The song tells part of the story of Robert Orin Charles Kilroy (ROCK), in the rock opera Kilroy Was Here. The song is performed by Kilroy, a rock and roll performer who was placed in a futuristic prison for "rock and roll misfits" by the anti-rock-and-roll group the Majority for Musical Morality (MMM) and its founder Dr. Everett Righteous. The Roboto is a model of robot which does menial jobs in the prison. Kilroy escapes the prison by overpowering a Roboto prison guard and hiding inside its
emptied-out metal shell. When Jonathan Chance finally meets Kilroy, at the very end of the song, Kilroy unmasks and says, I'm Kilroy! Kilroy!, ending the song.
@whiskers1965 this song is about the debate about technology in the 80s. thats when technology really started to burst into modern society. the lead singer is a robot!! thats why hes talking about under his skin. but hes arguin that technology can be more helpful than hurtful. hes the MODERN MAN. TECHNOLOGY. thats all. hope i was helpful.
Just jenion can only do this kind of choreography............it's really a very high it' a expression when we say words can,t express the real feelings
@JeffELOLynne wow i really honestly cant believe you asked a question like that!!! Yes its Dennis DeYoung!!! He didnt get fired from the band till the 90's i believe!!
He did not get fired from the band, he originated the band with Chuck and John the drummer. I think Chuck left the band and came back later. Anyway Tommy Shaw left the band when Kilroy Was Here because he felt it was crazy. Then Tommy began a solo career and that's why Styx broke up. Dennis was never fired? Where did you get that?
i too miss the time when the vidios actually followed the song with a story to match.maybe budget costs or the lack of the modern with no imagination so called directors are no longer available,but thriller,shock the monkey mr.roboto shows what imagination and direction can do.thanks for posting this vidio.
Thumbs up if you hate YouTube's recent updates that makes it so when you play one song in favorites, it works as a whole playlist, and if you hate the update they did where you can't switch around where you put videos in your playlist!!! I know I hate it!
Unfortunately, unless you went to the Roboto tour, you will never understand how cool it all really was. The best you can hope for is to listen to the ENTIRE album and soak it in. There was a huge stage show w/ video that explained the entire thing. That lasted over an hour by itself!!!!!
@gusti1245 Tambien me gusta Stix, pero para mi es dificil decidir cual es el mejor tema, porque tiene temas romanticos como "babe", duros "hungry young men" y rock´a billi como "she cares" eso demuestra que era una gran banda y sin embargo pocos la conocen. pero el señor roboto de los 80´s es todo un clasico.
@krakka99 Actually, it's part of a movie; "Styx - Caught in the Act." The first 20 minutes or so start as a sci-fi film, with some pretty funny stuff and decent production values. The film then goes on hold and it becomes a concert, then reverts back to the movie at the very end. Do a search on Amazon; the DVD sells for $15.
@krakka99 You can find a good chunk of the beginning if you do a YouTube search for "STYX - Caught In The Act - Killroy was here" and click the link for user blazek2005. I'd directly link it, but YouTube won't allow it. :(
YES he is singing and you have to REMEMBER this video was made in 1983 and if you DON'T like it LEAVE!! NO ONE IS HERE TO HEAR YOUR BS AND RUDE COMMENTS Dylan9241 and anyone else who is RUNNING THEIR BIG MOUTH!!
@Superjuuliia nee andrea ze zijn echt eng! kan niet mer slape daardoor XD = no Andrea, they are really scary. I can't sleep anymore! But i like there faces.. I don't know why, but i like it.
@Superjuuliia Awh, Julia. Life is hard. isn't it :P ghehe. no.. you are at school, and i'm home.. that's hard.. :-p actually, i want to go to school..and let's talk English, so everybody knows where we are talking about.? :-p
It was actually a whole story. you would understand if you saw the concert.
He is a famous Rock Star who is sent to prison by a group called The Majority For Musical Morality. In jail, workers have been replaced by robots, and Kilroy escapes inside a robot costume (thus, Mr. Roboto). This song is about his escape from jail, and makes a statement about the dehumanizing of the working class.
