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  • together she made it-all love.

  • Good Blues!

  • its sad that it says this is by lil wayne, because it has more passion in its lyrics than he will EVER have

  • It's a wonderful song.

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  • I made this video to protest hate itself and also to promote love. It must be remembered that the Civil Rights Movement was people of MANY varied hues, faiths, ages, and cultures coming together for the better good. They knew that the human race is the only race. ALL of those faces are honored here and because of them there are far more of us together now than ever.

  • @funknroll ı love nina TURKIYE

  • Like if Luther brought you here!

  • I heard that statement a few years ago...and I thought it was "TRUTH".

  • clever

  • This song makes me cry !

  • Ao ver essas tristes imagens, sinto-me envergonhada em ser branca...

    Lamentável que ainda exista racismo! :-(

  • @Spelvin666 - you're an idiot. Mrs Meimyself's comment makes a point, so what if you've seen it before? And there's plenty of people around who still use the word 'colored'. I'm white, and I have been blue with cold, and green when sick and I've seen other people turn blue and green when cold or sick.

  • @THE7HTOWN1NATIV3 No they cant ((( 

  • @zalizomai10 axx.. i got trolled !

    arxisa na tragoudaw to tragoudi tou toquel kai otan dn bhke ksenerwsa. .

  • ena like gia ton tsakalo ton tsiou !!

  • Nina really had a gift. love her work. She really was one of the greats.

  • I'm a jew. everybody hates us.

  • @300daysandnights I don't. Not everbody, but it can sure feel that way.

  • Can anyone tell me whether this has been sung by Nina first or Cat Stevens?

  • @sayedkhalideshaq

    It was written especially for Nina, who sang it first.

  • @funknroll Thanks dear !

  • Hey friends, I understand You so much...

    I live in Europe in a land so called "Romania". I'm a mix (hungarian fatherside-german-motherside / also not even 1% romanian ). I live on a small street (100 houses) in TIMISOARA. We have romanian, turkish, hungarian, serbish, german, hungarian, gypsies on the same street. We are a family, with joy, with sorrow...fe fuck on the authorities...we are a comunity...This was in the sixties...when the roots are not rotten...

    Respect,

    Caesar

  • this song is amazing!! jizzzzzing my pants as we speak

  • @MrsMeimyself J'adore :), je suis blanche et j'adore votre commentaire ;)

  • How can this video have dislikes? I don't understand sorry

  • A beautiful song; But the strugle is not at the end. Still not all people are free of oppression.

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    Think before you vote !

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  • I love this song, it's perfect of listening during the night

  • @MrsMeimyself

    hehe that is true xD epic epic ;D i am colored xD hahaha :)

  • You are right on all points funknroll. Peace to you as well.

  • @MrsMeimyself ggreat insight !!!!

  • These 'singers' now have nothing on Nina..

  • I was watching a documentary on Martin Luther King, black students were banned from schools and universities etc. and the president of USA was talking on leadership of USA of the free world. It's a pity that the measure of freedom and liberty is limited by the vision of dominating power of the world. Today, ironically USA still claims to be the championship of these values, while police sweeps the anti wall street groups in two cities. Music is sometimes the only shelter to hide away from pain.

  • @sarpistanbul your correct ...prolly why theres so much emotion in this song

  • Thumbs up if Pretty Lights brought you here

  • Does anyone know what instruments were used in this song? I am wanting to animate it so need to know so i can draw men playing them. I think a piano is used. A violin and guitar? Please help! Thanx!

  • @anikaytion My ears hear piano, celeste, multiple violins, drums, guitar, and other various percussion instruments, but I'm not as good at identifying those. Maybe woodblocks?

  • @Aerich711  Thanx! glad I have the reassurance of piano, drums, violin and guitar.

  • this song is an anthem, really.

  • I jam out to this song in starbucks

  • MrsMeimyself...Your name speaks volumes, but the to-the-point semantics of your comment is excellent ! X

  • Diiiiooos!! llevo desde el año 2004 que salio esta cancion en el anuncio de la colonia jadore intentando buscar esta cancion por fin para aquel entonces del anuncio tenia 9 años y actualmente 16 jaja como pasa el tiempo

  • ˙·٠•●♥ღ.*♫•* ♫♪

  • beautiful

  • wow

  • When did she record this song?

  • i love this song.

  • @HDizzleGrizzle..Love your comment, my friend!! Peace right back at you! X

  • The song is about a couple having a fight. The music and song was written for Nina by.Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus.. I guess the words are so true that they can be used for fighting racial discrimination.

