public enemy - by the time i get to arizona ( HQ )

[Exhume2Consume]

holy shit my cousin is in this video.

[gytasassk8]

90s ROCK!

[oldsoulpro]

Arizona is still pretty much the same. It was like the last state to accept MLK holiday, the only reason they did was to get the super bowl.

[Hyake]

I heard this when playing Tony Hawk 4... not sure how it fits with skateboarding but the MV is epic history

[cannondwarf]

such a good beat

[Cerlov]

@cannondwarf

kanondwerg

[Letstravelbackintime]

simply...if ya dont kno who pe is....then ya dont know real music

[savagegalt]

@Letstravelbackintime

"I like Nike, but wait a minute---the NEIGHBORHOOD supports so PUT SOME MONEY IN IT!"

END THE BAILED-OUT-THIEVING RACIST BIG BANKS---MOVE YOUR MONEY TO YOUR LOCAL CREDIT UNION AND SMALL LOCAL BANKS!

"Neither party is mine, not the jackass or the elephant."

END THE FED

END THE FED

[brliantedj]

Chuck D is the man!!! Glad no clock boy to see, jeez. PE is the founder of good rap.

[TheSmokez1]

tight jam

[ThePunkSkunk]

Public Enemy is the greatest.

MLK!

[vidiot9]

The best of the best of the best.  P.E. rules.

Happy MLK Day!!!

[yitzchak13]

hooray for Martin Luther King!! Fuck Fife Symington III

[ghostwhiskey]

damn right its still powerful,im as white as hank hill but damn,i forgo all about that guy in az.i guess thats a good thing,it shows how ineffectual he was,PE no.1,gets the job done

[rossm412]

This Is TRue Thats why I thank God John Mccain didnt win.....

[MILeSsK8101]

arizona sucks and chuck D is gunna make em pay! but i feel like this song is an attack on white ppl. in my opion.

[ajparrillo]

Chuck D...not the best "technical" delivery, but channels the preacher bravado...you respect the voice.

[krakkajackson]

HUGE P.E. FAN.  Didn't even know they had a video for this song. I used to have the words to this printed out and taped to my wall in highschool. Deadly track.

[Quesoeighty]

@krakkajackson I think they only played it once on MTV and then it was banned. Could be wrong though.

[RadiantSilverlighter]

i remember when this video came on tv for the first time. MTV banned it.

[frankcostello384]

What one really needs to understand is good musicians join (white,black, olive) and they come together and make some fantastic shit! Sounds better than any white, black, or olive SON OF A BEACH complaining! This is one serious ass rolling rhythem, and if you don't speak that language you need to take your ass back to the Artic Circle.

[thilltidefan]

This tune is still POWERFUL!!!

[sweettoothskeptic]

I'm white and I'll say that anyone who can't honor Martin Luther King is animal with no sense of human decency

[KKJK71]

fuck a racist

[bajerant]

Is Ice-t at 4:15

[KKJK71]

@bajerant damn that is ice-t, shit i never noticed

[finisher3x]

yeah, that's Ice-T

[enigmagem11]

Forget about black or white man these guys play with passion and meaning,if you can feel the passion in any music that's what it's all about.

[xxAWS0MKID14xx]

wow hut a fuckin racist rapper grup

leav the fuckin governer alone, sop supportin this racist rap groop

[xxdrzombiexx]

The racist is in your mirror, numbskull.

[armoguy94]

you call this FULL EFFECT? Putting the fucking volume so loud that I can't hear this without distortion? FUCK YOU

[thegoodusernameman]

The fuckin dirtiest stankiest shit fuck me just what a groove man there be no words

[yuryiodizadebee]

this song makes my hairs stand up, truely electrofying.

[Bagdadskilopov]

by the time i get to fuckin serbia...

[74associates]

i urinated on the state. fuck arizona!

[MrMorningside125]

That beat is sick!!!

[CALMuno1]

nette zeit damals als ich noch n junger bursche war... peace

der CALMoner

[flickerman68]

Si, Gracias.

[moedinha]

a musica começa no 1:36

[juliuswhiteman]

tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuune!!

[invalidts2]

DAYAM!!!

dis is a fuckin ill ass song!!!