@stallion0308 It was actually a whole story. you would understand if you saw the concert.
He is a famous Rock Star who is sent to prison by a group called The Majority For Musical Morality. In jail, workers have been replaced by robots, and Kilroy escapes inside a robot costume (thus, Mr. Roboto). This song is about his escape from jail, and makes a statement about the dehumanizing of the working class.
@juanito507se if u hadnt noticed..... the song is somewhat old school.... and also LOOK AT THE FUCKING ROBOT DUDE! It is Asain/ phillepeno soemwhat looking....... some what liek a a super tech robot..... From JAPAN dude.... seriously do you have no creativity lol :D ( Also i didnt mean to be racist) :(
4:00 - to escape from robot, scream at it. LOL
4:14 - and crowdsurfing was invented.
chinocracy 1 hour ago
ドッモアリガトウ ミスターロボットナニカラナニマデェ ドッモアリガトウ ミスターロボッドイツッモマジリタァーイ
takeo324 6 days ago
I'd come and murder you for an HD version of this.
dimomarg 1 week ago
I remember when Dennis DeYoung was my daughter's grade school music teacher. I talked with him many times back then.
MrDuMeMi 2 weeks ago
@MrDuMeMi - was this before or after Styx?
catothewiser 1 week ago
me like. Look up how to convert a youtube vid to a ringtone
smileytechguy 3 weeks ago
who is kilroy or killroy or wherever...?
hunk874531 4 weeks ago
@hunk874531 The dude from that rock opera or something like that xP
juanheloreloaded 3 weeks ago
@hunk874531
Kilroy was here!
suteinu107 3 weeks ago
Parts are made in JAPAN !
tymektomcat 1 month ago
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どうも ありがとう ミスター ロボット
(Doumo Arigatou Mista- robotto)
CAMPUS1223 1 month ago
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CAMPUS1223 1 month ago
de culto ...
hellbty 1 month ago
Thanks. I Appreciate. :)
jonnybgoode007 1 month ago
This singer really knows how to manage highs and lows, great voice!!
Ralpymorris 1 month ago 10
is th is the future, i like it
marlowefive 1 month ago
DOMO ARIGATO
MrKritsini 2 months ago 8
Im Kilroy!
chilipepper2015 2 months ago
he looks scary!
TheLittlekikay 2 months ago
SUPER RARO I CHINGON!
Daavidforce 2 months ago
it is like a movie
pandasisters4 2 months ago
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i love this song
pandasisters4 2 months ago
<3<3<3 amo esta cancion <3<3<3
Subytsu 2 months ago
@Subytsu jejejj ta JENIAL Y RARISIMA :)))!
Daavidforce 2 months ago
@Daavidforce Eso es lo que la hace genial XD
Subytsu 2 months ago
@Subytsu oh se! l,,l xDDD AMEN!
Daavidforce 2 months ago
The song tells part of the story of Robert Orin Charles Kilroy (ROCK), in the rock opera Kilroy Was Here. The song is performed by Kilroy, a rock and roll performer who was placed in a futuristic prison for "rock and roll misfits" by the anti-rock-and-roll group the Majority for Musical Morality (MMM) and its founder Dr. Everett Righteous. The Roboto is a model of robot which does menial jobs in the prison. Kilroy escapes the prison by overpowering a Roboto prison guard and hiding inside its
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emptied-out metal shell. When Jonathan Chance finally meets Kilroy, at the very end of the song, Kilroy unmasks and says, I'm Kilroy! Kilroy!, ending the song.
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whiskers1965 2 months ago
I like the music itself but even after all these years the song makes no sense.
He's thanking a robot for helping him to escape. But is he an android himself posing as a robot so he can escape or WTF? .
whiskers1965 2 months ago
@whiskers1965 this song is about the debate about technology in the 80s. thats when technology really started to burst into modern society. the lead singer is a robot!! thats why hes talking about under his skin. but hes arguin that technology can be more helpful than hurtful. hes the MODERN MAN. TECHNOLOGY. thats all. hope i was helpful.
