Poet & Gamer React to Dave - Black (Live at the BRITs) ft. Dice7820

Dice7820 (gamer) and I (poet) reacted to UK rapper Dave performing "Black" live at the Brits. Amazing song. We analyzed the lyrics and gave our commentary. We hope you enjoy our reaction.
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[@firstsurname7099]

Really great to see you both affected and appreciating this. Dave is a Don (I gorra say GOAT nowadays) Boris Johnson, our PM, is an architect of Brexit and has said and published some seriously old school racist stuff you might not even get, and I'm not gonna repeat on here (that's what googley woogley is for) -suppose he's an equal opportunities offender - black people, muslim people, gay men, single mums, the working class in general... The Windrush generation really exposes the differences and similarities between the racism in the UK and US. So we ditched slavery per se coupla hundred years ago, but obvs still did and do profit from it. We had an Empire and many of those nations became a 'commonwealth', and still 'owe' allegiance to the Queen. Some were only granted independence v recently - Nigeria where Dave's folk are from and family still live only in 1963, hence the line "black is representing countries that never even existed when your grandmother was living". The Windrush was a ship, one of several that transported immigrants from the commonwealth (West Indies and other places) to live in the UK after WW2 to help rebuild the country and become the staff of the NHS, transport system, teachers etc. About 10 years ago the UK Government starting deporting some of these individuals and their children and it was discovered that the PM then, when she'd been Home Secretary, had ordered the landing papers from the boats to be shredded destroying the paper trail to show black and brown folk where here legally (its still ongoing) Dave's brothers have/are doing time (his blackbox tells some of that , he's v young) and Jack Merritt the guy in the photos was a rehab'/equality activist, who worked with Dave's family. He and Saskia Jones also pictured, were from Cambridge Uni running a course bringing together offenders and people in higher education, and were murdered in the London Bridge terrorist attack.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Thank you so much for this info!!! And I didnt know Dave is Nigerian. So am I!!

[@firstsurname7099]

@@YoungbloodPoetry No worries, easy to get a rant about colonialism flowing. Sorry for patronisingly explaining the commonwealth and Nigerian history!

[@maryokwara8985]

@@YoungbloodPoetry Here in United Kingdom, we say Dave is British whose parents are Nigerian.

[@calvertbeatz5288]

Dave is a VERY important artist for a lot of us. (Side note. I'm white if that matters) Dave doesn't miss on anything he releases.

[@georgina-a]

Something important to add to this brilliant breakdown... As Dave knew Jack Merritt personally, he invited his parents to the Brits to see this performance. The verse about their son is an addition to the original, so he surprised them with it. They said it was a beautiful way to honour their son and that it was heartwarming to hear the crowd cheer his name and picture. The line about proper sentences just papering cracks was said in support of the Merritt family. After the London Bridge terror attack, Boris (our idiot prime minister) tried to use it as justification for increasing minimum sentencing, saying that "proper sentences" would have stopped this. Jack was a prison reform advocate who argued strongly for rehabilitation and would have hated the idea of the system getting worse in his name - so his father spoke out against it and told Boris not to misuse his son's memory. This line in the song echoed what the Merritt family were saying, supporting them and getting the message out to a far larger audience. Dave really did truly honour his friend with a beautiful tribute.

[@rufdymond]

Yep you're correct - he did this live on prime time TV and next day the press and the media went nuts, there were loads of complaints to the TV station too.....it was beautiful man, I loved every second of it.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@danic9304]

To be fair, there were actually only 309 complaints - given how many people watched it, it was really not that big a deal - the press just made it seem more contentious than it was. The vast majority of people watching, regardless of race would have taken it for what it was.

[@russellthewonderbeast3265]

@@danic9304 definetly.

[@georgina-a]

@@danic9304 Agreed. The press made a huge deal out of it, but most people watched it and said "he's not wrong, is he?" or "well said!" at least a few times... Especially on topics everyone could relate to fully, like Grenfell, Windrush, and the government trying to twist the memory of the London Bridge terror attack victims by veering away from rehabilitation and towards tougher sentences (literally the opposite approach to the one advocated at the prison reform conference where the attack took place).

