O. V. Wright - Motherless Child

[emiliankasemi]

Finally i found this song!!!!!!!

[ItsCheyCheyBaby]

I'm thinking ATL is All Time Low, but Idc! I WAS looking for Sara Tidwell's version from the movie Bag Of Bones (Stephen King) But apparently she only exists in the mind of Stephen King and the book Bag Of Bones :P

[Madorem]

you done hit me in the face with a bunch of money

[berriejinx]

sometimes i feel it to!!!

[bbrake]

I don't even know what ATL stands for, so ha!

I came here looking for the Chanticleer version of the song (it's pretty sweet), and decided to give up and listen to this version instead.

It's pretty awesome and very different!

[TeenagePopStarr]

@bbrake ATL stands for Atlanta, as in Georgia Atlanta. The capitol of Georgia.

It's also the name of a movie taking place in Georgia, Atlanta.

[EngrHitler]

Any 1 knows the album's name?

[ddemouchet1]

ATL just sucks people to this song!

[Victorportillo1]

can someone recommend more music like this too me i have an open ear to music, i want to expand my musical genre

[bluemdrapperbaby]

@Victorportillo1 im happy u asked i go all the way back to 1915,if u like opera ( i like it because i like mafia,if i wasn't black i'd want to be italian) theres ENRICO CARUSO - VESTI LA GIUBBA or LUCIANO PAVOROTTI's version both good, my fav female singer BILLIE HOLIDAY - IM A FOOL TO WANT YOU, MARIA CALLAS - O MIO BABBINO CARO (thats the song from GTA III, FRANK SINATRA - STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT, FRANK SINATRA JR & NANCY SINATRA - SOMETHING STUPID, BILLIE HOLIDAY- STRANGE FRUIT,

[bluemdrapperbaby]

@bluemdrapperbaby DUKE ELLINGTON - IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD, BILL WITHERS - WHO IS HE AND WHAT IS HE TO YOU, of course SAM COOKE- ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, THE WHISPERS -OLIVIA

that should suffice for now

[MrArthurseven]

@Victorportillo1 Hi! If you have some time to spent digging for music, you can also go to the website whosampled which is a database of samples, remixes, etc. Check all the samples by RZA for example and you'll find tons of very good soul music like this. And of course, this website is amazing if you like hip-hop music.

[joggekr]

Åh, died 41 year old..rip

[rolo35240]

i grew up in Detroit hearing music like this. I felt it then and live it now. The blues is alright......sometimes.

[jay1beaux]

Beautiful

[reubenavery]

This world out here is lonely and cold

[AccessDenied55]

@reubenavery True that...True........

[mulicnik]

GRAMATIK!

[skimaskready]

brilliant tune right cheer

[THELASTILLWILL]

i just raped the replay button!

[PhillyCEEZ]

1st time i heard this was on GHOSTFACE ironman joint '96? lol i miss highschool...great song OV has alotta hits yall should look up nicklel and a nail

[DMSR76]

How could anyone possibly dislike this one? SMH

[TinkerGrace3k]

LOVE IT

[Toyoman39]

Sometimes you gotta sing the blues....

[773SleepyHollow]

YouTube brought me here.

[moorzeekable]

gooood!

[MrGweezy25]

R.I.P. to my mother Josephine....i miss u so much since u left me on March 14,2011....

[mrsprecious31]

@MrGweezy25 don't know you but my heart goes out to you, may the blessing of the Lord give you peace....

[mumra715]

That's soul baby.... this world out here is lonely and cold.

[w314eva1]

My mother is not talking to me and it is killing me....I cant even study for my exams...I just want things to be normal again...I Love You Mom!

[123PuroZacatecas]

sometimes i feel how having parents would feel getting raised by grandparents .. cold ass world

[batmankid45]

ATL

[Alfen100]

I got this song's notes as tattoo on my arm... i ani't got parents...

[maufeitio]

@Alfen100 i'm so sorry...

[TimrodRa]

the wu tang flipped this perfect

[D0CKTORDEATH]

sometimes I feel like a motherless child .........this world out here lonely and cold.......why did i leave the ones that loved me ? RIP MOM ! I LOVE YOU

[Winklepinklepuff]

yessss

[jatelle2007]

this is a very old song but still beautiful.



