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the "Get down" when he's on the car is so good... Get down on the dance floor / get down on the ground yelled by police
Wow, profound observation! Thank you 💛.
Ok boomer
Damn man good ear
@RedEyedSpy shut the fuck up
You are ALL THE WAY woke, dude. Damn.
Two things I noticed haven't been brought up in these reactions. When Donald raises his arms in a shooting motion without a gun people run from him. Which I think represents the idea that unarmed black men are deemed as a threat even with nothing in their hands. And the old abandoned cars he's dancing on represents the black men who get shot by police at routine traffic stops
Very good observation
I saw someone say that the abandoned cars is a metaphor for people abandoning the black community or the BLM movement because "people aren't racist anymore"
Or maybe the raiots of the 90s, look at the model of the cars
and if you notice right after the raises literally his hands he smokes, and after he smokes he gets chased and looks terrified. but when he killed people nothing happened. he got time for weed but not for murder.
I've heard that the old cars represent how America is still living In the past and havent moved on from these racial stereotypes
Bro this reaction was sincere and genuine, people keep dancing after a black man got a head shot, I just don't understand how hard is to people to see the message behind the song, the dance and stuffs like that.
No, the message is the dancing is a distraction, the media distracts from the bad that goes on.. Now black people got it harder than others in America, it's just the truth, but I mean don't make this into a black person thing, it goes for all of America..
@@LegitPlays777 faxs
LegitPlays and there’s a lot other like his position when he shot the black guy,his pants, how the gun and the guy are differently treated, the police when racism crimes happen and some other things, but what you said is right
it is much MUCH deeper than that. that is like the butter in a dish....its more complex.
Honestly This is America is a video that has so much detail and layers to it it'll be dissected for years to come. In many ways the sheer depth of the video really shows the genius of Donald Glover, you could write dissertations on this music video.
"America has never been great for people with our skin colour."
Damn, that hit hard.
Why would it when the guy in the red hat is enjoying watching "America has never been great for people with our skin color'. Who gives a shit?
@Sightless Sniper Are we really going to act like things weren't ever good for black people in Africa?
Whether you want to talk about the black kings of Egypt, the West African kingdoms that rose and fell before colonization, the Bantu migrations through Southern and Central Africa, or the various traders along the Saharan north, to keep pushing such a false story is ridiculous.
That's like trying to argue that the Aztec, Mayan, and other indigenous folks of the Americas didn't have anything before the Spanish showed up and wiped out 90% of the populations with their diseases.
Agree or disagree with it if you want, folks had customs and traditions that more than helped folks see the value in things and themselves before, and that could've been found again elsewhere had bullshit not happened to impede things.
Whether it be seeing through the end of Reconstruction and not letting Jim Crow take root, or giving popularly elected pan-Africanist a real chance to lead in their countries after colonialism, efforts for Black folks to return to the kind of peace before has been consistently impeded at every turn.
@Sightless Sniper without control of the means to your own future (whether it be Jim Crow eliminating opportunity for Black folks across the South and elsewhere, the destruction of Black Wall Street and self-contained communities like it all over the world by white people, and the continued colonial reaches controlling the assets of Africa not for Africans, it wouldn't be hard to see how things could be led astray), growing much of anything is going to be a challenge.
Still, time is on one side, and not on the other; wallow in your nonsense if you want
@Sightless Sniper I sincerely doubt that, lol.
Ignorance is bliss though, I guess
@@scipio2009 i agree
When Dub says, “don’t pay attention to the dancing...” exactly
No, I think he said “don’t just pay attention to the dancing” saying that other things were going on aswell
the dancing is a reference to Jim Crow propaganda someone said, so definitely pay attention to every detail than ignore that one detail that could change our perception
This unfortunately aged very well.
VERY, very well.
Aged like a fine milk
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Unfortunately this has been America since well before it was even a country
@@captainneanderthal9949 good one.
I really appreciate the observation that America "has never been great for people of color, how can you make it great AGAIN?" Thank you so much for creating this video.
While its a fucking ridiculous argument the premise of "making America great again," actually means "the good old times back when we could be as racist as we wanted and equality didnt mean shit". Its pathetic and they wont admit it outright because of the inherent cowardicethat comes with being a racist douchebag.