[@Domesticgas]

@@danic9304 white people were going nuts online lol i see some mad stuff on there

[@barrakalhabib6770]

The Windrush generation helped build the UK again after WW2. They came from predominantly Caribbean countries at the invitation of the UK government. In 2018 many were threatened with deportation, denied legal rights, lost homes, lost jobs. Grenfell was a tower block in London that was destroyed by fire in 2017 killing 72 people. The fire was caused by dangerous cladding. Leslie Thomas QC who represents some of the families has repeatedly said, "Grenfell is inextricably linked with race..." It is worth a Google, same with Windrush. Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones (who was also pictured), were both killed in the London Bridge terror attacks. Jack and Saskia worked in prisoner rehabilitation. Jack worked with Dave's brother and he knew him well.

[@ashjames4722]

Jack Merrit the guy he called out at the end helped Dave's brother who was in jail for murder. He was unfortunately killed in a terrorist attack in London

[@EarthHart1]

The Windrush was an ocean going Liner that brought hundreds of people from the Caribbean to Britain, to help rebuild Britain after WW2.

[@nataliea1886]

Best moment of the Brit awards, EVER!!!

[@YuuChoobHandle]

I've watched a tonne of videos reacting to this performance from contributors on both sides of the pond, and you are the ONLY ones I've seen so far who have picked up on the line about how being Black is more than just African-American, and noting the disporas and how there any many different Black cultures outside the continent of Africa.

[@calvertbeatz5288]

I love that our country's biggest award show not only promotes this but pushes it... U.K stand up! ❤

[@grime_garage]

Only in recent years, the Brit awards historically has always been hostile to "urban" music.

[@u10722u]

The Windrush scandal was a 2018 British political scandal concerning people who were wrongly detained, denied legal rights, threatened with deportation and in at least 83 cases wrongly deported from the UK by the Home Office. Many of those affected had been born British subjects and had arrived in the UK before 1973, particularly from Caribbean countries as members of the "Windrush generation" (so named after the Empire Windrush, the ship that brought one of the first groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948).

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Oh wow. That makes explains a lot. Thanks

[@lillired857]

@@YoungbloodPoetry They came to help, post war

[@chunkyload2587]

I'm months behind in this comment, but just adding on. My dad and husband family were part of this. Uk said they needed skilled workers and promised fair pair. So they went over, qualified members, teachers, doctors, trades men etc, to get here, be treated like dirt and given chappy low paying jobs, such as road and rail workers, sewage and cleaners etc. These were professionals with qualifications that the UK didn't recognise. Put in slum accommodation with terrible pay, no rights and widespread racism. My dad came over and joined the army at 16, fought for the UK, to then around 2005 ish t be told he's not a citizen and be refused a UK passport, a man who had spent most of his life in this country. Still makes me mad if you can't tell! My dad passed away before the deportation debacle, passed away aged 65, with 50 of those spent in the UK, but he still would have been one of those up for deportation. From someone who is a child of the Windrush generation, I hope that helps.

[@aspect57]

They were invited to rebuild the "motherland" and then treated like dogshit. That's the ultimate fuckery.

[@XORTION]

West Indies - windrush

[@rohangrieve1431]

Dave is an incredible artist. You should look into more of his work. The man can bar with the greats, storytelling is astounding, message is flawless. Will go down in history as one of the best to ever do it, and he's only 23.

