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  • I feel ya

  • pocket full of pennies

     and a soul gone tilt, cockpit full of memories and a drain full of guilt.

  • Love this song <3

    It means so much to me

  • Ive been relating to this lately. My psyche is all fucked up, I'm still walking like a man though!

  • @ReinventionOfFire keep walking like a man, ive been trying but its slowly breaking me. hopefully youll pull out of it, i wish you all the luck

  • This story is the same as my life was and still is... I asked Aesop for advice and he actually gave it. I cannot name a artist that is as real as he is.

    Might you ever read this Aesop: Thank you.

    Peace from the Netherlands

    P@RKER

  • So I "liked" the page for Ian Matthias Bavitz on Facebook. It automatically assigned him to my political views. I'm so okay with that. This man is a visionary and he's keeping the real message of hip-hop alive. This is absolutely golden. I love the documentation of his mental break down and this is his song for the people that helped him. You and I do not know these people yet it's so easy to connect to. This is what music needs to be. Aesop Rock forever.

  • My name is Ian Mathias Bavitz

    I was born in 1-9-7-6, at Syosset

    hospital, located in Long Island, NY

    I am 6 foot, for I weigh 2-0-0 pounds

    I have brown hair and green eyes

    I enjoy writing songs, painting, movies and diner food

    I have two brothers, Chris and Graham

    and two parents, Paul and Jameija

    In august of 2-0-0-1 I went crazy..

  • Anything could be conquered with the message of this song. Truth.

  • LI is the shit

  • It's about his coping with depression.

  • is that William Cooper?

  • This is my favorite Aesop Rock song. Not because I can relate, but because I wish I'd had that kind of friends.

  • @GeneralLeeObvious preech, I'm going loopy this summer =[

  • @GeneralLeeObvious i feel ya

  • I only write shit down when I believe it...

    Holy fuck. He just blew my goddamn mind. I've got a new motto.

  • I have always been inspired by this track, especially with what I've been feeling for a long while now. This is an incredible track.

  • he is a beast this song is incredible but he could make his voice more noticible

  • This song almost brings a tear to my eye. Beautiful.

  • @iDepart almost

  • @poopypoop11111 Sorry?

  • This. is. real.

  • I'm sure those 4 people saved more than just Ian's life. 

  • this is probably my favorite aesop rock song ever. probably my top 5 of all songs. theres sooo much emotion in this. if youve ever broke down you can feel this and if you dont feel it then you havent broke down... not to be a dick lol.

  • This track gives me chills every time i listen to it. Truly mind blowing real feeling true rap.

  • You know..it's nice to live in the moment till the moments over. Then you lose life in the end. Was it worth it? Was getting in that situation worth the pain and regret? Aes you help me through the time while i go with no one. As you had 4 people i have one. Although i'll never fix it i'll damn sure miss it. Thank you Kayla.

  • @Secret111SquirreL You sound like a tool.

  • im feelin' it.

  • this song is about his mental breakdown and what lead up 2 it, this shits real.

  • One of four? One dislike out of 162 ratings? Not bad

  • @Secret111SquirreL emo-rap? you know dudes like you is whats wrong with this world, labelizing everything, puttin everyone in a clique, fuck the segregation man.

  • So glad that El-P, Blockhead and the two women in this song were here for him. We would have lost so much! Imagine if he didn't have friends like these around... especially since September 11th came just around the corner. If you know someone in a similar place, remember that all it can take to bring them back is to simply spend time with them. All we want is to be seen.

  • 0 dislikes :D

    

  • @lajollaimpact12 Not anymore unfortunately =(

  • An ode to that pathetic gratitude you can feel for people who are acting normal when you're feeling strange. Aesop shows himself yet again to exhibit an uncharacteristic honesty by not only acknowledging the gratitude(most would stop here, and turn the song into some kind of ode to hope), but acknowledging the sense that its fundamentally pathetic in nature, encapsulating the actual experience instead of picking and choosing from its many facets.

