Shihan on Def Poetry Jam
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Shihan reads a poem of his on the first season of Def Poetry Jam (episode 2)
Love Like
by Shihan
I want a love like me
thinking of you
thinking of me
thinking of you type love,
or me telling my friends more than I've ever admitted to
myself about how I feel about you type love,
or hating how jealous you are, but loving how much you
want me all to your self type love,
or seeing how your first name just sounds so good next to
my last name,
and shit, I wanted to see how far I could get without
calling you, and I barely made it out of my garage.
See, I want a love that makes me wait until she falls
asleep then wonder if she dreaming about us being in love
type love,
or who loves the other more,
or what she's doing at this exact moment,
or slow dancing in the middle of our apartment to the
music of our hearts, closing my eyes and imagining how a
love so good could just hurt so much when she not there.
Shit, I love not knowing where this love is headed type
love.
And check this, I want to place those little post-it notes
all around the house so she never forgets how much I love
her type love then not have enough ink in my pen to write
all there is to love about her type love.
Hope that I make her feel as good as she makes me feel,
and I want to deal with my friends making fun of me the
way I made fun of them when they went through the same kind of love type love.
Only difference is this is one of those real love type
loves.
and just like in high school, I want to spend hours on the
phone with her not saying shit,
and then fall asleep and then wake up with HER right next
to me,
and smell her all up in my covers type love
I want to try to counting the ways I love her, and then
lose count in the middle just so that I have to start all
over again.
I want to celebrate one of those month anniversaries even
though they ain't really anniversaries, but doin' it just
cause it makes her happy type love.
And check this, I want fall in love with the melody the
phone plays when her number is dialed in to her type loves
and then talk to you til I lose my breathe, she leaves me
breathless, so with the expanding of my lungs I inhale all
of her back into me
I want a love that makes me need to change my cell phone
calling plan to something that allows me to talk to her longer
because, in all honesty, I want to avoid one of them high
cell phone bill type loves.
I want a love that makes me regret how small my hands are
I mean the lines on my palms don't give me enough time to
love as long as I'd like to type loves,
and I want a love that makes me st-st-st-st-stutter just thinking
about how strong this love is type love.
I want a love that makes me want to cut off all my hair
Well, maybe not all of the hair
maybe just cut the split ends and trim my mustache, but
it will still be a symbol of how strong my love is for her.
And check this, I kinda feel comfortable now, so I can tell y'all this
I even be fantasizing about walking out on a green light just dying
to get hit by a car just so I could lose my memory
get transported to some third world country
just to get treated
then somehow meet up again with you so that I
could fall in love with you in a different language just
to see if it still feels the same type love.
I want a love that's as unexplainable as she is, but I'm
married, so she is going to be the one that I share this
love with. - Zábava
Gotta watch this annually.. This is my shit.
phia It's been a year 👀🙄
Juan Sosa Petty💀💀
phia lol same
Same ❤️ I’m single as hell but he makes me so happy 😂
@@youngmoney43ver lmao well it’s the year ain’t it
Wonderful poetry. Seeing other Black men love wholeheartedly reassures me that it's safe for me to do so. Black men expressing and redefining what it means to love gives me courage.
I fell in love with this the first time I saw him on Def Poetry Jam. It is almost 20 years later and it is still my absolute favorite poem.😊
First time I watched this I was 16. Here I am 21 and I still smile the same way I did back then. Such a beautiful description of the love he wants lol so relatable !
Tasha Hyman u must be 25 now.
You’re 27 now
HEYYYY MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT
How old is this? Ur 28 now
Dude you 29!
Dawg wtf this shit so nice 😭😭
Michael B. Jordan with hair
OMG...I was going to post that but just had to stroll down to see if anyone else thought the same thing
PIM W facts lol.
Lala W omg i thought it was him at first when i saw it on insta
Or Drake with a man bun
True
who else agrees def jam poetry was always beast!
But i married.. So imma be sharing this love with her 😫😫😫 adorableeeeeeee
this is so cute and goofy and meaningful
I came here from Instagram
Fakienolies same
Me 2
me too!!!
same
Sameee
just sent this to my lady. aint no love better then this type of love. props to this dude. this poem was on point!!!!
MachineGunMouth Y’all still together?
kiora james deadass..i was about to ask that 💀
kiora james lmaooo
I hope to stumble upon this type of love someday.. This was a great piece! Reminds me of the poet I let slip away. Maybe one day we'll meet again.
Aaqilah Brown if it happened to Noah in notebook in can happen to anyone
I constantly come back to this to rewatch. I wish I could like it 1 million times, lol.
Years later, and this still makes me smile
Man, I love this beyond words. Made me tear up.
This poem always does something to me...and by the grace of God I finally have a love like this.
Beautiful he could not have said those words any better!!! LOVE THIS ONE:)
this never gets old.
Here I am after so many years back here...fantasizing about that kinda of love...i once thought I would listen to this as an old lady with my love sitting next to me...i will never forget
2020?
