On June 1, 2007, Thompson's body was discovered at around 10 p.m. Friday outside of an apartment complex in his native Waco, Texas. His body was found near an air-conditioning unit outside an East Waco apartment complex. Dr. Reade A. Quinton, a medical examiner at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas, determined that Thompson, 31, died from “toxic effects of chlorodifluoromethane,” or accidentally inhaling a toxic amount of Freon
1995 mrallenc79 u gotta be a bitch like that putting the nigga business out there if u aint got nothing good to say shut up,tony was very talented this a classic r.i.p tony thompson.
I miss him. I was born in 81 and Hi-Five and Jodeci was the first 'cd's that I owned. His voice his phenominal. Thinking back on Tony and even Kenny Greene -- seems almost like there is a price that comes with success/fame, given that they were both lead singers. In addition...I was reading up on Tony's death and the rumors were untrue of him dying of (related) "illegal" drug or alcohol overdose. He did have methadone in his system which is used for coping with withdrawal from heroine/drugs..
I am sad but at the same time I am glad I didn't make it into the music industry maybe if i did I would be where Tony is at today instead I am famous in my three kids and wife's eyes. and that is good enough me RIP Tony and all the others fame took.
Notice how the love interest is a round the way girl....very natural looking not vamped up with make-up and sexy clothes....thats not the way they do it these days!!
i was 14 too when this came out .. i almost know the whole song again listening to it once .. it brings back tons of memories .. that's what good music does RIP TONY
I remember this song, i use to play it out. I just found out that tony had passed. Just let me say thank you for shareing your talent with the world. I remember when tony use to sing with hi5. you will be missed T. RIP!
@Djblindness1 hell yeah, i was just surfing the net about him one day and found out what happened to him. he was very talented and had a voice like Usher and Neo!!
@Djblindness1 , it came natural to Tony, all those no jacks you named, need to show skin and cry in the mike! I might let Usher slide, but he needs to get back to Confessions, Usher and not she was no good for me and I got to cry about Usher! Peace to you all those that know Tony with or without Hi Five still shined!
Hello World! I tried to download Tony Thompsons Handle Our Business But youtube sucks. So follow the instructions on the video to get to the next one.
Nice jam however, I do not remember it. Tony was always cute and he was very handsome when he got older. He is so missed; that voice was just one of a kind.
@ttll81 aint nothing wrong with saying "cassette" in fact i had this tape too. it found it in my trunk some years later all messed up. thanks goodness for you tube and oher music download sites.. :)
@ttll81 Now that's what I'm talking about, a true fan from the old school. I had the tape also.. Is it safe to say your a Hi Five fan too? I hope so cause Tony used to do his thing with Hi Five...
This is so sad. He was so talented and yet strung out on drugs. All young artists should learn from his mistakes. It is not cool to get high. You see where Lil Wayne is right now.
Oh snap! I remember when this first came out in the summer of '95 and I used to bump this everytime it would come on the radio. There was a fine girl I had a crush on in school that I dreamed about singin' this to. Plus, I saw it once on "Video Soul" (y'all '70s and '80s babies know about "Video Soul"). I was a big fan of Tony Thompson since the Hi-Five days. It's a tragic shame that he went out like that and that he couldn't hold it together. RIP Tony.
This was the first R&B cassette tape that I EVER bought! along with ABC, Cooleyhighharmoney, and Mariah Carey first tape with vision of love and someday on it: I was like 7 or 8 at the time. GoshDarn
We were blessed with good mainstream music back then...nowadays its blah!
@radah25: I agree with you but this is the way of the ''New World'' sexualize and objectify the ''indigenous'' people and exploit them
Tony did all the vocals on hi-five album alot of people dont know that, the record company wanted a group the other guys didn't do shit but stand there and play their part
Goodbye Tony Thompson my new favorite friend i still wished i had got to meet you in person since my stepsister Lisa Marie Scott knew you and you two were best friends.
Those dimples. That voice. His voice reminds me alot of Ralph Tresvant and more recently Lloyd. Not overpowering but sweet like honey!! RIP Tony. You will never know how many people loved you!!!
