Def Poetry - Javon Johnson - Elementary

[cuteitkle]

Need more like him! Now Dr. Johnson!

[msfantasy2013]

Omg... not only is he a great poet, but sexy as HELL

[DjRodimusPrimeXyZ]

i had the same dream and damn right im a NINJA TURTLE kung fu & pencak silat & escrima thats how i do it i keep it 100% :)

[09SirActive]

Look At His shirt!!

[speshulgurlee]

... and george w. bush. favorite line in this.

[ILuvKhrisJ]

He actually look like a tenage mutant ninja turtle I love this poem thgh

[chrisarahj]

Shoot! I wanna go back to Elementary too

[CeMeBe1]

i said i wanted to the yellow power ranger

[koolinturn]

lol this dude is killer!! btw I wish they would snap instead of clap, it kills the flow.

[cheifness]

@koolinturn it's actually disrespectful in modern spoken word and slam to snap. If you like something you cheer loudly

[neumn13]

HAHA sick! :D

[RLRussell22]

lol ay yo dudes a beast

[valax300]

This guy is now my professor at USC in los angeles. He is incredible!

You're the man Javon

[zh3nghaoxiang]

@valax300 Fight on!

[valax300]

this guy is now my professor at USC in los angeles. He is incredible!

Word up javon

[rigogurt]

this nigga looks like turtle

[miyandere]

This has got to be one of my new favorite pieces!

[radikalprodigal]

gone are the days where ppl wanted to become a power ranger :-( ... go go power rangers!

[angelinaBLUHH]

Im a fucking teenage mutant ninja turtle! Hahahah

[GODSELF2012]

That was my all time favorite cartoon growing up

[BMXGUY11000]

i like how this video is uploaded by KFC123

[hardnphirm87]

I wrote a poem and did one like this in high school for the talent show and wond 3rd place. I'm diggin "Elementary."

[zarenj21]

they say shit like kawabunga and dude... HAHAHA

[binladinzmum]

im going to be the second black teenage mutant ninja turtle XD

[seanyk111]

im gonna be the first irish tmnt

[andipoetic]

"I am ruler of the universe simply on the grounds that I'm a writer"

oh I love that

[gourdine09]

I'm Going to be the first black teenage mutant ninja turtle

[Bibliomaniac15]

I heard him deliver this poem live at USC...this man is the shit.

[DaymNaniiBadd]

Fuck Like.......i Love This Poem......really Shit All Day

[Punkerloves]

And George W Bush! ahah

[pixxiesarebetter]

i wanted to be sailor moon

[theyouneek1]

LMAO FUCK NINJA TURTLES! BUT THE WHOLE POEM IS REAL AND EASY TO RELATE TO

[PoetriiseStanzafyah]

OhhMiiRealDizzyDaiis

..Loved Thiss Lool

Roll Orn Tha Cartoonss

-signed female TMNT poet in action,, stay blesssed

[drefner]

As a REAL teenage-mutant-ninja-AMERICAN! I find this offensive................ naw! jus playin! This was friggin awesome!

[SavantOnASpinet]

Langston, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle :D

[blenkage]

Critics? ready set start..

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[JayTea91]

THAT IS AWESOME

[babygirl9126]

funny stuff

[chillinboydz]

yea ninja turtles



[verybusy247]

brilliant...jus brilliant

[MsDecember88]

For the people who click the don't like button...Ya'll don't know good poetry. This guy is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[unstablemantha]

lol cute..

[specialk9569]

awesome

[morwyntroy]

Beautifully said, reminiscing is beautiful...it's our imagination as adults allowed to breath again.

[SnugleFresh]

powerful

[LadiiKay3000]

Lol "No no fuck that" hahahhaa. "Cowabnga and dude" lmfaooo "I'm a fuckin teenage m ninja mutin turtle" ahahahaha. i absolutely love this. I watched it like 15 times today.

[LadiiKay3000]

Lmfao. Dope.

[LeaireTHETOPCAT]

LOL TOO FUNNY

[scnsoccer24]

this guy is great

[dontlistentomeimmute]

hahaha too funny

[thefriqueisin]

Great, now I wanna be a Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtle too!

[paulj8c88]

The Power of Writing all you can be, all you can do, all you can change enjoyed this here, Real Talk!!

