@XbladeDragon That is all I was saying to you; don't go assuming things. Speaking the truth is not hateful nor funny even though at times it can be both. That's all I'm saying.
i grew up in a black neighborhood, and grew up in housing projects my whole life. Just because we're white doesn't mean we don't struggle, pinoytuner.
YESS!!!! <3 Puertorican agreeing with this! we all deal with this shit alot of the time , not just the blacks i got expelled from a school because of racism ...thats some shit its not just blacks we all the same in their eyes and that means welook like less
Mos Def truly changed my life with this song. I always got picked on by those fucking white boys because I looked different. He taught me that they were just threatened by me, that they were just afraid. He also taught me that we (non-whites) should unite against them...why?...because we all look the same to them. Remember this when you become "friends" with those fucking chickenshits or when you stand up for them.
@pinoytuner94 I understand but, your pretty much just doing to them what they've been doing to blacks. It's not right. Try to avoid them stay positive, be optimistic. :)
@pinoytuner94 man, don't stoop to the level of ignorant people, you have to rise above that. Hate just begets more hate. Think about how generalizations based on stereotypes have affected you. Do you really want to behave the same way and generalize an entire race as being racist based on the actions of a couple of idiots? This song does that, stereotyping all white people as bigots. I'm not saying that racism doesn't exist or that it's not a problem, but more racism isn't the answer.
@pinoytuner94 woooah wtf im white and definatly not racist my gf is from trinidad, and shes hindu. please realize tht most "fucking white boys" arent racist at all
I hate comments that start with "I'm insert color of skin but I" as though that really separates our tastes in music, it's 2011 can't we just be comfortable with ourselves enough to openly enjoy a genre of music? Hip Hop is a feeling and it just grabs you regardless of where you come from or what color you are... no disrespect to anyone. Just thought it needed to be said, Peace
I'm white and I understand this song. I don't even really listen to a lot of rap, but I like Mos Def. It is obvious that Mos Def is a socially enlightened individual. Although his music might seem shocking to a mainstream audience, attention to the lyrics show that he is a poet.
Seems like every white person who likes this song needs to make it known by commenting saying, "I'm white and I like this song". LOL But for real, there's no problem with white people liking the song...I just don't want them singing it in front of me lmao
@mohammedator It is time that the world recognize that before Europeans crossed any water, they enslaved their own kind, so all white people do not see eye to eye.
Based on today's sad events in Georgia, it is so relevant to hear these words. Still, I do not think we live in a post-racial society. RIP, Troy Davis.
At this point in the album, if you aren't ready to have common, outside the books knowledge kicked across your skull, just skip to "May-December". For your own safety.
i'm not black but i went to a school where it was a majority of black people i was treated like shit and i had to earn respect from the people around me, from fights to social situations, so believe me white people can experience racism
6 figures legit means to make a lot of money legally. 100,000 is a six figure number so apparently he's saying he makes AT LEAST 100,000 dollars legally but is still perceived in a negative manner.
Man , this one of the best albuns eva , no doubt about that , but actually when i go back and listen it again , never thought it could really make me so happy
"Showed her my boarding pass, and then she sorted gasped, all embarrassed put an extra lime on my water glass. An hour later here she comes by walkin past, I hate to be a pest but my son would love your autograph!"
One of illest rhymes, can't fuck with this flow still!
@MiketysonEatsKids: I never could understand why or how it is that darker people allow others to make them feel bad about their skin color. I am a light skin person and would kill to have been born with a browner complextion that lasts all year. I just think darker people are better looking then lighter people. I didn't say better but better looking. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. I see some dark ppl hold their heads down and i don't get why....so sad. Be proud of that color.
i dont relate to this exactly but when im playin ball with any black kids and do somethin flashy they always go damn that was good for a white kid im just like why cant it just be good for a person of any race
To stop racism we need people to stop living. Hate is an instinctive reaction to everything unknown. So we either need to start listening or stop living.
not all white people are racists. and not all white people are so ignorant as to think that racism does not exist. but to end racism, we must end race. we must stop seeing each other as white, black, latino, italian, christian, buddhist, muslim, etc and we must start looking at each others as HUMAN BEINGS. each with different skin but the same brain, same heart, same organs, same body structure, same goals in life that include freedom and happiness for he and his loved ones.
