After listening many times I got what he meant with the "okay" at first i thought he was saying "okay" as in saying OJ is stupid for saying he's just OJ. But after nth times I got it. Jay is simply saying that there is no point in arguing with some people and just worry about building you and those around you. How much time have people spent trying to change another persons mind. OJ is not about that at the end he says it that this advice ain't free, it's worth millions but you can buy for 9.99. Or maybe I'm reading into it too much.
YB lmao I responded very fast, but that’s very true, because I’m black my self and the reason I said that because O.J. Disrespected him self and the black community, like he was afraid of being black, risk taking almost because of all the shitty things that happened to black people
YB the fact is that black people are there own people yet we act like stereotypes because that’s what the white community portrays us as, and no matter if we break that we still Niggas that’s why it’s so powerful like “danm life just suck!”
YB that isn’t true at all, and yes some black people act hood and "Ghetto" yet we dont wanna be them because every time we do something life changing we do get some credit yet we are shut down again and again, we don't wanna blame everything on white people, but they do it to us and other race's like some white blame blacks, Hispanic, jews, asian for all the fucked up shit when its them. And black people dont wanna be below but there not offering jobs for African American that why people get in to drugs and crazy shit, even though they dont want to. We are just try to provide for our self with the little we have and we aren't ungrateful just dissatisfied that we are still treated poorly
@@bbertsamson8118 well Jay is someone who made his money off his and other people's music. He always talks a big game about "buying back the block" and "giving back to the community" which he pretty much didn't do himself accept for a couple of donations and a basketball court. Saying "don't kill each other" isn't deep, everyone knows gang wars hurt the community, but there is a reason gangs exist and that reason is systemic. He takes the blame off the system and puts it onto poor people who are it's victims. People don't start selling drugs because they just want fun, they are desperate and poor, growing up around constant violence and abuse. His advice boils down to "invest the money you don't have and maybe you will be rich in like 20 years", which isn't just useless, it's insulting. There are so many deeper ways of looking at these problems, he'll Kendrick did it better in GKMC without ever being this explicit.
@@Cyborg_Lenin Why is it the most surface level social commentary in your opinion? And why is it hypocritical? I'm not trying to argue the point. Just interested in your reasons.
The OJ-Ok Line is hands down one of Jay Z's best lyrics ever. Even though it's so simple, you just feel how much meaning he packs into that pause. Honestly the comedic timing is just gold. It's absolutely brilliant.
@@kiwiintheskywithdiamonds7611 you dont understand the meaning of this song dude. and people using the clown emoji to insult someone are the most fucking cringey childish people on the internet ever. grow up hjahaha
“Y'all on the 'gram holdin' money to your ear There's a disconnect, we don't call that money over here, yeah”. this bar is so simple but one of the hardest bars I’ve ever heard in my life
@@zagzagel420 cuz everyone act so snobby bout it we’re overthinking the images right in our face. And the simple to the point lyrics. It took me coming back to this with a clear mind years later to gain new perspective from the first watches.
@@zagzagel420 like him walking from the ship bunkers where they caught us to the standing at attention for him on an S.S. In the same scene. Or that lil boy excited at the end while the grownups stare with a straight face, that hits the subconscious in a special way
You found out he did it? Wow you know everyone involved? You definitely need to go public with what you found since you know he's guilty and on other soul knows it yet😂
Yep wealth inequality from two centuries of slavery and decades of legal discrimination. That's were most other problems stem from. Not just in America either.
Kwame Ture was tryna give us the same message 60 years ago and we didn’t listen then and we’re still not listening today. Thank you Hov and RIP Kwame Ture
The song motivated me to clean up my credit card debt and be smarter with my spending. No more buying labels wasting money trying to keep up with an image.
@@justinhunstad1760 I’ve been cleaning up my credit since 2019 I was almost 20K in debt now it’s summer 2022 and I’m only 6K in debt (due to home repairs). My credit score is 735. That 6K is nothing to pay off. I would advise all young people to start a line of credit and BE SMART!!! buy and pay the balance, buy and pay the balance don’t let it build
Feel like some people missed a big part when he speaks on art going up in value and says can’t wait to give it to his children. That’s generational wealth and how the rich pass down their wealth to their family without having to pay the tax! Amazing
@@bolshevikbuffoonery414 The game keeps playing around you whether you like/think it's fair or not, so you might as well learn to play it well while it's here.
But how you getting the wealth. Not everyone can just invest and make money. When you're living pay check to pay check your stuck in a system with no way out.
“Y’all think it’s boujee I’m like it’s fine, but I’m tryna sell you a million dollars worth of game for $9.99.” So much there and I feel like that line alone isn’t talked about enough.
