Bilal -- Sometimes

[TheGrownasswoman]

BILAL IS SO DAM REAL................SOMETIMES IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST TRAX TO DATE NEED A REMIX

[RealismOfLife]

Hey folks name me some other good Neo Soul artist that's out there !!!!Other than Chris Turner, Jesse Boykins, Bilal, Dwele, Maxwell, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Raphael Saadiq, D'Angelo, Raheem Devaughn,.... And I mean some GOOD ONES!!!

[sxyblk28]

@RealismOfLife Besides the artists you named I like Rahsaan Patterson, Musiq, Floetry (when they were together and apart), Amel Larrieux, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Yahzarah, etc. just to name a few of my favorites

[Sadeh9551]

I think Bilal did the best version of this song...

[MrDGIT805]

Love Bilal.. "Sometimes I wish my eyes weren't so Red".. SOMETIMES

[Swanage17]

350 000 views.... what are people listening to? it should be this

[MrDGIT805]

@Swanage17 I feel the same way it's like people dumb themselves down to listen to this new age genre of Hip Hop, Rap and R&B.. The culture itself is at stake because good music died out when people started thinking that the "thong song" and "chicken noodle soup" was poppin. Like really Grab ahold of yourself people.. The media wants us to be stupid as hell and those who love television and think watching it everyday has no cause and effect, are the prime reasons why USA has gone down hill...

[TheAngrycrow]

This was a lifechanging record. Breaks you down. This crew is also bleeding edge brilliant.



[Mtlmedia]

This is my favorite song of all times. This is also (I believe) the song that introduced me to Neo-Soul... Thank god this guy exists!

[CHARLESHARDIN96]

 classic.

[salex1983]

Can we talk about what Bilal does to a song... he can make a song w/ his ad-libs, n fact he has...check out the end of faithful to the end by common, Bilal and John Legend went crazy, he does that all the time, so creative

[Dieudonne357]

the 10 people that disliked this have absolutely NO CLASS!!!!!

[devilledevil98]

I'm like the whitest dude ever but I love neo soul! X-D

[ddw1258]

i'm so in love wit dis song

[BlakSubstance]

I love the fact that there is no red on the likes/dislike bar even tho there are a couple dislikes that were fortuitously pressed lol.. Bilal is strictly for the grown sexy and sophisticated people who appreciate wonderfully lyrical and agreeably diverting beats of funk and all in-between.. Peace and Easy Listening

[federalrein79]

great soulfull stuff!~!!

[cbreez40]

The first time experienced this Bro it was through music choice the song Sista Soul, it felt like an religious experience, Unfortunately theres not a lot spaces for his kind of artist, its Super masculinity or Ultra femininity and most times is manufactured by industry, We say we want real ,well record sells speak volumes!

[cbreez40]

The first time experienced this Bro it was through music choice the song Sista Soul, it felt like an religious experience, Unfortunately theres not a lot spaces for his kind of artist, its Super masculinity or Ultra femininity and most times is manufactured by industry, We say we want real ,well record sells speak volumes!

[Mijabonita19]

I just love the way he says "This is a sing that makes me spill out all my guts" that part just gets to me all the time :) I just love this song period!!!

[77ZENN]

Incredible. Feel the goosebumps anyone? Not just me right?

[buYAH79]

I'm so glad that I lived to experience music from the likes of Bilal!!! expleded!!!

[TheEnri4]

most of these artist don't get the recogition that they deserve which is a shame cuz this is music for the soul

[ATCQ4me]

i always come back to bilal

[phillylong]

Were the hell have I been. This boy is right there with combined styles like, Prince, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, and Bootsy. Yes, I feel the P-Funk when I listen to this, I am now a new fan of Bilal's.

[brownecstasy]

@phillylong he is off the chain...you should get the youtube mix for Bilal got all the best joints

[77ZENN]

@phillylong U get it. Spot-on analysis.

[nikkitoiz]

This album is still move after all these years!!!

