So I Run
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  • love this poem.....RIP

  • this gave me chills.

  • RIP Brother we'll miss u Will "the Real One" Bill. Stop the violance people.

  • I feel you but i can't really support you because the next generation going to be using other words as we did yall

  • the reason that they clapped is to me in a lot of ways tupac was that generations martin and malcom

  • @mizpera i also think it has to do with him saying he wouldn't rescue Suge Knight.

  • tupac is a inspirational rappers with strong words just like these poets but relate better because it's hip hop

  • rue but i think it has more to do with relatabilty. Like Hariet tubman, malcolm x, and martin are why we have what we have today but since the younger generation have had it all of our lives we take it for granted. Since tupac and biggie are more recent and spoke about more current problems like desperation in bad neigborhoods we who are younger dont fully relate with those paved the way.

  • @SusNetwork7 Seriously shut the fuck up. Go spam another video.

  • I don't think it means the world is sad. They could have not clapped because they felt it would have been disrespectful to.

    But, I think they clapped when he mentioned Tupac because they could relate to that situation, they were around when the tragedy happened.

  • @scootigger somebody with a brain

  • RUN NIGGA

  • incredible

  • WHY AINT YOU PICKIN MY COTTON

  • yoyo if you love poetry and wanna share your words with the world, i've made a page on facebook called "potent poetry" where peeps can share each others poems. please visit!! RIP Will "Da Real One" Bell.

  • Too real, Too real..

  • RUN NIGGER!!!!!!!

  • enunciate.

  • OK TO ALL THE OLD PEOPLE WHO I AM SURE DON'T EVEN LIKE RAP THEY NOT CLAPPING CAUSE THEY WISH HE HAD ONLY SAVED PAC THEY CLAPPED ABOUT LEAVING WHATS HIS FACE IN THE CAR AND PEOPLE SAY YOUNG PEOPLE STUPID

  • What was the second about ?

  • Love this!

  • R.I.P To A Great Poet

  • RIP WORDS... tears still drying at ur death my brother

  • WONDERFUL !!! May your words live on RIP Awsome Brother

  • R.I.L. I didn't knw you but appropriated your work and dedication to your craft.

  • I love it!

  • Who else is on this playlist?

  • I think it's weird how no one clapped until he got to Tupac.. This whole poem is real deep. RIP To this guy for being so outspoken, great poem.

  • Damn......Im from Miami so I gotta rep this for real R.I.P......

  • Marvelous...

    I love this Poem...

  • damn man mad respect... R.I.P kid...

  • R.I.P Will

  • Whats his name?

  • The good die young. May his soul rest in peace, and may we also take up our cross to join him and all the others martyred for Heaven sake.

    Gospel of Matthew chapter 10 verse 38

    And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

    Mark 10:21

    Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. 

  • R.I.P my brotha

  • You are your own nigger. same as me- forever more

  • he brings up herriet and martin but folks don't clap untill he brings up tupac.

    sad world.

  • I don't know what happen and the reason for this tragedy, but I'm tired of hearing of something positive turn so bad is this what it has come to. Black on Black foolishness killing people out of what. His words are spoken with strength and the nigga's were the one chasing him. Cause they saw a Black man walking so they hated it. They always want to see Black people running as nigga's did

    so who's screaming run nigga run only nigga's who hate black people walking now

  • i pull out tupac from the car so that suge knight is the only motherucker to get hit! < YESSSSSSS I FELT THAT SHIT!

  • why the hell is there any dislikes on this video

  • I can't believe he is dead. This poem really made me smile (speaking as an African-American male)... We truly lost a great poet!

  • R.I.P i didnt know you but count me as another soul touched by ur words

  • R.I.P. Will... We will miss you!!! 

  • How did he die?

  • @thabest500 Will Bell Was Shoot And Killed In Front Of A Poetry Place In Miami

  • What Was The Second Incident?

  • @NeverCoppinIt When JFK spoke about The Civil Rights Movement.

  • @thabest500 Thx

    

  • R.I.P. Will miss you so much!

  • RIP

    I remember when i first met you 2006 you really was a "real one"

  • No clapping for Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Junior, or Malcolm X, but Tupac? Oh that man definitely deserves a little extra acknowledgment

  • No clapping for Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Junior, or Malcolm X, but Tupac? Oh that man definitely deserves a little extra acknowledgment

  • R.I.P. To a Dope Poet

  • @360Warlock He DIED???

  • @OutspokenShy Yeah He was Killed in Front of Poetry Spot

  • He died. :( I was just thinking I would love to see him perform. RIP. I hope your kickin in heaven with Pac, Martin Luther King, Malcom X, Harriet Tubman, and Biggie Smalls.

  • <3 !!!

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  • R.I.P Poet.

  • ima miss my cuzzo

  • r.i.p this is amazing

  • REST IN PEACE POET... you are missed

  • all the poets screamed "RUN! RUN! RUN!" as they carried him away. I wasnt there that night but I heard. :( I miss you will. a lot. Thank you for giving me a place on your stage and heart. I will never forget how you touched me as a mentor and writer. <3

  • R.I.P. :o(

  • He touched my soul, my body aches to know he's gone.

