Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn (Official Video)

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  • @morefreepress
    @morefreepress 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +182

    Still hittin hard January 1st, 2024 🇵🇸✊🏼

    • @iliyabunev6590
      @iliyabunev6590 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      U my friend have fuckin' awesome taste of music!

    • @loganvandyk7090
      @loganvandyk7090 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      🖕🏼Palestine

  • @Demomandan
    @Demomandan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +946

    14 years and every bar still hits

    • @lucidbee4696
      @lucidbee4696 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      i watched him live yesterday never heard of him and he went sooo hard 💯💯💯

    • @dannyboy6983
      @dannyboy6983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Hits even harder now. ✊

    • @LargeFather69
      @LargeFather69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      First time hearing this guy, nearly melted my speakers with this heat

    • @Dingy-doodles
      @Dingy-doodles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@LargeFather69 cracked the screen with the sudden temp change

    • @killercuddles7051
      @killercuddles7051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ✌❤🍀

  • @jamestriler5540
    @jamestriler5540 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    2024 still a jam

    • @TommyH2o
      @TommyH2o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      AMEN!

    • @karenplante2593
      @karenplante2593 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      #STOPGENOCIDE

  • @hassankhan-jg1dx
    @hassankhan-jg1dx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +806

    “Try to separate a man from his soul. You only strengthen his and lose your own.”- Damn that’s some powerful shit!

    • @scrubdaddy7110
      @scrubdaddy7110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes it is powerful shit!

    • @longw01
      @longw01 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      4:20

    • @itunedyou
      @itunedyou ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🔥🔥🔥❤❤

    • @TobiasBishop-wx9zp
      @TobiasBishop-wx9zp ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤​@@scrubdaddy7110😊

    • @itsdragoman
      @itsdragoman ปีที่แล้ว +7

      the next line ''but shoot that fucker if he walk near the throne'' is so American it's scary

  • @casonhuffman4466
    @casonhuffman4466 7 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    "Now stand yo ass up for that national anthem"
    Fucking prophetic.

    • @467sprite
      @467sprite 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      what is

    • @casonhuffman4466
      @casonhuffman4466 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      467sprite
      A few athletes have refused to stand for the national anthem out of protest and the media goes insane over it. This was written years before this started happening.

    • @467sprite
      @467sprite 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cason Huffman im sorry but whats your point?

    • @allaboutfutbol1720
      @allaboutfutbol1720 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cason Huffman
      Yeah

    • @jakemorgang3573
      @jakemorgang3573 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      467sprite Prophetic means that history is trying to tell us something in reference to future events. Like when people speak of 9/11 type events before it happens.

  • @TAGMedia7
    @TAGMedia7 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    Over a decade later and this track is more relevant than ever. We continue to be free range slaves.

    • @supersaiyanzero386
      @supersaiyanzero386 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Gilded age

    • @MFKR696
      @MFKR696 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They've "upgraded" the situation. Now you don't have to be a minority to get that treatment. *Everyone* gets treated foul now. They just tell you certain groups are treated worse so you're not at risk of banding together to fight the *real* enemy. Hegellian Dialectic at work.
      Race-based discrimination was just a trial-run. All comes back to the easiest form of oppression; "Pervert the people to the extent that they become the means of their own oppression."

    • @danf6513
      @danf6513 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      For real, hits even harder than in the post 9/11 era, especially that "holding open auditions for the part of David" line 🔥

    • @rkallday1026
      @rkallday1026 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Modern day feudalism

    • @Gr0m3t
      @Gr0m3t 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You’re not slaves anymore. You have liberty tell others to get it together

  • @thisshitscrazy
    @thisshitscrazy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +147

    2024 anyone??

    • @orionlynch7592
      @orionlynch7592 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Forever. Peace be upon all my brothers and sisters ❤

    • @lucillerose-davis7666
      @lucillerose-davis7666 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yessir

    • @QueenBillie-kf9wt
      @QueenBillie-kf9wt หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      👑🎵👑🎵👑

    • @Melsg7272
      @Melsg7272 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Free palestinie

    • @sapien377
      @sapien377 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Of course! This is that jam

  • @lorib360
    @lorib360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    "Only approved questions get answered."
    2021 truer than ever.

    • @loslingos1232
      @loslingos1232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Always has been true.

    • @lorib360
      @lorib360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@loslingos1232 Probably true. I have just become aware.

    • @NoOneGetzOutAlive
      @NoOneGetzOutAlive 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aww says the people trying to attacK CRT and supporting lying fascists who tried to overthrow democracy for trump.