The best thing you can do is just ignore all of the racists and rise above them all. Yeah, I'm white, but I'm what you would call a "ginger". Instead of getting pissed at people who tell me I "have no soul" or call me firecrotch, I just go out there and show them that I'm superior anyway so they should shut their fucking mouth and get behind me.
Im white as they come, but I love this song. Because mr. nigga mentality isnt directed at me doesnt mean I dont experience it. Makes me sick how some people can be towards people who are different than them. Ive had peers tell me that they get nervous around black people. Thats fucked up.
@rsglitcherftw You may not need to be black to like the song, but being black helps you understand this at a painfully personal level. Though like Narcy said, "Iraq is the new Black". Since race isnt real, and color is hereditary in nature only, and this is from an educated Black man, "Black" is synonymous with Oppressed People, and once people stop supporting the Status Quo, we can all be on some All Black Everything. Shout out to everyone who calls me "Brother." And the woman who calls me Love
@nellzman IM WHITE I LOVE IT . you know how much i get harrased my friends alot i feel like this everyday soo i contemplate write and practice what i believe spesificly to me call me vein or watever im sorta not concerned my friend im not .. believe in yourself do what you do
also , im sick of playing assumption white could be my fuckin mood thumbs up .. cuz that is where the basis of meaning in conversation we embrace and part take this art of assumption suggestive shit
@nellzman I'm white. I love this song. Some black rappers are just racist towards white people, but Mos Def is intelligent about it. He makes a lot of valid points in this song. I think that people of all races should agree with what he's saying.
my dad refuses to watch the movie The Hitchhiker's Guide the the Galaxy because Mos Def plays a character that he did not imagine being a black man when he read the books.
I keep seeing illuminati on every hip hop video. Can none of ya do the homework? The illuminati were just enlightened thinkers of the 18th and 19th centuries.
If you like artists like Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, and Kanye West, I think you'll like my music too. Check out my new single "Serious" and tell me what you think, any feedback is appreciated. Its going to be on iTunes and Napster soon. I promise I don't disappoint.
He didn't fall off in my opinion. Rather than judge his next two albums for what they were, people expected Mos to match BOBS but that was impossible. I absolutely loved The Ecstatic but even it isn't as good as BOBS in my opinion. That's the gift and curse of producing such a good album early in your career. Subsequent works always get compared to it and all short.
Stop it. There's no "Illuminati curse". Mos experimented more on his second and third albums and that's partly why there weren't as successful as "Black On Both Sides".
@Ginga 1) I said ILLMATIC. Learn how to read. 2). Its a common syndrome that artists who have extrememely masterful first albums suffer from. Its a fact. Experiment or not, there was no way Mos was going to immediatly surpass BOBS
LOL So sorry man. I've seen the Illuminati stuff around on so many hip hop videos, I saw the first three letters and my eyes glazed over. You're very right. BOBS was just too good an effort for Mos to reproduce. He's still my favorite MC though.
@VINCEJisSONiCtheMC I didn't think "It Was Written" was inferior to Illmatic except that it it was not quite as groundbreaking. It was more polished and commercial, but the quality was still there.
even though I am not black, I can still relate to this song. I am indian (dark skin) and even though I am well educated, make 6 figures legit, I still get looked at like a peasant or a "nigga" when i go to the high end stores etc.
@MikeTysonEatsKids If only more people of color realized that. Not that a person should feel inferior, but that as people of COLOR we should be banning together instead of making the other feel less than. It really shouldn't be us against whites, but when it comes down to it, the elite are the ones running things creating issues, and they also happen to be white. Idk, it just would be nice if we as human beings could get along and treat each other equally while accepting our different cultures.
