Mr. Lif - Home of the Brave

[TheEmcee1]

the intro is a winston churchill quote, winston churchill was good but he basically would do anything to secure a better position for Great Britain, that means back room deals, secret covert documents, spys, coverups etc. the bombing of coventry is one example

[mrbloke11]

I love the Laurie Anderson sample here.

[PumaSweat]

Got rid of my TV and it's been the best year of my life!

[PumaSweat]

"Keep people afraid and they'll consume"

[sundaydriverfromhell]

4 people dont get it

[apocalypkidstv]

@MrRipper222 Word. Fear is a powerful emotion. People are likely to be manipulated easier when they believe their submission will play a dominant role in their own self-preservation.

[punkyhiphopdood]

It's funny how fans of underground hip hop tend to share the same views on life. When the revolution comes it'll come laden with a Hip Hop soundtrack. The last pocket of resistance in the music industry!

[apocalypkidstv]

3 people are home with anti-terrorism up in their dome

[pillsburydourboy]

lyrics:  lyrics.wikia.com/Mr._Lif:Home_­Of_The_Brave

[cyborgdata]

this song.... along with the this album might be one of the best EVER. truth shit, dope shit, real shit.

[gribble503]

thestevester94 is a moron. no oil in afghanistan?! approximately 1.8 billion barrels of oil are in the northern part of the country. thestevester94 is a moron.

[thestevester94]

It's funny how stupid Mr Lif is. If he did his research he'd know there is no oil In Afghanistan. Hell, petroleum is a major IMPORT in Afghanistan. What a fucking idiot.

[TheObeahMan]

@thestevester94 listen again, he's says pipeline. He's referring to the TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Paki­stan-India) pipeline, intended to get oil and natural gas from Central Asia to the Indian Ocean and American supertankers without passing through the hands of Russian-influenced middlemen in Eastern Europe. This was a major foreign policy goal of the Bush administration (one that was neer fully realised though)

Do your own research before you mouth off ;)

[musiclover01ization]

@thestevester94 Retard

[dazmatazz77]

@thestevester94 Its called the Caspian pipeline dumbass... to transport oil from the north to the south.

[madasa777]

Damn, looking back at my comment from like 3 years back, lol spitting the truth even tho I was like 14.

[MidnightSon]

soooo underrated!!

[xjustin523x]

but they killed us because weve been killin em for years... so true

[Keithisill]

Nice Laurie Anderson sample!

[BathosMetalDrummer]

Nice album art! Hail from a metal fan!

[thecrystalkid]

"they haven't done shit for us and that's a fact, their only function is to keep the party money where it's at..." -word!

[queasyeasy]

"lif is good.  real good." -- American Dough

[bugsholmes]

Mr Lif is just about to release another classic featuring Andy Kayes!!

[SlimR3d]

Man thats the life chillen in my basement playing xbox and listening to Lif all day =D

[IceManLikeGervin]

Str8 up cognitive dopeness!

[driveby14000]

i could listen to this all day.

[RSSproductionz]

mr. lif is very extremely smart and clever when it comes to lyrics. He takes all the complex arguments in our present, and makes it clear whats going on.

Ex:Bush disguises blood lust as patriotism

Convincing the living to love "Operation Let's Get 'Em"

But when he realized we don't support their attacks

They needed something to distract, hmm, anthrax"

"And you can wave that piece of shit flag if you dare

But they killed us because we've been killing them for year

[AvvRham]

'And you can wave that piece of shit flag if you dare

But they killed us because we've been killing them for years...'

[skulldrix]

I used to hate rap/hip hop because all I heard was niggers disrespecting women,talking about money, and dancing.But then I heard Mr. Lif and now I can say I listen to No Wave, Punk, Expierimental, Industrial, Shoegaze, Post pUnk, and rap;

[DoctorSess]

@skulldrix you're too ignorant to truly understand hip hop...using words like nigger proves this.

[skulldrix]

@DoctorSess NIgger, hmm. I like to throw that term around. Racism isn't over, and I feel people should stop being so shocked at the word nigger. I mean, come on. I'm black it it totally doesn't offend. So.....blow me.

[DaBestRtz]

lyrics... fuckin' amazing!