    • @Dingy-doodles
      @Dingy-doodles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@lorib360 you can't hide pain for too long, eventually people learn, in a couple years, even the ignorant will have to learn

    • @jamesepps6801
      @jamesepps6801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      you must been sleep in 2016 to 2020

  • @Eshkanama
    @Eshkanama 8 ปีที่แล้ว +595

    This is some groovy ass art. This is real rap, this is what should be on our radios.

    • @turdseyeview4763
      @turdseyeview4763 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      but its not... why do you think that is?

    • @AnyNameIsFine
      @AnyNameIsFine 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      +Jamal El Rhaman Because the truth hurts those in power.

    • @turdseyeview4763
      @turdseyeview4763 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Angolana dam right

    • @AnyNameIsFine
      @AnyNameIsFine 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ammal Ismail He meant the people controlling the media. :)

    • @itech40
      @itech40 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@turdseyeview4763 Rather, why do you think this is NOT? Ryth is here, and poetry is here. I said poetry not just 2-3 verses that are poetic. That isn't poetry.

  • @adoniswarchild144
    @adoniswarchild144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +406

    *"Now the grown up Goliath nation*
    *Holding open auditions for the part of David"*
    HOLY SHIT!!!

    • @blueknight8700
      @blueknight8700 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What does that mean?

    • @kostasblackbeard9261
      @kostasblackbeard9261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@blueknight8700 it's a reference to the story of David and Goliath. Goliath is huge and powerful, David is just a little tiny boy. Yet, when David fights against Goliath, he wins after hitting the giant with a stone.
      He's talking about how America is looking to be defeated. Vietnam, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Japan. America, despite being a superpower (thus, Goliath) has been looking for their David for the entirety of their history.
      Or at least that's how I perceive it.

    • @blueknight8700
      @blueknight8700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kostasblackbeard9261 thank

    • @danielraymondbennette9897
      @danielraymondbennette9897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@kostasblackbeard9261 That's deep and maybe true. Ibn Khaldoun's al-Muqaddimah describes this as a fatal stage every political entity eventually goes through. The original Greek democracy is an example, check out "The Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides.

    • @heofhebiologicallyreally7084
      @heofhebiologicallyreally7084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Also speaks to the potential of controlled opposition, casting call for the role, but under control, like lots of these phony left and right social media warriors

  • @Elbowmacaroni11913
    @Elbowmacaroni11913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    This song should either serve as a reminder, or a wake up call.

    • @Libikuroi
      @Libikuroi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Shits never gonna change bro. Everybody is still not seeing it.

    • @Elbowmacaroni11913
      @Elbowmacaroni11913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Libikuroi a lot can change. Stay optimistic 👌

    • @Libikuroi
      @Libikuroi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@Elbowmacaroni11913 I Love your sunny look on things. For me, I'm just witnessing another war, another humanitarian catastrophe. On top of a collapsing climate, pandemic, and looming economic crash from years of pressure. So for give me if I playing "The Sound of Silence" on repeat. Don't they have enough real problems to deal with. You Know!!

    • @Elbowmacaroni11913
      @Elbowmacaroni11913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Libikuroi be optimistic, but be realistic. I know that in the face of the current political climate it feels like people don't see the "strings of the puppetry" so to speak, but the people are becoming more passionate, and more accepting, and I think we will continue to see this positive change in society. I know that the system is unfair to the majority of people, but people are starting to see it! About another 40 years of complaining and we will see a lot of beautiful changes😂

    • @Elbowmacaroni11913
      @Elbowmacaroni11913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Libikuroi I know it's hard not to be cynical in the face of a bs world, but keep a healthy balance of cynicism, and optimism, and look back to all the Changes that lead us to the much better world we live in now👍

  • @DemonDante1000
    @DemonDante1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    "Legacies so ingrained in the way that we think that we no longer need chains to be slaves." I have no words to describe how much respect and love i have for brother Ali. You keep doing you my dude.

    • @mattoleski6848
      @mattoleski6848 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/XiSbOQigQvc/w-d-xo.html

    • @jimfoglio5295
      @jimfoglio5295 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Orgasmatron 2.0 hip hop cut LOL LOVE IT!

  • @guero_me7237
    @guero_me7237 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1517

    this guy's flow level is 100

    • @DeathEgg666
      @DeathEgg666 8 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      There's always one........

    • @melicalol
      @melicalol 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Go home.

    • @bflagg94
      @bflagg94 8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      +SMALL NOW rapping fast doesn't = flow

    • @aquajimmy
      @aquajimmy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Comemeism i realize that eminem only speed raps in one... the song despicable has 9000 flow

    • @jablejosh7335
      @jablejosh7335 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Eminem strength isn't his flow.......He's flow is far from him.

  • @CraCradude
    @CraCradude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1495

    This song becoming even more relevant in 2020; it's meaning rings true.

