What I didn't like about the movie American Gangster was that Frank Lucas was portrayed as a well spoken sophisticated man who just happened to be a criminal when in fact he was anything but sophisticated. If you watch any Nicky Barnes interviews you'll realize right away that the character that Denzel Washington played was actually closer to Barnes than Lucas. Also Frank Lucas was from the south and Denzel Washington didn’t speak with a southern accent when portraying Lucas so that kinda bugged me too
I always thought the cadaver connection was the oddest thing about American Gangster. I couldn't understand how Lucas would lack the foresight to realise the war would end at not come up with another method of trafficking the heroin.
2:35 - Chapter 1 - Early years 5:35 - Chapter 2 - A menace to society 7:55 - Chapter 3 - A disciple of bumpy johnson 10:40 - Chapter 4 - The cadaver connection 15:05 - Chapter 5 - American gangster
Finally something I can relate to. Blue Magic wasn't only sold specifically in Harlem. It was also sold to dealers in Brooklyn and Queens and the yuppies would often get their product from dealers outside of Harlem, often out of so-called "number holes". (In the 70s and 80s, you probably didn't want to be caught in Harlem after dark if you didn't have sufficient levels of melanin in your skin). Frank's group controlled Harlem and much of the South Bronx as well as Manhattan down to about Columbus Circle (Times Square hadn't been Disney-fied yet so the area around Port Authority bus terminal was like the dark web market is now, with a lot of that stuff coming from the big drug outfits like Frank's).
Videos like this show me how as time goes on we get more facts and other accounts about what we used to just take as truth and release most people from the past are liars or lies are told about them to make them better or bigger then they were because stories are better as easier then facts for most people
But you also have to remember that people have been embellishing stories like this since the beginning of time. As someone becomes more and more famous those who are tangently related to the story might exaggerate or fabricate details to suit their own purposes.
The Cadaver Connection sounds worthy of a Casual Criminalist episode. First time I heard the term but not the first I heard of smuggling via coffins. Jim Webb, a Vietnam vet who went on to be Secretary of the Navy and a US senator, recounted after he returned from Vietnam he went to law school and had a class taught by a recent graduate who was part of the anti-war movement. The two didn't get along and during a test the professor wrote a question regarding a soldier smuggling drugs from Vietnam in the bodies of dead soldiers and the professor named the soldier "Jimmy Webb."
You should cover Emil Lewis Holmdahl- Highly interesting life story, machine gunner, soldier of fortune (mercenary), spy, gun runner, and treasure hunter "He led one of America’s most famous generals into his first gun battle. He escaped a firing squad on several occasions. He fought for multiple causes on at least three continents.... His life was a cliché for adventure.... Frank might be described as a marital mercenary as he had three or more families and abandoned his Fort Dodge family to start another in California after doing the same in St. Paul, Minn. His father’s gallivanting may have influenced Holmdahl’s extraordinary wanderlust that led him to China, Central America, Mexico, Europe and the jungles of the Philippines. There are years missing in the timeline of his exploits with some evidence that he fought in Cuba and Venezuela, too" (Iowahistoryjournal, para 1-3).
You need to do a video about Frank Matthews, out of all the so-called drug Legend nobody did it as big as him where most individuals had a location in a city, this man had multiple cities ,and went toe the toe with the mafia and considering he still on the fbi most wanted list in the intrigue surrounding his disappearance
Gutenberg the inventor of the printing press is one of the most important people in history. The printing press changed everything and accelerated the world into a modern times. I think he deserves a bio
Great video, and I remember Michael Franzese mentioning Frakn Lucas once before in the same vain as Al Capone, meaning Hollywood glamorized the real person who made themselves out to be more important than they were, at least as far as the world of crime was concerned. But now I'd like to hear about Sargent Smack as he might be a more interesting video.
I’d like to propose Gen. John Pershing. Head of the Expeditionary Forces during WWI. His military career tells the story of America’s imperialism, from commanding Buffalo Soldiers during the Span-Am War to hunting Pancho Villa amidst the Mexican Revolution. Surely a life worthy of Biographics.
@@Hillbilly001 I agree I wrote a paper on him in college, and he really wasn't an "imperialist". I suppose that could be up to the viewers if the episode is made.
