The Five Stairsteps - Ooh Child (Things are Gonna Get Easier) [MP3/Download Link] + Full Lyrics

[MrNastyThuggin]

First heard this song from Boyz N The Hood. Then one day i was eating at Meatheads and this song came on, so i went home looked it up and downloaded it

[EcLiPsE1279]

sheep mask

[PigfootAbernathy]

CLASSIC!!! Music back then made you feel so good!!!!!!!

[teamrj83]

i dated a guy in the 70's his nik name was child we parted as friends. i never saw him again, 20 yrs later i dreamed we met on the street. and just had small talk. i awoke with a start and told my then husband about my dream. 6 months later i went to our home town for a visit and found out he had been hit by a car and died, 6mos. before. i could not believe it! i do not know why he chose to come to me in my dream world but i am glad he did. this song was his favorite,to you bob pangburn RIP

[bigdickdrewforu69]

Where are their ram heads

[bigdickdrewforu69]

I love my macbook

[itssandrewww]

thumbs up if Andy Milonakis brought you here.

[juntartful]

@itssandrewww OMFG YES I saw his vid and i was like i got to listen to this song right now

[hopeelizabeth317]

sistah's we have to do something and Unite

[hopeelizabeth317]

Sistaha for ever

[hopeelizabeth317]

Gosh so many of us out there.... Love you all and wish you the best and Got get em

[babyimawantyou]

Ohh My Fucking God It Took Me One Year To Find This Song And I Just Found It Yesyes yes yes yes

[uptownal44]

One of the grearest songs ever written

[TruelyUnlimited816]

Classic this had to go on the playlist

[brojas125]

Great song

[angelo80177]

old  favorite

[SuperGm1988]

Man i needed this today....

[kakurot69]

Five Stairsteps had a classic hit song on their hands. It seems to be timeless. Sure it was a one hit wonder, but sometimes that;s all it takes. You have 1 classic hit song, you will be remembered forever.

[miah192]

love the song it relates to many of us. beautiful i love it....

[iggymenez]

RYAN GALLANT

[noname9855]

i love this song i dont know why

[MrHighFRUCTOSE]

@noname9855 because its an amazing song

[HipHSiwa]

Familia kuzyni sampel <3

[TheNUBIANQUEEN88]

thank you for uploading this song...i needed to hear this

[ScotchW10]

This song was also sampled by Bashy in his track Black Boys. Big tune!

[quietlady44]

Heard it in the movie Crooklyn too.

[tbay581]

Great Song, Thanks for Posting and Have a Wonderful Day~~

[beadreader4]

Wonderfully put Houdini774, you have a great gift for words.

[whiskymarko]

2pac

[japinvt]

If anyone could have hope in those bad days we can have hope now to-I hope!

[Cassanomagic1]

Great song on The Bernie Mac Show Episode.

RIP Bernie Mac

[toxicnarcotic16]

My mom used to sing this to me.. but lookin at todays world, she lied.

[W8PProducer]

how i met your mother brings me here! :D....tthumbs up!

[ellenkeffer]

First heard this in the movie, Over the Edge from '78 or so. One of the best songs ever. Houdini774, your comment made me cry. All the best.

[rjwestDesign]

Child. Fabulous. Mix This Now.

[ladycat629]

This song was also in CROOKLYN.....love the lyrics, the music and sounds of this family's voices....I hope they are getting paid for this....can we see them on UNSUNG?

[80s4ever63]

Circa 1970 folks. Can't beat those HIP fashions. Appears they could give the Jackson 5 a run for their money in the wordrobe department. LOL!

[sexyamaka123]

I first heard this song from Crooklyn. I love this song :)

[the90sprince]

Lord knows I need this song in my life every other day just to keep my head up

[DarkAnGeLl1993]

@mikescott61 Crooklyn is one. I also remember some teenage movie. I think they were in a marching band.

[mikescott61]

what was the movie that had this song ?

[coolguyinthe562]

@mikescott61 and Boyz in tha Hood

[tblacc11]

@coolguyinthe562 that's what made me come here..boyz in the hood was on yesterday!!!