[@euniceobi6477]

I am so proud of this young man, speaking the truth regardless 🙏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

[@dannybartlett4225]

We are loveing it in the UK 🇬🇧 because his bringing the truth to the surface.. Rip to Jack Merrit 😢 😪 Amen 🙏 to all brother's and sisters

[@haydanjames6182]

Listening to u guys talk showes how the struggle of BLACK IS fucken universal 😒 South london stand up ! We are proud of u Dave 👏🏽❤❤

[@SamJ031]

The white guy who came in halfway on the piano is Fraser T Smith who produced this song with Dave (He worked on the whole album). Top reaction guys👍

[@timmuller2582]

Probably one of the best reactions to this video I’ve seen this far. You two just seems so genuine

[@Fluidgraph]

What is the Windrush generation? HMT Empire Windrush became a symbol of a wider mass-migration movement. People in the Caribbean were invited to the UK to help rebuild post-war Britain. According to the National Archives, which holds the ship's passenger list,, external there were 1,027 people on board. More than 800 gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean. Several hundred passengers were Jamaican, but others arrived from islands including Trinidad, St Lucia, Grenada and Barbados. These travellers - and those on other ships which came to the UK until 1971 - became known as the Windrush generation. Many had served in the British armed forces in World War Two.

[@GOTEmusic]

Okayyy! Dave is officially on my radar now! Thank you so much for sharing!!! 💜🙏✌️

[@aidyshaw7711]

Dave is the shit.

[@arjunpiplani3617]

If you haven't heard his new album yet, it's a masterpiece, and his first album is amazing as well. One of the most talented artists alive rn

[@aidyshaw7711]

@@arjunpiplani3617 it is heart-rending, I was shocked that he stepped it up even further.

[@arjunpiplani3617]

@@aidyshaw7711 yeah same here, psychodrama was amazing of course but this one is really something special in a whole new way

[@kazbye79]

My 1st video of U guys but I'm hooked xx beautiful souls love U two , keep it up xxx

[@SuleymanSuleyman-wn9st]

What a History lessons

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

I'm an English white guy, the media got this wrong. These lyrics are awesome considering he was a teen when he wrote them. Proud of him! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@cozybrandon]

Dave is the UK goat. Nah f**k that, he just the goat, snm. Definitely need some more dave reactions on your channel g

[@aidyshaw7711]

He just is. The best there is.

[@lrnldn6009]

The official video to this song is also beautiful and worth a watch it features some amazing UK talent ❤️🇬🇧

[@spamvicious]

The line “how they treat Kate verses how they treat Meghan” is a reference to how the UK press have savaged Meghan Markle who is married to Prince Harry but Kate who married Prince a William is only ever praised. People claim it’s not racism but it couldn’t be clearer.

[@triptwo425]

Akala Fire in the booth part 4. It's a long one but the second part is some of the best poetry I've ever heard. Great reaction, you two have a great dynamic.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Thanks! And I've already reacted to Akala FITB 1 and 4. I plan on doing 2 and 3 in the future but no promises

[@JulietteReacts]

Would you ever re-react to Part 4 and bring the other guy in? :) I've seen someone do that before on KZbin and it's fun watching one guy who's seen it before and can point out information and also have another guy new to the content.

[@willparkinson7751]

Second that

[@JulietteReacts]

Really, really loved this review! It's so fun seeing 2 guys react together and I appreciated you pausing, catching the bars etc. If you haven't seen Akala's Fire In The Booths I really hope you react to them. There's 4, they're all amazing but 4 is AWESOME. Also appreciate you guys catching that Jack was a white ally of Dave, even if you don't know who he is or what the references are you know they have importance and that's exactly what you want from a reactor. :)

[@troublesome1019]

Great reaction guys. Dave is a national treasure here in the U.K.

[@SkadoooschMovieRanking]

This reaction is perfect 🤩 love how both of you’re so open and raw in the moment. I really cannot recommend enough Ghetts - Fire in the booth pt. 3 (fire in the desert)….it will blow your minds 🤪

[@amyrah960]

I found your channel yesterday...for a poem...names or a far cry from Africa....it was soooo helpful I can't even...and I knew I had to keep coming back to this channel 😭🙏🏻

[@stuartbrierley103]

Great reaction guys. I'd love to watch you go down the dave rabbit hole. The guys an absolute genius and just released his second album.

