exact same issues. y’all gotta open your eyes. the media has been pushin this bullshit on the youth for over 10 years like it’s new age problems. and people are so stupid that every generation falls for it. turning people against eachother is too easy.
the world needs people like him to expose the truth. We have reached the point where we listen, but hopefully we will soon take it to heart; we will stop laughing at ourselves and start taking action upon the peacemaker's pleas.
@thesistersincomedy: i definitely have to agree...maybe because people are nly hearing these words and not truly listening necausehese are two different things..
I don't think he was saying African people are ugly. He said all shades of Black are beautiful. I think he was talking about a particular model b/c at a certain time it is almost as if they were not representing all types of Black ppl they were heavily pubbing this one African model. Not that I have an issue w/ her but I think he that is what he was saying.
What gets me is that no one wants to say the fact yes fact that africa sold there own people into slavery. That's not only on Americans of the time go after africa for some of this "restitution" when there just is none. I miss words being used like this in an artistic way. We need more of it in this world.
@Beambelite I think he means the fact that the modeling world pushes a very goofy standard of beauty I actually agree that some I said SOME African models are busted yet they are models.
@JaeKuroify thank you for your comment, you are very right about the entertainment aspect. i dont know if this subject is worth discussing any more but it is something to think about for all. I just really feel we need to stop separating ourselves into this "black community, white community" and become a unity of brothers and sisters. but mayb thats impossible, mayb too many people are obsessed with their "color", or mayb the nefarious plan all along was to keep us separated. empathy for all...
" and im tired if the media, pushing these ugly african models, tryina convince me that they're exotic, when they' just plain ugly" LOLOL gets me rolling everytime
Not in all cases. Do you know what social determinants are? Minorities and people in color are statistically more likely to live in food deserts and even if they do have access to groceries, they are many times not as cheap as the produce in the suburbs and are of lower quality (which is sickening). Please do research about social determinants and how stress is becoming the silent killer before making such a bold statement.
@latiwalovelyy the arguement isn't that they're African. He said they're black. I'm merely pointing out there is a distinct difference between black and African. This including Egyptians who aren't black, but rather Arabic. Obviously Egyptians are African.
The day I stopped saying that I am proud of being black. I still remember those days, yes, those days were the TV, only has one good character, only one prince, one queen, one king, just one way of telling the history of us, of me, of you, yes, I still remember those days, like it was yesterday. And somehow deep inside they manipulate us, and make us think about how different We are, how inferior we should be, and fuck We believe them, and fuck we took the bait, so bad that we still don’t get it, but one they I stand up, and I just said to myself, why do I have to tell myself that I am proud of being me? And that day, I just took a moment and tell myself, no no, I am not proud anymore, I will be me and you be you, and if I have to be prod of something, let me tell what it will be of, I will be proud of my uncle, my brother… well not really this guy don’t do much, but I will be proud of my friends, my community, my wife, my son, I will be proud of what day to good and what they might want to do better. Fuck being proud of being black, what the heck is that anyway, you are the one who wants to heard that, and you are the reason why I start saying that, but I have to tell you, today was the last time I said it, from now on, I am not proud of being black, I am black, and as a human, I am just proud to be able to tell you, yes you, I am proud to know that We going to be here longer than you thought, and that you should be ashamed of your effort as is so weak and has no pride on it.
@AndreRedd1Empire Ron Paul isn't a member of the tea party... they do share some issue positions, but more and more tea partiers are drifting towards Republican...ism. or whatever. You should vote for Ron Paul because he doesn't support rights for blacks, rights for women, rights for gays, rights for muslims... he supports rights for individuals.
@dijonay79 hes not saying their ugly. Hes saying the ones that they point out to us saying their exotic their not. Your just given us ugly models when their are actually models who are actually Exotic. Hope i helped.
I'm sick of people bragging about the ghetto, the ghetto is a situation we should be trying to get out of, not embracing.
favorite line right there!!!!