[Motatjm]

Mike and Molly s02e12? ;D

[santaana4life]

Great song. I especially liked it when Tupac used it for Keep Ya Head Up

[dylankd1]

@santaana4life yeah

[MVillani1985]

One of the best songs of the 60s without a doubt in what was unquestionably a great decade for music.

[germturtle1]

@MVillani1985 Pretty sure this came out in 1970, just saying

[MVillani1985]

@germturtle1 Well, 1970 was pretty much part of the 60s anyway IMHO, but I see what you're saying.

[bronxe187th]

great song IT GIVES MY WIFE HOPE

[ilikesshinythings]

Gettin' kinda' tired of the thumbs up thing on every video, but I'm sure I'm not the only one. Lol at the ad that showed before the video started. The guy smacks the woman and she hits him back and then Michael Douglas appears.That man is still getting work? Damn Michael...quit distracting me from this great song!

[sugarcaneize]

I ♥3♥♥ Thiss Sonq It Givess Me Chillss.

[OneNDOnliiiiiiiS]

This song makes me wanna go to sleep

[Tupac4life20147]

whos here cuz of the tupac song "keep ya head up"

[Jazzlynn999]

This sing always reminds me of Crooklyn

[TheDanielwilt]

This is a fantastic song, especially when things are going rough.

-Daniel Lee Wilt

Author of the 5 Star book, "Between Chains and Freedom".

[VheeShane]

yeah I had the 45 when I was a kid, great song

[KiddPatti]

i just got here cus of sharktale

[gathmart]

just wanna cry every time i hear it.

[gathmart]

i'm girlfriend passed away tuesday dec 6. she loved this song.

[jjsiegal1]

@gathmart Sorry man....she's in a better place now!

[JerrySpringerisCool]

@gathmart im sorry for your loss.

[kingleo11282]

Touches the heart (soul) brings back the memories of growing up when you just listen,,but when you watch the family live on stage you can barely keep from laughing, these people are HIGH as Hell and barely awake!!!!!

[betsybk56]

I never thought I would find this song...I loved it....still do! TY!

[Houdini774]

To all the mothers on welfare waiting for a job, to all the addicts trying to get their lives strait, to all the young people who have nothing or no one to believe in, to all the inmates who feel forgotten, to all the old folke who no longer feel useful, to all the struggling businesses in the ghettos and barrios, to all the families fighting just to stay above water, to all of you who believe there is still a way - my present to you all for 2012 is hope and love. Peace to all. Houdini774.

[fuckdashades]

@Houdini774  well said !

[ursamagick]

@Houdini774

What a wonderful, generous person you are, Thank you for this gift. Peace & love, that's what the music was all about back then. Maybe this new era of ours will inspire the same kind of songs that still tug at your heart after 40 years. If not, we have plenty of fabulous 60's & 70's tunes available on youtube and elsewhere on the Internet. Keep the faith, as we used to say back in the day. Brightest blessings...

[shaolinsoccerwasok]

@Houdini774 QQ

[Mimzie1235]

@Houdini774:  Well said Sir!

[vjackso53]

@Houdini774

How beautiful of you . GOD bless you.

[ChrisDavisMedia]

@Houdini774 - How refreshing to see such a positive comment on youtube... that was awesome...

[bicycles100]

@Houdini774 well said

[brianpadrickdrake]

@Houdini774 And the trailer parks, too. They listen to this more so than a barrio. Just sayin'. Peace.

[TheBrittanyLS]

Thumbs up if u shower like ur suppose too

[bklyncaramel]

One of the best songs EVER! Encouraging, uplifiting and just beautiful.

[DjCode538]

Da Jamm!

[crystalluvlilj]

This Sends A Tear In My Eye Everytime I Listen To This Song

[rep757npay]

@crystalluvlilj why do you capitalize the first letter of every word? dont you think thats a lot of unnecessary effort?

[mikey777799]

@rep757npay Haha!

[mickyboy321]

watched boyz in the hood last night on one of the movie channals there was some good old skool rap in there but this was one so i hunted down 2 listern to what a song

[ripdame1hassan2rick]

"Ooooooo child things are gonna get easier . . . . .Ooooo child things a get brighter".! **[Tears]** (So much meaning and emotion behind this song) iLove It #Classic

[theSuperzz10]

This song has so much emotion in it,makes you feel like a better person after it,also makes you sad :(,and reminds me of boys in the hood !.has so much history,wish i was born in this generation of music

[22DKD]

this song still makes me cry to this very moment...RIP uncle Pappy u are gone but will never be forgotten I LOVE YOU!!!