@Trips Which people of color? Now obviously I'm not talking about entire tribes but you have Indian people who despise our people and dark Indians. Racist Latinos in Central and South America. Prejudice Asians. I'm tired of my people adopting every damn body. Just because someone is nonWhite it doesn't mean they're our friend.
Herbert Erdferkel You’re also forgetting the fact you weren’t raised in that lifestyle so what would you really know lol. Some of these kids talk that street shit because that’s literally all they know growing up and what they’ve seen and have been taught. And besides not every rapper and or black music artists promotes violence like that.
@@cornparade6874 I agree with you. For those who do not know: MAGA is literally talking about the 1920's' - 1960's when POC did not have enough money to own a car, or buy a house or even go to National Parks. (National Parks is important here.) It's literally about stripping ALL POC from everything that should be given to white people first and letting POC have scraps and only scraps at the whiter person's discretion. The importance of national parks is Roosevelt created them so MEN (specifically and ONLY white men) could have a place to go to hunt and kill animals so that men do not lose their position in the world and become lesser than. It was for this reason that national parks banned POC. MAGA is literally saying to 'Make America Great Again' we have to take EVERYTHING away from POC and return them to where they 'belong'.
Corn Parade no it does not the ideal American pie in the 50s was still horrible people where abusing their children. The 69s was a better period bc people started talking about the horrors that happened in the 50s. Racism is not making America great America should be safe for everyone.
America. Where we wrap a gun, hand it safely to-someone for safe keeping and drag the body awake carelessly. Care more about the gun than the body
Each time, the gun is wrapped carefully in a red cloth and quickly taken away. The political commentary is powerful.
Yeah, I Noticed that.
That pisses me off they don’t care about human life but there little toys
@@Anonymous44818 cause neither do we
@@xsorakazamax7522 who is this “we” goku boy
The dancing is a reference to Jim Crow propaganda and other dance moves that were created by people of color and used by white people with no thoughts about oppression or other problems people of color face. It's also a reference to how we are so distracted by the entertainment people of color provide the world, we don't see all the violence and injustice happening in the background.
Yes it's all of that and also the end of days. Hence the horse reference the first horse of the four. Revelations.....
@nasachusetts how about u
@nasachusetts are you racist?
@nasachusetts stfu you racist
7:01 when it’s silence for 17 seconds that’s how many people that got killed in parkland high school
Oh f
Omg
Which could have been prevented if the security officer did his God damn job. He should have been like that security officer in Maine and shit the shooter dead.
Omg amazing observation!! It’s literally every second is a piece of information.
@@williambriggs4574 that's most USA mentality... "kill the killer and that'll make you a hero, you won't be as bad as them".
Killing doesn't justify killing, learn that. You just think like the first killers who justify tremendous actions with some supid shit, that's how you sound, "getting rid" of what society a politics made to a mind. People aren't just born criminals, the different contexts in which they grow make them like that.
One of the more genuine reaction videos I've seen. So many are over the top and fake. Thanks for posting it.
Craig Williams cuz they all be distracted by the dance and the clout
The more I think about what I'm seeing in his video the more the messege seems so clear and out there, yet so well hidden.
And that was precisely Gambino's point.
He sees America as split between two parts:
"The surface" - catchy beat, smiles, dancing, having fun, the "face" of America, a face of happiness and economic stability
And "Under the surface" - violence, hatred, brutality, squalor.
But the true genius is the way he plays around and alternates between them:
1: The harsher side always hiding in the background, sometimes blurry, yet taking up MOST of the picture as a whole (people running, ruined cars, chaos and what not.
2: The happy side always in the front, always in the center regardless of what is happening in the background (dancers are well dressed, always smiling and energetic)
And lastly, the protagonist played by Gambino himself whose purpose is to *distract* us. Whenever something wrong is happening in the background he's always making sure to keep us interested in him as if saying: "DON'T LOOK AT THEM LOOK AT ME! look how happy and silly I am".