[@KironKabir]

Reminds of the poem 'Half-Caste (by John Agard)' We learn it in the UK during high school GCSE English Literature class and it touches on topics of being an outsider

[@ezio6643]

bro i loved this video nice one guys

[@aidyshaw7711]

Check Dave out if you haven't.

[@amyrah960]

Please make a second part of this video again talking about the references that are missed. Thankkkkkk you already 💗💗💗

[@PieasEliyasReal]

I’ll try to convince him

[@angelahanvey2388]

Jack merrit was an advocate for young male prisoners in the UK and worked hard to help the young black people get help reintergrating back to work and finding homes( i think) unfortunately this young man was killed on London Bridge by a terrorist with a knife. If he was to have survived you could guarantee he would have helped other kids escape that sort of path. R.I.P JACK

[@kevinjaypattie8438]

Hard not to love this

[@Laura-sg6ss]

The Windrush Generation came to Britain on a ship called Windrush. They came in 1948. THEIR SOLE REASON for coming was to rebuild Britain after the Second World War. Due to this generation, the NHS (our heath care) was built (thanks to Blk women in particular despite facing sooo much, my goodness, makes me wanna scream) aswell as alot of other sectors like transport and much more. Those that came over were college/University educated or had their own trade, however were not allowed the jobs they deserved. They were told they were British citizen because THEY WERE. They had passports that said so officially - legally, because they were from countries that were colonised by Britain. The Windrush Scandal came as a result of the BRITISH govt taking that citizenship away from people who have been here since the 40s, 50s and 60s. They were deporting this generation back to Jamaica and Trinidad (for example - those were some of the many countries) even though most of these people had GROWN UP in Britain their whole lives, when the scandal started alot of those sent packing came on the ship but as very little children. And this scandal was under wraps and so the campaigning for it wasn't huge because many people had no idea it was happening unless it was your family or you heard about it. Until it was more publicised and exposed, it is so disgusting. But yeah that's a brief overview! Hope it was comprehensive enough lol! But there's loads of material on it. I like listening to audiobooks personally so great info out there.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Wow thanks so much for enlightening me

[@lokibrux]

The way they achieved the effect on the top of the piano's was kind of complicated but basically it goes like this.. They get a very high quality projector,. They get a steadicam operator who is also of a high quality and has some time on his hands as he will be needed to do many rehearsals to make sure his movements are exactly the same each time. Then you take a Startracker placed above the stage, with markers that the Startracker can detect. Then using those markers, they can plot the exact angular position of the piano and camera man which lets then project the image giving the effect of movement in perfect time with the movements of the steadicam operator as Startracker has everything synced in real time. To the naked eye, the projection was 2D and distorted, but everyone watching at the O2 Arena and at home saw 3D visualisation. I Hope this is helpful.

[@liammulligan5698]

Top boy our Dave.

[@lelew430]

Great reaction,and that has to be the deepest voice I've ever heard ☺️... love from Manchester UK 🇬🇧💖 ... Check out any more Dave tracks he's brilliant.

[@mopo8552]

Dave is amazing

[@JMWxx]

Jack Merritt the white guy at the end was killed in a terrorist attack. He worked in prison reform. He tried to get Dave’s brother out of prison and worked with Dave’s family on it. So Dave took his death quite hard apparently.

[@chrismichael3420]

Windrush was the ship West Indian immigrants where taken to the UK to work in the 50s

[@kevingrant7098]

When Dave says bloody hell he sound so British

[@djladygee]

😆😆😆 maybe cos he is 😁 In the original track he actually says "Fu##ing He#l" , but this was a mainstream TV show so he had to change it slightly

[@kevingrant7098]

@@djladygee Okay didn’t know that. Have you heard Joyner Lucus I’m not racist?

