The Roots ft. Erykah Badu - You Got Me

[kharris113]

i never understood why Eve wasn't in this video

[danceizme06]

I deal with the real so if it's artificial let it be! " >

[LovelyySimone]

Classic.

[Ladii84]

CLASSIC!

[mistadiz]

?love WHAT!!!!

[LyricalStimulant]

Check out The Girl Who Cried Relationship in the Video Responses, for a new take on a classic Roots joint. Thumbsupif you support unsigned Hip-Hop talent. Thank you.

[babeyfre5h]

FTW is going to bring this movement back to Hip-hop. Henny, Fresh, Jay and Pun

[merirv]

If you were worried 'bout where

I been or who I saw or

What club I went to with my homies

Baby, don't worry you know that you got meeeeeeeee!

[drudafuture1]

eve is in this song and she didnt get the grammy when everyone else did i wonder why?

[Ailanisa]

i listen to trending artists like lil wayne and drake, but it's nice to take a break from it with this type of music. :)

[ThePaperFalcon]

loved this since i was a kid. <3 erykah badu

[happybirthdayhomie]

i like how the end goes into soft jungle techno

[sumguhsounds]

thanks for uploading this and filling in instead of that vevo bullshit

[Hakugrim]

i have always loved this song.. i love erica's voice

[nvyogi]

i like the orignal with Jill Scott too!!!!

[dmoney668]

Black Thought is the illest lyricist alive. Come on, no chance any of these clown pop rappers like Drake and geeks like soulja boy etc etc can touch him. This dude is incredible

[UnkleRonnie]

Its hard to believe that hip-hop music went from classic, meaningful stories like this to nonsense like Lil Wayne, Waka, etc. The Roots humble the hip-hop industry....true timeless art.

[Spooie]

@UnkleRonnie the problem is that those artists don't have musical training. They are just rappers with a crayon, paper, promotion and a lot of studio time.

[diesel0209]

@UnkleRonnie indefinitely

[strawberries404]

@UnkleRonnie Amen Unk! Amen!

[Drea2Times]

@strawberries404 lol

[CodysFavorites]

One of the greatest songs ever created

[punkyhiphopdood]

Straight up classic this. Great album too. Would love to meet a soulful queen myself some day.

[LyricalStimulant]

Check out my version of a classic, in the Video Responses.

The Girl Who Cried Relationship, written by Ace da Vinci.

Peace to Ya.

-AdV.

[xheadphonexjunkiex]

i would make love to Erykah Badu's voice... Well not to her vocal cords... I'd have her songs lpay while doing it... I swear i am not a freak...

[ilikemonkeys100]

If anyone has any music recommendations similar to this beautiful song, please reply. I love this

[cyrusjerome]

@ilikemonkeys100 Love Jones - J Dilla

[iadf]

Thats Eve on the track right?

[musicandmeyaz]

@iadf yeah tht's Eve!

[cerebrus80]

shit like this needs to be reintroduced to the world like a new drug, powerful, works good, and is unstoppable. =)

[ginofigo1989]

ti voglio bene di tiziano ferro... stessa base...

[Nobullshitter1989]

yessssss

[REALCLASSIC1]

You need the video to listen to this song

[illmaticice1989]

i love this song...but Eve never got recognized for this song

[ern363]

Classic!!!

[sagemikado]

actually its an artist named apani b that raps... shes also on mf doom/vaudeville vaughn"s track "Let Me Watch"

[XAJanaeX]

@sagemikado I wish this could be a top comment, because not many people know that.

[jonestrenton207]

i like what @TCx92114 said....i listen to generally everything i can im just an overall lover of music...u cant hate on modern music tho. the generation changes and the generation of music is gonna change with it.....so you cant hate on new music....the older music just has a much better motive behind it.....

[aangiep2]

I know that is "Eve" raping with them. ( the girl rap part)

[phillyridax215]

@aangiep2 eve gets da job done forreal

[Rslick24]

<3 love!!!!