But for a few moments he breaks the illusion by doing something extreme, seemingly out of the blue, top give us an acute taste of what's "behind the surface" only to REVERT back to the happy silly side to prove to us how it's so easy to forget the horror we just saw and go return to being joyful, to the surface, to being entranced by nice beats and performers.
Great use of artistic tools to get his point across
Such a good comment
What a wise doge also hey
I love how you worded this!
I was genuinely moved seeing these 4 gentlemen pause at the end. You can tell they were connected to what they saw because the video really shows what people of color deal with in their lives.
Thank you for sharing your reactions.
yeah, because people of color are the only ones getting shot in the world...
Yeah, because facts apparently lie now. People of color constitute for 50% of crimes. Yes, people of color are the only ones who get shot and killed. Fucking dumbass.
Everblades66 hey white people have done WAY worse than us in fact white people today do worse than blacks
@@scruffyboi5897 were is the proof for this good sir? Since you believe your so righteous in your belief.
@@scruffyboi5897 Assuming you were correct that saying that whites have done "way worse" doesn't mean that what your supposed race is in the right, in other words sir, two wrongs don't make it a right.
Gambino did the Jim Crowe pose at the begin of the video when he shot the guy.
I know and that exaggerated face is on if the Jim crow references that even Disney took advantage of in Dumbo.
And at the end of the video he does another reference to slavery in his attempted escape to remind the viewer that rappers are slaves to a music industry designed to distract people from the way they're being advised to embrace ignorance and promote self destruction to make the supremacy accurate as a mindset
@koolkid6 oh mann, mo niguz
I KNEW IT HE DID THAT JIM CROW POSE
The man he shoots is dressed like he’s from the islands and is playing Afrocentric music. Maybe it’s showing this fictional character of Jim Crow killing the actual African culture...
I am a 46 year old white woman and I completely agree with you. This video should be shown in high schools everywhere. This should be studied. There are so many things in here that people don't even know about because they haven't been educated. Thank you for sharing. ❤
Pretty sure high school kids know the world is messed up. I know this as a sophomore
@@midnight_guardian but this is a different type of messed up, if you look at these comments every one of them talks about a different section and what meaning it has. Crazy world
Get that money aye
You know what's crazy? My teacher showed this video to her previous classes yesterday and got yelled at by idk the higher ups to not show it again.
@@midnight_guardian I’m a senior in highschool finna graduate and when I first saw this I think I was an entering freshman. Yeah highschool kids know the world is messed up but if you look in the beginning when dude gets shot in the head, that’s the position of Jim crow. They don’t tell you that in history books. A lot of the shit you see in this video has so much going on with the past and present. All of it is connected. Everytime you watch it, you see something new that you didn’t notice before. You see the historical stances that he takes. The 17 seconds of silence. The 9 church members that got killed. How they take care of guns better than bodies. How everything goes back to “rainbows and unicorns” after someone gets shot. The iconic black musician poses. All of this and so much more is in this video. Just gotta keep watching it. It’s way more than knowing that the world is messed up.
woow yall smart, all the reactions i watched people were missing the point, great video
I’m two years late, I just wanted to point something out
Notice that at the beginning the gun he shot the guy with was taken and handled with care, While the body of the man was dragged along the floor (Later you can see the body drop from the top floor in the background) I’m going to guess that it means america Cared more for the weapon than the victim. Even in the church shooting, The gun was taken in a red cloth and the bodies just laid there.
Also “This a celly, That’s a tool”
*Camera points to people on their phones* This is clearly showing how people want to film everything and post it, Using their phones as a tool and not calling the police or anything. (i’m bad at explaining sorry)
The man with the black hood on the white horse in the background was a biblical symbol for the apocalypse.
/Imma guess JUST GUESS about this next part/
Notice how the man that was using the guitar was back on the chair when childish gambino was dancing on the top of the red car, I’m *GUESSING* That could mean that the Guitarist that died could easily be replaced with another guitarist.
Notice how they are dancing upfront while everything goes on in the background? Could mean that the media is a distraction to the things that are happening in america right now.
Another thing, The people dressed up dancing behind gambino could be taken as (white?) citizens that follow americas rules and laws who aren’t being harmed, following gambino (america) while everything is going down.
