Told to go beyond the surface, a person's a person
When we lessen our women our condition seems to worsen"
Nothing racist here. Just speaking his thoughts on what the new racial relationships look like based on his view of history. Its less about white girls and more about the condition of the black community when we devalue our women.
ya forget that he mentioned a similar verse on the "One day it'll make sense" album which was more (so-called) racist than the verse here, he showing he's changed his views on the matter since 97....
In my opinion, I don't think the last verse is racist. I believe he is talking about black men who date white women exclusively. Why he didn't perform it is a matter of debate. Maybe he was tired. Maybe he forgot the lyrics. Maybe he wanted to showcase the band. Or, as others have said, maybe he felt that the lyrics would be taken the wrong way and interpreted as racist. Who knows. Excellent production, lyrics, and performance either way.
this is funny notice common doesnt do the last verse where he says some racist shit lol. its too bad hes ignorant hes a great rapper his 'resurrection 'album is a classic
mcflicious channel ? Stacy I got a woman pregnant and didn't man up I sent her a video for her number some one des has continuously put obstacles in our path for communication my babies mama laurie and I she has no affiliation / relation with my twins her precetion is distorted step off des I want to be a daddy to my kids
No you're not wrong. That is if race truly didn't have anything to do with anything. Thats the point of the verse Common was making because a lot of time people do tend to look at race.
I Love this man, he's so real and deep and true to his people..I wish he could've said the last verse but it's all good, they would've took it the wrong way anyway and there would've been this whooole charade of him being racist..Speak it brotha.
He completely skipped verse 3 for obvious reasons LOL: "Black men walking wit white girls on they arms I be mad at em as if I know they moms Told to go beyond the surface, a person's a person When we lessen our women our condition seems to worsen The weary cursin' the sky Talkin' to themselves givin' the version of why help and hurt in they eye I live across from it, some of it I do be in I be showin' niggaz lives Like UPN It's real people"
WTF. This song has nothing to do with racial relationships(dating) but more along the lines of his people is out there trying to survive, but there is always some sort of conflict... it's what the title of the song says. REAL PEOPLE. He is basically taking the listener for a ride, showing his perspective about people in his environment that he has observed personally.
"I wonder of the spirits of bob marley and holly solassy watch me as the cops be trying to parking lot me, they cocky plus they mentally is nazi, the way they treat black i just want to snap like paparrazi, children of a better guy searchin for better jobs, we were dealt ghetto cards, not trying to catch a charge"
Told to go beyond the surface, a person's a person
When we lessen our women our condition seems to worsen"
that's what he actually said. nothing about mixed race relationships being less the others that people should be taken as they are... common is the man!
Don't get me wrong, I love Common, but the message of this song is that mixed race relationships are less worthy than same race. i.e. black men should stick to black women. That's kind of fucked. I'm white and I've had black girlfriends, loved them, and am still friends with them now. No one should be frowned upon for falling in love with someone from another race. A person is a person, point blank. All this same-race relationship bollocks is racist nonsense
yea, i agree. his personal opinion opinion should be kept personal. I think hes just overreacting from his own community where i suppose black women aren't as attractive as they are white girls. what with the phenomenon of a white girl having ass. but he should know that BEAUTY itself, depends on the Eye of the beholder. Ive got mine and youve got yours. -sick ass song thou- Freedom SOngs- Yeahh!!!
i think he's just sticking to his race to show his PERSONAL belief of what his parents must have told him. Not saying to do it but showing what happened when he did it.
All of my serious relationships have been with black women (I'm white), but I didn't get that impression from the song. He's specifically addressing black men who date white women. For all we know, he doesn't have any beef with WM/BF hook-ups.
Besides, if you're in your relationship for (what you feel are) the right reasons, then it shouldn't matter what Common or anyone else has to say.
you know we need to stop callin this "alternativ rap"...this isnt an expression craeted by us...this is not alternativ rap this is real hiphop from the soul ya
i love live instrumentation in hip hop...it's just another monster when common has a live band backing him up...we need more artists like this...check out the main video on my page...up and coming hip hop/jazz band called ArtOfficial...your welcome!
hes not against nuthin ... hes jus sayin it makes him mad tht sum black men think that black girls are ugly and go out with white girls and it makes him mad because black girls are just as beautifull......
"told to go beyond the surface, a person's a person. When we lessen our women our condition seems to worsen". Seems like he's explaining that he outgrew that thought as we all should.