@hellokittycutie2003 I concur we should get along with each other because we are all essentially the same, the same form, both born and both die. The illusion that you are better based upon the colour of your skin or your material possessions is a poisonous illusion of the human mind.
@MikeTysonEatsKids Judging from what you just said, I wouldn't look at you like a peasant, but rather a materialistic snob - you didn't need to mention your "legit" salary in discussing race.
@MikeTysonEatsKids lol I am pretty sure if your not white you can relate to the song, and saying you get looked at like a peasant or a nigga seems some what like you use it in a bad way. The bottom line I think that africans understand is that white people don't just hate africans they hate colored people. Light or dark skin makes no difference unless your white skin. I think that the africans need to stop fighting like its tribal warfare and the indians need to put there nose down and unite.
@MikeTysonEatsKids same here, Im Australian (but a Greek/mogrol mix, no exact origin), and Im making a lot of money. I live in England and people look at me as a "paki" or a "nigger", which is so confusing.
WE are basically in the same boat as mos def, being successful despite what odds people give us off the mark
I'd rather be a Mr. Nigga, than a Sucka Nigga.
jarobiwan 2 weeks ago
Isn't this a tribe called quest song?
TomasStation 2 weeks ago
Check's with 000,000's ,
Trade all across the globe ,
Watch got 3 time zone's.
Mos is one of the best lyricists ever and his flow is incredible.
rdotgreenz 4 weeks ago
Fuck Obama! I'm voting for Mos Def!!!
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IngyMusic 1 month ago
REAL HIP HOP! MOOOOS DEF!
sunnisingh1 1 month ago
geez. does mos def hate white people?
XbladeDragon 1 month ago
@XbladeDragon WOW! Speaking the truth about the negativity you receive from another race makes you also hateful? Hmmm.
VictorRamonethefirst 3 weeks ago
@VictorRamonethefirst whats so hateful about that question, don't go assuming things.
XbladeDragon 1 week ago
@XbladeDragon That is all I was saying to you; don't go assuming things. Speaking the truth is not hateful nor funny even though at times it can be both. That's all I'm saying.
VictorRamonethefirst 1 week ago
@XbladeDragon Lol he's talking about everyday racism and you ask if he hates white people. Nigga please.
sondanielshah 1 week ago
@sondanielshah racisim transcends white people being dicks to black people
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sondanielshah 1 week ago
i grew up in a black neighborhood, and grew up in housing projects my whole life. Just because we're white doesn't mean we don't struggle, pinoytuner.
shiggidySHAKIN15 1 month ago
Is this a slight parody of sucka nigga by tribe called quest?
anaven27 2 months ago
@anaven27 no shit...qtip is even in it. and i wouldnt call it a parody, more like a continuation.
cozzy120 1 month ago
@anaven27 it's not parody, more of a homage.
DEFicitRhymes 3 weeks ago
it's actually from Black on Both Sides but sick track all the same
airdas 2 months ago
Great song!!! It kinda sounds like casino night zone in sonic which makes it even better!!!
betthis36 2 months ago
YESS!!!! <3 Puertorican agreeing with this! we all deal with this shit alot of the time , not just the blacks i got expelled from a school because of racism ...thats some shit its not just blacks we all the same in their eyes and that means welook like less
ThatMilkMan27 2 months ago
Mos Def truly changed my life with this song. I always got picked on by those fucking white boys because I looked different. He taught me that they were just threatened by me, that they were just afraid. He also taught me that we (non-whites) should unite against them...why?...because we all look the same to them. Remember this when you become "friends" with those fucking chickenshits or when you stand up for them.
pinoytuner94 3 months ago 4
@pinoytuner94 I understand but, your pretty much just doing to them what they've been doing to blacks. It's not right. Try to avoid them stay positive, be optimistic. :)
SetsunaOG 2 months ago
@pinoytuner94 I'm white, and yes, I agree with you, nobody should be picking on somebody for being different in any way.
