This is William Devaughn, seems like everybody wants to say its Curtis Mayfield, they sound alike but thats about it. When it came out in '74 I thought it was Mayfield because I didn't know who William DeVaughn was at the time. His style of writing and vocals are similar I guess it can confuse people.
This iz William DeVaughn-Be Thankful For What You Got 1972 .William DeVaughn (just be thankful) DeVaughn wrote "A Cadillac Don't Come Easy" eventually re-written to become "Be Thankful for What You Got" in 1972, and spent $900 toward its development to Omega Sound [A Philadelphia Production House]. C Mayfield's great, BUT he did NOT write THIS SONG.
I am still a little confused. Agree and understand that this is a William DeVaughn orginal, however his versions of the song seem to differ. On YouTube there is a version titled Curtis Mayfield - Diamond in the Back, if this is NOT Curtis who is it? and where exactly can this version be found. Many thanks to the experts
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There are a LOT of inspirational messages from Bishop T.D Jakes, Bishop Noel Jones, Dr. Jamal Bryant, as well as complete episodes of my favorite TV shows like "TV One's Unsung", "I hate Chris" etc....You'll also find videos of my favorite music artist's like Marvin Gaye, Enchantment, Al Green & Gospel Music !
The radio cut sold over 1 million copies. I think the correct guy should get the credit - especially if he wrote, sang, and put $900 out of his own pocket into making it happen.
Enjoy this classic.
And please find out who's really singing before putting up "disinformation".
Take down this erroneous "Curtis Mayfield" vid - IT IS NOT CURTIS MAYFIELD SINGING THIS SONG! Go to Oldies dot com & do a search of "Curtis Mayfield". Every album he cut is listed along with song lists. NOWHERE do you find an album with "Diamond in the Back" listed because he never did it. Then use their search for "Diamond in the Back" & you'll see "Be Thankful for what You Got" pops up as William DeVaughn's song - which is what you have here, but incorrectly credited to Curtis Mayfield.
This videoclip is here to remind us what WMG did. It's bad publicity for them for years to come. WMG backed down a long time ago, you can find this song on YouTube now. But this will remind us what they tried to do, and it will be a warning to all those other big companies :). Whenever someone finds this clip, they will hate WMG. I say, leave it up !
I WILL TASTE THE FUCKING WMG'S STAR FRUIT ON THE TIP OF MY FUCKING COCK!!!1 FUCK YOU FOR TAKING THIS SONG AWAY FROM ME. FUCKING POINTLESS GODDAMMIT!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS THISS WORLD COMING TO!!!!
WHY CAN OTHER VERSIONS BE PLAYED AND NOT THIS ONE? HOW DOES ANY ONE PROFIT BY TAKING SONGS OFF? IF THEY LEFT THEM ON IT MIGHT SPARK AN INTEREST IN THE SONG OR ARTIST THAT SOME ONE HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE
! FREAK!! WHY CAN'T THEY TAKE OUT THE CRAPPY MUSIC??PLEANTY OF IT TO KEEP YALL BUSY FOR YEARS!!
Warner Music Group would have loved it if everybody removed the entire clip, once the sound was disabled. That way nobody would ever know that WMG was behind it. Nah, YouTube played this one very smart. YouTube only disabled the sound, so the whole world could see that it was WMG who was behind it. After all the negative publicity, WMG backed down. But these clips will forever remind us of what WMG did. That's bad publicity for WMG untill the end of time :).
God Damnit!...this is the only damn version on here...and of course, you eat dicks again, and let everyone down....WAY TO GO A HOLE....this is to youtube...not the person who uploaded
and remember brothers and sistas you can still stand tall, diamond in the back sunroof down diggin the seen with a gangsta lean ooooohhhh ooohhhhhhhhh!!!
WHUT A CROCK WE CANT EVEN HEAR IT!!! mutha fuckers
This is William Devaughn, seems like everybody wants to say its Curtis Mayfield, they sound alike but thats about it. When it came out in '74 I thought it was Mayfield because I didn't know who William DeVaughn was at the time. His style of writing and vocals are similar I guess it can confuse people.