  • @petrektek1385
    @petrektek1385 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Hits like a hammer now with the Israel - Palestine war escalation

  • @JammMusic23
    @JammMusic23 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    One of the best songs ever written IMHO.. This is the lineage of Melle Mel. Real Hip Hop!!!

  • @502jackal
    @502jackal 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1367

    first song i've ever heard by this dude as of now. helluva first impression

    • @MrSmokeTheBongAlong
      @MrSmokeTheBongAlong 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      zaxx19 Check his five fingers of death on Sway

    • @502jackal
      @502jackal 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That's how I heard of him. he killed the five fingers

    • @k2datrack
      @k2datrack 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Drake Knight-Graves This track kind of got him into trouble as well. *"...speak a little truth and people lose their damn minds..."* smh...

    • @spacedavidbowie9596
      @spacedavidbowie9596 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Drake Knight-Graves You should definitely try "Mourning in America" next, it's probably my favourite song from him

    • @peoplevsradio317
      @peoplevsradio317 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What trouble? No trouble. Somebody lied to you. Did he go to jail? Pay a fine? ...grown ass men don't consider people responding "trouble" ...people wish he got "in trouble" but the fact is if you consider that trouble then everyone is in it... just curious what trouble he got in?

  • @jmezi404
    @jmezi404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +370

    "Only approved questions get answered; now stand yo' azz up for that national anthem..."
    And this came out 13 years ago?! Wow!

    • @killercuddles7051
      @killercuddles7051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Thank you for joining us. Also check out "immortal technique"

    • @joesuka2114
      @joesuka2114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah that's sad

    • @seakr_7o9
      @seakr_7o9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was only until the last 4 years where it got so blatant. In his/their lies and criminal activities. The breaking point in history is now. "the show" was written in the last 4 years and won't be done until inauguration day.
      But America did the right thing. Most of the people in the rest of the world are thankful ❤️

    • @NuclearSantiago
      @NuclearSantiago 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I've lived here since 92 and it would have been just as relevant. The problem hasn't gotten worse, just easier to see now.

    • @killercuddles7051
      @killercuddles7051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@seakr_7o9 yes because once the media's buddy Biden wins, then they will help cover for him and his crooked family. Personally, I think trump is a giant douche, but he is the only president that has done, or tried to do, the things which he campaigned on. Also he is only president to not run 2 terms(in my life)

  • @itunedyou
    @itunedyou ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "Only approved questions get answered, now stand you ass up for that national anthem" 🔥🔥

  • @ebik3nny300
    @ebik3nny300 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's 2022, I'm still bumping this from Nigeria..

    • @BurdenofTheMighty
      @BurdenofTheMighty ปีที่แล้ว

      Keep in mind, the Americans here are mostly WW2 immigrants. We were the generation responsible for allowing Iraq to happen… because we were blinded as our parents were by nationalism. But we were not responsible for the slave trade nor the Native American brutality. Second generation Norwegian. Dutch-Germany. They fled the persecution of the Nazi party of Germany.

  • @jewmaxin1984
    @jewmaxin1984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +620

    Thanks for speakin truth
    Sincerely, a thankful Native American

    • @Imran-yr6qh
      @Imran-yr6qh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      no one cares who you are though
      but yeah he spoke the truth

    • @damirisdamir
      @damirisdamir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@Imran-yr6qh I care. Good to read a comment coming from someone. Who has descendants that rightfully inherited this land first before the invasion. You don't speak for all the masses friend. I suggest not to even try voicing for those that aren't even yours.

    • @Imran-yr6qh
      @Imran-yr6qh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@damirisdamir shut up..

    • @damirisdamir
      @damirisdamir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@Imran-yr6qh nice comeback. 👌

    • @FISHDINHO
      @FISHDINHO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@damirisdamir No one rightly inherits land. You fight for it. You lose. Tough shit. The same over the whole planet. Do you believe the original settlers from Eurasia never fought others for the land they had before the made the journey? Do you believe the original settlers never fought over it? First there means nothing. You have to hold it. Once again. Just like land over the whole planet. It will change again and again over time. Stop crying because you got kicked off it. It happens to everyone. You regroup and come again. Or accept defeat. The strong take advantage of the weak. It is the way of things. Until that changes and we all sing kumbaya. Deal with it or do something about it.

  • @spencerjames9417
    @spencerjames9417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +324

    Brother ali was put on an FBI watch list for this song
    Land of the freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    • @heycooley
      @heycooley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      We all need to be a part of the solution

    • @alreadyblack3341
      @alreadyblack3341 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@heycooley I like the idea of the German's final solution. Maybe we should try it here in the states?