[Indhegoh]

Just because something isn't as extreme as it was in the past or as bad in the present doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. I applaud you for your rationalization/dismissiveness­, though. Hey, we have Barack Obama, now, so racism in America (a nation BUILT on racism) is a thing of the past. The black kid that grows up Flint, Detroit, Harlem, the South Bronx, etc, has JUST AS MUCH OF A CHANCE as the white kid that grows up in Beverly Hills, right? What a brilliant, logical deduction.

[flickerman68]

Well Said. Well Said.

[QBramz]

Seconded.

[dannypunanni]

this is such a good song i just don't agree with a lot of the lyrics. if it's against one person in particular then it doesn't make that clear in the lyrics and comes off just as racism to white people. if it was in reverse and a white guy made a song saying something similar to black people, this song wouldn't even be released and the white guy probably would end up being prosecuted for inciting racial hatred or something lol

[Indhegoh]

To gnrslashgnr: Do you realize who ridiculous you sound? White people in America are in no way shape or form victims. All you are doing is embarrassing yourself and looking like an idiot. "American Indians" (Native Americans), African-Americans, Chinese-Americans, etc, etc,etc, are the victims - not you. Grow the hell up. Have you ever been lynched simply for existing or had to ask anyone's permission to use the restroom or vote? Did you have a burning cross on your lawn?

[RisingForce1985]

And black kids today have no idea what being lynched is like or have ever been denied to use a bathroom or site on the back of a bus. African Americans in america today are not victims of anything and have just as many right as the next white guy.

[mandrew81]

it doesn't matter the content with a beat as good as that.

[haloteen117]

Oh yea. Fite the Power!

[haloteen117]

Awesome song

[gnrslashgnr]

What you talkin' about .

I said we'd branded racist if we said that and i said white people know about civilization.

If we had a college fund system for jsut white people, it would be racist.

If we had white radio stations we'd be branded racist.

If we had white cinema we'd be branded racist.

Face black epople play the racist card alot when its not needed.

If i said "Some stupid black boy wanted to fight me" you class it as racism, but you can say white boy offnesively towards us.

[skellington93]

now come on, us whites get EVERYTHING in the world, and still people like you complain about black people being able to say things you cant?

i doubt youd want to swap situations

[MrChandlerMurielBing]

Black people get just as much as us.

and whether we get what we want.

We're all civil.

[skellington93]

i'm afraid they don't. theres still institutional racism in countries everywhere.

[flickerman68]

REal Is Real

[gnrslashgnr]

White people know about civilization.

If we said that about black people we'd be branded racist

[1994fishcake]

What are you on about. PS Slash is half black so yeah

[ayanna8278]

this situation is about John mcCain

[oo0pulse0oo]

tuneeeeeeeeeeee remeber i first heard this on a tony hawks game! lol

[BurnumBurnum123]

haha same here pulse.

[yeahthatwasSWITCH]

hell yea!! brings it all back!

[PunkUpTheVolume]

Great song, bass-bomber....keep it old school

[sirPapp]

CHURCH !!!

[OXTAIL88]

What a powerful song and video....PE 4 life!

[robinstigator]

the beat and screams at 3:46 destroy my car speakers every time. heaviest 808 ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DNAshurii]

I have to agree, Public Enemy are speaking how they feel about how black people were treated. I am not apposed to the MLK holiday, blacks deserve just as much rights as white people... they aren't any different to us.

Good on Public Enemy for writing a song about civil rights (YY)

Great song, fantastic, a brilliant classic..

first heard it when playing Tony Hawk pro skater 4 a few years ago..

and I still love the song... =D

<33

5/5

[BobMonkfish]

Speaking as a white person, I find Malcolm X a much more interesting figure than MLK.

Why does the global establishment promote Gandhi and MLK or the man in front of the tank in Tianamen? Because they do not threaten them. Non-violence means lying in front of a tank and getting squished.

[Hembane]

err.. yeah. But what did they achieve with their approaches? Gandhi won his nation's liberation. MLK spelled out the stark moral choices to America and branded the national consciousness. And they did it unarmed. We tend to respect those who lack power when they challenge the prevailing power. Words and ideas will always be more powerful, over time, than the power of fear and coercion.

[BobMonkfish]

"Gandhi won his nation's liberation"- We're told-it ws down2 *millions* Indian nationalists/figures-Nehru/Amb­edkar/many others.After WWII Brits couldn't afford/defend 2holdon2 India

"MLK spelled out the stark moral choices 2 America & branded national consciousness."

