k-os - Man I Used To Be

[904spitfire]

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[ICantChooseUserNames]

Who is the guy at the start?! From 0:00 To 0:26.. That silhouette dancing.. I can dance but what is that move that looks like he's running.. I've been trying to learn that forever.. that's not the running man is it?

I Can Windmill and flare but that running thing is so hard wtf?

[kcaio0o]

Bboyss!

[deracop6]

yoooo these songs are the best when your baked!

[speedviolin]

Try Maniac -Eric Speed - Very good Bboys from Montreal !!!

[3973555]

the begining dancer.. wish I could dance like him

[CaptainXero]

Toronto Represent!

[OtherTooEndless]

Emily Haines <3

[itskonrad]

this should have ATLEAST 100 million views.

[99masterhunter]

love this song,,,

[Legocrabman]

was just enjoying my favorite playlist I made for when I do my homework, then there was a pause.... Next thing I hear is a fucking gillette commetcial blasted in my ears. Really Youtube? There wasn't this damn add the other 20 times I heard this..... -_-

[Wobblezee]

This entire video really strikes a chord with me. I can't get over the setting. Does anyone knows the location where it was shot? I know it was Toronto, but WHERE in Toronto? Anyone know?

[JRStone416]

@Wobblezee spadina and college

[ace150kph]

taxi drivers like " PAY YOUR FARE"

[jemerbay]

What album was this on

[GospelOner]

@jemerbay Album is Joyful Rebellion

[IstahilIB]

I used to love this video!

[MontrealKJ]

Can we ...send Justin Beiber and Drake on the corner and find people like good talent like k-os ?

I used to listen to this when I was 16 , November to January man this song was the bomb :P and still is .

[SchneiderVesperine]

kos kos

KOS OMK KOS OMK

[jimP71]

15 men are "back to the men they used to be"

[HondaRR929]

real canadian hip hop k-os > real canadian garbage drake justin bieber

[duffyfan86]

Emily Haines <3



[joshcccccc]

K-os is an actual good example of what Canadian artist have to offer. I can't seem to find any guitar tabs or chords for his songs tho which is disappointing.. anybody have a clue where I can find some.

[apallo33]

I just wanna get back into the man I used to be...yeah

[chrismalletphoto]

They're breakdance fighting!!!! haha

[nicchawla]

Its rare that in this modern day you find a rapper with such potential even though he's been here for a while he deserves much better that hundred thousand views. These days the rap world revolves around Lil Wayne, Drake and other rappers that have no meaning but it's very refreshing to see a song like this....I just thought that I should say that

[ganjanii]

I'm gonna check him out tomorrow night. I can't believe how excited I am. K-Os is such an amazing lyricist. I don't have much music that inspires me to dance these days... but everything K-Os has ever released instantly forces me up off my ass and on the dance-floor! Too bad I can't dance as well as the guys in this video. :)

[tristanchristopher]

I like how he has real brakers and b-boys in many of his vids and not this heavy choreographed sh!t He keeps it old styles....respect

[ss2lakhan]

Someone told me Lil Wayne was deep and then I showed them this song

[SpartanB23]

TTC ^_^ YEA!!!! I miss it....

[xFightingIrish34]

December 8th @ the Casbah already got my tickets, can't wait to hear the new album!!

[Nasaveli]

hip hop needs to get back to the man it used to be

[ganjanii]

@Nasaveli Couldn't have said it better than that. My first love in Hip Hop was OutKast like 16 yrs ago before they sold out and changed their sound and image. I thought for a while that real, lyrical, hip hop was gone for good. K-Os filled that spot when I first heard this song.

[donavonohara]

Much respect to k-os, big tune. Can't believe how little views this has. :\

Emily Haines @ 1:39 put a smile on my face :)

[MrZangetsu468]

Anyone else notice the masonic floor & the checkers on the taxi, followed by the woman wearing the checkered coat

[PpEeEeTtSsXbl]

Nicest raper fuck.

[darkstar9008]

5 taxi drivers had their fare disappear into a box

[ss2lakhan]

@darkstar9008 @lacadien911 two people aren't enjoying the music

[Lacadien911]

5 peoples cant be the man they used to be

[MrPot420weed]

Back into the man i used to be.. love that hate later

!