Really? I interpreted that as him saying "as long as black men keep placing black women (their other halves) in 2nd and 3rd place, we're going to be in the same place we in now." Full of self hate.
yeah its sad when i heard it i was like wtf shit man such an intelligent man a racist fuck this shit man
but i think this is america a racist bitch nun else black people go out with white women to and they dont have nuthn agains black women its just america promotin this shit
fuck america fuck the sysmte fuck racism and racists
OMG...this feels sooooo good!!! can't really call myself a real hip-hop head--i have my picks (i do like hip hop a lot, i'm just not as deep into it as most)--but as a musician, i love "Like Water For Chocolate"...is there a reason why that album is rarely mentioned in the Common discussions that I read?
you're probably like me...im a hip hop head but im a huge sucker for live instrumentation..check out the main video on my page..up and coming hip hop/jazz band called ArtOfficial...your gona love it
BE is a classic album , but F.F. ehh..it sucked, there were a couple good tracks...and his new stuff that got leaked not to long ago ...it's just idk, garbage...
you got to be carzy, you don't recognize music when you see it, i agree he has fell of unbelivebly alot but ff was a grat album, just his new shit is whack, it feels like he took the poetric lyricly bit out of his song for money and the beats ain't that good either but hey a brother gotta eat
Also big ups to the guy on the saxophone I don't know if common told him that he wasn't going to do the third verse. But to me it looked like he was freestyling and killed it.
no u should learn rastafarian culture, a fundamental person is marcus garvey, who said that africans for africans, europeans asians 4 asians, which basically means blacks for blacks n so on, rastafarians(real 1ns) belive this and support the back 2 africa movement because of the exploitation of blacks in other continents, now if u going to take a white women back 2 africa as a rastafarian then u wil be frowned on, so the comment is right
coMMon is the dopest. I was a little upset he didn't do his last verse but there is a time and place for every thing and you don't always have to fight a revolution its ok to take a day off.
Common you fuckn genius...Hypes tryna talk wit no teeth!!!...lmao..you can tell dis nigga 4rm the fkn hood preach that Chicago and Racine shit Common!!!
Listen to the lyrics, so fucken deep, especially if you from the hood. I mean to be honest common talkn from a black person point of view. I thank Common.
I love Common, I don't think hes racist, but Bob Marley is mixed race, his father was white and he was a rastafarian, one of the most famous rastas in history and didnt he date a white woman too, So is Bob Marley not meant to be a rasta because hes "half" white and dated a white woman? I find that a bit crazy to say. Cant we all live as one? *cries*
They gave you a thumbs down for this, but I agree. I find it hard black men find it damn near impossible to love black women. Nothing against interracial couples, but black folk, there is nothing wrong with loving your own and loving your self. I wish people would stop taking this in a negative light.
holy shit this performance is fucking awesome. first time seeing this. youtube got gems. if you like this shit youtube search "wax new" and click on the first video that comes up....that cracker can rap his ass off.
Note I'm black y'all!..however he is right how some black men can be ignorant and date outside their race because they think all black women are golddiggin hoodrats..lol..which ain't true because i'm black sista that ain't like that.. please don't feel like he being prejudice towards other races because he not..through out the song "real people" he points out the disturbance and ignorance that goes on in the black community.and that was one if the issues
THe last verse would've been controversial due to people misinterpreting it..by saying that he is prejudice...Common is not perdjudice be no means..that line was in reference to SOME of the ignorant black men who date outseide their race as a repression of hatred towards black women..in throughout the songs he points out the ignorance of some black people..that's what I got out of it *shrugs*;-)
Yeah man, when I first heard that, I was like "whaaaa? I didn't know Common was like that" then I thought about it for a bit.. I think you're right though.
the thing about common that seperates him from the rest of the so called rappers out there is that he's a poetic m.c and no matter how much you want to block out what he says a poets' poem will always be heard if not to all, to some
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yes, all you blacks out there realize that the whites of this world dont mind when you take all the chunky bitches of our race but please stop tainting and diluting our blood line, you dont see white men going for your women so please do us the same, keep the races pure so we can have heritage later on down the road, if we mix now they'll be no individuality later, no heritage, just grey so please tolerate and marry your women and try to keep jobs so you can help the economy just a little
I love all women black, white, latin. you talk about messing up heritage when your the doing it. when you fall in love with someone it's not base on thier color. I'm white, one day I may fall in love with a black lady. What the hell do you mean keep the races pure. Your so damn brainwash that you can't see beyond that. I know what Common meant when he said that verse, he was saying; don't sterotype a race, be with someone for who they are, not thier color.