He's saying don't rep a neighbourhood you don't own. Talking about territorial gang wars , conflicts and disputes, saying they are not worth it when it's all just owned by white people anyway and you and yours have always just been tenants. It's also a metaphor for African American experience in America in general. Dying, slaving for a place at the very best, doesn't care about you just to make the old masters more money.
realist? Bullshit, Jay didnt mention how all of the "niggas" hes talking shit about are the reason for his success. He want to be "real" and help financially wake the "niggas" then start offering business loans to African Americans, WTF he need 810 million for?
Don't oversimplify, that comment about Jewish people is ham-fisted. This is far from a "masterpiece", but it's still good and still has an important core message.
This is how a music video should be done. Subliminal, meaningful, and artistic. EVERYTHING from slavery to the slums of yesterday, the director of this video didn't shy away and that's what makes this video beautiful.
Renegade Bond Why is slavery still relevant? It's been over 150 years... Our country itself is only about 241 years old. 62% of all US history is post-slavery. We are about 7 generations removed from the practice. Do you realize just how far removed that is? We are talking the last member of your family who MIGHT have been born into slavery just before it was abolished would have been your great great great great grandparents... And we are talking they MIGHT have made it to about 10 years old before it was abolished so even they lived their entire adult lives free. Do you even understand in biological and economic terms just how far back that is? Do you know how many great great great great grandparents you had? Well, you had 2 parents, each of them had 2 parents, and so on. So that gives us about 2 to the power of 7... Or 128... 128 great great great great grandparents. Do you know any of their names? You shouldn't given how most of them probably died about 90 to 100 years before you were born when you account for the shorter lifespan back then, hence why you never realized you had so many of them... I mean sure... You could argue that they were set back economically after slavery ended, but inflation is kind of the great equalizer in that regard... I mean, monitary wealth just simply doesn't age well on its own given how, for example, the $5 meal you probably buy for lunch today would have only cost you about 34 cents back when slavery ended, but hey... That is just a 1470% increase from inflation... I am totally sure if they had been given the reparations everyone likes to talk about back then that they would at least have been enough by today's standards to order a pizza or something. I mean, odds are 90%of everything that factored into your development financially was all earned by your parents, and the other 9.999% by your grandparents leaving only 0.0001% as having anything to do with eveyone before that combined. Seriously... When are people going to put the topic of slavery to rest? Or are they just going to keep pressing the issue until we finally get a generation of white people who tell them where to stick that BS?
Chris R I honestly respect your opinion on this topic, but I must say that Slavery should always be relevant. I completely understand where you are coming from and we don’t need to live in the past but we can not forget the past. No one can act like slavery didn’t exist, its embedded in our brains. Like i said I respect your opinion but i just do not think we should just forget that slavery ever happened. We should know about it and make it relevant so everyone could see how much we have grown as people.🤞
People got triggered because he said something positive about Jewish people and they don’t appreciate the art/ aka the black caricatures. Damn it too many super pansys on earth.
Check out Young Black America by Meek MIll. He released it a week ago and it's powerful just like this video. People sleeping on Jay Z and Meek Mill on the conscious tip
This whole song is the truth. "Financial freedoms my only hope. Fuck living rich and dying broke". I've lived my life based on this line since I heard it.
@@mani1iii Jay is basically saying put yourself in a position where your money isn't dependent on your boss. If you get fired, it doesn't matter because you're making money other ways and doing so in a way that it continues to grow so you're not broke before you die. If you think about retirement, people save their whole lives and retire with a million dollars but because they have no other income and their money isn't growing, that million dollars continues to deplete. So by the time they're on their death bed, all of their retirement funds have been used up and they have nothing to leave to their children.
main point: don't be selfish, think of your communities. make investments, accumulate wealth that builds with time and pass wealth to your future generations so that your people may flourish collectively.
"I'm tryna give you a million dollars worth of game for $9.99." He's dropping life gems all throughout this entire album. Life advise. Financial advise. This isn't a Jay-Z album. This is a Shawn Carter album. One of his best. Grown folk rap.
@@SC-xt8lz i said, top 3 all time. Meaning arguably on top 1, 2, 3 not, the third best. You misinterpreted it. It's like me saying he's one of the 3 best rappers of all time.
I feel like the fact that black people were slaves and so masters would sell them at auction meant he's the business. Oh my... That... Was... Deep... As a black person I swear that hit me
@@thatonezeldafan5275 he's intelligent cuz he gave us RD, 4:44, the blueprint or the black album. Any of these albums could fit in hip hop top 100. Name a rapper who could do better
@@thatonezeldafan5275 Jay has been very wise for a very long time. But he understands people don't wanna hear too much at once and spoonfeeds gems to fans. He said it in an interview.