@@devinbullard7304 At Ft. Riley, Ks there's a museum dedicated to the 10th Cav.(Buffalo Soldiers) and Pershing is very prominent in it. Course the last I was there was in 1981. There's also a small display of other segregated units too. Got out of the Army in 1990 and I still would like to go back to Riley just for the museum. Cheers from Tennessee.
When it comes to history I highly doubt that's ever the case. Made up stories wrapped up in truths have been going on for thousands of years and will continue for even longer.
Stranger things in this life has happened and were covered up. Fact is stranger than fiction. (Plus for the sake of argument it wouldn’t be that weird because most are out for themselves, don’t know the whole truth, or don’t want people to know the truth for several reasons, and the US gov is one of the biggest offenders of the last one. Especially during a period where POC were still heavily getting killed or assaulted and had it covered up by the police in the Southern States, and politicians and judges were getting paid to look the other way or “release someone on good behavior”). If you’re going to look into someone’s life depth please do the same for their environment(time period, sociological standing, ecosystem, geographic location history and social norms, and politics etc), but peace and love to all.
Exactly! My grandfather told us how he and his family had to turn off lights in the house and get down on the floor because the kkk was marching down their street in Georgia.
I'd like to ask for a Biographics on Jaques De Molay, the last Grandmaster of the Templar Order. He ushered in a golden age in both the Templars & the world itself via the financial realm & many other areas.
Crazy to think no one knew who he was prior to that fight. But they saw a rich black man walk in looking like he is doing better or well off than a majority of whom he was around that night. Was immediately assumed a drug dealer or some sort of criminal activity
You should do a Video on Eugene Bullard, i recently learned about him (like very recently). Apparently he was given full honors and high ranking soldiers of the French army of ww1 gave their respects to him as if he were French, when in reality he was American
It's worth saying that investigators not uncovering corruption in the local sheriff's department can be quite self serving. Depends who they are. Now, I wonder if Frank Lucas wasn't trying to keep his sources secret when he made all these claims besides trying to make himself look "cooler".
Nicky Barnes was heads and Shoulder over Frank Lucas. Lucas was known but he wasn’t the lion that Hollywood and he made himself to be. It’s the movie American Gangster that has canonise him into gangster folklore and not his actual activities which was pale in comparison to other noteworthy and influential figures like Nicky Barnes, Frank Matthews and Ike Atkinson whose life story he actually store to form the basis of his story that would eventually give birth to the film and create a legend out of him that largely based on myth and his own self aggrandising
Jack Parsons I don’t think you’ve done yet…. Which is odd unless I just somehow missed it. So funny NASA named a crater on dark side of moon for him lol… but also that would be where he wanted it… glad you did THIS one about Frank Lucas too… dude was THE dude…
HEY SIMON DO A VIDEO ON THE MUSICAL GENIUS BRIAN WILSON !! Sorry for the all caps but I figured maybe it'll be seen. His life is a very,very interesting story. If you watch some old interviews I think you'll agree.... Also as a recovering addict with almost 2 years clean. At least 3 or 4 of those brand names still get stamped on bags to this day..at least in Camden,NJ and Kensinton,North Philly...also that repeating flash of the picture of Frank Lucas...it's kind of disturbing lol...like a gif but creepier.
La Grange named cities are world 🌎 wide. My favorite beyond Texas is in Australia. The Penfolds winery. A bottle of La Grange is worth almost $500 now. I should have bought all the cases at $200 a bottle 🤷♂️🤭✌️
Suggestion: Lieutenant Colonel John Butler (1728 - 1796) a loyalist who led Butler's Rangers which included affiliated Mohawk and other Iroquois nations' warriors. A Canadian hero and US war criminal. Most remembered in the US for the Cherry Valley massacre.
American Gangster is a movie that everyone involved should be ashamed! It straight up glamorises a lying drug-dealer. Lucas is portrayed in very positive light and cool guy which is disgusting. It feeds the audience every Lucas lie as fact and portrays him way smarter than he really was. Also that he did everything just to survive when in reality he was just greedy SOB. Even the epilogue text in the movie leaves out the fact Lucas went back drug dealing after his first release because it wants to leave a positive image for the viewer.