Things startd movin4black lib when establishment saw the no.s&realised th@ it'dBdifficult 2put down

Establishment baulks@massive support&canBfaced down. But the establishment markets "safe"rebels-Gandhi/MLK=easily gund down

[Hembane]

The establishment? Market? Does India need to market Gandhi? He marketed himself!

The practical realities of an oppressive regime realising they cannot get away with it is one thing. But why does that diminish those that fight by taking the moral high ground? They all play their part in fighting injustice. Shaming your oppressor is part of the struggle.

[BobMonkfish]

(Sorry had to cut my word count in last message). The white establishment markets Gandhi. The Indian establishment markets Gandhi so they don't have rebellion on their hands.

Gandhi was not the clincher in Indian independence at all. The millions of other Indian nationalists were.

The good thing about non-violent protest is that it's so easy to put down. Things change when the Establishment sees the numbers - thousands of supporters are a threat to them.

[Hembane]

I can't disagree with that! He was the poster boy of Indian nationalism and connected with the masses who were willing to face prison for the struggle. He also gave the struggle an internationally recognised face. He did, however, present as many challenges to Congress as he gave to the Brits...

Do you think his popularity is now a hindrance in holding Indian politicians to account?

[BobMonkfish]

"Do you think his popularity is now a hindrance in holding Indian politicians to account? "

Maybe. A lot of Gandhi family members have been high up in Indian politics, and Indian politicians invoke his name all the time, just as American politicians invoke MLK and Abe Lincoln to justify things that neither of these people would agree with!

[Antfarm72]

Haha, I was going for the Cardinals in the Super Bowl into somebody reminded me about this shit. Became a Steeler fan real quick that day. ; )

[ImPrettyDammit]

Man I love this song! McStrange came to Memphis and got BOOED cause he opposed the King Holiday !Now that's the type of shit that comes back to bite you in the ass!! We got to Arizona and beyond !! Reperation and Peace to a Nation Damn they got their nerve, What's a smiling face when the whole state is racist, yeah the sucker over there trying to be fair trying to keep it yr the same old days the same old ways I urinated on the state while I was kickin thus song, what he need is a nose bleed

[ACDC666SatrianiVai]

i dnt rly no much bout race issues....

but i frickin luv this song

[BobMonkfish]

It's a pity the way mainstream rap seems to have gone. Public Enemy is intelligence - most of this gangsta shit seems to be about killing people and wife beating. Maybe that's the stereotype that some people want to promote of black folk.

[smittythewitty]

one of the most important rap groups of this earth!

[uroskulica]

"Chuck D is the one who pushes the button and blows up the government" Greatest Misses reference

[uroskulica]

And in deed the importance and the popularity of PE in the 90s forced even MTV to play this masterpiece. Ha, ha, ha..welcome to the terrordome.

[thudmother]

my name is Thudmother, and I approved this message.

[themadmannn]

god damn McKKKain

[jimmyhilton]

tony hawk pro skater soundtrack!

[thedragcrim]

This was John McCain in 1991. This is why he apologized last week for opposing the recognition of Martin Luther King day. And they want to elect this man to be the next president? OVER MY DEAD FUCKING BODY!

[clapton1958]

God damn, if I were American, I would be hitting the streets and voting whoever is more likely to beat him, rather than who I liked the policies of most. Damn, that's a hard choice, my favourite option and a racist winning, or someone less favourable.

Shit, us white people have got a lot to answer for.

[PakaNoHida]

Time to paint the white house black! Bop guns for everyone!!

[BobMonkfish]

"Time to paint the white house black!"

Actually it was once (seriously). The Brits burnt it down, so it had to be repainted.

[pnwage]

yeah cuz u as a single person can stop it. that was the most futile statement i have ever heard on youtube ur proly black too

[DatDamKeyid]

I always knew that was his ass.

[SeptemberGroup]

John McCain circa 1991...folks better recognize....and THIS wants to be president....if he wins I guess it'll be "By the time I get to D.C...."

[jneiro]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss­sssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ddarkheartx]

Damn nice beat!

[Brooklyn1919]

Chuck had alot of hart, he could of got killed.

[zappatull]

Thank you for posting this vid. Apocalypse '91 is an absolute monster of an album! Public Enemy Rules!

[heylover3]

That has got to be one of the dopest beats in history!!

[000oKINGoKONGo000]

brings me wayyyyy back