[MissRichTV]

One of my fave songs, "we used to live in the same building on the same floor and never met before" sound like something Drake said 0_o Eve killed her verse tho, "seems like im on the side u only luving your mic" luv it!!

[CodysFavorites]

One of the greatest songs of all time.

[krackmankrackman]

Type in " Bo Dean - Dear School " he KILT THIS BEAT!!!

[deemedpreme]

@seboufdu59 for those of you who are idiots listening to this man, this track was NOT produced by J Dilla it was produced by The Roots themselves. That is all.

RIP Dilla

[TCx92114]

Like okay I UNDERSTAND that this is a great song, but why on all older good songs ppl have to talk bout "how bad" modern music is... like STFU! don't you think they said the same thing when rock and roll came around and when gangsta rap came? they said it was ruining music at the time but now ppl look back and say its LEGENDARY that it was REAL music. just fckin LET MUSIC BE!

[jasminesmith1996]

@TCx92114 Because older songs like this is where we come to seek refuge from all the garbage passed off as music nowadays. So in addition to people being appreciative of old REAL music like the Roots they can't help but lament that nothing like this is being made anymore. We'll "let music be" whenever someone decides to actually start making MUSIC again

[donny13x]

her voice is beautiful 

[marcosarena7]

se párese a una canción de de manimontes es de en serio el que piensa lo mismo man deme un msj!

[OnlyRid]

nice song

[Lyricalluv06]

thats EVE thats doing the female part right?

[babygirl081292]

@Lyricalluv06 the rap yes. the chorus is erykah badu though.

[spiritual619]

omg u gotta C Jill Scott do dis live! it takes u somewhere. Wow. dis is good 2.

[LyricalStimulant]

I love this song so much I had to write my own version to it. Please check it out (in the Video Responses).

Subscribe if you enjoy it!

Peace to Ya.

-AdV.

[CelestialGangsta]

Honestly I wish there could be more music like this. Now you have all the young fools disliking this because of the trash coming out nowadays. THIS is real music.

[CoolerKing37]

@CelestialGangsta Damn kids! Get off my lawn!

[balistik94]

Can you believe it was Scott Storch on the keyboard? How did he go from making soulful stuff like this to producing generic, commercial junk?

[Juniversal]

@balistik94.....simple. Dumbing down. Shame his hip-hop stuff is dumbed down to the point of being bland when it doesn't need to be. But listen to the stuff he did on Raheem Devaughns Love Behind the Melody album. Songs called "Love Drug" and "Energy". Both Dooope and it's fairly recent. If he always put his all into his productions he could be a legend lol...

[aelishaful]

@balistik94 money

[JamesGillespie1]

@balistik94 he likes money

[Grizzly0679]

@balistik94 can't really blame him, it's the system that's too blame. It forces people to do what they can to eat and survive. Sometimes maintaining an ideology is a luxury in life.

[415Underdog]

@balistik94

because its not

[afrikan08]

@balistik94 im not suprised hes a piano guy. this song was commercial is it junk??? scott storch also did the keyboard for eves let me blow your mind. that is one of the best rap beats ever.

[balistik94]

@afrikan08 You Got Me was a commercial song? We don't have the same definition of commercial.

[afrikan08]

@balistik94 it was a top 40 hit song. the roots second highest charting single. it was commercial so we do have the same the definition of commercial. your obviously looking down at other genre besides soul.

[balistik94]

@afrikan08 Just because it became a hit doesn't mean it's a commercial song. This song (and beat) is soulful, it's not generic and preformated. If you can't tell the difference between this song and 50 Cent's "Just A Lil Bit" for example then I can't help you. I don't look down at other genres, I like gangsta rap and I like slow jams, there are commercial songs in every genre.