[@mlee5330]

I’ve seen a lot of breakdowns of the lyrics the breakdown do the images was great

[@natb9919]

You should listen to Dave - Question Time. He calls out the US president and the UK Prime Minister and addresses some deep issues. He won a music composition and writing award for it, he won one for this song too.

[@ryancummins8067]

The *USUAL* suspects accused Dave of being racist, for making this song. Obviously the people who accuse Dave of being racist, are the racists.

[@andrewpeters6339]

This is at kinda the UK version of the Grammys aswell.

[@nayf7682]

You need to listen to "Panic attack" live at the future festival by Dave, it's incredible!

[@blkbarbie2671]

3 months late but hell yeah it was controversial in the UK! i was still in full time education when it came out and there was even a fiasco in my school because some teachers wanted to show it during black history month and there were parents who complained and didn’t let them show us the last section (where he starts speaking on the prime minister’s actions etc).

[@blkbarbie2671]

also, i did my final public speaking speech inspired by his bar ‘how the news treated kate vs meghan markle’, and spoke on how all the news outlets also headlined all pages about Dave after the Brits choosing to focus on his ‘criminal brother’ out of any of the deep issues he showcased in his music, thus proving his point.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Wooooooow that's crazy. Thanks for sharing

[@samuellee7390]

Jack Merritt was a prison correctional officer who helped his brother who was put in prison for gang murder, unfortunately Jack Merritt was killed in the London bridge terrorist attack in 2019

[@toluadesanya4012]

Big up to the guy on Fro. My guy was picking all the illustrations

[@DaChaGee]

After the war people from the Caribbean started immigrating to the UK. One of the first ships to arrive in London was called The Windrush, so that generation of immigrants is known as the 'Windrush Generation'. Also so you should Google the Grenfell fire to understand the comment at the end.

[@sylviasworld9397]

They did not just start immigrating, they were asked specifically by the Queen to come and help rebuild after the war. They literally had invitation letters at the request of the Queen.

[@matthewodonohue5886]

Your bro smiles exactly like Ronaldinho

[@joecaddy5974]

I thinks its 2 pianos pushed together with loads of 1 foot squared LED blocks that's creates essentially a massive TV

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Hmm that makes sense!!!

[@TheStonerosesHQ]

It was very controversial at the time answering your question on that. Daves brother is in prison and the headline was something like “rapper signs about how is criminal brother should be given lesser sentence” Jack merit who he raps about being his brother in arms was a white 25 year old lad who helped convicted violent criminals become rehabilitated and better people and not just being given long sentences he helped daves brother. Sadly jack merit was stabbed to death in a terrorist attack on London Bridge

[@MikeRees]

Ok, so a few things I don't think others have covered. Dave won Best Album on the night of this award ceremony and also gave this, the best performance I think we'll see at the Brits for a long time. And you're damn right there were complaints - around 15,000, all about the line about the PM save a few about it being "racist" to opine about the black experience. My understanding is that they were dismissed, but I find it weird that no one complained about the lines about the royals or the reparations part. You'd expect it just as much from them. The image on top of the piano wasn't an LED screen as others have said (see Dave casting shadows over it at the end of the performance). It was an overhead projector and a series of 72 markers on the floor allowing the projector to cast an image that would look 3D and appropriately oriented with the camera as it moved around the set. There's a nice interview somewhere out there on the web about the tech behind it if you're in to that kind of thing. Dice7820 has quite possibly the best eye I've seen in reactions to it thus far, you didn't miss a thing!

