This Video of 13-Year-Old Kanye West Reciting a Poem About Martin Luther King Jr. Is Inspiring and Amazing—Watch Now!

Kim Kardashian shared the rare footage on Twitter, writing, "I wish I posted this yesterday! How cute is my baby!!!!!!! #MLK."

By Bruna Nessif Jan 21, 2015 12:46 AMTags

What's the difference between 13-year-old Kanye West and 37-year-old Kanye West? According to this throwback video that recently hit the Internet, not much—and we mean that in the best way.

Kim Kardashian took to Twitter earlier today to share the rare footage of her rapper hubby as a child reciting a poem dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. to his middle school. She captioned the video, "I wish I posted this yesterday! How cute is my baby!!!!!!! #MLK."

The minute-long clip from 1990 proves that Yeezy's desire to preach about topics that matter started at a young age.

During an assembly celebrating MLK Jr. at John H. Vanderpoel Elementary School, a prestigous fine arts school in Chicago, 13-year-old Kanye West took the podium to recite the powerful poem, titled "His Name Means Love," with the same passionate delivery that he's famous for today.

the footage takes place at an assembly celebrating MLK Jr. at John H. Vanderpoel Elementary, a prestigious fine-arts school in Chicago. A young West is summoned to the stage to deliver his MLK Jr. tribute poem, ‘His Name Means Love.’

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"A man who fought for freedom/ A man who fought for equality," Kanye began.

"What this man was fighting for/ So Blacks, Hispanics, Jews and Asians could put their foot in the door/ Yes, we know that this man is great/ That's why today we celebrate/ Everyone lifts their voice and sing / For a man who wanted freedom to ring / Martin Luther King is who I'm speaking of / A man whose name means love," he concludes.

One thing's for sure, this video definitely adds some support to 'Ye's theory that he's a "creative genius."

"I had an art background even before I was a musician," he had told Jimmy Kimmel when clarifying his famous comment. "I'm more of a messenger than a rapper."