Def Poetry - Amiri Baraka - Why is We Americans

Amiri Baraka in Season 1 Episode 4 of Def Poetry Jam

[@RunawayTrane]

Forget resting in peace, or paradise, or power....may he come back and haunt the shit of the devil that persecutes us

[@nichellevelazquez]

😂😂

[@dazzlin1968]

I am saddened by the fact that it has taken me 45 years to have this brilliant genius. My eyes are open. He is outstanding may you RIP

[@praywithourfeet]

Every syllable he utters speaks to my soul!!! Whew! 💥💥💥💥

[@JessanDunnOtis]

bo-dee-dah, bo-dee-dahhh... Indeed! Sing on, Mr. Amiri Baraka. Thank you for your work, gifts, Life.

[@jazzer102]

Coltrane equinox

[@khemirby4010]

May the light that he shared with us continue in us.

[@candyland1986]

I luv how poetry and music seem interchangeable.

[@leftliberated]

i didn't know amiri baraka passed away. i met him in college when he came to our school. his recitation was really powerful. i love the beats. he was a great human being.

[@CTopple]

Words are a weapon, he said. He used them in an inspiring way. Thank you, Brother Amiri

[@califiasrevenge77]

"all that! all that! all that! all that!!!" i love it!

[@garyn1953]

THE BROTHER BE HITTIN' HARD !!!!!!! EVEN MORE SO AFTER HIS TRANSITION !!!!!!! A GREAT REVOLUTIONARY !!!!!!!

[@chillebony8863]

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. RESPECT 🙏 TO KING OF POETRY. NJ. ALL LOVE ALWAYS TO AMIRI BARAKA .HE LOVED HIS POC. THIS WILL ALWAYS BE OUR EXAMPLE OF A GOAT BROTHER.

[@robertmalin3244]

"but Reality is an excerpt on television” classic

[@chillebony4381]

Greatest poet ! Listen open your ears blessed strong mind ! The youth need to learn his HISTORY I would make it mandatory!

[@Magic1970something]

Thank You Amiri.....thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@Oseanacoceanblue]

I’m so glad I just found this man Watched a documentary on herbet selby Jrn the author of requiem for a dream and last exit . This man cane up a lot , I was curious , now I’m a believer .

[@djartwerk]

Tune used : Equinox by John Coltrane

[@praywithourfeet]

Thank you for that brother.❤️🙏🏾✊🏾

[@Mina-vr1kw]

As a baby boomer I’m so proud the young ones gave him a standing ovation!!

[@allaalhaj3858]

رحمك الله. هذه النوعية من الرجال التي تشكل الفرق تماما كمعلمه مالكومX.

[@desdamonaone]

Thank for posting the tune he borrowed. I really appreciate that! Going to use the poem and now some Coltrane in a workshop.

[@GloRubac]

Muchisimas Gracias, Bro Amiri ! !

[@Thenameisboosta]

So Powerful... I Love It!!!!!

[@classicharlem3952]

He was humming "Equinox" by John Coltrane! 🎼🎵🎶🎷🎤😎

[@heavyjr1]

you live on through us. your words will forever inspire...

[@susankennedy5739]

Previously known as LeRoi Jones, author of the only books on Black Music I could find when I was in high school, 1968: Black Music, and Blues People. Still excellent and relavent books.

[@kinkyyogi]

I hear the boodeedahhh of Coltranes "Equinox".. this man is a genius

[@emahunn1]

Rest in Power

[@rievans57]

. . . on this earth you walked now in heaven you fly . . .

[@kyawhtetaung2236]

🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:00 *🇺🇸 Reparations for historical injustices* - Calls for reparations for African Americans for historical injustices such as slavery, lynchings, and discrimination. 02:24 *💰 Central bank and self-determination* - Advocates for the establishment of a central bank with democratically elected trustees for the African American community. 03:48 *🕊️ Striving for voluntary unity* - Emphasizes the importance of voluntary unity, autonomy, and self-determination for creating a harmonious future in America. Made with HARPA AImore

[@AssanRaelian]

Excellent! 👏🏿

[@chillebony8863]

KING GOAT THE BLESSED TEACHER. THE MOST WISE. BLESSED KING. GREAT KING.

[@TheSoloflyte]

Rest In POWER, Baba

[@Aplustradomus]

THANK YOU STORY OF SOUL

[@London_miss234]

Rest in peace. Great poet and activist.

[@AfroHairScience]

Wow! How many hit replay like 3 times? ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@PharaohTheBarber81]

Rest In Uhuru, Brotha Amiri.

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

May 31st. 2020. Setting asses on fire.

[@radkl61]

Amazing.

[@bentayman]

he spit hot fire

[@dumilemzimela6461]

amazing!

[@Marella2024]

Amazing!!!! RIP King👑

[@Graciana529]

powerful! thank

[@chillebony8863]

GOAT

[@kiiadevaroux]

Forever relevant 💫

[@angilynntaylor5678]

RIP Jan 9, 2014

[@sundaymanalang987]

i shock,very wonderful song and singer they..

