"Dear Father" By J. Ivy on HBO Def Poetry

[javonisgreat]

Is this published?

[waffiki]

oh God - heartbreaking - God bless you. so many of our people are fatherless, or in prison, disrespected....... God when will we get out from this zionist-led-world?

[sen1999]

I know your story; it's my life. 

[nguy001]

I can relate.

[Arabiancupcake]

That was full on emotion man, respect to you

[rabbifilms]

Oh, he's on Kanye West's "The College Dropout" yes, yes, thats it..

[PSICK1234]

Man J Ivy is rebirth of gil scott herion!

[ShortyLokksz]

Def. Made Me Shed A Tear. He Was On A DEEP Level. I Love This.

[therealezzz]

man..... this aint my house..... HOW DID SANTA CLAUSE FIND ME .... smh this is so heart felt-

[LodoFosho]

J. Ivy, nothing short of amazing!

[eshuppleeroy]

Met this guy @ Longwood University. Dude is brilliant and extremely supportive of younger poets.

[OXdizzy]

Gave me chills . .

i Relate . .

[RasAhmose]

Brilliant. <3

[riflepro11]

just relized hes that voice in" never let me down" by kanye west, jayz

[IsItOnTab]

this is gay. DADDY DADY COME HOME what a faggot!! grow the fuck up dude man the fuck up!

[Chocolateovermyface]

@IsItOnTab Fucking cunt. You don't know what it's like to not have the love from a father. You don't know the pain people go through in dysfunctional families. It's more complicated than it seems. You grow the fuck up, fucking retard. Prick.

[IsItOnTab]

@Chocolateovermyface nnahhhh im just saying this dude needs to man the fuck up!!! i can tell this nigga soft and gay bitching about his father DADDY DADDY COME HOME PLEASE haha faggot needs to man up for real!

[satasaba]

@IsItOnTab a real man teases light heartedly, i was repelled by your meaness supplanting the called for brevity of you statement

[Shawty453]

@IsItOnTab Heartless jerk!!!

[jyo777]

@IsItOnTab 1 yeah u sound just retarded...

[satasaba]

@Chocolateovermyface hurtful!!!

[asdasdsdgdfgdf]

@IsItOnTab Evrything your dad taught you i had to sit there be wonder if im doing it right by my self and be insecure about it its not easy growing up with out someone holding your hand

[TheTheKillaMc96]

so powerful, speechless, I'm honored to be from the same city as him.

[msCantBEtamed]

beyond words. Your words are so powerful. i can't stop crying

[LexilovesGod]

This poem made me want to cry! He did an awesome job!

[7SickOhz]

i wish i had a father i had to grow up without no one show me how to be a man . . .

[Zoe2011ish1]

wow *tears streaming*

[TexazTru]

how can you get on this show ?

[Shawty453]

Damn...that was deep!

[ebonyrose316266]

great poem!

[6toThe1toThe7]

love the college dropout shirt lol

[MissPink787]

for the people who just had something negative to say got issues this was to heartfelt and soulfully put

[thararestdiamond]

I LOVE DEF FPOETRY, TRU JAM

[charmedluver2]

Omg I cried. This is powerful beyond imaginable.

[seponsacoolya]

honestly speaking it isnt original, but all poems of this short have individuality, this one in particular... is somethin else, in a list of poems where "daddy wasnt around" i feel even in a list of thousands this one would jump out, im feelin it

great job mr.Ivy.

[xxmortified]

1:33, damn...

[predators120]

its funny that some how I ran into video about blacks being the mother race..

truth is that i have dug and dug to find the truth about blacks .

and found the truth.and the truth is .

you might not want to believe but the truth is there.

like it or not but its there.

how blacks come to think they are the mother race that all of cultures came from.

is lie sprang for their jealousing for the children of light . we the the human race are the children of seth

[predators120]

third son of adam and eve.

god said that the children of light created in the image of god that is spirit in truth. the human race created along with the spirit . god give us soul

which angels are with spirit ..

god warned that we of the human gene pool are not cross with the children of darkness.

for they are produce from union between man and upright walking creature.

that man is cain who came upon stranger ceatures in strange land

killed all the males .

