"This bridge was built on hope, welded with compassion, and elevated by love for all human beings" -Lonnie Lynn, AKA Common

Best oscars speech ever hands down.

Common's acceptance speech is still one of my favourites to the date. How can you top that... so well worded.

Common's Oscar speech may be one of the best ever. Very thoughtful, articulate and profound.

She said their government names, I was like “who?” 🤦🏾‍♂️😂

Common is an incredibly gifted and articulate artist and now I respect him as an inspiring and brilliant thinker and social leader.Outstanding...and John Legend is way more thana pretty face.A conscious soul .They rightly made fantastic use of a rare platform.Black lives matter and Selma IS now. And David Oyelewo was just so moved that he moved to too. As an aside...that oscar should be his.Next time

Common: “First I would like to thank God that lives in us all. Recently John and I got to go to Selma and perform Glory on the same bridge that Dr. King and the people of the Civil Rights movement marched on 50 years ago. This bridge was once a landmark of a divided nation, but now it’s a symbol for change. The spirit of this bridge transforms race, gender, religion, sexual orientation and social status. The spirit of this bridge connects the kid from the South side of Chicago dreaming of a better life to those in France standing up for their freedom of expression, to the people in Hong Kong protesting for democracy. This bridge was built on hope, welded with compassion and elevated by love for all human beings.”

I was confused with the names until I realized that they said their real names!

Very well deserved. The song "Glory" was very moving and inspiring. Congrats to John Stephens (John Legend) and Lonnie Lynn (Common). They won Grammys, a Golden Globe, now they won an Oscar.

Every time I listen to Glory I cry

Common has such a way with words!

COMMON I can't omg .... the most eloquent, talented, intelligent ....

3:58 "There are more black men under correctional control, then there were under slavery in 1850." One guy woos. Lmao I'm sure he didn't mean it that way, but I still laughed... How awkward he must of felt.

- We live in the most incarcerated country in the world... - WOOOOO!!!

3:56 John Legend: We live in the most incarcerated country in the whole world Clueless Person: wooooooo😄👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Wtf

Man, listening to Common’s voice crack up as he was giving his final thank you’s is so memorable (like the whole speech). His emotions not only showed the power of the moment, but the power of that movie and song

Geez...the eloquence of Common in this moment is unparalleled...his part of the speech is just inspired poetry

Common's face after the man wooed for "we live in the most incarcerated" omg same

I love that John and Common used their real names for the writing credits!! Perfect guys to convey such a powerful, meaningful, and important message !

When they read those names, I literally freaked out because I thought someone else won. I could only imagine the outrage if Glory lost...

Best acceptance speech in Oscar history. 👐🏼

This song still gives me goosebumps

This is the moment that Common became a walking Ted Talk.

"We live in the most incarcerated country in the world" "Woooo! Yeah! *clap clap clap*" What? lol

What a great song (Glory) from a great movie (Selma): so glad it won!

Thank you for mentioning HONG KONG!! Love you Common!

That was one of the best acceptance speeches ever!

👏🏽👏🏽✊🏽✊🏽”Never look back we’ve done gone hundreds of miles from dark roads he rose to become a hero facing the league of justice his power was the people”

damn that nina simone quote good lord how deep it is how truthfully it is i felt it strong message!!

Congrats Common and John!! Beautiful and important song for the 21st Century!!

Loved when he said "wickedly talented." ^^ Idina Menzel will always be my favorite Elphaba.

I'm watching this to remind myself that they gave a shout out to Hong Kong

OMG Common voice and those words outta his mouth is pure eargasm

Say what you will about "Everything is Awesome", a song that could have easily won in any other year. But IMHO, the Best Original Song Oscar really deserved to go to "Glory" this year. The whole category this year was full of songs that could have easily won in most other years and it would be acceptable, but you just have to give it to "Glory", you just have to.

This and Graham Moore's speech are two of the best Oscar speeches of all time

Common really just dropped the best oscars speech of all time

The first guys speech was beautiful

They totally deserved that Oscar

They won an award in movies as well as others did.

these black guy are so smart and witty. jeez!

god, Travolta was super awkward touching Idina's face

Best, best speech.

