New World Water - Mos Def

a Mos Def classic over a DC backdrop - filmed January, 2001

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[greeneyemonsta]

I think alot of people miss the point and dont give Mos Def credit he is a very smart guy. Look at it this way, he is talking about The New World Order, he is cleverly masking the meaning in a double entendré... Think about it, "new world water is politics" and politics like water control many vital areas in our lives. One our "water" is poisioned society suffers.... it makes sense to me, I dont know if you guys agree... But lyrically this is on point, no doubt about it.

[poemsaboutthesea]

@virtuosaywhat

damn yo, actually LISTEN to mos def. LISTEN. he is a self proclaimed conspiracy theorist

MOS DEF KNOWS. The goverment is lying to us. The media is lying to us AND THE MEDIA IS CLOSING DOWN youtube is censored (where is MIAs new video???)

WAKE UP NWO is upon us. now. now. now.

LISTEN TO HIP HOP. Truth truth truth truth.....

[hardie1979]

It's about sneaky fuckers (clever fuckers) selling the most basic need for life to exist. Unless you have gills. Dumb fucks.

[Iamnemo1994]

@Zeharath They're not mutually exclusive, you know. The point of the song is, we're so greedy, even our water is for profit. This indicates a radical social shift, and that's a major theme of the song. But the water here is also literal, as an example of that shift.

[Zeharath]

NO actually @greeneyemonsta YOU are missing the fucking point yourself .

the WATER part is not a fuckin metaphore the feds are literally getting water from masses of water that are contributed to major cities as a human right and they're selling it back to us . HUMAN RIGHT , being sold to us for our own money . no bueno .

[dinigi]

@greeneyemonsta i'm sorry but i think you didn't get the message right man.. its about the privatization of all the water companys! they mess everything up so u are forced to buy THEIR product, they want u to be a slave of this system wake up bro!

[headbangaboogie1]

those who go without it on this earth, leaving it LOL

[IHATECHAELSONNEN]

Mos Def: Most underated rapper of all time PERIOD

[Kwizmatix]

@greeneyemonsta Yes lyrically this song is on point. In this song Mos is eluding to the fact that control of the water supplies is control of the planet & water is becoming scarce. Everything on this planet depends upon water which is essentially the most valuable resource. We are approaching a point where its value will be priceless & the New World Order will use this to its advantage as a means of control. *This is EXTREMELY serious shit!!! Pollution = Over Population Solution!*

[Burgyboi09]

nice vid man siiick

[TheLecturer101]

he is sayin..NWO is coming, they are controlling the water, so get your own supply, wisen up, and americans stop wasting water like its oxygen, take short showers, use water more consciouslly knowing that someone somewhere else in the planet has never had clean water before, that the earth only has 1% fresh water..and alot of that is toxic because of oil spills, and has to be shared with a rising world population. add it up. wars over water? "laugh and take it as a joke if you wana" !!

[johnsinater]

@Swag2Spare i get what your saying, but i think @greeneyemonsta touched on it. Even tho hes saying new world water, its acting as lik a metaphor (not sure if thts the word im looking for) for politics. Think hes relating the water to money, in a clever way, its a well thought out song, mos def is a complex dude thts for sure