Notice how every time he shoots somebody and somebody takes the gun “it’s protected”
Isn't he wearing a slave pants?
This video is a message, every detail is a reference
Adeus PT ! He’s wearing pants that the confederate army in the civil war wore
Guy who said "he's charging up" was NOT WRONG.
It's amazing how everyone always reacts the same when the bloke gets shot, with shock and dismay. Ot doesn't matter black white or asian everyone abhores the needless violence and death.
It speaks volumes on the human character.
D May
Aren't you a special sunflower.
"special"
Sam Bland special ed lmao
Sam Bland even more interesting that they go back to watching him dance.
amen.
The guy in the red hat’s response early in is exactly what CG is talking about. You’re shocked someone got shot for a second and then distracted by the dancing and back having fun
I somehow found myself going back to these reaction videos of this incredible and important video by Childish Gambino and stumbled upon yours. Re-watching this and seeing yalls reaction made me pretty emotional. I appreciate yalls real reaction. Phew. This is such an important dialogue .
The second I saw Childish, shirtless wearing those confederate style pants... I knew what was happening. Great video, even better commentary on what is happening in this country.
I didn’t have any real empathy for what was actually happening in this nation, until my son was born, he’s two and half now, he is of mixed “ race” my wife, his mother is black... I am worried for him as he grows into a man, hoping that he doesn’t have to watch the news showing minorities being murdered!
I truly understand now.
Fantastic video!
Truth, who was the “ good ol days” good for?
This video and the song are powerful!
Those offended by what he’s saying and showing, are the same that are complicit, complacent and even guilty of committing these crimes.
Yet whites are being murdered and not showed on TV, that is the agenda that isn't shown, they are playing you, and us all.
john johnnston Jesus Christ! Seriously....
“Whites”’also haven’t been oppressed for centuries and “ whites” haven’t just had their fucking civil rights finally given to them fifty short years ago.
I’m white, I don’t give a damn about what is happening to whites.
Sure, we definitely have an issue with the government and it’s minions abusing their power, the power that was given to them primarily by whites mind you.
Just shut up and have some empathy for what the fuck is happening all over this country in the minority communities.
Have some heart and stop listening Fox News and those fake ass “ Christian” Republicans.
Its always been a class war its just been us whites thats been fooled lol sure we get killed to we got poor people too and they are about worth the same to the system not gonna lie that i dont see we dont get better treatment in passing cause of the color of our skin only a gullible fool would think that but the real problem is the puppet masters at the top getting us to fight each other
I hear ya & feel ya, same here with my mixed kids... My boy getting caught in that bling bling black pop 💩 culture like those dancing kids when he needs to pay attending carefully to what's going on round to save his own skin in the future. Trump: "make America great again" -> translation: let's bring back white supremacy America again. America is moving towards fascist dictatorship now. We all need to escape this system, the black man running ahead of everyone at end because like the reaction commentator said, they (black man) are more "aware" of the under belly of this beast system
@@Ispowzfmanalog15 Whites have been oppressed for centuries and they fought for their civil rights for centuries.
There is a continent outside of the USA called Europe you probably heard about it that was full of oppressed poor whites for centuries until they finally after many centuries beat their oppressors in bloody revolutions.
The cashier looked at the amount and said, "Your bill is 1950, a great year." I asked, "For whom?"
Definitely a great reaction fellas. I'm glad that this was finally able to post. This is definitely a deep video with alot of messages that can be taken many ways. Donald is definitely a very talented person.
I believe this video depicts the evolution of the Black in America. It starts off with African-style music and Childish Gambino is separated from the man playing the guitar. That separation is Africa. I believe when he stands with his back turned, he is in Africa. As he turns around to face the camera, the faces he makes are expressive of what Africans were feeling as they "crossed over" to be slaves in America. By the time the Black Man's evolution in America is complete (after the slaves had been liberated, after the Civil Rights Movement ends) Blacks have been made to turn on themselves (i.e. the shooting of the first man). However this video is genius in that it depicts CG's character as a representation of both the resulting violence of the Black Man against himself, yet also represents a violent American against that same Black Man.
