I am actually very optimistic for our generation....music like this is coming from them...look shad isn't on the radio waka flocka is...its an exposure thing..most of us..are pissed off about t-pain, 3-d movies, and justin bieber....the end of those days are coming...just keep faith and keep true man
what annoys me about this is that you can feel the atmosphere of ignorant people who just enjoy rap music. this is a godlike performance and I would've been breathless after hearing this live. Learn to listen people
woo woo woo calm down the bro!!! the point is Shad is a talented rapper.... regardless of wat ppl say everyone is entitled to their own decision. it just a shame u cant realize good talent when u see it...
i guess its not good cos he isnt like every other idiot rapper like Wayne etc, talking about money, bitches, killing and themselves.
So for the fact he is original and has his own topics unlike being like nearly every other one and copying them he is not good. lol. People who think that have very little hip hop along with music iq. Really learn the art before making fools of yourselves, and making uneducated comments.
This is a short story told through lyric and rhythm and every time I listen to it I get chills down my spine. This is what the world needs more of, my first time listening to it it was instantly my favorite song up there with anything by Marvin Gaye. It's perfect.
Yes Im going back to my roots back to my culture cause 15 years in this fake nations made me realize on how fake and igonrant these bicthes are and after they wanna spit wisdom , get the fuck out off here. Look bitch no Black, white ,yellow or brown man`s got wisdom in this bicth nations except for the original native man.No one can spit wisdom in a stolen land but the native man. Take some books and do some reading ignorant bitches.
@hugotrafficante Wow that's a hateful comment lol I think like many other who'll read your comment your trippin' bro , Wisdom is relative , I'm well aware of the atrocities the natives have been put through and I don't argue for one second that native culture doesn't hold a significant amount of wisdom to pass on to many people but what your doing is simply dividing people .. It's alright to be angry but no matter how cliche people may feel you have to direct that anger into the proper channels.
Shad and I, we don't like to spit lies, cuz when it hits the fan man, shit flies, all over the room people start to consume, but when they find out that you lied bout whatever the time winds down to your own doom, all alone in your own room. your soul turns to stone cuz you've brushed yourself under the rug with your own broom. while you fade away , shad's closed in like a phone booth, spittin known and unknown truth, which in turn connects him more and more to his own ROOTS. We are living! you?
Get the fuck out of here the only wisdom in this fake shit nation was told by the original native man and you aint got shit but a hungry face with lots of bullshit . I can`t believe that poeple buy bull shit likre that .If that negro would of red Louis Farrakhan he would of had good direct message but after I heard that song I realize that he is nothing but another monkey ass negro in the industry.
Every things is fake in this fucking north american nations except for the native man.While they bomb innocent kids in Afghanistan, Irak, and Palestine that bitch negro sings about wisdom. Get the fuck out of here fake punk ass motherfuckers.
I know better. You know why? Cause I come from the real I wasnt born in this stupid country I was born in the Slumz of Rio de Janeiro (city of gods).I wasnt born with an atari or nintendo I grew up on rice and beens bare foot but now I know why this north nations are so fucked up and brain washed.
@hugotrafficante just because you lived in a shithole doesnt mean you know everthing about how North Amercia and all these "stupid countries" are ruining the world or brainwashing people. I would love to see what Shad would have to say about your thoughts on his song. Take your rude comments and fuck right off back to Brazil.
I know better. You know why? Cause I come from the real I wasnt born in this stupid country I was born in the Slumz of Rio de Janeiro (city of gods).I wasnt born with an atari or nintendo I grew up on rice and beens bare foot but now I know why this north nations are so fucked up and brain washed.
@hugotrafficante or are you brain washed by your own vision of truth becaue you did not have the same things they did. Im an American and the last thing ill do is knock anyone for trying to make things better thru good music. last thing ill do is knock another persons country or up bringing.
@hugotrafficante wow i am appalled ur saying shit about this guy and all he ever did was try to send a good message and ur fucking talking trash what a dick and dont ven say shit about the "native man" i thought yoy grew up on rice and beans in brazil so why dont you get the fuck off the page instead of us dickweed
How can u compare such a great hip hop artist and such a great musician in general with a lil gayne bitch who gots nothing 2 say one of the dumbest motherfuckas making tons of money without actually deserving a cent.....
come on peolpe support real hip hop.....
like Shad, Cyne, One Be Lo, Insight, Elzhi...............
