Love Beats Rhymes Page #7

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I want y'all to give it up

for Vanessa Hidary.

Peace, y'all.

Derek.

Hey. I just wanted to say that

your poems are really good.

So, what, you gave me low

scores just to mess with me?

No, not at all, I just...

Listen,

this may be a joke to you

but that 5 boros slam team

is important to me.

I just think your performance

could have been better.

And you know this

because you get up on a stage

and say whatever sh*t comes into

your mind and think that's poetry.

You know what? Save your constructive

bullshit for your homies.

Goodnight.

My homies?

That went well.

I told ya

you could be a good judge.

But damn, his students usually

give him a good score.

Very nice, miss Ford, very nice.

Thank you.

You've got

the voice and the snaps.

A real crowd pleaser.

But is that really

all you have to say?

Really, Mr. Morris,

what was that?

That was a rap.

This nigga.

Precisely.

Miss Ford, please, care enough

to learn the difference.

It's poetry, not rap.

Poetry, not rap.

Whatever.

Miss Ford, I like the rap.

But I liked it better when

mos def did it 10 years ago.

We are going to keep this up

until you write a poem.

If everybody else

in here can get that,

I don't understand

why you can't.

What is wrong with you?

What is your problem?

Children, please, understand,

this university

already has your money.

I already have your money.

You may as well learn something.

Dixon's not here.

I came to see you.

I'm looking for some advice.

Yeah, well, my advice to you,

if you don't respect the

curriculum, drop the class.

I wasn't trying to

be disrespectful.

Poetry is just

harder than I thought.

But I'm gonna get it.

Oh, well, thank you so, so

much for sharing that with us.

Do you know what Dixon

meant when she said

I need to learn the difference

between a rap and a poem?

I mean, I thought I knew,

but I obviously don't.

Look, rap, when you break it down,

is 95% bragging and boasting.

Poetry is more about truth

and introspection.

Nas, biggie, Kendrick Lamar,

plenty of rappers are

truthful and introspective.

And that's exactly

why they stand out.

Put some real emotion into it.

Tell me how you really feel.

My feelings. Right.

'Cause that's what niggas is

tryin' to hear at the strip club?

My feelings?

I should burst into tears

in the middle of a battle.

Then maybe

I'll sell lots of records.

You're never

gonna sell any records

if you don't start putting more of

yourself into your music. Okay?

So buy a journal and a separate rhyme book.

Make sure you keep your notes.

You know what?

I'm good. Never mind.

Oh, so you're mad now?

Good. Use it.

Don't push it away.

I'm not mad.

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