Sandra Scott
That's not what African music sounds like. In East Africa alone there are over 40 genres of music ranging from Maasai Ululations, Bongo, Isukuti, Ethiopian dance (don't know it's name), Kitoko etc.... Even in West Africa, the sound is different. The instruments are different...... And none of them sound like the beginning of the song. That's more retro African American than African ancient or modern
The strange dancing movements that he is doing represent the character Jim crow and in turn Jim crow laws
That stunned silence at the end was the best reaction I've seen.
I learned from a teacher that the way Donald holds the gun in the beginning symbolizes the Jim Crow laws.
Did you notice how in the beginning their faces were hype and by the end they were really understanding what the whole song is about.
"he pulled through" followed by a thumbs up. LMAO
Anyone notice the white horse in the background with a riot around it 6:50 now what does that remind me of.
It reminded me of a horse. :P
Wise Words Possibly, although we don't know for sure because Donald Glover wants the video to speak for itself, so he won't elaborate on the meaning.
Wise Words Kendrick "pray for me"
The souls are suffering
Men clutching on deaf ears again
Rapture is coming
Its all prophecy and if I gotta be sacrificed for the greater good than that's what it has to be.
White horse means death or a destruction of an empire(American Empire?). Mainly symbolizes the personification of death and everything that comes with it like famine, etc. For the religious types, it also means the coming of a false messiah. For the non-religious types, it mainly means you're fucked.
It represents death
I respect how this was a much calmer reaction. A lot of us had the same feeling. We have to remember that this is happening. Only we can change it.
I also think this song, and even more so the video, is a highly accurate reflection of things..."nothing to see over here folks" and the happy dancing and singing as though it's "business as usual" is meant to redirect your attention from what you think you might have seen.
THIS VIDEO IS MORE RELEVANT NOW THAN 2 YEARS AGO 🤔 THIS NEEDS TO BE ON REPEAT! NICE REACTION TOO
First of all great initial reaction to the video. Way to stay true to yourself.
There is so much to see and visualize in this video as well as link up to the message of the song itself.
But main take home point is that America is too busy being entertained to address all the chaos that is going on and has been going for decades. We the people of this great country are too busy getting our entertainment fix that we do not see the horse of the coming Apocalypse, or acknowledge the silent slow death of suicide. America is too reverent of its guns and rights over the right to life of man. That people stand by and record with their cellphones but are mute to intervene in the situation. And we the people chase false idols of wealth (like cars) that are now considered old junk. That man itself is not seen as a person and only a statistic. That when we awake and realize we are in the nightmare that is life we have no escape.
Now off I go to make my $, get my fix and slowly become another faceless statistic.
jokur3 👏 well stated. And sad thing is that we're already so deep in it, even tho we know the evil of the system we gotta go get our $$ just to survive, we're just a number plugged into the system fattening the "beast"
This is one of the best reactions I have seen to this video.
Never seen a video before from you guys, but great, honest reaction. :) It's an amazing video that will go down in history
I think him not wearing a shirt represents the objectification of black men as sex objects. At 6:20 in your video, where he stands there like a real man, showing his strength with his back to the camera, flexing his back, he looks like a real man just ever so briefly, his whole vibe brought me to tears, then when the camera comes to face him, he slips into a non-threatening pose, almost a caricature - gambino is a very talented artist
Sex object thing is maybe not the thing represented here....that parts random
Bonnie Gail maam this a McDonald’s drive thru, dancing or posing doesn’t mean you aren’t a real man, yall just have a fragile masculinity
2024?
Still too relevant ..?
...yeah
😔
In the Bible, Revelations 6:8 (KJV) reads: “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and the name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.” According to the scripture, the appearance of four horsemen signifies the oncoming apocalypse - with death represented by the final, white one. 6:49
Lol
It was a privilege to see this reaction video, gentlemen.... Big man’s two cents was on point...and yes all the sweet stuff is a distraction while reality is happening. Great call, Gents. This is America. 400 years in 4 minutes
The fact that we have these awesome grown men, analyzing and having a good conversation on this speaks volumes for how far black men have come. This is more of what we need. Positive black Male role models! I'm all about it. Let's change this messed up world. We have the power.