"Bush disguises blood lust as patriotism

Convincing the living to love "Operation Let's Get 'Em"

But when he realized we don't support their attacks

They needed something to distract, hmm, anthrax"

"And you can wave that piece of shit flag if you dare

But they killed us because we've been killing them for years"

no questions about it

ARTIST!

[RSSproductionz]

Lyrical genius..screw modern day "rap" and "hip hop"

[vaev]

Where's Get Wise?

[eLLD3]

YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[junglistOne]

the cover of that EP is great:)

[s0p1noy]

DROP BEATS NOT BOMBS!!!

[MorningSun10000]

America, the home of the slaves and the land of China.

[TheHighMind420]

@MorningSun10000 Home of the free, land of the brave, More like slave tell the grave

[TheHighMind420]

@MorningSun10000 Land of the free home of the brave, more like slave tell the grave

[shizzlefits]

best thing to do one and all. spread the word. get active. collect. assemble together, tell people you know and who knows you might be surprised to find people who think the same way you do. those who are not fooled by the current system. that's all we can do, band together and eventually rise up. before its too late.

[BlaimBrinks]

sick track, one of my best EP buys ever :D

[Aftereality]

Epic Tunes.. Grats to the true head here listening to this. check out my channel

[skeight976]

Mr. Lif for president! 2010

[drakes3quation]

I remember when this came out. I thought it was the best telling of the times in entertainment. Mr. Lif hit the nail on the head... almost a decade before the cards collapsed... I had always hoped he'd be wrong about that "second great depression"... guess not.

[aethelwulf22]

i thought that i should point out if you just compare the comments from lif supporters to the ones of 50 cent supporters you will see just from what they say who is a better influence. i mean it may just be me but i struggle to understand what the 50 cent people are saying or 50 cent for that matter, but i can understand and connect with every word lif says

[ginsushark]

i like 50, lil weezey and mr lif. i even like some gay music - david bowie, rolling stones, prince. good music is good music.

[spliefer]

cant agree more. i really pity people who are so narrow-minded they dismiss music that doesnt fall into one of their preferred genres. i like all kinds... hiphop, rock, drum&bass, blues, jazz, even classical... broaden your horizons, folks.

[CamerOneiric]

Never heard more true words my friend. Why is this concept so hard for people to understand? Especially musicians; to be a good musician you have to be well - rounded. That requires all styles of music. It's not hard to enjoy other types of music, even if they are weird at first, some things are just an acquired taste. Thanks for spreading some good words, they are too rare in this day.

[40oztahfreedom]

fuck you frankwhite go back to listening to ur faggot lil wayne or watevr gay ass music u listen too

[DropBombsInOctagons]

mr lif plus a splif and my 360 and im gone niggah

[slaughterthyposer420]

i hear you man, but thats not really in the spirit of the music. put the spliff down for a minute kill the bankers and tax men and toke nd chill for the rest of your life

[CamerOneiric]

Yes, they must be punished for their atrocities against humans. When the evil bankers and elite are rid of, then there will be harmony and happiness, and above all love.

[mattbiker66]

yo dawg i lissen to fucking lyke 50 cent and shit, hes so dope man fuckin gansta steeze y0. fuck all diss fucking underground rap m@n, Mr.Lif aint got shit man, just real flow and actual good music. but NY is the only city with good rap.

hmm... worthy of thought eh?

Dumbass.

[nonphixionRIP]

your an idiot!

[rareidea]

Who is Mr. Lif? Probably one of the brightest, influential rappers of our time. Nice naming 50 Cent and Biggie. Everyone is hopping on 50's bandwagon with the release of more of his seductive bullshit rap? You must've thought nobody can talk shit about the big-bad Biggie. Like he is a God too. Get your shit together we aren't living in Biggie's era anymore or Tupac's. Wack-gangsta rappers of the past. Lif talks politics, he tells it how it is, and gives so much insight. Get educated frankwhite

[merkabaradio]

mr. lif is definitely a breathe of fresh air compared to the 50 cent trash

[endless8evolution]

not the smartest guy in the world are ya there frankwhite1ne

[kmerf]

prophetic!!!!!!!!! i wonder how he knew.