- black men walking with with white girls on their arms I be mad at em as if I know they moms told to go beyond the surface a person's a person when we lessen our women our conditions seem to worsen the weary cursin' the sky talkin' to themselves givin' their version of why help and hurt in their eye I live across from it, some of it I do be in I be showin' niggaz lives like UPN
I love common`s music to death but i respect his opinion on the interracial thing even though i don`t like get down with my race cos i feel like they are my sister which won`t work out
Nobody should be forced...and that is a very beautiful ideal that people should fight for. I don't happen to be one of those people anymore though. I fought that battle already. I don't think it is worth it, for a number of reasons. I love my Black Queens.
Yeah...that's the price of this kind of exposure. The message has to be sacrificed. They would never let a black man get up and promote staying inside the race, even though white folks do it all the time.
I don't think people should be forced to stay inside the race. Identity and race are two different things. I agree that white people tend to do that, but that's their silly prerogative.
where are 50 dudes all screaming into the mic at the same time incoherently?!!! where are the gogo dancers shaking their asses and rubbing their boobs?!!!
thats right, common is a damn puppet. he knows how to rap without mentioning any rims, burners, the raping of a rival MC's children or hoochies.
I love this type of scene.....a real live band.....we need artist like this more often....did anyone notice how Common skipped the last verse?.....I wonder why? lmao
he's a local philly producer for the likes of; vivian greene, musiq, yummy, anthony hamilton, earth wind and fire just to name a few.. he's cut from a good cloth. he's the protoge' of James Poiser.
!!!!!say some mo... say some mo
MrShokodada 7 months ago
GOTTA LOVE !!!!!!
kinstube 7 months ago
Only 150,000 views? It's a shame!! I wanna cry for the smooth impaired!!
As a matter of fact, wherever you are listening to this, just raise a glass as we toast to art! "May the whole populace be hip enough to dig it!"
Lovebyte69 8 months ago 40
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people say hip hop is dead i say it has just gone its seperate ways
Joshyy73 9 months ago
"Black men walking wit white girls on they arms
I be mad at em as if I know they moms
Told to go beyond the surface, a person's a person
When we lessen our women our condition seems to worsen"
Nothing racist here. Just speaking his thoughts on what the new racial relationships look like based on his view of history. Its less about white girls and more about the condition of the black community when we devalue our women.
mkadoza 9 months ago 2
@mkadoza Preach!
lazminit03 3 months ago
@tournament55 ur a fuckin retard.
slicvic2012 10 months ago 2
Letterman liked it, it was classy
markus122piesuckers 10 months ago
the worst track of the album and still it's a bomb
tournament55 10 months ago
ya forget that he mentioned a similar verse on the "One day it'll make sense" album which was more (so-called) racist than the verse here, he showing he's changed his views on the matter since 97....
jw81313 1 year ago
@jw81313 What verse on what song were you referring to on that cd?
Ldgarl1 10 months ago
That's what I'm talking about
jfm0716 1 year ago
i was wonderin if he was gonna say the last verse lol
Lov3fm 1 year ago
Why people think his 3rd verse is racist? Hes saying people shouldn't date outside their race for the wrong reasons.
ZatoOW 1 year ago
He dint do da last verse...... So funny!!!
Freeves11 1 year ago
In my opinion, I don't think the last verse is racist. I believe he is talking about black men who date white women exclusively. Why he didn't perform it is a matter of debate. Maybe he was tired. Maybe he forgot the lyrics. Maybe he wanted to showcase the band. Or, as others have said, maybe he felt that the lyrics would be taken the wrong way and interpreted as racist. Who knows. Excellent production, lyrics, and performance either way.
supagreenlion 1 year ago
REAL Music for REAL people out there
LivioCFC 1 year ago
he seems older in this video....but still an icon..