[@plopdoo339]

You missed the bar he said about his Ghanaian brother doing a DNA test and funding out he's Egyptian. He's referencing the ancestry of the ancient Egyptians from before 1800bc(the hyksos invasion). They were descendants of the L2 maternal haplogroup which is the group shared by all western africans.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Whoooooaaaaa thanks for the info

[@plopdoo339]

@@YoungbloodPoetry Fun fact: All anatomically modern homo sapiens that did not evolve within sub saharan Africa are descendants of a mutation of that same L2 group. The divergence occurred over 180k years ago when modern humans left Africa and spread across the Earth. This L2 group (that is currently known for living in West Africa) was originally situated across the entire modern Sahara desert(which would have been rainforest before 8000 years ago), East Africa, the Sahel region(band of desert and rainforest underneath the Sahara), and up to the Niger-Congo delta. From a period 8000-5000 years ago; this group spread out over Africa and travelled deep into West Africa. This was known as the bantu expansion. Funnily enough; around this same time is said to be when farming culture supposedly originating from Iraq(most likely came from Africa first but we know they hate us) and spread around the world. 8-5000 years ago was very significant in human history and the development of the intelligent human. This is also when we supposedly developed complex speech, and written language, and the first empires were starting to form. Very ironic that the timings coincide with the migration and movement of this L2 haplogroup. I.e. the evolution of humanity is heavily tied in with the fate of this L2 haplogroup.

[@shadeytaylor]

Windrush iz when the Jamaicans came to England to help build & work, then they got sent back when they wasnt needed

[@MYG404]

Dave is 🔥 we all alone in this together. His new album just dropped.

[@Duppy1985]

An old one for you but check out pats justice- def poetry jam. One of my favourite poems. Also, im now to the channel but loving the UK reactions and how you break them down. Im a huge fan of akala, wretch, dave etc. Check out Swiss - daily duppy too. Keep up the great work!

[@Red-hr4gw]

Great reaction. This is such an important song. Gets me every time. Check out picture me by Dave

[@patrickholt2270]

"Held a bird" I think refers to the old British slang for jail time "doing bird" instead of "doing time". Holding a bird then having been sentenced. From "bird in a cage" maybe.

[@ianvickers9967]

Guys you should do a reaction to the songs Phyco and Lesley by Dave. Sadly there are no video's. However 2 of the most important and powerful tracks you will hear.

[@thebarnineffect]

TRUTH WAS TOLD

[@cruzjacknife8699]

11:05 nahhh you didn't leave my man's bars in. 😂

[@suzywhitfield1708]

I love your dynamic. One of you sees and the other truly hears but you teach each other. If you’d like a suggestion for a lyrical poet, windrush knowledge, the precursor, I feel to rap or performance poetry. BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH. His pen is mightier than any sword. His words hit harder than bullets. His humanity is humbling. X

[@karmannghiaman1041]

And before him, Linton Kwesi Johnson, the dub poet! We also have a rich history of British reggae, the likes of Misty in Roots, Black Roots and Capital Letters to name some of them. If you want to check out an old tune that's on heavy rotation in my house, Pablo Gad's Hard Times will get your speakers rumbling and your windows rattling!

[@paulkelly873]

Poet and Gamer... don't be shy now. Go link up with AKALA or something! I mean, I would love that collaboration. (C'mon kings )

[@rosshunter9792]

Windrush is when black people from the Caribbean were given pass to move to Britain for a better life. In recent years the government has been trying to deport some back despite them being citizens of the United kingdom

[@DLux437]

This was mainstream tv awards show

[@TheHestya]

I'm a white Eastern European living in UK so not like I grew up surrounded by British people, but I'd say British people were loving this and agreed with him thoroughly. The shit Boris Johnson has said is disgusting and I can't describe my amazement of him becoming the PM at all after the things he has said before. But the only people that had a problem with his performance were the people that are the problem in the first place. So fuck their opinions anyways.

[@kevingrant7098]

Windrush was the name of a boat that bought black people to the UK in 50s or 60s I think.

[@jamiewilson9280]

I know that you’ve reacted to Akala fire in the booth part 4 but you should try his part 1.

[@mamba8168]

please listen and react to more of Dave, heart attack, survivors guilt, psych, Lesley, how I met my ex and verdansk But there’s many more!!!