    ALFLD

  • @JubJub3125 I know exactly how you feel homie. We all go through hard times, but no one really knows how bad people feel sometimes. Even your closest family member may tryin help, but even they dont know how you truly feel. You're not alone man, life can be pretty sh*tty and cruel sometimes. There has been many times where I felt close to insanity and was depressed. But, hip-hop has helped me a lot through my life and will continue to do so. It will get better man, just keep your head up.

  • i think i might have wrote this song in a dream or something!!! this is so crazy

  • @JubJub3125 This video pretty much epitomizes the value and significance of hip hop culture to me. As I see the the responses to that post, pretty much every one of them could relate or had something positive to say. Just try seeing the same reaction on a Lil Wayne video's posts. Hip hop is a culture of love & acceptance regardless of a person's past. I myself have fallen into deep depression and almost committed suicide. I know it's hard but it's all good homey, and it'll only get better

  • Aesop Rock is crazy? You don't say...

  • @DCSTUBZ damn strait. aesop rock is hip hop!

  • And that's my word and that's about all I've got left

  • ....God they would drown in tears if it wasn't for this song!!!!

  • "In August 2001, Bavitz had a nervous breakdown. His song "One of Four" on his Daylight E.P. documents his struggles".

  • So... why is it that if your life is taken from you yuou're a VICTIM, but if you long for and sieze controll of your own life and CHOOSE to end it then you are considered selfish. Likewise, why are our closest friends so selfish as to argue when we present these types of intimate thoughts and only present the opposition of disappointment and devistation... I love you, sorry there is no appropriate way to convey it.

  • lyrics are weird as fuck

  • @MrPJAbernathy they're extremely dark though...

  • This is a very powerful song. "But, I guess sometimes when you can't breath there are people there to breath for you......"

  • @Klompy2 I thought he said read.

  • Its songs like this that make me appreciate aes, my true friends, my family, and life so much more

    "simply put i dont know what happened or whats still happening, i literally feel like im teetering on the blunt edge of my sanity"

    hoping for more from the man himself

    (R.I.P. Eyedea)

  • This song has gotten me through so much.

  • we've all been here

  • this is how i felt about 4 months ago..its hard to understand what he tries to say because its difficult to explain and yet it comes through

  • People know this song is about his nervous break down right???

  • @Antigoats1993 damn straight

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  • my seemingly splinter-proof brain-bone scaffolding imploded!

  • The emotion and power he puts behind his voice in this song is jaw dropping.

  • This song changed my life when I first heard it...I stopped being boxed in by ideas of what success is and what economic bracket I was being wedged into. I ditched the crap job to actually spend time with the people in my life that made me and that matter more... : ) Aesop is counseling folks, lol.

  • this song is one of the only songs that can make me cry every time i listen to it

  • why is icp in the tags?

  • @franchisepeat haha ewww

  • wow-nuff said

  • This is amazing. This is music directly from the heart. It bypasses everything.

  • Wow just heard this for the first time. I love Aesop for how real he is. Hands down my favorite MC

  • life is some sick but wonderfull thing

    i just turned 18 and i know that i allready faced the hardest thing in my life. I had 2 deal with it alone because in my situation i just couldnt tell anyone shit, except to the hospital. parents let me down, my girl fckd me up etc.

    But to the point i survived these feelings that lead to a horrible disease by NOT giving up,

    Now i learned to talk about it with as my goal: sharing so others can avoid.

    Dealing w situations in a rational way = a better life

  • @xXClassic Me too man. Congratulations on dealing with that shit!

  • @xXClassic yeah i've gone crazy four times.. been the devil and jesus.. shattered ego broke to peices... god took my breath away and i had to gasp for it myself.. it's led to better days.. walked sidewayz in puerta vallarta .. found this hiddin track when i was on the verge and on tilt--went berzerk.. much more.. i walked with the dead many a time... i've been dead.. felt imense shame and guilt. listen to "Put your quarter up" i gave IAN a magical 2 dollar bill right before i snapped.

