Added: Apr 6, 2007

From: illwill718

Duration: 4:1

Saul Williams performs his popular poetry piece Coded Language of Def Poetry Jam.

Channel: Entertainment

Tags: coded  def  jam  language  poet  poetry  saul  slam  williams 


Rating: 4.88 (1717 ratings)    Views: 548162' favoriteCount='6381    Comments: 1158

writermind Says:

Dec 25, 2008 - One of the best spoken word poets to ever step on a stage anywhere! Beautiful and very powerful piece.

DenzelleT14 Says:

Dec 26, 2008 - he can read fast and clearly man thats really hard

fuckedupsickfuckboy Says:

Dec 27, 2008 - SHAKUR!!!

egatch Says:

Dec 27, 2008 - Assata Shakur or Tupac?

ppillond Says:

Dec 27, 2008 - remember me Gil Scott Heron (in the beggining)

fuckedupsickfuckboy Says:

Dec 27, 2008 - i dnt knw! probably both.

musicfeen64 Says:

Dec 27, 2008 - Pac honey...

jarach3e Says:

Dec 28, 2008 - wtf waz dat?

earthtonez Says:

Dec 29, 2008 - lol

shamraig Says:

Dec 30, 2008 - Excellent.

yaqyaqyaqyaqyaq Says:

Jan 2, 2009 - Powerful

Limezor Says:

Jan 2, 2009 - And he has an awesome voice.

Snarfoo Says:

Jan 3, 2009 - im not gonna lie i often watch def poetry but i did not understand this one... someone help me... and dont call me stupid lol i sincerely want to know

Lboogiefan08 Says:

Jan 3, 2009 - This is powerful..i feel this

smthunder12 Says:

Jan 4, 2009 - i think tupac because he got into more modern peoples names

MaBu888 Says:

Jan 4, 2009 - Rhyme with reason!!!

kmk2023 Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - he spoke some gibberish and then he started naming black peoples last names, 4 little girls, nagasaki, hiroshima, then more last names... what do you mean you odnt understand it?

tweetie35 Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - TO UNDERSTAND you must first know black peoples history or u will never understand.

Mormodes Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - I suggest looking up "Coded Language" online and looking at the Lyrics. It is hard to explain just on here. The first paragraph, i believe he is speaking about music and the past, how they are connected to the present. "the velocity of the spinning vinyl" would suggest he is talking about records that were once used to play recorded sound, that are now used to create beats by DJs. I cannot fit much more into the text box, haha. If you want to know more about my interpretation, message me.

maxwolfeee Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - My brain hurts. Alot to of stuff to process .;-)

cdphatty Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - he said in his book "the dead emcee scrolls" that it's mostly about tupac and biggie's death, and the reaction to it.

Scarab4990 Says:

Jan 6, 2009 - me too

Scarab4990 Says:

Jan 6, 2009 - is that a compliment or and insult? i cant tell the way you wrote it

MaBu888 Says:

Jan 6, 2009 - Perhaps neither, but sleep will tell. G'night

bluethirdwave Says:

Jan 7, 2009 - he is fabulous!!!!!!!!!