It sounds better and better every time I hear it.You can't compare Shad to any other artist in the game.He's just different,I truly feel any reasonable good hearted person could vibe to his music if it were played on the radio.
why are people fucking talking in the background... so disrespectful, and if they listened they might have actually liked the song, cuz i loved it! Shad is dope it's unbelievable. Hope he comes back to Guelph or the Cold K-Dub soon.
This is one song that can bring me to tears every time I hear it. It might not make much sense right off the bat, but listen to Ben Folds- Fred Jones Pt 2 and then play this after. Lyrically I think they compliment each other...
"picture life etch in stones life sketch in poems, on sidewalk dry chalk next to homes, picture are you left alone, kept in reflection shown,you don't sketch in subjective tones, picture life on sidewalk frame it, so all you are you felt trying to name it, is called you, picture it, in the space between steps, is a grace between breath and the message that is made believe text, picture"
This kid is Bananas! You can't compare him to Common because he plays the guitar and Common can't. Can't compare him to Saul Williams because he has that African Story. Face it! You just got to call it original.
so beautiful. i didnt even know about rwanda until my sophomore year of college we watched hotel rwanda. then my college did an article on a girl who lived next door to me freshman year... about how she and her family escaped the massacre when she was 8. it was so moving, i'd had no idea.
hes amazing duh!!! you hate rap cause of the mainstream. Rap legends are like this. Shad is differnet though ...hes like Common..Like sahd better tho now...
Flawed perfection. How, do you ask? His talent seems as if it's wasted and not put on a mainstream basis so everyone can enjoy his beautiful art. The cost of being real!?!
I not saying that he should turn into a "Diddy"!!! Not by any means!!! But I wish that all the masses could enjoy real rap in the purest form. He doesn't even rap, it seems as if you and him are having a conversation when you listen to him. It's like that new toy you just got for your birthday or Christmas. You just want everyone to know you have it and share it with them.
lil wayne has absoloutly nothing on this guy, just listen to them speak, when wayne speaks theres no emotion there just a generic use of words we can hardly understand or a play on words thats slightly ammusing but when shad does his thing you can tell its serious and means somthing. i could listen to shad for hours and never get bored and still have the same feeling about the songs afterwards
Wow. Just wow. If Shad ever comes to Norway, that's one show I'm gonna catch. So gifted, and less pretentious and nerdy than most other cerebral and verbose rappers, like for instance Sage Francis (who this song reminds me of).
On a side note: Why does the fact that Shad is good equal (for most people, it seems) that Lil Wayne is bad? They're both good artists, they're just different.
This is a god given gift. You up there with Common man. And Common is the man. Your words are real. That's what we need. I'm tired of these fakes rappers out here disrespecting women and life.
Yup. Shad K is the best rapper I know of. He's incredibly smart, wise and has a positive message; but he also has as great lyrical skill as anyone. His language in this song is almost magical, like a fairy tale or a dream.
Rap needs a variety of characters, and I love people like Eminem, Lupe, Jay-Z, Kanye West etc. They all have lots of talent and important things to say, in different ways. But hip hop really needs more people like Shad K, or Zuby etc to be a balanced community.
This is great; a story from beginning to end
Put into rhyme that flows like the ink in a pen.
I thought about the meaning for a bit, and then
I found the replay button and listened again.
Panjaquomi 2 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Shad
This isn't a song...
iambubbathedog 2 months ago
@iambubbathedog its a song
pcummins01 5 days ago
AWESOME!!!! Finally something that feeds the need.
batscat1 4 months ago
A better wordsmith, there are none.
leavetoday 5 months ago 3
What A Fuckinn Songg !!
