Yolo Akili- "Are We The Kind of Boys We Want?"
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0:00 - 0:04Boys like us walk by and we shake our heads in disgust
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0:04 - 0:05Look at that queen!
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0:05 - 0:06That woman!
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0:06 - 0:08That cunt!
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0:08 - 0:12Disgusted at images that mirror back at and between us
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0:12 - 0:14we don't find ourselves worthy
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0:14 - 0:17as objects of our own lust
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0:17 - 0:19Are we the kind of boys we want?
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0:19 - 0:21Are we the kind of boys we want?
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0:21 - 0:23Are we the kind of boys we want?
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0:23 - 0:24And if not?
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0:24 - 0:26who will have we?
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0:26 - 0:27who will have we
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0:27 - 0:28who will have we
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0:28 - 0:29if we wont have us?
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0:29 - 0:34who will have we if we wont have us?
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0:39 - 0:44I like men masculine men like a man's man
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0:48 - 0:51i sorta compress what i'm looking for
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0:51 - 0:53i wouldn't feel comfortable dating someone who's feminine
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0:54 - 0:56masculine men can be flamboyant as well
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0:56 - 0:58p diddy's a perfect example
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0:58 - 1:01titles kind of mess us up
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1:01 - 1:03like how we interact with each other
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1:03 - 1:05how we get along with one another
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1:05 - 1:08operative word being "get along" with one another
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1:08 - 1:12i think that is predicated on how we perceive masculinity and femininity
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1:18 - 1:20If we are not the
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1:20 - 1:21muscle fitted
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1:21 - 1:22doo rag wearing
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1:22 - 1:23shoulders sturdy
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1:23 - 1:25broad and daring
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1:25 - 1:27if we are not the baritone speaking
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1:27 - 1:30block motion reaching
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1:30 - 1:32testerone jeering
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1:32 - 1:33black
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1:33 - 1:34butch
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1:34 - 1:36men
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1:36 - 1:38if we are not
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1:38 - 1:39if instead we are
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1:39 - 1:41limp wrested
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1:41 - 1:42high pitched
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1:42 - 1:44circular in motion
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1:44 - 1:46and dressed with good stitch
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1:46 - 1:47if instead we are emotionative
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1:48 - 1:49and outward
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1:49 - 1:51bodies human and beautiful
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1:51 - 1:54in imperfect design
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1:54 - 1:55if we like to cook
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1:55 - 1:56to read
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1:56 - 1:57to snap
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1:57 - 1:57to snap
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1:57 - 1:58to snap!
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1:58 - 1:59to snap!
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1:59 - 2:01to snap!!!
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2:01 - 2:03or to cry
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2:03 - 2:04but you
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2:04 - 2:05but me
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2:05 - 2:06but we
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2:06 - 2:07but I?
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2:07 - 2:09are we the kind of boys we want?
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2:09 - 2:13alright so, would u date you?
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2:14 - 2:16Um.. would u date yourself?
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2:16 - 2:18I would not date myself?
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2:18 - 2:19I wouldn't date myself
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2:20 - 2:20No.
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2:21 - 2:23would u date you?
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2:23 - 2:24I would?
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2:24 - 2:26what about you, would u date yourself?
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2:26 - 2:28Yes (Laughs)
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2:30 - 2:31Would u date you?
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2:31 - 2:31yes.
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2:31 - 2:34okay tell me more about that
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2:34 - 2:35i mean, its just a yes
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2:35 - 2:38i mean we have the same things in common
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2:38 - 2:40it means our personalities click
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2:40 - 2:42and that means that it's game
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2:42 - 2:44i would love to meet someone with the standards that i have
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2:44 - 2:49and with the outlook with the outlook
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2:49 - 2:52the feeling of freedom that i Have
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2:52 - 2:53I know I look good on sight
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2:53 - 2:54so if i see me
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2:54 - 2:56I'm like God leee!!!
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2:56 - 2:58I don't know
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2:58 - 3:03cause like i i think i got some stuff i need to work on for myself
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3:03 - 3:06but i think, like i said before, if i dated myself being another person
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3:06 - 3:12i would have to have a really good understanding of myself
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3:12 - 3:15i would really have to spend time with myself and learn myself
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3:15 - 3:18now would u date you?