    • @wild-radio7373
      @wild-radio7373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Really?!?!?
      I didnt know that.

    • @anilprasad4185
      @anilprasad4185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      UnitedStatians do not realize, do not know that the USA, Inc. is a veritable Police State---most funded policing Statehood---as there is absolutely no nation/no Statehood as this here low-consciousness planet that has SO SO many levels or layers of policing [which requires TAX money; being one of the salient we are taxed so much with MINIMAL social-net services in RETURN].
      THERE IS NO OTHER nation on this planet that has/that can AFFORD: a village police, then a city police then a county/parish police [our beloved sheriffs (of Nottingham)], then State police, then State militia, then US Marshals, then the FBI [.......& Domestic depts. of the truly Machiavellian agencies-- CIA, NSA, etc.], and then the US MILITARY.
      ["Governance is nothing more than legalized MAFIA.
      When will you peasants realize?
      In your vote your civil serpent becomes your master.
      In this hypocrisy of a democracy, when was the last time you were asked to give input on the cameras and rules that Control you?
      When was the last time you were asked to give input on the cameras and rules that Enslave you?
      When was the last time you were asked to give input on the cameras and rules that Tax you?"]

    • @killercuddles7051
      @killercuddles7051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@anilprasad4185 please get this part right next time. USA inc. is incorrect. U.S.A.(The usa... The United States of America) is a country.
      UNITED STATES is a corporation that governs the willing. If one claims to be UNITED STATES citizen on any LEGAL document , then one has essentially contracted consent to be governed by Maritime Admiralty Law which is the set of laws that govern commerce, or UNITED STATES

  • @WSPBane
    @WSPBane ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Brother Ali slept on for sure. This album was a banger so many good, meaningful, tracks.

  • @ST-kr7hz
    @ST-kr7hz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    "Legacy so engraved in the way that we think that we no longer need chains to be slaves"

  • @siroreo
    @siroreo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    You know that you’re making real music when it is still relevant a decade later

    • @RiotforPeacePlz
      @RiotforPeacePlz ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kinda sad nothing has changed yet. In fact it appears to be even worse

    • @TheSkinnychef1620
      @TheSkinnychef1620 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@RiotforPeacePlz- It's always darkest before dawn.

    • @ianhenning2422
      @ianhenning2422 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is not Relevant I just came across this,No Radio Play for multiple reasons...

    • @if_i_knewthenwhatiknownow5664
      @if_i_knewthenwhatiknownow5664 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ➡️And when they refuse to play it on mainstream platforms. All by design of course.

  • @coimbralaw
    @coimbralaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    One of the dopest beats of all time. Profound lyrics.

  • @corwinamber6972
    @corwinamber6972 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Brother Ali knew what he talked about🥷

  • @rkallday1026
    @rkallday1026 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    That crackhead line still fuckin slaps today

  • @boogiemanspud
    @boogiemanspud 7 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    Damn this is true hip hop.

  • @greagandev
    @greagandev 10 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    "A grown up Goliath nation holding open auditions for the role of David"

    • @sumwonkool
      @sumwonkool 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      George Reagan that line is bad ass. Unfortunately probably flies over most ppls heads tho. He has so many intricate verses like that

    • @malikfahad8364
      @malikfahad8364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so hardcore

    • @mrboomward
      @mrboomward 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Vietnam has entered the chat

    • @seand.g423
      @seand.g423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrboomward sorry, no professionals...

    • @TimezOfInfamy
      @TimezOfInfamy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrboomward Afghanistan too lol

  • @johncampbell7394
    @johncampbell7394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The new revolutionary rapper ...

  • @jastermereel6949
    @jastermereel6949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    “Talkin bout you don’t support a crack head…What you think happens to the money from your taxes?” Oooh damn!! 💯

  • @tarushdei
    @tarushdei 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    "The show ain't be written for it yet."
    [2020 has entered the chat]

    • @ntaylor4578
      @ntaylor4578 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      2024 has joined the chat.

  • @TheVerbalAxiom
    @TheVerbalAxiom 7 ปีที่แล้ว +511

    Immortal Technique never told me he had a cousin.

    • @Guitaristscreamer
      @Guitaristscreamer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Omar Moodie check out Civil war by IT, Brother Ali is on that track

    • @GiovanniProductiveEfforts
      @GiovanniProductiveEfforts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂

    • @sumwonkool
      @sumwonkool 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      They're close friends and affiliates who work together

  • @bpappas5588
    @bpappas5588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @dettolgerm8345
    @dettolgerm8345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    100% Honest.
    No holding back

    • @MisterJPTipsandTricks
      @MisterJPTipsandTricks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      100% truth but he's holding back. He knows things that will get him killed.