Truest statement ever spoke!!
However, that’s where everyone can be one voice
His thoughts are Amazing!!!!! He speaks on what a lot of people are afraid to and it's great 👏🏾
" and i wanna smack people who don't even realize Egypt is in Africa!"
Weeeee neeeed this back.plzzzzzzz😟😟😟😟😟
Being attractive is literally an occupation now. Dang.
Def poetry jam needs to come back
Who has russell simons' number
Just ran across his poems .. I'm hooked already..WOW HE'S POWERFUL GOOD.. ALOT OF REAL TRUTH ❤️❤️
What 'till you get to 2018, homie...
Nah the real year he needa get to is 2020 💀
Bra try 2021
exact same issues. y’all gotta open your eyes. the media has been pushin this bullshit on the youth for over 10 years like it’s new age problems. and people are so stupid that every generation falls for it. turning people against eachother is too easy.
Definitely timeless material with a mix emotions through it.
the world needs people like him to expose the truth. We have reached the point where we listen, but hopefully we will soon take it to heart; we will stop laughing at ourselves and start taking action upon the peacemaker's pleas.
I would love to see him perform
" & I'm sick of being an invisible man to everyone except the cops."
then stop committing crimes.
Every single thing applies to now.
they got to bring back def poetry jam
Any poet can rap.
Only if they lowered their standards.; ;)
@@michaeloaks9905 so funny
Still watching 2020 !
I more of him, come on SHIHAN!! make more poetry !!!!!
BRING IT BACK BRING IT BACK RUSSEL WE ARE IN NEED OF SOCIAL NETWORKS THAT WORK FO US ALL
Every line he spits, is worth a quote man!!
rap slang= sick punchlines ;-)
big up to this young talent !!!
Nothing like a comedian poet...lol Nice performance!
over and over again. I love
Real talk.......#sick an tired of what's now considered Tha norm in society!
I have been looking for this one thank you
It’s 2020, all of this is still relevant.
This is one deep nigga!! I heard that.
Damn, I didn't know Egypt was in Africa!
I love him... this is really good!!!
So good! i love this guy!!!
shihan is good poet that tells truth 1st time i heard him
That was good. Now that it's the 21st, I would add #45 to that list.
wow. my mind is blown.
i love how he writes
Best Rant Poem I've Ever Heard
that was epic...
Best Rant Poetry EVER
'American Idol' ... Whoop, whoop!
me tooooo.. lol my heart cut in half a lil bit when he said that lol
Zach Graham did the as an oi peace in speech. 1st many times. bravo
I love this dude!
lovve itt... KEEPIN IT REALL
last line was deep
@thesistersincomedy: i definitely have to agree...maybe because people are nly hearing these words and not truly listening necausehese are two different things..
can you blame me for watching this every day more than once?
he is so cute and speaks with so much wisdom
I'm asking Shihan for lotto numbers because he predicts the future.
2020 and it’s still relevant
unbelievable
Killed it!
he breaks it down!
Love this!!! Tell em why u mad son! lol
Genius
tru words spoken
Fav 😊
Welcome to 2020
why does this STILL hit
SHIHAN IS SOOOOOOOO REALL
where in the video does he say the african model bit?
so true
made really good points:)))
Yesssss
PRRRRREEACH!
Truth!
Loved the part about the African models XD
Excellent
I don't think he was saying African people are ugly. He said all shades of Black are beautiful. I think he was talking about a particular model b/c at a certain time it is almost as if they were not representing all types of Black ppl they were heavily pubbing this one African model. Not that I have an issue w/ her but I think he that is what he was saying.
What gets me is that no one wants to say the fact yes fact that africa sold there own people into slavery. That's not only on Americans of the time go after africa for some of this "restitution" when there just is none. I miss words being used like this in an artistic way. We need more of it in this world.
@drewfaceconley but he probably didn't look like Charlton Heston either nor did Cleopatra look like Elizabeth Taylor
He's right about club lines
Where exactly do you think the Arabic people came from? Australia?
