Slam - "Sha-Clack-Clack" by Ray aka Saul Williams

Slam (1998) by Marc Levin w/ Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn ...
Slam tells the story of Ray Joshua, an original, gifted young MC trapped in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City. Unable to find a job, Ray copes with the despair and poverty of his neighborhood by using his wits and verbal talent.
Ray Joshua, mi-rappeur, mi-poète, vit à Dodge City, cité à haut risque. Lorsqu'il est arrêté en possession de drogue, il se retrouve plongé dans l'impitoyable univers carcéral de l'Etat de Washington. En prison, il rencontre Lauren Bell, qui enseigne la littérature et le pousse à cultiver son don.

[@theninjatony907]

I am now 35. This movie changed my life. I made a pivot in friends and social circles after I say this. I got away from them. I’m still alive. Many of them are not.. RIP to everyone we lost.

[@arkitekfran]

Happy for you and very unfortunate for them, they were trapped and thought there was no way out. They merely imprisoned themselves with poor decision makings.

[@DennisCast7days]

so you a punk

[@professorsockpuppet]

I'm an 8th grade teacher in San Francisco, and I teach this poem every year.

[@BastilsBlather818]

I keep coming back here . its more real every second im gone. 😊

[@tarekameguid]

Its been 20 years since Slam. And this scene is proof that it's just as relevant today as it was back then. Sad as it is, Poetic as it is...

[@a.mburningwolf9558]

Everytime I watch this it just fills me with power

[@KmaC2464]

dude you cant even spell fill right...

[@nuknuknuk111]

Goblin Big Boss fuck you bitch

[@TheOkayCommenter]

this poem was almost 3 minutes long. but his poem got me lost in time. it felt like it really was an eternity

[@kevinlove1530]

He is well studied in esoteric philosophy.

[@kevinlove1530]

+Kevin Love No that "I" lol view this comment in "retrospect" I realize how silly it is or was however you perfer

[@anglinedaniels8620]

This movie is still one of my favorite

[@Amarra2012]

In his book The Dead Emcee Scrolls he talks about when he went to a poetry reading he read Amethyst Rocks, and he was approached by Marc Levin who was a director and he wanted to make the film Slam.

[@mwood341]

MY SPIRIT IS GROWING 7 x 7!!! SPEAK ON IT KING!!

[@rassclaat23]

Damn... what he's talking about is beyond what we can comprehend....

[@TheoTattaglia]

every human being should watch this movie

[@ayzoid9980]

Shits fire the fuck u mean

[@ELJEFE-xo7cm]

I watched this 27 times 😆

[@ELJEFE-xo7cm]

@Trantor The Troll nigga please you tripping

[@aguy1883]

@@ELJEFE-xo7cm why

[@reabetswemazibuko3969]

What's the name of the movie?

[@arthurdent358]

Film is on Hulu right now, you are welcome. This man is a prophet.

[@TrevrHill]

"where my niggas at" "oh shit!" HAHAHHAH he knows those are words of wisdom

[@theninjatony907]

Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima. They saw the future. I’m here in 2020 by myself...

[@jasmendez]

Hardest sh-t on the internet. Past, present, future. Timeless.

[@karofinne]

i love this. especially the rhytm when he says i am not the son of sha clack clack, i am before that, i am before, i am before before

[@anthonygreene8418]

SAUL WILLIAMS...G.O.A.T!! This movie was unjustly underrated

[@shredfaster]

This guy has probably saved hip hop, his poems have meaning, they're not about what normal music is about. Saul, you are the single best spoken word artist out there!

[@irinamutt7634]

This is so so good. Arrived here thanks to the collective Black quantum futurism. Just on time.

[@na1raz]

I saw this movie like 20 + years ago in polish television and recorded it on VHS, but after a couple years my brother deleted it... Television has never played it again since then, but to be honest I'm shocked how good stuff they played back then on tele. I got Boyz n the Hood from TV, menace to society, poetic justice, spike lee joints and mamy other classics. Good ol dayz. Just sayin..

[@JustAddMovement]

Who needs weapons when words fuelled by passion and creativity penetrate the soul just like bullets !

[@kutlwanolegodi5446]

Favourite poem ever!

