Jamila Woods Giovanni Mp3 Download Jamila Woods Giovanni Mp3 Download – Inspired by poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, specifically the famed poem ‘Ego tripping (there may be a reason why), Jamila Woods has returned to gift us with more art in the form of her latest “Giovanni” single. GIOVANNI by Jamila Woods, released 16 October 2018. Unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
This song is based on the poem “Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)” by Nikki Giovanni, right?
Yes. I teach this poem at Young Chicago Authors, which does a lot of programming with high school students. We always try to pair a poem that they probably don’t know with a song that they do, so I’ve paired Kendrick Lamar’s “i” with “Ego Tripping,” and had the students write a poem about how amazing they are. “Ego Tripping” uses hyperbole so well, in lines like how her “tears from her birth pains created the Nile,” and all the other amazing ways it means for her to be a woman.
She also has this essay called “Gemini,” where she talks about so many people who have put time and energy into making her who she is, like her mom and the people who helped raise her, and she wants the world to know their names. My family gives me a lot of pride in myself, and I mention my grandma and my mom in these lyrics. “GIOVANNI” was the first song I wrote for this record, and it feels like the cornerstone of that idea of my confidence coming from my lineage.