[xFightingIrish34]

hes coming to hamilton dec 8th I'm there forsure!!

[SpartanB23]

trying to figure out what city this is set in. Cause it doesn't really look like Toronto

[KameronAnemone]

@SpartanB23 I know, eh? I was wondering the same thing, and then I thought... 'Looks like it could be NYC -- Definitely looks like a New York taxi'. Not too sure, myself, though.

[taillieu]

@KameronAnemone Definitely Toronto. That corner is Spadina & College, right in front of the CIBC.

[ss2lakhan]

@taillieu yeah and the streetcars too

[ss2lakhan]

@taillieu I googled mapped it too lol, the service centre across the street it there too

[BlackhawksRBallin]

Classic

[CCCPWarHammer]

genuine music. love it

[CCCPWarHammer]

genuine music..love it

[JahviKyu282]

Beatoberfest is gonna be amazing with K-os there... much love

[serekes17]

Wisdom!

[MrKasbelier]

une de mes meilleurs chanson!!!!!!!

[ss2lakhan]

This song not only has an amazing beat, but a universal message and outstanding lyrics. Masterpiece, his best song.

[XplicitVocalz]

This is one of my favourite songs. I can't stop bumpin' this. It really does deserve to have millions of hits, but instead the crap music get the hits...smdh... Anyway I'll just keep listenin' to this and 'Sunday Morning' as much as I want...

[cnote007bud]

@XplicitVocalz me too man. im from the UK and they played this on TV late one night, years back. since then ive been bumpin it 2

[thegoodfats]

If you like this song then we probably have the same taste in music. I’m an independent artist and my band – the good fats - just completed our first album. I’m pretty sure there’s a way to take songs off youtube and put them on a....what are those things called...iPods?!?!?!! So ya have listen, let me know what you think, tell your friends or anyone else and I hope you enjoy...

[DK4REALITY]

this song is the best i cant stop bobbin my head haha

[CrazYMadarfakaR]

113k views... for fucks sake, some people may not like this genre but it still is A GREAT SONG

[EverettEliz]

@EaglesFlamesJays Actually, I'm a girl.

[BeastGanthar]

is that Snoop Dogg in the white sweater at 0:15-0:22???

[SpikeRazzor]

The song of my life...

[Canadianpride416]

I know the Black guy pushing the shopping cart!

[igelbeatz]

most underrated artist.

[aurlis2012]

omg i remember this song.. fuck

[MusicVideos1995]

I remember watching this for the first time when I was like, nine. Such a good song.

[jrred92]

music for the soul

[Jonellar]

i heard this song was penned with MJ in mind... if someone can prove me wrong you are more than welcome to do so... otherwise, i totally think it could be... just listen to it.. a little harsh at times but this could've been Mr. Jackson's anthem!

[shiggydiggydogmetal]

5 people are taxi drivers who are pissed k os didn't pay

[ponymanRamon]

billie jean...

[EverettEliz]

@EaglesFlamesJays It's a song, it represents a lot, but I've never known one to sob from it. Back off.

[EverettEliz]

Fantastic song, great beat, great point.

And for the comment about sobbing your eyes out @birkhauer. I mean, really?!

[revton3197]

Shitty publicists. This song DESERVES far more views. It's Thriller epic.

[PetertheImpaler]

Criminally underheard/underrated, this man is a straight-up genius -- his creativity and originality make him one of the handful of vital artists working in hiphop today, along with Kanye, The Roots, and fellow Canadians K'naan and Shad -- and head and shoulders above most of the better known crop (crap?)...

[fpattenable]

Still rockin' this song in 2011.

[imarandomeer]

FUCK PAGE RAGE i want k-os!

[JamileEvelyn]

k-os the Doctor Who!

[JamileEvelyn]

Thumbs up if you saw Emily Haines from Metric at 1:40!

[eddykman]

You know the black blood price is piad now hey k-os R.I.P . Mr R

[phossilah]

i totally dig this

[riversfinest111]

I just wanna get back to me ooohhhhh!!!!