  • Holy Fucking Shit...he so sick

  • "I guess it is kinda funny when u look at it from a step back how one man can literally buckle under the same pressures other men operate normally under. I have scooped this out from all angles multiple times.

  • I have been over everything in my head until I think anymore but I guess sometimes when you cant breath there are people there to breath for you. I am luck enough to have those people around me. Thank you helping me to not die. Thank you helping me to not die. " sometimes when u cant breath there are people to breath for you..."

  • one of his deepest tracks by far

  • idc what anyone says, aesop talks reality like no other

  • This is the most real shit in all of hip-hop, sik as fuck

  • Just like Aes said, your not the only one, he got through it, i got through something similiar, keep moving, find your escape and slowly build yourself back up, stay strong homie

  • Just be inspired to drop something real don't follow the norm of the hip hop bull, its the bars that matter not the name on the label.

  • amazing. if this doesn't move you nothing will

  • "I owe you all my life and please don't argue with that statement, cause without yall I may not have a life to offer, take it."

    Woah... this song is amazing

  • When I first heard this song I hit repeat over and over again because of how this song shook me. It mirrored the confusion and hardships that took up such a large dent in my life as well which I am just starting to find my way out of now, but it's a struggle.

    There's definitely a reason that every time I find a new artist or get a new album, after a few listens I always return to constant Aesop playing. His music connects soulfully and personally in a way most artists can't even fathom.

  • Damn!

  • this is the only song to ever make me emotional. this shit is real deep.

  • it really is man. Never has a song radiated so much meaning. Its a song everyone can relate to.

  • "Thank you for helping not me to die"

    This song makes me cry, touches me so close...

  • the most sane people first had to be insane.

    its a fact that most insane people dont think that whatever drives them insane is going to get better or totally over. Aes is a perfect example of hope for those people.

    As i read there are allot of people here with this same whatever kind of insanity period in their life, dont give up the hope.

    it might be the only cure.

    i'm glad i have friends that drag me out of insanity before it escalates.

    aesop rock, i thank you.

    great song!

  • @larsruberti that helped =]

  • i honestly think he's talkin about his battle with Schizophreni. with how he is describeing thing's sounds like how i look at everything on a daily basis, and yes i do have Schizophrenia.

  • what sunk Aesop into depression?

  • I think it was the pressure of general life and success...as far as I know this happened just as Labour Days had blown up, which obviously put pressure on him (when he says "Jamie I killed the robots and I'm sorry" he's talking to el p, as they had a tour called "Who killed the robots?" and Aes had to pull out due to his depression. Otherwise, I don't know what happened.

  • Lyrical gang bang yo...

  • This is how I feel right now. I seriously doubt that I will ever shake this feeling. I fear that my relationships will forever be unhealthy. Trying to make changes in my life haven't done shit. Getting clean, quitting the muses that once enslaved me didn't work. I don't know what my next move is, only that I will make a move. Kinda gay how I had to put a testimonial on Youtube, but fuck it, trying to put it into words helps.

  • it's just human;-D

  • @JubJub3125

    Stay strong. I'm going through the same shit.

  • @JubJub3125 yea i no how you fill

    i hope your doing better

  • @JubJub3125 exactly how i feel bro

  • @JubJub3125 its allright mate :'b , and its most likely gonna get better, if its what you really want, make your move <3

  • @JubJub3125 Hey, you aren't alone.

  • @JubJub3125 that aint gay brother thats called healing oneself when an all the other outlets have run out of energy. Dig for the will that wont quit till you find yourself with a person that gives you the love you deserve. I know the feeling all to well its cripeled me in the past but you find the strength to rise again. Oh yeah the feeling does pass. PEACE

  • @JubJub3125 there will b sunshine after the rain

  • @JubJub3125 dude i know exactly how you feel. i relate to this song so much. it gives me chills whenever i listen to it.