Selma dreams of the day when America lives by the rule of its writings: that all men and women are created equal. Ava DuVernay leads this march into history with the inspired vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose David Oyelowo embodied in the transcendent performance.

Who the fuck wooed when he said "we live in the most incarcerated country"??

SELMA'S NOW FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD

John Legend one of my favorite singer Common one of my favorite rapper that was a great song and great movie

The lead actor in tears got me

After a powerful performance onstage last year, it was good to have the song awarded and announced by Ms. Idina Menzel! Well deserved win but I like Everything is Awesome too

you two are so awesome at singing glory

We will stand guard against the powers of darkness, we will resist temptations and defend ourselves from vulnerable positions, and we will finally pray persistently for our fellow believers.

That instrumental though!! Breathtaking :) and Common at 4:14-4:20 hahahah :)

God bless u common.your no ordinary man

Inspiring speech!

Thank for remembering Hong Kong

I love this song so powerful so b beautiful.. I cry when, hear it. 🌹😇💞

Common & John Legend really deserved that Oscar for the Original Song, Amazing speech from Common. He has his ways of words and so did John Legend as well. I believe that this is a matter of teaching other generations what was like back in those times when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an icon, a legend and one of the most powerful people with perspective and posperity of what all kinds of people that came together as one group to actually look back at what Dr. King have taught us over the years from generations to come and many more.

This was the best from the heart speech ever. Every word was true. Get out and vote people let’s change the USA

powerful classic musical rap of all time that went guiness book of world record. This classic album of common n john legend is one of the greatest till this day. The reason common is a special artist is that he too time to produce best album that goes classic n dederves award for his albums

John is the TRUTH

John Legend is a legend. WHat he said rings true today.

Tears rolling on my chicks I can't stop crying wherever I watch this

True freedom is to share all the chains our brothers wear and with heart and hand to be earnest to make others free.

I love the movie Selma and the song glory

That song brought out so much emotion in me I cried like a baby every time I hear it sorry for lost of Dexter king the son of martin Luther King rip we never no when we will be called home ❤❤❤

I was confused for a second when I heard their names. Their speeches was insightful👌

David Oyelowo is magnificent as Martin Luther King.

My brothers and sisters the struggle is real.

best speech ever

My legend

God bless you

love it.

Hands down for the words of Common.

Travolta would go to jail if he touched idinas face like that today 😂😂😂

They deserved that Oscar for the movie Selma for best song

Thanks for your speech. We are still fighting for our freedom in Hong Kong in a peaceful way

3:07 literally me throughout the whole vid =((

Grandes!!!!Más que merecido

easy win. this song is way much powerful compared with the other nominees.

Happy to see Common win

Why wasn't The Last Goob-Bye by Billy Boyd from The Battle of the Five Armies nominated? I cried all the way during the song when it played at the end credits in the theater. We all clapped and cheered for 3 straight minutes, a magical moment I would love to relive again!

Thank you, for mentioning Hong Kong

POWERFUL🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 AMAZING ( REAL) GLORY) ⚘THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND SHARING YOUR GIFT LEGEND.● BROWN FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON 💜

Love you 🇭🇰 from America ❤️

I liked when John legend said it's an artist duty best Oscar speech hands down

this game me chills

Maravilha 💟 💟

Best Music Everr!

Also starring Oprah Winfrey and Tom Wilkinson, Selma is the landmark achievement that critics are calling one of the most powerful films of the year.

Good job Selma well deserved to win Original Song by John Legend

Very confusing. They said Lonnie Lynn instead of Common. They said John Stephens instead of John Legend. They said Adele Adkins instead of Adele. Why did they said Lady Gaga instead of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?

Though I would never see John Legend smiling

Respect

This is the film that flies the flag high for American film, inviting audiences to rise above the breathless shame of the past of our nation and come together as one as we look to the future.

Preach Boys Preach !!

Common is so hit

Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can easily be lost, but never is fully won. Its essence is eternal struggle. -William Henry Hastie, Jr. (1904-1976)

The struggle is real....but GLORY!!!

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