Saul Williams
Saul Williams
Saul Stacey Williamsis an American rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor. He is known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop, and for his lead roles in the 1998 film Slam and Holler If Ya Hear Me, a Broadway musical featuring music by Tupac Shakur...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth29 February 1972
CityNewburgh, NY
CountryUnited States of America
autumn two enough
Two autumns and I have not changed enough.
people ears slowly-but-surely
More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry
dream thinking trying
I think everybody on this planet does that - trying to capture your dream after you wake up.
talking survivor victim
i am like a survivor of the flood walking through the streets drenched with God surprised that all of the drowned victims are still walking and talking
mistake rap ghetto
I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.
thinking fool doe
I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. It's not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written
dream trying
I'm usually trying to get back into the dream or analyzing the dream. And yeah, the days, most days begin like that.
growing excited vinyl
I'm very excited about the resurgence of vinyl which seems to parallel a growing interest in live performance
mother children father
For all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know the breath of our children so long for the sacrifice and endurance of our mothers and the sustained breath of our fathers we live
hip-hop balance definitions
What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.
challenges waking emotion
If you're just addressing your own emotions and challenging yourself to find some sort of harmonious sense of being in life and questioning authority and questioning what's given and questioning what's expected of you, you're already on the cusp of finding something in yourself, and maybe waking something in somebody else.
mean literature found
There's so much to be found in literature, especially if you don't have the money to travel or the means to get out of your neighborhood or get off work.
hip-hop hips connections
I have a very family-like connection to hip-hop, which is why it frustrates me so much.
thinking order important
I've never believed it's really so important that you conform to the ways of the system in order to beat the system. I think that the system follows a great deal.