[Punkout16]

@balistik94 I agree just because a song is popular doesn't mean it's commercial, John Lennon is extremely popular but he is no means commercial. I do think there is a difference, now if you say mainstream that's one thing but commercial, oh no never that.

[Joefonzgoldenarms]

@Punkout16 right roots are popular, but not commercial by any stretch like mos def

[Punkout16]

@Joefonzgoldenarms exactly

[NnanaAwa]

@afrikan08

the beat for 'let me blow your mind' was a cover from another song. it was never intended to be a rap beat. scott storch literally copied the beat, verbatim.

[afrikan08]

@NnanaAwa no it wasnt dr dre produced it. scott storch just did the piano.

[natepazmusic]

@balistik94 it's called making millions of dollars

[bakersk8r4life]

@balistik94 I said the exact same thing! its all for stupid ass money! where did the heart go in music!

oh well. HIP HOP FOR EVER FUCK RADIO SHIT

[d33pS3Ad1v3r]

@balistik94

C.R.E.A.M

[versatility934]

@balistik94 money

[mzskyhigh]

now this is HIP HOP. sssoooo soulful.

[battlekattwix]

The infamous 4 dislikes aren't knowing that this is real hip-hop in raw form, this is a song that really takes me back...Love IT

[battlekattwix]

The infamous 4 dislikes aren't knowing that this is real hip-hop in raw form, this is a song that really takes me back...Love IT

[morgaman77]

damn the hook and sample is just perfect in this song...

[Jill0wnZ]

eve...nice

[ltmaddness277]

im 14 and i know real hip-hop classic flow

[jayo2k]

@ltmaddness277 ain't u supposed to be listenig to some soulja boy or some other crap shorty?

[ltmaddness277]

@jayo2k lol knaw if i listen to rap prob. krs1,lauryn hill,geto boys,dj quik,above the law,nwa,ice cube, ect. ps dont ever say i listen to that fag bag soulja

[bribri817]

If you don't worry 'bout where I been or who I saw or what club I went to with my homies . Baby don't worry you know that you got me.

[4thaMaCSnd0nS]

the beat. the lyrics is real. always get my head bobbin. cant nobody do it like the roots man

[canz1680]

I can listen 1 million times and never get fed up....shit! i love this song sooo much!

[MZDECATL]

MAN ANYTHANG WiT ERYKAH OWN PLUS DA ROOTZ GON BE DAT FYE....i GOTTA GET DiSS iNSTRUMENTAL SO i CAN RAP 2 iT OWN MY NEXT MiXTAPE......DiSS TOP TEN SONG LiST iN HiP-HOP FASHO

[angelica25833]

Amazing! I’m such a fan…. I mean I’m crazy for this song.

[omerabbas2001]

LIke this if you hate young money!

[lacelle09]

the original has ERYKAH BADU on it. Jill Scott fills in on the remix. If you look at the original video for the song, it's Erykah Badu in it : )

[Pyro6661]

@lacelle09 Actuallyyy Jill Scott was the original. They made a new version with Erykah Badu for the video.

[CONCEITEDMOMMY01]

@Pyro6661 no not really erykah was the original singer on the song. they just had jill scott sing when they were on tour and because plus her and the roots are 4rm philly. so when they performed in philly they had her join them. sorry but your wrong!!!!!!

[Pyro6661]

@CONCEITEDMOMMY01 well actually I want your conceited tiny, tiny mouth to shut your dumb face, Jill Scott did sing on the original. I was there, you fat bitch

[CONCEITEDMOMMY01]

@Pyro6661 bitch u do't know nothing about me and second ur ass is wrong an i konw what the fuck i'm talking about. the last is u better watch what the fuck comes out of ur mouth you fake ass youtube gangsta it point blank that ur a lil kid so grow the fuck up bitch. also i'd like ur young ass 2 know i'm not fat. so i'm not even about 2 continue talkin 2 u goodbye. DON'T RESPOND!!!!!