[@alifatty3582]

Common guys ! He stick with his name David, thats how confident he is! Because he got it! He doesn’t doesn’t need musical name or jewelleries lol

[@aidyshaw7711]

Dave is a genius. I am a white immigrant who feels pride in my fellow immigrants, the white guy he references, Jack Merrick was a prison worker who died protecting his charges from a terrorist attack. Dave is the shit. I am white, my nephew's favourite artist is Dave. Windrush was the government kicking people out of our country who gave their all, simply because they were black, and their papers were 'lost', Jack Merrick, who was white, happened to work with his brother, who is in prison, and was kind, so after his death, Dave invited Jack's family to be his free tickets, they did not know he would spot bars about their son. Our prime minister is a real racist, he once referred to black people as pickaninies. He is a c**t. Dave speaks the truth, his two albums (so far) are works of genius, and to see Americans get him, is beautiful. I love, particularly, the line "you say we are the least racist, but the thing about the least racist, is that they are still racist" Check Dave out, is all I am saying.

[@mylife2022]

You should listen to 'Lazarus', he references the Palestinians.

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Oh wow okay I'll add it to the list

[@mylife2022]

@@YoungbloodPoetry It's a small, but needed reference, hopefully his fans will have a look into what he is talking about.

[@halcyonic6666]

Also try Akala fire in the booth part 1

[@ItsFranksReacts]

The people in the news section are two victims of London Bridge terror attack Jack Merritt is a probation officer who helped daves brother while he was in jail

[@jacksmith4460]

Windrush, after WW2 in the 60's the UK gov asked many Caribbean families (many UK "territories" in Caribbean) , to come to UK and work and live, to help rebuild the country after the war. Trouble was it was not welcomed by many and also many of the Caribbean families were sold an inflated dream,and essentially lied too about how things would be and the opportunities available. Of course this was made worse by Local White poor families seeing the influx as a threat to their own lively hoods. I genuinely think the Government completely fucked up in how they handled the whole thing , and are still fucking up now. Their actions made what would have been a racially and culturally tense situation...much , much worse. So you have a situation now where many 2nd 3rd even 4th generation Black Caribbean families are settled here, and understandably many feel let down by the UK gov, which to be honest I thin most of the UK does ,most of the time, regardless of colour. But on top of that there is no denying from a sane objective mind that Non white people and I would say Black people in particular have had a harder time in the UK from a jobs , school, and Law enforcement POV. Things are getting better and are better than they were when I was young, but still there is discrimination. However, I think it's actually only a matter of time before the UK see's racism, I wont say vanish, not sure it ever will, but diminish to the point where its not a major thing for most people. People may say that's unlikely, but I would reply with this....regardless of attitudes, funding, etc etc, the fastest growing ethnic group in the UK, and by a huge margain, is Black White mixed race. This will mean by the time I am an old man, the majority of the UK will be mixed race. The majority of this country will have white and black lineage in the very recent past. This does not mean things cant improve before that and in other ways, but its good to know that it WILL diminish, and it is only a matter of time. The same will probably happen in the US, but due to size it will take far longer

[@sjlowder]

Dave wearing white and the white guy wearing black is subtle but a great touch. Dave is more visible if he’s wearing white, like white people being more visible to society at large & the gov. Also, he had the choice of any of his songs to perform and fucking went in lol.

[@TheThriller4]

Dave, just dropped a new album last week. Check it out.

[@aaronbroomfield2228]

piano is an LED screen

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Thanks!

[@michellemalwah5389]

People need to learn their history, the windrush generation refers to people that came over from the Carribbean to rebuild England after the 2nd world war. The ship that carried the first arrivals was named windrush, hence the name. England still had s number of connolial countries were they could find cheap labour. Many were recruited into nursing or transport roles, like my mother who came to London on a promise that things would be better for her. This was not the case, many of our people of colour were subjected to extreme racism

[@iamking8997]

👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

[@halcyonic6666]

Ps there’s no single web page I could show you that would explain who jack merrit was, but look at how He died first and then what he did as a job and you’ll understand why Dave thinks he’s an ally

[@kevinhood7109]

Koba kane it's not coming home!! If your black you need to hear this!!