LowRidazSD 2 months ago
@pinoytuner94 man, don't stoop to the level of ignorant people, you have to rise above that. Hate just begets more hate. Think about how generalizations based on stereotypes have affected you. Do you really want to behave the same way and generalize an entire race as being racist based on the actions of a couple of idiots? This song does that, stereotyping all white people as bigots. I'm not saying that racism doesn't exist or that it's not a problem, but more racism isn't the answer.
CharlesK1014 2 months ago 2
@pinoytuner94 woooah wtf im white and definatly not racist my gf is from trinidad, and shes hindu. please realize tht most "fucking white boys" arent racist at all
4lifeejuggalo 2 months ago
@4lifeejuggalo not all of them but some every one thinks different and those who are racist are who this is directed to
infenentehermosa7 1 month ago
yo front if you want that shit is sooo fucking true i get that shit everyday!!!!!!!
zug9mm 3 months ago
Can anybody guess how many times I've listened to this song without getting tired of it? No one? Me neither. About a thousand maybe? Haha
glaidska 3 months ago
this album is AWESOME.
ekimusman2 3 months ago
this song is legit as fuck
r0b0tj0n3s 3 months ago
I hate comments that start with "I'm insert color of skin but I" as though that really separates our tastes in music, it's 2011 can't we just be comfortable with ourselves enough to openly enjoy a genre of music? Hip Hop is a feeling and it just grabs you regardless of where you come from or what color you are... no disrespect to anyone. Just thought it needed to be said, Peace
HaoleJames 4 months ago 6
reminds me of sucka nigga by tribe
samy244 4 months ago
I'm green with a pink afro and I love this song!
michal23pl 4 months ago 18
This is Fresh!!!
2000everett4 4 months ago
@2000everett4 dont you know his fresh just gets fresher
jujukdw 3 months ago
Mos Def is so underrated
JaeTee5991 4 months ago
I'm white and I understand this song. I don't even really listen to a lot of rap, but I like Mos Def. It is obvious that Mos Def is a socially enlightened individual. Although his music might seem shocking to a mainstream audience, attention to the lyrics show that he is a poet.
spookmonster52 4 months ago 2
@spookmonster52 I'm just happy whenever I hear anything that isn't auto-tuned.
spookmonster52 4 months ago
Seems like every white person who likes this song needs to make it known by commenting saying, "I'm white and I like this song". LOL But for real, there's no problem with white people liking the song...I just don't want them singing it in front of me lmao
mohammedator 5 months ago 6
@mohammedator took the words right of my mouth, well said, thank you!
und3rc0v3rbr0ther 4 months ago
@mohammedator :))))))
JohannaBuc 4 months ago
@mohammedator It is time that the world recognize that before Europeans crossed any water, they enslaved their own kind, so all white people do not see eye to eye.
VictorRamonethefirst 3 weeks ago
what earth wind and fire song is mos singing in the beginning ???
TheSYDTASTiCone 5 months ago
@TheSYDTASTiCone Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess feat (earth wind and fire)
NTCreativePartners 5 months ago
@TheSYDTASTiCone SunGoddess
oneluv72 4 months ago
Based on today's sad events in Georgia, it is so relevant to hear these words. Still, I do not think we live in a post-racial society. RIP, Troy Davis.
avinny09 5 months ago
this song is definitely dope!
Tstew94 5 months ago
16 now. xD
mrjswift 5 months ago
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NY1love 5 months ago
i like this song im white
bassjunkie420666187 6 months ago
@bassjunkie420666187 Congratulations.
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julianhuonline 6 months ago
i typed in mr.nigga cuz it sounded funny xD
mrgrapejuice1 6 months ago
this was on black on both sides right???