Ra1gar 1 year ago
One of the best songs on the album
Brost31 1 year ago
love it
this is the real music that kids should listen 2 now a days
Tanaleon808 1 year ago
this is funny notice common doesnt do the last verse where he says some racist shit lol. its too bad hes ignorant hes a great rapper his 'resurrection 'album is a classic
bympy 1 year ago
Funny how letterman gave the guy with the trumpet a hand shake but not the one with the saxophone lol and then he sayd What is that a trumpet lol
jstillplayin 1 year ago
amazing is the only word to describe this. I think that this is much better than songs about killing people and negativity.
playboy91280 1 year ago
if heres anything better than incorporating jazz into hip hop i doont know what it is
poeticjae2tha 1 year ago
@poeticjae2tha so true my man
AEOuriel 1 year ago
Check out my page for an artist with real subject matter here to change the game. Ether Q is the future!
TheEtherQ 1 year ago
REAL PEOPLE!!!!
rahsaan71 1 year ago
mcflicious channel ? Stacy I got a woman pregnant and didn't man up I sent her a video for her number some one des has continuously put obstacles in our path for communication my babies mama laurie and I she has no affiliation / relation with my twins her precetion is distorted step off des I want to be a daddy to my kids
urchildren 1 year ago
i love this song so fucking much. l listen to it to get chill, i like in the morning
elcolomorales 1 year ago
We need to stop recognizing and proclaiming race. It is a construct that is fundamentally racist!
comdragon90 1 year ago
common for life
Imaaze2 1 year ago 4
I'm black and my girlfriend is white....am I wrong for looking past race when it comes to relationships? I need some help on this one.
JBrewer4386 1 year ago
deut 7:2-3
QUEENSBOY21 1 year ago
i respect that but me personaly, i wouldnt be with a women if she wasnt black. our sistas need us bro
HipHop226 1 year ago
No you're not wrong. That is if race truly didn't have anything to do with anything. Thats the point of the verse Common was making because a lot of time people do tend to look at race.
trooper40below 1 year ago
Yes
guywell 1 year ago
siickkk i love common mann !!
basharatt 1 year ago
what is that a trumpet lol i played that 20 times over what a moron what is that a trumpet hes so stupid
namkooc 2 years ago
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why is the beat different when its live... i like the original
TheCanadian604 2 years ago
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robchrist91 2 years ago
it's the same beat. it just sounds different because he's backed up by a live band
robchrist91 2 years ago 3
black men walking with white girls on they arms i be mad at them as if i know they moms.. i be mad at them to
HipHop226 2 years ago
do you know they moms?
franciso7 2 years ago
I Love this man, he's so real and deep and true to his people..I wish he could've said the last verse but it's all good, they would've took it the wrong way anyway and there would've been this whooole charade of him being racist..Speak it brotha.
NaturallyBeautifulQ 2 years ago
@HipHop226 did he punk outta the 3rd verse? reallyy.....politically correct fo ya.
kegedemorrow 1 year ago
This is so fucking amazing. I love the jazz.
Mrhashslinginslasher 2 years ago 3
real jazzy rap....real people..real music...love yah music..RESPECT man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
trombonistik 2 years ago 22
jazzy rap... a tribe called quest:-)
nyjacobs92 2 years ago
justin2273 2 years ago 11
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sparkinsons 2 years ago
idiot
MrHSingh 2 years ago
lol @ your ignorance...hope you figure it out, good luck
SWPitcher42 2 years ago
he should have spit the rhyme as he wrote it.. why be scared to? shouldnt compromise art for politics
MrHSingh 2 years ago 3
he couldnt do that on Letterman. CBS would have his head! I feel you though!
dogshit71 2 years ago 3
oh bring dat in Europe PLEASE lol :)
freshgoodies 2 years ago 4
WTF. This song has nothing to do with racial relationships(dating) but more along the lines of his people is out there trying to survive, but there is always some sort of conflict... it's what the title of the song says. REAL PEOPLE. He is basically taking the listener for a ride, showing his perspective about people in his environment that he has observed personally.
banananah 2 years ago 2
for example the first portion of the 2nd verse.
"I wonder of the spirits of bob marley and holly solassy watch me as the cops be trying to parking lot me, they cocky plus they mentally is nazi, the way they treat black i just want to snap like paparrazi, children of a better guy searchin for better jobs, we were dealt ghetto cards, not trying to catch a charge"
banananah 2 years ago 2
That the line that i like too. but its Haile Selassie and cops trying to pop and lock me.
KASLtja 2 years ago
@banananah Better GOD! Not guy.