Sometimes, I try to do things And it just doesn't work out the way I want it to And I get real frustrated And like, I try hard to do it And I like, take my time, but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to It's like I concentrate on it real hard But it just doesn't work out And everything I do and everything I try It never turns out It's like, I need time to figure these things out But there's always someone there going "Hey Mike, you know, we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know? You should maybe get away And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better" And I go, "No it's okay, you know, I'll figure it out Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out, you know? I'm just working on myself" They go, "Well you know, if you want to talk about it, I'll be here, you know And you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it So why don't you talk about it?" I go, "No I don't want to, I'm okay! I'll figure it out myself!" But they just keep bugging me They just keep bugging me and it builds up inside So you're gonna be institutionalized You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes You won't have any say They'll brainwash you until you see their way I'm not crazy! (Institution!) You're the one that's crazy! (Institution!) You're driving me crazy! (Institution!) They stick me in an institution And said it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect from the enemy, myself I was in my room And I was just like, staring at the walls thinking about everything But then again, I was thinking about nothing And then my mom came in, and I didn't even know she was there She called my name and I didn't hear her And then she started screaming, "Mike! Mike!" And I go, "What? What's the matter?" She goes, "What's the matter with you?" I go, "There's nothing wrong mom" She goes, "Don't tell me that, you're on drugs!" I go, "No mom, I'm not on drugs, I'm okay, I'm just thinking, you know? Why don't you get me a pepsi?" She goes, "No! You're on drugs!" I go, "Mom, I'm okay, I'm just thinking" And she goes, "No! You're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't act that way!" I go, "Mom, just get me a Pepsi, please? All I want's a Pepsi" And she wouldn't give it to me All I wanted was a Pepsi Just one Pepsi And she wouldn't give it to me Just a Pepsi! They give you a white shirt with long sleeves Tied around your back, you're treated like thieves Drug you up because they're lazy It's too much work to help a crazy I'm not crazy! (Institution!) You're the one that's crazy! (Institution!) You're driving me crazy! (Institution!) They stick me in an institution Said it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect from the enemy, myself I'm sitting in my room, and my mom and my dad came in They pulled up a chair and they sat down They go, "Mike, we need to talk to you" And I go, "Okay, what's the matter?" They go, "Me and your mom, we've been noticing lately you've been having a lot of problems And you've been going off for no reason And we're afraid you're gonna hurt somebody And we're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself, So we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere you could get the help that you need" And I go, "Wait! What are you talking about? We decided?! My best interest?! How do you know what my best interest is? How can you say what my best interest is? What are you trying to say? I'm crazy?! When I went to your schools I went to your churches I went to your institutional learning facilities! So how can you say I'm crazy?! They say they're gonna fix my brain Alleviate my suffering and my pain But by the time they fix my head Mentally, I'll be dead I'm not crazy! (Institution!) You're the one that's crazy! (Institution!) You're driving me crazy! (Institution!) They stick me in an institution Said it was the only solution To give me the needed professional help To protect from the enemy, myself It doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car anyway
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Love the channel Especially Love the Gangster/ Crime Lord Cant wait to see more off them
Can you please do a video on Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh.
Please do Booker T. Washington next
@@Corey_Mckilling pp
Frank Matthews.
What I didn't like about the movie American Gangster was that Frank Lucas was portrayed as a well spoken sophisticated man who just happened to be a criminal when in fact he was anything but sophisticated. If you watch any Nicky Barnes interviews you'll realize right away that the character that Denzel Washington played was actually closer to Barnes than Lucas. Also Frank Lucas was from the south and Denzel Washington didn’t speak with a southern accent when portraying Lucas so that kinda bugged me too
I always thought the cadaver connection was the oddest thing about American Gangster. I couldn't understand how Lucas would lack the foresight to realise the war would end at not come up with another method of trafficking the heroin.
Awesome video. Please, more bios like this one.
2:35 - Chapter 1 - Early years
5:35 - Chapter 2 - A menace to society
7:55 - Chapter 3 - A disciple of bumpy johnson
10:40 - Chapter 4 - The cadaver connection
15:05 - Chapter 5 - American gangster
MVP
You the goat 🐐 bro 🙏
1:19
The ultra-British way you said "dope" really made my day, Mr. Whistler.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Once again I'm impressed by the animated photos.