[@MREpikpryde96]

tanks for ur eye opening poem.

[@JayeBoogie1017]

I miss that brothers wisdome

[@waynebess5854]

SPOKEN LIKE A PATRIOT OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN NATION!

[@Southernwhitehorse]

That is EQUINOX!!!! Coltrane

[@chillebony8863]

BLACCC HISTORY EVEdAYS GREAT BROTHER THE FIRST FATHER POET. BIG RESPECT.

[@Glenhas]

Truthsayer Ancestor

[@MINDEYE7]

My Hero

[@gloriamitchell3518]

Rest in Powerful Peace.

[@BekaShakur]

Rest In Uhuru Baba Amiri

[@jubileeshine]

whats up beka? a great loss to the world and our struggle. amiri!

[@PoetPariahMusic]

Rest in peace

[@thewintersessions]

This is a stick up. Amiri get out of the coffin.

[@andrewdelgado8911]

Agreed

[@buknekkedguy]

I met this cat at a Jazz set in the West Village. I feel cool just saying that :)

[@Nyabinghi101]

rest in everlasting Life...Nkuluntu

[@mantra3930]

Happy father's Day ❤️!

[@blacmanish]

RIP!!!!!!!

[@tomfinch956]

Classic

[@beseeingyou6]

He's got a cool voice

[@biblicalstreet]

wow

[@carolanande1355]

Beautiful...

[@newhorizonsforfifty2833]

"Either give us our lives or plan to forfeit your own."

[@billyonthewheels75]

Notice how most of our brothers and sisters didn't stand up at the end after a dose of the truth....

[@praywithourfeet]

Whew! 💥💥💥 So many are not ready.

[@kjonesdenim]

Mr baraka killed this

[@Thesamoel]

Asillere selam

[@nayahri]

Rest In Pride.

[@jasminemcniven7117]

Does anyone know the year this poem was written?

[@odoacremaniero3734]

IO L'HO ASCOLTATO DAL VIVO A BOLOGNA PRIMA CHE MORISSE CON UN GRUPPO IN CUI SUONAVANO HAMID DRAKE & WILLIAM PARKER...ESPERIENZA METAFISICA...

[@RustumK]

23 people are vegetables.

[@mase3girls]

✊😎

[@princeofmassachusetts9535]

hi class

[@booksteer7057]

The only way to get reparations for all of that would be to take it by force, because it won't/can't happen any other way. I'm pretty sure he knew that. This is also not poetry...despite the scat singing.

[@kjonesdenim]

Mr barak

[@jamesbunch8932]

I doubt Amiri Baraka intended to incite literal violence - I mean he never actually tried to do so outside of poetry. But I don't think it's irrational or inappropriate to use such strong language, given that African Americans in the US were certainly *never* subjected to the kind of moderate, peaceful, non-violent resistance of the kind that we expect from them now. In a way that is more than metaphorical, I would say, my fellow whites (at least many of the ones writing comments here) have sadly forfeited a better, more humane, more morally honest life that they could have if they would allow themselves to admit to and accept their share of the weight of America's history of white supremacist violence and suppression.

[@reujack]

Well

[@MangoSlade.]

Naw Baraka I want reparations for my people only. We the only ones not getting anything!

[@Sole-Survivor]

We want" but are unwilling to do what is necessary to get it.

[@NaturalElicia]

Ase

[@jacksonroye9967]

this is the scariest thing ive ever seen. kill it with fire

[@Biyoluminesans2159]

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[@Biyoluminesans2159]

ıt must to be devıl Şimdi neymiş zengin fakir farkı çıkmış ayyuka, bunu diyenler komünist olmalı, bak şu Moskof'a

[@CounterRevolutionary]

You will receive nothing.

[@thegroove6203]

+CounterRevolutionary because racist like you still exist only to be found by the bumber of my car and to taste the Michelin's as I drive over you to create Racist Road Kill.

[@CounterRevolutionary]

+The Groove Oooh, dats def; you should use dat in a poetry jam.

[@PassThatFersacy]

You're the ultimate troll bruh. Good gimmick

[@henryhill3778]

Why "IS" we Americans... spoken like a true illiterate.

[@wanyao77]

It was deliberate. You would never understand LOL

[@reneauk6956]

The ellipse implies that you had further thought you chose to leave out of your sentence, clearly you don't understand punctuation because with a mind as closed as yours there couldn't have been any room for extra thoughts lingering in the ignorance of your sentence and misused ellipse.

[@OmarFernandoChavez]

So... an inbred white supremacist who probably peaked in high school is calling one of the greatest poets of modern times an illiterate? That's funny.

[@-youresogolden-7829]

Poems don’t have to be literate or be grammatically correct, pretty sure you’re the illiterate one here.

[@dazzlin1968]

I am saddened by the fact that it has taken me 45 years to have this brilliant genius. My eyes are open. He is outstanding may you RIP

[@hangarnut5660]

I am now 45 and watching this and seeing g your post from 8 years ago hits different. I hope you are well my friend.