On June 1, 2007, Thompson was found dead outside an East Waco apartment complex. An autopsy later revealed that Thompson, who had a history of "huffing", accidentally overdosed on freon
I did not know he passed away! But not only that his death was from huffing? Honestly, after reading about his death I'm at awe right now. I hate to see good people go like that. When I would hear this song it took me back to the summer of '95 when I was 16. Although he is gone, I will still continue to listen to this song and reminisce about not only that summer but about a talented man that I have grown to love since the days of Kissing Game. R.I.P.
Thank you Tony for such great music you have given us to always remember, may God bless your soul & give you peace RIP & thanks LikeNew09 for sharing this with us all.
He was inhaling fumes from an air conditioner and then he passed out. So many tragic ways to go, just never knew he would go like that. RlP Lil Tony..We'll see you again..Your family , your fans and those who knew you love you dearly.
I love this song back in the day, i'm 26 now and still remember the words!! Wish someone would upload his other video 'Handle Our Business' Thanks for the post :)
Tony vs. Tevin......who won?
Skinhitta 22 hours ago
He died huffing freon from an AC unit behind an apt complex. RIP.
aguilarfootball 2 days ago
i think his voice is just incredible. r.i.p boo
missladyy032 4 days ago
Love this song
Naecob143 6 days ago
I loved his voice so much. So sad that you're gone Tony.
bunny651 1 week ago
How did he die & when I grew Up in the 90s
MrKenton80 1 week ago
How did he die & when
MrKenton80 1 week ago
Where the hell I been I just read the tony had died. Wow I love his music RIP youngin!
MZHARRIS47YEARSNOW 1 week ago
this use to b my shit when i was young
msKC3306 1 week ago
likenew09 if u get to this comment i need a copy of this video n if u can help me out leave a comment also n i get bac at cha.
MoMoSoRoyal 2 weeks ago
Once again 2 tony Thompson haters !!!
meko794 1 month ago
I wanna love that this !!! My teenage years !!!
meko794 1 month ago
I used to jam to this song when I got my first apartment. I didn't have a tv, so I used to listen to this on my cd player all the time.
tuddabudda79 1 month ago
Love this song brings back memories
sweetgirlcutieable 1 month ago
Love this song.
savintafaithful 2 months ago
damn... i was born in the wrong era!! real RnB!!
maugaa 3 months ago 3
Good Lawd, this was my jam, R.I.P brotha
SHIEKLOOCH 3 months ago
RIP u d best
bextman 3 months ago
de wuevossssssssss
salesalmazanroberto 3 months ago
rip
TheFancy60 3 months ago
俺は最高に好きだぜ
august0824jp 4 months ago
I loved this guy. I think he shouldve stayed with the group.
YhwhKhai 5 months ago
R.I.P Buddy!! You left us some great musical memories!!!!!
billionkek 5 months ago 11
the cut
frankosley1 5 months ago in playlist DA BWOY TONY T!
I wore my cassette of this song out! Yes, cassette. I loved this song!
kayis2cute 5 months ago 2
just now discovering this song but i LOVE IT :)
Mscaryn 5 months ago
On June 1, 2007, Thompson's body was discovered at around 10 p.m. Friday outside of an apartment complex in his native Waco, Texas. His body was found near an air-conditioning unit outside an East Waco apartment complex. Dr. Reade A. Quinton, a medical examiner at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas, determined that Thompson, 31, died from “toxic effects of chlorodifluoromethane,” or accidentally inhaling a toxic amount of Freon
ImsoUhoez 5 months ago
Damn..HOW'D HE DIE?
UniqueMonique513 6 months ago
@UniqueMonique513 drug overdose apparently.
doneehoward 6 months ago
@doneehoward nah neveamind..I read different..I wikipeida him
UniqueMonique513 5 months ago
LOL tried to go off on his own didnt work LOL
BABOUSHKA21 6 months ago
Happy Birthday!! RIP....
toryb8200 6 months ago
SUUUUUPPPEEERRRRRRR THROWBACK!!! I♥THIS SONG THOUGH!! :0)
little4foota 6 months ago
So sad he's gone.
honorablecbm 6 months ago
Oh man I didn't know he passed
illahstrait1 6 months ago
This brings back memories
illahstrait1 6 months ago
My Shit back in summer 1995. I was 12 back then. Song was and still is fun to listen to.