AbstractVibes 1 month ago
"Black men walking wit white girls on they arms
I be mad at em as if I know they moms
Told to go beyond the surface, a person's a person
When we lessen our women our condition seems to worsen"
that's what he actually said. nothing about mixed race relationships being less the others that people should be taken as they are... common is the man!
hypdem5 2 years ago
love itt truu music!!!!!!!
:)
NONSENSE-
SIRnonsense123321 2 years ago
"Be"'s album = One of the best of the history of the Hip Hop Culture.
LWAkira 2 years ago 46
I love this song, but people stop talking about
"real hip hop"
Hip hop is hip hop.
pkinredt 2 years ago 4
Don't get me wrong, I love Common, but the message of this song is that mixed race relationships are less worthy than same race. i.e. black men should stick to black women. That's kind of fucked. I'm white and I've had black girlfriends, loved them, and am still friends with them now. No one should be frowned upon for falling in love with someone from another race. A person is a person, point blank. All this same-race relationship bollocks is racist nonsense
jocular1987 2 years ago 6
this guy is right
none of you know the concept of this song
because he sayin' mixed relationships are less then a non mixed relationship this song makes him a legend and whatnot?
i like common too but this song is junk.
xadaaam 2 years ago
yea, i agree. his personal opinion opinion should be kept personal. I think hes just overreacting from his own community where i suppose black women aren't as attractive as they are white girls. what with the phenomenon of a white girl having ass. but he should know that BEAUTY itself, depends on the Eye of the beholder. Ive got mine and youve got yours. -sick ass song thou- Freedom SOngs- Yeahh!!!
bboynawm 2 years ago 3
i think he's just sticking to his race to show his PERSONAL belief of what his parents must have told him. Not saying to do it but showing what happened when he did it.
ButteryN1pple 2 years ago
All of my serious relationships have been with black women (I'm white), but I didn't get that impression from the song. He's specifically addressing black men who date white women. For all we know, he doesn't have any beef with WM/BF hook-ups.
Besides, if you're in your relationship for (what you feel are) the right reasons, then it shouldn't matter what Common or anyone else has to say.
wisconscious 2 years ago
nah man you re wrong..black woman are in a difficult situation our days ..and this is definatly also black mans fault....
franciso7 2 years ago 2
he's such a legend...
jonnyfitz6618 2 years ago
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Maybe I'm confused, but this seems more like real people from the perspective of a monkey. Quite interesting.
smitehz 2 years ago
this is what i'm talkin about... real hip hop, for real people
JBchillax08 2 years ago
nothin but realness...damn...go head Com!
db32585 2 years ago
OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This track is so official live.....WORD TO ALLAH, COMMON IS THE TRUTH
zeusforlife2002 2 years ago
Band is beastin
chitozyme 2 years ago 4
I LOVE alternative rap
bolts512 2 years ago
you know we need to stop callin this "alternativ rap"...this isnt an expression craeted by us...this is not alternativ rap this is real hiphop from the soul ya
franciso7 2 years ago 5
YES
broccett25 3 years ago
i love live instrumentation in hip hop...it's just another monster when common has a live band backing him up...we need more artists like this...check out the main video on my page...up and coming hip hop/jazz band called ArtOfficial...your welcome!
framil54 3 years ago
he sampled caesar frazier's "sweet children" song (v=Tys7xWPMscE)
sounds good
berrycinnamon 3 years ago
i loved this dude, great rapper, maybe one of the best but this line fucked it up:
"Black men walking wit white girls on they arms
I be mad at em as if I know they moms"
seems like hes against interracial marriage
realeverton1 3 years ago
hes against black men degradeing their women
yaboytreyy 3 years ago 5
hes not against nuthin ... hes jus sayin it makes him mad tht sum black men think that black girls are ugly and go out with white girls and it makes him mad because black girls are just as beautifull......
zainm27 3 years ago 10
oh for sure, thanks for that
realeverton1 3 years ago
keep listening to the next line
"told to go beyond the surface, a person's a person. When we lessen our women our condition seems to worsen". Seems like he's explaining that he outgrew that thought as we all should.
