Michael Franti and Spearhead- Light up Ya' Lighter

[MamaWebb22]

The NWO wants all of us dead! Please, good troops, don't do their dirty work for them! You are NOT fighting to protect America...you are fighting to protect the central bankers' interests. Come home, and tell the truth about the horror you saw. People need to know. Two time Medal of Honor awardee General Smedley Butler said it best: "WAR IS A RACKET." Go read his book by that title....it will change your life.

[alw56]

I'm a Marine vet. CCR, Doors, and the Rolling Stones were all Iconic sounds for the Vietnam war. Granada, Panama, and countless others including Iraq Vets didn't get their own song. I vote this to be one of the greats! Love ya Franti

[takamine206]

about to hit 100,000 bro! good on ya

[njfabio1]

That's a lie. WE killed that son of a bitch.

[mayawegerif]

Does he still perform?? I want to see him!!

[bo12au]

But WE did know where he was.

[rhcp09876]

favorite line: "why do veterans get no respect, PTSD and a broken back". Im a combat medic in the US Army whos been back from afghanistan for 3 months and its taken an arrest and constant hard drug abuse for me to finally get the attention of the army and get the help i need. Its despicable how the govt sends kids not even old enough to drink to go do their dirty work and then tosses us aside like trash when weve served their purpose.

[keokirhodes]

Real peace is acquirable within our life time, end all wars including the prohibition, keep more of our paychecks, and real justice for ALL~~ Vote for Ron Paul 2012~~~

[expeditionireland]

fuck! you think your doing well at biking and then well your not, go forth and adventure! have a good year folks

[cirrusminorusa]

There is only one candidate who would get us to STOP DROPPING BOMBS! Only one man who would bring our troops home- not just from Iraq, but Afghanastan and the other 130 countries we have military bases in (over 900 foreign military bases!)! Please, whaterer party you identify with- if you want PEACE and you want us to END ALL OUR WARS, and avoid new ones, then you owe it to our children to look up Ron Paul! Please- I want my son to grow up to be ANYTHING other than a soldier.....

[TheRagingFoxhound]

This man puts it better than anyone else. No matter what side you identify with. This is TRUTH. Tell me, please do, what is not right with this message? I understand that extreme Islam is violent and dangerous, but is still does not need to be the way it is. Get the fuck out,

PEACE.

[LordoftheElderScroll]

No body knows where Osama Bin...oh wait a second

[continuity570]

simple living saves lives ....

[mzeeriebella]

Only join the militia in a government you believe in!! We all are held accountable for what we do!!!!!!!!!

[TheRagingFoxhound]

@mzeeriebella We are. But many soldiers realize they are doing something they did not sign up for. Many young men are manipulated into enlisting. They are promised something that is far from the truth. Just as this song illustrates.

[mzeeriebella]

@TheRagingFoxhound It is truly sad.

[TheRagingFoxhound]

@mzeeriebella Yes it is. I plan on enlisting soon myself. It is not because of propaganda though. It is for a few reasons. It is for my own benefit and so much more. It is to stand with my brothers and sisters in bullshit. If anything, this is why one should enlist. Not because of a "war on terror," but to stand with those already there.

[Capy1121]

nobody know's where's osama bin hidin :P old but surly top song :)

[Junior7500Jg]

fucking best ever

[roxyclover69]

Wow!!!!! This is a great song! I wish I'd have heard it sooner. Good stuff. More people need to raise their voices. If enough people stand up and say they are want change, then we will get change.

[tuobniklat]

Solidarity.

[captainhappyhowdy]

i heart you smoketty j!!

[ClanPOTx]

Ima gettin its a deadly day.

[ererr11]

@ClanPOTx I think its supposed to be Armageddon

[SmokettyJ]

Damn straight captain! Franti in Humboldt County! Smoke Weed! Convert republicans!