[l0vercooki3]

@predators120 im pretty sure "children of light" does not mean white skin. if we came from heaven as children of god then im sure that children of light refers to spirit not skin color, all you did was find a way to take the bible and pervert it. all you r writing seem to have was hate. how humans looked when we first got to earth is a thing that people arugue about that has no meaning. your type of thinking is what lead to hitler and the religeous crusades in the middle east,

[l0vercooki3]

Respond to this video... what your writing told me is that because im black i have no soul because my flesh has more pigment than yours, and if that is the case then maybe because i have no soul i should get all my black souless brothers and kill everything, wait hitler was white.. and that sounded like what he did..alexander the great..the english that stole land from the natives,maybe having no soul is actually better then being like you, your a so called "child of light"

[l0vercooki3]

Respond to this video... man go back to sunday school because im sure you dont know god.. and its a "child of darkness" telling you that.. lol there is an error in your logic

[sazzieA1]

@l0vercooki3 None of Predator123 words make any sense. He talks about research but offers no proof of this. If he has read, its only works by those who subscribe to his own warped thought patterns. That's not research, that's ignorance. Which 'version' of the bible did he read. He is the soulless individual. A person that can see no beauty in the spoken word and the passion in which this was delivered is lost. Have pity on him, as that what makes you 'hue'man which he is not.

[l0vercooki3]

@sazzieA1 i like you dude

[predators120]

to be the alpha male the right to pregnantie all females.

by this interbreeding . produce the blacks children of darkness.

born without spirit the image of god.. born with the soul that of aniaml.

with the power of speech and with thought .

but not with the intalliance of understanding and the intalliance to create.

but the the intalliance to copy what was not their invitation ..

for they don't have the intalliance of any sort...

[predators120]

by this god decreed not to interbreed with these half human's half aniamls.

that he gave waring to the human race ..

by this the human race specially at this point of the ages

woman's and some men have interbread with the children of cain.

specially the cultutre know as white. there's more white woman crossing with

this upright walking creature that is half of the human gene pool.

they have broken the decreed that he gave to seth

[predators120]

lowing the intalliance of the human gene pool..

as much of interbreeding with unhumans that are not truly created in the image of god. but the are in the image between cain and those upright

walking creatures created in that union..

the question is do they have human soul the answer is no ..

tho they have the power of speech and the power of thought..

though cain gene's being man.

they are without eternal soul..

there's no salvation waiting for them ..

[predators120]

but god's judgment for proclaiming to be the mother race and painting jesus

black and his mother the blessed mary..

sin god well not forgive unto them .

and yet the kingdom of god is for the human race created in his image.

though jesus christ our lord and savior who died for the sin's of the world .

not for the children of darkness who sprang in the union of cain and those

upright walking creatures..

[AndreRedd1Empire]

@predators120 damn will you shut the fuck up and take that shit to a KKK Video where you fit in

[predators120]

its sad but they are not truly fully of the human gene pool..

as I said I have dug and dug and dug for 7 yrs researched countness of source's of secret books of the bible ..

to come to this contusion..

[SongStressMarie18]

wow this was real !!! tears comin dwn

[blazedbd]

This is real



[TaeTaeBoogie]

i tried to get u out of my mind but i cant get u off my face..

[jedimasterviewtifjoe]

"Try to get you off of my mind, but I can't get you off of my face" that is deep.

[sexyphora]

@jedimasterviewtifjoe word!!!!

[Lexskate123]

@jedimasterviewtifjoe Seal made a song called "If it's on my mind, it's on my face." Probably based off this.

[bollywoodgirl15]

The story of my life...

[SmashCam909]

Seriously this is amazing<3

[frankkeats789]

vito veii is an interesting poet available on itunes and youtube.

[wunderlichjon]

gives me goosebumps ertime

[djhns451]

we saw this in school 2day...jus incredible

[everyonesnose]

@djhns451

where do you go to school...

its august!!!

[MrReman23]

He looks like Jesus. or the Illustrations of "the Black Jesus" to most of you.