[@krlm2280]

Classic movie love this since my high school days

[@aesop2020]

I love that this feels live. One take. The reactions are too sincere.

[@Monk0405]

Makes me cry it’s so good

[@JustusTubes]

when at 2:05 i really had an overwhelming urge to cry...and i did a little. must be the liquor. this gave me chills 4-5 times. AMAZING

[@NaptownClassic]

Saul kills it again. My very first exposure to him was through this movie, but once I heard he had albums and writings I scooped up everything I could. I loved this when I saw it but have to say to those doubting him... pick up his self titled album and listen to "Talk To Strangers" Jesus had a wife and she was HIS messiah like that stranger may be yours who holds the subtle knife that cuts through worlds like magic doors.

[@jaydogg408]

The basic message depends on each individual, it's what you get from it not what others tell you you should get from it.

[@gregorywalton3336]

Love this movie

[@Coco-chrispy]

So beautiful

[@maeflower25]

This is incredible. What a gift. What an absolute, marvelous gift.

[@FREEINGTHEMIND]

Still🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@juliusilygonzalez4533]

7+7=14 that converts to five the essence of harmony, balance and order truly divine.

[@RTTIinNYC]

This is deeper than the abyss!

[@WordzThePoet]

i remember this, this changed my life

[@bvalenz4526]

I feel you “7 by 7” on that! 😉

[@stephanieblanchard3873]

YESS, I AM A SPOKEN WORD ARTIST. YO, THIS IS INSPIRING

[@t.k.padilla1968]

+Stephanie Blanchard God created everything by His word! :D

[@CEELOW3000]

OMG - EXTRAORDINARY

[@runningbravado]

tru dat, slam should be played in every school in the world. tru education.

[@junglist8505]

Wow. That hit me, i need to see this movie.

[@felfelfelicus]

gets me every time...

[@blackbecky2283]

I want to see SLAM! ❤️

[@Coco-chrispy]

You are soo pretty

[@sheilareynolds]

it's in one of his books. i would recommend getting all four...

[@VirgiltheDarkSlayer]

Loved it. . . inspiring and uplifting for my sad, sad soul.

[@hiphopbwwsoccer]

it's not just that, but also how other races have held back black people in the past, preventing their advancement. Confinement takes many forms.

[@nochic504]

my favorite poem of all time =]

[@TheBoneLESS]

I had heard a part of this poem on his song "Twice the first time" and the original is indeed great! The passion in his voice always gets to me. Beautiful. Oh, and the sound/video quality of the video is amazing, thank you.

[@RevengeOfIjapa]

0:50 "Original Sufferhead" Is that a Kuti line I spy? Well done Mr Williams - feeling Fela all the way

[@Amarra2012]

I remember when I first heard this, I was like damn I wanna write a poem like that.

[@Imightbewrong555]

impressive list for a ninth grader, man! respect!

[@gr8livn]

Classic.

[@itunedyou]

Timeless!

[@bygINCpresents]

saul has a grasp of so much beyond most folks.

[@karofinne]

wow he is one of my top 3 heroes

[@TruBlackMan]

can someone anyone please upload this entire movie please

[@chakaoliver7835]

I wish I had spent my life spittin grade A spoken word and dressing up like a final fantasy hero...

[@lenoreorrell233]

remember when this joint came out....timelesd

[@lenoreorrell233]

timeless...

[@kschust1]

@ilovethykitty There are black jews in Ethiopia that say they have the book of the covenant. They may or may not, but their beliefs and historic presence is fascinating and remarkable.

[@catblitzchris349]

2019 ALLDAY

[@318ray]

this is very nice

[@palmspringsartist]

Damn. Madd deep stuff!!!!

[@antoniosmitha.k.alordrayde3878]

Facts let's do that new new

[@papakilatube]

He has shown a black man can be elected President of the United States. That alone is more than any President in the last 40 years has done for "minority groupings". And make no mistake. He did it. He runs his own show. Nobody is "running" him. He's going to do great things. Bet on it.