[Shespretty08]

this songs has touched my soul since 2001!

[OfficialhitsNmills]

church music

[ViewerRitt]

great Bilal interview: youtube.com/watch?v=ElYZz6mCRM­Q

[djjoshsnowden]

ooooh this feels like gospel...

[luvlee83]

Still a great album.

[Edwardbrumfieid]

this song is so reel you cant fake these lyrics if you tried.

[Rambosolive]

This song helps me stay grounded!!! I WISH WITH NO FEAR... I WISH LOVE!!!!

[l0velytashia]

makes me sad lol

[KingsCornerEnt]

I wish I wasn't me...sometimmeeeesssss

I wish I was drug free sometiiiimes

[JazzyBelle30]

@KingsCornerEnt

Hello! Kills me... Truest shiiit ever!

Billal slayed me!

[Jaylasplenty]

Sometimes you wish but believing is a forever and always type of thing. 7 minuet songs usually are about deep things.

[HeadChangePro]

True Story..sometimes Freethestreets.tv

[JazzyBelle30]

OMG!

This song defies my simple words explaining how dope it is!

Sometimes... I only wish I had the words....

[JULEZOOBY]

I LOVE THIS JOINT!!!! DUDE IS DA REEEELIST!!! NO DOUBT.

[janoat]

Simply amazing.

[babymakerslovesex]

i love this song. he has a ridiculous voice. I mean his range is something else. i wore this song out. i still have it on my mp3 in 2011. you know someone is great when you still listen to there stuff years and years later.

[dollsrule1]

my fave...

[lmv702]

Been A fan from the first born second! Very few people on earth have talent like that!

[charlene12341234]

He is incredible; he reminds me of Eric Bennet.

[koollafta]

My name is Bilal

[masterl14]

this guy is incredible

[SexiesBannanas]

Sometimes I wish I saw the exit sign first...wish I could see what I never saw and did what I never did...sometimes you should be nicer than you are...sometimes you got me wishing I didn't have home training...I wish I knew life with no pain...sometimes i pretend because i'm afraid to be...sometimes I wish I didn't try so hard...i'm saying it because i love you and i want to grow with you...sometimes

I have never experienced a song with so much love, pain, emotion, and raw truth

[JazzyBelle30]

@SexiesBannanas

OMG! Right. This is one of the realest songs I ever heard. It was the 1st song that really made me restrospective on my life. And really think about the things I have done.

Kills me to this day still.

[CyrilleDethan]

what does he sang in the beggining, before " this is the song that makes me speak out my guts"

[divineconneczions]

I wish you love, I wish you peace, I wish hope, I wish so clearly sometimes, I wish with no fear, I have no doubt ..... Lawd, love this Boy Alltimes. I wish him off drugs.

[mjakesable]

Thanks for coming to South Africa....you rock mate!!!!!! SOEMTIMES!!!!!!!!

[MzLuvLyDee84]

The 8 people who disliked this must not have blood running through their veins! This song breathes life-So much emotion!

[jstan662]

I wish i could, be like moses round up my people, move out the ghetto, And live a better life!!!

[mrsaganscosmos]

fuck! first listen, this is amazing!

[foxxbrown1]

this song brings back so many memories...some good, some bad...cherished memories just the same...this song brought on a lot of changes for me...with people i interacted with as well as with myself...music can and does soothe the soul!

[thechampionessa]

one of my favourite songs ever

[triXXareN]

I'm so glad that I lived to experience music from the likes of Bilal, Dwele, Aloe Blacc, Maxwell, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Raphael Saadiq, D'Angelo, Raheem Devaughn, Erro, Jarle Bernhoft +++ Neo-Soul must be one of the most beatiful genres ever made, if not the most beatiful genre. This song is beyond fantastic, it's so full of soul and emotions. It's good to listen to after what happen'd to my country Norway last week, it really helps.

[devilledevil98]

@triXXareN Don't forget John Legend!

