Linton Kwesi Johnson

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1. 0:00ladies and gentlemen I would love to
2. 0:02ladies and gentlemen I would love to bring to the stage the
3. 0:05bring to the stage the
4. 0:05bring to the stage the original Dan garon of dub poetry please
5. 0:10original Dan garon of dub poetry please
6. 0:10original Dan garon of dub poetry please give it up from London England by way of
7. 0:13give it up from London England by way of
8. 0:13give it up from London England by way of Clarendon
9. 0:15Clarendon
10. 0:15Clarendon Jamaica Linton quy Johnson
11. 0:21[Music]
12. 0:22[Music] [Applause]
13. 0:25[Applause]
14. 0:25[Applause] [Music]
15. 0:28[Music]
16. 0:28[Music] [Applause]
17. 0:31a poem in defense of dub poetry called
18. 0:35a poem in defense of dub poetry called if I was a top-notch
19. 0:38if I was a top-notch
20. 0:38if I was a top-notch poet if I was a topnotch poet like
21. 0:41poet if I was a topnotch poet like
22. 0:41poet if I was a topnotch poet like chrisal kbo Derek Walcott RTS Elliot I
23. 0:46chrisal kbo Derek Walcott RTS Elliot I
24. 0:46chrisal kbo Derek Walcott RTS Elliot I would have write a poem so damn deep
25. 0:49would have write a poem so damn deep
26. 0:49would have write a poem so damn deep that it
27. 0:49that it
28. 0:49that it Bittersweet like a precious memory Will
29. 0:53Bittersweet like a precious memory Will
30. 0:53Bittersweet like a precious memory Will Make You Weep will make your feel
31. 0:55Make You Weep will make your feel
32. 0:55Make You Weep will make your feel incomplete like when you love a leave
33. 0:58incomplete like when you love a leave
34. 0:58incomplete like when you love a leave and do the feet you con seeed till you
35. 1:00and do the feet you con seeed till you
36. 1:00and do the feet you con seeed till you beg and you plead till you win a
37. 1:02beg and you plead till you win a
38. 1:02beg and you plead till you win a reprieve and you're ready for rock
39. 1:04reprieve and you're ready for rock
40. 1:04reprieve and you're ready for rock steady but the music done
41. 1:06steady but the music done
42. 1:06steady but the music done already
43. 1:08already
44. 1:08already [Applause]
45. 1:09[Applause]
46. 1:09[Applause] still still in know the meantime with me
47. 1:12still still in know the meantime with me
48. 1:12still still in know the meantime with me rhythm with me rhyme with me rough
49. 1:14rhythm with me rhyme with me rough
50. 1:14rhythm with me rhyme with me rough basine with me hor sense of time go P
51. 1:18basine with me hor sense of time go P
52. 1:18basine with me hor sense of time go P off his stepp in line Kaba lazy might
53. 1:21off his stepp in line Kaba lazy might
54. 1:21off his stepp in line Kaba lazy might have got couple thousand but Mandela Fe
55. 1:24have got couple thousand but Mandela Fe
56. 1:24have got couple thousand but Mandela Fe him thousands and thousands and
57. 1:25him thousands and thousands and
58. 1:25him thousands and thousands and thousands and
59. 1:27thousands and
60. 1:27thousands and thousands if I was a top notch poet like
61. 1:31thousands if I was a top notch poet like
62. 1:31thousands if I was a top notch poet like Kam BR Martin Carter Jan carzar a m
63. 1:36Kam BR Martin Carter Jan carzar a m
64. 1:36Kam BR Martin Carter Jan carzar a m Baraka I would write a poem so rude and
65. 1:39Baraka I would write a poem so rude and
66. 1:39Baraka I would write a poem so rude and rootsy and subversive that it make the
67. 1:42rootsy and subversive that it make the
68. 1:42rootsy and subversive that it make the go poet turn white with
69. 1:44go poet turn white with
70. 1:44go poet turn white with Envy like a cond voodo com in a chant a
71. 1:48Envy like a cond voodo com in a chant a