StylistecS 7 months ago 2
brought so manay good memories growing up in South Africa in the 90's.RIP
lindile 7 months ago
always love dis jam
tawkischeap1 7 months ago
Girl, I belong with you!! love like that,,, hahha hear this song almost every day.
Darius9821 7 months ago
man this was my joint....LOL... If u aint rock'n to this check ya heartbeat, cuz u might be dead musically....
MrMack4545 7 months ago 4
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE !!!!!!!
TheSweetmarcella 7 months ago
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MrAllenc79 8 months ago
1995 mrallenc79 u gotta be a bitch like that putting the nigga business out there if u aint got nothing good to say shut up,tony was very talented this a classic r.i.p tony thompson.
Hardestrapperintheba 8 months ago
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MrAllenc79 8 months ago
Man I still jam his CD from time to time. There is nothing like this kind of music anymore R.I.P Tony u were one of a kind.
ironfisttokai 8 months ago
i swear to God for music to be this good should be a crime
JudeSantana 8 months ago
i still have his cd somewhere... RIP
surrealvoice 8 months ago
I miss him. I was born in 81 and Hi-Five and Jodeci was the first 'cd's that I owned. His voice his phenominal. Thinking back on Tony and even Kenny Greene -- seems almost like there is a price that comes with success/fame, given that they were both lead singers. In addition...I was reading up on Tony's death and the rumors were untrue of him dying of (related) "illegal" drug or alcohol overdose. He did have methadone in his system which is used for coping with withdrawal from heroine/drugs..
missninijade 10 months ago 2
Man me and my big sis loved this! Ordered it on the Box constantly!..lol!
Great memories
RIParaidse Tony!
DeannDmere 10 months ago 2
This album was overlooked, waht a great cd!
jwh1999 11 months ago 4
GUYS LISTEN TO HIS SEXATIONAL CD......GUYS LISTEN TO A HARD SIS...YAH KNOW WHA I MEAN...THIS CD WOULD MAKE ANY WOMAN MELT.
rosequeenBee 1 year ago
LOVED DIS VIDEO OLD SCHOOL
lynd95 1 year ago
OMG, this is my song!
naturalbeauty313 1 year ago
This joint doesnt have any dislike thats what I m talking about :)
msstrawberries02 1 year ago 5
Rude jam.
adrianwaj 1 year ago
RIP MY BROTHER MUCH TEXAS LOVE
MRSJGHOLSTON 1 year ago
Special performance by Treston Irby of Hi-Five
February 26th @ Nine Lounge in Queens, NY
Hit me up for details
DAMANISHERE 1 year ago
yooo where is the Tony Thompson Live performance of this song..it was on a year ago i think..its him a in a brownish jacket..please someone find it!
Rjjr510 1 year ago
RIP TONY we lost a real talent! This whole ablum was great!
lmben 1 year ago 2
I totally AGREE with Djblindness. I really enjoyed the music he made with Hi-Five and solo.
Skillzmama 1 year ago
It's really sad, because it was a wave that was sweeping that we were too young to realize - it's the same style as the Barrio Boyz, you know?
wkndchica 1 year ago
(RIP]
can you imagine if Tony were to have sung Lets Chill? damn wow
Troo44 1 year ago 2
I am sad but at the same time I am glad I didn't make it into the music industry maybe if i did I would be where Tony is at today instead I am famous in my three kids and wife's eyes. and that is good enough me RIP Tony and all the others fame took.
pabloe3838 1 year ago
Notice how the love interest is a round the way girl....very natural looking not vamped up with make-up and sexy clothes....thats not the way they do it these days!!
shirajai 1 year ago 2
I fell in love with tony in this video!!
shirajai 1 year ago
luv it!!
shirajai 1 year ago
Fame is a mother!!!! RIP Tony
tee90solo 1 year ago
i was 14 too when this came out .. i almost know the whole song again listening to it once .. it brings back tons of memories .. that's what good music does RIP TONY
LittlePrince1891 1 year ago
This kid was on his way to being a legend!! real talk!!
unctre 1 year ago
@LikeNew09 Youtube needs to pull up its socks. LOL!!! C'mon Youtube that's not swag.
MochaSkies 1 year ago
RIP Tony. This is TRUE R &B. They don't make artist like this anymore.