GBOOTS2003 3 years ago 4
GBOOTS
i was gonna say that hahaha
rakstar09 3 years ago
Really? I interpreted that as him saying "as long as black men keep placing black women (their other halves) in 2nd and 3rd place, we're going to be in the same place we in now." Full of self hate.
youcef 3 years ago
sorry, thats wrong. he said "...as if i know they're moms..."- meaning as if I have a right to judge them.
chrismzac 3 years ago 3
yeah its sad when i heard it i was like wtf shit man such an intelligent man a racist fuck this shit man
but i think this is america a racist bitch nun else black people go out with white women to and they dont have nuthn agains black women its just america promotin this shit
fuck america fuck the sysmte fuck racism and racists
free mumia
behinddacurtain 3 years ago
this da best, classic CD!
antoineen 3 years ago
greatest man of all time.
CobraLord 3 years ago
wonderful!
dbohemian1 3 years ago 2
OMG...this feels sooooo good!!! can't really call myself a real hip-hop head--i have my picks (i do like hip hop a lot, i'm just not as deep into it as most)--but as a musician, i love "Like Water For Chocolate"...is there a reason why that album is rarely mentioned in the Common discussions that I read?
MHicksMusic 3 years ago
you're probably like me...im a hip hop head but im a huge sucker for live instrumentation..check out the main video on my page..up and coming hip hop/jazz band called ArtOfficial...your gona love it
framil54 3 years ago
could someone please post the cd version:D
berrycinnamon 3 years ago
i hate this say this...but common fell off !
BE is a classic album , but F.F. ehh..it sucked, there were a couple good tracks...and his new stuff that got leaked not to long ago ...it's just idk, garbage...
this track is sick tho, no doubt about it!
teamdef88 3 years ago
you got to be carzy, you don't recognize music when you see it, i agree he has fell of unbelivebly alot but ff was a grat album, just his new shit is whack, it feels like he took the poetric lyricly bit out of his song for money and the beats ain't that good either but hey a brother gotta eat
anttresor 3 years ago
you obviously don't know anything about true hip hop to say Common fell off. He's one of the truest in the game today..
hrbartend 3 years ago
fuck those others, i feel you!
IMILLMATIC 3 years ago
Its missin some Sax. but still coo, really good song.
txt2k3 3 years ago
Also big ups to the guy on the saxophone I don't know if common told him that he wasn't going to do the third verse. But to me it looked like he was freestyling and killed it.
Masterbruce06 3 years ago
Damn!!! Common killed it I like this version live it's beautiful. For a second I felt like it was a classic jazz club instead of lettermans show
Masterbruce06 3 years ago
our government is nazi. tell it like it is common
Tlk2435asdko43 3 years ago
realist song ive heard ya dig
hovaswag14 3 years ago
common is a legend, i hate letterman though real talk, "what is that a trumpet" he makes the most outlandish comments
airro 3 years ago
wow this version is so smooth.. the original cd one is gr8 but this is just another class..
"we the children of a better god..."
DJhedgehammer 3 years ago
watch v=UhJKjSNPsMs
berrycinnamon 3 years ago
I am loving the jazz tune from 2:25-2:38.
tsl4life 3 years ago 2
OMG. I never heard this album until after I got finding forever. I got this shit repeat constantly.
This performance is so fly.
lewis22tk 3 years ago 6
He probably is ashamed now for the 3rd verse, he said in an interview that even friends of him had problems with that verse.
I mean he is basically dissing Obamas father for making Barack, haha.
And his Rastafarian comments just indicate that he should learn a bit more about rastafarian culture before talkin about it.
Eurobubble70 3 years ago 5
no u should learn rastafarian culture, a fundamental person is marcus garvey, who said that africans for africans, europeans asians 4 asians, which basically means blacks for blacks n so on, rastafarians(real 1ns) belive this and support the back 2 africa movement because of the exploitation of blacks in other continents, now if u going to take a white women back 2 africa as a rastafarian then u wil be frowned on, so the comment is right
livblu 3 years ago
Great performance. Love this track and what it stands for. Rashid...doing his thing!!!
zeusforlife2002 3 years ago 5
coMMon is the dopest. I was a little upset he didn't do his last verse but there is a time and place for every thing and you don't always have to fight a revolution its ok to take a day off.
06alwilliams 3 years ago 5
Common you fuckn genius...Hypes tryna talk wit no teeth!!!...lmao..you can tell dis nigga 4rm the fkn hood preach that Chicago and Racine shit Common!!!
grownnbass 3 years ago 6
i hear love
hooyo4ever 3 years ago 4
Listen to the lyrics, so fucken deep, especially if you from the hood. I mean to be honest common talkn from a black person point of view. I thank Common.