[jatelle2007]

this is a very old song but still beautiful.

[eechsterr100]

<3

[HSECMAN]

WOW!

[EmyMcDowell]

1 person likes Justin Bieber.

[skylarw]

I love this man.

[aisstule]

watch?v=dtKl4FRmwPE

[tigga2425]

now this is real soul music

[Adasusy1]

Beautiful song. Darius Rucker sings the chorus at the end of Cracked Rear View (Hootie and the Blowfish). I heard a snippet of the song (not this version) in a film called Wedding Belles last week and thought I must look it up. Just beautiful

[khalonii]

ATL

[lucc19]

@khalonii Ghostface!

[jam419man]

i get told im kinda fuckd in da head cuz i leson ta diz music im 18 nd i tell peps dis that real music along wit pac nd all dem on da west nd i gete lookd at as if i dont belong in my time haha but then agian i gess im just miss understud ray could sing didnt he dam

[TheEsquire212]

RZA

[CountryBumpin205]

This is great never heard a male singing this before

[semprealtopOK]

search on youtube : Toki feat. Anni e Blaze - Freddo E Solitario.

[lowhigh1]

I cry everytime i hear this im a motherless child..trying to make it in the world. im in struggling in college fiancially but i try to stay strong

[Alfen100]

@lowhigh1 know how you feel...

[kaybabii14]

the one person who dislikes this IS a motherless child.

this song has powerful meaning and I love it.

[savannahwilliams0]

my new theme song! j'adore O.V. Wright!

[mumra715]

This is soul baby!!

[1955pilgrim]

Coming from a broken home am fifty six years and I'm crying as I listen to this track

[Katybeats]

we sing this song but a diff tempo and tune for showchoir<

[ernestine211]

No child should ever feel like a motherless child true...but this song was orginally a old negro spiritual written during the time of slavery...a time when many were taken away from their families very young...many greats have remade this including elvis...great song

[THEEbestCAPRICORN]

NO Child should ever feel like a Motherless Child !!

[lilking1ful]

ATL brought me to this song and now i cant stop hearing it lmao Good Song though (:

[187budsmoker]

@lilking1ful haha samehere

song deep!

[AccessDenied55]

@lilking1ful I knew this from ATL too, but my grandmother had this record

[TheTaesia915]

I heard this on ATL movie, and prior to this heard it sampled on Ghostface KillaCD. I think this song is so soulful & beautiful. i feel it everytime I hear it.

[mrlilgio1]

ATL

[BekaTsirek]

..

[edmame]

beautiful child of god

[REJENX]

THE MOST...

[lovewillkillusall]

BEAUTIFUL<3

[robbyrijssel]

This is pure soul ,

[myoficialemail]

this is the only video on youtube with no dislikes

[SEZYLIBRA]

this is my grandfathers brother i never got to meet him....

[AccessDenied55]

@SEZYLIBRA Your kidding?

[hswatnik]

mighty fine-

[daghettoboy303]

ATL

[CelesAura]

Such an emotional and powerful masterpiece. Almost brings tears to my eyes...

[4evaTreySongz]

Woah...Amazing Song..Bringz Me Down(SomeTimes Where I Need To Be)

[dominicana091]

make me cry :(

[lecavaliersolitaire]

Very good magnifique

[pierrevanbentum]

Touching indeed

[TheCatholicFaithfu]

The Blessed Virgin Mother will always "show us the way back home" to her son, Jesus, and her prayers Jesus always accepts and honors (yes, even today). She still reminds the serants at the wedding feast, "Do as he tells you." She is the way back home to one and only true God --- She, the mother of Jesus -- Jesus --- who the "even heavens cannot contain".

[TheCatholicFaithfu]

Yes, often less callin' attention to yourself in fancy stuff shows more to the artistry. He lets the song stand out by making it true --- his feelings in the lyrics he truly makes his own in this performance. It's beautiful. And, by the way, we should never feel we are motherless children --- Jesus gave us his own mother from the Cross as the last thing he did for us before dying on the cross. "Son, BEHOLD THY MOTHER." The Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, is our mother if we accept her.

[AkaLeeBeats]

Best version thus far.. Wade in the water is another good slave song check it out..