@Beambelite I think he means the fact that the modeling world pushes a very goofy standard of beauty I actually agree that some I said SOME African models are busted yet they are models.
Yay tolerance!
@JaeKuroify thank you for your comment, you are very right about the entertainment aspect. i dont know if this subject is worth discussing any more but it is something to think about for all. I just really feel we need to stop separating ourselves into this "black community, white community" and become a unity of brothers and sisters. but mayb thats impossible, mayb too many people are obsessed with their "color", or mayb the nefarious plan all along was to keep us separated. empathy for all...
2020 still inspired
" and im tired if the media, pushing these ugly african models, tryina convince me that they're exotic, when they' just plain ugly"
LOLOL gets me rolling everytime
Amen
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
ditto on the models
I read this just as he said it
I'm sick and tired of people calling obesity a crisis. It's simply poor decision making.
Not in all cases. Do you know what social determinants are? Minorities and people in color are statistically more likely to live in food deserts and even if they do have access to groceries, they are many times not as cheap as the produce in the suburbs and are of lower quality (which is sickening). Please do research about social determinants and how stress is becoming the silent killer before making such a bold statement.
3 way pagers saaaaay whaaaat?!
awk, when he said I'm tired of the audience snapping during poetry readings, someone started snapping for him..
last line: he predicted Jersey Shore
Wow this man would be in the hospital of how sick he would be now a days
Egypt is in africa, but most egyptians are arabic. There are some black people in Egypt, but they're the minority
That can be said about a lot of places in Africa. It’s always had heavy traffic since the first China dynasties.
@latiwalovelyy the arguement isn't that they're African. He said they're black. I'm merely pointing out there is a distinct difference between black and African. This including Egyptians who aren't black, but rather Arabic. Obviously Egyptians are African.
First video i see on youtube with ZERO dislikes !!! That gotta mean sthing ;)
"taxation without representation is a legitimate case..."
@delaney12 Poetry has many varieties just like music and dance.
The day I stopped saying that I am proud of being black.
I still remember those days, yes, those days were the TV, only has one good character, only one prince, one queen, one king, just one way of telling the history of us, of me, of you, yes, I still remember those days, like it was yesterday.
And somehow deep inside they manipulate us, and make us think about how different We are, how inferior we should be, and fuck We believe them, and fuck we took the bait, so bad that we still don’t get it, but one they I stand up, and I just said to myself, why do I have to tell myself that I am proud of being me?
And that day, I just took a moment and tell myself, no no, I am not proud anymore, I will be me and you be you, and if I have to be prod of something, let me tell what it will be of, I will be proud of my uncle, my brother… well not really this guy don’t do much, but I will be proud of my friends, my community, my wife, my son, I will be proud of what day to good and what they might want to do better.
Fuck being proud of being black, what the heck is that anyway, you are the one who wants to heard that, and you are the reason why I start saying that, but I have to tell you, today was the last time I said it, from now on, I am not proud of being black, I am black, and as a human, I am just proud to be able to tell you, yes you, I am proud to know that We going to be here longer than you thought, and that you should be ashamed of your effort as is so weak and has no pride on it.
Nope that's boss, please carry on!!
@AndreRedd1Empire Ron Paul isn't a member of the tea party... they do share some issue positions, but more and more tea partiers are drifting towards Republican...ism. or whatever. You should vote for Ron Paul because he doesn't support rights for blacks, rights for women, rights for gays, rights for muslims... he supports rights for individuals.
2019?
I'm just plain sick n tired. :(
I luhhh dis shit lml.
I want to drop kick the one person that disliked this video. He was speaking the truth!
@ILUVJEZUZ94 Oh, I thought he was talking about modern Egypt :P
@dijonay79 hes not saying their ugly. Hes saying the ones that they point out to us saying their exotic their not. Your just given us ugly models when their are actually models who are actually Exotic.
Hope i helped.
From My Poems To Yours
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