sound of blackness - optimistic

[ninaastarlight]

Thank you !!! This song is amazing. ~ Saludos ~

[michaelcarm]

One of the greatest recordings of all time in my book. Been listening to a lot of Jam and Lewis recnetly and this gem came up. Also a big Carnival Tune, which is apt for Carnival Weekend here in London.

[jazzy7543]

I am not surprised at all that this video as no dislikes because if it did, something would be seriously wrong! anyways, I love this song xD

[ssweatt1]

As long as u keep ur head to the sky

[mrkdt88]

Heard dis song this morning on the Ricky Smiley Morning Show. What a classic

[Mhaza]

i have to agree with you too romelled so sad but tru Y-Y

[TeeyaC]

I remember this song!!

[AmazinAriBaby]

What an Amazing song, makes me feel so alive and ready to fight for what I believe in!

[sflachuck]

Real Music baby...

[meterman432110]

this song should be played in this century!!! so many people especially young people! s well as old thank you groove master God bless you!!!!!!

[foggey]

@meterman432110when i play this song now ,it may been recorded in the last centry yes, but it's definetly a message for this one,keep your head up ,hold on to your dream and refuse to compromise your vision and the rest WILL be history.

[JoyNBaltimore]

Hold on to your dreams........that's the bomb. KEEP YOUR HEAD TO THE SKY....I NEED TO HEAR THIS.

[neofunkyman1]

one of the most inspiration songs of all time... the ultimate pick-me-up tune!

[SuperRascallyable]

Cannot believe its taken so long to feature on YouTube got the Cd longtime, keep your head to the Sky, be Optimistic God Bless ya All

[mysan6]

never get tired of this tune............

[carlagirl7]

"you may be down but you're not out"

[psychodelicide]

This is one of those feel good songs!!!

[laydeemuff]

Beautiful.

[marlyg5]

i love ths song it helps me get threw tough times u gpt belive bless

[joekennedy5151]

Ahh, Jimbo and Tel at their best. Magic!!!

[psychodelicide]

@joekennedy5151 LOL @ Jimbo and Tel. I've never heard Jimmy and Terry called that before. That's cute.  :-)

[TheSPLIFFBURNA]

classic

[TheBrandNewMommy]

I love this song and get inspired each and every time. Classic!

[neetrab]

i always loved this song. Whoever posted... thank you!! This is a very encouraging song. haha! obviously... look at the title.

[brads21]

90s music pure class

[franksmalls1]

This song gives me energy have loved this song since I was a youngsta, brings back memories lol

[chochief]

pat lacey yeah

[Jbuonocore]

R+B music sounded good back then.  Very Good Song!!

[yolundraj25]

Every time something good happens in my life, I celebrate to this song! (classic)

[MrDeeboi33]

To my girl, Jasmyn. It's not as bad as you think!

[funkkidmusic301]

im 23 and ever since i was a kid this song has always put a smile on my face!!!this is what real music is all about!!!thank u sounds of blackness and thank u jimmy jam and terry lewis

[LadyElisha76]

I love this song so much......it always fills my soul....especially when my soul is on LOW.

[smoothnsweetie]

Need more music like this.  Thanks

[jon8048734]

OMGI miss the 90's , music today cant tough this !!!!!!!

[Jbuonocore]

I have the 7 inch remixs of this song, totally awesome.

[Vitaluv]

i love this song! i remember this getting played at all the family BBQs. And I just love the message it brings

[samanthacooper4]

This tune is wicked! and yes it gives you such a good feeling, love it love it love it!!!!

[juline91]

i could never remember who made this song lol i only remembered the hook

[Nickytiti]

i have been lookin for this song for the longest. thank God

[whosdatgirl1]

beautiful, x

[cebm07]

is that kim from different world in the beginning?...lol

[illouie]

This song takes a plunge for the worst at about 3:34, otherwise LOVE IT

[donnasugar1]

this is one bad arse tuuuuuuuuuuuuuune !!!! takes me back to the good ole days x x

[MrKaimpa]

hands down baibe..