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@2joo4u
Sorry but while you're theory is interesting it is incorrect. I just posted the info on the songs true meaning - I found it while googling around.
whiskers1965 2 months ago
domo arigato mr roboto himitsu husiri tai
sahlabouhla 2 months ago
What is the meaning of this song?
KittyInTheClub 2 months ago
@KittyInTheClub it refers to a robot named Kilroy
sahlabouhla 2 months ago
this man has a godd voice
whelljack 2 months ago
wHAT'S tHIS eIGHTY 83 OR 84!!! gREAT sHIT
LOKOdeGUATEMALA 2 months ago
favorite part 3:10 nd up :)
DiGBicK25 2 months ago
i got nightmares of the robot
storm12353 3 months ago
videos eran los de antes y fideos eran los de mi abuela
subtropico 3 months ago
They dont make music this great anymore.
Zdude73 3 months ago
Just jenion can only do this kind of choreography............it's really a very high it' a expression when we say words can,t express the real feelings
playlivefull 3 months ago
Just jenion can only do this kind of choreography
playlivefull 3 months ago
I want to hear This Theme
with MICHAEL STRYPER SWEET.
theEdrye 3 months ago
@theEdrye Dude, that would be amazing, Michael Sweet is an amazing singer.
steelman1691 3 months ago
@steelman1691 Exactly !. And SWEET & DeYOUNG have a very similar Voice also.
I want to hear "Soldiers Under Command" with Mr. Dennis too.
theEdrye 3 months ago
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domo arigatou, mr roboto (thank u mr roboto)
mata au hi made (until the next time we meet)
domo arigatou, mr roboto (thank u mr roboto)
himitsu wo shiritai (i wanna know the secret)
MrIntelligentdesign 3 months ago
3:07 for the famous part.
panchoDM 3 months ago
2:33 He squeezed his testicles : Ouuuuuuuu !
panchoDM 3 months ago
i heard this is off some japanese drama
pyttfbff 3 months ago
this songs by devo not styx
MrGangsta54 4 months ago
scary as fuck XDD
avalonangling 4 months ago
esta cancion me transporta a los años 80 mi mejor epoca
nando12020 4 months ago
Domo Arigato Mr Roboto :D I know japanese U,U
roxannerocknroll 4 months ago
@tjrtherocksponge Is the singer here Dennis DeYoung???
JeffELOLynne 4 months ago
@JeffELOLynne wow i really honestly cant believe you asked a question like that!!! Yes its Dennis DeYoung!!! He didnt get fired from the band till the 90's i believe!!
rocknrolllover88 3 months ago
@rocknrolllover88
He did not get fired from the band, he originated the band with Chuck and John the drummer. I think Chuck left the band and came back later. Anyway Tommy Shaw left the band when Kilroy Was Here because he felt it was crazy. Then Tommy began a solo career and that's why Styx broke up. Dennis was never fired? Where did you get that?
ososuperpowers 3 months ago
i love this vid!!
rocknrolllover88 3 months ago
i too miss the time when the vidios actually followed the song with a story to match.maybe budget costs or the lack of the modern with no imagination so called directors are no longer available,but thriller,shock the monkey mr.roboto shows what imagination and direction can do.thanks for posting this vidio.
MrEdgarjuan 4 months ago
3:07 is what you came for.
tomroxudont2 4 months ago
ok it is a great video but im going to have fucking nite mares for life
daboss1204 5 months ago
lmao for the longest time i thought the band who did this song was chinese or japanese band lol
bostonguy01 5 months ago
jeffster!
ariadnamanograsso 5 months ago
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@tjrtherocksponge this song is a great by Styx I went to see them yesterday. This is a GREAT SONGlike all their songs they are a good band
ryry351 5 months ago
@tjrtherocksponge this song is a great by Styx I went to see them yesterday. This is a GREAT SONGlike all their songs. One of the best songs
ryry351 5 months ago
domo arigato mr roboto, for uploading this.
wahahaisused 5 months ago
Thumbs up if you hate YouTube's recent updates that makes it so when you play one song in favorites, it works as a whole playlist, and if you hate the update they did where you can't switch around where you put videos in your playlist!!! I know I hate it!
omegaprim 5 months ago
i love the robot voices and that guy, domo arigoto mr roboto
goonsquadcake 5 months ago
i got this song stuck in my head
887Bingo 5 months ago
Do you think Kilroy is under that mask?