I had read elsewhere that the second to last scene - where you see gambino dancing on top of the car - shows (probably only a portion of) the exact year-make-model of cars belonging to targeted, young, black men murdered by police.
from europe, stay strong especialy in these times, YOUR NOT ALONE. the world got you!!
The 17 second silence in the music video is in memory of the 17 students killed at Parkland.
Perfectly said, "let's say make America's economy great again and not the nation itself". People of this country have decided that the economy is more important than the people itself. Either that or they've shown their true colors and use the economy as a means of justification for supporting discrimination. Great genuine reaction. You guys are the best. Much love.
This video is one of the most powerful videos ever made.
Right of the bat you hit it without knowing it.
“What happened, it was just happy”
Literally what the song is saying.
It displays the distractions brought upon us when something happens, using other forces to distract us from reality and the big racial issues that are running this country.
He’s absolutely speaking for the black man, which being white I can’t even begin to imagine the hardships of your community, I wish I could learn more and get a better understanding from a different view point.
I appreciate this music video/song more than you know, the more awareness we have, the better off we’ll be as a people.
Your reactions were great, I felt the same way. We in America have become so numb to the violence and continue to live our lives like nothing is going on. The violence is getting so common that we don't even pay attention to it anymore. The drugs, violence, no compassion for our neighbors is destroying us. All of this is happening in our backyards, the next street over, the store on the corner...death is everywhere and we turn a blind eye to it. We need to wake up and realize it's real and you never know when something like this is going to happen to you or someone you care about. Peace and love to all of you and God bless.
Idk why I was dying laughing picturin the table grow a face in the intro and say "ay it's yaboi the table"
This video is an incredible piece of art. See, hes the distraction. We see the dancing, the trend, and its covering the real issues. Something to distract you from real life . Incredible
America really has never been “great” but we have the chance to finally make it GREAT! Time for real change, time for LOVE no more hate
Shut up Democrat
@@omg_cHOi youre the reason this song exists lmao
@@kickingorphans3915 Likewise, Democrats hate America
@@omg_cHOi lmao I'm a centrist and youre right but republicans are the most hypocritical people I've ever met so there's that
@@omg_cHOi shut up republic
Rewatching this after 4 years. Still one of the best reactions to one of the most important song/video of this century.
2022, we still haven't learned from our wrongs
On point about America the being great again part.
when he shot the church choir i think it’s referring to that church shooting/bombing that happened 🤷🏾♀️i’m not sure if it was a bombing or shooting or both but something bad happened at a church and the scene with the kids on their phones describes how we are distracted by technology and social media even with such bad things that happen around the world
Excellent work on Gambino's part all around but especially how the moment they started laughing at his antics is the moment before he shoots the choir and drops the bottom out for everybody watching.
Best reaction to this song ive seen.
3:15 start haha
Yo dis song got Hidden features Kanye west quavo 21 savage young bloc are in this song 😂and more that’s crazy after hearing dis song 1000x never noticed it rip 😂 they did Adlibs towards the end of the song
We just wanna party
Party just for you
We just want the money
Money just for you
I know you wanna party (yeah)
Party just for free
Girl, you got me dancin' (girl, you got me dancin')
Dance and shake the frame
We just wanna party (yeah)
Party just for you (yeah)
We just want the money (yeah)
Money just for you (ooh)
I know you wanna party (yeah)
Party just for free (yeah)
Girl, you got me dancin' (girl, you got me dancin')
Dance and shake the frame (ooh)
This is America
Don't catch you slippin' now
Don't catch you slippin' now
Look what I'm whippin' now
This is America (woo)
Don't catch you slippin' now
Don't catch you slippin' now
Look what I'm whippin' now
This is America (skrrt, skrrt, woo)
Don't catch you slippin' now (ayy)
Look at how I'm livin' now
Police be trippin' now (woo)
Yeah, this is America (woo, ayy)
Guns in my area (word, my area)
I got the strap (ayy, ayy)
I gotta carry 'em
Yeah, yeah, I'ma go into this (ugh)
Yeah, yeah, this is guerilla, woo
Yeah, yeah, I'ma go get the bag
Yeah, yeah, or I'ma get the pad
Yeah, yeah, I'm so cold like yeah (yeah)
I'm so dope like yeah (woo)
We gon' blow like yeah (straight up, uh)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, tell somebody
You go tell somebody
Grandma told me
Get your money, black man (get your money)
Get your money, black man (get your money)
Get your money, black man (get your, black man)
Get your money, black man (get your, black man)
Black man
This is America (woo, ayy)
Don't catch you slippin' now (woo, woo, don't catch you slippin', now)
Don't catch you slippin' now (ayy, woah)
Look what I'm whippin' now (Slime!)