[triXXareN]

@devilledevil98 True, one of my favs aswell. Check out a Neo-Soul mix i did two weeks ago: soundclouddotcom/kingsizenorwa­y/kingsize-x-dj-chali-x-stian

[devilledevil98]

@triXXareN Okay. Thanks!

[medicn]

@triXXareN agreed this is the genre !!!!

[brownecstasy]

@triXXareN yes it is along with KEM and LEDISI

[nikkidoug]

I been on this dude's team for about a min. now...

[MrRayjamz]

This is how we do it in Philly another great artist!!!!!!!!

[BigOldMrKnish]

"hey, slim, you should be nicer than you are sometimes..." are you listening, you cunt?

[MUARFA]

Its an aweful shame that this brotha doesn't get the props here in the States that he does deserve. Bilal is GENIUS!

[JimitriG]

the gilles peterson presents.. BBC sessions version of this song KICKS ASS!

I like it way better than this one, but that's just me.

[clay186]

what does he say at the beginning of the song??? Been wondering for YEARS! It sounds like "from inside the bed a dream of the dreams came toward me. Deep looking glass! Cherubims watched as the scene unfolded" Let me know... THANKS!

[eddie2ya]

mann this bamma is like that!!

[BABYDIVA1970]

HE IS SO FUGGIN UNDER RATED!!!!! HE IS SICK WITH IT......... LOVE HIM *faints* HE NEEDS A BETTER PROMOTION TEAM/SQUAD/OR A&R REP!!!

[Jcunninghamdr]

I wish... you were my man.

[Swinton3]

Absolutely Cool! Nothing else to say!

[shelly528293]

i hope bilal dnt scream n du bed! he wud wake du whole neighborhood up with that pitch lol...but i luhv his music :))

[jasongreenhowe]

"wish i was drug free... sometime"

[bn137]

who can dislike this song for real this joint is epic. all the levels in it his voice the music.

[ElizabethMoreno09]

Love this... Never Gets Old... Blessings



[dinibell]

A thought-provoking song from one of the best albums to fly under the radar - not a bad song on it.

[theshoe124]

I like the ending.

[motherpopcorn504]

Man first two lines described my whole teenage life. What a true artist! This is the type of person who should be making money of off music!

[junqone]

?uestlove on drums is so tight

[Onaku07]

One of the realest but chillest tracks ever, his first cd was banging period!

[909sweetness]

Real words on a dope beat...I love it <3

[iAmCrissyCooL]

This song saved me from going off tonight....Thank you Bilal

[kandibee]

@iAmCrissyCooL off where

[mrkingvon1]

hay slim

[watyasay12]

thiss song iss so deep...i agree wit EVERYTHING he says...thiss is myy fave song

[kitcatsmith]

sobeautiful. raphael saadiq sort of reminds me of this. his new album comes out on the 10th, so itd be worth it to check it out :]

[RealityContradiction]

this song lets us know that our vulernubilites are beautiful.

[BilalTech]

My name is bilal!

[mrduce7414]

Be like Moses!!! round up my people!!! Move out'da Ghetto!!!!!

[latishak86]

Sometimes i wanna put my foot up yo ass.....lmao....love bilal....Realist....love you babe!

[80minz0faudi0]

absolutely dig this joint! heard it for the first time....about 7yrs ago...shit i think... love it love it love it!!!! takes the words right out of your mouth

[iminyjo]

Happy Monday to you! Um...if you watch him sing it live in like, every performance he lifts up his foot as if he's kicking someone in the butt. Besides the fact that as you said the lyric you think you're hearing is violent as hell, it actually doesn't make any sense. He or his collaborators are smart enough lyricist to write a line that's coherent. I honestly believe you (and the internet lyric pages) misheard.

[PeepingTomETTE2]

tell the real, baby!!! listen to bilal w/ absolutely nothing else on!!!

[metalfacedoom7]

i feel like Bilal wrote this song as an anthem for me personally.