How much you think drug dealers make.. seriously. If he couldnt buy a block selling all the drugs he said he sold.. fuck make you think shit will happen in this day and age.
No the issue is the money they make from drug money just goes back into the drug business. They don't realise the amount of money they're fucking with and how it could easily be invested into the black community to internally generate wealth. Green is still green everywhere.
No joke ybs a clown not like jay z whos an og im not even gonna waste my breath spelling out ybs name because I wouldn't do the same for any other clown
ya not listening, ya vibin. it's NOT a good message. between the lyrics and the imagery, this piece is addressing directly how the western ideal of past slavery has lead us to the current systemic issues of relating to racism in this country. it doesn't matter the color of your skin to get that. Jay-Z got no answers, he's just taking a full frontal attack at "all lives matter", "the civil war was about state's rights not slavery", "keep politics out of football", and so on. it's not a good message, he's not saying everything is ok, he's not saying how far we've come as a society, he's not saying the issues of racism and antisemitism have brought NY together. he's saying there's a problem. there's always been a problem. and long after Jay-Z gone, there still gonna be a problem. the only good in that message is that he isn't turning a blind eye towards those scars. he's forcing you to look....but that ain't "good" either. ........unless you feel warm and safe in the violence of this systemic racist imagery burned into our countries history from slavery, to Jim Crow laws, to All Lives Matter. i guess if you need to point out your race, you vibe on that too.
@@smoothwater11 If my understandment is correct the fact that OJ Simpson said that, literally has him reject his own race and just "accept" his role as a piece of meat for the consumption of white people.
You are exactly right. And guess what, it hardly got any props or media when it dropped cuz I am just now finding it due to my work on racist cartoons by Disney. Just remember Bro, Disney was the biggest and worst offender out dem all while portraying themselves as pro-kid & pro-family. Only white families as now we can see light of how they brainwashed us as kids as these cartoons ran in full until 1967! Rem, don't spend your money on ANYTHING Disney as they should be boycotted forever & shut down Son!
This is still relevant in 2024 all the images in this video this is our history thank you jay for putting a mirror up and letting us learn where we come from our history is painful and harsh let’s not keep sugarcoating the past like it didn’t happen
"Y'all on the gram holdin money to yo ear there's a disconnect we don't call that money over here" this nigga dissed 90% of the era rappers we have today😂💀
no Hova is not only poetic and a lyricist also but also a blend of both places old skool and new skool black and white all classics and an artist who can story tell
More like Warner bros. Look at the old bugs bunny cartoons from the 40's haha. I can't recall any old disney cartoons like this. However, to be fair, the white gloves on old disney characters are rumored to be inspired by minstrel shows
The scene at 3:31 hits hard. The man walking out of the ship happy as can be, ready for freedom. Then taking a glance at what is around him... what is happening. He was manipulated into thinking he would be going to the free land.
Free as long as you dedicate 20 years of your life to schooling, work 40 hour weeks every week all year for 40 years then yes, you’ll have about 10-15 years of freedom assuming you still have the energy and health at 65.
Corefront Games, Yes! BRILLIANTLY sampled. Especially when going back to the original Nina Simone version and hearing how they piece together her lyrics to make the background for this track. Super super DOPE!
“Please don’t die over the neighborhood, that ya momma rentin Take yo drug money and buy the neighborhood, that’s how you rinse it” Literally just told everyone how to clean dirty money while simultaneously stopping gentrification.
"Ya'll think its boujee Im saying its fine but I'm trying to give you a million dollars worth of gain for $99.99" They ain't gonna listen. He's trying to teach about generational wealth, investing in property and antiques to capitalise on the increasing value and and worth of said properties and investments so he can use that money for more growth, and pass it from generation to generation.... Long term wealth, over the short term wealth people endulgde in today...
Jesus loves you! He died on the cross and rose again and by His blood our sins are forgiven. all sin and fall short of God's glory and the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior forevermore. declare with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believing in your heart that God raised Him from the dead and you are saved in Jesus Name we pray amen see romans 10 and john 14 as Jesus alone saves all may The Holy Spirit guide you, ask The Holy Spirit to guide you in Jesus Name we pray amen Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. john 14:6-7 of God’s perfect Word in The Bible as Jesus is The Living Word ask The Holy Spirit to guide you in Jesus Name we pray amen do you believe in Jesus, are you saved? declare with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believing in your heart that God raised Him from the dead and you are saved in Jesus Name we pray amen see romans 10-11 asking God's guidance in The Holy Spirit as you read God's perfect Word in The Bible as Jesus is The Living Word in Jesus Name we pray amen Jesus forgives us our sins, if we confess our sins Jesus is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness see 1 john 1 He alone saves all He alone is God, He is The Way The Truth The Life no one comes to The Father except through Him see john 14:6-7 asking God's guidance in The Holy Spirit, God bless God Jesus The Holy Spirit love you and be with you now and forevermore in Jesus Name we pray amen
We still stand with you Jay-Z. The true hip hop/rap fans. We believe that you're innocent. They're just trying to take the successful black man down. We see through their deceits.