This is America (yeah, yeah)
Don't catch you slippin' now (woah, ayy)
Don't catch you slippin' now (ayy, woo)
Look what I'm whippin' now (ayy)
Look how I'm geekin' out (hey)
I'm so fitted (I'm so fitted, woo)
I'm on Gucci (I'm on Gucci)
I'm so pretty (yeah, yeah)
I'm gon' get it (ayy, I'm gon' get it)
Watch me move (blaow)
This a celly (ha)
That's a tool (yeah)
On my Kodak (woo, Black)
Ooh, know that (yeah, know that, hold on)
Get it (get it, get it)
Ooh, work it (21)
Hunnid bands, hunnid bands, hunnid bands (hunnid bands)
Contraband, contraband, contraband (contraband)
I got the plug on Oaxaca (woah)
They gonna find you like blocka (blaow)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, tell somebody
(America, I just checked my following list and)
You go tell somebody
(You mothafuckas owe me)
Grandma told me
Get your money, black man (black man)
Get your money, black man (black man)
Get your money, black man (black man)
Get your money, black man (black man)
Black man (one, two, three, get down)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, tell somebody
You go tell somebody
Grandma told me, "Get your money, " black man
Get your money, black man (black man)
Get your money, black man (black man)
Get your money, black man (black man)
Black man
You just a black man in this world
You just a barcode, ayy
You just a black man in this world
Drivin' expensive foreigns, ayy
You just a big
100% agree make the American economy great again..the reality is we're living in the most inclusive time in history yet black ppl are STILL at the bottom of the totem pole of equality
What I love the most about this video is how ITC transitioned and the tone for them changed from the start to the end of the video. At first the 4 of them are laughing and laid back expecting this to be an ordinary music video they react to and then when the video ends they realize what they just watched after reflecting on it all
The artist, the song, the video are Iconic! He drops so many nuggets of truth. Did any of y'all catch that Treyvon Martin's dad was the brother in the beginning of the video that sits down in the chair and starts playing the guitar only to be shot in the head? Epic!
Thank you for your thoughtful commentary.
I've been looking for reaction on this video since yesterday.. you guys are the only who really understand what is happening in the video..
This vid may be 2 years ago but this song gives me chills I love it
5:49 the guy with the navy shirt and white pattern, I love his reaction
One of the few videos where the background is just as important as foreground. 'Behold, a pale white horse...'
SO POWERFUL
The fact that these black men didn't pick up on the movements of Gambino's facial expressions or the way hes body was positioned when he shot the dude just shows that not all black people know their history. His body language is that of jim crow. That's powerful right there!. Gambino is a muthafkn G.O.A.T
This is America
Thank you for an honest reaction. The fact or has never been great from your perspective hits really hard. I'm a 40 year old black man, married to a 39 year old white woman. We are raising our son who we love with all our heart to be a good strong black man, and doing all we can to make sure that this country and world are as good as it can be for him when he is a black man in this world.
It's so perfectly done. Happy tone happy music dancing, the reality of "this is america" hitting and him saying "don't catch you slippin up" like stop getting distracted by my dancing stop getting distracted, the moment it gets happy again and distracts you, shooting, "this is america dont' catch you slippin up" we kept slipping up even watching the video like "haha whats he doing" boom.
i appreciate your reactions. very real. the video is awesome, but how it affects people is the real message. thank you for your honesty.
Bam ... just found this vid. Instant sub.
Best from the Netherlands ... stay safe & healthy.