[captainhappyhowdy]

All his music is amazing, I'm so excited to see Franti this friday!!!! :D

[mzjenna100]

Sorry replay button.. didn't mean to hit you so many times.

[2773gogo]

kevvvlar vest

[svenie42]

@jammdawg maybe you should have researched more what you signed up for.

[ronthewave]

this song make me the want of ride a bike !!!!! so coool

[jammdawg]

maybe like me, who signed up to pay for school, and maybe do emergency work, and promptly got sent to Irag to fight to keep your gas prices jacked up. Yeah, I signed up for that. they don't send active duty, who actually did sign up for that; they send the "expendable" nat. guard guys for the dying shit.

[MELVINELY01]

@jammdawg Soooo True. I was active and I always felt for the expendables. 4 years from 2000 to 2004 and not once deployed (not to say i wouldn't have gone in a second) I knew what I signed up for. I tell every young person wanting to go reserves the same thing. "Do yourself a favor and go Active Duty", You might just live longer. Besides, Franti's right, We have no buisness fighting a fight thats not our own. PEACE!

[rhcp09876]

@jammdawg how do you figure they dont send active duty? i got out of bct and ait at the very end of oct 2010 and i was in afghanistan with 10th mtn new years eve 2010, its luck of the draw and some of us just get fucked worse than others

[7ilovefrogs]

just like bob marley i believe he is a prophet speaking and spreading the word

[RHoles1]

@7ilovefrogs hello ignorance, nice to meet you

[sk8er716]

i herd this in follow me and i thot it went great with tht segment

[xwagner76]

Brilliant song.

[Pizuzuzimmer]

Slightly less dismal as a reggae singer than as a rapper, but only slightly so.

Politics are not enough to make music, my friend. A little talent is needed too.

[skr3amsheeba]

were only in iraq to get heroin and make roxys to kill the idiots in america who go get the prescription for that stupid bull shit but wat r we to do...riot?? but that prolly wont do shit fuck r government we need to change shit but it wont happen in our lifetime shits corrupt as fuck

[h4x0rman1]

@skr3amsheeba That's the kind of thinking that will keep shit from happening.

[skr3amsheeba]

@h4x0rman1 wat do we do to make shit happen is the question???

[flaggrancher]

love his songs but we need war, thats what makes the world. just watch world war 2 in HD. And You will see what other countries are teaching their own. america is the only military that approaches war in a humane way.

[CustomCloneDB]

@flaggrancher Are you serious?! Please tell me you are kidding, please.

[h4x0rman1]

@flaggrancher War isn't humane that kind of logic is stupid just because we're not brutal killers doesn't make senseless bloodshed right

[thor103]

@flaggrancher i think you r wrong dude

From Germany!!!

[jeremypr]

Stroyernation - it's pointless to justify a lyricists lyrics. At that moment in time his lyrics were true and meaningful, no need to justify my friend. Peace and Love strong.

[machoman8401]

thumbs up if you know where Osama is hidin ;)

[kimbygatjens]

la amo :)

[goldphishie]

support our troops. Not the war.

[electricrockr]

1:59 WRONG!

[CustomCloneDB]

@electricrockr I'm just hoping you know that this song was made a LONG time ago, quite a few years ago actually.

[Eisonhawk]

the voice is strict shhh

[diduhear]

the Vietnam verse kills

[clemson3083]

osama bin hiddin was killed

[idioXide123]

Osama's dead now, thanks to our fighters, thank you US Navy SEALs!!! SPECWAR all the way!!! Support our troops and stop complaining about wars!

[diduhear]

@idioXide123 support our troops and keep complaining about wars

[F0xRafaDH]

Osama Bin Hidden, Are death!!!!!

[jjdino24]

all war is, is the global elite that run this entire world playing their version of chess.... just a big game at our expense

[bmparatrooper]

A song for losers and hippies!

[jjdino24]

@bmparatrooper well we know your not a hippie... and ur still hear listenin to it and commentin.... u do the math

[scrumpoxjnr]

@bmparatrooper are you completely retarded or just 90%?