[@kevinhood7109]

Koba kane the prince and the pauper!!!

[@dirtyk2277]

do dave panick attack, thats a live piano preformance when he was 17

[@GreenFiro82]

Hi Bro, I so happy you finally checked out Dave (and I dont wanna say I told you so, but "I told you so" 😉😂😂, about 3 months of spamming your chat 🤣🤣😂), I was busy last time, but as soon this one popup on my youtube I've to watch it. The line about treated Meghan Markle (prince Harry wife) and the way they how they treated Catherine Middleton (prince William wife) thats leaving a lot of quastion, what the real reason is, they left the royal family. Now, cos you finally know Santan Dave, I think you should check out "Dave - Question Time". Stay safe, much love and respect from Poland 🤜🤛🏿

[@YoungbloodPoetry]

Thanks for being patient with me until I finally reacted to Dave. He's awesome

[@suff9762]

Listen to daves heart attack from his new album pls 🙏🏽

[@keithmaddison6877]

Dave akala lowkey mic righteous are goats

[@tommye5651]

Having grown as a child in a bangledishie community I get this

[@micaelawitherden]

The video on the piano will be done by a big LED screen, then the pianos on either end of the LED screen. UK politics - Dave isn't wrong, but it was MAD that Dave said this, cause British people are very conservative and natual culture is to always be polically correct. Media kicked off soon as this was aired LIVE!! Jack Merrit was killed at 25, he was a course coordinator at Learning Together, he organised prison rehab conferences. The guy who killed Jack acc attended a conference before he killed Jack as well as another women (which are the 2 pictures in the video). Jack even knew the guy and when he was killed he was trying to help him, the guy was armed with knives and wearing a fake suicide vest. So sad!!! Killer in the end was shot by the police.

[@lokibrux]

The projection of the images were way more complicated than that,. It goes like this.. They get a very high quality projector,. They get a steadicam operator who is also of a high quality and has some time on his hands as he will be needed to do many rehearsals to make sure his movements are exactly the same each time. Then you take a Startracker placed above the stage, with markers that the Startracker can detect. Then using those markers, they can plot the exact angular position of the piano and camera man which lets then project the image giving the effect of movement in perfect time with the movements of the steadicam operator as Startracker has everything synced in real time. To the naked eye, the projection was 2D and distorted, but everyone watching at the O2 Arena and at home saw 3D visualisation. I Hope this is helpful.

[@calvertbeatz5288]

Not a country on Earth can touch U.K artists lyrically and with depth.

[@scottishemmaa2457]

Facts!

[@ultimatewarrior15]

Ur not serious right? I’m British and can still name at least 10 American lyricists whom are untouchable. You talking present or past?

[@plopdoo339]

The Jacka is the best artist in history.

[@tylermcgoldrick8013]

Poetry guy react to green fields of France by the drop kick murphys the song is just an old war poem

[@endlessnutz7247]

5000 years ago btw

[@owenriddell7409]

Google who jack merrit is, that was the guy he credited neer the end

[@natashasam474]

Please react to Dave both sides of a smile x

[@tommye5651]

Mate I'm white and black or white this is a Whole thing we've all had bits but I'm so confirmative of all this

[@pfella1878]

I'm white but this brings out the black In me✊️

[@brownsey1]

Why is it that I've seen lots and lots of reactions to this song and every time the reactor's have felt it hit home, personally? Why is it that, what Dave is spitting is so raw it wrenches your heart, yet all I see lately is reactions to Tom MacDonald or some other dude, and in the song Tom or whoever is crying about the fact that those decrying racial discrimination/profiling/racism etc. are sowing the seeds of division??? There's something not adding up here! I know what's not adding up, but it's infuriating to witness, especially from reactor's I'd have thought better of. This was great though 💯 I loved this reaction, the walk off was class 👍

[@julianmason293]

In the UK you can say what ever you fucking want! Why? Because we are a democracy!