*When he pulls out the gun and kills the guy --*
*Ross - 🙂 > 😐*
*Trillbillybran - 😁 > 😮*
*DubtheG - ☺️ > 🤨*
*Joe - 😶 > 😶*
Start at 3:11
You’re welcome 😉
when he made a "gun" with his hands and everyone running away, it was basically saying that the most terrifying thing is a unarmed black man.
Beginning of the song he was under a trance or being hypnotized ( that’s why his body was fighting the dance and the music - m u sic ) and he had no control...
Now when you reverse the video this is at the end and he doesn’t kill them...
Seeing through the traps then to make his own choice and not kill because ...if you kill then you no light...
I’m a free alpha g I’ll spirit leave here now
I’m sad I have only sen this video now, but I enjoy your opinions! Keep speaking the truth
The song shows how people only love black culture but not black people
?😕🤨Where you get that from?
I like how the two in the middle are looking at the back and genuinely concerned but the one in the left is just vibin to the song
Y’all should redo this reaction 🤷🏽♂️
Yall legit💯 thats why i mess with this channel. I havent seen a more credible reaction. And the song on the outro got my girl sayin "who dat tho". So u got another fan lol
Nice reaction guys. Great outlook
Everyone ignores it when he actually has a gun, but when he doesn't that's when people run from him scared.
Aye man I agree with yall 100%. Look there's a lot in videos we dont see bc of distractions
I know the church choir scene is coming every time & I gasp every time.
First time I watched it, I immediately realized the symbolisms he was trying to represents. I’m just so shocked at how many people are clueless when watching this for the first time. Shows the attention span of an average American
Never knew this when I first watched the video but the gentleman in white at the beginning is Trayvon Martins father. The poor man, I know his heart is still aching.
When the choir was shot all 4 of them had a different level of alarm on their face.
Late to the conversation, but I was revisiting this song, and I realized I hadn't watched yall's reaction. Honestly, The feeling is similar to most people I've discussed this song with. Personally, I can't relate directly to the struggle of the black man or woman in America. I haven't lived that life. I had my own struggles, coming up in an extremely poor, drug addled home, with abuse and neglect. America has always had problems, and they've always been buried beneath pretty pictures and entertainment.
This song for me, illustrates something I didn't see, from my narrow up-bringing, focusing on just my own problem, something I didn't see until I was older. It's the cyclical nature of control for any minority in the United States. From where I sit, looking back, its so messed up to see the "equality" if you're an entertainer... if you're marketable.. It's all lies. The second any money is involved, the second it can make positive change, it's time to wipe the slate and knock the oppressed back down. Systems developed to keep the poor poor, the under educated and privileged in their 'place'. The globalization that's come with the internet has led to so much more opportunity for a marginalized people, who've endured criminal human rights violations for generations, a chance to truly make their own way. To Monetize themselves. To grow.
It has it's pitfalls, the field still isn't even, but this song, this channel might not exist if not for the freedom that this medium affords. As individuals I'd like to think the majority of us as here for each-other. I've been watching you guys for a long long time, and I respect the candid nature that comes out on videos like this. I hope, that for all the feeling of America never having been great for yall, you know that many of us, many of the citizens that live next door, or across this nation, recognize the issues, and want to see them solved. Repression does nothing but bleed progress and potential for nothing.
If nothing else, though I can't 'stand' I stand with you. Peace, Love, and Prosperity.
5:49 that moment when you realize "get your money black man" turns into "this is America"
You're right, "America" has never been great to people who have the most beautiful skin color in the world...as well as talent, culture and soul. Thanks for your reactions.
🤣
Beautiful skin color what you talking there are no skin color better then each other
@@chuckenmcnuggets4464 You know what, you are right. No skin color is "better" than another. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
What is y’all intro song ?!!!
Lay moore 10,000 hours by Prettymuch
this the kind of reaction which was the appropriate/real reaction i respect that
I like how they only had a slight reaction to the gun shot.
thank so much, I live in France, and is the same, I'am Cuban, and is the same, I'm black , and this is our live, sheeeeeeeeet
I'm Brazilian and I saw this reaction for the first time and I can feel the tension in the air at the end of the video