Everyone who knows, knows, right..I dont mind that the mass of Bellends don't get his message would be nice for the sales tho, seems to have been quiet now for a while
This guy has got me through some really messy times with his music and yet he still is!.. Thank you Roots Manuva and all his fans, friends and family!!! 🙏 ❤️ (edited who knows how long for tho 🤦).
One time I met him in a Concert in Berlin.I was so exited that I said :You are great, you are the best british rapper I know.Than he gave me a sign and I´m just gone. What I want to say:He is a great rappper and entertainer, and its difficault to say anything if you meet a true rapper like him... greetings from germany
"I don't know what the fuck it means. I am just singing, ain't I?" - Intellectual honesty in its purest form, only a genuine artist can afford such a statement.
In an age of intense American cultural imperialism, where so many London artist, that should know better are looking like a poor man’s JayZ and Kanye. There stands such a pure example of a London thing. For years this guy has made tunes that reek of where they are from. And he is up there with the greats. Now joined by Little Sims in flying a culturally diverse flag while keeping it real. Meanwhile some people are wrapping about Rolexes and Probation. Rodrick Manuva! Thank you for taking me back to driving through London streets anytime I choose.
That I wanted to listen to this song popped into my head about 40 seconds ago. My whole body felt a rush of warmth and good vibes rising as I typed the title into the search bar. A little smile started to play at the corner of my lips of its own accord. There's something about this track, that evokes a wonderful sense of ease, engagement and way of being.
i wrote one hope one quest on my skin. Married my wife with dreamy days on the background. now and then i play this tune when i need it. Roots is a serious part in my life. Thank you my man.
Mister Rodney Smith Roots Manuva and he's music touched the way I think see and many times unveiled that there is more to realise and understand.More than music for me special relationship with all he's stuff.Thank you!
Roots Manuva is a god he deserves allot more publicity then those crap gangsta rappers these days come on where are the days when people listen to real music roots rocks big time hope he comes whit more albums
Don't have to believe a specific religion in life, I'm the same its all nonsense it cracks me up how ridic it is but that don't mean there aren't other things going on. We've barely scratched the surface
Same, true natural spirituality and love doesn't come from some artificial place, where you are bound by rules made by men who seek control and conformity in the name of.. But from the kindness, positivity, love of good humans just appreciating nature and each other, doing right by others, acknowledging the wonder of every single thing that surrounds you, micro-universes existing within universes, within universes.
I come to Canada, you meet me I’ll show you brotherhood. I’m no rich man, but what I can give I’ll give from the heart, Your one of the goats in all time imho, and i found you from the other side of the pond. Wish you and yours the best of health, and above all, happiness like John Lennon once said.
Hierarchical, successive, sequitar ordered triangles are not without echelons. We are, so I assume my Lord kind of knoweth thee. Endureth roots. Viva paradise. Amen and Amen innit St Peter.
2019 I'm back again... The Spirit is moving me... The Levels know me? Got to be Thoth... The Levels definitely know him... Let the Spirit move you... 1 Tree Many Branches... 1 Love.
So you think that when you're dead, that's just it? That all of existence is just this bizarre freak occurrence? Just blind matter? If so, then why waste time on this crazy society thing? You're going to be nothing soon, and you're wasting your precious time on this nonsense, slaving away, paying tax, helping your civilization to fund war and exploitation? The clock is ticking. Soon you'll not exist.
@@simonk4891ing none of us truly know that's the truth. I believe we go somewhere else. But what about the life they can prove was on earth 4 billion years ago... Wheres that gone, where did it come from. Biological particles floating in space? We don't know but all religions are fiction... Only Buddhism has the right idea, there is no god. That's my opinion. But you can still be a deep spiritual person without prescribing to one religion
@@sasamagrasa Exactly. And yet you waste your time paying taxes, chasing things, watching your screens etc. Your materialism is phony. You don't really believe it. It's just a fashionable opinion to have. You can't even explain what existence is, where it came from, what consciousness is etc. You just pretend to be this nitty gritty realist, when in reality, your own ignorance scares you.
Rrroooootttsss!!!!! Man I’ve been listening to you on and off for years!! And I’ve just found the Lorde!! My saviour Jesus Christ and iam hearing you in a whole new light!!! Much love bro!!!