BringTheNoise33 6 months ago
WOW...my generation has lost sight of real music...and hard in the pain by wakaflocka gets millions of hits....sadness
ThisizPrince 8 months ago
@ThisizPrince
I am actually very optimistic for our generation....music like this is coming from them...look shad isn't on the radio waka flocka is...its an exposure thing..most of us..are pissed off about t-pain, 3-d movies, and justin bieber....the end of those days are coming...just keep faith and keep true man
redwolf481 7 months ago
what annoys me about this is that you can feel the atmosphere of ignorant people who just enjoy rap music. this is a godlike performance and I would've been breathless after hearing this live. Learn to listen people
DaveDFFA 8 months ago 6
woo woo woo calm down the bro!!! the point is Shad is a talented rapper.... regardless of wat ppl say everyone is entitled to their own decision. it just a shame u cant realize good talent when u see it...
jimorris1 9 months ago
i guess its not good cos he isnt like every other idiot rapper like Wayne etc, talking about money, bitches, killing and themselves.
So for the fact he is original and has his own topics unlike being like nearly every other one and copying them he is not good. lol. People who think that have very little hip hop along with music iq. Really learn the art before making fools of yourselves, and making uneducated comments.
Shad, you a beast and a real hip hop artist.
maneshdesilva 10 months ago
Look bitch no Black, white ,yellow or brown man`s got wisdom in this bicth nations except for the original native man in his original land.
hugotrafficante 11 months ago
Just wonderfully done! Brilliant.
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blackwatersCDXCV 1 year ago
The people in the crowd need to shut the hell up and just listen.
blackwatersCDXCV 1 year ago 5
simply amazing.
canadianmales 1 year ago
This transcends Hip Hop.
It transcends music.
This is a short story told through lyric and rhythm and every time I listen to it I get chills down my spine. This is what the world needs more of, my first time listening to it it was instantly my favorite song up there with anything by Marvin Gaye. It's perfect.
GoraJoseba 1 year ago
If you dislike this song u have no soul or understand anything about hip hop
shokwok89 1 year ago
Yes Im going back to my roots back to my culture cause 15 years in this fake nations made me realize on how fake and igonrant these bicthes are and after they wanna spit wisdom , get the fuck out off here. Look bitch no Black, white ,yellow or brown man`s got wisdom in this bicth nations except for the original native man.No one can spit wisdom in a stolen land but the native man. Take some books and do some reading ignorant bitches.
hugotrafficante 1 year ago
@hugotrafficante you sound like the ignorant one not SHAD
QuitUrJobAndGoSkate 11 months ago
@hugotrafficante Wow that's a hateful comment lol I think like many other who'll read your comment your trippin' bro , Wisdom is relative , I'm well aware of the atrocities the natives have been put through and I don't argue for one second that native culture doesn't hold a significant amount of wisdom to pass on to many people but what your doing is simply dividing people .. It's alright to be angry but no matter how cliche people may feel you have to direct that anger into the proper channels.
losttweaty 11 months ago
wow... now, you guys wanna tell me how many rappers you see playing guitar while rapping their hearts out?
none.
much love for shad from the n.s.
Fonzey113 1 year ago
I never fully understood this song untill I heard it live <3
addiz0n 1 year ago 5
Shad and I, we don't like to spit lies, cuz when it hits the fan man, shit flies, all over the room people start to consume, but when they find out that you lied bout whatever the time winds down to your own doom, all alone in your own room. your soul turns to stone cuz you've brushed yourself under the rug with your own broom. while you fade away , shad's closed in like a phone booth, spittin known and unknown truth, which in turn connects him more and more to his own ROOTS. We are living! you?
DeanoZA 1 year ago
Now you keep everyone's heart on charts and schedules
And the trends trying to stack gold bars and medals
They want vessels void and dark as space
Fools wanna make stars instead of music that's smart or special
Because art at a level that's real can be harder to peddle
Business prefers a market that settles for 2nd rate
Kill the true artists martyr the rebels
That's the system and its straight from the heart of the devil.
You people hate on this music because you are lazy, maybe crazy?
DeanoZA 1 year ago
If you are hating on this performance or this song, you are not human.
pure talent
smofsky12 1 year ago
@pelemaster Yes that guy is sick full of bullshit mierda .
hugotrafficante 1 year ago
Get the fuck out of here the only wisdom in this fake shit nation was told by the original native man and you aint got shit but a hungry face with lots of bullshit . I can`t believe that poeple buy bull shit likre that .If that negro would of red Louis Farrakhan he would of had good direct message but after I heard that song I realize that he is nothing but another monkey ass negro in the industry.
hugotrafficante 1 year ago
@hugotrafficante why you gotta be so hostile?
