hello yeah sounds like alright alright
reintroduce myself my name is Mohammad
Zafir and I’m here to talk about spoken
word poetry I had like a long list of
definitions but I’ve been told to cut my
time short and instead of describing
spoken with poetry I might as well just
show it to you
right this piece is how the introduction
and I hope you enjoy my name is software
and it means victory in Arabic some of
you might think I seem strange but you
don’t know the half of it AMA pacifist
and I dislike confrontation I crumble
into tears when I get so frustrated in
most of my past teachers tell me that
I’m smarter but lazy is lazy gets and
I’m talking and I got Curtis like
I’ve got to rest most of my friends say
I’m the most carefree person they’ve
ever met but to be honest I’m more than
a few regrets and I regret quitting the
piano with a d6 and not putting more
effort in my Academy mix and lately I’ve
been feeling it’s like I’m gonna pit in
the fall to a deeper dolphin when each
time I try to get out of it I am feeling
and I only feel better when I Spit
a nightmare I meant that I’ve got a
confession of all to a state amenity
pression I got everything I could ever
ask for but I can’t count my blessings
despite the math lessons and I need you
God to answer some questions no I need
you God please give some new breakfast
this is sure where I’m heading cuz I’m
just 21 and I just don’t know where to
turn and on 21 there’s so many so many
bridges that I’ve burned on 21 the money
that I have is about the money that I’ve
earned and know I’m 21 and I realize
there’s so many things I forget to learn
my biggest weakness is I’m a hypocrite
no I hate hypocrites my weakness is some
consistently inconsistent you don’t
believe me I’m gonna give you an example
I could say to myself religious man but
I’m smoking drink a gamble I let my
family but it spend my time with my
friends and I regret my past decisions
but I do it all again because I know
that it made me strong if not it helped
me write the song and I know this is my
destiny all along press I’m a
kleptomaniac Anissa take things
literally but Cheryl I just do it for
the feel uh kiss nan sounds out of ten I
could afford the things that I still I’m
just trying to keep it real but still
are we about 90 kilos and I’m six feet
plus weight that’s alarming I’m under
six feet it’s like I’m buried alive up
in a family of five it’s me my dad and
my mom my older brother my younger
brother my older brother Swindon MBA my
younger brother is doing nothing with
hey let’s get this shot away and let’s
just get back to me cuz I’m gonna
average dude and this is how average
dude but for your middle child middle
class is like him you know middle
figured and you’ll be average who said
I’m an average male do they be some
pretty about five four three times a day
I mean what else can I say I said I
smoke about a pack of me but this year I
swear to god I’m trying to throw the
packs away for the same reasons that
I’ve started exercising just so I could
bet in my house I mean I try my best to
do the best for the cars that I’ve been
dealt I wrote this song for the fame and
the girls no wealth no I wrote the songs
I said I can introduce myself huh
thank you I wrote that piece about a
year ago and I’ve come you know how come
some way since then
and one thing I want to talk about is
okay I want to talk about how the first
time like I’m wreaking the first time I
performed I was super nervous because my
style you might have realized that my
style is very similar to rap and right
and people tell me that you’re not a
poet you’re a rapper and I said I agree
and I disagree because I am a poet and I
am a rapper as well people do think rap
I’m trying to break the stereotype of
rappers about girls sex and drugs
sometimes it’s about that but not always
see people rap is much more than that
rap is about lyricism we’re playing
everything having less rhyme schemes and
people don’t know that rap the word rap
stands for rhythm and poetry I’m trying
to you know bring people back to that
poetry and rap is similar and I hope
you’ll indulge for me my second poem
it is titled what I want it’s about me
looking at finding my girlfriend it’s
about me finding myself what I want is
to talk about what I want
cuz salutes my parents I don’t need to
talk about my needs and I’ma be honest I
don’t think I’ve ever had a real reason
to complain I loved every part of my
childhood from my shoes my clothes to my
name and you gave me a place to stay
love freedom support everything I needed
just to get it on the only time I’ve
ever felt thirsty or hungry isn’t
Ramadan and I want to thank you I want
to
and I don’t want to sound too
overzealous but the way you handled
every single one of my basic needs it
would have made Maslow jealous like when
I was four
all I wanted was to become a doctor
because I wanted to help people not
because I thought it was a good
profession but because I thought it was
what my parents wanted and it’s what I
thought all the smart kids wanted to be
come to think of it I remember going
through introspection they’re having all
these complex thoughts when I was
treating when I was 10
all I wanted was all I wanted was a
gameboy color to play pokemon on and I
now know that that’s B s cuz I don’t