"Whats the song about? Whats the song about? Whats it mean? I dont know what the fuck it means, im just singing aint I?" Should be every artists response, the music can speak for itself.
+SeriouStuff You can hear a lot of the sounds and synths used in metronomys albums. They produced this song, and a lot of their style comes into the beat .
Uh.... they do; The roots, atmosphere, living legends, soul position, gift of gab, heiroglyphics, murs, talib kweli, jurassic 5, just to name a few... America has a diverse hip hop selection and just because it's not in the mainstream doesn't mean its not there. Look around and see for yourself, there are more hidden gems out there then you'd think.
Let no man? "The divine" is open to interpretation, true natural spirituality and love doesn't come from some artificial place, where you are bound by rules made by men who seek control and conformity in the name of..
sounds to me like this: Echelon know me! Let the spirit move yuh Gospel grow me Let the spirit soothe yuh Should I raise my pen? Let the spirit know yuh .... Let the spirit move yuh I have NO clue what the last little line is. It drives me insane. Kinda sounds like "All the girls get down with him" but I don't think that really fits with the other lyrics, lol I saw somewhere else that he says "All we do is get blind with them" Who knows
You know what's ironic is people who know hip knew these guys are the best at the end of it all... I know a lot of hip hop and rap and in my world this is a legend with he's own style. I will keep you in my top 20 at least
same goes for me - I mean, I had heard of Roots Manuva before, but never actually heard him :) that is, until about a month ago - since then I must have listened to this song at least a hundred times! In other words, Again & Again :)
Let the spirit move you Let the spirit soothe you Let the spirit know you In this, gentlemen, most distinguished their performance, linguistics mystic, in one's approximation But I find we style, my formation Its my new, eternal declaration glory, power and sound, the decoration but don't 'body gwan to town t' get things man O man, I get so steady, we set things audibly we oughta be the tenement said: "give the sword to thee" down crash and harassing the crew simply done, by the things we do romance setting the trend, we study the zen real, reveal, with wine we come again ever more bouncy, no need to re announce me dying and crying but they just can't denounce me Let the spirit move you Let the spirit soothe you Let the spirit know you Tantamount summon the court of pure heat resourced from the first resort the word spoke actuality is the zone and emotion we make the most of the cause and commotion akin to things we're into things mind and soul, with bling within and stay, true to us, we do for us articulate such and such man o man, been anoint for long time man o man seen a point for long time this is very necessary with we and that necessity be of the upmost importance see applied with that urgency with the, the us, the I and the T take promotion, we shall be free Let the spirit move you Let the spirit soothe you Let the spirit know you Told those dudes I was sensitive you ain't, down for mine, I can sense your shit Stick to my own I ain't one to mix with the hoobla ra ra, or the politics friends come and go, but we hip unto the causes reasonable stench, my definition of the Lord is: The strength that break the shackle and the chain The strength that break the shackle in the brain Let the spirit move you Let the spirit soothe you Let the spirit know you
Seriously the most underrated musician ever!!!!
He really is.
Everyone who knows, knows, right..I dont mind that the mass of Bellends don't get his message would be nice for the sales tho, seems to have been quiet now for a while
@@SniffMyDeadwax even bellends are your brothers... especially bellends!
#truth
Yaaaas!
2021 ..... still beliving init......
This guy has got me through some really messy times with his music and yet he still is!..
Thank you Roots Manuva and all his fans, friends and family!!! 🙏 ❤️ (edited who knows how long for tho 🤦).
Great to hear that man. Roots is awesome. Check out the track "All Things To All Men" from Cinematic Orchestra where Roots Manuva shines imo!
One time I met him in a Concert in Berlin.I was so exited that I said :You are great, you are the best british rapper I know.Than he gave me a sign and I´m just gone.
What I want to say:He is a great rappper and entertainer, and its difficault to say anything if you meet a true rapper like him...
greetings from germany
💐
Very true my friend ❤️👊
Love u bro
Wow 3 comments since 14 years ago xxx
Let the spirit soothe you👍👍👍🕊🕊🕊🕊 greetings from California thank you for your gems man still listening to them
🇬🇧💫
"I don't know what the fuck it means. I am just singing, ain't I?" - Intellectual honesty in its purest form, only a genuine artist can afford such a statement.