[frankwhite1ne]

this nigga is wack

[kmerf]

your wack faggot

[backwardshoe]

Laurie Anderson is great.

[TruthSmack]

Sick! Mir Lif is on point!

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.

George Orwell

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

George Orwell

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

George Orwell

[Gen0cideMachinex138]

what exactly is he talking about?

[TruthSmack]

I strongly recommend watching: "anthrax war", "money as debt", freedom to fascism", "ring of power", "american drug war americas last white hope", "911 mysteries", and "endgame".

[vinloc3854]

ill.... lif's lyrics are RIDICULOUS dope... i love the blend of political science and the art of rap to express the truth that is shrouded around us.

[xjustin523x]

same here its such a unique things

[chadiverson]

yeah, this was my song in my skate vid!!

[GDHGDYFJH]

This song is jammin'!!!!

[Abhorham]

true message

[AZNSneekboY]

i know this songs old, but damn i cant stop listening to this!!!

[kanekhs]

so dope

[edeezy1994]

This song is prity tite I dont really get this album cover but anybody hoo appreciates good music with a good cause will like this son wut r sum other mr. lif songs like this

[piranha55x]

album cover- at first the planes drop bombs on the people. then later the same planes drop supplies to the people that are burning. so the planes aren't helping the people by dropping supplies when they are burning because it's the planes fault the people were burning. Check out K'naan- blues for the horn, he describes something similar.

As for Mr. Lif check out Phantom or Success ft Aesop Rock those are my favorites.

[rayzian]

think about man made viruses and 'vaccines' - watch the movie "scanner darkly" then you will understand the album cover

[irighterotica]

Yeah, piranha's got it. :v

"We didn't *mean* to bomb the shit out of a village with a few hundred/thousand innocent people in it! We just wanted the bad guys, honestly. Look, we're really sorry! Have some food and stuff."

[SandShinobi535]

Fucking dope!

[OpineTime]

"But my eyes are wide open and my TV is off, great 'cause I save on my electricity cost!"

[jrivero12]

"this country's headed to a recession, reminiscent of the great depression"

Lyrics are phenomenal! This was made in 2002, damn.

[ujustgotmossd]

ya lif is a genius!...so much better than mainstream hip hop!

[mfolleyr20]

@jrivero12 I met to vote up, but I made a mistake....

We've been in recession since the 70's tho...

[maximilianC9]

@jrivero12 how did he know that???? biggie also said in one of his songs that the world trade center would go down....

??

[13isTheMagicNumber]

@maximilianC9 biggie didn't say that. he said "blow up like the world trade," referring to the attempted bombing of the trade center in 1993, not the controlled demolitions in 2001.

[maximilianC9]

@13isTheMagicNumber o. thanks man! (:

[Moktarr101]

@jrivero12 It just shows that mainstream doesn't have to suck, it just does.

[xjustin523x]

@jrivero12 i know its crazy

[Mackadoeshez]

str8 up dopeness!!

[DKTHaMASKEDNINJA]

"we needed something to distract... anthrax" ----so true I''m surprised that the evil mf's in tha US didnt kill Lif for spreading all this truth!!! lol

[1984AnTz2008]

fuck yeah

[nickfuse]

didnt we all need that! (lol)

[mhaceil]

thamks for that man!!!!

[mhaceil]

what year is this albumn from..please!!!

[itoh138]

'02

[ujustgotmossd]

2002

[Hepatomancy]

@mhaceil Seriously? You have the internet at your fingertips and you need to ask this? Ask a search engine, it's faster and more reliable. You can search a youtube video so there's no reason you can't do that lol.

[madasa777]

mr lif is the most consistent rapper ive heard. all of his songs stick to his style of rapping that he's established since the beginning. Why is Soulja Boy getting all the attention instead of mr. lif??

[THEoutWORLDrecords]

@madasa777 because of uneducated listeners

[TheGzarza]

@madasa777 well i know this is a year late but soula girl is getting more attention because people cant appreciate true hip hop they just like listening to songs about busting cups and fuckin bitches :/

[astumpe80]

@madasa777 Have you noticed Lif's subject matter??