RagglTaggleGypsyGirl 5 months ago in playlist 80's
11 people apparently forgot to thank Mr. Roboto. XD
howellpower3 6 months ago
Unfortunately, unless you went to the Roboto tour, you will never understand how cool it all really was. The best you can hope for is to listen to the ENTIRE album and soak it in. There was a huge stage show w/ video that explained the entire thing. That lasted over an hour by itself!!!!!
poppaluv 6 months ago
brilliant
EroKisfune 6 months ago
but..... who the hell is kilroy?
minecraftprotipsman 7 months ago
@minecraftprotipsman the U.s. O.o
foylan2 6 months ago
me gusta, lo mejor de los 8ó
alexis1985ful 7 months ago
Domo arigato Mr. roboto for making this awesome song!
1torero 7 months ago
sin duda alguna el mejor tema de stix
gusti1245 7 months ago
@gusti1245 Tambien me gusta Stix, pero para mi es dificil decidir cual es el mejor tema, porque tiene temas romanticos como "babe", duros "hungry young men" y rock´a billi como "she cares" eso demuestra que era una gran banda y sin embargo pocos la conocen. pero el señor roboto de los 80´s es todo un clasico.
dyanez11 6 months ago
uno de los mejores temas de la historia de la musica, sin duda.........
gusti1245 7 months ago
was this part of a movie or just a great video?
krakka99 7 months ago 14
@krakka99 just a great video
linafnda 7 months ago 16
@linafnda ah :D
krakka99 7 months ago
@linafnda whe the song is is climax ( the part is domo arigato mr roboto domo domo)
whelljack 2 months ago
@krakka99
Google Styx Caught in the Act
jhill4201 6 months ago
@krakka99 it´s more than a broadway musical
AlRhoads19 5 months ago
@krakka99 i beleive the movei was called caught in the act /watch?v=Y0yTeUrCjms theres part one im waiting for part 3 out
EroKisfune 5 months ago
@EroKisfune thnx
krakka99 5 months ago
@krakka99 Actually, it's part of a movie; "Styx - Caught in the Act." The first 20 minutes or so start as a sci-fi film, with some pretty funny stuff and decent production values. The film then goes on hold and it becomes a concert, then reverts back to the movie at the very end. Do a search on Amazon; the DVD sells for $15.
daviddrakehunter 5 months ago
@krakka99 You can find a good chunk of the beginning if you do a YouTube search for "STYX - Caught In The Act - Killroy was here" and click the link for user blazek2005. I'd directly link it, but YouTube won't allow it. :(
daviddrakehunter 5 months ago
@daviddrakehunter thats messed up but thanks
krakka99 5 months ago
@krakka99 Actually part of a movie. It flopped.
utopiandreamer04 2 months ago
@utopiandreamer04 this is a movie? which one?
Supparapperboy 2 months ago
\M/ STYX \M/
tomdabom713 8 months ago
what is the movie inside this video
25bloodfang 8 months ago
1:47 What the hell is Rowan Atkinson doing on stage! O__O
299AP 9 months ago
styx's rock the best of the best
MrCnwbob 9 months ago
styx's rock's best of the best
MrCnwbob 9 months ago
YES he is singing and you have to REMEMBER this video was made in 1983 and if you DON'T like it LEAVE!! NO ONE IS HERE TO HEAR YOUR BS AND RUDE COMMENTS Dylan9241 and anyone else who is RUNNING THEIR BIG MOUTH!!
EastTexasScorpio 9 months ago
He is not really singing
dylan9241 9 months ago
WHY THE FUCLK IS LADY GAGA THE FEATURED VIDEO
darkdude521 9 months ago
jajajaajja buen tema!
