[soulfulpianochic3931]

As coming from both sides black and white, knowingly that I have more than only two races, the race card will always exist regardless. Yes he probably didn't feel it after the 1st 4 (though 1 is enough) but I have an uncle that survived 10 gun shots (including 1 to the head) and he felt every one. Police do take their anger out on those that they believe to be more ignorant than themselves or just because of their color/hair[dreads]. Justice will always be overlooked if there is color involved.

[mjjohn314]

I doubt they planned it but lets face it, race had everything to do with it. He was stopped because "he fit the profile". Untill you're the one who is done wrong, I guess you will always be uncaring.

[TrippaLB]

Fuck split second they are taught how to shoot to disarm or to cause enough injury that he would not be able to fire if he had a weapon, not only that but 41 times?

41 shots at one person is not a split second because we all know that as soon as 4 or 5 shots go off and he does not return fire A COP should realize and know to hold fire and protect themselves just in case. So don't try to defend them saying they made a split second decision.

[barrygd2]

i was just thinking that and im black its not fair for cops to get a bad rep for killing someone who they thought could have ended there life in the line of duty

[LeandreaLeialoha]

What about the cops who shoots a disarmed man while while he is flat on his stomach with two guys on top of him?

[henridion28]

for elvis8706...........  I doubt not

[Divamelrose]

41 times is toooooo fucking much dammmmn

[Bonsuproductions]

shooting 41 times is not just a mistake.

41 Times!!!!!!!!

wtf is that? thats police brutality plain and simple.

[dizzylizzy007]

Dude, that's more than police brutality, that's fucking murder.

[elvis8706]

It is easy to monday morning quarterback what those officers did. the fact is that those officer had a split second to make a decision and they may have made the wrong one but i quarantee you that if that guy did have a gun and those officers were killed their wouldn't be any poem on youtube and none of u would be on here saying that it was wrong for that black man to shoot those white cops!!! Cops are human too!!!

[mikeyllo]

Yes, cops are human, but black people are too. Because they made an alleged "mistake" doesn't mean it should be ignored and swept under the carpet. I am not a racist but I am equally discriminatory against wrong doing be it black, white, or otherwise. Wrong is wrong. And I am quite sure that if it were not us (blacks) that spoke out had the young black man shot the white cops, judging by the hatred dripping from some of the postings, someone or some group would have had something to say.

[XUntitledenderx]

this woman is magnificent.

[MasterOfAPuppet]

Racism kills, especially when they're ignorant.

[OmoOvie]

The line of the mother hit home. Thank you Bassey. Dalu so!

[obscurity87]

Omo Naija!!!!

[cheesecurls23]

It amazes me how some white people take the time to write ugly comments to people of other races. I don't see other races doing the same to them.

[nonozulu]

Sorry i actually gave you a thumbs down. i meant to say "true that"

[Jbugz2007]

But scientific fact AFRICA is the birth place of man-kind so next time you try to holla GO BACK TO AFRICA!!! or use the term nigga. Look at yourself because no one is pure in America. Slave master raped and had children with female slaves and this continued for many years so FACE IT!!! You are a part of that history because you have that so called NIGGER blood running through your veins!!

[Jbugz2007]

Its amazing how in 2007 racism still exist and so ppl dont know their history and why the so called niggers where bought here... Y? you may ask because those so called crackers want economical growth that they couldn't get on their own and want to stay yell GO BACK TO AFRICA!!! When your ancestors was the reason my ancestors where here.

[BoiYahTfah]

ignorance is bliss for uneducated people i see you are one of them. if she is a bitch then you are lower than the shit on my shoe cunt..shut the fuck up and be on your way.

[Brugality]

Pinning my level of education up against yours is something you DON'T want to do, nigger.

[Brugality]

Says the nigger who lives in the white dominated European country known as the UK. Move to Africa with your people, and swing from a tree. Stop using the white man's invention known as a computer and get outta here. NOW GIT!!!!

[razorSE15]

Have a heart prick!!

[kweencessX]

White man's invention?

...wow

[jadeybird]

dont respond to thisguy. obviousl he just wants to create anger this is what happens when u let small children find the internet. I bet u these arent even his views he justs wants to make ppl mad. ur gonna find lames everywhere on the internet but if dont listen they will go away...like dogs

[Brugality]

I love the way you back off like a coward once I point out that your white loving nigger-hide lives in the UK. You love living amongst civilized whites and I don't blame you -- but never forget that you're a nigger, and you wouldn't survive one day in the hell hole known as sub-saharan Africa.