  • @b.biscuit6424
    @b.biscuit6424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I used to not like rap and then I found non mainstream rappers like Brother Ali and now rap is my #1 I listen to daily

    • @indigenous.hip-hopscene3153
      @indigenous.hip-hopscene3153 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Check out Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Drezus, Nataanii Means and Mob Bounce...

    • @rhahnabunaid
      @rhahnabunaid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jedi Mind Tricks - Uncommon Valor. You're welcome.

    • @lorib360
      @lorib360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@indigenous.hip-hopscene3153 and Aesop Rock.
      Edit: I have liked all I've heard from Rhymesayers.

    • @Etxpaddlesports
      @Etxpaddlesports 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fact

    • @dezinielsen1008
      @dezinielsen1008 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Gang Starr & Atmosphere

  • @CapoAbiii
    @CapoAbiii 7 ปีที่แล้ว +824

    is he still alive ?after spitting so much truth!

    • @themajesticnarwhal3273
      @themajesticnarwhal3273 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Thankfully hes still at it

    • @DeliciousMusicBox
      @DeliciousMusicBox 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Just saw him last night and he's still mad good.

    • @sonofclay
      @sonofclay 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Got a personal visit from department of homeland security for this one. reckon he's alive though

    • @dakotaolson7712
      @dakotaolson7712 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Definitely is! Just saw him in Lawrence, KS about a week ago. listening to this live and him telling Donald Trump to fuck off and get educated was 11/10!!

    • @Tylertenacity
      @Tylertenacity 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Think he dropped a new album actually.

  • @IonSquared
    @IonSquared 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    So grateful I grew up listening to real hip-hop like this.

    • @kenankabbani855
      @kenankabbani855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Got any more recommendations like this for an interested internet stranger?

    • @TheBruiseBrother
      @TheBruiseBrother 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kenankabbani855 you could listen to some of “”KRS-ONE’s” music.

    • @elisepentz1063
      @elisepentz1063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You could also listen to Atmosphere for some good hip hop

    • @thatbronzeboij
      @thatbronzeboij 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is no such thing as “real hip-hop.” Stop with all that 🛑. You probably mean “conscious” hip hop or hip hop with a message. Nothing is wrong with all the types of hip hop. Stop hating.

  • @melokulekumalo2225
    @melokulekumalo2225 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As a retired United States Marine this is now my new memorial Day song! I believe I will use it for the Fourth of July as well!
    Ase'

  • @darylcarr8283
    @darylcarr8283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +743

    Welcome to the soundtrack for America circa 2020!

    • @JBBost
      @JBBost 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ain't it, tho

    • @simonrgalesg
      @simonrgalesg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      For real

    • @tonypetty7540
      @tonypetty7540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This should be People of national anthem

    • @dirkdiggler1242
      @dirkdiggler1242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Burn baby🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @robertcharles910
      @robertcharles910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Beware of Communism...

  • @azione
    @azione 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Any rapper who quotes Nina Simone at the start of his song is alright with me. Love this dude.

  • @MaKaElectric
    @MaKaElectric 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Truth 2024!

  • @garrettsouthworth2672
    @garrettsouthworth2672 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Dame Bother Ali. This was so ahead of its time when it dropped! 14 years later we were in the fringe. Now the majority’s waking up! I’m gonna share the hell out of this man because it still holds so true to this day. Man if you dropped a part two about this current madness. I’d be Amazing!

    • @We.do.not.scissor
      @We.do.not.scissor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It wasn't ahead of it's time. Times just haven't changed.

    • @ashokafulcrum4795
      @ashokafulcrum4795 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He played right into the hands of the people that he wants to fight against.

    • @mattoleski6848
      @mattoleski6848 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@We.do.not.scissor th-cam.com/video/XiSbOQigQvc/w-d-xo.html

    • @TheRealHungryHobo
      @TheRealHungryHobo ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@We.do.not.scissor Yup.
      You can go back and read stories, songs and poems from 100 years ago, and they're as relevant to day as they were when they were written.
      The Grapes Of Wrath could come out tomorrow, without a word changed, and it would be just as relevant to life now as it was then, maybe even more so.
      The real ones have been singing the same song, pointing out the same problems for as long as humans have been recording their thoughts.

  • @lookitsapanther
    @lookitsapanther 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Gotta respect Brother Ali for his dope originality.

  • @energyeternal
    @energyeternal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    this track is timeless.

  • @jroscoe1980
    @jroscoe1980 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I got to see Brother Ali open for Rakim and Ghostface in Philly. Had the Roots Crew band backing them up. Best hip-hop show I've seen to date and that was almost 20 years ago. This song made me an instant fan.