Sonn87 3 years ago 6
I love this man! Common is like a cool breeze on a hot day in August. He's just that refreshing!
YaNVme 3 years ago 5
The bomb!
MissFunkentelect 3 years ago 4
I love Common, I don't think hes racist, but Bob Marley is mixed race, his father was white and he was a rastafarian, one of the most famous rastas in history and didnt he date a white woman too, So is Bob Marley not meant to be a rasta because hes "half" white and dated a white woman? I find that a bit crazy to say. Cant we all live as one? *cries*
ccinnervisions 3 years ago
stop pasting the comment on all common vids ok
RealDefentertainment 3 years ago 3
init, i wonder y he didnt do the last verse!! check the lyrics if u dnt knw wat i tlkin bout!he still one of my fav rappers doe
ShesLikeAStarSE13 3 years ago
He couldn't metion Black men with white girls on their arm because it would sound racist,
that's why he left it out.
watch 'Black men against interracial dating'
on youtube now!
NQ 2008
xXNubianQueenXx 3 years ago
that was a long handshake at the end....hmmmm lol david letterman tryna take my man lol just kidding..
leeocious 3 years ago
great song. but you gotta love a rapper who knows how to dress a chain doesnt go with everything and sometimes a suite jacket.
jondunson26 3 years ago 2
What does he mean with "Black men walking wit white girls on they arms. I be mad at em as if I know they moms"?
It sounds like old fassion thinking. Kinda racist against white people really.. Shouldnt have anything to say what colour you are.
olavtrygve 3 years ago
It's really for you to think about.
What I get out of it is that it's a shame black men can't keep a relationship with a black woman. So they would have to go to a white woman.
stupeewee 3 years ago
They gave you a thumbs down for this, but I agree. I find it hard black men find it damn near impossible to love black women. Nothing against interracial couples, but black folk, there is nothing wrong with loving your own and loving your self. I wish people would stop taking this in a negative light.
youcef 3 years ago
Com just don't like interracial couples. Call it old fashioned, but people have their preferences in dating partners. Common is the same.
youcef 3 years ago
that is indeed
stasiso 3 years ago
what is that, a trumpet?
bayluv 3 years ago
das a huge man on da trumpet
DPcity 3 years ago
hmmm.. he didnt do the last verse...I wonder why :-P
pimpinho3z 4 years ago 3
lol
indubitocogito 3 years ago
holy shit this performance is fucking awesome. first time seeing this. youtube got gems. if you like this shit youtube search "wax new" and click on the first video that comes up....that cracker can rap his ass off.
hustla4hire 4 years ago
ps black girls asses are cottage-cheesy
mistermisunderstood 4 years ago
You ignorant fool.
blubyrdy 3 years ago
That was aimed at and in reply to some fool that made a ridiculous and offensive comment about black women.
blubyrdy 3 years ago
"What is that, a trumpet"
I lol'd.
irisandeyeball 4 years ago
tight ass song
dilligardcrews 4 years ago
He is one of the few rappers who sound good both at video and live performances.
philanderadriaan 4 years ago 2
common's one of the few rappers that could really fit in on Letterman.
ILoveRealHipHop 4 years ago
Note I'm black y'all!..however he is right how some black men can be ignorant and date outside their race because they think all black women are golddiggin hoodrats..lol..which ain't true because i'm black sista that ain't like that.. please don't feel like he being prejudice towards other races because he not..through out the song "real people" he points out the disturbance and ignorance that goes on in the black community.and that was one if the issues
danimonee 4 years ago 5
he spreaks the truth but ppl don't want to hear the truth...
italianstallion7777 4 years ago 5
THe last verse would've been controversial due to people misinterpreting it..by saying that he is prejudice...Common is not perdjudice be no means..that line was in reference to SOME of the ignorant black men who date outseide their race as a repression of hatred towards black women..in throughout the songs he points out the ignorance of some black people..that's what I got out of it *shrugs*;-)
danimonee 4 years ago 4
Yeah man, when I first heard that, I was like "whaaaa? I didn't know Common was like that" then I thought about it for a bit.. I think you're right though.