play on my D s when I was 13 all
that ever won it was to be cool
I wanted applause an innovation I wanted
a boss and admiration I wanted to cause
an aggravation to make a foot at age
that I didn’t get in school when I was
17 I told the love of my life that I
wanted her
I took my heart out and I gave it to her
with a scarlet letter than I waited an
hour waiting I remembered that it felt
like forever that she sent me back a
package with a message and the message
read return to sender I was I was her I
was and it took me like six years to get
better so at 18 I focused and I went to
college because I still wanted to become
a doctor but the end of it I was scared
I couldn’t handle this what changed my
path and so myself I wanted to become a
psychologist at 19 although what it was
to lose weight I wanted to look better
and wanted to feel better so I started
eating oats for breakfast and exercising
so my muscles were sorts and I found out
something about myself then I wanted to
have messing them up for breakfast
and not exercise this a little bit more
when I was 21
all I wanted was to learn how to commit
more because I didn’t commit in my games
my studies my sports all my
relationships and I feel that favorite
self was holding me back from true
greatness and I meant I admit I admit it
was a real hard habit to break it’s the
only thing I committed back then with
sins and mistakes when I was 22 all I
wanted was to graduate because by that
time I have been a third year for three
years and I was tired of letting my
parents down so I made some more changes
in my life and I’m glad to see I’m gonna
graduate a year from now and I was 23
remember that I needed six years to get
better so only at 23 I was able to want
to look for someone again but not that I
found her I’m having doubts about her no
I’m having doubts because I fear I might
not be able to live with daughter
because you’re the only one of my wants
they turn into a need I need to follow
you wherever you go and I need to be
able to take the lead I need to talk to
you every single day and I need for you
to listen to what I have to say kiss
even if it’s just white send messages as
long as I get to connect to you because
I need to see that one thing turned into
hundred to black things turn the blue
and i’ma stop here before I get too
overly facetious because there’s a part
of us spending our life together
it’s making me speechless
[Applause]
another thing I want to talk about is
how because the title of my speech is
breaking barriers and I’ve been asked to
talk about how previously I wasn’t that
good in English so I when I started
writing I read more books in English I
started listening to more stuff just to
show that because apparently I’m a lay
man so I’m not supposed to be good in
English so but I want to break that
stereotype when I came in the sea like a
1 the best you know I’m the Malay guy
with the best English but I’ve been
proven wrong and I hope that you know
it’s I share this and you can inspire
that despite it not being your mother
tongue you can be good at English as
well and I want to share that this final
poem that I will share it’s about me
looking for love you see that these I’m
breaking stairs I see it I will in the
end but I still falling for women all
poets talk about love and this is I’m
looking for someone you see I’m looking
for someone who’s about my heart maybe a
little bit sure to know I’m looking for
someone who isn’t hesitant to give
somebody you need a quarter I’m looking
for someone whose eyes who make me think
of heaven norm looking for someone who’s
a six but thinks she’s a seven I’m
looking for someone to share my secrets
with someone who I can talk to every
single night I’m looking for someone
that I’d be grateful for it doesn’t
matter if we fight and if we fight I’m
looking for someone and I’d be willing
to give in given that she’s cute when
she’s angry even when I know I’m right
and I’m looking for someone whose smile
can light up a room with no lights I’m
looking for someone to sit down with and
someone never stand up to know I’m
looking for someone brown with someone
who’s always ready for round two
I’m not thinking myself I’m not looking
for someone to sleep with I’m looking
for someone to wake up soon when I marry
her it’s because I meet you when I want
someone looking for someone who draws an
arty but it’s a man riding in my car
which is not an RD not good for someone
who still remains a little bit naughty
despite the fact she may be turning 14
when I call them my shorty my lady of my
bitch she knows that I’m meaning in the
best way she thinks I’m smart clever of
an intelligent despite what it says
saying i’ma doing everything with her it
doesn’t matter what the recipe cuz every
single day I spent with her would be the
best thing looking for someone who’s
willing to try something new even if she
thinks she might be bad at it I’m
looking for someone don’t make me work
on me and throw away all my bad habits
I’m looking for someone who enjoys her
puns and you can’t even be mad at
because we’re not bring up knife
juggling I expect her to say let’s take
a stab at it I’m looking for someone
who’s always polite but still gotta
ability to be rude and I’m looking for
someone who watches where she eats it
still finishes her food honestly I’m