49isAmAzInG 1 year ago
Every things is fake in this fucking north american nations except for the native man.While they bomb innocent kids in Afghanistan, Irak, and Palestine that bitch negro sings about wisdom. Get the fuck out of here fake punk ass motherfuckers.
hugotrafficante 1 year ago
@hugotrafficante dude, shut up... you dont know what you're saying.
49isAmAzInG 1 year ago
I know better. You know why? Cause I come from the real I wasnt born in this stupid country I was born in the Slumz of Rio de Janeiro (city of gods).I wasnt born with an atari or nintendo I grew up on rice and beens bare foot but now I know why this north nations are so fucked up and brain washed.
hugotrafficante 1 year ago
@hugotrafficante grew up on rice and beans... and computers?
49isAmAzInG 1 year ago
@hugotrafficante just because you lived in a shithole doesnt mean you know everthing about how North Amercia and all these "stupid countries" are ruining the world or brainwashing people. I would love to see what Shad would have to say about your thoughts on his song. Take your rude comments and fuck right off back to Brazil.
119Eli 1 year ago
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I know better. You know why? Cause I come from the real I wasnt born in this stupid country I was born in the Slumz of Rio de Janeiro (city of gods).I wasnt born with an atari or nintendo I grew up on rice and beens bare foot but now I know why this north nations are so fucked up and brain washed.
hugotrafficante 1 year ago
@hugotrafficante or are you brain washed by your own vision of truth becaue you did not have the same things they did. Im an American and the last thing ill do is knock anyone for trying to make things better thru good music. last thing ill do is knock another persons country or up bringing.
Escribble22 4 months ago
@hugotrafficante wow i am appalled ur saying shit about this guy and all he ever did was try to send a good message and ur fucking talking trash what a dick and dont ven say shit about the "native man" i thought yoy grew up on rice and beans in brazil so why dont you get the fuck off the page instead of us dickweed
TheCasey16 1 year ago
I didnt know shad played guitar to! just up'd my respect for him even more.
AllanMacIn 1 year ago
he really paints a picture with the words..
franchise11 1 year ago
Man, I feel bad for downloading his music. Shad, I promise you I will purchase your music when I get my next paycheck. Thank you.
justomjustom 1 year ago 3
This wasnt on the old prince this was on when this is over?
SummonZeCat 1 year ago
oh my god.... what a song, what a writer, what a rapper, what a person.
DaveDFFA 2 years ago 4
Shad's a phenomenal performer,if I was lucky enough to be there I would've thrown some money on stage,cause he deserves it.
AsukuraPunk 2 years ago 3
i dig lil wayne- but this guy gots the love flowin
flyingporcupine2 2 years ago
How can u compare such a great hip hop artist and such a great musician in general with a lil gayne bitch who gots nothing 2 say one of the dumbest motherfuckas making tons of money without actually deserving a cent.....
come on peolpe support real hip hop.....
like Shad, Cyne, One Be Lo, Insight, Elzhi...............
Makedonec2008 2 years ago 5
It sounds better and better every time I hear it.You can't compare Shad to any other artist in the game.He's just different,I truly feel any reasonable good hearted person could vibe to his music if it were played on the radio.
AsukuraPunk 2 years ago 5
Asheru
NO5T4LG1C 2 years ago
???
AsukuraPunk 2 years ago
gives my goosebumps every time i hear it
loafter1 2 years ago 2
why are people fucking talking in the background... so disrespectful, and if they listened they might have actually liked the song, cuz i loved it! Shad is dope it's unbelievable. Hope he comes back to Guelph or the Cold K-Dub soon.
dickmaguffin 2 years ago 3
This is one song that can bring me to tears every time I hear it. It might not make much sense right off the bat, but listen to Ben Folds- Fred Jones Pt 2 and then play this after. Lyrically I think they compliment each other...