[lamphi5]

pretty dope

[AWPNubDiesel]

Seriously for all of you posting shit like "fuck Lif and his '9-11 was an inside job' shit" need to shut the fuck up. He never says that at all. Like a few other people have said he doesn't say that. He says that 9-11 is just an excuse to go to war. He also notes that the government doesn't really care what happened to the people that died that day; they were "nonessential." Look up the lyrics or listen to the song 1 or 2 more times.

[southblock]

Here's what your history books won't show:

You're a dead man for fucking with American dough

...

And you can wave that piece of shit flag if you dare

But they killed us because we've been killing them for years

word

[rangedtiger]

my frind tony u remember hitler right i think u noe of him he burned down the parliament building and said the communist terrorists did it but he did it so he can wage a war with a race of ppl and use propaganda to make his ppl belive in the terrorism hmmm dose that remind u of anything*cough war on terror cough* u fucker u have to leran what terrorism is u can become a terrorist if u are fighting for your country that just dosnt make sense i leave u with the great words of KRS1 *U MUST LEARN*

[LuckyTaylor13]

terrorism is just another matter of perspective u ever heard the quote "one mans terririst is another mans freedom fighter"?

[AllEnglishEvie]

I agree with LuckyTaylor although what terrorists do is wrong from another persons point of view they are a freedom fighter not a terrorist.

[SteveSpent]

man... Lif must've had to pay big royalties when he sampled Laurie Anderson's From the Air..

[thepatateg]

very good tony...three points for age....fucking moron.open ur eyes

[TonyFuckingDanza]

Seriously I guarantee you are a 20 year old college kid. Its going to be funny in 10 or 20 years when you think back about the retarded shit you used to believe in. 9-11 being an inside job is pretty self explanatory in its total idiocy.

[TonyFuckingDanza]

People on the ultra-left like chomsky followers or the "911 was a inside JEW job!!!" calling anyone close-minded is hilarious, you guys are outright hostile to any type of opposing viewpoint. As far as noam chomsky being a "genius", this is the guy who praised pol pot and the khmer rouge as populist leaders defending cambodia from the imperial aggressors. Go ahead and do some research because I'd be willing to bet you haven't heard of the khmer rouge before.

[thepatateg]

wtf are you talking about ?

[INFOWARforYourMind]

There is a war on for your mind. Wake Up!

[TonyFuckingDanza]

the lyrics say 9/11 was really a secret govt conspiracy (from the evil genius mastermind george bush of course).sorry but if you believe that you are a gullible moron. if it weren't for the legions of the ignorant kids who don't pay attention in school, listen to retarded music like this, and want someone to blame for their shitty life working fast food and living with mom, people like noam chomsky would have have to find a new line of work making 6 figures a year peddling this simple bullshit.

[DrunkMonk1]

he doesn't mention anything about 9/11 being an inside job, just that Bush took advantage of the political climate after the event

[colin10987]

so true

[Kafkalist]

Neither Chomsky nor Lif said anything about that exactly, and both are genius in their own regard, Chomsky as a political science and Lif in rap, and it's idiots like you that generalize shit so you won't have to open your closed mind to new ideas.

[boredanddumb]

"so you won't have to open your closed mind to new ideas" , is it really so insane to think that your gov. is corrupt? it isnt , you already kno it is , the problem is , for some odd reason the scale of this isnt at it's highest , it's odd , everyone accepts the gov. is evil and corrupt , but somehow not too corrupt. to truly hurt "its own people" , things said in this song are pretty much ideas all surrounding not only 9/11 being an inside job but also "economic hitmen" , look them up.

[thepatateg]

sick......fuckin sick

[AllEnglishEvie]

The lyrics are GENIUS

[Symer64]

That's because the lyrics were made by... a genius. <3

[katrastrophy]

Not ONE track this guy does I don't like....Lif you are the best!

[machenga]

maybe i'm just getting old (probably) but it's nice to hear a stripped to the bone beat with an artist like Lif who delivers a clear and understandable message

[DrunkMonk1]

Man,I remember when this dropped in 2002. Back then it was pretty explosive, now even Alan Greenspan admits that our current middle eastern military catastrophes were about oil.