[tdwmann2009]

omg i love this song it makes me feel so gudd inside and out

[MarkieG100]

For ALL Chicago Bulls Fans!!!

[rtisleo]

awesome!

[PaulieandGabe]

What a voices, what a message, what a music!!!

[jukaufman]

i needed to hear this today...

[gapch67]

gets me pumped best uplifting song ever

[nyniggagettinmoney]

this that real make you feel good music i love it

[robfromdublin]

CLASSIC CLASSIC love sounds of blackness

[fmcny]

....words 2 LIVE by.

[TerryTerry1978]

Timeless, Classic, & Breathtaking Music...

[RRRaadd]

this was my graduation song...i LLOVE this class of 98

[Goldylocksbabe]

Excellent. House party soundtrack. Bet there aint many that remember that. Lol.

[honeybun33]

@Goldylocksbabe i remember. House Party 2 rite ?

[Goldylocksbabe]

@honeybun33 Yeah that's right. It plays in the background when Kid's studying. Loved them films, well funny ;)

[romelled]

this song makes me wanna cry and dance at the same time, this is what the 90's music was all about. and of course Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis wrote and produced this

[nfldraftday2007]

@romelled when this song played on house party it inspired me to go to college, man i miss the early 90's!

[illouie]

This song is timeless. Damn takes me back..

[mattiehaha1]

amazing song it is so inspirational

[blakkone4000]

This song and Vanessa William's "Comfort Zone" sound very similar.

[msladysteph]

EVEN THOUGH I AM A YOUNG CAT(87) AS YOU WOULD CALL IT, I CAN STILL REMEMBER MUSIC LIKE THIS CUZ MY GRANNY WOULD PLAY IT EVERY MORNING.... I DO WISH THIS DAY AND AGE MUSIC COULD LOOK BACK AND SEE HOW ITS REALLY DONE! I LOVE SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS AND STILL LISTEN TO IT ALMOST EVERY DAY...IT WAS SO SPIRTUAL AND UPLIVING AND COLORFUL AT THE SAME TIME.

[philosophic9]

@msladysteph peace to granny

[Jams98]

One Of My Favourite Back In The Day Gospel Songs.

[Lashid4u]

That woman sang her ASS off!

[DollyMat]

This song is so uplifting, i used to play it every morning on my pod to give me that spring in my step on my way to work!! Works everytime...

[camdenforrest]

I would have to agree!!! Jimmy Jam/ Terry Lewis are the best!

[TheJamaal76]

when your feeling down just listen to this song the 90's what a great decade

[DollyMat]

@TheJamaal76 so true, my mp3 player is majority 70' 80' 90s RnB what the hell happened to millenium music...fail!!

[austinfive12]

@DollyMat I second thattt! Music like this can only return when the true artists & musicians quit selling out to the corporate media whores who exploit, and put out junk for profit. They have no connection to music that is good, wholesome and pure! Anyone with an ear and taste for music knows this is the 'solid rock" (foundation) for strong timeless music

[Jerri2257]

Some songs lift the spirit, the soul-this is a classic

[leticiabuckner1]

I always liked this song! Very inspirational!!!

[mspooh231]

i love this song this is so throwback

[anthonythatsme100]

summertime in the 90s great times

[quinton399]

MY SONG

[rammers7]

Southport fave

[TUITTUITBOLDNUT]

yeh this tune has got me though some rough time,s god bless..........

[Cashgrain]

This brangs back memories when I was growing up in Detroit

[ocyrus70]

the world is so small and we think we have big problems sad!!..

[pinheadthegreat]

good song

[Godislove1able]

i wish we up lifted one a nother like this today. people just dont care for each other like this any more. its ever men for him self and that makes me really sad.

[danw1374]

positivity is what we need!!!

[treavioli]

omg we need this message now

[MrDwalker813]

My Sunday Spirit....

[robfromdublin]

BIG TUNE .90'S MUSIC RULES!!

[e1026653]

I miss this sound- where did you go

[snoopdog44144]

i love it... i still play this... was this 1991..... i think

[catolog96]

i still jam 2 dis song on a regular basis!

