Def Poetry - Javon Johnson - Elementary 

"I am ruler of the universe simply on the grounds that I'm a writer" oh I love that

The first black Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

"I want to be a teenage...mutant...ninja....turtle!!" lol, he said that with so much conviction. Great poem!

brilliant!!! i often find myself going back to elementary. sometimes we need to simplify our lives.

This has got to be one of my new favorite pieces!

"back in the day when i was younger, im not a kid anymore, but some days i feel just like a kid again"

my friend had an english class and he was the teacher at cal state los angeles which is where the first time i heard his poems... surely one of my inspirations along with shihan and poetri at "da poetry lounge"...

So glad my English teacher made me listen to this

mad props!!...see,ya can write yaself to anyting ya wanna be...hes killinit..yeahhhhh boyyyy!!

lmaoo i love this it really makes you think about elementary i like when he is like "but i'll be langston the turtle with the pen"

loved every minute of it, damn what would I do w/o Def Poetry Jam!!!!!

"Shit, I just want to go back to elementary"... "No, no, FUCK THAT!!"... I'm gonna be replaying this shit right here FOR EVER!!

S/O TO MY LIL. BRO YO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

I heard him deliver this poem live at USC...this man is the shit.

I haven't watched these in forever... daaaamn

I think about this kinda stuff all the time...I'm a TMNT on saturdays at 7, and then I rule the world every other day... word up homeboy

I can't stop watching this. Amazing.

If yall like this go check out his poem "nephew". Real shit

brilliant...jus brilliant

"Make the US lift sanctions and we never dropped bombs in places like baghdad or vietnam". Shivers.

This is hot ... like forreal i miss the elementary ...

... and george w. bush. favorite line in this.

This is a shout out to the eighties an everyone who lived thru it! - and also to those who didn't - RIP - Sometimes I love you america ...

Awesome! Simply Awesome!

this is totally amazing. big up!

Yeah Robert that other one was,real deep made me cry

i agree wit him cause i'm the blue female power ranger but only monday thru thursday on friday thru sunday i'm the first black female president

Liquid Words!

Unbelievable. YES.

Love this.

This man is my idol :)

I love this poem.

That was brilliant!

this is really sick i love it

BEAST....4REAL...Hes serious

Where can I find a full version of that beat at the beginning?

this poem is hot i love it my fav line "..but i'll b Langston the poet with the pen"

'...the turtle with a pen...' AMAZING!

EXACTLY HOW I FEEL!!!!!!!!!

i love this poem

awesome...

gone are the days where ppl wanted to become a power ranger :-( ... go go power rangers!

"I am a FUCKING TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE" LMAO

That's fucking awesome! Great poem.

THAT IS AWESOME

everybody says you can be whatever you want to be when your little but then you're subjected to specific Straight to reality jobs its hipocrisy at its best

Javon "the mufuxxen man" Johnson! What's that Crenshaw High School like?!!!

man, I do want to go back to elemantary

does anywhere know where I can find that track at the beginning? With the bad to the bone beat?

so good

Yeah, you're right. Maybe he should have said something when all fingers were being pointed at him. He just kept quiet while the media and his opponents pulled out the race card.

Shredder, son.

DOPE!

i had the same dream and damn right im a NINJA TURTLE kung fu & pencak silat & escrima thats how i do it i keep it 100% :)

hell yeahhh

awesome

brilliant

lol this dude is killer!! btw I wish they would snap instead of clap, it kills the flow.

Good looking on all the comments and the love out there.

love the rest

@koolinturn it's actually disrespectful in modern spoken word and slam to snap. If you like something you cheer loudly

Does anybody know where I can get the words to this poem, this is amazing (obviously if I am desperate I will transcribe) but if anyone has it, that would be GREAT. Thanks!!!

best shirt ever. where can i get one?

Anyone know how i can reach Javon??? He was my communications teacher in Cal State LA like 3 yrs ago... he was the most amazing teacher ive ever had... JAVON! HOLLA AT ME!

hes the only poet i know that krumps when recites his poets

that was sooo cool! i remember those dayss im a fckiin ninja turtle lmfaoo

damn miss elementary

what mi carnal dijo!

wow. thats my teacher

He actually look like a tenage mutant ninja turtle I love this poem thgh

Langston, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle :D

B-E-A-S-T (period)

if you want to see the weirdest thing ever go to 54 seconds just when its about to hit 55 hit pause and turn on transcripts and start reading them........ hit like so other people laught at the transcripts too..

lol this was a beast

My classmate Crenshaw baby

LOL awesome!

I too want to be a TMNT! A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle! Hell yes!

lol ay yo dudes a beast

lol my name is langston haha this poem is amazing

@mlt021 I'm pretty sure I gave the same answer when I was a kid

YO MY BROTHE RIS A BEAST STR'8 UP AND IM THE BROTHER HE'S TALKING ABOUT LOL TRU STORY THO

I like

i knoe rite

Great, now I wanna be a Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtle too!

This shit was HOT...i swear thats how my childhood was...im only 17 but everything he said was so true about bein n elementary... Kids now-a-days(born n the thousands) dont kno shit...nd it sad... GOD I wish I can go back2my childhood(southside of chicago,englewood nd gage park district) THOSE WERE DEFINATLY THE DAYs... Days that kids don't have anymore... But I love this poem

what my sista said!! ^^

I wonder how javon feels about the new tmnt movie being made ?

that's what i am today!! shhhhh!!! keep that on the low though...

if i was a ninja turtle. I would Giovanni. Like Nikki Giovanni. lol

where can i get the words to dis poem

LMAO!!! "bcuz they say shit like calibunga" / I'm a fucking teenage mutant ninja turtle"!!!

@valax300 Fight on!

the person who post this isnt the person one video i believe man yeh.

lol this is great

bush nice name drop lol

sharp tounge!

hes talking about raphael

i wanted to be sailor moon

woe

I fucking want to go back to elementry. >: | .