Noellenc 2 years ago
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if u dont wanna use i tunes download the program called replay video catcher and u can make the youtube vid and mp3
daveisking1111 2 years ago
if u dont wanna use i tunes download the program called replay video catcher and u can make the youtube vid and mp3
daveisking1111 2 years ago
People came from everywhere
They read the story through for days
It wasn't nothin' new or strange
'Til they were moved and amazed
It wasn't the places he'd been or the people he'd met
It was the spaces between, the secrets he kept
They wept joyfully
The greatest story no one told was just a story of an ordinary man growing old
Brilliant.
pr0nzkthx 2 years ago 36
hy i'm from germany and don't understand the whole song can you please send me the whole text, please :9 i really would appreciate that.
I hope my grammar dont be to bad :)
TomberryGambler 2 years ago
Probably one of the most heartfelt songs I've heard since the stuff from Explosions In The Sky.
spitthathotfire 3 years ago 4
sick sick song
JouninNeji 3 years ago
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wow u guys are gay
PetersonArenas 3 years ago
Go back to Lil Wayne and T-Pain. You may think we're gay, but at least we have appreciation for good music.
icon54 2 years ago 33
where did i go wrong?
PetersonArenas 2 years ago
"picture life etch in stones life sketch in poems, on sidewalk dry chalk next to homes, picture are you left alone, kept in reflection shown,you don't sketch in subjective tones, picture life on sidewalk frame it, so all you are you felt trying to name it, is called you, picture it, in the space between steps, is a grace between breath and the message that is made believe text, picture"
Wow.. i love that last part..
EatCornChip 3 years ago 7
This is one of my favorite shad song.. he is soo lyrical..
EatCornChip 3 years ago
This kid is Bananas! You can't compare him to Common because he plays the guitar and Common can't. Can't compare him to Saul Williams because he has that African Story. Face it! You just got to call it original.
Manawanga 3 years ago 2
he just moved me to tears; and it takes a lot to do that for me.
orchidsbloom 3 years ago 4
cried the 1st time I heard this
SAS4 3 years ago 3
so beautiful. i didnt even know about rwanda until my sophomore year of college we watched hotel rwanda. then my college did an article on a girl who lived next door to me freshman year... about how she and her family escaped the massacre when she was 8. it was so moving, i'd had no idea.
Noellenc 3 years ago
So what if you can't find it on Limewire? How about actually supporting him and, hmm, I don't know, actually buy the album. It's money well spent.
JBradintheghetto 3 years ago 2
I agree with you 100% but his albums are so hard to find. and I've looked in every music shop I could get to on my trips to Ontario!
cfgoose 3 years ago
itunes mate, both albums are on there
farrell322 2 years ago
Yeah, but I'm all about a hard copy for these ones haha.
cfgoose 2 years ago 3
pisses me off that i cant find any shad song on limewire.
MexicanPandaa 3 years ago
I KNOW EH!
kevinissex 3 years ago
use itunes
stefn77 3 years ago
Not 'Rap', Hip-Hop
belgiantim 2 years ago 5
i fucking love rap with violin, it kicks so much ass
kevinissex 3 years ago 4
AGREED
SAS4 3 years ago
Shad is owe inspiring, an amazing lyricist, k'naan and shad are my favorite hip-hop artists out right now.
bonigon91 3 years ago 2
i hate rap. shad is incredible. these lyrics are incredible. how does he do it?
loaferkid615 3 years ago
hes amazing duh!!! you hate rap cause of the mainstream. Rap legends are like this. Shad is differnet though ...hes like Common..Like sahd better tho now...
wenzhecai 3 years ago 2
anyone can get all the lyrics to this?
superchan 3 years ago
Flawed perfection. How, do you ask? His talent seems as if it's wasted and not put on a mainstream basis so everyone can enjoy his beautiful art. The cost of being real!?!
Reignofknowledge 3 years ago
I would never want him to go main stream. Neither does he as he has mentioned in many of his songs.
utubehatesmyusername 3 years ago
I not saying that he should turn into a "Diddy"!!! Not by any means!!! But I wish that all the masses could enjoy real rap in the purest form. He doesn't even rap, it seems as if you and him are having a conversation when you listen to him. It's like that new toy you just got for your birthday or Christmas. You just want everyone to know you have it and share it with them.