irisandeyeball 4 years ago
the thing about common that seperates him from the rest of the so called rappers out there is that he's a poetic m.c and no matter how much you want to block out what he says a poets' poem will always be heard if not to all, to some
serius1807 4 years ago 4
Agreed. It's good to listen to rap that doesn't involve talking about the hoe that won't pay money =P
SarganAk 4 years ago
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yes, all you blacks out there realize that the whites of this world dont mind when you take all the chunky bitches of our race but please stop tainting and diluting our blood line, you dont see white men going for your women so please do us the same, keep the races pure so we can have heritage later on down the road, if we mix now they'll be no individuality later, no heritage, just grey so please tolerate and marry your women and try to keep jobs so you can help the economy just a little
mistermisunderstood 4 years ago
I love all women black, white, latin. you talk about messing up heritage when your the doing it. when you fall in love with someone it's not base on thier color. I'm white, one day I may fall in love with a black lady. What the hell do you mean keep the races pure. Your so damn brainwash that you can't see beyond that. I know what Common meant when he said that verse, he was saying; don't sterotype a race, be with someone for who they are, not thier color.
Acin101 4 years ago 6
stfu, you're the reason people think all white people are racist.
and the reason people hate reading youtube comments, haha.
irisandeyeball 4 years ago
the controversial verse he didn't do
- black men walking with with white girls on their arms I be mad at em as if I know they moms told to go beyond the surface a person's a person when we lessen our women our conditions seem to worsen the weary cursin' the sky talkin' to themselves givin' their version of why help and hurt in their eye I live across from it, some of it I do be in I be showin' niggaz lives like UPN
JustDoU13 4 years ago 2
I love this beat
Bigjeffashimself 4 years ago
I love common`s music to death but i respect his opinion on the interracial thing even though i don`t like get down with my race cos i feel like they are my sister which won`t work out
HillzyTV 4 years ago
Nobody should be forced...and that is a very beautiful ideal that people should fight for. I don't happen to be one of those people anymore though. I fought that battle already. I don't think it is worth it, for a number of reasons. I love my Black Queens.
NativeDialect 4 years ago
Awesome! Love this brother!
SoulByDzyne 4 years ago 3
even though he dropped that last verse... dug the sax solo at the end. gave the song a nice organic vibe to it.
piercedfromwithin 4 years ago 2
Imagine if Common and Immortal Technique worked together on new tracks.
With they different styles but same message it would be real beauty
sunpipe 4 years ago
I see did'nt do the verse about Black men dating White Women.
akindele13 4 years ago
Yeah...that's the price of this kind of exposure. The message has to be sacrificed. They would never let a black man get up and promote staying inside the race, even though white folks do it all the time.
NativeDialect 4 years ago 2
I don't think people should be forced to stay inside the race. Identity and race are two different things. I agree that white people tend to do that, but that's their silly prerogative.
WhatupMrG 4 years ago
Yeah, I just searched for this solely to see if he did do that verse on Letterman. Disappointingly, but I understand.
seanc1906 4 years ago
big ups to all the okayplayer crew. common's the man.
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hyland2522 4 years ago
The best rap artist in this fucking world
noyabrown 4 years ago
where are 50 dudes all screaming into the mic at the same time incoherently?!!! where are the gogo dancers shaking their asses and rubbing their boobs?!!!
thats right, common is a damn puppet. he knows how to rap without mentioning any rims, burners, the raping of a rival MC's children or hoochies.
reh629 4 years ago
i mean common is NOT a damn puppet
reh629 4 years ago
Could not agree more....One day he must get his recognition
rudycharles 4 years ago
how is he prejudice?
msshortysweets 4 years ago
I like common it's to bad he's prejudice
2007Sucks 4 years ago
I love this type of scene.....a real live band.....we need artist like this more often....did anyone notice how Common skipped the last verse?.....I wonder why? lmao
ninigirl16 4 years ago
true...LOL
ghandi87 4 years ago
got that neo soul fell keys are dope, the bass player is beast and sax player breth easy
SabetOne 4 years ago
and the flow is nice too...
Beatside101 4 years ago
This beat got me stuck...
Beatside101 4 years ago
is phat
dec97grace 4 years ago
Do u hear those KEYS!!!! Ahh.. Real Music.. Real HIP HOP!!!!
thainfern04 4 years ago
that's my nigga Juneus Bervine VI on the keys.
he's a local philly producer for the likes of; vivian greene, musiq, yummy, anthony hamilton, earth wind and fire just to name a few.. he's cut from a good cloth. he's the protoge' of James Poiser.
CHITLINZ 4 years ago
ill
hiphopisknowledge 4 years ago