[blanketshades]

@MrReman23 he looks like an avatar

[MrReman23]

@blanketshades he looks like Jesus

[MrNicoleCherie]

this made me cry

[rashellmabelle]

not anti-men, I have a son and hope to raise a good man out of him. It seems as though you hate women, not men... just because you're throwing your stones from the other side of the fence you act like you're not throwing them. You are anti-woman, I am pro man. But pro-real man. Not this shell of a name of "man", men feel entitled to. Women,feminists whatever are not against good men. You cant call a woman calling out a mans bullshit feminism, the same as you can't call a guy doing it shovenism

[rashellmabelle]

my name... means MY beautiful. I found beauty in myself sitting in a hospital room with a broken face. while my three babies had to be watched by the man who did it, one was only 3 months old.because their father was my 1 and only and I loved him deeper than you know.. butI went under,weak, alone and scared and came out stiched up and stronger.. and yeah Mabelle is the name I chose to put on that.. after feeling like shit for 8 years (im only 22 now) I scream it out now. I am beautiful..soo???

[Hotboytrue]

@rashellmabelle hmm.... so basically it took you 8 yrs of ass whoopings to realize your beautiful

[rashellmabelle]

@Hotboytrue yeah.. because I grew up not ever having anyone that mattered say it to me,typical grew up without the dad, middle child lol., and then moved on to being treated like shit and told how ugly I was all the time by my ex... But whatever, I model now.. believe me.. I'm over it.. but yeah,,, I'm stubborn like that and it took me a while to firgure it out <3 :) remember I was 14 my ex was much older. I wasn't as smart or strong minded then, which took me a while to build up when Iwas alone

[Hotboytrue]

@rashellmabelle i see well im glad you learned^^

[djhns451]

@Hotboytrue he looks like a dark skin Mike Epps with dreads

[Hotboytrue]

@djhns451 LoL yeh he does

[MensRightsVideos]

Men require male structure from their fathers and mentors.

Women have it easier: they have a Nature-based "ritual initiation" into Womanhood through their menstruation cycle. That's how they know they are women.

But men have no such system from nature. That's why men have had to construct Warrior Societies to initiate boys into men. Today's Feminist, man-hating culture has robbed men of those "Ritual Initiation" systems into manhood.

Feminism has demeaned Fatherhood and Manhood.

[garnet21w]

@MensRightsVideos You're an idiot. Men have spermarche just like women have menarche.

[ayanni07]

@MensRightsVideos You're just an dumbass trying to find an excuse as to why you are so fucked up!!!

[MensRightsVideos]

@ayanni07 That's right, you just want to sit there and bitch and moan like a true feminist. I am at least providing solutions. A feminist can only provide whining.

[ayanni07]

@MensRightsVideos Im not a feminist, but you and your theory are pathetic. Get a life you dumb fuck.

[rashellmabelle1]

@MensRightsVideos Wow, I really enjoyed listening to this poem,,, and then I read this comment. I think what your saying is BS and really un-fair. Loser dead beats, who don't work, beat women,drink and do drugs, cheat,steal,lie,and then run away . Men used to have a primitive NEED to take care of what was his, He provided love and life into his family by acting out as nature intended him to as the protector and provider.

[rashellmabelle1]

@MensRightsVideos Mom's are left holding together the family that a man can walk away from. Women have to adapt to becoming mothers and fathers, and men go back to being bachelors. The hate for men is an internal guilt that MEN feel, from being abandoned by their dads. How is it the the primative nature of parent hood had been bread into woman and not men? Women haven't robbed men of anything.. bs concepts that men have created about what it is to be a man have.Easier?! Ever been a single mom?

[AlwaysClean14]

@MensRightsVideos Any chance of your arguement even making sense was ruined by your biased name... lol

[MensRightsVideos]

@AlwaysClean14 That just goes to show how much you are biased by your own hatred of men. Thanks for admitting it.

[rashellmabelle]

@MensRightsVideos I don't hate men at all. And Im not a feminist. I am a true domestic who is the epidimy of bare foot and pregnant house wife (mius the husband) lol I believe a man is number 1 because someone has to be, and when real-end-of-the-world shit is going down I'd rely on my man to protect me and my kids... so no hate for men from me at all. Im a back rub and blow job, baby? kind of girl. And your supper is waiting on the table..you're so clueless and obviously angry about something

[AlwaysClean14]

@MensRightsVideos LOL... i hope u kno that i dont hate men, im a guy...

[MensRightsVideos]

@AlwaysClean14 But you've bought into Feminist thinking. You are now Anti-Men.

