Benjamin Zephaniah reads 'Money'
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- čas přidán 20. 02. 2009
- Benjamin Zephaniah reads his poem 'Money' on the hoof in Newcastle city centre, back in 1991. Now even more topical, this poem is from his 1992 Bloodaxe collection CITY PSALMS:
www.bloodaxebooks.com/titlepag...
The film is from the Wordworks series of short poem films made by Tyne Tees Television with Bloodaxe Books first shown in May-June 1992 produced by Mark Lavender and directed by Rob Cowley.
Amazon do a special deal on Zephaniah's Bloodaxe collections, offering all three for £19 post free:
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/A... - Zábava
Rest in peace Benjamin. You were such a great poet and inspired me so much in my own life journey ❤
RIP 😢
Jah bless ❤️ you made a change in me RIP brother Benjamin
Benjamin deeply saddened with your passing, saw him perform just twice and he was awesome, may he rest in peace😢
True legend
RIP Benjamin!
A huge loss in a time where this world seems to be sprialling down a very dark path.
Still resonates!! A powerful timeless poem.
Well yh.. duh.. we still have money..👀
@@Laura-sg6ss WOW thanks for the point!! I'll take that on board. You should be a poet.
@@TakeMeBackPirateRadio I am 🙂
@@Laura-sg6ss And good luck to you 🙂
Sad day today, man was part of my childhood R.I.P 🙏🏾
The Icon
The Legend
Benjamin Zephaniah
Gone But NEVER forgotten 🕊🙏🏼💔
Rest peace legend. My condolences family and friends. Sending love. Amazing Poet
RIP BENJAMIN, I just heard 10seconds ago he passed away. I knew he came down with a brain cancer or something similar but didn't know how serious it was..
RIP Brother
❤too his family and friends at this sad time
Fantastic talented poet, will be sadly missed, sending all my respects ❤
No staar, him na ded,
him a live on.... me dred,
Every day me rap him lyrix,
Every day me get me fix,
Here's to you Doctor Benjamin,
I paint your portrait,
With other men,
Standin in robes of pure light,
Marcus Garvey, Robert Nesta,
Who never gave up the fight
Peter Tosh, Dread Lester,
Alton Ellis, Dennis Brown,
Mash up dem money, Chant em down .
Blessed love 😔
Great poem.
Even more relevant today and he was reciting it in 1991!A man ahead of his time. Thank you for the lyrics and the revolutionary sentiment, Mr Zephaniah.
RIP. I will miss his voice and strength.
RIP to one of life's amazing, good people
Luv and respect Benjamin you made such a big diffrence to so many more people than you knew a true rasta educating the community .
Deepest condolences to the family 👊😢
Me watching again but only to comment rest in peace and these people that are walking past should be greatful that they just went past a legend 😢😢❤❤ R.I.P Benjamin zephaniah
Rest well Benjamin 🙏🏾
Gotta love Benjamin Zephaniah. I love his poetry, his philosophy, his politics, his intelligence, his voice. his teeth, his hair ... Oh, dammit ! There isn't anything that I don't love about Benjamin Zephaniah, He's just LUSH .... x
Benjamin... Sempai!...
He’s my bae bro
I touch myself to him
I just replied
I think he’s a lbut little weird, but quirky. He is the boat beatutiufil man I’m ever saw my in life awwwww!
A huge creative loss to this country and the world. Genius x ❤
Been listening to this for 10 years or more 🙏🏾💚
Glad it's not just me I heard this in School one time for an English Lesson about 10 years ago and I come back to it all the time
@@Suplagen Is ıt because of dyslexia :D?
@@pandacraft_7821 who
@@Suplagen you
@@pandacraft_7821 no u
I'm devastated. I needed him in this crap world where I feel alone so alone.
The Truth Resonates ! Gifted Legend !!!
Spoke the truth, a very rare thing these days. RIP to a true gentleman.
Rest in peace Benjamin. A great poet and a huge fan of Aston Villa.
Love it and love that it was recorded in Newcastle
Brilliant Lyrical Wordplay. This shit makes a shitty day a likkle bit betta.
RIP...! 🇯🇲
Brilliant Benjamin Zephaniah
He's a national treasure!
100%
International! ❤
Rest in power✊🏿
Rest in power brother.
Saint Francis of Assisi said “it’s not Money that’s Evil, it’s the Lack of Money that’s Evil” and He knew a Thing or Two
You and the gifts that you showered us with will be great missed.
RIP Benjamin . ❤❤
RIP you hero, biggup the north. Your words will never cease being heard
this guy is awesome
Lovely ❤
Missed❤
And he's surrounded by shoppers spending all their money.
I think that adds to the point!
*THAT'S THE JYOOOOOKE* lmao
@@crystalclear6864, exactly. I was going to say something very similar to that.
Love it brother benjamin👍
Awesome poem
Thank You
He was in Newcastle being filmed for a Tyne-Tees TV series - see the note below the video.