[@kevinbrown7406]

It called heaven on earth here it goes my time in heaven i walking in to my parents don't know me when saw me they said how are you I'm your son please help me they keep asking me the time I wake up I'm still there but my grandmother and my grandfather are there i walking to them how are you go away you making a mistake putting me in jail someone help me they laugh at me what going on how are you planning to get out of here this a dream i wake up at my house this is my peom

[@10timeworld]

I was watching "the N word" and ever since that movie he inspired. Man he killed this poem. SHA CLACK CLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@falsepride]

Teachers have to teach the shit that they are told to teach. That's why most teachers teach in college to teach what they want to with out any one getting offended.

[@Empuls]

1:52 dont shoot the children I shout, dont shoot the children [use in sample song]

[@dam024]

Got dagg dat was bout deep ... DEEEEPPPPPP!!!!

[@caramelzappa]

This particular version of it has never been released. He released a vinyl in 1972 called Elohim that has a song called "Twice the First Time" It has parts of this poem but it is a work in it's own.

[@Ezkeel]

word

[@ez344]

thats some real stuff

[@0397rb]

Ohm is the name

[@mistermikeyangelo]

Time is an illusion. There's only ever the NOW, the Eternal Moment ("there is no Death there is only Eternity"), which is why he refers to himself as "that timeless nigga". He's speaking of those suffering from physical & mental decay because of their disconnection from the Eternal Source of All.

[@professorsockpuppet]

I've taught in public schools with little family involvement. If I taught in a public school with overprotective parents who think I might be poisoning their children with dirty words in a poem, I might have gotten chewed out. My students generally like what I teach, so I don't have any problems.

[@ninjaaxturtlee]

heard parts of this in a scruffnuk dust song. as a white 16 year old I'm still moved by this.

[@vetiarvind]

@mistermikeyangelo Well said. Time is indeed an illusion, but until people experience the eternal moment that is 'now', time will always appear real.

[@alessiolopes1474]

Black power

[@Markay40]

I agree with you completely. I always enjoy entering a conversation about a video but I am quickly disheartened by the stupidity many posters exhibit when they comment. It always degenerates into profanity and closed-minded insanity.

[@deeznetz]

I search for clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack and I got this

[@teepacsamir1]

DAMNNNNNNNNNNNN

[@nuknuknuk111]

will somebody please upload the entire movie

[@SeekinOne]

@professorsockpuppet nice dude, i wish i had teachers like you when i was still in school... but we had to do 20 pushups every time we used a swear-word and nothing controversial was ever discussed. so props to you from germany, for not only being a cool guy (obviously), but to teach something what young people really could be interested in ;)

[@Philipergrits]

or it could mean when they are not in prison?

[@ahaiku]

It's a technique.

[@Shiftee88]

Kima from the wire!

[@LunaintheShadow]

@ZombieSlaver Those kids are in 8th grade. Almost in high school. They've probably heard worse in the movie theater and from other rappers. One day they'll learn the world is cruel. You get dealt a lot of bullshit. What's the problem with introducing them to a poet who can completely change their view of life and prepare them for what their up against? Idk, just throwing in my two cents. This is one of the strongest poems and deliveries I've ever heard. I wish more people would think like Saul.

[@nyeshagreen9283]

Is this where Daniel Caesar -Get you video is inspired from?

[@aubanurmi]

Amazing as always! But is the woman who sits in front row the actor from the series called "the Wire"? Her face looks so familiar!

[@timmychu5901]

Yee thats kima

[@aubanurmi]

WOW!!!!! How doy we know?

[@wikkedchik90]

Oh Merde

[@vetiarvind]

Psychedelics baby

[@SinisaRudan]

Lyrics (subtitle with Performance), are available here kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKC0anh5hdOUmKs

[@kself8879]

If you're going to do spoken word, this is how it's done.

[@jonxchin]

did any one spot Guru at the very beginning of this video.

[@nunoooooooooo]

@luketurd Don't know but ur on the right track so keep it up and spread the word. atract 2 hope to reach 1 !

[@Damonpourshian]

I only hear good things about Saul...and I only speak good things about Saul.

[@joshgibson]

No, not quite.

[@dkdkssks]

Does anyone have a link to the comedic poem "jazz is good" that references this poem?

[@tuvanas258]

Shoutout to Mr.Kyle

[@CoolCat2527]

Where can i watch or find this movie?