SxeBenji181 6 months ago 3
@SxeBenji181 yup
webec123 5 months ago
@webec123 he put the new danger in the description lol i thought i had it wrong on my ipod for a second xD
SxeBenji181 5 months ago
16 people thing nigga is a racial slur
RaverGuy2009 6 months ago
@RaverGuy2009 it still is
Bisharoeli 6 months ago
At this point in the album, if you aren't ready to have common, outside the books knowledge kicked across your skull, just skip to "May-December". For your own safety.
rayallen0 6 months ago 2
President Obama, Rock this shit at the next press conference.....please.
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napalmocean 1 month ago
@mrmarzan7 fuck obama
TheSlyfucker 2 weeks ago
I guarantee that 3/5 of white people don't understand this song. Kudos to the rest.
VictorRamonethefirst 6 months ago
@VictorRamonethefirst Haha, the old 3/5's law.
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it's really not that hard to understand...
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VictorRamonethefirst 6 months ago
I am white so I don't get this song.
cerealboxable 7 months ago
I love how this video gets people from all different backgrounds relating to eachother in the comments. I'm white but I think this song is amazing!
Robby223545 7 months ago
@Robby223545 me too im white and i love this song
gunot5827 6 months ago 3
Amazing. Such a clear and powerful message.
Josephjoel3 7 months ago
This song got dented right when Casey Anthony got acquitted. Black or white though, I know how that feels.
daavpuke 7 months ago
Im proud to be a black, proud to be a human, but im not proud of the ignorant niggers in our race(: (make sure you know what a nigger is people).
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@TheseNiggasTrippin a lot of people don't know the difference between NIGGER and NIGGA smh
StephenActionn 7 months ago
i'm not black but i went to a school where it was a majority of black people i was treated like shit and i had to earn respect from the people around me, from fights to social situations, so believe me white people can experience racism
canadianmoosekiller 7 months ago
@canadianmoosekiller shut the fuck up
nattynativekid17 7 months ago
I'm absolutely white... This song and ATCQ's version are both incredible songs:)
OPpirate25 7 months ago
@madhav110
6 figures legit means to make a lot of money legally. 100,000 is a six figure number so apparently he's saying he makes AT LEAST 100,000 dollars legally but is still perceived in a negative manner.
DivinelyMochaDipped 8 months ago
@madhav110 make six figures as in 300,000 or something but legally
YungTragTV 8 months ago
Only 80,000 views for the Mighty Mos? WTF
keysib 8 months ago
Man , this one of the best albuns eva , no doubt about that , but actually when i go back and listen it again , never thought it could really make me so happy
notchone1 9 months ago
I put this on facebook ;)
DefinitelyDD 9 months ago
the flo of this song is nice
Poncho4224 9 months ago
Gil Scott Heron baby...
dutchdude1985 9 months ago 2
@dutchdude1985 best poet ever
streetball102 9 months ago
really? the new danger? it's black on both sides. i forgive u
MCJay2daSun 9 months ago
what an amazing sample. rip
iMixMaSteR1 9 months ago
RIP Gil Scott Heron.
rssej 9 months ago 19
"Showed her my boarding pass, and then she sorted gasped, all embarrassed put an extra lime on my water glass. An hour later here she comes by walkin past, I hate to be a pest but my son would love your autograph!"
One of illest rhymes, can't fuck with this flow still!
RVCA91 9 months ago 5
HOTDAMN! This made my day!
bondsmoka 9 months ago
@MiketysonEatsKids: I never could understand why or how it is that darker people allow others to make them feel bad about their skin color. I am a light skin person and would kill to have been born with a browner complextion that lasts all year. I just think darker people are better looking then lighter people. I didn't say better but better looking. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. I see some dark ppl hold their heads down and i don't get why....so sad. Be proud of that color.
READY4REVELATION 9 months ago
All who listen to this song know real music even if they may have disliked it.
Ifeanyi32 9 months ago
they say they want you successful, but then they make it stressful, you start keeping pace, they start changin' up the tempo...
been there... experienced THAT... :(
shamarone 9 months ago
you see a lot of brothas caked up, yo straight up, IT'S NEW...! YA'LL LIVIN' OFF OF SLAVE TRADER'S PAPER...!
one of the most profound lyrics a rapper ever did speak...
shamarone 9 months ago
he should make a new version of this and speak on Michael Vick vs. Big Ben.