Doesn’t matter. My presence is a super power. I can use it like a credit card😁
Been recommended this rapper by a chill, nice black dude in a dream of mine last night. No regrets. Thank ya fam, whoever you were. ❤️
In an age of intense American cultural imperialism, where so many London artist, that should know better are looking like a poor man’s JayZ and Kanye. There stands such a pure example of a London thing. For years this guy has made tunes that reek of where they are from. And he is up there with the greats.
Now joined by Little Sims in flying a culturally diverse flag while keeping it real.
Meanwhile some people are wrapping about Rolexes and Probation.
Rodrick Manuva! Thank you for taking me back to driving through London streets anytime I choose.
I'll second that.
Well said bro!
What an absolute tune this still is.
Roots, one of the greatest ever.
Just now hearing it for the first time - LOVE IT! - God bless
probably one of the most powerful songs ever
Exactly mate
That I wanted to listen to this song popped into my head about 40 seconds ago. My whole body felt a rush of warmth and good vibes rising as I typed the title into the search bar. A little smile started to play at the corner of my lips of its own accord. There's something about this track, that evokes a wonderful sense of ease, engagement and way of being.
Getting Metronomy to produce was a stroke of genius. Roots + Metronomy = Gold.
When your eyes are truly open to the world the more sense this tune makes.. Trust
True...not into the whole Catholic thing nee ting myself.
Always live with me in Barcelona when Hes Here :)
Really Nice guy
Instantly one of my favourite tracks of all time.
i wrote one hope one quest on my skin. Married my wife with dreamy days on the background. now and then i play this tune when i need it. Roots is a serious part in my life. Thank you my man.
Mister Rodney Smith Roots Manuva and he's music touched the way I think see and many times unveiled that there is more to realise and understand.More than music for me special relationship with all he's stuff.Thank you!
Roots Manuva is a god he deserves allot more publicity then those crap gangsta rappers these days come on where are the days when people listen to real music roots rocks big time hope he comes whit more albums
Ron has never moved from his roots, king of UK hip hop!!!!!!!!
2015 and the spirit is still moving me
almost 2018 spirit still going!
@@BoluzB2 2019 Still letting said spirit move me.
2022 head nodding still 🔥
bumpin roots manuva all the way out here in california.... all damn day. big up!
Roots Manuva is the man. No bollocks... just a proper genuine geezer
I am not religious but I am feeding off Root's energy!
Don't have to believe a specific religion in life, I'm the same its all nonsense it cracks me up how ridic it is but that don't mean there aren't other things going on. We've barely scratched the surface
Same, true natural spirituality and love doesn't come from some artificial place, where you are bound by rules made by men who seek control and conformity in the name of.. But from the kindness, positivity, love of good humans just appreciating nature and each other, doing right by others, acknowledging the wonder of every single thing that surrounds you, micro-universes existing within universes, within universes.
I come to Canada, you meet me I’ll show you brotherhood. I’m no rich man, but what I can give I’ll give from the heart, Your one of the goats in all time imho, and i found you from the other side of the pond. Wish you and yours the best of health, and above all, happiness like John Lennon once said.
This is a film tune, a tune for a GAME, a tune for your timelist play list. The beat is epic... EPIC.
Epic
Hierarchical, successive, sequitar ordered triangles are not without echelons. We are, so I assume my Lord kind of knoweth thee. Endureth roots. Viva paradise. Amen and Amen innit St Peter.
2019 I'm back again... The Spirit is moving me... The Levels know me?
Got to be Thoth... The Levels definitely know him... Let the Spirit move you... 1 Tree Many Branches... 1 Love.
"does your lord know me"
I don't believe in any anthropomorphic or interventionist deities.
But this tune really makes the spirit move me.
nuff love rod.
Same but this is just good humans sharing their energies with you, roots manuva's feeding you his enegry! let that energy move you!
So you think that when you're dead, that's just it? That all of existence is just this bizarre freak occurrence? Just blind matter? If so, then why waste time on this crazy society thing? You're going to be nothing soon, and you're wasting your precious time on this nonsense, slaving away, paying tax, helping your civilization to fund war and exploitation? The clock is ticking. Soon you'll not exist.