I come to all these videos just to hear Simon's voice. Dude be captivating and entrances with his knowledge
Finally something I can relate to. Blue Magic wasn't only sold specifically in Harlem. It was also sold to dealers in Brooklyn and Queens and the yuppies would often get their product from dealers outside of Harlem, often out of so-called "number holes". (In the 70s and 80s, you probably didn't want to be caught in Harlem after dark if you didn't have sufficient levels of melanin in your skin). Frank's group controlled Harlem and much of the South Bronx as well as Manhattan down to about Columbus Circle (Times Square hadn't been Disney-fied yet so the area around Port Authority bus terminal was like the dark web market is now, with a lot of that stuff coming from the big drug outfits like Frank's).
I heard some people put blue magic in their hair on their scalp have you ever heard this?
@@monetschannel5773 that was Soul Glo.
@@monetschannel5773 I believe there is hair grease called blue magic, but that's probably not what you're talking about.
I call BS !!!
Videos like this show me how as time goes on we get more facts and other accounts about what we used to just take as truth and release most people from the past are liars or lies are told about them to make them better or bigger then they were because stories are better as easier then facts for most people
But you also have to remember that people have been embellishing stories like this since the beginning of time. As someone becomes more and more famous those who are tangently related to the story might exaggerate or fabricate details to suit their own purposes.
@@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_ that's true I'm just glad corrections are being made and we have more media how-to keep things more accurate going forward
The plastic beads they use as a graphic at the 6:30 mark is hilarious.. you can literally see the hole where the string goes through the beads...
Excellent video. I would like to see a Biographics on Stanley Kubrick, Mother Teresa and Nicolae Ceausescu.
Kubrick would be amazing,!
The Cadaver Connection sounds worthy of a Casual Criminalist episode. First time I heard the term but not the first I heard of smuggling via coffins. Jim Webb, a Vietnam vet who went on to be Secretary of the Navy and a US senator, recounted after he returned from Vietnam he went to law school and had a class taught by a recent graduate who was part of the anti-war movement. The two didn't get along and during a test the professor wrote a question regarding a soldier smuggling drugs from Vietnam in the bodies of dead soldiers and the professor named the soldier "Jimmy Webb."
You should cover Emil Lewis Holmdahl-
Highly interesting life story, machine gunner, soldier of fortune (mercenary), spy, gun runner, and treasure hunter
"He led one of America’s most famous generals into his first gun battle. He escaped a firing squad on several occasions. He fought for multiple causes on at least three continents.... His life was a cliché for adventure.... Frank might be described as a marital mercenary as he had three or more families and abandoned his Fort Dodge family to start another in California after doing the same in St. Paul, Minn. His father’s gallivanting may have influenced Holmdahl’s extraordinary wanderlust that led him to China, Central America, Mexico, Europe and the jungles of the Philippines. There are years missing in the timeline of his exploits with some evidence that he fought in Cuba and Venezuela, too" (Iowahistoryjournal, para 1-3).
Don't fall for this scam
@@KC_OnTheTrackLike ''liazzé -faire supervision" is nothing
You need to do a video about Frank Matthews, out of all the so-called drug Legend nobody did it as big as him where most individuals had a location in a city, this man had multiple cities ,and went toe the toe with the mafia and considering he still on the fbi most wanted list in the intrigue surrounding his disappearance
Al Profit has a good biography on Frank Matthews.
Gutenberg the inventor of the printing press is one of the most important people in history. The printing press changed everything and accelerated the world into a modern times. I think he deserves a bio
Great video, and I remember Michael Franzese mentioning Frakn Lucas once before in the same vain as Al Capone, meaning Hollywood glamorized the real person who made themselves out to be more important than they were, at least as far as the world of crime was concerned. But now I'd like to hear about Sargent Smack as he might be a more interesting video.
Denzel: *Smacks a paper cup off the table* "Don't you tell me!"
2:39 homie lookin like a mix of OJ and Al Capone... that *IS* gangster
Can't wait for HistoryBuffs to do a history review of American Gangster.
I’d like to propose Gen. John Pershing. Head of the Expeditionary Forces during WWI. His military career tells the story of America’s imperialism, from commanding Buffalo Soldiers during the Span-Am War to hunting Pancho Villa amidst the Mexican Revolution. Surely a life worthy of Biographics.
"American imperialism"? Really? If that's so, where is the Mexican colonies? Or possessions? Nothing like Yank bashing, is there.