Reignofknowledge 3 years ago 6
lil wayne has absoloutly nothing on this guy, just listen to them speak, when wayne speaks theres no emotion there just a generic use of words we can hardly understand or a play on words thats slightly ammusing but when shad does his thing you can tell its serious and means somthing. i could listen to shad for hours and never get bored and still have the same feeling about the songs afterwards
seanyseanyseanyseany 3 years ago 7
love it. Thumb up for Stumble!
relaxedandcalm 3 years ago
why are people even mentioning lil wayne on the same page as this man????
Massapeel 3 years ago 7
Because Lil Wayne is the product of record label whoring. Shad's from a different scene, a much better musical scene.
stealth0wnz 3 years ago 3
WOW!! this story is absolutely beautiful.
Massapeel 3 years ago 3
If not the best rap song ever written it is at least the most beautiful.
For me anyway.
jacobduarte 3 years ago 3
Wow. Just wow. If Shad ever comes to Norway, that's one show I'm gonna catch. So gifted, and less pretentious and nerdy than most other cerebral and verbose rappers, like for instance Sage Francis (who this song reminds me of).
On a side note: Why does the fact that Shad is good equal (for most people, it seems) that Lil Wayne is bad? They're both good artists, they're just different.
jakkelyd 3 years ago 2
why are people talking while he is playing?
bezerkfurp8 3 years ago 2
err...insane?
rapidkid11 3 years ago
This is a god given gift. You up there with Common man. And Common is the man. Your words are real. That's what we need. I'm tired of these fakes rappers out here disrespecting women and life.
MizzCurvacious 3 years ago 5
This song is amazing. I dont believe anyone can top this.
utubehatesmyusername 3 years ago
Every line is lyrically lyrical with hot lyrics from from this gifted lyricist.
Reignofknowledge 3 years ago
he is from Lithuania, right?
koxanie 3 years ago
Canada
TehSuperCOLO 3 years ago
where do i get this music
MaryD12345 3 years ago
u can get both of his albums on itunes
nateggs 3 years ago
i really like his music, awesome, that's amazing. it has a message
Huakalero 3 years ago
Man dude you killin most of the artist that are out now, No booty, No Bling and no one getting shot----Just the truth. Much Respect
hatdbyu2 3 years ago 6
one of the best songs iv ever heard of any genre
Tnuggz420 3 years ago 3
touchinggg, love this <3
NEGRIITA29 3 years ago 2
str8 sickness
dddeeznuts 3 years ago
Wow Amazing artist
Well spoken what a message
Boi2Lao 3 years ago
amazing, I think him and Lupe should collaborate
shortluke 3 years ago
gitaur, violin and spoken wordd???
im in love
xoxroyaltyxox 3 years ago 2
Amazing talent. It's nice to see somebody rapping about something meaningful.
poptomop 3 years ago 2
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y do u guys like this? hes a nigga? lol jks:) my cock is fucking huge nigger!!!!!
additionned 3 years ago
I love it that his from Rwanda. I think his Tutsi we all look alike.
dizzy613 3 years ago
yeah shad is the greatest. he doesnt swear, he doesnt talk shit, he's just a positive dude with more talent than any gangster out there
JordanPeterman 3 years ago 7
iAgree
arashiku 3 years ago
Yup. Shad K is the best rapper I know of. He's incredibly smart, wise and has a positive message; but he also has as great lyrical skill as anyone. His language in this song is almost magical, like a fairy tale or a dream.
Rap needs a variety of characters, and I love people like Eminem, Lupe, Jay-Z, Kanye West etc. They all have lots of talent and important things to say, in different ways. But hip hop really needs more people like Shad K, or Zuby etc to be a balanced community.
MuddlelyTalker 3 years ago 3
I think this is my favourite rapper by far. The lyrics are simply amazing. Even the way he speaks them... so powerful and heartfelt. I love it.
ezboy500 3 years ago 2
WOW, definately one of his best songs, the lyrics are amazing
arashiku 3 years ago 3
Stunning
namkooc 3 years ago 3
this song is perfect.
neverhood123 3 years ago 4
"Please, seeing my life like this, it made me think I can state succinctly everything life is, if You gave me ink"
"As much as art can mimic, nothings as real as life told from start to finish"
Beautiful. So many quotables. One of my favorite songs, mos def.
FCWriter 4 years ago 3