*i still can’t get over this it’s so heart touching* 😭❤️
We must protect this man at all costs 🖤☁️
If it’s not this type of love then ion want it
I never thought of relationships like this😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭
THIS DUDE IS AMAZING!!! THIS IS DEEP, ORIGINAL, AND HE MAKES IT FLOW BEAUTIFULLY. HE'S NOT SCARED TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE...A REAL MAN!!!
Ive seen this video 100 times but each time I listen to it I love it even more. Deep stuff.
Omgggggggggggg I love this poem sooooooooo much 😍😍😍😍 it was sooooooo lit the whole time❤️❤️❤️❤️ I want love like his poem 😄😄😄😄
I saw this on Twitter and had to find the whole thing
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I remember this episode back then.. aww and I saw him on my 15th bday in Providence, RI when Def Jam Poetry went on tour (best bday gift ever!)... now here I am 7 years later in LA and I find out he hosts at some local poetry lounge and I been missing out! He's great.
Y’all know you here from.. Twitter and Instagram lol 😂
Every single time I see this it reminds me of the same girl that I can’t get out of my head
That's the kinda of love I'm talking about.. the soulmate type 😍 👍
Had to watch this a couple times in a row. Thats beautiful!
I hope that everyone reading this finding the person they’re looking for & you two make it through ❤️
i seen this 3 years ago and i'm still loving it
The words to the video in the description 🥰
I love this so much 💞
rt
I saw this on Instagram and was like ik this ain't the end, ik there's more😂
Thanks Dej loaf for reminding me of this poem
Noir Mariposa what song is this from? what’s the song title? I knew I knew this from somewhere
@@toniwesa3388 Soli2de - How Can An Angel Break My Heart On SoundCloud / Dej Loaf -Love You (Here On CZcams)
All these years later and I still love hearing this
this never gets old
I love this.
2022 and I’m still visiting this video ❣️☺️
why is this so perfect?!
I watch this almost everyday to remind myself how I should be treated
2:20 is one of my favorite parts : ) that was soo cuteee ! he is definitely one of my favorite poets : )
wow i can try and try but no matter what i end up crying by the end of this video every time i watch it
That's true love
*yall know we ALL had this embedded on our myspace pages at one point in time*
😅😅😅
_ahhh , the nostalgia ..._
I wish you happiness and prosperity in 2020 and all the years to come. This poem was beautiful.
To love someone madly and deeply is to love an imperfect person perfectly... Somewhere out there he looks for me. Where are you, Romeo?
Literally what my heart always says
I listen to this way too much
I want this type of love!
Omg. It was so beautiful! It made me tear up from being happy just hearing this. (:
i come back to this yearly
imma make sure i listen to this everyday 🤪🤪🥰🥰🥰♥️😍😍😍
i've been praying for that type of love for along time but then again I'm young....
I want this typa love😂😂😭😭😭
😭😭😭💞 Who wouldn't want this love type love?
Just got reminded of this piece because... I'm still so in love with this Kinda Love...
This is just the cutest honestly! I have the dvd and this is one of my favs!
Awh. That is so adorable.
2021 and here i am
i will never stop listening to this
Here from the POOLCLVB - Love Type remix. Awesome stuff!
im speechless!
this was amazing!
he so silly , but serious about luv n this poem--he did a great job.
He is so talented. I love the poem about his wife and daughter. Just mad dope!
Missing my first love. He had this memorized ❤️ I want that love again
OMG I LOVE THIS! 😩😭🙌🏾❤️💯💋🔥😍
ENVIOUS OF HIS WIFE... love love love this poem....
This is what a true relationship is like but is so hard to find the right person
Saw this when it first aired on tv. Classic...
I absolutely love this
This poem never gets old!! I love it
2022 we still here I got this from the song black love by lady London
I want a love that makes me feel the way he does when he talks about her type loves (:
one of my absolute faves 🖤
There's a mix of this poem and Dej Loaf easy Love..it the most amazing music/poem l hv ever heard
Man i F^ckin love this poem! I remember the first time i heard it when it was still airing on HBO
All those different types of love remind me of tht special someone in sooo many ways :)
I've never heard a poem or song that desribed it better. ^_^ Its perfect, one of my favorite poems ever. Thank you for this awesome piece Shihan.
MY faveorite of all time it is just so good and really sweet!!this like my 1000000000th tims listening to this and i am still not tierd of it AMAZING!!
Def Poetry Jam...one of the more inspiring things shown on that box sitting in the corner.
Beautiful poem, but also a hell of a performance. The excitement-bubbling-over act is really well done.
I just love how your first name sounds so good next to my last name. Post-it notes all around the house showing how much you love...
OMG I love this so much 😍
I want this love...Love love his poetry
Love it then and love it now!
I HAVE THIS TYPE love too love you hamlet...ironic about the cellphone plan lmao i like that
I have that kind of LoVE.....Feels so good
this is ridiculously good!
Amazing.... I Wish This Still Came On Tv..
I came here because of Tik Tok! I had to find the whole version! Love this.
That has to be one of my favorite poems
Who here from Instagram?
Wow, such a good poem. I love it
Has to be in my top 5 faves 🖤
thats soo effing beautiful
beautiful beautiful beautiful