[Pyro6661]

@CONCEITEDMOMMY01 dude.... I'd really like to apologize... Apparently somebody keeps going on my youtube.. Favoriting stupid ass videos and shit -_- I personally didn't send you that shit and I wouldn't disrespect somebody online that I didn't know for no fuckin reason. Wrong or not, I did put that first comment though. But I will apologize for the idiot who made the second one. Cuz I'm not a "youtube gangsta." Fighting on youtube is fucking retarded. You should chill though, Go grab you a blunt

[CONCEITEDMOMMY01]

@Pyro6661 ur a nuffin ass bitch, a nuffin ass youtube gangsta so i'm not even gonna address ur stupid ass, ur on a lil kid level an it sad. but whateva youngin i don't have time 4 the drama ya digg. so don't think 2 respond n leave it alone

[evannmearedoofusbros]

@CONCEITEDMOMMY01

no time for the drama yet you responded, in a dramatic violent way no less.

I'm very surprised to see the people that love the roots and erykah badu to act this way. apparently no lesson learned from this beautiful music..

[CONCEITEDMOMMY01]

@evannmearedoofusbros my point was whoever that person was should not have came out his or her mouth callin names. i jus said what i said to make the point that people can argue respectfully. also i would like 2 add if ur gonna come at me make sure you know whats goin on. n yes i don't have time 4 the drama. n i didn't respond n a violent way. i just want the person to know don't call names when u know nothing about me. or maybe you should have read her staements. don't judge me i'm wiser

[Bozkicksyourface]

The Roots... Keeping hip-hop alive.

[phathomie27]

My favorite hip hop song of all time

[elchicano2na]

VEry Smooth.... Vibes!!!!

[rlm042]

Histoire de se mettre dans de bonnes vibes de bon matin!!!!! Check it!!!!!

[KeiConcepts]

Love this

[OneRockNRolla]

I just wanna get in my car an ride to this shit!!

[snowy976]

Awful and lush memories of this song, loved a girl so bad during this time. she loved me too had a kid by me , haven't seen her or my child in six yrs. so sometimes relationships get ill, d and b ending is spot on tiny tempah did the same this yr but this is better by a mile,,,

[seboufdu59]

For people who don't even know. J Dilla Produced this track. Rest In Peace James Yancey.

[chandthruk]

@seboufdu59 didn't scott storch work on this track?

[TDupontBank]

@chandthruk yeah he did and he got credited as a co-writer. Jay Dee only had one track on this record (Dynamite)

[Serjinho101]

@seboufdu59 THIS IS NOT A J DILLA TRACK!

[iHateCarolinee]

i don't like how that girl slurs.

[mjjcng8958]

@iHateCarolinee hat's how erykah sings in the vain of billie holiday. she has that jazz slur.

[priscilyamarie]

this is definitely a classic...

[HOOCEEH]

Classic <3

[sassybutclassygurl]

who is the girl rapping during the middle of the song???

[OnyxCMB]

@sassybutclassygurl Sounds like Eve...I was thinkging the same thing tho

[KhAnDiiKiisS]

@OnyxCMB it is eve

[kautious31]

@OnyxCMB Its Jill Scott

[kautious31]

@kautious31 It is Eve...the orginial version is Jill Scott

[MrM4rvelous]

@sassybutclassygurl Eve

[poopz]

this is the jam

[tendyGilla]

2 ppl slipped with the mouse

[LyricsPEMG]

you heard those F**KIN' drums at the end?!! O_O

[pgoody]

@LyricsPEMG

?uestlove...

[te4888]

love this joint

[briantheman890]

we know there are at least 2 morons in the world... they disliked this song.

[cheyhoopa21]

This song get me everytime i hear it....the drums b killin me

[666MeskaLina]

..i love love love love it !!

[BCorps94]

this song reminds me of "Stan" by Eminem

[SignoraArcobaleno]

@BCorps94 I thought I was the only one that thought that! I usually listen to this song and that song back to back!