[bmparatrooper]

@scrumpoxjnr my name is Brett Perry, I live at 206 Dover Ave, La Grange, Illinois. Come say that to my face.

[scrumpoxjnr]

@bmparatrooper This song is for losers and hippies? You clearly don't have the ability to appreciate good music and analyse a song well enough to uncover the meaning and message.

[jungedu0undich]

steffen wolf ich liebe dich

[jungedu0undich]

steffen ich liebe dich

[ChaoticDawnLegionTea]

do we realy never miss a shot?

[nietzschealeatorio]

classico

posted in my face book] thx very much

[FatalSlaughter]

The military doesn't wear kevlar vests, lol.

[JulieStreet91]

Hey lovely peeps - if you have had enough of this shit called money, war and corruption, go and watch Zeitgeist and join the movement! The revolution is now!

Thanks

[GermanYankeeFan1]

i love it :D!!!

[Psikonort]

Tripple X Celent, love it.

[lionstar111]

It's all about greed, money...yes, lies told to continue to support the military industrial complex...to all you military guys/gals... I love you...but you are used in the old mans games...

[offmynutz9000]

Fuck Obama He lied about pulling us out of Iraq and left us in the war on terror and wont cut back unnecessary military spending like the tens of thousands of troops in Europe and Asia for no reason...american needs to stop the world controlling mentality i mean seriously FUCK Iraq and Afghanistan those Arabs wont stop radicalizing.

[Psikonort]

@offmynutz9000 Is right!

[willbrownrally]

fuck war, fuck yea mtb

[cobrajett]

DH

[Ellinoob]

Everyone is saying "Follow Me" because there all into mountainbiking.... as they used this song for the Slopestyle/DJ Part in the movie.

[streetsurf194]

@Ellinoob Thanks :)

[motabikeboy]

@Ellinoob

And the song fits in so bloody well with the movie.

[LifeLibertyLove]

@Ellinoob Follow me.

[Ellinoob]

Everyone is saying "Follow Me" because there all into mountainbiking.... as they used this song for the Slopestyle/DJ Part in the movie

[Ellinoob]

Everyone is saying "Follow Me" because there all into mountainbiking.... as they used this song for the Slopestyle/DJ Part in the movie

[robthacop]

Follow ME 2010!!!!

[streetsurf194]

@robthacop Hey, you and manny others keep saying "Follow Me" on videos with this song. Can you explain or send a link to what it is? :) tnx

[robthacop]

@streetsurf194 : Just like Ellinoob said..!!!

[streetsurf194]

@robthacop Thanks mate!

[redlegs520]

What is follwo me? link?

[serialrider85]

FOLLOW ME !!!!!!

[XPurplePancakesX]

@FerrariF40freak i think ive rode there about 15-20 times so yea have you?

[HellsAngelsofNC]

Lol,limewire or itunes,for 1,limewire is no more,and there is a MUCH easier way,vidtomp3.com.check it out yaaallllllll.

[nikoskabbadias]

@HellsAngelsofNC Frostwire is more. Downloading sound from Youtube should be the last resort. The sound quality isnt always the best.

[benpoulden]

dman good song. esspecial to skate too

[nazved69]

pot is good i juggle pot every day lol

[XPurplePancakesX]

@FerrariF40freak its a freeride bike but its a 2010 scott voltage fr

[bleedBL]

soooo much better than the new album.

[XPurplePancakesX]

@FerrariF40freak so true my buddy just sent me the name thats how i got here lol and i down hill wbu

[jakotroll]

Follow Me :D

[BlkMk3]

Follow Me!

[takamine206]

@BlkMk3 BLOOOOOODY OATH

[shneargin101]

@BlkMk3 that was and AMAZING movies!! brad, your yard is fucking SICK!! ;) aha

[shneargin101]

@BlkMk3 that was and AMAZING movie!! brad, your yard is fucking SICK!! ;) aha

[shamanhons]

follow meeeee!