[CarmelloZolanski]

this song make me cry cuz when before my uncle James died i cried and he sang this song to me so when i hear this song i break down and cry!!! RIP James "Squeaky" Collins

[HoldMaCaque]

i think im one of the only white 14 yr old kids to watch boyz n the hood

[TheDecieved96]

@HoldMaCaque me two but im 15

[stroh013]

truly a great song! inspiring and uplifting, it makes you want to do better!!

[TheSanityInspector]

One of the most hopeful songs I know.

[RoryNights]

Great song, inspiring :)

Thanks for posting! 

[MrLokdog24]

this song just makes me feel like there is no war , no gangs , no terrorism , & the would is just in peace ! <3

[Norwiffleson]

If you can listen to this song and not feel just a little bit happier, THERE IS SOMETHING INCREDIBLY WRONG WITH YOU!!

[mike4everdude]

this is the song god should play out loud foe the whole world

[athorpe630]

I've heard choirs sing this but never know who it was by nice.

[LukeLikesNollie]

Ryan Gallant's part in Transworld's First Love anyone

[OfficiallyStomped]

@LukeLikesNollie You arent alone!

[EthanCole15]

This song is for my friend Abby:) Love you!!

[alyvnwell]

remember this song as a child...God inspired with the best encouraging message

[alyvnwell]

the vocals are phenomenal!

[kEvViTo]

was just watchin Burnie Mac Show and they played this song so i had to stop by and listen to the song :)

[cavoy9]

Like this if you hear this song inFreedom Writers! 

[geo3196]

sond reminded me of boyz n the hood for sure! good song though in general

[Marcolectrocutioner]

Thumbs Up if Boyz In the Hood touched your heart sometime in your life when you watched it.

[newton3010]

@Marcolectrocutioner lol yeah....Doughboy and chris went to kid jail....

[Marcolectrocutioner]

@newton3010 Lol.

[paulcbarrera]

ryan gallant first love.

[BobbyEnergy]

I heard this song in the rays of a beautiful sun...

[aftershock71]

I know this is an old song, but I always think of the many children and teenagers who have been touched by our modern day recession, post 9/11 blues....time does have a way of healing...

[realcypha]

when i have kids i'mma sing this song to em, once they grow they're gonna say daddy why'd you lie ... my excuse will be 'kids i just thought the song was dope' besides........."i was given this world, i didn't make it" - lesane parrish brooks (google the name, if u don't know who it is)

[sandralawson18]

Sandra Dee Lawson.

[dopekidv2]

This song was made decades before my time but holds a lot of meaning to me.I've never really grown tired of it and can't but feel that everything is gonna be alright.

'Someday walk in the rays of a beauitful sun "

That part really sticks out for me.

[TheSweets1996]

THANK YOU ;)

[amberfwn]

Could someone upload, What About Your Wife from the same album?

[Maritay962]

Y'all can keep Boyz in Da Hood, I loved this song when it first came out more than 40 yrs ago... now THAT IS CLASSIC!!

[ultimatesimpsonsfan]

Bridge to terebithia anyone?

[JBCopland]

@ultimatesimpsonsfan

absolutely!

great call!

[EnjoiiKiiDz]

2pac

[TehJalapeno]

Respect from The Peno

[MsTsingleton]

OMG I have loved this son for sooo long once i was going through a particularly hard day and walked into a strore on the upper west side and this song was playing it made me feel so good i started crying...love it still very motivational

[alexookpik]

dude it sounds like this has been pitched up a bit... the vocals sounds all weird.

[vitolegend]

black power !

[LEWFROST2]

genius:)

[jimmyratz]

I used to really love this wonderful song back in '70 when

I was only twenty-three!

[pauldavisfan]

One of the very best soul songs ever!

[gcpropertymanagement]

This was comforting to a kid at that time. I listened to this song and wanted to believe it back then.

[iamNickdesignz]

Things are goin to be easier

[SiMPLYMOX3]

like this if you heard this song in crooklyn!

