Music Poem from Saul Williams's journal from 2000 --- From "The Dead Emcee Scrolls" pg. 152
Can music change the world?
Are these simply songs to be heard
And forgotten?
When JB said, "Say it loud..."
Did that affect a shift in conciousness?
Can the music of a society
Help mold its mental state?
Can a great song affect more than the way
A musician approaches his next song?
How about the way they approach their children.
Their loved ones? Their lives?
I believe I am
A man molded by music
And my intent is to mold
To shape
These are the ways
Of a carpenter.
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"The Dead Emcee Scrolls" is a challenging book by Saul Williams.
It's about where hip hop had a chance to be, and may not be reaching right now.
I am getting more into the slam poetry scene all of the time. It speaks to me. Language is powerful, words are powerful.
Hip-hop had a poetry to it, some does, some is misogynistic and glorifies capitalism and money.
I think some of the best of early hip-hop has become part of the slam poetry scene. Some of it is rapped, most just spoke, a lot inbetween.
It's about the words, it's about talking about lives.
It's about talking about pain, family, redemption, gladness and sadness.
I am very proud of the Portland, Maine poetry scene.
May it continue to prosper.
Edmund (aka Ed2D2)
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