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This iz William DeVaughn-Be Thankful For What You Got 1972 .William DeVaughn (just be thankful) DeVaughn wrote "A Cadillac Don't Come Easy" eventually re-written to become "Be Thankful for What You Got" in 1972, and spent $900 toward its development to Omega Sound [A Philadelphia Production House]. C Mayfield's great, BUT he did NOT write THIS SONG.
FABRIC8TIONUNLIMITE1 1 month ago
Oops! Got this one so wrong (now why did I think Curtis made this tune famous?). Thanks for the clarification guys :)
ansapphiregael8 2 months ago
This is one of Curtis' iconic tunes, why are they (record company?) being so mean and not permitting audio, disappointed.
ansapphiregael8 2 months ago
Scumbag Youtube: takes the sound off a video that's a picture set to music, still buffers it anyway, taking up bandwidth.
RimboBobo 2 months ago
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I am still a little confused. Agree and understand that this is a William DeVaughn orginal, however his versions of the song seem to differ. On YouTube there is a version titled Curtis Mayfield - Diamond in the Back, if this is NOT Curtis who is it? and where exactly can this version be found. Many thanks to the experts
patz611 3 months ago
@patz611 here is the version I'm talking about: YouTube vidoe ZVANQheoRUw, I cant post the link here
patz611 3 months ago
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DondaddaDaGR8 5 months ago
fuck these wmg people
levigill84 5 months ago
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When you get a minute check out my Video channel called:
"Kato's Music Room" @ vodpod dot com/katosmusicroom
There are a LOT of inspirational messages from Bishop T.D Jakes, Bishop Noel Jones, Dr. Jamal Bryant, as well as complete episodes of my favorite TV shows like "TV One's Unsung", "I hate Chris" etc....You'll also find videos of my favorite music artist's like Marvin Gaye, Enchantment, Al Green & Gospel Music !
Your Blessed & highly favored beloved !
in HIS service
kato
katofromgreenhornet 5 months ago
You can listen to this song, correctly titled, "Be Thankful For What You Got" by William DeVaughn
Radio cut: youtube.com/watch?v=JlXJ3PH0qLs
longer, LP version: youtube.com/watch?v=NcjYUvAsZwM
The radio cut sold over 1 million copies. I think the correct guy should get the credit - especially if he wrote, sang, and put $900 out of his own pocket into making it happen.
Enjoy this classic.
And please find out who's really singing before putting up "disinformation".
ShotInOneTake 5 months ago 7
Take down this erroneous "Curtis Mayfield" vid - IT IS NOT CURTIS MAYFIELD SINGING THIS SONG! Go to Oldies dot com & do a search of "Curtis Mayfield". Every album he cut is listed along with song lists. NOWHERE do you find an album with "Diamond in the Back" listed because he never did it. Then use their search for "Diamond in the Back" & you'll see "Be Thankful for what You Got" pops up as William DeVaughn's song - which is what you have here, but incorrectly credited to Curtis Mayfield.
ShotInOneTake 5 months ago 4
y is this still up if we cant even listen?
kevinsoapboard 5 months ago
assholes
chefpope 5 months ago
Fuck the police and fuck the WMG
FIGHT4ANONYMOUS 6 months ago
This is William DeVaughn NOT Curtis Mayfield and the song is called "Be Thankful For What You Got" NOT "Diamond in the Back." Church.
bigdangerous 7 months ago 14
@bigdangerous TELL EM.....
DONNIMETROPOLIS313 6 months ago
DOESN'T MATTER - THE SONG WASN'T BY CURTIS MAYFIELD ANYWAY = IT WAS BY WILLIAM DEVAUGH!!!!!!! CHECK YOUR FACTS.
TheSincere14U 7 months ago 4
Whats WMG?
WoodsofWilmer 7 months ago
Where is the sound ???
desiree5617 7 months ago
@desiree5617 dude read under discription its stupid wmg thing
prettyboyswag317 7 months ago
WHY THE FUCK DO YU HAVE THE SONG UP OF THERES NO SOUND..
TheF3lla 9 months ago
@TheF3lla
This videoclip is here to remind us what WMG did. It's bad publicity for them for years to come. WMG backed down a long time ago, you can find this song on YouTube now. But this will remind us what they tried to do, and it will be a warning to all those other big companies :). Whenever someone finds this clip, they will hate WMG. I say, leave it up !