looking for someone who values trust and
honesty and I’m looking for someone who
hears the word Homer and thinks The
Simpsons in the Odyssey I’m looking for
someone to be the cold captain of my
team someone who’s gorgeous in her dress
sexy in her teens I’m looking for
someone who’s following her passion
energy is just so I know that she knows
what sacrifice really means I’m looking
for someone that I catch a grenade for
weight the reference might be a couple
years too late so I’m looking for
someone that I would love to have as a
roommate and I’m looking for someone a
date today because tomorrow might be too
late I’m looking for someone who loves
nature someone who literally wouldn’t
hurt a fly and I’m looking for someone
got it all figured out someone who’s not
afraid of down looking for somebody with
the body with the booty and I don’t see
the needle I cuz I’m a simple kind of
comedy and I’m still a guy me and I’m
looking for someone who can handle my
parents because I’m gonna let you in on
a secret both for them are
insane and my mom’s family tree you got
over 100 living family members I’m
expecting her to remember all if their
names I’m looking for someone who won’t
stop me from playing but ready to join
in on my games and I’m looking for
someone who has a show and in the kiss
and just so I know that she’s going
against the grain I’m looking for
someone who’s a person of faith it
doesn’t have to be Islam I just want to
notice she believes in something and I’m
looking for someone who’s strong enough
to fight but sees the human being
running I’m looking for someone to cut
him with at night I’m looking for
someone to tuck in and I’m looking for
someone to be my son when she comes up
in Mamu she comes in so if you know
someone remind me to remind you to
remind her cuz I would do because I
would do anything for my everything even
if it takes everything to find her thank
you
do I have time for one more short pull
this one’s pretty sure I wrote it today
actually I want to show that it’s pretty
easy to do this that you can do it
through I mean hopefully you pick it up
I invite you on this path to be
extraordinary to be excellent to commit
energy and effort into elevates yourself
a levels higher than you’ve ever been I
want you to look for some proof I want
you to look for some evidence because
despite your height you could be the
size of an elephant my eggs would say
that everything I say is X remember
don’t listen to what she has to say she
represents the fear and doubt in your
heart she’s holding you back
that’s why I left her anyway is that
thank you thank you for listening
[Applause]
reintroduce myself my name is Mohammad
Zafir and I’m here to talk about spoken
word poetry I had like a long list of
definitions but I’ve been told to cut my
time short and instead of describing
spoken with poetry I might as well just
show it to you
right this piece is how the introduction
and I hope you enjoy my name is software
and it means victory in Arabic some of
you might think I seem strange but you
don’t know the half of it AMA pacifist
and I dislike confrontation I crumble
into tears when I get so frustrated in
most of my past teachers tell me that
I’m smarter but lazy is lazy gets and
I’m talking and I got Curtis like
I’ve got to rest most of my friends say
I’m the most carefree person they’ve
ever met but to be honest I’m more than
a few regrets and I regret quitting the
piano with a d6 and not putting more
effort in my Academy mix and lately I’ve
been feeling it’s like I’m gonna pit in
the fall to a deeper dolphin when each
time I try to get out of it I am feeling
and I only feel better when I Spit
a nightmare I meant that I’ve got a
confession of all to a state amenity
pression I got everything I could ever
ask for but I can’t count my blessings
despite the math lessons and I need you
God to answer some questions no I need
you God please give some new breakfast
this is sure where I’m heading cuz I’m
just 21 and I just don’t know where to
turn and on 21 there’s so many so many
bridges that I’ve burned on 21 the money
that I have is about the money that I’ve
earned and know I’m 21 and I realize
there’s so many things I forget to learn
my biggest weakness is I’m a hypocrite
no I hate hypocrites my weakness is some
consistently inconsistent you don’t
believe me I’m gonna give you an example
I could say to myself religious man but
I’m smoking drink a gamble I let my
family but it spend my time with my
friends and I regret my past decisions
but I do it all again because I know
that it made me strong if not it helped
me write the song and I know this is my
destiny all along press I’m a
kleptomaniac Anissa take things
literally but Cheryl I just do it for
the feel uh kiss nan sounds out of ten I
could afford the things that I still I’m
just trying to keep it real but still
are we about 90 kilos and I’m six feet
plus weight that’s alarming I’m under
six feet it’s like I’m buried alive up
in a family of five it’s me my dad and
my mom my older brother my younger
brother my older brother Swindon MBA my
younger brother is doing nothing with
hey let’s get this shot away and let’s
just get back to me cuz I’m gonna
average dude and this is how average
dude but for your middle child middle
class is like him you know middle
