A Poem For Cliff

[YahStink]

Your flow, your imagery, your message, your poem. You're shocking, amazing, you're brilliant.

I love it!

[BoxingJedii]

Wow, this was amazing, would you do me the honer of reading one of my poems?

[Pirate7X]

Visual, honest & stirring.

[BillieHoliday420]

We don't see your left eye...

You look like Horus.

But your are Nefertiti.

God bless ya I love your voice but you need buzz and a mix-tape.

[OfUnreasonable]

The moral of the story; Don't do drugs.

[Schizophrenia5809]

That was amazing, it really cut deep... it was a tear jerker. But I felt it... So deep, penetrating and yet you kept it so true. Amazing Girly. =]

[AntiVenomFangX]

Quality.

[MissAlexDen]

amazing! i love this...

[TheNarmour]

delivery? delivery? delivery?

[spnshblck]

This poem is so deep and true...I know a few people who lived this way, almost lost from reality. Your Amazingly Pretty by the way. As if you didnt see that in the mirror.

[skateallday1000]

damn ma i felt that

[kech8638]

Yo! you super kool, super fly, super sexy with them rhymes. you my nigger

[Gregnoxy]

@kech8638

Was awesome till you said nigger. Anyways, GREAT poem, very nice intentions.

[kech8638]

@Gregnoxy My bad :)

[15FifteenMusic]

very powerful, great imagery. and i really felt your pain, you did a fantastic job

[MacmanUmd]

Wow.....that was serious...and u are quite a writer an poet

[jinbuster1]

that was amazing!

[selfexplanatorychiq]

i loved it

it was beautiful

powerful

[brinasoyummy]

wow...this is amazing.

one of my favorites.

very deep and touching.

[blazerepublic]

this is my 7th time listening to this

[nessamafia]

powerful!...very talented girl

[NevaSaNeva06]

i just had to come back and hear this poem... haha my boyfriend had some nappy hair, and they too cut it all off when he passed away...

I truly love this poem!! and how you recite it!!

*tears*

[lickAgeek]

wow.

wow wow wow wow.

WOW.

that's all i could think throughout this entire poem from start to finish.

that's all im still thinkin'.

wow.

[SPEC1ALKAY23]

omq. you are so talented mama.. seriously. dhat was beautiful!

[terryagyekum]

She is so talented.

[kiddfreshz]

put this female on def jam!!!!

[NevaSaNeva06]

*Tears*

just like my boyfriends life... well almost.. he went to church...

thank you so much for making this video

It means a lot to me

[TheMasttew]

wats a nappyhead

[gthangg2]

haha

[puertoito]

mmm mmm mmm...this brings me memories of when i lost my friend, so i guess this poem never really ends.

[Justsai]

i couldn't remember where i had heard this, but it stuck in my head. and now i found it... and it's still just as good a poem as i remember.

[pseudopoet]

daaaaaamn, i dig the depth and the honesty

this was awesome

[CrumpJuice]

you are so real.

[vakerust]

BEAUTiFUL

[lovelyone80]

That was so dope. Very emotional.

[yadidiholler16]

this is the best poem I have ever heard keep it up

[JTFreez]

That was truely a beautiful poem - Jonathan

[truthbetold07]

damn... that was a great piece. ur definitely talented. continue to excel & perfect ur craft. peace queen.

[Datdamngunner]

ELEGANT !

[tearsfromtheskies]

that was beautiful! my God you are very talented! Put me to tears...and I didn't know the dude!

Like other peeps said...beautiful spirit!!!

[yu2be07]

WOW!! That was a very GOOD recitation!

[purplesilverplatinum]

Love this, chicky! *tears*

[pmaster17]

i love your hair

[654321so]

beautiful.....

[terryagyekum]

im so out of words that was really talented..

[sjatb]

Wow omg great GO NIKKI! I knew it ur Lupe's ghostwriter!!!!!! So how is LUPEND gonna be Mz. Ghostwrite Jean!hhahha jp jp i like this post the lyrics Nik

RP$

DOMO UP!

[therandom2006]

wow..

[jjerni121]

My God you're awesome!!! You'll go far in whatever you do, if only for the fact that your spirit is so sincere!

[jjerni121]

My God you're awesome!!! You'll go far in whatever you do, if only for the fact that your spirit is so sincere!

