Omar Holmon - A Case Study In Black Girl Magic
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2017
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Omar Holmon, performing at Camp Bar in Saint Paul, MN.
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His mom was as magical as she was savage. 😂💀
"If you're gonna cry over a girl, at least cry over a girl with her own hair" *Slam*
#look-my soul had left my body at that point! ;D
Mistah Pokey i don't get it...help
Because most of us tend to wear weave or use relaxers ( i mean I don't, but most do)
i mean if she uses relaxer its still her own hair its just not natural but its hers..
Mistah Pokey I WAS GONEEEEE, I’m black and I’ve just never liked wearing we’ve but my sister loves it and I showed her this and we both could not stop laughing
Making your own deep conditioner really is like science 😂
Kiyana smith You watch CurlyProverbz? Gurl!
I do! That lady is an alchemist!
no fr like researching what ingredients can and cannot be mixed and shit studying chemicall reactions and shit i didn't even care about in school lmao
😫😫
It is chemistry is lit
i'm not crying, you're crying :(.
My mom passed away 2 weeks ago and I wasn't expecting this poem to hit me this hard but I can't stop crying
*Digital Hug*
Jasmine Green I love you, sis. 💖
*HUGS*
*HUGS* STAY STRONG SIS! GOD GOT YOU!!
i don't have anything to say other that i want to hug you, please be brave and strong
lets not forget the hibaji queens out there that also have black girl magic they are unstoppable
What is a hibaji queen?
Amber Smith Black girls who were hijab 🧕🏽
It's universal, love. From here to Africa to wherever The Mother Goddess sweets her daughters we are ALL magical. Remember that and remember to remind others. This isn't something we can afford to forget. We are 1 no matter where we're at.🌏🌎🌍
@@Kumikoete An hijabi is a Muslim lady
This was so pure and beautiful!! So well performed also!
That hit me right in the feels man. I'm going to be thinking about how well crafted those last lines were all week.
There is nothing more magical than watching a wordsmith take plain, every day words and craft them into images and ideas that recreate me...
Right? The way he makes me laugh helplessly and weep with a hand clutched tightly to the chest in every single poem is mystifying
Loved the Henrietta Lacks reference!
It made me think back to the movie adaptation-- wow, it brought me to tears.
From a white kid Yall black ladies are vv lovely! So beautiful!
Alphys The Fishy Lover 😙
Alphys The Fishy Lover Ik lol💞
thank you!
Thank you 💕
Alphys The Fishy Lover as a white woman: AGREE 😍
This is Brilliant and made me smile so hard. Regardless of how hard it is being Black and Woman in America, I am still proud to be a Black Woman.
jcanthony16 Yes, you should be proud!! The creator made you perfect just as you are. It's the human race and the society we live in here on earth that creates and gets caught up in judgement, criticism, fear, hatred towards people of color.
jcanthony16 As you should be ❤️
He is such a handsome and intelligent man. your poetry is music to me....
I need to hear more from this guy omg
*I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING SHUT UP*
lowkey eanna try that recipie on my hair 😂😂
i love this poem, thank you for sharing your heart, Omar
once he said “my mother would have loved you” I lost it, tears just started rolling down my face
I'm actually crying. I'm wiping them off my damn cheek as I write this. If anyone knew how hard it is to make me cry...this was both beautiful and gut wrenching.
This was funny at first, but the end part touched my soul. My mama (grandmother) was the greatest person I have ever known. The way she walk, talked, laughed, and nagged me brought me nothing but joy. Lord knows I miss her. oh he knows. he knows. he knows. I can't count the days I spent regretting I couldn't show her the man I wanted her to see.
I won't let you down
Idk why I decide that 2 in the morning is a great time to listen to poems like this and have tears leak from my eyes with each one. I’m so empathetic that I just get pain and tears even if I haven’t experienced these things because I understand them. And even though it hurts I continue to watch these videos because they not only make me cry, but they make me smile and laugh sometimes too and I sometimes feel like I just need to *feel* so this is what I do.
You are a result of her magic Omar!
Ugh I love Hennrietta Lacks! She deserves more recognition!
The ending really does make me tear up every time man
This poem was magical
Girl you are on all the poetry videos!
lol. What can I say, except that I love poetry.