Educa22 9 months ago
@awesuckit actually I like his mask:$
Andreatje100 10 months ago
@Andreatje100 alright i dont know how to say this in english but: nee andrea ze zijn echt eng! kan niet mer slape daardoor XD
Superjuuliia 10 months ago
@Superjuuliia nee andrea ze zijn echt eng! kan niet mer slape daardoor XD = no Andrea, they are really scary. I can't sleep anymore! But i like there faces.. I don't know why, but i like it.
Andreatje100 10 months ago
@Andreatje100 hahaa ohjaa die was niet zo heel moeilijk :) maar tis zondag hea XD en ja.. dan kan ik het niet meer xd
Superjuuliia 10 months ago
@Superjuuliia Awh, Julia. Life is hard. isn't it :P ghehe. no.. you are at school, and i'm home.. that's hard.. :-p actually, i want to go to school..and let's talk English, so everybody knows where we are talking about.? :-p
Andreatje100 10 months ago
@Andreatje100 but it sucks XD i dont want to talk english :P but i will do it XD
Superjuuliia 10 months ago
@Superjuuliia Aha, i agree! cuz it really sucks! F*ck the duck! i'm dead! xD But, i've got English tomorrow, so i will help you with speaking it :P
Andreatje100 10 months ago
@awesuckit Yeah i think so to :)
Superjuuliia 10 months ago
@awesuckit well it is a creepy mask :P so well i tought i answer :P
Superjuuliia 10 months ago
@awesuckit I agree :P
Superjuuliia 10 months ago
very good song good job
moonbound100 11 months ago
this was back when America ruled the world...
heronblackmane 11 months ago
@heronblackmane America ruled the world? HA! We all know Cuba is running this hellhole.
GPazosL 11 months ago
It was actually a whole story. you would understand if you saw the concert.
He is a famous Rock Star who is sent to prison by a group called The Majority For Musical Morality. In jail, workers have been replaced by robots, and Kilroy escapes inside a robot costume (thus, Mr. Roboto). This song is about his escape from jail, and makes a statement about the dehumanizing of the working class.
taylorg9999 11 months ago 3
4:00 --!! My favorite part! when he is screaming in the robot's ear! Then the robot is like go away! <3 Dennis De Young <3
taylorg9999 11 months ago
does mtv pass this anymore?
roly4642 11 months ago
hahah when he was yelling in the robots ears i bet he was like aawwh you girly headed fuck
bOnerjAmz1993 11 months ago
i like when say domo arigato mr.roboto
bOnerjAmz1993 11 months ago
I wake up in the middle of the night and scream, ROBOTOOOOOOOOOOOO!
dcm426 11 months ago
lindo video y excelente canción... anticipando la era de los robots
gatofelix1976 11 months ago
we need singers like in from this generation
thatdanny95 11 months ago
so what is that video about?
stallion0308 11 months ago
@stallion0308 It was actually a whole story. you would understand if you saw the concert.
He is a famous Rock Star who is sent to prison by a group called The Majority For Musical Morality. In jail, workers have been replaced by robots, and Kilroy escapes inside a robot costume (thus, Mr. Roboto). This song is about his escape from jail, and makes a statement about the dehumanizing of the working class.
taylorg9999 11 months ago
the 80's were the best :D
Johnny72192 1 year ago
It's like Barry Manilow goes Rock n Roll....When styx got this guy, I stopped listening to their music...looking back ..this song is so stupid.
valerysgirl 1 year ago
what the hell is the song about??
subatomichamster 1 year ago
@subatomichamster Some theater or so. The main character takes out on the robot guards of the prison and uses his shell to escape prison.
yet, there's another sublime meaning to this, wich i'll leave it up for you.
GPazosL 1 year ago
I want a halloween costume like mr roboto
sbslusher 1 year ago
kick ass song
oxfrod 1 year ago
im born in 1993
but i love
the 80rocks!!!!
axelm3n 1 year ago
@axelm3n
That's the spirit! Was born in '86, and I feel the same
bbenjoe 1 year ago
Best 80's song ever!
RowanAuraz 1 year ago
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One of the best 80's songz you can find!