[nskyz]

THAT WAS AWESOME

[MuT7]

I can't stop watching this. Amazing.

[MochaHurricane]

lol teenage mutant ninja turtle, fighting illiteracy with the grace and agility as the characters of a beloved cartoon. Preach!

[lilmama05pimp]

DOPE!

[MikaelaBaybee]

ohhhh shit. crazy shit right there!

[wiiboy555]

LMAO dope shit!!!

[tims61]

@ Jox6, I sure do!! You can also add Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh to that list. And while you're at it, you can add yourself to that list. You seem to be just as ignorant, and racist as they are.

[airplanesrfun]

Wow, you are what, thirteen? Isn't it neat through the anonymity of the internet think that somehow you can make such ignorant statements. I am sure you were with your friends and you said "hey look at what I wrote guys," probably right after some card trick and Twinkies. What is sad is that you don't know your sick and you will grow up among your other fat peers thinking it's okay. Your absent parents are probably thinking that everything is ok, when your mind has rotted away.

[jms1300]

love the rest

[jms1300]

bush nice name drop lol

[DaWordMan89]

"Shit, I just want to go back to elementary"... "No, no, FUCK THAT!!"... I'm gonna be replaying this shit right here FOR EVER!!

[doriangarvin]

that was iLL

[ATLGaGirl09]

I too want to be a TMNT! A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle! Hell yes!

[koolinturn]

@ATLGaGirl09 I just noticed it destroys their presentation.

[jac24sho]

dis shii go hard

[shattachunk]

this poem is fucking great man creativity at its best

[PrinceVice]

over and over and fucking over again, this poem rocks me!

[Aikiaprima]

my thoery : when u argue and mak someone try to look stupid on the intrenet you look stupid but the other person does the same by doing the exzact thing as you looking stupid so when talkin nonsense and persuading someone with a point they belive as a strong as u is stupid cus at the end of the day ur argument is only as strong as your stupid beliefs and no can break a belif thats stupid readin this might sound stupid but the other person argueing is also stupid " looool hi stupid, bye stupid

[bennyj38]

To Aikiaprima:

you use the word "stupid" to many times, "ignorant" would be more appropriate... hence its knowledge that is lacking, but sometimes it is comprehension which can be construed at stupid... But nonetheless Insightful comment on your part.

[wikkedchik90]

"back in the day when i was younger, im not a kid anymore, but some days i feel just like a kid again"

[Stringathinga]

Dope shirt

[rubberbandman654]

lol my name is langston haha

this poem is amazing

[cmacdback]

he's talking about langston hughes...not you. but i agree, great poem

[coolcrooger]

EXACTLY HOW I FEEL!!!!!!!!!

[dRunKnkenSamuRaI]

bush bandwagon

[LawofDoc]

ya it kinda erks me too

[SavedbyChrist09]

that whole poem and all you could pick out was his one criticism of Bush .... wow!

[LawofDoc]

the whole poem and it was the only part that really needed comment as far as I was concerned. The rest was just sorta meh.

[SavedbyChrist09]

correct me if I am wrong but are u not also jumping on the bandwagon of people who complain about people who crticise Bush ..... just saying!

[LawofDoc]

I'm complaining about poets using cheap and crappy lines to get a easy response

[dhxstm]

@SavedbyChrist09 lol



[hunterr83]

You'd be mad too if you were in New Orleans and the gov't left you for dead after the hurricanes hit. Might not have all been Bush's fault, but dang, all the people who in the bureaus who didn't act quickly to save the victims worked for him, after all.

[BlackStallion777]

You don't have a f***ing clue what it was like. I live in New Orleans, I was here.

Bush had nothing to do with it. It was Blanco's fault. She ran out on us. There's a law stating that the president cannot send troops for any civil matter (natural disaster, civil war) without the governor's request for help. Blanco ran to save her own ass.

Don't you dare blame Bush.

[hunterr83]

Uh huh. Try reading my comment again. Don't think you understood what I was trying to say.

[BlackStallion777]

I don't see what Law ofDoc said, all I see is that you said it might not have been ALL of Bush's fault, but the people in the bureaus who didn't act quickly to save the victims worked for him.

You don't seem to understand that YES they do work for him, but NO he was NOT allowed to send them. The law states that to send troops or help of any kind, the governor of the said state must ASK for that help. This is to prevent interference by the president in civil wars.