Troublesome2008 7 months ago
wht is wmg?
cincere123 9 months ago
fucking boycott WMG
verdemanthe1 9 months ago
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Since I couldnt post the link I suggest to type this EXACTLY AS IT IS on the search button:
Curtis Mayfield - Diamond in the Back
or right click copy and paste...
It will lead you to the one link that works for this song!! =
MeezDre 9 months ago
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MeezDre 9 months ago
WMG is doing themselves in..
futuristfood 9 months ago
that's fine, I just wanted to look at those pictures.
ilipsoussan 10 months ago 4
hy you can fill out the dispute form with youtube and they will put the sound back on I did it a couple of times on my vids. good luck!!!!
angiebigbutt 10 months ago
This is Bullshit! What the hell is it there for ?! if you cant hear it!!!
gtrscience1 11 months ago
any audio banned on you tube...don't buy the stuff.
haven't u people realized even if we get it free many of will still buy it???
u ban it and we won't
LinZeeLinuz 11 months ago
WMG iS RACiST ! LOL TAKEN AWAY THE GOOD SHiT !
TeeSexcFromImvu 11 months ago
straight up cruddy
gericgetmoney 11 months ago
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WMG you bunch of no good kill joy mother fuckers .great tune sorry to all who may never hear it .
spurway72 11 months ago
WMG you bunch of no good kill joy mother fuckers .great tune sorry to all who may never hear it .
spurway72 11 months ago 2
YOU SONS OF A BITCHES WMG!!!
WHY YOU ALL GO GREEDY???
WE WANT YOUTUBE MUSIC NOW!!!!
tumsabai1 11 months ago
ludacris sampled this song
datmodelchick27 11 months ago
the fuck, fuck you WMG, wmg =the man
SandwichesMan 1 year ago 4
Who the hell are WMG, the thought police
stepenwolf7 1 year ago
I WILL TASTE THE FUCKING WMG'S STAR FRUIT ON THE TIP OF MY FUCKING COCK!!!1 FUCK YOU FOR TAKING THIS SONG AWAY FROM ME. FUCKING POINTLESS GODDAMMIT!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS THISS WORLD COMING TO!!!!
Moo206 1 year ago 3
no sound?
discokidx1 1 year ago
WMG crippled and killed poor Curtis. It wasn't just the wind.
WMG can kiss my ass.
BedStuyBro 1 year ago
whatz wrong with the sound
papastretch29 1 year ago
THE WMG ARE GREEDY BASTARDS !!! The artist music is for the people, not the corporations.
sjr10011 1 year ago
WHY CAN OTHER VERSIONS BE PLAYED AND NOT THIS ONE? HOW DOES ANY ONE PROFIT BY TAKING SONGS OFF? IF THEY LEFT THEM ON IT MIGHT SPARK AN INTEREST IN THE SONG OR ARTIST THAT SOME ONE HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE
! FREAK!! WHY CAN'T THEY TAKE OUT THE CRAPPY MUSIC??PLEANTY OF IT TO KEEP YALL BUSY FOR YEARS!!
faroutlindsey 1 year ago
dam yall need to getta song a.sap diz tracc go hella hard
gunnaloc 1 year ago
just invent a name, it wll last about a month before youtube and wmg find out, maybe more
vbierry 1 year ago
back in the day when i was young
2sweet63 1 year ago
GUCK THIS GUY I HATE YOU .. NO MY BAD I DON'T HATE ANYONE FUCK YOU AND YOUR MOTHER DOGGIE STYLE BIIITCH!!!!
drkdrkniht 1 year ago
These WMG cocksuckers really need to loosen up!! Sensitive ears?!
forensics55 1 year ago
HELLO! Curtis did not sing or write this song. The "Diamond in the Back" lyrics to "Be Thankful for what you Got"...William Devaughn did!