Nigga nigga!!!!!!
DoomCity202 9 months ago
i dont relate to this exactly but when im playin ball with any black kids and do somethin flashy they always go damn that was good for a white kid im just like why cant it just be good for a person of any race
ThatsWhatSheedSaid 10 months ago
A fresh whip for my whole family to ride in.
And if I'm still Mr. Nigga, I won't find it surprising.
I Love He Ended It With That.
Jamal249999 10 months ago 2
im white and i like more black people than my race...
dAiLER16 10 months ago
This shit came out when I was 16 I thought it was a tight song back then when I was sleep ha but it hits home at 28 since I've seen some stuff.
Half80sHalf90s 10 months ago
yo i dig this shit
10qaws 10 months ago
i have all your albums mr nigger ahahahaha
Usc777 11 months ago
To stop racism we need people to stop living. Hate is an instinctive reaction to everything unknown. So we either need to start listening or stop living.
Hamaia 11 months ago
Who is the cat with the hundred $ bill? Mr. Nigga, nigga nigga, he got the speakers in the trunk with the bass on crunk
adigangsta 11 months ago
not all white people are racists. and not all white people are so ignorant as to think that racism does not exist. but to end racism, we must end race. we must stop seeing each other as white, black, latino, italian, christian, buddhist, muslim, etc and we must start looking at each others as HUMAN BEINGS. each with different skin but the same brain, same heart, same organs, same body structure, same goals in life that include freedom and happiness for he and his loved ones.
jeffmangumisgood 11 months ago 4
The best thing you can do is just ignore all of the racists and rise above them all. Yeah, I'm white, but I'm what you would call a "ginger". Instead of getting pissed at people who tell me I "have no soul" or call me firecrotch, I just go out there and show them that I'm superior anyway so they should shut their fucking mouth and get behind me.
PsychoNinjaFreak 11 months ago
wrong album in description
420HAVEFUN 11 months ago 4
Im white as they come, but I love this song. Because mr. nigga mentality isnt directed at me doesnt mean I dont experience it. Makes me sick how some people can be towards people who are different than them. Ive had peers tell me that they get nervous around black people. Thats fucked up.
And yeah, I crank the bass.
hurdl3thed34d 11 months ago
NIGGAS WATCH MY VIDEO PLEAAASSSEEEE /watch?v=i8Jzjug6WRo
Bitzhesandtrees 11 months ago
we need to stop the mr. nigga mentality in other races of people.
0a170 11 months ago
"America's five centuries deep in cotton money" word.
xjtbarnesx 11 months ago
8 people baked you a cake
AirsoftPlayersUnited 1 year ago 2
too bad this kind of rap is a dying breed, best shit evar
TravisWasntAvailable 1 year ago
@TravisWasntAvailable It only dies if we lose faith
TravisWasntAvailable 11 months ago
happy i bought this album cmon man give the guy 10 bucks
PureXlethal101 1 year ago
you dont needa be black to like this. you just need to get the message and appreciate the thought
rsglitcherftw 1 year ago 4
@rsglitcherftw You may not need to be black to like the song, but being black helps you understand this at a painfully personal level. Though like Narcy said, "Iraq is the new Black". Since race isnt real, and color is hereditary in nature only, and this is from an educated Black man, "Black" is synonymous with Oppressed People, and once people stop supporting the Status Quo, we can all be on some All Black Everything. Shout out to everyone who calls me "Brother." And the woman who calls me Love
mkadoza 11 months ago 8
@mkadoza DOPE and BEAUTIFUL bundled in one! Preach that shit!!!
hellokittycutie2003 11 months ago
"woooooow"
Suburbannite 1 year ago
@dokisaque34 This song is from Black On Both Sides. Not New Danger.
sedcdf 1 year ago
7 ppl scared to play this song in front of white ppl.
nellzman 1 year ago 58
@nellzman HAHAH. Real talk.