[jjerni121]

My God you're awesome!!!! I'm sure that you'll go far in whatever you do, if only for the fact that your spirit is so sincere!

[x3poohbear]

this is so beautiful.

[cHiLdR3B3LfRsH]

that waz sik... i dunno y but everytime i watch this you remind me more and more of lauryn hill.

[mizkity03]

I just love this poem.

[Embreezie]

That was amazing!

[teleturk23]

Dang...im like SPEECHLESS straight up...That was like.....crazy good....Loved it fa real...Keep ya head up!!

[aubDyer2]

Yo I was really feelin this...

You are incredibly talented..

[Daleon1]

Tuff...!

[nONii2305]

omg. i almost cried.... TWICE. and i only seen it ONCE... so far

Nikki my dear. YOU ARE THE TRUTH! that was so real. so real.

[TimothyDeLaGhetto2]

nikki i know i told you already, but this is beeeaaaauuutiiuuul

[rtprasad]

that was sikkk! . dam your talented nikki

[Alternative7Neo]

"The sound of his gates - A mix between Thugs-N-Harmony and oldschool Isaac Hayes"

Haha I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this to you.

But that quote from your poem is incredibly beautiful!

Thank you for sharing!

Peace from Sweden!

[motion9041]

that was fucking ILL! good shit nikki

[illmatic02136]

This is Diderot, the other half of the BOSTONIANS, who came to your show Sunday. Even though I'm a New Yorker who goes to UMASS BOston, I'll represent Boston just this 1 time. You & your bandmates were SO AMAZING & tore that show up! You guys are extremely talented & I'm a big fan of your crafty & expressive lyrics! Once again, thanks for the cookies and I appreciate how you talked to my friend and I like you known us for years! Keeping striving for your dreams & don't stop writing homie!

[aznvictor]

a poem for me lol but i still want dat kiss ;)

[niquea03]

propers darling!!! absolute propers!!!

[pjules01]

this is PJ one half of the BOSTONIANS from last night's show. its mad unbelievable that we actually met you and your band last night (great show btw). You are mad humble and talented and can cook hella good cookies ;) i appreciate the time you took to talk to me and my boy and that you cared about us getting home safely. well we did get home but i was too tired to go to my 9:30 class. take care and cant wait to see you perform at the tweeter center in the BEAN. ps that green dress was FIYAH!!!

[MedoOnlineTV]

Yo Girl, I Love You Shit So Much, Some Of The Gr8st People In The World Started By Doing What You Did, Not Half As Good, Hit Me Back And Dont Ever Stop What You Doing, Holla !

[t1b1]

that spoken word piece was dope!! How bout next video u drop a freestyle!! lol I mean your so talented I think it would b dope 2 hear u spit a quick 16!!

[nikkijeanproject]

HA!

I'm NOT A RAPPER

[thedragonzord]

oh, nikki, you could be. you could be.

[t1b1]

Yeah I know... :( but it would b a treat 2 hear u rhyme :)

[yunboyfresh]

Deep.

[DaFallenArtist]

i'm comforted by the fact that you're actually real, and someone this beautiful can actually exist in this world...

peace

[koblife4me]

yikes!! You are amazing!!

[speckymon]

Whoa....That was deep. Got mad skillz with the poetic verses.

[tyc33n]

fuck chores dat shyt was hella clean mi nig idk why i use to think i could do poetry after zulumaster n nikki i fuckin quit its dne wow dat shyt was amazin

[imSUPERjon]

here's to cliff. great words

[Patherine]

crying

[foreverme771990]

Shit Was Hot Fiya

[daisy5388]

that poem was soo beautiful and soo are you keep doin watcha do and oh yea do u get 2 see mii boifriend lupe shirtless sumtimez lol if ya do plz post picz isnt he soo hott lol

[LaoEpicx]

you should go on def poetry

[Brittany2006]

wow nikki you truly are..amazing.

[thabosssauce]

well done...painted a picture spoken with pure feelings ....<3 it!!!

[Bloodsport1]

Hey Nikki make a poem about me. That will be so awesome

[DisturbingTheFleece]

I've never seen a messy room look so...PERFECT! So deep and strategically artistic. Was it done deliberately?