@@Hillbilly001 Is there no place free of whataboutists afraid of discussing the past
I agree completely...he lived a fascinating life!!!
@@Hillbilly001 I agree I wrote a paper on him in college, and he really wasn't an "imperialist". I suppose that could be up to the viewers if the episode is made.
@@devinbullard7304 At Ft. Riley, Ks there's a museum dedicated to the 10th Cav.(Buffalo Soldiers) and Pershing is very prominent in it. Course the last I was there was in 1981. There's also a small display of other segregated units too. Got out of the Army in 1990 and I still would like to go back to Riley just for the museum. Cheers from Tennessee.
I’ve seen so many movies and shows about this dude. Crazy life
Could you imagine if everything Lucas said was true and everyone else collectively just lied on him🤣 everyone just trolling tf outta him.
When it comes to history I highly doubt that's ever the case. Made up stories wrapped up in truths have been going on for thousands of years and will continue for even longer.
Yeah I mean why would a murdering criminal sociopath lie?
Stranger things in this life has happened and were covered up. Fact is stranger than fiction. (Plus for the sake of argument it wouldn’t be that weird because most are out for themselves, don’t know the whole truth, or don’t want people to know the truth for several reasons, and the US gov is one of the biggest offenders of the last one. Especially during a period where POC were still heavily getting killed or assaulted and had it covered up by the police in the Southern States, and politicians and judges were getting paid to look the other way or “release someone on good behavior”). If you’re going to look into someone’s life depth please do the same for their environment(time period, sociological standing, ecosystem, geographic location history and social norms, and politics etc), but peace and love to all.
"Sergeant Smack"🤣🤣🤣
You need to give the people one about the Real Rick Ross.
He does amazing interviews, especially regarding the truth of the relationship of Nicaragua, cocaine and the CIA.
Very cool dude 👽💨💨💨
Give him credit first for the video
If Simon does a biographic on Rick Ross he should see if Rick Ross would be a guest on the show for that episode
The blue sweater. Nice touch 😉
Thanks
Probably the inspiration behind Lincoln from Mafia 3.
Great episode ❗
Will you be doing a video on Bumpy Johnson at some point in the future?
That's a nice sweater.👍
Packing heat! impressive Simon. LOL.
Please do a biography on Alan Watts, Mr. Whistler, sir.
As someone from North Carolina stories like that first one are not uncommon at all
Exactly! My grandfather told us how he and his family had to turn off lights in the house and get down on the floor because the kkk was marching down their street in Georgia.
Yeah rare not secret.
Great movie Great bio-graphic!
One of my favorite movies. So glad to learn more
You gonna shoot me? In front of everyone?
I'd like to ask for a Biographics on Jaques De Molay, the last Grandmaster of the Templar Order. He ushered in a golden age in both the Templars & the world itself via the financial realm & many other areas.
Pays to be financially coherent.
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The first time I have ever heard of him was through the Fate/Grand Order video game.
Funny enough I was listening to this while driving down Teaneck Road in Teaneck.
You should make an episode about Richard Kuklinski, mafia hitman called 'iceman'. He seems like a mighty interesting guy
what was with that weird deepfake thing
Brother you couldn't have put a better picture of the man for the thumb nail?! My man's got bats in the cave.....
Crazy to think no one knew who he was prior to that fight. But they saw a rich black man walk in looking like he is doing better or well off than a majority of whom he was around that night. Was immediately assumed a drug dealer or some sort of criminal activity
The name Bumpy Johnson makes me giggle like Beavis and Butthead
Huh. Never heard of him. Learn something every day.
If you can’t have a full head of hair, have well groomed distinguished beard 😂😂😂
How about a Bio on Bumpy`s boss? She was one heck of a woman. Keep up the good work!
I think Elizabeth I is long overdue for this channel
The american gangster movie based on him was amazing
One of my favourites (probably to do me loving mafia movies)
Jordan
Agree!!!
Totally also the movie hoodlum with Lawrence fishburn as bumpy Johnson frank Lucas's mentor
Agree. Though Denzal looked nothing like Frank Lucas.
You should do a Video on Eugene Bullard, i recently learned about him (like very recently). Apparently he was given full honors and high ranking soldiers of the French army of ww1 gave their respects to him as if he were French, when in reality he was American
7:51 is what the girls around campus called me back in college.