72. 1:48Envy like a cond voodo com in a chant a whole time Calypso or a slave song that
73. 1:51whole time Calypso or a slave song that
74. 1:51whole time Calypso or a slave song that get B but from granny right down to
75. 1:53get B but from granny right down to
76. 1:53get B but from granny right down to Grand picy each and everyone can recite
77. 1:56Grand picy each and everyone can recite
78. 1:56Grand picy each and everyone can recite that they want still you know the
79. 1:59that they want still you know the
80. 1:59that they want still you know the meantime with me RH with me rhyme with
81. 2:02meantime with me RH with me rhyme with
82. 2:02meantime with me RH with me rhyme with me rough Baseline with me home sense of
83. 2:05me rough Baseline with me home sense of
84. 2:05me rough Baseline with me home sense of time go poet step in line kaboa lazy
85. 2:09time go poet step in line kaboa lazy
86. 2:09time go poet step in line kaboa lazy might have got couple thousand but
87. 2:11might have got couple thousand but
88. 2:11might have got couple thousand but Mandel him thousands and thousands and
89. 2:14Mandel him thousands and thousands and
90. 2:14Mandel him thousands and thousands and thousands and
91. 2:16thousands and
92. 2:16thousands and thousands if I was a topn poet like
93. 2:19thousands if I was a topn poet like
94. 2:19thousands if I was a topn poet like Chaya yamy Nicholas Goen Arana good I
95. 2:24Chaya yamy Nicholas Goen Arana good I
96. 2:24Chaya yamy Nicholas Goen Arana good I would to write a poem so beautiful that
97. 2:27would to write a poem so beautiful that
98. 2:27would to write a poem so beautiful that it's simple like a pling girl with good
99. 2:30it's simple like a pling girl with good
100. 2:30it's simple like a pling girl with good brains and nice ways with a sexy
101. 2:33brains and nice ways with a sexy
102. 2:33brains and nice ways with a sexy disposition and plenty compassion with a
103. 2:35disposition and plenty compassion with a
104. 2:35disposition and plenty compassion with a sweet smile and a subtle style still we
105. 2:39sweet smile and a subtle style still we
106. 2:39sweet smile and a subtle style still we not go bow and scrape and go on like a
107. 2:42not go bow and scrape and go on like a
108. 2:42not go bow and scrape and go on like a ape pedling no purile parchment of
109. 2:44ape pedling no purile parchment of
110. 2:44ape pedling no purile parchment of ethnicity with don't a vague fleeting
111. 2:47ethnicity with don't a vague fleeting
112. 2:47ethnicity with don't a vague fleeting hint of authenticity like a black lance
113. 2:50hint of authenticity like a black lance
114. 2:50hint of authenticity like a black lance peral in Reverse or even worse a
115. 2:54peral in Reverse or even worse a
116. 2:54peral in Reverse or even worse a bubbling buffoon who lose him tongue no
117. 2:57bubbling buffoon who lose him tongue no
118. 2:57bubbling buffoon who lose him tongue no sir not at all got me rhym me got me
119. 3:00sir not at all got me rhym me got me
120. 3:00sir not at all got me rhym me got me rhyme me got me rough Baseline me got me
121. 3:02rhyme me got me rough Baseline me got me
122. 3:02rhyme me got me rough Baseline me got me one sense of time
123. 3:05one sense of time
124. 3:05one sense of time School stepping
125. 3:07School stepping
126. 3:08School stepping line La might got couple thousand but
127. 3:11line La might got couple thousand but
128. 3:11line La might got couple thousand but Mandela him thousands and thousands and
129. 3:14Mandela him thousands and thousands and
130. 3:14Mandela him thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands
131. 3:16thousands and thousands
132. 3:16thousands and thousands [Applause]