  • @MrsMeimyself This is so clever!

  • Wow, and still human nature has not changed, just the people and the places.

  • Brilliant! I love this song, but the slide show you made to go with it took me to another place. America can only be land of the free, as long as it's home of the brave. Thank you. *PEACE*

  • tristement profond ! une âme se dégage de cette chanson !

  • Excellent! Such a classic!

  • Go on Nina, you legend!

  • I hate racism, intollerance and oppression, but ultimate extremes like good and evil are 2 sides of the the same thing so if you feed one, you feed the other. The eternal fire burns brightest and most beautiful in the darkest hours. That's when heroes step up and the most beautiful art and music is made. Without all the misery in a 'perfect' world we wouldn't have performances as heartwrenching and soultearing as this.

  • gewoon kappen met racisme en denk ook eens aan mensen in de wereld die het slechter hebben dan westerlingen,vanwege de droogte of zinloze oorlogen of zinloos geweld. god heeft dat niet bedoeld met zijn schepping

  • trey songz made a remix to this song it was good too

  • The Picture with the Nuns behind the blacks, really got to me in a good way.

  • Whoa, I`d say this song is just as good as the Animals` cover.

    Maybe not as well stylized, but a good `n raw motion instead.

  • LUTHER.

  • @MrBlewjob Love the programme and love this song! 

  • What I remeber of this beautiful singer was her struggle with racism. She left us for France and a better life.

    I think she saw racism not only in the South, but also in the North. She was reject by a music school in the east because of race. She wated to be a concert pianist.

    I thought it was sad when she never returned to the US to live, sadder still she never saw Barak Obama get elected.

  • This made me cry...

  • wow, no body like her these days

  • great video

    beautiful voice

  • Thumbs up if u 1st heard this track on Luther.,..amazing song!!..to an amazing Show!!..

  • Thank you. This is a very poignant video.

  • 76 people got misunderstood..

  • one of the most beautiful videos I've seen on youtube. Thank you.

  • god i wish lil wayne didnt sample this -.- its so awesome lol

  • Yes...............just words its all one can have. Mine are just to say THANK YOU to funknroll for this contribution. KEEP THE FAITH!

  • This is a treasure.

  • WHAT WE THINK, WE BECOME.

  • I cried.

  • @malot, as did I.

  • gays are having our rights denied in 2011...no one is more equal than me...ur rights are NOT greater than mine...when will we be equal?

  • I am not trying to persuade, but I do not believe in God. I believe in you. I believe in me. I believe in what we can or cannot accomplish together. I believe that there are problems we face that we create ourselves. I believe that the only way we can overcome these problems is to come TOGETHER.

    This is a cliche' and may seem USA centric but it's not: 'United we stand or divided we WILL fall...'

    I love this song btw.

    Peace...

  • Rasist bastards all around the world must be bashed, because they forgett, that they are in a other country the strangers!

    Rasists are narrow minded sort of human beeings which should be erased!

  • the photo at 2:33 gives me chills. it's so strong...

  • My favorite song

  • Beautiful video and images.

  • how can be the artist: Lil Wayne? what the f***? please correct it! anger is eating me from inside :X

  • how on earth can anybody dislike this masterpiece?

    

  • I stumbled on this song at the season finale of "Luther:"...great show with a great song for its ending!!

  • This is actually something that the kids in schools should see.

    Wonderful!

  • love you Nina!!!

  • lol its says its a lil wayne song!

  • This version of this song gives me goosebumps....powerful

  • 74 plp misunderstood like from dislike... Please Dont be misunderstood,,

  • Dear youtube,

     please remove the part where it says lil wayne, before nina not only turns over in her grave, but her people sue for defimation of character. Thank you,

    ~a fan]

  • @JadaRhymes *defamation is what I think you mean

  • @debeastdueeast indeed I did. Thank you

  • why the hell does it say "Lil Wayne" is the artist??? :(((

  • @NecKClippA

    I'm happy I'm not the only one seeing that! For a moment I thought I was going mad.

  • I Love Nina  Simone.

  • I heard this the other night watching "Luther" on BBC America. I haven't yet decided what is better with that show...the music or the plot.

    Such a wonderful song.

  • she's like ray charles,,, any song she sings is hers.