It's worth saying that investigators not uncovering corruption in the local sheriff's department can be quite self serving. Depends who they are.
Now, I wonder if Frank Lucas wasn't trying to keep his sources secret when he made all these claims besides trying to make himself look "cooler".
Lucas is a Boss! The Mafia didn't even fk with him as he carved out pieces of NYC for himself 🤜💥🤛
It used to be 13/50 but I think it's an even higher proportion now.
Simon rolling up with that beard.
The movie was awesome
Y'all should do a video on the strasser brothers
No mention of Nicky Barnes? He allegedly ran Harlem during that time period
Nicky Barnes was heads and Shoulder over Frank Lucas. Lucas was known but he wasn’t the lion that Hollywood and he made himself to be. It’s the movie American Gangster that has canonise him into gangster folklore and not his actual activities which was pale in comparison to other noteworthy and influential figures like Nicky Barnes, Frank Matthews and Ike Atkinson whose life story he actually store to form the basis of his story that would eventually give birth to the film and create a legend out of him that largely based on myth and his own self aggrandising
Do a video about Atahuallpa, last emperor of the Incas!!!
Learn to be crime boss from Bumpy Johnson
Nicky Barnes aka Mr Untouchable please
Jack Parsons I don’t think you’ve done yet…. Which is odd unless I just somehow missed it. So funny NASA named a crater on dark side of moon for him lol… but also that would be where he wanted it… glad you did THIS one about Frank Lucas too… dude was THE dude…
Yeah Simon has done Jack Parsons. Forgot.
Can I propose Sir Stamford Raffles for one! British chap who founded the modern day port of Singapore against his orders from the East India Company
HEY SIMON DO A VIDEO ON THE MUSICAL GENIUS BRIAN WILSON !! Sorry for the all caps but I figured maybe it'll be seen. His life is a very,very interesting story. If you watch some old interviews I think you'll agree.... Also as a recovering addict with almost 2 years clean. At least 3 or 4 of those brand names still get stamped on bags to this day..at least in Camden,NJ and Kensinton,North Philly...also that repeating flash of the picture of Frank Lucas...it's kind of disturbing lol...like a gif but creepier.
Brian and Dennis Wilson need their own bio by Simon seriously☝
Could you guys cover Lawrence Singleton?
oh first 50.....the day is great
I'm leaving a comment early but wasn't he the person who got the rules about snitching changed federally?
Nice
La Grange named cities are world 🌎 wide. My favorite beyond Texas is in Australia. The Penfolds winery. A bottle of La Grange is worth almost $500 now. I should have bought all the cases at $200 a bottle 🤷♂️🤭✌️
Day 3 of requesting a biographic on King Zog I of Albania
Sgt Smack is a fantastic code name
Can you do a biography on Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
Hi Biographics! Can you please do J Edgar Hoover?
My man.
"There you go, twenty percent."
Why would a murdering criminal sociopath lie?
Bro needs a Kleenex
Want to get a criminal to confess? Pretend you did what they did and a little more
Now I am curious who Atkinson is or was. Sounds like a good story as well
Do Big Meech, Freeway (Rick Ross), Larry Hoover. Bumpy Johnnson,
Wow! That's a lot of boogers in one man's nose for a thumbnail 🤣
Crazy times when an investigation can be open just by showing up to a fight and having better seats as black man.
How about a Biographics episode on Admiral Richard E Byrd?
plz make a video about "Maximiliano Hernández Martínez". He is the most interesting dictator ever.
Next Up: Iceberg Slim.
If Frank was born in La Grange he might have layed too deep in his Grange and took that to New York.
There are 2 unlucky guys somewhere because its not me.
"Would you like anything to drink Frank?"
Frank: got any holy water?
Keeps you say....
Damn…25? That sucks man. I started I’d say….🤔 28-29…it started
Suggestion: Lieutenant Colonel John Butler (1728 - 1796) a loyalist who led Butler's Rangers which included affiliated Mohawk and other Iroquois nations' warriors. A Canadian hero and US war criminal. Most remembered in the US for the Cherry Valley massacre.
Simon, did you guys do some thorough research on this guy? Frank's a known liar and a snitch. 🙄
Can you do a video on Victor Emmanuel III…. A Brooklyn 99 meme, that I have no idea why he is, please?!