[EmpressKamii]

@metalfacedoom7 your not lieing me also .. the realist song i ever heard !

[Rhymestar83]

This is how we will or do feel at some point in our lives!!! Love neo-soul, it's the real thing, real instruments, sounds, and voices!! Not all this robotic; auto-tuned getup....to each it's own though, I'm just saying!! LOL....

[bboonm]

This is all i listened to with my dad when I was 11 I love soul music

[hoodpremier]

if i was only a weed head

[TheBaymill]

@hoodpremier bad idea  weed is no good, but this song is sick and it grooves so hard

[hoodpremier]

i wish i knew the truth without search

[TheRedbil]

my name is Bilal :D how lucky

[6angelo9]

*(mauh) magnifique*

[7777Kezia]

I wish I could meet Bilal...Sometimes. lol

[JakariHanma]

Still love this.

[PrettyOneOh78]

I love this song. it says everything that i would never say out loud. Sometimes

[Harlembutterfly1969]

This brother is witty, spunky and so talented!....I so love Bilal...he is like fine cuisine...You may not be used to at first...but is for the one who can appreciate the unique and exquisite...I love this song and his music

[Jaylasplenty]

I like this song...except the kitchen knife up the ass bit. It would have probably made it to radio if it didn't have that line. He must have been really angry to write that line. That woman must have been really grimy. The beat is hot though. In all honesty that line is pretty creepy and it makes my ass itch. Then again I'm not the type of girl that would happen to...I always check for the exit signs first.

[iminyjo]

@Jaylasplenty "...Then it wouldn't hurt me so bad when I picture my foot up your ass". I think that's what he's saying. I know the lyric pages say the kitchen knife thing but I think it's wrong.

[Jaylasplenty]

@iminyjo That's what I heard him say though. Mind you its Sunday morning when I read your response to this comment. Happy Sunday Morning! Then I read "picture my foot up your ass" and my mood went WAH down down. So I can imagine some chick at the concert for the first time like Oh yeah baby sing your song and then he gets to that line and then she's like WAHang? He says it on 3:17. Bad vibes. He showed record it again it would probably make radio with the correction, plus the old version + $.

[JazzyBelle30]

@Jaylasplenty

LMAO at your comment. It was brilliant.

And I get you! ...Make sure you know where the exit signs are...lol!

[Jaylasplenty]

@JazzyBelle30 Yup. Once the butt starts itching is also a good time to exit. Same difference..it's still spooky. He's basically saying he's hurting. There's a lot to say about this song. Life is hard enough on your own and it doesn't get easier when someone else is involved. Stop wishing, start believing and keep it moving.

[89INFINITE]

where are all u understanding peeps in my daily walk? maybe we pass each other everyday...peace y'all!

[onle1mayya]

I LUV ME A MAN WITH DEPTH

[vandalj1]

FTW 5:05!

[gina1687]

awsomeee¡

[JoJoe984]

@jondill

LYRICS!!!!!!

[bigmetalbeatsmith]

this is my shit 

[Capricorn91Nerd]

Great track!!!!

[NibrocDimajio]

PURE POETRY...PURE EMOTIONS... PURE TRUTH. MY FAVORITE TRACK BY BILAL

[Thugnificent78]

instant classic... real soul music, real lyrics... what a concept

[DeRTYMuziKK]

Shit!!!! MANE! classic

[sms1189]

great song...sounds like he got some inspiration from mos def's "umi says"

[msnay82]

ive heard of the mainstream songs but this one right here is hot sad that im hearing this song soooo late i need to get all his albums ASAP....ITS GOOD MUSIC HIDING UNDER GROUND FOR REALLY...ANYBODY KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND GOOD NEO-SOUL MUSIC PLEASE INBOX ME

[honeyedalmond]

You only do it cause you know I hate it....this is my song!!!!!!!!!!!!