3:32 Did you guys hear the "aww" Favourite piece and that one line is just the best thing. If a guy told me his mom loved (or would've loved) me, I'd bawl.
How can you even dislike this 😫
Too many beauty in this poem. GOT MR HERE CRYING
I'm not crying you're crying
Now I'm crying he's amazing
You are magical my friend! What a powerful rendition......! Thank you!!!
I’m glad to see a black nerd and not be known as gay bc he respects women.
That last line got me.
"A slave ship's reckoning" Damn Bro! Love it!
That last line, the way u said it, the emotion. This is beautiful
this was so sweet
I well up and overflow with tears each time I listen to this poem. Omar you deserve to be heard all around the world.
the ending hurts me
OMG! That was just krazy good! More from this guy please! The delivery was just so natural yet so spectacular. Wow.
This is my favorite poem. Thank you for your love and thank you for sharing.
this is such an amazing poem.
Chilllls, whatever this poem invokes in you a guranteed bi-product is that of chills.
A man who has this much charisma, self awareness, and love for his momma 💕💕 he is everything 🥰
Your mother is awesomely magic! What a tribute to her!!!!!
HENRIETTA LACKS! YESSSSS!
This literally made me cry, it’s so sweet😥
“Muggles won’t understand this magic” 😂🥰 I. LOVE. THIS. SO. MUCH.
i still look back at this poem. its so good
love this so much, so so moving
this is so beautiful.
YAAASSSS absolutely beautiful!!!.. 👍✊💖💖💖💖💖
Blends comedy and poetry SO well. Love this guy.
I love him so much!
This is beautiful. Thank you for this.
Omar Holmon is now one of my favorite poets! haha this was great. :)
when I first got the notification, I read Holmon as Holmes and i freaked out
May Your Mom Rest Peacefully! 🙏🏾 Beautiful Poem!
love it!!
beautiful!
Damn!!! This stabbed me in the heart.. my Mother was Magic as well 😢... miss you Mommy💔
Loved this so much
Brilliant delivery.
i can't stop watch this... i could almost quote it word for word 😩😍😭
I loved this so much.
*This is amazing!*
Love Omar so much!!
Love this!!
Just Henrietta's name gives me chills
love this!
Why he giving away all our secret lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣
derrick eseer right 😂 you know that taking notes 💀💀
keep up the good work in you
That is beautiful
more. more!! MOREEEE!!!!!
This is awesome!!!!!!!!
Awesome!!
Liked before watching because i know he does fire❤❤
beautiful and wow thank you good sir
Dope...I love this
Dear Mama... What an ode. 😢😢😢
made me tear up man
Wow, amazing
I need to find this man, an ig, twitter, something, anything
Soo beautiful
I love this❤️
awesome
Amazing
amazing
KEEP THE FUCKING WORK UP!!! You're so good, you're amazing.
i cried.
Beautiful 💕👌🏿🙌🏿✨✊🏿
Amazing. My mother was too, Magic.
This is dope
I never heard black woman's hair compared to a garden before ♥️
PREACH
bro Im not crying you are...
What a beautiful man
That Henrietta Lacks part tho 👏🏾😍👌🏾
[starting this poem for the first time, after not listening to Omar's stuff in a while]
oh good, his mom's okay.
[poem progresses]
fuck everything
His shirt though!!!
I really do love black girl magic, I’m a little white girl my bestie is a big tough black girl, she fought me how to fight, make hair oils and conditioner, she was the one who kept extra pads and I had the first aid kit. She is still my best friend... we’re both in the 7th grade, been besties since 4th, I’ll tell you, black girl magic is what I love, I love the color of her skin and when she brings me snacks cause she knows, just KNOWS when I’m on my period, and i do for her what she does for me. 1 more time for the people in the back, I live black girl magic.
When he said "my mother would have loved you"...
Damn that hurt me, I don't even know his mama and that hurt me.
Because my mother is.........
Was, magic.
Que the tears. I find myself saying, my mom is, u mean was all the time. Its like ripping off a bandage way too soon. My mother passed in may.. Still seems like someone else's life im living.
Sorry for your loss and thank you so much for sharing. I really hope Omar's work gave you something.