    • @mikeeichorn5884
      @mikeeichorn5884 หลายเดือนก่อน

      saw that same show in utah. couldnt believe how few people there knew of Brother Ali, and even Rakim. First time i saw Ali was in burlington vt in 2002 i think. so good.

  • @RetroBerner
    @RetroBerner 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    2024, still nothing changed

  • @Heffsta02
    @Heffsta02 4 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    Here watching Minnesota riots.....song is relevant as hell.

    • @cruelkindness5544
      @cruelkindness5544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ali is from Minnesota as well

    • @itsthatonekid6188
      @itsthatonekid6188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jew United States

    • @bobbyguzman9202
      @bobbyguzman9202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Media calls them riots. I say quit rioting and start revolutionizing

    • @13masterg
      @13masterg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobbyguzman9202 Revolution is a process

  • @Cabbolf
    @Cabbolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    I hope they day will come when this song is outdated, but that day is not yet, nor soon.

    • @sarahoshea9603
      @sarahoshea9603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If anything, it's more relevant.

    • @raiderscat
      @raiderscat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It says 9 months ago when you typed this. Its June 17th and just discovered Brother Ali from Immortal Technique and I'm glad I know about his music/message.

    • @AlistairMaxwell77
      @AlistairMaxwell77 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      the established order of the ages . 5,000 years and counting .

    • @DemonDante1000
      @DemonDante1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its a nice dream,. Naive maybe, but I dream that I share with you.

  • @minnesotanice369
    @minnesotanice369 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    he's not wrong and it's even more true now

  • @Dudja
    @Dudja 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    legendary song

  • @MCnelabums
    @MCnelabums 5 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    Still listening in 2019 ✌🏻
    still relevant reminder ⚡️⚡️
    still pure rap fire 🔥

    • @IW3527
      @IW3527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@noofalata give me another week the guillotine isnt finished yet

    • @mihneafilip233
      @mihneafilip233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@IW3527 hurry up man we need it asap

    • @maxthiemer
      @maxthiemer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Today its more relevant than ever :/

    • @cfoster6804
      @cfoster6804 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maxthiemer Yep! 2020

    • @jacksonskruggz4737
      @jacksonskruggz4737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh 2019, if I could only get you prepared for 2020 vision

  • @howtorapthelyrics
    @howtorapthelyrics 10 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Brother Ali was interviewed for the book series, *HOW TO RAP* and *HOW TO RAP2*, and shared his rapping techniques. Here he talks about writing political songs.
    "Even my political songs and stuff, they’re all personal-I’m
    not doing them to raise awareness. If that does happen, then
    that’s cool, that’s great, but I’m not making these songs with
    the idea that I’m gonna change the world with these songs-
    I’m gonna express myself with these songs."

  • @thebeardedjosh1516
    @thebeardedjosh1516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is the most important song to the US created in the last 50 years. EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR IT!

  • @ShitJitsu
    @ShitJitsu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    bump this tune today because it is on the money

  • @wookieblaster
    @wookieblaster 9 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    This song got the Feds to freeze his Rhymesayers bank account and probably put him on a high priority watchlist, too. Which kind of amplifies the point of this song.
    Badass!

    • @indoorsandout3022
      @indoorsandout3022 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      woah, really?

    • @MarvinXOnline
      @MarvinXOnline 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well, it wasn't Rhymesayers, and it was a bank *transfer* that got temporarily blocked, but yeah lol

    • @FBarbarian
      @FBarbarian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MarvinXOnline you mean like it would happen to most people... nothing to see here

    • @brotherxela5085
      @brotherxela5085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@FBarbarian he was placed on a Secondary Security Screening Selection, or SSSS for performing this in iran

    • @FoEvaSlynda
      @FoEvaSlynda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@FBarbarian No, they mean if your going to present something as fact, then make sure it is a fact. Whether it was intentional lying, or just ignorant spreading of rumors, it still is misinformation, & benefits nothing, including the message of this song.

  • @loganvandyk7090
    @loganvandyk7090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Can’t believe I saw this live in Vancouver 2016! Such a great show, deM atlaS, Brother Ali and Atmosphere

  • @abngl983
    @abngl983 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    DAAMMNNNN why Im hearing this for the first time !?!?

  • @JCGErvin
    @JCGErvin ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Thanks to Brother Ali for fighting the good fight. Speaking truth to power… Boldly. THIS is how we need to celebrate the 4th of July… There’s work to do.

    • @joeybeann
      @joeybeann 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are doing your part by posting a comment on a youtube no one else will ever see.

  • @laughlinhunter584
    @laughlinhunter584 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Dont ever stop making music. We need more artists like you

  • @BigDuttyDeezeHD
    @BigDuttyDeezeHD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    ✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿
    Divided we fall united we stand tall!