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  • esta cancion se la dedico a mi princesita q la amo con locura y huele a estrellita de jàdoreeee te amo mi vida , siempre tuyo rafi

  • funknroll, who better than you to make such a unspeakably wonderful video about such an unspeakably wicked subject matter...All I have is words. I don't have the right ones; it's all been said before.People KNOWING of things and keeping quiet being the really bad ones, 'There's Something Wrong With Human Nature' and other trip-off-the tongue with slogans...but I'm just a soul whose intentions are good, and the only words I have are 'Thank you' and 'Peace'. X.

  • I had a lecture which opened my eyes, in history of all subjects. I learnt that, although this video shows people being discriminated, as my lecturer saidthat's part of nature. I thought, 'sack that', we are all even. Every person on this planet loves one another. Can race divide us? No. Because we'd rather love each other than anyone else. Choose. A human or anything else? Anything else, because its not human. Surely that proves we are one! WE ARE ALL EQUAL! peace x

  • As someone British, who were ignorant (?) of it,with our Superiority Complex; don't blame America.This song is so true it's ineffable.Comment? You need to write a dissertation..I had a couple of brilliant books,both stolen (by people I'm sure whose intentions were good..to educate MORE PEOPLE) about Civil Rights. One part showed a photo of 'the silly' a bathroom...'white':sink,towel etc, 'coloured' a plate and bit of soap; to the 'unspeakable':burnt body on a fiery cross.We are all responsible.

  • I am in a dilemma, I WILL NOT PUT "LIKE", BUT I LIKE THE SONG, THE PICTURES PUTS ME IN A VERY VIOLENT MOOD, I FEEL FRUSTRATED,

    PEACE & LOVE!!

  • @ArtKbal1KING Please, don't let @funknroll be misunderstood

  • @XxSantuXx YES!!, a passing feeling, LOVE is what I UNDERSTOOD...

  • this video was so well put together...many of the faces of the young people make me wonder ..where are they today...??? very powerful video.. the courage so many had..the song could not fit so perfectly.. especially nina simone's version. Her style, sound and soul were the ingredients in a stew.. the more it cooks the better it gets.. very rich sound.. heaven gained a beautiful angel when they got her...

  • i love this song lay in my bed and look out my windo thinking to this song it is auch a deep song

  • let it be observed with great attention that Nina says soul; not girl, not boy, not black, not white, not gay, not straight, not Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, or Christian. She says soul-something we all have.

  • I can't believe this is from 1964. It sounds as fresh and innovative as if it could have been made yesterday.

  • @AlinaAnn BEAT GENERATION!!! THEY CHANGE THE WORLD !!! BELIEVE ME !!

  • It's a moving song and a beautiful video. Thanks :-)

  • just Beautifull , I like this Song

  • Youtube got the artist quite wrong :P

  • Funknroll,

    Cheers to your shout-out to Eyes on the Prize; it's a remarkable documentary that I've seen numerous times, and that I expect to see numerous more times before I leave this earth.

  • I love my race from africa to america to everywhere in between we are so great one love black people world wide

  • ¡Nina es única ,siempre me emociona dentro del alma.Gracias¡¡¡

  • Hard to listen to this masterpiece and and not heed its declaration.

  • thank you for this lovely clip and beautiful song, in more ways than you'll ever know x

  • stop pinning your dreams on others and make it happen yourself.

  • Gedeeld via facebook hyves en twitter kreeg hem van Steve!

    groet Jacqueline

  • I see a lot of "let's hope obama does this and that" but this isn't about Obama. This is about everyone and in order to uphold the purpose of the Civil Rights movement we have to act on our own accord.

  • amazing song but why does it say that the artist is lil wayne????

  • @NecKClippA Because he stole a sample from this wonderful song for his own profit

  • @NecKClippA

    Because he stole a sample from this wonderful song for his own profit

  • Jesus , that lyric hurts !

  • Thumbs up if the Luther trailer brought you here

  • Hoping Obama will stand up more for inequality. He is getting bogged down in distractions. He promised "change". So let's really see it. Thanks funknroll.

  • funknroll, Im wishing and hoping 'Barack' can deliver the 'Dream' to all the people of America and make a better life for all that believe in equality.

  • She will always be one of my favourite singers.

  • It stings my chest to see the Fear in the eyes of those oppressed holding torches for to burn away the darkness in their hearts The times have followed loves call and as we all seek for truth and righteousness We cannot fail For these who find their pleasure in the ownership And bulLies posturing Trying to share their childhood traumas Trying to explain away the hatred they received from their peers A song softens hard hearts with sincerity and grace Its not too late to listen namaste'
  • who sings the version used for the luther trailer? its not this one!

  • @debbie7171 It is

    

  • @MrMultibooboo97 ah ok, guess it is! thanks! good lyrics

  • Thumbs up if the Luther trailer brought you here

  • Luther!