[honeyedalmond]

SOMETIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[motorcitymama1]

I WISH I DIDNT HAVE HOME TRAINING SO I WOULDNT FEEL BAD KNOCKIN YOU ON YOUR ASS *LOVE THAT VERSE

[ultracrunchy]

the first part is "my uma say's " by mos def.. or maybe they did it again...

[UnstoppableJae]

damn..this was jam..i was like 18 with a woman and a child..shit was crazy..grinded it out though.

[anarchyydorkk]

This song explains so much. I love it.

[BrelynnLovesYou2]

iWas Just Listinq To Him I The Shower! Lol! iLove Bilal! : )

[Dasan3vs]

i remember wen i first heard this song. lol i was like "man who told him bout my life?!!" lol its still the song of the century. nothin tops it yet in my book.. he might not have had the chance to shine like more than he should but at least i kno it has to feel good have the song of the century.lol i kno it does!...

[heiress2thethrone]

those 5 people who disliked this must live perfect lives.

[9bernadine]

SO FOR REAL

[KarmalBeauty]

A TRUE r&b CLASSIC! Lyrical genius!!

[mygirlnatalie]

He DREAMS of knockin her in her head! I've had plenty of dreams before, but I've never dreamt of knockin anybody in the head. That's funny as hell!

[nousnous101]

Men are CRAZY: when is complaining ever cute (including at first) ???? But lol at the wishing to not have home training so he could break his foot off in her ass

[zuri2187]

His best song I always zone out to this

[nincsse]

amazin

[MrZieka]

he did wonderful but i wish d'angelo had done it or made a collabo

[Finallythankyou]

@MrZieka Hell yeah. They need to get together.

[islandgob1]

Anyone know the Chords/extensions the keyboardist is using?

[islandgob1]

Anyone know the Chords/extensions the keyboardist is using?

[lilkiwi00k]

STR8 DEEPNESS FRM A REAL SOUL BRUTHA

[KidCazal]

It's like Dilla, Miles Davis, Pharrell, D'angelo and Stereolab all in one

I LOVE IT

[Queenmadame]

This song makes me not take my relationship for granted...I'll be the first to admit sometimes I only think about myself and I don't realize the man is also going threw the very same emotions as we do ladies.

[JustMeBabeee]

@Queenmadame I can totally relate to this song and I'm a woman (Sometimes, I wanna put my foot up somebody a** myself) LOL It works both ways ya' know .....I am totally feeling what you're saying though. =)

[dubze]

@Queenmadame - i wish you tell this to my soon to be EX-WIFE... :(

[GOINABILITY]

@Queenmadame You have NO idea how much I appreciate this comment. Thank you Queen. RESPECT!!

[sopheearr]

gorgeous. absolutely gorgeous..

i loved this song from the first time i lay my ears on it. Bilal is the man to end a lot of musical men.

yes, this is gold.

[MrChuck77]

special song for me dedicated to the bronze.....u know who ya are

[ThePeaches0212]

Some people don't get his music but its all about the lyrics for me. I could've written this, believe. Love it, Love it, Love Bilal's musicality/lyricism.excellence­. BOOM!!!

[spiffy4president]

"You take that complainin' shit WAY too far... I mean, I thought it was cute in the beginning but now... I think, you only do it, 'cause you know I hate it, Sometimes..." mmhmm. "You got me wishin' I didn't have home trainin' sometimes" LOL.

[40drop1]

Respond to this video...

 i was blew away from jump

[chillydotjeff]

Yo, Y'all need to check out Cee-Lo's 'Sometimes' . . .HOT!

[2010cocomo]

Love this song! The organist HAD to come from somebody's church, naturally.

[MsSimone10]

@2010cocomo

I agree... The drummer is playing the HELL outta those drums.

[MsSimone10]

@MsSimone10

just looked online, Bilal is actually playing the drums LOL

[abwallawall]

@MsSimone10 Wow. I kinda guessed it was Questlove!

[SoAmazing9177]

I LOVE this song! Bilal is the truth!!

[DUNEDADDA]

the realist real ever