figured and you’ll be average who said
I’m an average male do they be some
pretty about five four three times a day
I mean what else can I say I said I
smoke about a pack of me but this year I
swear to god I’m trying to throw the
packs away for the same reasons that
I’ve started exercising just so I could
bet in my house I mean I try my best to
do the best for the cars that I’ve been
dealt I wrote this song for the fame and
the girls no wealth no I wrote the songs
I said I can introduce myself huh
thank you I wrote that piece about a
year ago and I’ve come you know how come
some way since then
and one thing I want to talk about is
okay I want to talk about how the first
time like I’m wreaking the first time I
performed I was super nervous because my
style you might have realized that my
style is very similar to rap and right
and people tell me that you’re not a
poet you’re a rapper and I said I agree
and I disagree because I am a poet and I
am a rapper as well people do think rap
I’m trying to break the stereotype of
rappers about girls sex and drugs
sometimes it’s about that but not always
see people rap is much more than that
rap is about lyricism we’re playing
everything having less rhyme schemes and
people don’t know that rap the word rap
stands for rhythm and poetry I’m trying
to you know bring people back to that
poetry and rap is similar and I hope
you’ll indulge for me my second poem
it is titled what I want it’s about me
looking at finding my girlfriend it’s
about me finding myself what I want is
to talk about what I want
cuz salutes my parents I don’t need to
talk about my needs and I’ma be honest I
don’t think I’ve ever had a real reason
to complain I loved every part of my
childhood from my shoes my clothes to my
name and you gave me a place to stay
love freedom support everything I needed
just to get it on the only time I’ve
ever felt thirsty or hungry isn’t
Ramadan and I want to thank you I want
to
and I don’t want to sound too
overzealous but the way you handled
every single one of my basic needs it
would have made Maslow jealous like when
I was four
all I wanted was to become a doctor
because I wanted to help people not
because I thought it was a good
profession but because I thought it was
what my parents wanted and it’s what I
thought all the smart kids wanted to be
come to think of it I remember going
through introspection they’re having all
these complex thoughts when I was
treating when I was 10
all I wanted was all I wanted was a
gameboy color to play pokemon on and I
now know that that’s B s cuz I don’t
play on my D s when I was 13 all
that ever won it was to be cool
I wanted applause an innovation I wanted
a boss and admiration I wanted to cause
an aggravation to make a foot at age
that I didn’t get in school when I was
17 I told the love of my life that I
wanted her
I took my heart out and I gave it to her
with a scarlet letter than I waited an
hour waiting I remembered that it felt
like forever that she sent me back a
package with a message and the message
read return to sender I was I was her I
was and it took me like six years to get
better so at 18 I focused and I went to
college because I still wanted to become
a doctor but the end of it I was scared
I couldn’t handle this what changed my
path and so myself I wanted to become a
psychologist at 19 although what it was
to lose weight I wanted to look better
and wanted to feel better so I started
eating oats for breakfast and exercising
so my muscles were sorts and I found out
something about myself then I wanted to
have messing them up for breakfast
and not exercise this a little bit more
when I was 21
all I wanted was to learn how to commit
more because I didn’t commit in my games
my studies my sports all my
relationships and I feel that favorite
self was holding me back from true
greatness and I meant I admit I admit it
was a real hard habit to break it’s the
only thing I committed back then with
sins and mistakes when I was 22 all I
wanted was to graduate because by that
time I have been a third year for three
years and I was tired of letting my
parents down so I made some more changes
in my life and I’m glad to see I’m gonna
graduate a year from now and I was 23
remember that I needed six years to get
better so only at 23 I was able to want
to look for someone again but not that I
found her I’m having doubts about her no
I’m having doubts because I fear I might
not be able to live with daughter
because you’re the only one of my wants
they turn into a need I need to follow
you wherever you go and I need to be
able to take the lead I need to talk to
you every single day and I need for you
to listen to what I have to say kiss
even if it’s just white send messages as
long as I get to connect to you because
I need to see that one thing turned into
hundred to black things turn the blue
and i’ma stop here before I get too
overly facetious because there’s a part
of us spending our life together
it’s making me speechless
[Applause]
another thing I want to talk about is
how because the title of my speech is
breaking barriers and I’ve been asked to
talk about how previously I wasn’t that
good in English so I when I started
writing I read more books in English I
started listening to more stuff just to