  • so amazing song.

  • Absolutely beautiful song, this is my favourite version.

  • It is so easy to forget sometimes. Human power!!!!

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  • I really feel sorry for the people that suffered because of their skin color in the past :( , the times have changed , but there is still racism and discrimination especially against LGBT people nowadays . I guess no matter what will happen people will always have something to hate .

  • I'm proud to say that Common's- "Misunderstood" brought me here instead of Lil Wayne's crap.

  • They knew that the human race is the only race….. Absolutely right.

  • We raised our childern to be colored blind and tolerant of different people who are not like them. As long as people do not break the laws, school rules and respect each other then my childern will highly respect that and hopefully one day the same. BTW we are a Same Sex couple (mom's) raising boys :).

  • If I were a social studies teacher, this would something I'd show, and I think, would even have impact on the kids of this generation. Very well done. Very powerful and dramatic but most importantly, you get your point across with both the imagery and the way you've seeped them in blue tone AND Nina Simon's haunting voice and meaningful lyrics.

  • I made this video to protest hate itself and also to promote love. It must be remembered that the Civil Rights Movement was people of MANY varied hues, faiths, ages, and cultures coming together for the better good. They knew that the human race is the only race. ALL of those faces are honored here and because of them there are far more of us together now than ever.

  • @funknroll you made great video, it's very moving,

    and this is fantastic song,

    talking bout equality of human beings is very important, because although people speak a lot about tolerance usually they forget about it when they act.

  • @funknroll ...THANKS FOR POSTING THIS VIDEO ,WE ARE AN OPPRESSED PEOPLE , STILL WE RISE, THANKS TO THE BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS OF THE PEOPLE LIKE IN THIS VIDEO AND NINA SIMONE THE GATEWAY TO SING OUT HER FEELINGS OF OPPRESSIONS LISTEN TO HER SONG BACK LASH ANOTHER SONG OF HER DOOR TO EXPRESS HER OPPRESSED FEELINGS OF THAT TIME ERA, STILL THE VERY SAME TODAY, NOTHINGS REALLY CHANGED

  • @funknroll Thank you, you actually made me feel something other than apprehension .

  • @funknroll Every time when I hear my Nina cring this song , I cry the hate that continues now vis a vis to us, the Muslims.

    I'm so so sad. 

  • @funknroll Perfect video friend

  • they used to be racist out of ignorance,

    If there is a war,

    we dont look at each others skin color or how you were raised or who your ancestors were,

    We fight side by side like family,

    Because we are,

    We all came from the same 2 human beings,

    There is no such thing as a "white" race, a "black" race, our "hispanic" or "asian"

    there is only ONE true race,

    and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the HUMAN RACE

  • DEEP RESPECT

  • Trailer for Luther - made me realise how good this version is. I like Joe Cocker's (Layer Cake) version but this is the definitive version....

  • @shazcad Luther is a fucking good show. Original and best my friend... Surely?! :p

  • I love this song :) but why are a lot of you hating on weezy? You may not like his music, that's fair enough, as for me I can appreciate any music.

  • priceless feeling in this. 

  • Sublime Nina Simone' s human voice .

  • no me encanta el racismo ...hola !!! hermanos de color......los amo.......

  • history is icecold an hate is still around us.. but all that happened durin slavery really hurts me deep an it scares me that people can b that cold.. people that do wrong we cant change.. but b different urself n dont feed tha hate its ugly an many have died an been treated so wrong in tha name of hate..

  • when ppl like lil wayne sample songs like this i think its cool because then you can go back and look up the originals if they were before your time and get a better appreciation for them two thumbs up for good music

  • there is one race it's called the human race

  • @skajellafetti Agree wholeheartedly...

  • I didn't grow up with that, I'm too young. That is very hard hitting. I can't imagine living with such divide.

  • This is the TRUTH listen to the words

  • just fabulous.

  • How can people not like this song?!

  • Good to see some people dont forget history.

  • Things are still not right in this country ... we have exchanged racial inequality for social and economic inequality. But where are the people who are able to see the truth and willing to suffer for it?

  • QUERER ES PODER

  • Such a beautiful song.

  • great video

  • This song at the end of Luther was godlike. I nearly broke down in tears. the goosebumps were ridiculous.

  • I love this song, by Nina Simone.

  • this is the best version of this song hands down......

  • oh yeah

  • Could anyone tell me, why as an artist there is inscribed Lil Wayne?!

  • Money Boy brought me here...