Also it was an American scientist who released Anthrax, not Al quaeda. That is now publicly acknowledged, but not when Lif dropped this track.

[boredanddumb]

funny how the more i find out about al quaeda the more it seems that al quaeda doesnt exist .

[J4kt]

If the lyrics are as tight as the track to you too, check "Chomsky" for the facts we blew through.

[1boab4]

i h8 people ho say tht all young ppl listen to shit like 50 cent and solja boy i havent even left school and i h8 tht shit if u dont beleav me look on my page i dont have many songs but i dont have any shit on it

[AllEnglishEvie]

im a 13 yr old girl and i love lif! Phantom is tha best

[blibertad]

And you can wave that piece of shit flag if you dare...

I love that shit yo, so hard.

[NighttimeVulture]

BEst track on the EP

[common1423]

Who is that giving the speech at the beginning?

[JAYLIB03]

Powerful ballad by LIF. RESPECT

[RNBJ22]

i like this mans raps and style its real old school eminem kinda shit this is where em probally got his ideas plus biggie

plus ect ect just like any artist great shit

there were no planes on 911 just photoshop homies

[RNBJ22]

because mainsteam artists are asdvertized everywhere

underground = word of mouth

to your question hairytesticles

[dxmkrew]

he always sounds high. i love the way he spits and everything he has to say.

[freedomisnot]

cause hes saying rel shit about us foreign policy. the US supported the taliban, to get russia out of afghanistan, thats how they got their arms and.. mr lif is like rapping chomsky

[silentwarrior79]

This guy sounds alot like Naz.

[TairyHesticles]

How is it that Mr. Lif has sold less than 1/6th the records of 50 Cent?

[MaltLiquoredup]

mr lif = Underground

50 cent= wack mainstream music hooker

[TairyHesticles]

Obviously, but my question is how do people buy more of the mainstream hooker than the true artist?

People are stupid.

[CJAnonymous]

Because music by people like Mr. Lif gets NO exposure on the radio or TV.

Unless you have someone to recommend music like this to you, or you happen to hear it in a music store, you're not going to know about it.

People buy what they know, and no one's telling them about this.

[IMattNovakI]

AH! Thats the best way ive heard it put, Lif deserves alot more but these lil noobs comming out of school today dont care anything but hoes and bitches which is why most the music they listen to is crap. LIF FTW!

[noisetank619]

its just cuz the masses now about them. they have catchy lyrics. people like sing alongs. then they become fads. right now its all about club music pretty much

[cycling4ever]

because fifty is a part of the indusry.

they want us to be uninformed and entertained. uninformed massess are better to rule / handle than informed ones. so the industry supports uncritical "artists" in THEIR radio and tv stations and newspapers, while critical are not supported by them...

same shit that it ever was. anytime. anywhere.

[ikariss77]

Rich men in suits are looking for a marketable product, not creative music.

[dxmkrew]

because the truth can't be bought and sold.

[etemon777]

reality in this world is bought and sold...

[mza23]

hel ya thats it - a man has to do whathe must

[ktpedro]

not that other stuff isn't important... because it is!

[ktpedro]

it is about time someone rap about something important. mad respect from v-town, MADZ SICK ASS SHIZ, LIF IS THE SHITZ! rock on

[ktpedro]

beautiful. respect at 2.00 min +

[RenegadeRows]

heavy song

[irighterotica]

This is great.

[skaaaapy]

yea hes bomb

can really see the big picture

[crackwhorejarvie]

I must say that Mr. Lif is my favorite rap artist by far. He is more articulate than any other I've heard (that's not saying he's the only good rap artist). He runs circles around even the likes of dead prez.

[taaffeman121]

dats coz dead prez are kack!

[crackwhorejarvie]

Way to advertise your stupidity :)

[taaffeman121]

u think im stupid coz i have an opinion!

listen mate just coz some1 has a different view than ureslf means that everyone like different shit!

ur opinion isnt GOSPEL!

ill excerise my right to think otherwise...and i like all types of music hip hop and otherwise so 4 u to say that is soooo ignorant bro!!!!

[han3055]

Its all true. This is Hip Hop at its height; raw truth spoken with a killer flow.