  • @Beetle57
    @Beetle57 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Everything he said in this song is historical.

  • @ozpiroglu
    @ozpiroglu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    lmaooo the bars are still valid to every word

  • @mrbintang10
    @mrbintang10 7 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    One of the Best Rap Song EVER !!!

    • @ServingOthers99
      @ServingOthers99 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hell yes bro! Also are you Indonesian? Just wondering bc your name and I know the hat you’re wearing is an Indonesian thing

  • @JohnCastello7
    @JohnCastello7 10 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    Good shit. I know he's gotten a lot of heat for this track, but he just spills it with 100% integrity and sincerity; I love it.

    • @cadmiumandwilsin2993
      @cadmiumandwilsin2993 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He really means it and there's soul in it, but he's a couple decades off on the message. Next he's gonna make a song about how it's such a big problem that horses are shitting in the streets when people ride them to work and how we need to find a better, more mechanically sophisticated way to get around.

    • @MJ-nx6vj
      @MJ-nx6vj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@cadmiumandwilsin2993 everything he is saying is still happening in one form or another

    • @cadmiumandwilsin2993
      @cadmiumandwilsin2993 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kobina Jamieson I mean, in one form or another. My analogy wasn’t absolutely perfect. But in any practical sense that warrants a song trying to sway society, it’s not happening. It’s all on more of a smaller scale that society as a whole can’t necessarily do more about.

    • @algumnomeaihehe
      @algumnomeaihehe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@cadmiumandwilsin2993 sounds about white

    • @heatherdeshanehorn4148
      @heatherdeshanehorn4148 ปีที่แล้ว

      The flak is from the fact that this is truth! He's putting it on blast. Real deal saying it without giving any Fucks. 🤩😁

  • @harrisonthorpe7970
    @harrisonthorpe7970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HEARING, 30 SECONDS IN, IVE WAISTED MY LIFE. HE IS A LEGEND

  • @akj3163
    @akj3163 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    top 10 song of all time

  • @philsmorton
    @philsmorton 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    This just keeps getting more and more relevant.

    • @jacksonskruggz4737
      @jacksonskruggz4737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Commenting just in case you forgot about making this comment 2 years ago

    • @philsmorton
      @philsmorton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Sideways G Same problems and no change. Right you are, my friend.

    • @wrathbliss
      @wrathbliss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I concur. Just keeps going and going ...relevant before then, then, now .... And hopefully if we can finally and I mean finally stand our asses up and stop this greedy corrupt egotistical egomaniacal selfish divisive racist white superior complex oriented machine maybe one day this song won't be relevant and we can look back on it knowing it took a hell of a long time to finally get things straight and finally bring change for everybody for the betterment of all for the betterment of our brothers and sisters

  • @FretFreak02
    @FretFreak02 10 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I only heard of Brother Ali just a short while ago, my brother told me. This is the first song I've heard from him and my first thought was: wow! This person is a true poet, with the upmost integrity telling us about how he feels about the (I love this one) United Snakes. So Brother Ali, just letting you know: I'm gonna buy an album man, support this kind of music: smart, critical and true!

    • @josephrivas4762
      @josephrivas4762 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's free speech at its best.

    • @victoriaappiagei1482
      @victoriaappiagei1482 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dope music awesome good Cool hip-hop classic poetry

    • @mattoleski6848
      @mattoleski6848 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/XiSbOQigQvc/w-d-xo.html

  • @rununderground
    @rununderground 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This guy is RAW!

  • @furlonggg1
    @furlonggg1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    truly a masterpiece

  • @chessplayer8798
    @chessplayer8798 8 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    Oh wow,2016 and I hear this just now?
    Bring the damn fire extinguisher,cause Brother Ali is spitting fire...

    • @gt8746
      @gt8746 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I can tell you haven't listened to brother Ali by the way you fucking talk but welcome to the best music out there

    • @ariannamaryjane6103
      @ariannamaryjane6103 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      right with you there

    • @fe7862
      @fe7862 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He got some 🔥,just ran across him on Spotify. Nice👍🏽

    • @fischer789
      @fischer789 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gt8746 I am far from America and do not know English, but I’ve been listening to my brother since 2008

  • @ameen1443
    @ameen1443 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    10 years later lyrics are just as powerful, truly amazing work.

  • @solidsteelcobra
    @solidsteelcobra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have a love hate thing with this song. I love it’s lyricism and flow, but I hate how relevant it still is 14 years later.

  • @revtox6001
    @revtox6001 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I would never forget the legendary reunion between Aesop Rock, Asap Rocky and Brother Ali. Truly groundbreaking moment.

  • @RaymondVerissimus
    @RaymondVerissimus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    That feeling when you hear a new artist for the first time and know immediately you've struck gold.