He looks like grandma 😂
"Keeps is half the price of a pharmacy" as someone in the UK, I doubt that. XD
Can’t you mfs get Codeine over the counter
@@SpaceCowboy260 Eyup.
Frank Lucas is the Carlos Mencia of drug trade. He isn't even worthy of this video.
American Gangster is a movie that everyone involved should be ashamed! It straight up glamorises a lying drug-dealer. Lucas is portrayed in very positive light and cool guy which is disgusting. It feeds the audience every Lucas lie as fact and portrays him way smarter than he really was. Also that he did everything just to survive when in reality he was just greedy SOB. Even the epilogue text in the movie leaves out the fact Lucas went back drug dealing after his first release because it wants to leave a positive image for the viewer.
Frank Matthews is also an interesting story.
I watched the movie American Gangster
Sorry, skipped through the hair loss ad because I don’t trust skinny chefs 😂😂😂
Sometimes, I try to do things
And it just doesn't work out the way I want it to
And I get real frustrated
And like, I try hard to do it
And I like, take my time, but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to
It's like I concentrate on it real hard
But it just doesn't work out
And everything I do and everything I try
It never turns out
It's like, I need time to figure these things out
But there's always someone there going
"Hey Mike, you know, we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know?
You should maybe get away
And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better"
And I go, "No it's okay, you know, I'll figure it out
Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out, you know?
I'm just working on myself"
They go, "Well you know, if you want to talk about it, I'll be here, you know
And you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it
So why don't you talk about it?"
I go, "No I don't want to, I'm okay! I'll figure it out myself!"
But they just keep bugging me
They just keep bugging me and it builds up inside
So you're gonna be institutionalized
You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes
You won't have any say
They'll brainwash you until you see their way
I'm not crazy! (Institution!)
You're the one that's crazy! (Institution!)
You're driving me crazy! (Institution!)
They stick me in an institution
And said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect from the enemy, myself
I was in my room
And I was just like, staring at the walls thinking about everything
But then again, I was thinking about nothing
And then my mom came in, and I didn't even know she was there
She called my name and I didn't hear her
And then she started screaming, "Mike! Mike!"
And I go, "What? What's the matter?"
She goes, "What's the matter with you?"
I go, "There's nothing wrong mom"
She goes, "Don't tell me that, you're on drugs!"
I go, "No mom, I'm not on drugs, I'm okay, I'm just thinking, you know? Why don't you get me a pepsi?"
She goes, "No! You're on drugs!"
I go, "Mom, I'm okay, I'm just thinking"
And she goes, "No! You're not thinking, you're on drugs!
Normal people don't act that way!"
I go, "Mom, just get me a Pepsi, please? All I want's a Pepsi"
And she wouldn't give it to me
All I wanted was a Pepsi
Just one Pepsi
And she wouldn't give it to me
Just a Pepsi!
They give you a white shirt with long sleeves
Tied around your back, you're treated like thieves
Drug you up because they're lazy
It's too much work to help a crazy
I'm not crazy! (Institution!)
You're the one that's crazy! (Institution!)
You're driving me crazy! (Institution!)
They stick me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect from the enemy, myself
I'm sitting in my room, and my mom and my dad came in
They pulled up a chair and they sat down
They go, "Mike, we need to talk to you"
And I go, "Okay, what's the matter?"
They go, "Me and your mom, we've been noticing lately you've been having a lot of problems
And you've been going off for no reason
And we're afraid you're gonna hurt somebody
And we're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself,
So we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere you could get the help that you need"
And I go, "Wait! What are you talking about?
We decided?! My best interest?!
How do you know what my best interest is?
How can you say what my best interest is?
What are you trying to say? I'm crazy?!
When I went to your schools
I went to your churches
I went to your institutional learning facilities!
So how can you say I'm crazy?!
They say they're gonna fix my brain
Alleviate my suffering and my pain
But by the time they fix my head
Mentally, I'll be dead
I'm not crazy! (Institution!)
You're the one that's crazy! (Institution!)
You're driving me crazy! (Institution!)
They stick me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect from the enemy, myself
It doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car anyway
@@ojifididitsimpson Great song!
That's messed up using dead soldiers for smuggling