BrotherChimaobi 11 months ago
@nellzman I'm white hahahaha still good shit
RaverGuy2009 10 months ago 2
@nellzman lol
MalikAsSixSix 10 months ago
@nellzman I do it and I live n Ga...I wish a muthafucka would try me on sum KKK shit
cherrychris07 9 months ago
@nellzman IM WHITE I LOVE IT . you know how much i get harrased my friends alot i feel like this everyday soo i contemplate write and practice what i believe spesificly to me call me vein or watever im sorta not concerned my friend im not .. believe in yourself do what you do
10qaws 7 months ago
also , im sick of playing assumption white could be my fuckin mood thumbs up .. cuz that is where the basis of meaning in conversation we embrace and part take this art of assumption suggestive shit
10qaws 7 months ago
@nellzman I'm white. I love this song. Some black rappers are just racist towards white people, but Mos Def is intelligent about it. He makes a lot of valid points in this song. I think that people of all races should agree with what he's saying.
blablablabla691 6 months ago 5
@blablablabla691 yeah but i think you couldn't bring out a song like that in 2011
TrueSoldierJay 5 months ago
@TrueSoldierJay thats cause it didn't come out in 2011...it came out in 1999. :-P
msEpiphany24 5 months ago
@nellzman shit im white :l Lol but dis my favorite mos def album its so real...
SxeBenji181 6 months ago
@nellzman il bump this dog in front of black ppl and I'm white haha good rap is good rap!
Tstew94 5 months ago
I love Abstract in the background on the hook.
nellzman 1 year ago 3
@nellzman Q-Tip my nig, q-tip! :D
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Supermetallica01 1 year ago
my dad refuses to watch the movie The Hitchhiker's Guide the the Galaxy because Mos Def plays a character that he did not imagine being a black man when he read the books.
y0utUBeH8r 1 year ago
@y0utUBeH8r Well don't tell him about the upcoming movie Thor. He might kill himself.
Sham365 1 year ago
@y0utUBeH8r i saw the film before i read the book and now i cant imagine him as anyone else
barryshitpeas100 1 year ago
I keep seeing illuminati on every hip hop video. Can none of ya do the homework? The illuminati were just enlightened thinkers of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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VINCEJisSONiCtheMC 1 year ago
Black on Both sides muthafucka!! yeah that album kills. after that, most definetly fell off
nemesis700 1 year ago
@nemesis700
He didn't fall off in my opinion. Rather than judge his next two albums for what they were, people expected Mos to match BOBS but that was impossible. I absolutely loved The Ecstatic but even it isn't as good as BOBS in my opinion. That's the gift and curse of producing such a good album early in your career. Subsequent works always get compared to it and all short.
Ginga 1 year ago
@Ginga The Illmatic curse...
VINCEJisSONiCtheMC 1 year ago
@VINCEJisSONiCtheMC
Stop it. There's no "Illuminati curse". Mos experimented more on his second and third albums and that's partly why there weren't as successful as "Black On Both Sides".
Ginga 1 year ago
@Ginga 1) I said ILLMATIC. Learn how to read. 2). Its a common syndrome that artists who have extrememely masterful first albums suffer from. Its a fact. Experiment or not, there was no way Mos was going to immediatly surpass BOBS
VINCEJisSONiCtheMC 1 year ago
@VINCEJisSONiCtheMC
LOL So sorry man. I've seen the Illuminati stuff around on so many hip hop videos, I saw the first three letters and my eyes glazed over. You're very right. BOBS was just too good an effort for Mos to reproduce. He's still my favorite MC though.
Ginga 1 year ago
@Ginga Lol its ok man, i see that illuminati bull all over the place too, so i understand. Yea, mos remains my favorite too.