@@simonk4891ing none of us truly know that's the truth. I believe we go somewhere else. But what about the life they can prove was on earth 4 billion years ago... Wheres that gone, where did it come from. Biological particles floating in space? We don't know but all religions are fiction... Only Buddhism has the right idea, there is no god. That's my opinion. But you can still be a deep spiritual person without prescribing to one religion
@@simonk4891ing wasting time? The lack of an afterlife makes every second alive more worth living.
@@sasamagrasa Exactly. And yet you waste your time paying taxes, chasing things, watching your screens etc. Your materialism is phony. You don't really believe it. It's just a fashionable opinion to have. You can't even explain what existence is, where it came from, what consciousness is etc. You just pretend to be this nitty gritty realist, when in reality, your own ignorance scares you.
Definitely my favourite Roots Manuva song!
240p?!?!??
....Let the spirit re-upload in 720.
The strength that break the shackle and the chain
The strength that break the shackle in the brain
Epic
Rrroooootttsss!!!!!
Man I’ve been listening to you on and off for years!! And I’ve just found the Lorde!! My saviour Jesus Christ and iam hearing you in a whole new light!!!
Much love bro!!!
Genius. Love you Mr Smith.
Ive just discovered Roots. He's pretty f*n awesome - love this track the most.
Don't breathe out ;)
Roots manuva is such a legend.
Thank you Roots, you are a game changer.
I WATCH THIS VID AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 2 WEEKS AND NEVER TIRED OF IT. SO GROOVY. SO GOOD. SO TRUE.
Beaming with love 4 U ~X~ Such a brilliant vibration. ~X~
2020 still in love 🔥
Why o why didn't pick up on this tune earlier, never the less its gone straight into my favorites now ..feeling this tune big time
Still love your work Rodney. Put some more tracks out please.
"Whats the song about? Whats the song about? Whats it mean?
I dont know what the fuck it means, im just singing aint I?"
Should be every artists response, the music can speak for itself.
SPIRIT MYSTIK IF DEM SEE IT......ROOTZ AH REBEL SLEW DEM SOULJAH
Top BOY , simple . My guy make bangers for years , come on .
i like the fact that he looks like he just woke up in this video! great tune and an absolute hero!
i love this music. i love roots music.
.. from Poland
Fresh out in 24'!
wicked show last night rodney , loved it , this new tune massive , sarra xxxxxxxxxx
Yo just listening for the first time. Sick shit.
I can hear the Metronomy production
+BlackHoon what do you mean?
+SeriouStuff You can hear a lot of the sounds and synths used in metronomys albums. They produced this song, and a lot of their style comes into the beat
.
that's because it's produced by Metronomy
I did not believe that you still in the game! Take care dude!
great song!
the Hot Chip remix of this is really worth checking out too
I still can't believe that he had concert yesterday in Poland. Now I'm addicted from this tune. For me is the best rap song ever!!!!!
Never gets old
Uh.... they do; The roots, atmosphere, living legends, soul position, gift of gab, heiroglyphics, murs, talib kweli, jurassic 5, just to name a few... America has a diverse hip hop selection and just because it's not in the mainstream doesn't mean its not there. Look around and see for yourself, there are more hidden gems out there then you'd think.
My personal UK rap king!
Much love from Poland.
tis ONE man, from SOUTH WEST LONDON, big up! southside!
Let us never forget the first rule: Let no man come between you and the Divine.
Let no man? "The divine" is open to interpretation, true natural spirituality and love doesn't come from some artificial place, where you are bound by rules made by men who seek control and conformity in the name of..
@@sophiepooks2174 The Divine isn't open to interpretation, merely understanding.
Roots tears it up on this one. Rodney is the king of uk hip hop.
Im absolutely in love with this tune - big ups manuva, your new album is ace!
nice tune , and he looks like nice person too , thanks for sharing
Still love this track. Mean as brother.
I LOVE ROOTS MANUVA
This was amaaaaaazing at leeds fest!
Big up Manuva...dis a tune!
Real warrior in this music ting.
Colossal insight, invites the soul
Feelin this. Roots Manuva is the man, nuff said.
roots manuiva is god of hip hop... his lyrics are unbelievable, and his beats and stuff, so catchy so cool, so i dont know real? so catchy :D
sounds to me like this:
Echelon know me!