[wartown111]

@AkaLeeBeats this isn't a slave song man, just soul music. but wade in the water is a timeless classic..

[AkaLeeBeats]

@wartown111 No, it is. It dates back to the days of slavery. It was common for kids to be sold by there slave owners. Thus "Motherless Child"

(The song is clearly an expression of pain and despair as it conveys the hopelessness of a child who has been torn from his or her parents.) "Wikipedia reference.

Have a great day..

[saintspiracrew]

Respect...

[thejagger333]

Wu-Tang!

[asopaso07]

I love this man. My fav song of his would have to be "A fool can't see the light" amazing.

[ortigas01]

amazing song!!

[D0CKTORDEATH]

i love this song 5*stars

[coalcaol]

for my father, r.i.p. robert 2wallace,sr.

[386bigDee]

yeah this song is deep and thought provoking.thats what made these songs so near and dear.

[dimashenkov]

best song of his

[PureHazeCopper]

Gotta love this song...

[HarryW1234]

Wow, I didn't think anyone could stand up to Mahalia Jackson's 'Summertime' version of this song, but O.V. Wright has it.

[NoSuchThingAsTrinity]

Its a negro spiritual damn

[strubbeljuergen]

Very good.

Ever not better as June Richmond his

Singing in a German Movie.

Ever is is on Place Two.

I Search a Clip who sing June Richmond

this Song

[slick7953]

I don't care about the criticism of sampling because

a) it led to me to many great songs like this

b) samples are typically cleared by the owner of the song anyways

[tomthefunky]

How did sampling lead to songs like this,slick7953? Sampling started in the late 80's/early 90's. This song is from the sixties. What the hell are you talking about? As for you thinking samples are usually cleared by the owner, it shows your ignorance of the music business even further. Copyright lawsuits have gone through the roof since sampling began. Sampling is a invention of con artists and non-musicians who are too damn lazy or stupid to learn an instrument themselves. Shame on all of you.

[slick7953]

This song was sampled, hence I searched it to hear the original context(which only sampled a couple seconds of his vocals and not the instruments, fyi). Way to miscontrue a simple sentence.

A lot of people find old songs through samples, thus helping the music stay alive. Besides, if you knew anything about sampling you'd know that people who are GOOD at it don't copy/paste but create their own melodies among existing notes in songs, often because they can't afford real instruments.

[tomthefunky]

They can't afford "real instruments"?? Oh, I see...but they can afford computers and pro-tools. C'mon, slick7953, don't give me that shit. As for people finding old songs through samples: don't tell me those gold-toothed freaks with their pants down around their ankles are thinking along those lines. Finally, I am a funk guitarist for twenty years. There has been way more copy/paste in rap's history than the more sophisticated subliminal stuff. I know because I'm a musician, unlike them.

[anonomousone]

@tomthefunky

All of those 'gold-toothed freaks' are making bags of money for the owner of the samples' copyrights - in this case, someone (probably a record label) is making money on tracks featuring samples by OV Wright (deceased 30 years.)

A computer program that produces music is, by definition, a musical instrument. And Anyone who uses that is also, yes, a musician.

You may be a musician, but you apparently don't know rap's history.

Hope your career is going well. You seem a little bitter.

[tomthefunky]

WTF? I know perfectly well the record companies make money off rappers and the rappers make money also. You are not telling me anything I don't know. As for you thinking computer programs are somehow instruments and not computer programs, I don't have a clue. A record player produces music, is that an instrument? How about an ipod? Is a DJ a musician? I may be bitter but Christ, you are a moron.

[anonomousone]

A record player does not produce music. It reproduces music without change - there's a difference. A DJ, a true DJ, creates something new out of already existing sounds, with mixed melodies, chopped beats, and juggled tracks. Computer programs like Reason and Fruity Loops manipulate, reorganize, and actually produce new sounds - unlike a record player. A computer may be disconnected from the end sound, but so is a piano (the keys only trigger the mechanism that draws the strings). Lighten up.

[ForstaSvenskenIRymdn]

lets be reasonable here for a second.

Dont you think that "Gold-toothed freaks" is a bit of a misrepresentation?