[hunterr83]

Yeah, you're right. Maybe he should have said something when all fingers were being pointed at him. He just kept quiet while the media and his opponents pulled out the race card.

[BlackStallion777]

If he had/did said something, no one would have listened to him; be realistic. Everyone knows the news cuts out the good and keeps the bad.

[DeaDPasT]

This is why I really dislike... Stop living in the past.... there are people out there far off worse than you.... you have something, you're alive.... when my parents came here from japan, they put my mother in camp, while my father who was white, was set free... Imagine how he felt when he was forced to go through days of his wife put in a camp because of her race... and same applies to slaves.. stop living in the past, and strive for the present, and push for the future...

[DeaDPasT]

I'm not saying I don't care or I don't think it is a big deal, because it is... but.... letting stuff like that bug you is what pushes us down... Bush may not have been the best, and probably the worst, but blaming him for everything is irrelevant...

[guitardude1230]

You know, cause Bush didn't instruct FEMA to stand down until it was too late. And I guess we should just forget about the levees just magically blowing themselves up...

[BlackStallion777]

REALLY?!! Wow. So you're a f***ing conspiracy freak, apparently. Too bad my FATHER is the project manager of the Corps of Engineers, and the reason the levees failed is because at the time they were built, we didn't have the engineering understanding to realize that we had made a mistake. You're an idiot. You don't live here, you didn't stay for the storm like I did. So shut the f*** up.

[guitardude1230]

Im not looking to argue and there is no reason for your hostility. I am not a "conspiracy freak," I am an educated researcher. I was not there but I am informed about what led up to it all. Judging by all of your negative responses to everyone I suspect that you are a know it all kid with an opinion about EVERYTHING who has to be right about EVERYTHING. It's okay that you have chosen to remain ignorant because, well, ignorance is bliss isn't it? Have a nice day.

Amazing poem btw :)

[BlackStallion777]

Firstly, there's plenty of reason for my hostility. Your only comment should have been "amazing poem".

Yeah, I'm a huge know-it-all, that's why my motto is "True knowledge is knowing that you know absolutely nothing" by Socrates. You're the ignorant f*** going around talking about government conspiracy. Your insults, like the title of this poem, are elementary. I suggest you shut up and quit while you're ahead. Still think I'm ignorant?? Go to my page and see the poem I wrote.

[toocoolotool218]

Hey dude, your poem was amazing, you had amazing delivery too, but it seems to me like the comments you are leaving on this page go against the working together and the ending of hate that you ask for in your poem. You may be right, but getting someone to see the truth should be a positive thing. If you speak the truth then why are you so defensive and irate? But who gives a shit man seriously your poem is the truth. Maybe instead of arguing with ppl you should just link them to your poem.

[BlackStallion777]

Thanks man. I'm only 18, so that explains the irateness, haha.

[pastybuns]

the person who post this isnt the person one video i believe man yeh.

[FightingColts12]

lol

[khodgdo]

Does anybody know where I can get the words to this poem, this is amazing (obviously if I am desperate I will transcribe) but if anyone has it, that would be GREAT. Thanks!!!

[ujamaa4]

"I am a FUCKING TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE" LMAO

[sandrajeantaylor]

brilliant!!!

i often find myself going back to elementary. sometimes we need to simplify our lives.

[QsHoney2be]

"I want to be a teenage...mutant...ninja....tu­rtle!!" lol, he said that with so much conviction. Great poem!

[motownkrazy]

i knoe rite

[bnguyen72485]

he is awesome! he was my professor at CSULA!

[bluache]

Professor of what?

[didyouseethatunicorn]

hell yeahhh

[roflwaffle12321]

lol fuckin love this

[killamurder1992]

This man is my idol :)

[luvtocrap2]

I was def. feeling this one!!!!!

[thaddeusummers]

hes the only poet i know that krumps when recites his poets

[mnkato12]

lol u crazy... i like dis one tho

[javonism]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! that's funny. with no music either.

[MissQKazoo]

YE! HA! Nice one

[barbados23]

1:30...lmao

[GorGeousyetsmart]

i love it!

i'm fucking teenage mutant ninja turtle

[BrittyLady]

That's fucking awesome! Great poem.