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3:18 - 3:20I'd date a more masculine version of me
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3:21 - 3:23I would date myself
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3:23 - 3:24obviously you would
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3:24 - 3:25no
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3:25 - 3:30knowing how I am now i would date myself
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3:30 - 3:32I'd probably get into a lot of fights with myself
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3:32 - 3:35we sit stare out like vultures in need
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3:35 - 3:38what drives this desire for the masculinity
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3:38 - 3:40of which we feed?
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3:40 - 3:42um a few years ago i would have said that
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3:42 - 3:44i would have never dated another feminine guy
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3:45 - 3:52but..i guess..i've become in touch with myself more
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3:52 - 3:55and i realize you know there are other guys like me
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3:55 - 3:57and being that im a good person
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3:57 - 4:00i think i'd probably be missing out on someone else
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4:00 - 4:03so i open the door to anything
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4:03 - 4:05I don't care if you're a top bottom or verse
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4:05 - 4:08it shouldn't really matter if you're masculine or feminine
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4:08 - 4:10if I like you I like you,
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4:10 - 4:12but in our community that's not the case
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4:12 - 4:16You know as a top, you're supposed to be masculine?
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4:17 - 4:18Are we the kind of boys we want?
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4:18 - 4:20Are we the kind of boys we want?
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4:20 - 4:22Are we the kind of boys we want?
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4:22 - 4:24and if not?
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4:24 - 4:25who will have we?
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4:25 - 4:26who will have we?
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4:26 - 4:27who will have we
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4:27 - 4:28if we won't have us?
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4:28 - 4:29who will have we
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4:30 - 4:32if we wont have us?
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4:38 - 4:39My name is Anthony Antoine
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4:39 - 4:43and sadly I was never the type of boy i want,
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4:43 - 4:44thankfully i grew up,
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4:44 - 4:47and i'm definitely the type of man I want
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4:47 - 4:50My name is Chase Andrews,
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4:50 - 4:53and I am the kind of man I want
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4:53 - 4:54I think.
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4:54 - 4:56My name is Orlando Montford,
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4:56 - 5:00and I am working up to becoming the kind of boy I want
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5:00 - 5:02My name Is Darian Aaron,
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5:02 - 5:04and I am the kind of man i want
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5:05 - 5:08When I hear this poem,
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5:08 - 5:10"Are we the kind of boys we want"
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5:10 - 5:14I think about all of the kinds of boys that i have been
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5:14 - 5:19trying to get the boy that i want
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5:19 - 5:23i've been all the boys in the poem
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5:23 - 5:26and now i'm just me
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5:26 - 5:29and my name is Khalid.
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5:29 - 5:31and I am the kind of boy that i want
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5:31 - 5:32When i hear this poem
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5:32 - 5:33i think of all the beautiful boys
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5:33 - 5:35waiting to be loved
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5:35 - 5:36my name is Anye Elite,
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5:36 - 5:40and finally, I am the man that i want
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5:41 - 5:44my name is Tobias,
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5:44 - 5:46and i might just be the kind of man i want!
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5:58 - 6:03Circular in motion and dressed with good stitch laughing (Ok)
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6:04 - 6:06You can't laugh!
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6:10 - 6:14Block motion reaching...
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6:14 - 6:15do that one more time
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6:15 - 6:16stop stepping out of the camera!
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6:16 - 6:17What are you doing?!
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6:17 - 6:19It just that your laughing at me man!
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6:23 - 6:24Read!
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6:24 - 6:25To snap!
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6:25 - 6:27Or to lie!!
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6:28 - 6:31Do it again do it again
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6:31 - 6:31Say it again, what's the line?
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6:31 - 6:34we may like to cook to read to snap or to cry
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6:34 - 6:35Oh to cry?
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6:35 - 6:37Did you say lie or did i?
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6:37 - 6:37Naw i didn't say it
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6:37 - 6:39oh okay give me the line again!
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6:45 - 6:46what drives this mas..ugh
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6:54 - 6:57My name is Yolo Akili
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6:57 - 6:59and when i first wrote this poem
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6:59 - 7:04I was not the kind of boy that I want
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7:04 - 7:08however it feels good to say in this present moment
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7:08 - 7:13that I am the kind of man that i want
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7:13 - 7:15and I want to invite you
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7:15 - 7:16whoever you are
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7:16 - 7:18or wherever you are
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7:18 - 7:22To Become What You Desire
- Title:
- Yolo Akili- "Are We The Kind of Boys We Want?"
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