[zumbi1990]

Remember dancing to this tune as a little youth! 90s music videos are always lovely - actual dancers, y'know? Not like todays. But this isn't about dogging today's music vids. So much positivity in this song. Love it, love my black people, man.

[skankman2006]

amazing strgt from NW London

[spiritualmind7]

'A brighter day tomorrow will bring!'

Amen to that. :)

[peruse1234]

first time i heard it, i bought the cassette singlein 92. still sing it today, when i'm down. Love them, always will. keep pushin on and don't you look back!

[MsRoadangel]

Amayyyyyzin, real kool, old school stuff, dey dont make em like this no mores :(

[BigBlueBeast]

They blew the dust off this song today on the Michael Baisen show! This was the song in the early 1990s when I was in high school!

[twinth]

Nice jam ,Ear worthy

[MrKaimpa]

The blackness baibe..

[Augustafarian]

OH MY GOD!!!! I forgot their was a video produced for this TIMELESS CLASSIC!!!! THANK YOU GOD, JIMMY, TERRY, THE ENTIRE FLYTETYME CREW , THE SOUNDS AND YOUTUBE!!!

[BeautyHealthZoneBlog]

So uplifting! We had this song in our school talent show back when I was in Secondary school, back in the 1990's. We had a massive choir. That was one of my best school memories.

[nyniggagettinmoney]

i love this song real feel good music

[shanaelikewtf]

90's was the BEST music...I still listen to it...way better than what's out now...

[ecpizza]

"Preciousness."

The sounds of sweetness. Over 20 years later, but not recently, until now (thanks to groovemastervideos). This song and in turn the video, move me. I well up, with almost every viewing. The sentiment, the encouragement. The beautiful faces...

Shoot, I've got to wipe me eyes again.

[dashawnthl]

This is a beautiful song =)

[aezea77]

Moustaches seem to have been the vogue at the time.

[365Boogiedown]

When I was deployed oversea's, listening to this song on what little off time I had got me threw. Thank you Lord.

[felixicon]

...Greatness

[brotherhood302]

We as black ppl are the TRUTH....and it's too bad it's easier to be and act like a nigger instead of recognizing how great we are. When Kemet ruled the Earth...but, I will remain optimistic about me and my ppl and the STRUGGLE!!

[pointblizzy]

So inspirational

[photo6six]

Actually, the music between 1974 and 1999 was probably the best ever.

[Litt1eLisaMarie]

Absolutely love this track, truly honoured in House Party 2!

Don't give up and don't give in

Although it seems you never win

You will always pass the test

As long as you keep your head to the sky....

Be Optimistic....

You'll always do your best

If you learn to never say never

You maybe down, but you're not out.

Wise words/lyrics........chills:)

[SSwoodall]

U can imagine countless of graduations that had this song.

[nuttynatalie2010]

optimism will provail x

[nuttynatalie2010]

this will be my funeral song x

[Destroe1]

When hearing this song I find it very hard to think of anything other than all the good things in life.

[TopBunter]

Tune!

[xenakaii]

This song just gives you such a great feelinga nd brings tears to your eyes!

[nyniggagettinmoney]

@xenakaii i feel you on that it really does i love this song and music like this

[MuZiKiNg84]

@xenakaii I agree. An instant classic, and arguably the most inspirational song ever made. Not to mention, you can bounce to it.

[jayshajad]

da 90s had da best music hands down!!

[TeamCarnage]

Amen!

[TeamCarnage]

Amen!

[Litt1eLisaMarie]

@jayshajad

Yeah I agree but the 80's had it goin on too. :)

[bissia]

@jayshajad

the 80's too

[MuZiKiNg84]

@jayshajad Hell yeah! Especially around the end of the 80's, early 90's. This song is in my playlist right now. Nuff said.

[mixedmic1]

Remember hearing this on House Party 2,after that a couple of times on the radio what a good song though

[mixedmic1]

The first time I heard this song was in House Party 2. After that I heard it on the radio a few times. What a good song.

[Damadehierro89]

Man I miss that 90's flavor!!! one of the best decades ever!