[wukillah92]

@tomthefunky if it wasnt for hip hop, i wouldnt have discovered the brilliance of "soul music"

[tomthefunky]

@wukillah92: That's a good point. I can't argue with that. But the way I see it, is how can soul music expect to have a future if people are always going to sample music from the past? Part of what made soul so fantastic is the interplay between musicians. That is dead now because now it's one guy with a computor and there is nothing LESS soulful than that. There is no substitute for people that can really sing and play their instruments. Everything else is fraudulent. Just my opinion.

[JayzfightfortheFree]

rest in peace and love O.V., your home now my brotha

[kashis22]

GREAT SONG

[thickthunderthigh79]

this is amazing! his voice, the background vocals, the depth of the lyrics! I tell u what.....some folks just dont appreciate good classic music!

[MainOffenderKZ]

ty ghostface for sharing this

[attic2basement]

ill...super ill!!!!

[GeniusGod]

incredible sick good music

[transgirlnz]

yup yup i agree

[Cheetarah12]

This is the best

[zusca100]

love this song i always listen to it before i do my route for my school district it just wakes me up and calms me down i just love this song thank you for posting this

[arielagu33]

lol?

[cottoncandychic]

this world out heres so lonely and cold....

so true..

[Missbritbrat2010]

@cottoncandychic very true 

[southbobby]

i wanna be the most soulful person on the planet. i need more sun.

[southbobby]

soul is great for thoes that can feel it thank god

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[IDMastroREEL]

i remember this song in ATL

[paigehurdfan4life]

Me 2 lol

[koleangel14]

this song is so true but when i left i made a promas to never look back

[trgray89]

hummmmmmmmmm

[jearlg]

So powerful, so soulful and deep, so emotional and heartfelt. Lord,show me the way back home.

[Harmonybroz]

@jearlg 

[ikedirty318]

Is anybody else crying?

[rose5040]

Do you ever feel like a motherless child .

So you try to find your way back home , but your already home ?

Oh god ; help me find my way back home .

[transgirlnz]

what an awesome version, beautiful clear crisp voice. nice

[jonez2020]

I love this Song . Ever time i play it, it replishes my soul.

[HardBodyNyC]

Only in America

[porterhouse]

Im glad Raekwon and Ghost redid this song so that I could hear the original.

[mawaidha]

i still think of you PNM 28 Aug '07

[marcdon13]

I can feel this song...

RIP Mom

[Niyou77]

lol

[oliversupreme]

reminds me of growing up in brooklyn

[arielagu33]

i loved this in ATL

i do sometimes

[NightMare70855]

i fuckin feel u on that i hope u feel better

[darcellbios]

Touching..very touching.

[kpaden76]

WOW! BEAU-TI-FULL!

[shiverbone94]

Im makin a beat from this bia bia!

[shindara1218]

this isnt a song you love

its a song you feel if u dont feel it then listening to it is pointless

[CodeineFein713]

You Soundin Real Dumb... This Is A Song You Can Love It Goes Hard...

[alwayssupafly]

Yeah this is poppin!

[Darneloh]

This old spiritual was re-arranged by Don Robey.

[underdogg237]

it REALLY moves me!

[skullboy354]

i love this song is amazing i love it i love the movie ATL

[mickiyelly1960]

a very nice version

[marcusjp1]

top notch shit

[Donielle1465]

I like this version better than the rest

[marcusjp1]

me 2

[clintonreid18]

i saw ATL movie and fell in love with this song.

[SwaggLykeMine]

Atl mann..

i loved dis song

[wartown111]

i absoulutely LOVE this joint rite here. when i 1st heard it on ATL i already knew i was go be attached to it.

[heretotellit]

Man...love this song...been searching for it eve since ATL came out....thanks for posting. The Mahalia Jackson version is excellent too

[Esquire212]

I love it.

[KingBlade15]

i found the song a long time ago I just needed to know the guy who ang it in the atl movie theres so many cover versions but i wanted his especially

[underdogg237]

love this song ever since I heard it on ATL

[TheTaesia915]

@underdogg237 ATL is what has me diggin this song too!

[Shirraz1]

OV Wright is really the most underrated and unknow Soul singer His voice is amongst the deepest if not the deepest one :s

[mamasaidnotaz]

i fell in love with this song

[mizjk]

Thanx soooooooo much for this post...A++++

didn't think i'd fing it again...had a craving to hear it..thanks again ~ Peace~