For the fans! | Tihei Harawira | TEDxManukau
[Music] [Applause] for your listening pleasure I'm about to show you what made me famous you fellas are ready for a freestyle if you want me to do a freestyle say yes yes say yes I can yes all right let's play DJ yo yes baby yo I can bust never disting and rushing clut it comeand and clut it here I am with the invest to suggest from the north to the East and the west back next I spit it more while we they kick it more in between the rich and poor I was born in M more I can't forget my roots just more daily than men and lady I'm going crazy like beyon back to Daisy I'm not American so stop comparing them what people call call me a veteran with the speech impediment yes that I sted with the disability Lally that's why people really get Ted me because I don't claim a victory as a winner no I'm no beginner but guarantee I'm no quitter when you look into my eyes visualize I'm a man I am a human being for what I kind of stand for it's like the people on dance floors that take it really cannot frustrated cuz they can't be upgraded I'm like R they for the same town and neighborhood I'm ride in front of your man because cu the flavors is good I rap the black people white people brown people yellow people any people I get damn people I don't care I'm not a racist man so don't judge a book by cover if you want to hate this man I can understand where you're coming from but understand looking to my ey tell me where I'm running from it's called The Struggle trying to make in grew up in the town when I only had a few friends I had a few family members that got sick of me they really couldn't consider me they really trying to get rid of me even that's do I wasn't that cool running on my own from out of my home didn't have a crew but if I had a click just to be legit that's why I rather stay poor and being broke instead of being rich I can't ORD a rich life cuz where I come from man could if he know the flip side the name of the game is just how you live it it's not what you get out of life it's what you make of it and how you kick it just to be Wicked if you build a hyp tone I'mma struggle up that's how spit on the microphone I just want to I just want to say a special shout out to Jasmine here if it wasn't for your idea to come down to public tooy and hear me freestyle everything that I was speaking about expressing wouldn't have made it but I also wanted to say one more thanks to one person the fans remember this every actor like Renee myself sports players we are all made by the people that support us without them with nothing that's why I L I named my album for the fans so we're going to get into the Next freestyle you ready DJ you ready CR he yes let's do it this man here D Diller one of the best beat makers in the world he passed away uh 10 years ago of uh cancer on his death bed he had lung cancer but when he was uh on his death bed he was making instrumental beats till the day he was gone when I went Bing I went through thunderstorms hurricanes I did not quit while I was like this that's just me I'm a camera yeah uhuh anybody got a topic for me the youth yeah got you what's your name yo I Ste to the this is my home if you got the dedicated to all these young kids that you what everybody stilling the P some of the old that don't really understand the you that you are okay but they are misguided if you listen to the word they say lyrics are provided but if we ain't United but the struggle we take everybody wants to look at these kids and can't appreciate what they actually going through but if get in the dome where people don't really understand the youth when they outside they home cuz inside they feel left out I've been in the same position as the condition just to St out but if they R out that's what I really know when I look at these sh man it happens around the glob it happened up nor it happen in off the city it happen all around cuz the struggle ain't a Pity unless she know the TR mean is a consequence when human beings ESP the you they use the Common Sense on how they think if there ain't no philosophy but if they ain't got God they going to commit the robbery go to jail break the law do whatever it Tak the B is the name of the game it ain't fake it is relatable people think it's containable but if it's attainable everybody's incredible everybody's incredible even the you so let's just like 660 don't forget the root and if you know the trueu stat and if you know the meaning looking into my eyes man I'm telling you the reason why I made it out because I surviv by my PS if you know the fears like for 23 years I've been rapping in this game for over nearly 20 and want to look at the you my one to 20 is to 100 you can't confront it unless you overcome it you come to my street man that's how we want it [Applause]