MrsJDupree 1 year ago 3
he was 20 in this video, he looks and sounds so young
mrjavon91 1 year ago 2
I remember the day this song came out! I've always loved this record. It has that easy, cool, fun 90's sound. RIP, Tony
TALLTWAN 1 year ago 2
I've always wanted to know who sang this song, another CLASSIC!!!
THIS IS OL'SCHOOL AT ITS FINEST, and whatever happend to this guy, and whats he doin now anybody know???
muntzman4sho 1 year ago
I remember this song, i use to play it out. I just found out that tony had passed. Just let me say thank you for shareing your talent with the world. I remember when tony use to sing with hi5. you will be missed T. RIP!
ninjawarrior41 1 year ago
THIS IS THE BEST SONG MAN! I miss him. May God bless his soul!
krissykristyle 1 year ago 2
U will never hear music like that anymore...i wish those artists like Tony can come back....smh
sugaberry27 1 year ago 2
@sugaberry27 You are so right. Remember when we thought these days were gonna be around forever?
reeleast 1 year ago 2
Thank you for the link to "Handle Our Business" That was my JAM, although my mom didn't want me watching the video back then. lol
SweetFeisty1 1 year ago
I remember when this song came out i was like maybe 14 or so and i wanted to sing this to a girl i liked, funny.
KMdog82 1 year ago
Love this song
jaymomrelly 1 year ago
Yeah this was a major airways hit back spring 1995!
sexcbull 1 year ago 4
i remember watching this for the first time on video soul :) miss you tony!!
mrsfthomas 1 year ago
I FORGOT he died :(
he had an AMAZING voice...loved him...his music lives forever!
VICTOYA 1 year ago 2
Gone way too soon! He could've competed with Usher, Chris Brown, Lloyd, Ray J, etc. Its not fair sometimes, but I will continue to play his music.
Djblindness1 1 year ago 23
@Djblindness1 hell yeah, i was just surfing the net about him one day and found out what happened to him. he was very talented and had a voice like Usher and Neo!!
1dbedfo 11 months ago
@Djblindness1 , it came natural to Tony, all those no jacks you named, need to show skin and cry in the mike! I might let Usher slide, but he needs to get back to Confessions, Usher and not she was no good for me and I got to cry about Usher! Peace to you all those that know Tony with or without Hi Five still shined!
LGKids 7 months ago
@Djblindness1 he died????
TIPFAN4Lyfe 4 months ago in playlist TIPFAN4Lyfe's favorites
this is one of my favorite old songs back in the days
marvouls229 1 year ago
tony thompson was the shyt no frontin with hi-five tooo well miss you toni thompson his grandparents live by me i spoke to them
future17kid 1 year ago
i keep listening to this over and over lol
90sike 1 year ago
very talented singer he'll be missed
Drezyful 1 year ago
Hello World! I tried to download Tony Thompsons Handle Our Business But youtube sucks. So follow the instructions on the video to get to the next one.
LikeNew09 1 year ago 2
@LikeNew09 Awesome...this was one of my fav slow jams of the mid 90s. The video is awesome.
djkrushinphx 1 year ago
Damn I was so in love with him! R.I.P baby.
msvybe916 1 year ago
r.i.p. tony
funimuni808 1 year ago
This was my jam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
619pinky 1 year ago
WHat a track!
I got this on 12" promo used to play it on Radio all the time back in the day
I neer knew he passed away until now
What happen?
panjab2000 1 year ago
Did he release a solo album or just a single?
rochella327 1 year ago
@rochella327 Yes. his album was called "Sexational" pretty good album but I relaay liked him better when he was with Hi-Five.
KrissyCo1 1 year ago 2
I love this song, but i never knew he sang it. He's truely missed. They don't make good music like this anymore. I miss the hell out of the 90's.
y2ketia2001 1 year ago
Nice jam however, I do not remember it. Tony was always cute and he was very handsome when he got older. He is so missed; that voice was just one of a kind.
rmbb10 1 year ago
Tony Thompson, one of the best voices in R&B. RIP, my brutha.
sistag1rl 1 year ago 2
I still have this song on cassette tape!! I love it. Yes i said cassette tape.LOL
ttll81 1 year ago 44
@ttll81 lol! CLLASSICCC!
newnewluv3 1 year ago
@ttll81 me too!!