[lil06fab]

No.. Nikki Jean does not do chores. lol j/k

[agirl234]

wow thats a great poem, but i am sry bout your friend

[itsthenoodle]

that poem was beautiful. i'm really sorry about what happened to your friend =(

[youlike666]

OMG NIKKI JEAN I AM IN LUV!!

[bdotstrong1]

tears lead to cheers. RESPECT DUE

[CAPTEARS]

my fingers are snapping

[Eric1anewyou]

i SAW everything you said - WOW, you just showed you have yet another level of depth, another dimension you can take your gift to - i was'nt expecting that... well, sis keep peeling the layers back and continue to reveal what's in there -there's much more where that came from - DON'T STOP (don't even slow down) not even a little bit, not even when you surprise yourself - and YOU WILL surprise yourself if you have'nt already - continue to PRESS! thank you for your inspiration. take a bow

[babiboiblu]

U got a serious talent their, u obviously know dat. But thats a real good poem

[SunshineIzDivine]

oo i love..

[antoniajenae]

wow,

[funkylana]

your videos can be so emotive and poignant sometimes.....and i love them for it.

[FakeItTillUMakeIt]

wow...UR GREAT!~!!!

[The1tactician]

man,that was so touching..just the whole composition..man

[OnE3nD]

so dope im about to get back on my writing game because of this

[willwoe]

how sweet

[Panther15]

That poem was beautiful.

[Jayderade]

Hey Nikki Jean! That was good!!!!! ..sounds like this guy i went to high school with to..

have a good one!

(^^)v

[njjkidd5]

thank you for that

thank you for sharing

simply raw emotion...

[whyyyyymeeeee]

wow

[ronaldwt]

Great Nikki

[Yamcha67]

wow that was really nice :]

[syrgirl]

love it!

[wwjdluv2]

that was dope!! yay for poetry!

[iSoupamani]

That was serious!

[uptop456]

w0w you got to bring that out to def poetry jam or something you're way too talented and beautiful i'll add =).

[CubanitoMichael]

That deep nikki...

5/5

[big81drew]

very nice nikki

[sean917]

that was the most amazing poem ive ever heard.

simply amazing.

[paperdawl]

you are too talented.

[wayco]

More...

[daone0621]

I simply say I'm sorry for your loss.

[jccalto88]

THAT WAS SOOOOO AWESOME!!! your are amazing!!

[lis880]

Thank you

[BaldButWigged]

beautiful. talented. the business.

[Ajuswannahoop]

Dope! Yo I do poetry too..that was hot...(finger snaps, finger snaps) lol

[srachid79]

u nd lupe are so cool, keep it up nikki.

[urbanradionation]

Nikki Jean, always fly.

urbanradionation(.)com

[drewwilliams9669]

Hi NikkiJean...that was nice...I enjoyed listening to that poem. It was very well spoken. You are on your way to stardom. Have a good one....

[raptrackfanman]

no lie. That was very good.

[ladivenom]

God nikki I just watched this again..Its dami of Myspace btw the one who asked about your hair!

But yeah When Im older I wanna be like you.. Full of soo Many talents woman!!

[Mustafu815]

TALENTED!!!!

[victoriasade]

I KNEW you HAD to write poetry!! SICK! and sad... I went to a funeral today... a life well lived.

[rawrxxjackie]

that was too sicckk

you're in to spoken word poems too?!

well the next time you're in chicago

you should look up some word play events

its where a bunch of young artists get together and recite poems..its pretty dope :]

anyways. i liked it. that was dope :]

[handidandi]

that was soo good, the best one ive ever heard

[unconstrained14u]

*snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* That was really good....

[roderickjohn]

DAAmMNN.. !! you keep impressing me.. !! If you ever plan to move to Holland I'll marry you :) By the way what's up with da room ??

[soolebop]

UN-FUC-KINbelievable!

[killa7byte]

hey nikki, i loved the poem...it was very moving! i had some spare time so i decided to add a bit of a mellow sound over your poem...hope you like it...

h t t p : / / w w w . z s h a r e . n e t / a u d i o / 8 6 1 7 6 9 8 7 3 c 9 9 a 0 /

keep doing your thing nikki!!!