[jadeybird]

I love the way u replied to the wrong person dip shit. Im definatly from US. Whats wrong? Cracker cant read?

[gwen1869]

u r so ignorant it stinks

[2OOHOTTFOURUU]

MUH BAD I MEANT TO GIVE YOU A THUMBS UP..

[MasterOfAPuppet]

Yea you right dude, he just put his hand in his pocket and took out a key which is a very lethal weapon against people right? And because of that, the nypd shot him because they were afraid that he was going to stab them to death. How ignorant can you be Brugality?

[RubberBM]

Okay, well your a dumb fuck obviously!

You hate on the African race, but yet, your videos are about Africans are they not?

Are you like the Mini George Bush, or just a little pussy, who thinks being tough on the internet is being tough.

You little dumb fuck!

[chillipapper]

i stell wanna come 2 New Yock can enyone send me a visa

[ThaFlyestMoor72]

Chuuurch! She did her thang! Right ON Queen! Peaace 2 Da Real Death 2 Da fakers!

[peace190788]

represent, represent! lol i was feeling that, she speaks the truth theres a lot of injustice that is over looked because those controlling the nation do not see the people dying as important.

[kryptonitegurl1]

naija!!!

[Itzahookupsite]

life as we know it will change soon into a police state. soon citizens globally will be able to do nothing about it. because the majority of us are like sheep. why do I say this? because the whole world (americans alike) sat back and watched George Bush & his Illuminati hinchmen steal an election and start a war. If you want your freedom some of us will have to die! Stand up & protect our constitution before it's to late. Protect yourselves click on e-Store button at ~ itsahookupsite[dot]com

[TooCuteForWords]

Too many families have been affected by a wrongful death. This system and this counrty has tore apart my family and our families. You can't have a black family and be together. HOW MANY MORE FUNERALS DO WE HAVE TO GO TO? And how many more scenes of the crime do we gotta watch them chalk our black figures on the concrete before we realize the only way for us to get out of the predicament is to struggle to survive? -Tupac Shakur-

[HRCenterfoldAngel]

Wow. I am completely against murder, and there is no excuse for it. We as humans have no right to determine who gets to live and who dies. Even under the law, killing is still killing. You sentence a "murderer" to death and you become one yourself. You lower yourself to their level. IT IS NEVER OKAY to kill. Race is not the issue here, morals are.

[KChery]

She is a great poet. Much love and respect for someone who represent her own.

[sdzbabygurl]

i am now a fan of hers!!!

[zumapapa003]

9ja representing

[Lanez84]

I...offically a fan after only hearing 2 of her poems...she is amazing..

[kokumusicismylove]

very very good....so many of these poets just leave me inspired and fulfilled...its just beautiful how people can convey common ideas so eloquently.....Thank you for helping me....x

[staynfly]

Reppign that Niaja pride....holla........

[ukabia]

YES YES!!!

[chinojermz]

who the hell is this girl? she rocks my soul like a ho swinging on pole and the wind echo her voice in my head baby LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD.love ya girl----from jamaica

[vatsig]

Nigeria Yall, But Live in The Netherlands

One Love

[ghandi87]

reppin' Nigeria babe....yeah!!!

[esta411]

woooo NIGERIA !! lol *is nigerian* REP!

[Krypt1c01]

Deeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!!!!!!!!

[smile678]

i love seeing people with natural hair lovely.

[2103fan]

that was hot because she was speaking truthfully.

[mombasani]

that shit was going straight to ma heart ..CAN I HELP YOU?? DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN

[tomasdeaquino]

Damn! Yes pls. Can I have a piece of justice, TO GO!

[godofwar777]

dam this shit its hot best def poem ive heard

[nycmedstudent]

This poem is off the hook. hip hop at its best. Holla for Bassey Ikpi.

[danigerianprincess]

a great poem...great couldnt even describe it...amazing..

[Basseyworld]

Wow. Thank you for posting this. I've never seen it before.

[BowsWifeyKassy87]

ahhhhh shit. "Welcome to New York City, can I help you?" great poem.

[Tru3Tempest]

DAAAAAAAMMMMNNNN She did that justice I'm feeling it.

[EclecticPkm]

Powerful message, great def poem