[SNIPERmachine77]

did ppl forget this song?

[fallenskillz100]

idk how four ppl dont like this song this song makes me think and it makes me wanna continue makeing hip-hop and keep bein the guy i am

[SNIPERmachine77]

this song is beast how dos it only hav 88k

[jllik]

Is that Emily Haines at 1:40 or am I crazy?

[notveryanything]

@jllik I just paused it there and thought the exact same thing, haha

[TheCalloftheduty]

the person on top of me is a faggit

[zeta656]

oh my god is this the billie jean rap version?

[hobowithashotgun48]

Major thumbs up from Toronto!

[rivengle]

it's sad to see good talent not being appreciated these days.

[Damibaybay]

Underrated rap genious



[james17601]

How has this got only 300 likes? i herd this song years ago and just came across it again now. love this song!

[martar49]

thumbs up if you said you wouldnt do it but you did it, like masterbate..

[oheliot]

1:40: ms emily haines makes an appearance :) k-os and her are two great canadian artists!

[mranderson604]

what would you call the dancing at the very beggining in the hall way.?? soo gooood

[jino3g]

@mranderson604 Its Break Dancing. Major part of the Hip-Hop Culture...

[asdafrak]

somewhere out there, there is 3 people who just want to see the world burn

[JoeWoe123]

0:00

[meeatyou13]

I had to pop out the video cause Adam Lambert and his gay face was starin at me disturbingly;

[purpleAiPEy]

only 68k.... sad.

[Sk8tergirl841]

best song ever omg !

[KiddCaliber]

Rap - Lies = Hip-Hop

[KiddCaliber]

Definition of Hip-Hop

[simbacrash]

How dare Vevo befoul a mighty K-os video with a crass advertisement before letting me watch it? Fuck you, Vevo; I hope you collectively choke.

[FearOnSale]

@simbacrash well said

[alameer9010]

k-os is king

[DraperBC]

this song is about getting back to the vision of yourself you had as a youngster - working to meet the ideal self you envisioned before the corruption of goals adulthood often brings.

[rivengle]

@DraperBC or it could be about making a second chance worth it, before all the bullshit you did.

[grah55]

@IslanderGirlBlue It's actually about Michael Jackson.

[marysol229]

I just love this song, such an underrated artist, people go and see videos of katy perry, lady gaga, lil wayne etc... what a shame!!!

[NUFFyo]

such a sick video

[ry27sm]

This song is bad as fuck.

BTW it's Billie Jean IslanderGirlBlue ur referring to.

[EEEERich]

Why is there ads for katy perry, people here are listening to good music, makes no sence...

[meatandwad]

i think he gets too unappreciated  the guy can breakdance and rap even though his videos dont involve drugs and hoes he still a good artist

[thecrystalkid]

just a tan of man i was and am, a sham snapped my cam belt trapped in this dam helter skelter of life oh my strife, gotta get back to boom the sheclack clack stead of lying on my back making faces outta the artex

[mgirardin1]

1:39 Emily Haines from Metric <3

[jasonboelke]

i propose classified and k-os would go hand in hand

[MyOnlyLoveMusic]

fuck i remember this song havent heard it in years

[boldstrides]

Why the HELL does he only have 50 thousand views? Seriously.

[LowRider220]

@boldstrides because people don't know what real hip hop is, all they know is mainstream garbage. ex: Lil wayne.

[sammykill98]

@LowRider220 couldn't agree more, like nicki minaj is just terrible compaired to guys like del that funkee homosapien or k-os yet a nicki minaj vid gets like 60 mil and k-os gets maybe 100,000. people need to learnt hat music shouldn't be fed to them but that they need to search in the fridge for it.

[kstades]

@sammykill98 hahah i like that analogy bro

[xXLilTrixterXx]

I meant in the early periods of 2000 :P not late 1990's

[xXLilTrixterXx]

@CmdrCobra i agree. Man don't you guys feel that these new songs just arent the same as the ones in the late 1990's? Ugh. Why can't we have good music like that anymore? D:

[bvknarula]

@xXLilTrixterXx because yoiu listne to radio hip - hop, 90s hiphop rap is still being made,

search the game, classified, nas or even immortal technique. these artists all have there big songs, but most is underground 90's type and un heard

[yackon4game]

lol 0:56 thats funny

[blankets1453]

did anyone recognize any toronto landmarks in the video?