  • RIP This was one of my favorite poems from Def Poetry Jam. He was a great artist.

  • "I ain't gotta run no more, I ain't gotta be nobody's nigga. No. More." Dammit -RIP <3

  • Peace to Big Will!!! I got a chance to meet him on tour down in Miami.. Real funny guy...Salute (Rest in Power)

  • hadn't heard of this dude til yesterday when i heard he was murdered. my heart goes out to him & his people. once again i'm ashamed to be white. this piece was awesome. r. i. p. Mr. Bell, hope to meet u in the next life.

  • Rest in peace. A king on the mic indeed. Gave me my first Florida features and the coolest cat I've met. No more runnin is right. forever missed.

  • RIP

  • R.I.P. The REAL ONE!!! Great Dude... What a loss.

  • RIP Will...as a spoken word artist, this hits hard!!!!!!!

  • R.I.P Will

  • Why

  • RIP

  • R.I.P

    

  • R.I.P.

    Can someone please post his "diary of the reformed" from Season 5 because that was pretty badass as well.

  • RIP!!!!!!!!!!

  • RIP Will

  • Out of all of the Def Jam Poetry, this one was the most memorable one for me. R.I.P.

  • R.I.P 

  • R.I.P

  • Two years ago I watch this poem - looking for a place to start my own journey of writing. Thank you for giving me something to look up to. I may have never met , never introduced myself to you, and never have looked you up since then : but i thank you.

    Rest in the promise land,

    Love

    -Nia.

  • REST IN PEACE BRA...YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN; THANKS FOR ALL YOUR ADVICE & MOTIVATION!

  • Damn man, RIP

  • RIP

  • R.I.P. Will. Blk on Blk Rhyme Tampa will miss you. You were truly REAL

  • YoUR leGaCY Will liVe oN Will #SalUte

  • My brother....Rest In Peace!!!! You are FREEE!!!!!!

  • RIP

  • RIP!

  • RIP

  • R.I.P will

  • RIP Will. You will be sorely missed

  • he speaks like daniel washington

  • This was the first poem I heard Will perform and every since then I loved his form of poetry. It made me write from my heart and not just from my mind. You're gone physically but your words are forever left in the hearts of those who were blessed to hear them.

  • i love you. i miss you. rip

  • R.I.P. MAY YOUR WORDS CARRY ON FOREVER.

  • Yet another messenger passes on. Peace, brotha

  • Rest in Peace Brotha...I'm Angered that violence silenced such a Great Talent

    RA

  • R.I.P. WILL. THIS SUNDAY MY HEART IS BROKEN! WHAT THE HELL? WTF? WHY?????

  • A poem has never felt so ironic. The world is going to miss you will. You inspired all of us here in South Florida. I love you.

  • You don't have to run anymore Will ...... may your soul rest in the light . I have never heard poetry like his , he was so unique . The world lost a soldier last night .

  • I am so sad to read that Will has passed on... It seems so unfair and I am angry! Who could do this to us??

  • Rest In Peace Brother Will. Thank you very much for inspiration brother. I am in disbelief. 

  • Rest in Peace, real one.

  • I don't see how people can dislike the this. This is one of the realest poems I've listened to in a long time keep doing your thing my brother.

    King

  • 33 people still running

  • Gives me chills!

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  • so powerful...

  • this is one of the best i've seen on def poetry jam. His purity is so amazing that i find myself following him through time, as though I am right there with him. Continue making this brother/king Will Da Real One. Hotep!

  • still powerful....like the 1st time I saw it

  • Wow

  • Never heard of this guy before, but as a fellow poet, I give him big props -- this is an impressive piece.

  • @karenhatchtaylor

    He just got killed in Miami early Sunday morning.Very sad time in North Miami.

  • is that send chills up your spine shit!

    sadly few and far between these commercial days, keep it moving y'all PEACE

  • 30 people are still running.

  • dope, but anyone think he might have wanted to stop 911?

  • @ShekkieShabbazz He said he wanted to save all His heros

  • It has a little too much cursing for me...but other than that, I love it!

  • Goosebumps :)

  • "i aint gotta run no more i aint gotta be nobody's nigga no more"

  • you better run nigga..

    wow..I really feel it EVERY time he says that.

  • @MrSuperdyke07 u not lyin its somethin about wen he says that...this is actually one of my fav

  • you better run nigga..

    wow..I really feel it EVERY time he says that.

  • damn...cried my eyes out

  • lol i think everyone only remembers the good willed tupac songs.. a whole lotta his shit was just straight ignorant.

  • @rassclaat23 yeah okay, but can you think of anyone out today that has even half of the "good willed" songs Tupac had? Back then music had a story, now its just ALL straight ignorant shit.

  • @BobOndeese21 common... talib kweli... lol... shoot. they keep it more respectful than Pac. haha pac was like J. Cole. Said nigga alot, said bitch alot... but had his moments of pure poetry and human compassion.

  • @rassclaat23 some people are bitches some people are niggas some are even niggers so stfu

  • @rassclaat23 I guess to a dude who dont know where he coming from.