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RowanAuraz 1 year ago
Really enjoyed sharing this with my 6 yr old son after watching Tron
cmm4288 1 year ago 2
Holy cow! This video is very disturbing. Still, this guy's voice is amazing.
The video reminds me of the movie 'Demon Seed,' really bizarre. How creepy is that mask?!?!
Great job linafnda!!! This was a nice video. I'm with machinawriter. MTV played this video?!?! Hard to believe considering how commercial MTV is.
PoliteTia 1 year ago 7
Wait...MtV used to play music? When the hell was this?
machinawriter 1 year ago 62
@machinawriter MTV used to stand for MusicTV
waterwet12 1 year ago
@machinawriter When Mtv stood for Mucic Television.
MarioAwSoMeNeSs321 8 months ago
@machinawriter the 1980's
left4dead162 5 months ago
@machinawriter this was back when the M in Mtv stood for music 70's to early 90's
walkupjoey 5 months ago
@machinawriter They still do -.-
andysixxshotchick29 4 months ago
@machinawriter back them when video killed the radio star in the 1981 and it ended in 2005 radio1 mtv 0
unitedsoviet2 4 months ago
c mint 2:07 =GOLD
GelandnaleG 1 year ago
i ment 3:07 =P
sora99222 1 year ago
3:37 for greatest part
sora99222 1 year ago
LOL here it is lol.
111Yamato 1 year ago
My favorite lines:
"I'm not a robot without emotions, I'm not what you seeee!! "
"I come to help you, with your problems, so we can be free!"
Charbok001 1 year ago 2
Sorry, guys. Leave the high concept prog stuff to Rush. Nice try, though.
archer1949 1 year ago
Best bit at 3:14
LiteracyLabyrinth 1 year ago 4
why is he beating up the robots?
masgunz101 1 year ago
domo's name is in this song
declaniscool200 1 year ago
Japan gave the U.S a song to humiliate themselves
masgunz101 1 year ago
San ton arxhgo apo tous fantastic 4 den einai???????
pantws einai ply Dark wave xaxaxaxaxaxaxaxxaxaxaa!!!!
MasterTefkros 1 year ago
Kill Roy! (gunshot)
Surfliner6908 1 year ago
the JEFFSTER.... ahahha jeff and lester... DOMO ARIGATO MR ROBOTO
IMaSsiiVe 1 year ago
so awsomeeeeeeeeeeeeee better than the rock we have right now with the exception of Green day and others.
Bayonettamachinekill 1 year ago
weno
andresadh 1 year ago
Doctor breen.
jajack33 1 year ago
this song is Stone in Drugs
Is like turning Japanese but with robots
PD : Why this song is soo contagious ?
Is like the Ducktales of rock ( well, more like the Ninja Trustles )
Slayerthecrow 1 year ago
i have parts on my body!!made in japan????
juanito507se 1 year ago
@juanito507se if u hadnt noticed..... the song is somewhat old school.... and also LOOK AT THE FUCKING ROBOT DUDE! It is Asain/ phillepeno soemwhat looking....... some what liek a a super tech robot..... From JAPAN dude.... seriously do you have no creativity lol :D ( Also i didnt mean to be racist) :(
DeathandLove112 1 year ago
@DeathandLove112 ....super tech robot...from cupertiono!? apple!? xD
TheIgroxHD 1 year ago
I heard this in a transformers cartoon hmmm hmm it really sounds like the 80's
grungerpunk17 1 year ago
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BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
damn, back then they thought they had to much technology. look at us now....
SassyBratSarahZ 1 year ago
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BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
@BBQFanNo1
fuck you, just fuck you.
UndeadComedy 1 year ago
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BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
@UndeadComedy Youre doing an poor unoriginal effort of being a George Carlin impersonator wannabe 17 year old kid,lol
BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
@BBQFanNo1 If you're claiming all this... WHY ARE YOU USING THE TECHNOLOGY? If you're so sure that technology is Satanic, quit using it.
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BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
This really should be remade by Daft Punk.
KingBurgermon 1 year ago 53
@KingBurgermon
bondageboi 1 year ago