In 91, that's a bloody long time ago.
@@therespectedlex9794 How far we've come since then. ...?
@@darinchiasson Helps if radio DJs can get his name right.
Birmingham DON 🫡 RIP
very nice poem
R.I.P & LONG LIVE 💐💐💐
WONDERFUL
Rest in peace❤
Rest in peace
Safe & Blessed Journey Zephaniah May You Rest I Perfect Peace & Experience God's Embrace & His Amazing ❤ Peace & Love ❤
rest in peace ♥
He was a good man RIP Benji
one love
" GWAARRN BENJI "
WOW ENUF SAID THANK YOU
I am watching from India. an english poet.
RIP Benjamin!
nice poem I really like it
RIEP Brother condolences to the family, Rastafari Love
RIP Benjamin 🙏❤️🩹😥
How lovely chubly.
Nuff respect Benjamin prince lincoln food clothing and shelter is all people need springs to mind 👍
Wow
RIP
Woooooooooooow 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
RIP Benjamin
❤AMEN WHATS LEFT❤❤
Rest In Power!
❤❤❤AMEN❤❤❤
❤
Good ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺😎😎👊👍
RIP Benjamin 💔🪶💔 Condolences t family n friends, 🦋
R.I.P
I can dig it
RiP 🔥✋🏾 Lion 🦁 Zephaniah
R8 on wid D alliteration brudda
Can someone explain to me why this is good?
Listen carefully and transcribe it. It's profound. All human ills laid bare at its source.
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Bars
Newcastle town centre.
Reality
Deffo should be a rapper
🤯Money bought the Bible, and the Bible shines the lights.
He’s talking since 1919 in Birmingham
Peaky blinders
Money is a Burden and only makes/creates; problems: -please pass _on: your burden's and problem's:
(money); to me!!
-L.O.L.
Someone has the lyrics?
Money make a rich man feel like a big man
It make a poor man feel like a hooligan
A one parent family feels like a ruffian
An those who have it won’t give you anything
Money makes your friend become your enemy
You start to see things very superficially
Your life is lived very artificially
Unlike those who live in poverty
Money affects your ego
But money brings you down
Money causes problems anywhere money is found
Food is what we need
Food is necessary
Let me grow my food
An dem can eat dem money
Money can save us
But yet we feel doomed
Plenty money burns in a nuclear mushroom
Money can make you happy
Money can help you when you die
An those who have it continually live a lie
Children are dying
Spies are spying
Refugees are fleeing
Politicians are lying
An deals are done
An webs are spun
An no one keeps the third world on the run
An the brother feels better than the brothers next door
Cause his brothers got money an his brothers got more
The brother thinks a brother’s not a brother cause he’s poor
When a brother kills another that is economic war
Economic war we call it economic war
It may not be the east and west anymore
But the north and south third world far lord
Coffee an isle
That’s what it’s about
Economic war
Economic war
Shots fired from the stock market floor
So we work for a livin’
An we try an we try
With so little time for chillin’
Like we’re livin a lie
Money makes a dream become reality
Money makes real life like a fantasy
Money has a habit of going to the head
I have some for the rainy day underneath me bed
Money problems make it hard to relax
Money makes it difficult to get down to the facts
Money makes you worship vanity and lies
Money is a drug with legal highs
The parents of poor kids
Some are not coping
Some are just managing
Books that need balancin’
Property is theft
No money means death
You pay for your rent
An then nothing left
Some will pick your pocket
Some will pay to stop it
Those who will pay to stop it
They happy cause they got it
Some go out an fight for it
Some claim they got the right to it
An people like my grandparents
Live long but never side it
Money made me go out an rob
Then it made me go looking for a job
Money made the nurse
And the doctor emigrate
Money buys friends you love to hate
Money made slavery seem alright
Money brought the Bible
An the Bible shone the light
Victory to the penniless
The gospel shows us
We come to mash those market forces
The paper giant called market forces
Say it loud, brother.
🕊🤍
I got shown this is school
Kiwi, did you get an assignment of some sort with it?
Ccooolll
Using this online teaching to Mumbai Ambani school.
The zephaniah entity lol
We are doing some benji poets
is Louis Gluck a great poet?
No, but Louise Glück is, absolutely. Don't know about Louis.
@@BloodaxeBooks true poetry is an epoch always. it should compel many many re- readings . I doubt if Gluck will force me do it.
the stamp and genius of a poet will be in each line written by him. that greatness follows him beyond his grave.
just look.at Zephaniah. A dub poet makes lot of noise that frightens Muse.
Alice Oswald is a greater poet than Louis Gluck.
Money is all you think about
Money for the mouth you feed
Always hungry but never free
Seems this mouth is full of greed
(I miss London haha)
Ha ha
Ironic the the previous advert was from a millionaire braggard!
Recycle money into something really useful, maybe toilet roll.
I'm sorry. But a token is not money.
🍍🍱🍜