[rashellmabelle]

@MensRightsVideos I honestly don't think you really know what feminst thinking is, neither do I because I'm not one. but I hate how people like you act like we are cave men. Like men have this uncontrolable urge to do,act,and say whatever they want. Women have had to expand their rolls over history, and we never bring up, why do I work? I'm not capable! I can only gather fucking berries and breatfeed, that's my nature... I'm not buying into anyone elses thinking... Seems like ur the uber h8er..

[caceres1975]

Great forgiveness story....

[imani952]

... wow this brought tears to my eye ...

[monstermash0212]

Woah.. His words, voice and body movement is so powerful.. I can't stop crying.. It takes a real man to forgive someone. Bless your soul J.

[blahblahblahman]

He looks like an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh.

[crazyawesomeyeah96]

I can relate to some of this poem cuz my dad recently passed away and im 14

it sad

[thebigE32]

damn that just hits you straight to the heart no matter what situation you grew up in

[samuelkeshon]

This was amazing.

[ssenaitY]

wow! this is amazing! this is real world

[budmanjr24]

pored his heart out on this one

[poeticlawvideos]

That was beautiful bro!!! Loved it!!! Check out my video, "Be a father to your child by Poetic Law".

[realdanimusiq]

wooow that was amazing 

[mrbonner06]

Damn this has me speechless

[MeganGuard1]

this needs more views



[RLRussell22]

well damn...im crying is anyone else....beautiful beautiful heartfelt piece

[uhjinlee]

Happy Father's Day

[tonketijuana]

wow i got the chills wow

[FacetiousJosh]

Chills



[msbrown96]

My eyes r so watery

i LUVED every part of the EXCEPT

the end BEARS?????

IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT GREN&YELLOW!!!!!!!!

[sunniesmile07]

amazing



[ThePixelSmasher]

R.I.P daddy 1969- 2007

[smellyniggy]

I grew up with my father but still this brings me to tears. Every boy needs his father. I can feel his pain so much. One of the greatest.

[JonnyBoy723]

The 24 people who disliked the video grew up with their fathers. With that said-you ARE the lucky ones. To the rest of us, we ARE blessed to have made it this far. Thanks Mom. God bless.

[markelljj90]

@JonnyBoy723 AMEN

[JonnyBoy723]

@markelljj90 <3

[emotionzdance]

@JonnyBoy723 SAY THAT AGAIN!!!!

[liljj2373]

"When i get to heaven, when i get to heaven, imma jump into ur arms and we're gonna kick back like when i was little and sit back,and watch,the bears game."

[HollaatyaboyTMAC]

damn.

i tried to get you out my mind, but i could never get you off my face.

deep shit.

J. Ivy for Life.

[ainthavinnodrama]

This dude does look like a avatar and everybody can just call me Mrs. Avatar because this brotha has mad Knowledge with his poetry and I love this. You go brotha do that !!!!!!

[AmberMSmith2010]

Tears



[janeecooper123]

How could you dislike something like this ?? s.m.h

[JMraiderssoccer06]

shivers

[ladyshi09]

i felt like this

[devore504]

24 people are deadbeat women beaters

[WatchUsTVNJ]

i love this. made my eyes water :( i love wen men arent afraid to show emotion.

[CMLacinaPoetry]

Oh man, I got the chills listening to this guy; that was intense. The rhyms are beyond fantastic!

[whatwasithinking1]

You get to live a little then die fully . I wasn't so sure before now the end must be here surely . When the tears stop falling . The ghosts of the past stop calling . The heart stops beating . The life you once lived carries on repeating . Where Walls become gateways . You no longer walk you move sideways . The only reaction you get is a scream. The world you left is nothing but a dream . You try to look after loved ones without them knowing . A promise is a promise so Im never going . What d

[D1V1N315]

this is amazing!!



[missPNT]

He killed that! Fcken AMAZING.

[RonnieCooperJr]

Beyond words, yet he did it! Deep

[Uniklymade1]

Here I go again. Listening for the umptienth time. I know most of the words spoken in J. Ivy's convo with to his DAD!!!!

[BardOfShwa]

Can anyone direct me to the full lyrics?

[xnightmare23x]

who can possibly dislike this guy lol?

[M4lign]

so much passion

[ItsnatalieS]

Bless your soul. YOu have helped so many people heal. Thank You.