TheSLMB 1 year ago
@TheSLMB yesir William Devaughn 1974
blueman2bass 1 year ago
repost
TOPCAT3443 1 year ago
Read the Notice: This video contains an audio track that has not been authorized by WMG. The audio has been disabled.
tonez08 1 year ago
@tonez08 i did read it but what i mean is if they arent going to block the WMG disable system why leave it up ???????????????????
lyricalheaven 1 year ago 2
@lyricalheaven Cuz the video may not be there content so they would just leave it alone I guess.
tonez08 1 year ago
why the fuck do ppl leave videos up with no sound smdh
lyricalheaven 1 year ago
@lyricalheaven
Warner Music Group would have loved it if everybody removed the entire clip, once the sound was disabled. That way nobody would ever know that WMG was behind it. Nah, YouTube played this one very smart. YouTube only disabled the sound, so the whole world could see that it was WMG who was behind it. After all the negative publicity, WMG backed down. But these clips will forever remind us of what WMG did. That's bad publicity for WMG untill the end of time :).
Troublesome2008 1 year ago
why bother post the video without the music?
dapunisher1000 1 year ago
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Ktaurus26 1 year ago
booooooooooooo
muszicluvher 1 year ago
No you aren't a joke you are a bitch!
jojohustle02 1 year ago
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. got damn it.
bwahaha77 1 year ago
God Damnit!...this is the only damn version on here...and of course, you eat dicks again, and let everyone down....WAY TO GO A HOLE....this is to youtube...not the person who uploaded
McFaggstein 1 year ago
die in pain WMG!!!!!!
theincredibledeus 1 year ago
Fuck the man!
slater080808 1 year ago
Die, Douchebag!!!
Kurt7474 1 year ago
FUCK WMG! No one Wants you here!!!
greencrow8 1 year ago
Iiii
ZacklyDisease 1 year ago
dude what the hell is wrong with your audio
ricodico39 1 year ago
WAK! now i'm gonna have to go out and purchase.....but who's pockets getting fatter?
AlixxxKidd101 1 year ago
FUCK THOSE WMG BITACHSS MOTHERFUCKERS FUCKIN NAZI"S !
Gaatjeniksaan187 1 year ago
fucking copyright pricks. wanted to have my son hear this song.
justacio 1 year ago
fuck WMG
paniatka 1 year ago
so your telling me there is no curtis mayfield version of this song that its just a lie
royalnash 1 year ago
Why this song can't be found anywhere!! I just love it!!
DelPoet 1 year ago
what happen
mrpaulari 1 year ago
the song ur looking for is "be thankful for what you've got" by william devaughn its in the related videos to the right
changuiri07 1 year ago
fuck WMG
dabiach 1 year ago 6
fuck wmg
Gaatjeniksaan187 1 year ago
STUPID ASS WMG! Blew my high!
BlackPowerFist3000 1 year ago 5
I'm looking for that song and I really don't know where to find it...what album???
sailawaymusic 1 year ago
@sailawaymusic superfly
carolinahome123 1 year ago
does anyone know what album this song is on?
10one1000 2 years ago
@chuilalaify yeah sure, without sound right? XD
Sidewalker93 2 years ago
and remember brothers and sistas you can still stand tall, diamond in the back sunroof down diggin the seen with a gangsta lean ooooohhhh ooohhhhhhhhh!!!
WHUT A CROCK WE CANT EVEN HEAR IT!!! mutha fuckers
swffmopshots 2 years ago
WHUT DA FAHK KINDA SHET IS DISS
swffmopshots 2 years ago
Damn Motherfuckin WMG..
I wanted to hear this song FOOL.
skinhead5 2 years ago 84
me 2 whuahaha
royblonk 2 years ago
@skinhead5 U kno if u told some of us W/WMG was it would b way easier 2 kno wth ur speakin on
saimtalib 10 months ago
@skinhead5 ditto
msgee62 8 months ago
FUCK the WMG!!!!
eddiemoney100 2 years ago 122
@eddiemoney100 FUCK WMG LONG LIVE BAD ASS INDEPENDENTS LIKE TECHNIQUE
cherisunshine1 1 year ago
@eddiemoney100 Fuck them.
Damn man.
TheLunaDivider112 8 months ago
you are one dark ass motherfucker son blacker then the word black itself lol
DILAFZAL 2 years ago
fuck you cunts
MANOFNAR 2 years ago 2