VINCEJisSONiCtheMC 1 year ago
@VINCEJisSONiCtheMC I didn't think "It Was Written" was inferior to Illmatic except that it it was not quite as groundbreaking. It was more polished and commercial, but the quality was still there.
heyalun 1 year ago
SUCKS BALLS!!!!
marzhall97 1 year ago
THEY ALL LOVE BLACK COCK
OrgazmicStroke 1 year ago
even though I am not black, I can still relate to this song. I am indian (dark skin) and even though I am well educated, make 6 figures legit, I still get looked at like a peasant or a "nigga" when i go to the high end stores etc.
MikeTysonEatsKids 1 year ago 59
@MikeTysonEatsKids it's about minorities in general
notmepoopoo 1 year ago
@notmepoopoo
yeah i know.I feel it hard cause i am dark sin and when i walk in with a white woman you should see the looks i get!
MikeTysonEatsKids 1 year ago
@MikeTysonEatsKids If only more people of color realized that. Not that a person should feel inferior, but that as people of COLOR we should be banning together instead of making the other feel less than. It really shouldn't be us against whites, but when it comes down to it, the elite are the ones running things creating issues, and they also happen to be white. Idk, it just would be nice if we as human beings could get along and treat each other equally while accepting our different cultures.
hellokittycutie2003 11 months ago
@hellokittycutie2003 I concur we should get along with each other because we are all essentially the same, the same form, both born and both die. The illusion that you are better based upon the colour of your skin or your material possessions is a poisonous illusion of the human mind.
Peaceoo8 10 months ago
@MikeTysonEatsKids You should probably have a wash.
sydneymassive 10 months ago
@MikeTysonEatsKids Judging from what you just said, I wouldn't look at you like a peasant, but rather a materialistic snob - you didn't need to mention your "legit" salary in discussing race.
shakebreakbounce 10 months ago
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RahJiggah 9 months ago
@MikeTysonEatsKids dont trip off that shit ...its just mind game
the clerk is on commission waiting for checks every other friday to pay bills
like the growing majority in this world and have no stock in the companies.
dont let ANY mothafucka make you think you're any less than what you are.
Once you understand what shit is you learn how to deal with it.
Mind Games.
DoomCity202 9 months ago
@MikeTysonEatsKids yeah man basically any1 that's not poor and white get this treatment
MCJay2daSun 9 months ago
@MikeTysonEatsKids lol I am pretty sure if your not white you can relate to the song, and saying you get looked at like a peasant or a nigga seems some what like you use it in a bad way. The bottom line I think that africans understand is that white people don't just hate africans they hate colored people. Light or dark skin makes no difference unless your white skin. I think that the africans need to stop fighting like its tribal warfare and the indians need to put there nose down and unite.
megamanthehitman 8 months ago
@MikeTysonEatsKids same here, Im Australian (but a Greek/mogrol mix, no exact origin), and Im making a lot of money. I live in England and people look at me as a "paki" or a "nigger", which is so confusing.
WE are basically in the same boat as mos def, being successful despite what odds people give us off the mark
convictPKlol 7 months ago in playlist sgseg
@MikeTysonEatsKids well educated, wealthy Indian who listens to Mos Def?....thats what's up.
somuchmusic17 7 months ago
hahahahahahahahah eeeeeee so ur willing to suck a dick f sum1 else did??? hahahaha eeeeee always knew wer a lover of the cock!
19cjw88 1 year ago
i love this song, it one of the best
angeldeamer57 1 year ago
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GOD DAMN NIGGERS
TheButtholemassacre 1 year ago
Mr. Nigga... Nigga Nigga
MrRyer56 1 year ago
what he is sayin is so true!
MegaMytube09 1 year ago 3
NIGGER FACE
qwerty5997 1 year ago
4:20 Why? Why is there an advertisement?
dbreevo1 1 year ago
Damn I really want to have a conversation with Mos D, badly.
MrDotTv 1 year ago
@MrDotTv
So do I. There is so much more to the guy than his music.
Ginga 1 year ago