[Ccjjpp112233]

your the best <3

[martinmor93]

inspiring

[ComplexIsMe]

Your words resonate! Im currently experiencing the same situation...crazy how me make of this thing called life.

I surely appreciate your words Nikki

[qu42blue]

this was weak

[loudiamond]

wow, how are you gonna have Nikki Jean on your friends list? lol get out of here.

-Dam Nikki Jean, that was ill! it went hard

[propayne93]

this gave me chills

[BeyondBarsTV]

something about a beautiful girl with an even more beautiful mind... :)

[JawKAtaNa]

damn, this speaks volumes, much respect!! hella powerful poem.

[dunowhatelse]

I loved it!! This kind of happened to me .. A friend of mine from high school was shot in a club parking lot on the way to his car ..

[shygirlTJ186]

Amazing. Brought a tear to my eye.

[donald347]

Sound like me in high school... only I had no fashion sense or drugs... and I'm still alive... and no girls in high school would ever make a poem about me lol

[donald347]

Sound like me in high school... only I had no fashion sense or drugs... and I'm still alive... and no girls in high school would ever make a poem about me lol

[MynORity]

Damm ur talented...

Catch me at the knitting factory sunday...

that.ll make 2 Nouveau Riche Concerts in 2 diff Cities 4 me...

[MindFuLL]

I really felt that. It hit close to home mos def. You're a wonderful writer, I hope you continue

[dbarnes808]

"next time our paths crossed, i saw his was steep and filled with rocks

So sure his ship would never come in he up and burned the docks"

Woooow, i love it

[AintNevaHeardOfIt]

And I thought I was a poet!

That was beautiful and genuine...

Definitely Def Poet capable

But your just the greatest Ms. Jean

[Amourvocalist]

All I Can Say Is WoW.... (RIP CLIFF)... WOW

[Neog2]

That was good stuff.

Stay keeping it real.

Ill See yah on tour.

[Neog2]

That was good stuff.

Stay keeping it real.

Ill See yah on tour.

[jaye56]

All I'm sayin' is that type of talent should be in a book...(R.I.P. to CLIIF)...much love to you Nikki.

Peace/Jaye

[SOSOMEE]

wow..that was great

[HMH2810]

RESPECT

[benjiemooncakes]

Bravo!!! Haha that was excellent.

Hell that coulda been named a poem for Michael Young History.

[davidmckesey]

thats what i was thinking when i was listening to it. great poem though

[projektsid]

Flow, Mad flow.

[NYCutie]

Beautifully expressed. I'm a fan.

[1nYoFace]

Good grief! Deep... excellent.

[lil06fab]

[Mos Def Voice] Nikki Jean.... Def Poet [Mos Def Voice]

That poem was deep. And where I am, everyone knows a Cliff Black... mmm..I think im gonna write and post a poem of my own now lol.

Kudos!!

[secrtbeat]

Speechless !!!!!

U did it again Nikki......tru feelings,,,,,,luv it !!

[12123456567]

damn that was so deep. Cliff Black kinda reminds me of my cousin but i pray to god his life dosen't end that way.

[maxout2009]

excellent

[Youngsmooth512]

mmmmaaaaaaannnnn Nikki J, That was hot. I dont know if people were really listening, but when you said.

She told me how it all went down

Told me how they shot him down

He was found on the corner comin down hill

From school comin towards down town

And I put The Phone Down

Tears fell down I nealt down

Tried to hold the chock down

It broke fee I broke down

oh my god, i had to fall back for a second. you killed it. But Ill Halla

[dlatreset]

That was really powerful.

[hollyhoodjoe123]

****Standing Ovation*****

That was outstanding.!! Wow! How long did it take you to write that?!

[1beauttifly1]

nicely written

[thewritebrother]

Dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmn Nikki. This was a remarkable piece, I have no words.

[djlogixc]

you are amazing!! i cant wait to see you on may6 in miami!!!

[naptownphenom55]

that was hot nikki, very soulful

[MarcusJefferson]

I check ya vids all the time but never post,, but today... man, that was tight like Nat booty..lol :)

[dangermouse22]

woooooooooow! beautiful imagery.

instant favorite

[jalejandro]

def poetry jam anyone?! haha that was really nice. i loved it

[Flippinsaint2]

Amazing and deep, your an inspiration.

[Debonair73]

OMG, I love you!!!!