[DPx111]

am a fakin TMNT .. hahahaha

[SavannahCullen]

'...the turtle with a pen...'

AMAZING!

[tillo2008]

donatello

[xxmsp91]

hes talking about raphael

[smartchick26]

this poem is hot i love it

my fav line "..but i'll b Langston the poet with the pen"

[mlt021]

"i looked him square in the eye and said 'I'm a fing teenage mutant ninga turtle'"

classic. i always wanted to be one.

[IrenicElegance]

@mlt021 I'm pretty sure I gave the same answer when I was a kid

[donthateonbeyonce]

@mlt021 check spelling

[Stephaniejasminej]

Fell in love with u when u said this to me...miss u much!

[Poetic407]

i like this poem. lol.

[sheehan51]

damn miss elementary

[Stringathinga]

I love that a ninja turtle named Langston is soo fitting

[highandrising]

"i am going to the a teenage mutant ninja turtle! ...the first black teenage mutant ninja turtle too"

haha

[penaholic]

Great poem!! Love it to the max! I think we all want 2 go back to elementary. Hell, I know I do. LOL!

[U2CanBBeautiful]

TMNT, lol

[jayelowell]

sharp tounge!

[ma166406]

Liquid Words!

[ningenskiller]

I fucking want to go back to elementry. >: | .

[BestVideosEver01]

that shit was amazing.

[BnkHeadChck2009]

True stuff about the koolaid!! Yeah! <3

[frostybynature]

damn that was awesome

[maiyatempleton]

Preach Javon! I want to go back to elementary to, but I want to be Wonder Woman- my outfit would match though!

[joemike75]

That was brilliant!

[shizzel8590]

that was amazing, his comic acting made it

[kaiser0soze]

I looked him square in the eye

[crazysexycoolbitch]

wOW good point about teenage mutant turtle lollll never occured to me...

[lordpymei]

that was dope

[bandcarmina123]

this is good....

[whitefawn87]

this is unbelievingly amazing!

[ktchester]

nice articulation

[a15hah]

me tooo i love how he put his message it was geni-usss

[fire14air14]

haha kickass i love it!!

[CaramelJamaicanGyal]

omg i LOVE THIS POEM...HUMOR WITH A MESSAGE

i love it!!

[RAWKNtoni]

if i was a ninja turtle. I would Giovanni. Like Nikki Giovanni. lol

[joshridesbmx]

that shit was cool as a fan!!!

[layzome]

i love this poem

[sexituni93]

that was sooo cool!

i remember those dayss

im a fckiin ninja turtle

lmfaoo

[edilomar11]

LMFAO his right george bush is 1 of the evil duers in the world lma!

[CamShot]

Javon "the mufuxxen man" Johnson! What's that Crenshaw High School like?!!!

[DarkTwinA]

LMAO!!! "bcuz they say shit like calibunga" /

I'm a fucking teenage mutant ninja turtle"!!!

[coconut180]

this was spoken real well and is very original! LOVE IT!

-midnight

[GeNubian]

i like this poem.

[Patswifey1234]

wow, i like this poem, its deep

[lilpeoplel88]

so silly i wanted to be a pink ranger now i have hope! LOL

[Moreniqua]

RAW!!!

[LilFizzLuver]

does anyone know where i can find the words to this?

[Sortman]

uhm..right up there ^^

the dude talking knows them all.

[mrhakeemz]

wow im suprised...no negative comments what so ever....this may have been one of the best poems i heared on a real note though...yea over here i keep it afro samurai though..jyea!

--

Sent from my Helio Ocean

[other954]

Imma black teenage mutant ninja turtle. Ain't no denying it.

[JOLOVESU24]

thats friggin awesomeeee

"black teenage mutant ninja turtle!" ahah

LOVE IT

[tupacalypse09]

Anyone know how i can reach Javon??? He was my communications teacher in Cal State LA like 3 yrs ago... he was the most amazing teacher ive ever had... JAVON! HOLLA AT ME!

[Darnitdee]

I believe he's working on his PhD @ Nortwestern.

[josephw28]

Unbelievable. YES.

[turkeydragon]

This is a shout out to the eighties an everyone who lived thru it! - and also to those who didn't - RIP - Sometimes I love you america ...

[LoveHaterJones]

That was refreshing.

[UptownVeteran12]

lol this was a beast