show that because apparently I’m a lay
man so I’m not supposed to be good in
English so but I want to break that
stereotype when I came in the sea like a
1 the best you know I’m the Malay guy
with the best English but I’ve been
proven wrong and I hope that you know
it’s I share this and you can inspire
that despite it not being your mother
tongue you can be good at English as
well and I want to share that this final
poem that I will share it’s about me
looking for love you see that these I’m
breaking stairs I see it I will in the
end but I still falling for women all
poets talk about love and this is I’m
looking for someone you see I’m looking
for someone who’s about my heart maybe a
little bit sure to know I’m looking for
someone who isn’t hesitant to give
somebody you need a quarter I’m looking
for someone whose eyes who make me think
of heaven norm looking for someone who’s
a six but thinks she’s a seven I’m
looking for someone to share my secrets
with someone who I can talk to every
single night I’m looking for someone
that I’d be grateful for it doesn’t
matter if we fight and if we fight I’m
looking for someone and I’d be willing
to give in given that she’s cute when
she’s angry even when I know I’m right
and I’m looking for someone whose smile
can light up a room with no lights I’m
looking for someone to sit down with and
someone never stand up to know I’m
looking for someone brown with someone
who’s always ready for round two
I’m not thinking myself I’m not looking
for someone to sleep with I’m looking
for someone to wake up soon when I marry
her it’s because I meet you when I want
someone looking for someone who draws an
arty but it’s a man riding in my car
which is not an RD not good for someone
who still remains a little bit naughty
despite the fact she may be turning 14
when I call them my shorty my lady of my
bitch she knows that I’m meaning in the
best way she thinks I’m smart clever of
an intelligent despite what it says
saying i’ma doing everything with her it
doesn’t matter what the recipe cuz every
single day I spent with her would be the
best thing looking for someone who’s
willing to try something new even if she
thinks she might be bad at it I’m
looking for someone don’t make me work
on me and throw away all my bad habits
I’m looking for someone who enjoys her
puns and you can’t even be mad at
because we’re not bring up knife
juggling I expect her to say let’s take
a stab at it I’m looking for someone
who’s always polite but still gotta
ability to be rude and I’m looking for
someone who watches where she eats it
still finishes her food honestly I’m
looking for someone who values trust and
honesty and I’m looking for someone who
hears the word Homer and thinks The
Simpsons in the Odyssey I’m looking for
someone to be the cold captain of my
team someone who’s gorgeous in her dress
sexy in her teens I’m looking for
someone who’s following her passion
energy is just so I know that she knows
what sacrifice really means I’m looking
for someone that I catch a grenade for
weight the reference might be a couple
years too late so I’m looking for
someone that I would love to have as a
roommate and I’m looking for someone a
date today because tomorrow might be too
late I’m looking for someone who loves
nature someone who literally wouldn’t
hurt a fly and I’m looking for someone
got it all figured out someone who’s not
afraid of down looking for somebody with
the body with the booty and I don’t see
the needle I cuz I’m a simple kind of
comedy and I’m still a guy me and I’m
looking for someone who can handle my
parents because I’m gonna let you in on
a secret both for them are
insane and my mom’s family tree you got
over 100 living family members I’m
expecting her to remember all if their
names I’m looking for someone who won’t
stop me from playing but ready to join
in on my games and I’m looking for
someone who has a show and in the kiss
and just so I know that she’s going
against the grain I’m looking for
someone who’s a person of faith it
doesn’t have to be Islam I just want to
notice she believes in something and I’m
looking for someone who’s strong enough
to fight but sees the human being
running I’m looking for someone to cut
him with at night I’m looking for
someone to tuck in and I’m looking for
someone to be my son when she comes up
in Mamu she comes in so if you know
someone remind me to remind you to
remind her cuz I would do because I
would do anything for my everything even
if it takes everything to find her thank
you
do I have time for one more short pull
this one’s pretty sure I wrote it today
actually I want to show that it’s pretty
easy to do this that you can do it
through I mean hopefully you pick it up
I invite you on this path to be
extraordinary to be excellent to commit
energy and effort into elevates yourself
a levels higher than you’ve ever been I
want you to look for some proof I want
you to look for some evidence because
despite your height you could be the
size of an elephant my eggs would say
that everything I say is X remember
don’t listen to what she has to say she
represents the fear and doubt in your
heart she’s holding you back
that’s why I left her anyway is that
thank you thank you for listening
[Applause]
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