[Horus666999]

Yes he is anti war but their is a much deeper meaning if you listen to the worrds

[DJshegb]

Yes this is telling you what you really get when you sign up for service in war, and let's figure out solutions that won't require war. As long as the oil equals blood, the war continues. For the cost of one day in Iraq, we could supply most third world countries with clean water systems!

[nomisaax]

FOLLOW MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[gooiestan]

Follow Me=)

[deb557]

gonna make you money gonna make you a man BOMB BOMB!!

@ xSavannahHannax- does this (or any other) song really make you need to ask where he stands??

[sweetiesgal]

fire fire fire <3

[sweetiesgal]

fire fire fir <3

[555456931road]

you might come home, with one less leg but this thing will surlely keep a bullet out your chest

[ridersdu27]

Je l'adore!!!!!

[TehBuddah]

He like, never wears shoes.. O.o

[masterhidsert1043]

lol

[steviegreenwood]

i saw him last night

easily the best live show ive ever been to

he has so much energy its amazing

[mishaval]

Fire fire fire light up ya lighta.

[SlimOpz]

Beautiful song Michael

[iluvrollercoasters7]

i love this song. it really tells you just how fucked up this world really is

[iluvrollercoasters7]

i love this song so much. it really makes me think hard about just how serious this stupid war is. all about money and oil. killing. dying. just make it end already. it's not helping anyone. at all.

[masterhidsert1043]

you see, we cant end the war, if we end it were screwd, iraq is not going to understand. were only going get more terrorist attacks by them, and anyway theres too many troops and we cant fit em all here.

[nikoskabbadias]

@masterhidsert1043 Perhaps if you didnt mess with other counties, you d have less enemies. I find that a far better option. Dont get me wrong- I admire USA, and I ve grown up with your culture. But countless times your government has got you into situations that are both morally and financially wrong. Up till now you have been, more or less, ruling the world. If you want to continue, you ll have to change policy.

[iceonaboy]

Fuckin awesome song from an awesome artist!

[xSavannahHannax]

Is he supporting war or pushing it away?

O.O

[stroyernation]

He is anti-war. The meaning of the song is that the US is fighting an unnecessary war, by way of using the tax payer's money to fund it, and also ruining families by sending people into the war. Pro-Peace.

[Organjic]

@stroyernation lol since he's been promoting Obama, I doubt he's antiwar still...

[mikebrisko]

@stroyernation its actualy illegal to pay tax to a government at war...its aiding violence or summit

[guapyy]

@stroyernation "light up ya lighter" actually means keep smoking pot in spite of all the brain washing the government does to the citizens of the US.

[guapyy]

@stroyernation "light up ya lighter" actually means to keep smoking pot in spite of the government, because they'll never be able to stop it. this song doesn't just mean that though too, it has several different messages, your comment being one of them also.

[K1ll3rChick]

@stroyernation so i pretty much love you and what you wrote in the description. <3 peace

[TrinciaNeve]

@stroyernation the US doesnt draft soldiers, so its not like they didnt sign up to be sent into war

[emmacoates100]

im an ex british soldier i saw sir micheal franti at a fesivalt in the uk 3 years ago and av been a massive fan since, keep it going micheal mate. light up ur lighter and bring them home. fuck the goverment and the queen . i suffered with P.T.S.D but got no help from the goverment how ever i was lucky that my missus and kids got me through the worst of it, i dread to think what these kids have to face when they get back Respect micheal keep it going and let the boys know they aint forgotten

[jocarlos67]

ex US Army infantry...family and music gets me through the day

[jasondoris]

yo can u send me this???

[stroyernation]

I actually got this off a cd. You could probably find it on limewire or itunes or something...

[chelstea1]

@jasondoris Hmm... this sounds like a good idea; buy the damn cd and support the artist

[aliobab50]

oh ja