shirajai 1 year ago
@ttll81 Me Too!!!!! This my sh*t
jalo2001 1 year ago
@ttll81 aint nothing wrong with saying "cassette" in fact i had this tape too. it found it in my trunk some years later all messed up. thanks goodness for you tube and oher music download sites.. :)
1dbedfo 11 months ago
@ttll81 WOW!!!!
mookie1123 10 months ago
@ttll81
me too and is was actually playing it the other day....CLASSIC!!
chemire11 8 months ago
@ttll81 Now that's what I'm talking about, a true fan from the old school. I had the tape also.. Is it safe to say your a Hi Five fan too? I hope so cause Tony used to do his thing with Hi Five...
freeshyne2003 6 months ago
@freeshyne2003 Yes!! I still love Hi Five!
ttll81 6 months ago
I remember this song he is so fine
myownwomen 1 year ago
I use to love this song.
cupid4040 1 year ago
dis why mad ppl jealous of Black People..we just got it goin on
MBS1995 1 year ago 2
RIP TT....
qwc1971 1 year ago
lots of memories
moyiegirlify 1 year ago
r.i.p. tony i love this song. can't find it anywhere not even on itunes.
30kitagreen 1 year ago
This is so sad. He was so talented and yet strung out on drugs. All young artists should learn from his mistakes. It is not cool to get high. You see where Lil Wayne is right now.
nospaces08 1 year ago 2
dis beat sound just like somethin 2pac would b on
CHENOTV 1 year ago
I remember the day this came out where I lived. i was the only one who knew who he was
Fidelis1776 1 year ago
great post..I used to luv dis song.R.I.P. Tony
yungworldz 1 year ago
damn i haven't heard this in years
dajizzal 1 year ago
DAMN I DID NOT KNOW THIS BRUTHA PASSED -- THATS A DAMN SHAME THIS SONG WAS A BEATER TOO -- RIP TONY
RamonLowe 1 year ago 2
ooohhhh i love this song i was really lookn forward 2them gettn back out there RIP Tony shout out 2my TEXAS artist
Patrice77498 1 year ago
Oh snap! I remember when this first came out in the summer of '95 and I used to bump this everytime it would come on the radio. There was a fine girl I had a crush on in school that I dreamed about singin' this to. Plus, I saw it once on "Video Soul" (y'all '70s and '80s babies know about "Video Soul"). I was a big fan of Tony Thompson since the Hi-Five days. It's a tragic shame that he went out like that and that he couldn't hold it together. RIP Tony.
QCongress83 1 year ago 3
R.I.P. Tony Thompson
I wanted to MARRY HIM!
This was the first R&B cassette tape that I EVER bought! along with ABC, Cooleyhighharmoney, and Mariah Carey first tape with vision of love and someday on it: I was like 7 or 8 at the time. GoshDarn
We were blessed with good mainstream music back then...nowadays its blah!
@radah25: I agree with you but this is the way of the ''New World'' sexualize and objectify the ''indigenous'' people and exploit them
espanola82 1 year ago
i was 15 when this song came out...
zUTARA4EVER98 1 year ago 2
@zUTARA4EVER98 so was I. Great times.
reeleast 1 year ago
wen dis song came out
alanball2 1 year ago 2
Damn I had forgotten about this song!!! This is one of those feel good, make you happy type of grooves! Go head Tony! and RIP!!
Msredhoney720 1 year ago
Funny how I remember all the words to this...still my jam. Think I was like 10 when this came out. Brings back good times to my mind...love it!
919NigGa 1 year ago 2
Tony did all the vocals on hi-five album alot of people dont know that, the record company wanted a group the other guys didn't do shit but stand there and play their part
bahanas301 1 year ago
Three years later and there is a still a void in the music business left by his passing. Tony's music was really an inspiration to me. RIP
songbirdmedia 1 year ago
I ALWAYS RAN MY BATTERIES OUT FALLIN ASLEEP LISTENING TO THIS SONG
LOVE HIS MUSIC
flocka10 1 year ago
rip to tp
god bless him
chamien2007 1 year ago
Goodbye Tony Thompson my new favorite friend i still wished i had got to meet you in person since my stepsister Lisa Marie Scott knew you and you two were best friends.
pcdfriend4life 1 year ago
I love this song... I want somebody to sing it to me!!
