What Is Spoken Word?
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Posted By: Mister O The Hip Hop Teacher on April 01, 2013 Kamal Imani ©04/13 What is spoken word? Spoken Word is that pain, running through my veins and circumnavigating through by brain then transmitting, spitting out of my mouth Spoken word is that MC master of ceremonies, who knows how to rock the house. That spoken word in the beginning that made every living thing Emanating from every creature, from lions roaring to the birds that sing Cause every creature with sense will either allow it self to vent or automatically give praise to the king. Spoken word is that child that’s got it’s own thing. Those lil girls jumping double dutch that talk with their necks, got their hands on they hips, eyes rolling and fingers snapping Now That’s spoken word! Spoken words got rhythm and cadence, sounds wack coming from a nerd Some times the rhymes come with African drums And Some times, you hear it from the winos and bums, sitting on milk crates But they say some sly ish like “every day above ground is a blessed day so take it one day at a time my brother, and by the way, you got a dollar so I could get me a little something to eat? And you remember the time when you were down and weak So you hit him with some non verbal communication in the form of cash and watch him happily run off to the store in a dash, now that’s spoken word Spoken word is a fusion of the blues, hip hop R&B and some times comedy The poet is a healer, medicine man, high priestess, witch doctor and counselor Giving the listener divine therapy Spoken word is Africans and Native Americans Chanting Babies moma’s ranting, Rastafarians reasoning Backwoods preachers preaching Church parishioners reaching for a supernatural insperience It’s al humdu Allah and Hallelujah It’s the people of the village communing To the town cipher we’re all bringing Something from our hearts and minds when in joy-- and when aching Realizing that at the end of the day and at the end of our journeys We, all need the same thing. Some one to listen to our joy & our pain And that is spoken word! Download on kamalimani.bandcamp.com/track/what-is-spoken-word If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Beautiful poem my brother! Keep up the good work!
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 at 12:32PM |
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Enjoyed! Great for National Poetry Month too! Some one to listen to our joy & our pain And that is spoken word! SNAP! Monday, April 8th 2013 at 8:24PM |
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Black Americans don’t need poems. Why not Harry? Tuesday, April 9th 2013 at 12:26AM |
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Because i said so, Steve!
Tuesday, April 9th 2013 at 5:31PM |
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I did enjoy it very much, thank you Kamal.
Tuesday, April 9th 2013 at 6:17PM |
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Very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your poem/song/spoken word.
Tuesday, April 9th 2013 at 6:58PM |
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Black Americans need soverignty above anything else especially a poem. Mr. Kamal promote and advacate country for Black Americans, okay.
Wednesday, April 10th 2013 at 3:57AM |
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Kamal... as always... Uplifting!! Luv your blog posts Wednesday, April 10th 2013 at 4:05PM |
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lol Thanks
Thursday, April 11th 2013 at 5:22PM |
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Funning? Some people like to enjoy LIFE, Harry.
Thursday, April 11th 2013 at 10:40PM |
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Harry, the religion LIFE is not yours alone. It's been around a long time.
Friday, April 12th 2013 at 3:04AM |
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Hello Saint, It is easy for you to say that LIFE has been around for a long time and not prove it am I right. Friday, April 12th 2013 at 5:39PM |
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Harry, Nebrod Chous isn't Jake, it's me. LIFE is like what the Egyptians and the Olmecs had.
Friday, April 12th 2013 at 6:10PM |
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Steve, You are becoming stupid. I am waiting for Saint to reply. Saturday, April 13th 2013 at 4:29AM |
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Whatever you say Harry.
Saturday, April 13th 2013 at 4:53AM |
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@HARRY , PLEASE GO BACK AND ACTUALLY TRY TO READ THE POEM WITHOUT FEAR IT MAY CAUSE YOU TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT 'SOVERIGNTY' (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM |
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(S-M-I-L-E)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM |
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