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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.70,0:00:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.68,0:00:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a baffled lady observed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.32,0:00:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the shell where my soul dwells
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.32,0:00:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And announced that I'm
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.46,0:00:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"articulate"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.36,0:00:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means that when it comes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.70,0:00:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enunciation and diction
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.70,0:00:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even think of it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.70,0:00:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘Cause I’m "articulate"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.39,0:00:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when my professor asks a question
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.97,0:00:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my answer is tainted with a connotation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.13,0:00:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of urbanized suggestion
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.48,0:00:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s no misdirected intention
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.94,0:00:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pay attention
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.92,0:00:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘Cause I’m “articulate”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.26,0:00:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when my father asks, “Wha’ kinda ting is dis?”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.82,0:00:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My “articulate” answer never goes amiss
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.95,0:00:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say “father, this is the impending problem at hand”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.47,0:00:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I’m on the block
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.80,0:00:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I switch it up just because I can
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.49,0:00:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when my boy says, “What’s good with you son?”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.13,0:00:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just say, “I jus’ fall out wit dem people but I done!”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.54,0:00:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes in class
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.13,0:00:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might pause the intellectual sounding flow to ask
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.06,0:01:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Yo! Why dese books neva be about my peoples”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.72,0:01:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I have decided to treat
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.89,0:01:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all three of my languages as equals
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.95,0:01:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I’m “articulate”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.95,0:01:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But who controls articulation?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.37,0:01:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the English language\Nis a multifaceted oration
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.52,0:01:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Subject to indefinite transformation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.34,0:01:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you may think that it is\Nignorant to speak broken English
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.96,0:01:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I’m here to tell you that\Neven “articulate” Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.11,0:01:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sound foolish to the British
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.11,0:01:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when my Professor comes on\Nthe block and says, “Hello”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.36,0:01:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stop him and say “Noooo …
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’re being inarticulate …
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.14,0:01:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the proper way is to say ‘what’s good’”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.31,0:01:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you may think that’s too hood, that’s not cool
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.92,0:01:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I’m here to tell you that\Neven our language has rules\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.90,0:01:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when Mommy mocks me and says
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.51,0:01:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“ya’ll-be-madd-going-to-the-store”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.77,0:01:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say “Mommy, no, that sentence is not following the law
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.76,0:01:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never does the word "madd" go \Nbefore a present participle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.45,0:01:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s simply the principle of this English”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.95,0:01:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had the vocal capacity I would
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.62,0:02:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sing this from every mountaintop,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.67,0:02:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From every suburbia, and every hood
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.95,0:02:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘Cause the only God of language is\Nthe one recorded in the Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.50,0:02:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of this world saying “it is good"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.22,0:02:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I may not always come before you
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.79,0:02:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with excellency of speech
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.18,0:02:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But do not judge me by my language and assume
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.72,0:02:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That I’m too ignorant to teach
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.24,0:02:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘Cause I speak three tongues
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.78,0:02:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One for each:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.93,0:02:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Home, school and friends
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.68,0:02:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m a tri-lingual orator
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.88,0:02:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I’m consistent with my language now
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.85,0:02:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then switch it up so I don’t bore later
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.81,0:02:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I fight back two tongues
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.69,0:02:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I use the other one in the classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.62,0:02:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I mistakenly mix them up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.55,0:02:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel crazy like … I’m cooking in the bathroom
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.04,0:02:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that I had to borrow your language
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.63,0:02:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because mines was stolen
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.48,0:02:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can’t expect me to speak your history wholly
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.38,0:02:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while mines is broken
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.88,0:02:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These words are spoken
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.40,0:02:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By someone who is simply fed up with
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.70,0:02:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Eurocentric ideals of this season
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.32,0:02:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reason I speak a composite\Nversion of your language
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.81,0:03:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is because mines was raped\Naway along with my history
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.56,0:03:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I speak broken English so the\Nprofusing gashes can remind us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.79,0:03:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That our current state is not a mystery
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.05,0:03:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m so tired of the negative images\Nthat are driving my people mad
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.26,0:03:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So unless you’ve seen it rob\Na bank stop calling my hair bad
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.50,0:03:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m so sick of this nonsensical racial disparity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.16,0:03:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So don’t call it good unless your hair is known
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.71,0:03:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for donating to charity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.26,0:03:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As much as has been raped away from our people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.18,0:03:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you expect me to treat\Ntheir imprint on your language
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.12,0:03:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As anything less than equal
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.74,0:03:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let there be no confusion
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.61,0:03:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let there be no hesitation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.42,0:03:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a promotion of ignorance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.48,0:03:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a linguistic celebration
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.93,0:03:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s why I put "tri-lingual" on my last job application
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.01,0:03:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can help to diversify your consumer market
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.74,0:03:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is all I wanted them to know
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.37,0:03:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when they call me for the interview
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.10,0:04:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ll be more than happy to show that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.62,0:04:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can say:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.35,0:04:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“What’s good”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.56,0:04:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Whatagwan”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.55,0:04:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course …“Hello”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.45,0:04:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I’m “articulate”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.13,0:04:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.90,0:04:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)