[JessJessChannel]

everything im feeling and wanna say about my dad

[lovebaked]

This definitely brought me to tears. Beautiful.

[wbdukefan54]

this bought me to tears

[maiyatempleton]

DAMN!

[Uniklymade1]

O my, o my. I can listen to this message over and over, blessed u are J. Ivy. Those 23 ppl that dislike this message or the messenger, you must have a great relationship with both mom and dad. Make sure u let them know before this poem becomes reality to you. Every one has an opinion, just like an asshole, some are jus bigger than others.... With dat said, this poem is deep az hell. stop, rewind, play. Stop, rewind, and play, again n again.

[46vikingsfan]

Oh, for Christ's sake, J. You made me cry in front of my father.

[retta006]

loved it! its so rare that i cry when things are sad, or even laugh when its meant to be funny...but this one, got a few tears out of me.

[NaturalNori]

I love how this poem sounds like his dad left his family, and at the end he reveals that in actuality his dad died, it's amazing, <3 it

[sneakerzz18]

aww man , i almost cried . this was so deep .

[ThatsMsB2U]

*Forget the "Like" button*I Love it*

[Kimmy88x3]

Wow, this was really deep, it has me crying.

I could totally relate to this !

[ThatsMsB2U]

@Kimmy88x3 *Oh mos' def"*

[calebd87]

Wow that was powerful

[IAMPS45]

The central essence of this piece of poetry is the expression of LOVE and Forgiveness. J IVY's courage to cry out and to ask God to bless this relationship. He will see his father in Heaven as He remembers the Amazing Love of God who gave His only Son for all of us. He hears you.

[IAMPS45]

I am so thankful that on that painful day a year ago i typed DEAR FATHER. And the first time i hear the brutally honest expression of deep love for a father perhaps did not know how to give. And leave those around stranded. And it is ultimately the Heavenly Father's love that united all love. So fot the 22 missing this loveliness. Perhaps sounding coarse or unrefined, perhaps look again into our own hearts and reach out to others who are hurting and just need you to accept them unconditionally.

[Cimone09]

This is beautiful... I mean the emotion in that poem is overwhelming. My heart is breaking for him.

[ziggy36CB]

how can u not like this its said 22 heartless people

[Falisia11]

22 people hate their fathers or never knew him... I am in tears watchn this.... i lost my dad to civil war when i was 2 years old...

[bubbles0829]

omg..this is so swet there should not be any dislikes....omg..i'm in teas so powerful and words so strong.!

[keabetsoe1998]

this brpught teara to my eyes

[s2srock]

Always reminds me of my story. Deep

[movieluver28]

even though my father isn't dead i cant truly relate to this and hits home every time

[lakersownsuns]

why do i feel like i saw this guy in the movie Avatar?

[MYGIRLMicahMicah]

Every time I watch this I try to hold back tears but always end up crying at the end.

[lailargo]

How does anyone dislike this? i feel this in my soul

[ginn2cute]

thats deep .. i love it ..!

[93lovelythang]

He is a beautiful man=)

[DoloresD]

wow that was powerful...

[colormep1nk]

beauty.

[Lacitaman1]

Ok first off let it be known that i love J. Ivy, he is an inspiration and his lyrics are nothing short of raw emotion. His use of describing a situation with words could write a blind man a photograph.

with that said, he slightly resembles an Avatar

[camelface1]

@Lacitaman1 HAHAHAhaha

[1khaled1]

@Lacitaman1 LMAO he does like a Avatar!

[jonaschiz]

@Lacitaman1 slightly? more like this guy could paint himself blue and star in the sequel right now

[mrjr03]

@Lacitaman1 lol, my reason for scrolling down was to see if anyone else thought he looked like an Avatar =P

He *is* good though.

[CyberGlam66sic]

@Lacitaman1 - You sir, are a genius.

I love J. Ivy, but now every time I look at him I see Neytiri.

Kinda ruins the emotion in his poetry, but I thank you all the same :p

[webesofunny]

@Lacitaman1 You are soooooooooooo wrong lmao

[kerena4life]

@Lacitaman1 lol!!!

[LukkieBear]

@Lacitaman1 avatars are sexy....O.o lol

[Uniklymade1]

damn, I could repeat.... stop..... play!!!! start....rewind....play!!! This is da shiizzznizz.