  • @JubJub3125 Its not gay man. I really relate, I feel like nobody gets it. My relations are all shattered and skewed. Nobody understands it, Nobody knows that I live in a constant state of back pain, That warrents a need of cannabis, which I am constantly persicuted and ridiculed for. Depression and addictions set it while the rest of the world carries on in its ignorance and stupidity. My intelligence is questioned by idiots, and my sanity by society. God love Aesop, God love you guys.

  • @shortmansrq kill yourself bitch?

  • @phaguda Suck my dick and juggle my nuts?

  • @shortmansrq a year later and your still defending that comment. that sucks haha

  • @PiosonJ Well if a year later some dick fuck decides to spend his time flipping through old comments, and I get some sort of shitty comment like that, hell yeah. Got an issue?

  • @shortmansrq no there was never an issue, but im see your trying to create one

  • @PiosonJ Quite the contrary, merely still on the defensive. And just asking a question, im not trying to "take this outside."

    Youtube babble is all pointless anyways, lets all just appreciate Aesop.

  • @JubJub3125 it only takes on person to spark the realism in others. thanks for opening up here man. makes me feel i'm not alone now.

  • @JubJub3125 Keep your head up playa, good things are around the corner.

  • @JubJub3125 "I wish i could explain this better, Thank you.." Keep it real bro. Keep your head up, wait for the daylight, then pump through, all the way to the nightlife.

  • @JubJub3125 I feel you, best wishes man!

  • @JubJub3125 same boat man

  • @JubJub3125 Honestly...this shit fucking makes me feel so much better, every time I feel like shit's beginning to be too much, I listen to this song, and it helps. That's why Aes is insane. We may not be the same and have the same fucked shit happen to us, but yeah, negativity is everywhere and it fucks up all kinds of people. It's nice to know someone can actually make that into something awesomely positive, and it help other people. I feel you on all that shit though, hombre...real talk dawg.

  • @JubJub3125 Your not the only one man. good shit.

  • @JubJub3125 I feel ya man, you arn't alone.

  • @JubJub3125

    JUBADUB??

  • cockpit full of memories and a drain full of guilt. The earthworms love you aes

  • i guess its kinda funny when you look at it from a step back. how one man can literally buckle from pressures men operate normally under.

  • I've been depressed before... I've had nervous breakdowns and all that shit... I've been hospitalized for that kind of stuff... Hearing this song, I don't think that's the kind of thing Aes is talking about. The sheer emotion in this, it makes me think it's something much worse than I've ever been through.

  • he inspires me to rap

  • "But I could tell you that I only write shit down when I believe it

    So take this how you want, but know I mean it."

    Awesome lyric!

  • Agreed that is how you throw a lyrical punch.

  • tonyclifton: this song is on the cd version of the ep...hidden track at the end of the disc.

  • this always hit home with me...the robotic voice is almost haunting.

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  • hey bro..this song is not on the daylight 12 inch...at least not on my vinyl?

    where u got it from ?

  • its on the daylight EP not the single

  • aesop at his best

  • so deep.

  • Aesop rock is great. love all his songs :D

  • ive heard this song over and over , obviously the rest of the world dont gives a fuck bout aesop , but in his songs... every problem in the world comes breaking out , he reminds me of myself , only mindwise ofcourse , cant stop listening to it , especialy this (none shall pass, 9-5ers anthem, five fingers, fumes, one brick) and so on ;)

  • This song is some sad shit.

    Its wierd to say this, but I've have gone through the same type of shit. People usually laugh it off when they hear this but I dont give a fuck. Or maybe that is just what I am supposed to do, connect to the music to further enhance my liking for it.

    Kick ass song, i can listen to it over and over.

    :)

  • word

  • most people have. life aint no joke finding balance is one of the hardest things in one life with the constant slipping you can only pick up and do it over and over again and again. "but dont ask me i dont know shit" peace

  • Addictive

  • Aes is amazing... Deepest shit ever...He never fails

  • Not for public consumption , might not understand the situations but its still amazing ;D

  • this song, its amazing. aesop's work is beyond most peoples intelligence.

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