[yugangstaz]

fuck vevo!!

[kelmandevil]

drake who?

[skillzAREskILLz]

came here to remember my grade 3 days when i first heard this song it was and always will be awesome

[010madman]

stolen MJ a bit but very good!

[cyrusjerome]

everyone link this video to a pop song video that you hate right now!!

[deeley25]

@cyrusjerome i would but it would give them that song hit, and im not prepared to do that :)

[cyrusjerome]

@deeley25 you make a good point. what do you propose then?

[2003061993]

@cyrusjerome Never watch a pop song again, especially lil wayne, drake, flo rida, rest of young money, bieber, gaga etc.

[cyrusjerome]

@2003061993 I've never watched a gay pop song especially any of those lol, but We gotta try and save the people who are, those stupid fuckers think its a matter of opinion. Not anymore not with shit like gucci mane. He is the shittiest performer ever.

[2003061993]

@cyrusjerome Yes true but fuck the people who think gucci and shit are good rappers. In ten years they will see all those rappers the used to listen to arent that good and they start to ask to themselves why they ruined there lives with listening to gucci, drake , wayne etc. Most people who are listening to them are probaly only 12 years so you aint even able to tell them these rappers are gay, cause the only reason they think these rappers are cool is because they have money...

[BackroadsFisherman]

Great song, i love it

[TheEliteArbiter]

1:25 I love my street cars in Toronto :)

[222Emie]

victor quijada is AMAZING:O

[kyukashi]

how can this video not even have 40k views a year after it was posted. What's wrong with people these days.

[David2377]

@IslanderGirlBlue that's what he intended when he wrote the song, no doubt about it

[birkhauer]

I dont know why, but tears roll down my face, everytime i hear this song.......humanity, we fucked up, we fucked up big time with our greed, we have almost totally ruined our beautiful planet in our relentless quest of power and control....think of what we are leaving for our children....more problems that we couldnt solve, we couldnt get our priorities straight, and you dont know what you've got, TILL ITS GONE.

[gangsta2king]

@birkhauer I Agree Whit You... we Are Bad everyone still doin our thing . someday we gonna pay for everything

[1984frogger]

@birkhauer thezeitgeistmovement

[FearOnSale]

@birkhauer do something about it if it bothers you so much

[FearOnSale]

@birkhauer do something about it if it bothers you so much. too many whine about what we should do or should have done but noone realy does anything. i personaly like disintegration so im not gonna start saving the planet but if you have a problem you should fix it. dont wait for the government to do anything they thrive on over consummation.

[Khorinis1]

@birkhauer and you know what? every1 will say your right and they will still be sit on their asses doing nothing -.-

[honestyize]

@birkhauer word brother... the truest shit i've ever heard

[martar49]

@birkhauer lol shut up man

[SpookMasterFlex]

@birkhauer settle.

[SpammingRogue]

@SpookMasterFlex haha ikr oh and @birkhauer It is inevitable.. No matter what path we as humans take, we will end up fucking everything up :D, that is our purpose in life. :)

Ok maybe that's my theory, but it's a good one!

[ariadarabi]

@birkhauer Oh well, let's destroy the planet as soon as we can. The sooner we die, the better off the planet will be. Planets always heal themselves.

[warriorsmithery]

@birkhauer

Well I tried it, I couldn't fight it...

I just wanna get back to me....

[marcolotr]

@birkhauer never lose hope holmes...never, ur giving up on the children u speak of 

[LeikRawr]

@birkhauer You're exaggerating there alittle...just a little ._.

You act like when you go outside you world is burning to pieces...which it is not :\

I mean sure, we have problems with greed and power abuse and global warming and shyt...but does that mean it's the end of the world? Obviously not.

[bradcrosby8722]

@LeikRawr ha. ha

[conradg13]

the dance moves at the start were amazing, maybe even the best part of the video