freecmg 1 year ago
I had no idea he passed away
dangerouslyloved16 1 year ago
i love Tony's dimples..... *sigh* R.I.P :(
Shamilton91 1 year ago
tony solo album was slept on RIP Tony
keonta81 1 year ago
@keonta81 that's for sure.
reeleast 1 year ago
IT's soo sad. He had soo much talent. And a handsome son. Hard to believe. I grew up on music like this. RIP Tony.
msnicki215 1 year ago
Had a crush on the girl in this video when I was like 15. She was in Montell Jordan's "Sumthing for the Honies" too. Wish I knew her name.
goodfellabeats 1 year ago
I love this song
lmgadson75 1 year ago
miss u playboy. u and ur music will live on. rest in peace my dude. see u again one day.
lastboyscout79 1 year ago
Damn. How did I miss that?? He died? And I missed hearing this song when it came out?? It is brililant!
VALlewellyn 1 year ago
Those dimples. That voice. His voice reminds me alot of Ralph Tresvant and more recently Lloyd. Not overpowering but sweet like honey!! RIP Tony. You will never know how many people loved you!!!
mabletonpeach 1 year ago
Shout to everybody that knows real R&B RIP Tony.
harlemworld139 1 year ago 2
RIP Tony
MsJJ1991 1 year ago
This is the shit !!!!!! I miss the music of the 90's. To those who missed it, you can't even imagine the fun we had.
lillouie1018 1 year ago 2
@lillouie1018 I feel 'ya on that. I know my kids will be hip to it though. Those times were priceless. And remember we never thought it would end.
reeleast 1 year ago
RIP
80Cecil 1 year ago
man my sophmore year i miss good artist like tony thompson sooo sad hes gone
noobthizz33 1 year ago
@noobthizz33 class of '98 in the building!!! That was me too.
reeleast 1 year ago
R.I.P. Tony!! da co miss u boy!!
MrTexasboy254 1 year ago
wow really nice voice to bad hes gone! i would have still liked to listen to you.
Bubbayum16 1 year ago
On June 1, 2007, Thompson was found dead outside an East Waco apartment complex. An autopsy later revealed that Thompson, who had a history of "huffing", accidentally overdosed on freon
lawnside82 1 year ago
@lawnside82
I did not know he passed away! But not only that his death was from huffing? Honestly, after reading about his death I'm at awe right now. I hate to see good people go like that. When I would hear this song it took me back to the summer of '95 when I was 16. Although he is gone, I will still continue to listen to this song and reminisce about not only that summer but about a talented man that I have grown to love since the days of Kissing Game. R.I.P.
marinetiger29 1 year ago 2
@marinetiger29 i remember this back in the summer of 95 too ...I had just finshed high school lol
antnee1980 1 year ago
Classic tune........................
quickturtle 1 year ago
This song is TOO BADD ! A classic forever.....
quickturtle 1 year ago
Thank you Tony for such great music you have given us to always remember, may God bless your soul & give you peace RIP & thanks LikeNew09 for sharing this with us all.
EgYpTzPrinCeSs 1 year ago 28
i miss you tony baby R N P
myralove83 2 years ago
ok wtf he has the exact same name as me wtf who is this impersinator
jedi1110 2 years ago
LMFAOOOOOOO he is not an impersonator..He just yo brother from another planet..Pay some respect though..he passed away..R.I.P Tony..We Miss U!
Prinay17 2 years ago
@Prinay17 LOL and Rip even though i dont know who u r must be before my time
jedi1110 1 year ago
i miss the good old days
Jinkez86 2 years ago
OMG, I had no idea that he died! How did it happen? This was one of my most favorite songs back in the day. They don't make music like this anymore.
sunrise242 2 years ago
He was inhaling fumes from an air conditioner and then he passed out. So many tragic ways to go, just never knew he would go like that. RlP Lil Tony..We'll see you again..Your family , your fans and those who knew you love you dearly.
Prinay17 2 years ago
YEa!!!! thank you!
palmmade4 2 years ago
I love this song. R.I.P. Tony Thompson!
MysticGoddess999 2 years ago
I love this song back in the day, i'm 26 now and still remember the words!! Wish someone would upload his other video 'Handle Our Business' Thanks for the post :)
MIMI232 2 years ago 5