  • @rassclaat23 name one

  • PAC was the last hip hop artist to carry on pieces of the movement in his music and that's not the focus of the poem. He sd several other incidences so not sure why ppl are tripping on it. It was a beautiful piece of work

  • Black Panther

  • CAPITAL RAW NESS i felt like i was traveling with u brother, real taLK

  • sooo powerful!

  • mzprettykitty, there are free video converters that won't watermark your video :)

  • I dont believe in God, but the part where he says, "because today this is the only god damn jesus that Im willing to die for" I am in love with this quote.

  • goosebumps!

  • Does anyone know his name and if he has more poetry.

  • @ToshaX2 will the real one bell

  • @jtumblerv Thank you.

  • Wonderful!!!!!

  • The 28 peopel that dislike poem must not know black history

  • I still runn... let paint a picture of what it is i c. a black man runnin to full fill the leagacy. doors still being closed when i rais my hand to knock. hell sometimes the door is slammed whit a smile and then locked. i still runn . as i paint not knowing what i run from. and what i run to. what look for is the quilt in the window that tells me what to do. i still run...

  • Wow!!!!

  • I was surprised when I learned that 2pac met his manager at a poetry circle.

  • if you're ever in Miami, visit his spot: The Literary Cafe & Poetry Lounge.

  • @seashore2311

    Because of my age, I can't comment on today's generation without sounding like an old fossil bad-mouthing the "kids".

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  • my cousin...

  • i love this poem,

    this inspired one my own

  • beautiful! 

  • WOW!!!!!!!!! CHILLS

  • Deep Shit

  • "So I ran along the passenger side andpulled Tupac out so Suge Knight was the only motherfucker to get hit"

  • @Ksent when he said that, im not gonna lie, i had a tear flow down the left of my face.

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  • how do you liken street thugs like 2pac and biggie to Heroes that changed society like Medger Evers, MLK, Malcolm X? realistically speaking what everyone stood for that he brought up they would hate those two they were men of god 2 reverends and a Muslim.

  • 2pac and Biggie would have changed the world if the world would have allowed them to live longer. I think the world would have let them live longer, if everybody else in the poem had lived. Malcolm X was a thug too when he was younger. I saved 4 little girls not know what they were growing up to be. 2pac may not have been a hero to you or me but he was one to the streets. Hope you all understand now ;o)

  • @willdarealone first they were grown men not teenagers 2pac and biggie would have done nothing other than serve there own personal interest, like all thugs. Mr. X was an anamily the exception to the rule. second if you really want to get into it Mr. X didnt do anything for the world until he went to mecca and learned everything about the nation of Islam was hog wash and racist. at best he was a influence to men that would make change he made none himself.

  • @willdarealone also friend the "street" looks up to drug dealers and blame the white man for the ills in our community. more reason we as black Americans should distance ourselves from people such as 2pac.

  • @hs41982 (786)-234-7638 cant wait to hear from you ;o)

  • @hs41982 “Pay no attention to what the critics say;

    no statue has ever been erected to a critic.”

    -Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Composer

    "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

    -Albert Einstein

  • @willdarealone one last thing dont think i didn't notice your use of miss direction. i am talking about two gangster rappers that received the fate of gangsters, an early death. i never stated anything ill agent the peace as a whole. i want that to go on record, and if you feel i am slamming the peace i am sorry. but thugs and human rights advocates are two different beast that should never be lumped together. you wouldnt put Stanly Williams and Gandhi together would you?

  • @hs41982 - 1second!! so just because i was trying to write shortened you assume that i'm trying to be "cool" and that I'm "uneducated"? Are you patrolling youtube for any spelling mistakes?

  • @hs41982 Not up for public debate so you can seem intelligent, my poem period. If you don't care for it then write one that satisfy you? If you really care to understand the mind-set that created this piece then feel free to contact me privately I realize that there is a very strong possibility that its not really understanding most people seek, other than to just fuel a disliking for something they lack, like the ability to create and have it appreciated. I'll be waiting for your call :o)

  • @willdarealone i like the peace, i just don't understand how you see Dr. King, Mr. X, and the others you mentioned in the same light as one womanizing convected rapist that abused drugs and promoted black on black crime. as well as the other part of what you stated yes this is true about critics, but without critics how could an artist grow? we should except anything that falls out of your mouth due to the fact it rhymes and what would be completed by a call to yourself from myself?

  • 2pac and biggie were no role models...dei jus promoted drug use, sexual misbehaviour , degrading of women and violence fru deir music... speciali tupac who had no self control or gentleman like atributes. dei r over glorified artisits in an era where rap n hip hop were at da top, which in turn influenced millions of lil youts , not on positives tings like having a decent education , respect of women/men and positive atitude....instead jus negativity...den 2pac prerecords "changes". Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

  • @skeenaration English please! this is too hard to read i am not sure if you are speaking in a "cool" way (uneducated) or German.

  • @skeenaration hardly, but if people cannot understand what you are typing. what is the point of the statement? it is a practice of fleetingness.