[lolomat1986]

killa track..so lucky to have it on vinyl...

[christiekreme14]

the part where the drums come in is so beautiful and hot

[baslodutiso]

The 2 people who voted "thumb down" will surely burn in hell!

[onyejekwe9800]

I lpovveee this song sooo much XP

[LeComteDeVersaille]

Despite our undetermined distance and our long time unjust separation, I would start living with you today. If things weren't smooth, I would reorient myself and return asap smoothly ap, cause you are my meaning, reason, and love. Your pleasure is my purpose. Your comfort is my priority. My mind is a mental temple of praise for you. If I knew where you lived I would buy 12 roses and write a note telling you I will walk by at 230 with a rose this Sunday, put it on your step. Do it again and again

[561Marcus]

<3<3<3 It will never end.....<3Thr33's

[gmholt2008]

BABY DONT WORRY YOU KNOW THAT YOU GOT MEEEEE!

[cristiereyes]

incredible..

[Squar3one]

Raw

[jnugiel]

So raw.. I actually forgot about this track.. can't believe I am hearing it again...

[Nkkicute]

Hey, I remember this song!!! THANKS!!

[BadLuckDaDon]

1 of my ultimate songs

[GinnyOrange]

Amazing song=) I love you Ian Barb&hearts; You got me babe

[ceerivera]

mad ill ... <3

[Freddyking09]

It´s goes straight in ! FUCKING LOVE IT

[Cashing23]

its crazy scott storch was the piano on this.

[princessdeez]

This is such a badass combination.

[nickwatson64]

beautiful

[xcaluhbration]

Three Words... REAL HIP HOP!!

[FrostedLane]

Erykah has such a beautiful voice, an BT is just a real ass nigga on the mic.

[CLEVEN11]

buitilfull song

[Jacobsavage11]

im diggin it

[dozdahussler]

music i can play anywhere with anyone one old or young.everyone can appreciate that real feel.one for my girl yo.lov

[Ansariya]

REAL MUSIC.

Period.

Why do I keep going back to the old stuff!!?

Why do I vomit when I see those darn kids and lozers of these days actin as if they're the bomb diggity?!

R E A L M U S I C

R E A L P E O P L E is what we want!

[Daddell]

Amen bro...and i'm only 20 lol

[nickwatson64]

@Ansariya agreed, the 1 thing that stops me from listening to modern rap is all the bullshit. fuc 50 cent, lil wayne, tpain, MC-FULLOFSHIT, etc. etc.

[nickwatson64]

@nickwatson64 fuck*

[purplemushr00ms]

@nickwatson64 this is not rap, it is hip hop son.

[nickwatson64]

@purplemushr00ms technicalities... just chill

[PervertedTV]

the track is a dream.... from start 2 finish the most chillin shit ever.......

[poopz]

HELL YEAH this shit jam forever

[viyoci]

IT(HE,SHE) HAS AN EXCELLENT LETTER

[marselus88]

classic.. love this jam, fo sure love it! 5!

[HipHop226]

classic

[BobTyranT]

5 Star Classic Hot lyricz, raw azz beat, NICE chorus

[xXhEaDsUpxX]

kau yang punya , this malay song copy this song !

[mzlovespell]

this that orginal shxt bu wasnt eve on this song 2?? anyway ... this is mellow and calming me like

[pjam07pjam]

@mzlovespell

1:45

[4LadyMo4]

best part ov the song is the drums at the end. blends very good the beat and her vioce.

[4LadyMo4]

man, ima a fan ov lil wayne and drake etc;

but this is one ov my favorite songs, its very relaxing, hip hop needs more stuff like this today. very good song

[sexy60644]

i love this song!!its relaxing

[1voodoochild9]

yo 90s rap is daaank. 80s wud prolly be better if they had better beats

[yoboygd]

HeadPhones On Blast!!!

[pasy2006]

Great combo together:)