i can't believe its only at 8352 views... one of their best tracks, just the deepest shit ever.. someone comment back in a year to see if its more views by then, like a time capsule.
Not strong, only aggressive, 'cause the power aint directed, that's why we are subjected to the will of the oppressive. This song is the dopest rhyme ever laid down.
homeboy broke down the entire hook and that's the game blackstar ftw man gat dam i bet 19 year olds will find this and think they struck gold when they bout 30 lets hope tho.
Mos Def lyrically bombed this. I just got chillz ...whoever said the white man was smarter then the black man never listened to black star... Beautiful... Leave race in the past.. We all brothers and sisters in this life.
@Bboy012 Yeah i agree. but also a black man isnt always smarter than the white man. Skin doesnt effect the brain its what people think and believe in that effects it.
great lyrics, I'm a deaf person and reading this opens the mind for the shadowed ears, many thanks and a thousand thanks, like they say it in the Cannonball runs with Burt Reynolds. Again, my gratitude for learning this.
@ChameleonWanderer Bro ive heard this song since it was out, watched this single vid a few days jus was inspired too read all the comments. And to be true your comment speaks volumes on this song bro. Much <3 you got some real heart bro. I have a deaf friend I think when a sense is denied ones self that all else is opened. Man, IDK imma vet, sometimes I wonder how much good it and everything else has done me but I look at people like you and I say fuck that keep going Dum ass! So thak you bro!
"THIS LIFE IS SHORT BUT THE SOUL IS ETERNAL" GOD WORDS.
wilzusuki 2 days ago
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wilzusuki 2 days ago
Talib Kweli's verse is very nice too btw
Eazyroger 5 days ago
Mos Def 's verse... don't even have words for it to describe how amazing it is
Eazyroger 5 days ago
The new prettiest is hidous
someishtrippin 1 week ago
Amen :)
PNGtwentyfour 1 week ago
REAL MUSIC WITH SOUL YO
wilzusuki 1 month ago
This and Respiration just reminded me of who I am...
genericusername1221 1 month ago 2
The message in this song is just as valid as back in 1998. in fact I think that the state of our community has deteriorated further
gl0bal74 2 months ago
i have just listened to this song about 34 times in a row. and I am about to press replay again
weedman111 2 months ago
This got to be like the realest rap i done ever heard... I was listening to Pandora and had to find this song again.
anth42789 3 months ago
One of the best . . .
twaninja 4 months ago
Mos' verse blows me away. I challenge anyone who kills it like that for that long
tripod4000 7 months ago 13
im not trying to get thumbs up but seriously who can actually dislike this?
3jun10r 9 months ago 9
i can't believe its only at 8352 views... one of their best tracks, just the deepest shit ever.. someone comment back in a year to see if its more views by then, like a time capsule.
LOGIC42369 10 months ago
@LOGIC42369
Most likely because he didn't put their names in the title of the video.
0194D 10 months ago
Hip-Hop/rap= poetry in motion.
IDK if i remember where i heard this really but is so true.
Hlgh0nLlf3420 11 months ago
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Hlgh0nLlf3420 11 months ago
Not strong, only aggressive, 'cause the power aint directed, that's why we are subjected to the will of the oppressive. This song is the dopest rhyme ever laid down.
missdivinestalls 11 months ago
homeboy broke down the entire hook and that's the game blackstar ftw man gat dam i bet 19 year olds will find this and think they struck gold when they bout 30 lets hope tho.
dopewords 1 year ago
another tru song is damien w/ nas patience only true music feeds my ears.
sir4smoke2alot0 1 year ago
Real hiphop
zerathornn 1 year ago 3
dis is real and true rap
khmaisik 1 year ago 2
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EVERYONE: LIST SIMILAR SONGS LIKE THIS MASTERPIECE HERE!!!!!!!!
h1ph0p1 1 year ago
poetry
Nativedeem 1 year ago
Mos Def lyrically bombed this. I just got chillz ...whoever said the white man was smarter then the black man never listened to black star... Beautiful... Leave race in the past.. We all brothers and sisters in this life.
Bboy012 1 year ago
@Bboy012 Yeah i agree. but also a black man isnt always smarter than the white man. Skin doesnt effect the brain its what people think and believe in that effects it.
chronic54321 1 year ago
The Mos Def verse on this is fucking superb. Incredible combination of flow and content. Why can't I rate this up!?
TimeTelescope 1 year ago
great lyrics, I'm a deaf person and reading this opens the mind for the shadowed ears, many thanks and a thousand thanks, like they say it in the Cannonball runs with Burt Reynolds. Again, my gratitude for learning this.
ChameleonWanderer 1 year ago 7
@ChameleonWanderer Bro ive heard this song since it was out, watched this single vid a few days jus was inspired too read all the comments. And to be true your comment speaks volumes on this song bro. Much <3 you got some real heart bro. I have a deaf friend I think when a sense is denied ones self that all else is opened. Man, IDK imma vet, sometimes I wonder how much good it and everything else has done me but I look at people like you and I say fuck that keep going Dum ass! So thak you bro!
Hlgh0nLlf3420 11 months ago
this song is the stuff
101megakiller 1 year ago
"Not compassionate, only polite, we well trained
Our sincerity's rehearsed in stage, it's just a game"
this reminded me of a lot of things....
everyday in life i can see people with exactly this attributes.
sometimes when i look in mirror..
TheCameoAfro1 2 years ago 2
it speaks for itself. by the way, this album was released Aug 1998. hasn't aged a day.
bsauced 2 years ago 40
timeless!!
UUNGUNG83 2 years ago 3
most meaningful song ever
jermain703 2 years ago 5
I listen to this song almost everyday.
00Sonic 2 years ago 60
@00Sonic me too man
chikipito 2 years ago 6