    • @Nomad31l
      @Nomad31l 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Ammal Ismail Check out
      K-Rino

    • @vitocorlion201
      @vitocorlion201 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      On yeshua

    • @mattoleski6848
      @mattoleski6848 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/XiSbOQigQvc/w-d-xo.html

    • @GenXMama
      @GenXMama ปีที่แล้ว

      He’s the perfect example of the collusion between government and entertainment. Without that, most of y’all would have heard this song 14 years ago on every station

  • @E7J10
    @E7J10 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    this song speaks so much truth and the beat is cold.

  • @paesanellis5720
    @paesanellis5720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    2.1k CIA agents disliked this video

    • @Poopdedoop2
      @Poopdedoop2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Thanks for letting us know what it was before TH-cam took away dislikes

    • @evanmckelvy8337
      @evanmckelvy8337 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Where did you get your info from; your comment needs a citation?

    • @s.t6058
      @s.t6058 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fuckem

    • @Justayoutubeghost
      @Justayoutubeghost 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kinda nuts this is 17 years only on youtube

    • @iiiGODMC
      @iiiGODMC 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      G eye aye

  • @Swaze742
    @Swaze742 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This song is as relevant as ever. Brother Ali is the truth. This is real music. We gotta stay aware.

  • @paulardoin
    @paulardoin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Only approved questions get answered;
    Now stand your ass up for that national anthem"
    It's like he could see ten years into the future

  • @GreasyPhil420
    @GreasyPhil420 8 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    I was just smoking a J and trying to figure out a song I couldn't remember from tony Hawks pro skater. After a quick internet search I found it was Atmosphere - trying to find a balance. And this was in the suggestions, I had never heard of brother Ali before today. Thanks weed :)

    • @TheBishop111
      @TheBishop111 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hahaha

    • @DaPatinador
      @DaPatinador 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      tony hawk underground 2 is the one youre talking about my dude

    • @farqcarnt
      @farqcarnt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Welcome to real hip hop

    • @justinnielsen860
      @justinnielsen860 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Atmosphere and Brother Ali are two of the most underrated hip hop artists today. Lyrically amazing. Every song they make has a story and/or meanigful message behind it. The beats are on point almost always as well.

    • @acanofpaint1259
      @acanofpaint1259 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      its the sixth spliff

  • @Yunglk
    @Yunglk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Honestly one of my favorite songs of all time

  • @atticus4925
    @atticus4925 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The one and only albino conscious rap god

  • @neihanaburton2410
    @neihanaburton2410 10 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    I learn more in a brotha ali song than i do at school

    • @DesiRush1
      @DesiRush1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      obviously

    • @MegaMGstudios
      @MegaMGstudios 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you didnt learn more from brotha ali, you learned the truth from him

  • @doom324ful
    @doom324ful 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "now stand your ass up for that national anthem"

    • @victoriaappiagei1482
      @victoriaappiagei1482 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dope music good Cool vibe music awesome radio please beautiful rap powerful black culture flow video music spoke word flow black

  • @ashwalker6221
    @ashwalker6221 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    16 years old and this song it truer than EVER!!!

  • @madroxriahi
    @madroxriahi ปีที่แล้ว +7

    14 years and this still impacts!!

  • @mariomandujano7333
    @mariomandujano7333 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This shit was NOT censored a couple months ago when I last heard it, WHAT THE FUCK!!!?

  • @jasperhagan1757
    @jasperhagan1757 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Grown up goliath nation holding open auditions for the part of David."
    That is actually poetry. Far out.

  • @mayfieldbrooks9966
    @mayfieldbrooks9966 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    He’s riffing off of Nina Simone’s Mississippi Goddamn. The opening line is from her too.

  • @Joe-tr4kn
    @Joe-tr4kn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Laughing crying drinking smoking all at the same time good shit

  • @ArtCE47
    @ArtCE47 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    One of the greatest songs ever written.

  • @chantalsolomon
    @chantalsolomon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Who's rocking this in 2020? 🙌

  • @Scuntaki
    @Scuntaki 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember this giving me goosebumps when I was younger

  • @deathomega6208
    @deathomega6208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Happy fifteenth anniversary.
    Still as relevant now as ever.

  • @michaeltyszkiewicz456
    @michaeltyszkiewicz456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is probably the truest song ever! Thank you brother Ali!

  • @kowlovo
    @kowlovo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I salute the truth tellers. Brother Ali I thank you for this dope track.

  • @r-yavuz-parla
    @r-yavuz-parla ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ali rules still in 2022!

  • @3nathan
    @3nathan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That beat is hawt.. yo.... Cant wait to play this joint.. on them highways...