[xenakaii]

Hear hear...nuttin like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[peeechiz]

I remember this song playing on the radio as a small child in S.E. Wash. D.C. i remember being outside at night watchin the bigger kids have a water fight. Aww, the great memories!!!

[batmanandpebbles]

What a Beautiful Record!! I remember DJing at the Wag Club Early Early Ninties on New Years Eve with the Soul Children Crew and we dropped this at Midnight and the whole place went up like a Bomb!! Great Memories, Great, Great Song!! xxx

[moosie1971]

love it

love it

love it

the whole album lifts u up b e a u tiful

[PhatBabbit44]

very moving some

[MrInmyopinion]

I cant really explain how this song makes me feel when I hear it. Its been ages since I heard this song very 90s when I was just a innocent young boy with nothing worry about apart from getting my homework done. I remember this song from House Party.

[nuttynatalie2010]

love it when i feel low i play this and im a bit low tonight x

[HeAintBeat]

OMG i was in 7th grade when this came out...maybe earlier.

[jas123461]

this really is inspiring great song

[vidchic18]

luv this song!!!!!! =o)....inspiring...

[Junior1luv]

Word up .this song gives me goosebumps!!!

[2Black2Strong1]

Sounds of Blackness...This is my shit right here!!!

[N1na1995]

Great song!

Brings back happy happy memories xxx

[clubland459]

A really uplifting tune and more relevent today than ever.

[bonesboobie]

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Thank you for this song!A Classic thanx Sounds of Blackness..gts me through alot of tough dayz!!!!!

[Kimmica20]

This song always comes to my mind, especially when I'm going through my rough times. Thank God for this beautiful song.

[RHBLESS]

The most important and powerful song ever made.

[tt55774]

Just that, music which helps you go trough.....

[MrRaddicks1]

just like force one network.all inspiring music..when there aint nothing left to hold on to this music helps you through..epic...beutiful.....

[xscape2xscape]

Every time i hear this song it takes me back to what was going on back in the day, shows like living single, A different world, and movies like new jack city.

[atSummersEnd]

It's not easy to make an uptempo song sound so " Feel Good".

This is a real work of art ! a favorite of mine.

Much thanks for posting !

[IMhiphop9]

TIMELESS CLASSIC!!!

[class76rodney]

My turn:this song will be my anthem for life from this day forward,of course I must be goin through something spirtualitymotionality,great.. lets go

[DASM2011]

I love this song. Who r the 4 people on lead on this song?

[chrisandalec]

Never say die!

[sonofyah2726]

What a great inspirational anthem full of encouragement !!!

Thanks for sending this track !!!

[denetta24]

this was our class song for class of '92. what a way to end our high school years. :-)

[caspo22]

@denetta24 you graduated in 92 so did i

[tiaboo90]

this song has gotten me through so much... its a real powerful message and not to mention that the beat makes you just want to bounce and be cheerful

[prenticeone]

THE BLACKNESS!!!!

[knowledgePeace]

NEVER SAY DIE!!!!!!

[delboyz123]

takes me back wicked times

[lovenmusic88]

lool we sang this song at my school at a talent show sigh smh memories we where convinced it was going to be our big break lmaooooo

[cnf1976]

Be optimistic!!!!

[tjscorpio]

this song takes me to my happy place

[MalVMoo]

i needed to hear this

[prenticeone]

The Blackness!!!!! love it!!!

[FEMMEAQUA]

omg. this takes me waaaay back! I love this group! what are they doing now? Jam and Lewis were major producers back then. Janet shuddas stayed with them! they are fierce! I hope everyone in this group is still alive. This song kept my positivity up when things were going down in my life back then.

[chelerra]

LOVE this song! Such a great message :-)

[puffinstuffsmum]

I remember waking up to this on my radio alarm back in '92, such a glorious start to ANY day!!! Wonderful sound, so positive x

[MrDereklewis1985]

Gotta keep pushin on!!!!

[thes0ngb1rd]

Insirational. Imma keep on keepin on

[grillcheeez]

Keep Your Head To The Sky!!!!!!!! Blessing to Haiti......