Let the spirit move yuh
Gospel grow me
Let the spirit soothe yuh
Should I raise my pen?
Let the spirit know yuh
....
Let the spirit move yuh
I have NO clue what the last little line is. It drives me insane. Kinda sounds like "All the girls get down with him" but I don't think that really fits with the other lyrics, lol
I saw somewhere else that he says "All we do is get blind with them"
Who knows
2 much 2 soon is also goergeous, roots manuva is still obviously the king!!
Daily Rotation! The Spirit has moved me!! Thanks Roots! Awesome prod. by Metronomy as well...kudos!
'you still gotta keep believin' innit?'
No Rod. You can open your heart and mind beyond mythology.
I always heard "They shall all know me".
the only UK stuff i listen to! Peace'n'Love from the Alps
this is music for my soul. this plus spliff is bliss
Roots is doin his thing, what a legend.
Birmingham, Birmingham everybody Birmingham!!!
Also, I can't understand how anyone could have the heart to dislike this song...it's so dope! Makes me wanna dance.
Okay, it makes me dance.
For years I thought the lyrics was "They shall all know me", and only today did someone tell me it actually "Echelon knows me"!
do yk the other two lines he says between the chorus lines
@restuneasy good to see that some people still do appreciate real ish!!
Here we go again, scandalously underplayed track 😉
Gotta love roots manuva
2024
love this
You know what's ironic is people who know hip knew these guys are the best at the end of it all...
I know a lot of hip hop and rap and in my world this is a legend with he's own style.
I will keep you in my top 20 at least
Better turn up for the gig in Cambridge on Thursday night ya rocket!
Shit, cancelled!!! Hope you're not sick or nuthin, one love.
Lovely song
It's not arrogant man , love this tune its gone in me mix :)
oh my god what a glorious life affirming tune, sweet!!!
Awsome! just awsome song!
It moved me.
so fukin good !!
very good song !!!
bleesssss !!!
peaceee !!!!
same goes for me - I mean, I had heard of Roots Manuva before, but never actually heard him :) that is, until about a month ago - since then I must have listened to this song at least a hundred times! In other words, Again & Again :)
Roots in Genius!!!
I love this guy!!!
Awesome. What can I say to be different from the rest of comments....well they are true musicians. Quality.
I'd love to hear Roots Manuva and Mos Def on a song together
Just still great!
Super Groovy très très bon !!!
What a spiritually enriching vibe
I love it from the first hearing
Ce perdre en cherchant sur TH-cam l'opposé de ça ,c'est tellement bien au final .
big up, the roots !!!
Let the spirit move you
Let the spirit soothe you
Let the spirit know you
In this, gentlemen, most distinguished
their performance, linguistics
mystic, in one's approximation
But I find we style, my formation
Its my new, eternal declaration
glory, power and sound, the decoration
but don't 'body gwan to town t' get things
man O man, I get so steady, we set things
audibly we oughta be
the tenement said: "give the sword to thee"
down crash and harassing the crew
simply done, by the things we do
romance setting the trend, we study the zen
real, reveal, with wine we come again
ever more bouncy, no need to re announce me
dying and crying but they just can't denounce me
Let the spirit move you
Let the spirit soothe you
Let the spirit know you
Tantamount summon the court of pure heat
resourced from the first resort the word spoke
actuality is the zone and emotion
we make the most of the cause and commotion
akin to things we're into things
mind and soul, with bling within
and stay, true to us, we do for us
articulate such and such
man o man, been anoint for long time
man o man seen a point for long time
this is very necessary with we
and that necessity be
of the upmost importance see
applied with that urgency
with the, the us, the I and the T
take promotion, we shall be free
Let the spirit move you
Let the spirit soothe you
Let the spirit know you
Told those dudes I was sensitive
you ain't, down for mine, I can sense your shit
Stick to my own I ain't one to mix
with the hoobla ra ra, or the politics
friends come and go, but we hip unto the causes
reasonable stench, my definition of the Lord is:
The strength that break the shackle and the chain
The strength that break the shackle in the brain
Let the spirit move you
Let the spirit soothe you
Let the spirit know you