[cbabick]

@SiMPLYMOX3

That's me!! Little blonde girl who grew up in Windsor Terrace/Park Slope during the late 60s/early 70s. Loved this song.

[thespeedyone2001]

@SiMPLYMOX3 Wow, I thought I was definitely the only one on yt that watched crooklyn lol.

[fuzztop11]

Aaaah, so good to hear this. Loved to hear it on the radio when I was a young teen.

God bless you 5 Stairsteps.

[bendabeast1]

keep your head up

[reydesign1]

Inspires me to keep moving forward...

Times are tough right now...!!! Love this song..

Lets stop senseless killing in PR!!!

[247fallon]

how could you not like this song!!!

[831soto]

How this song only has 110, 000 views beats me...

[Rivers1334]

Boyz In Da Hood? Nah, I grew up on this music. I didn't see Boyz In Da Hood until last year.

[incdogrobber]

this one of the first songs I EVER heard... when it was new

[cleancutish]

this song reminds me of when my dad left me and mom when i was 7 years old! makes me sad hearing this song : ( ..... now i'm 31 years old a lawyer and married man! just a great song :)

[lopezrec]

@cleancutish happy for you glad to hear you made it :) even though i dont know you it makes me happy hearing succes stories and it motivates me to be succesful :)

[DianaBanana1775]

People who dislike this song probably dislike videos of little puppies and kittens NO SOUL >.<

[desertflwrs]

frank ocean brought me here :)

[Marrkel21]

This is my dad's favourite song

[TheAtomicSkittle]

I heard this on Crooklyn ahah NOT Boyz in the hood :D

[marklange121]

I came to tears reading all the comments while listening to this. Its cool, even though we dont know each other, we connect, through a beautiful song, It helps while going through hard times. Much love, things are gonna get easier:)

[IloveMichaeljsomuch3]

I Listen to this and think my life will get easier but when i turn it off i go back to thinking... No the hell it wont

[princess101tube]

I like listening to this song it makes me laugh when I'm down Lolx

[Zapphoman]

for me it was at work that I first heard this song.

[Thereishopeforusall1]

God gave me this song to encourage me. I cannot remember the last time I heard this song and all of a sudden, the words were in my mind. I pulled it up on YouTube and the words are beautiful and encouraging. Thank you Lord! For encouraging me.

[KeyKeyDhaBest]

Love Dhiz Song

[HannahHeartbreake]

First heard it on Crooklyn, then Boys in Da Hood

[msblack725]

My mother was killed when i was 3mnths, ( i have a pic of her on my door) when i look at the pic, this song make me cry when i look at the picture of her.

[hankabuldank]

best snare tune ever

[ccyungin]

ChiTown.

[LilSnoOpY972]

my mom's useto play this song to me for them fucked up moments " ya diggggg this that laid back cruise control type vibe

[kimweems]

Love this song, I haven't heard it for years LOL. Been going through some real tuff times and felt like God dropped this song in my spirit and I began to sing it LOL. Awesome song!!!!

[damyon55]

THIS REMINDS ME OF ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS VANNESA

SOMEBODY KILLED HER WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 14. EVEN THOUGH IT MAKES ME SAD I STILL ENJOY THE SONG.  RIP VANNESSA.

MUTT CLEVELAND OHIO

[ar15expert]

@damyon55 RIP Vannessa.

[PrinceOfLeon1988]

fucking CLASSIC

[ralieghTsakers]

the pillsbury doughboy brought me here

[anthonylebmx]

Cuba gooding Jr and Ice cube brought me here..

[kevin1001000]

2pac brought me here

[watzfadinner3]

Things will get better Brandie, :)

[cookbryce12]

when i feelin down this song makes me feel much better

[ytu90]

i love this song this song was on crooklyn

[shadowshiloh1]

i luved this song since i been a little boy

[cadettipk]

I first heard tis on The Bernie Mac Show. May he rest in peace.

[Bigredd86]

i heard this song before i saw those movies but the first movie i heard this song on was Crooklyn

[checkitbitch1]

classic

[worshipsatan666]

RYAN GALLANT

[TOYWIZONYOURFACE]

like if u heard this song in boyz in the hood!