Maybe these cases...but he is not innocent. Either way, karma stings Foxy brown Aliyah Rihanna *allegedly * He has history of liking young early teens. Beyonce was young too, but they say they were only friends until she was 18 ... He is not on trial for kelly rowland because she was way grown, but it looks bad when you see her son now.
Educate2Empower Inc. this is about black history he's teaching us about our history . And maybe if "whites" back in the day didn't call us that or treated us like that. He wouldn't probably have to say it but it don't matter because that's how "whites" look at us anyway. So before you judge him get his message first !
Educate2Empower Inc. I'm sorry my friend, but if that's all you took from this video then you clearly missed out or didn't understand all of the quirky points that were made in the video.
Ever wonder why Jay-Z owns all the property in America? Selling music riddled with racial slurs and profanities to a primarily white audience, mostly at black peoples expense. That's how he did it.
@@maxlurya4227 This is an example of how to completely ignore a song's meaning and just get offended because it says "nigga" and has a typically offensive drawing of black people and completely ignoring the deeper meaning of why
recite this prayer continusly a maximum out loud or whispering : very healing : Morrnahs Prayer " Divine creator, father, mother, son as one…If I, my family, relatives and ancestors have offended you, your family, relatives and ancestors in thoughts, words, deeds and actions from the beginning of our creation to the present, we ask your forgiveness…Let this cleanse, purify, release, cut all the negative memories, blocks, energies and vibrations, and transmute these unwanted energies into pure light….And it is done. "
Ah that's cute, you edited it so it looks better under a filter. "Take your DRUG money and buy the neighborhood, that's how you rinse it" In other words sell drugs an launder the money through bought businesses. Encouraging illegal activity and fraud.
@@drsta804 you still poor LOL he saying clean the money and then you dont have to sell drugs anymore.. But you probably dont like jay z thats why he still sitting on billions
because he is mostly generic because it sells. Jay Z is a business he knows that generic sells. How often you hear this song on the radio? never. Depth doesnt sell.
Mr Culec pretty much what he means by be rich is yes make your money and keep getting more but don’t let the money make you or else you will be nothing without it
@Mr Culec There's a massive difference between wearing casual, functional clothes and saving money for when you need it - bills, emergencies, enough for a down payment, versus wearing expensive jewelry, $300 shoes, brand clothing, stuff for your car and essentially flashing cash. Save money or invest in appreciating assets instead and create generational wealth.
@Mr Culec No, I explained the difference in those two things. "Living rich" is living in a manner that appears wealthy, big house (higher tax), nicer car (expensive insurance, parts, target for theft), or expensive jewellery that doesn't retain its value. Being rich without flashing the cash is to live more modestly, but make your money go further.
The delivery of that fucking “............Okay” gets me every time
Facts
Same
lol, I’ve watched this song for a million times just to watch that part of “Ok”😂😂😂😂
still here in 2021 breaking my neck to that..."okay"
After listening many times I got what he meant with the "okay" at first i thought he was saying "okay" as in saying OJ is stupid for saying he's just OJ. But after nth times I got it. Jay is simply saying that there is no point in arguing with some people and just worry about building you and those around you. How much time have people spent trying to change another persons mind. OJ is not about that at the end he says it that this advice ain't free, it's worth millions but you can buy for 9.99.
Or maybe I'm reading into it too much.
“ I’m not black, I’m O.J”
....
“Ok..”
Powerful
why
hankock09 because oj wasnt part of the black community for a long time, it was like he forgot about being black.
YB lmao I responded very fast, but that’s very true, because I’m black my self and the reason I said that because O.J. Disrespected him self and the black community, like he was afraid of being black, risk taking almost because of all the shitty things that happened to black people
YB the fact is that black people are there own people yet we act like stereotypes because that’s what the white community portrays us as, and no matter if we break that we still Niggas that’s why it’s so powerful like “danm life just suck!”
YB that isn’t true at all, and yes some black people act hood and "Ghetto" yet we dont wanna be them because every time we do something life changing we do get some credit yet we are shut down again and again, we don't wanna blame everything on white people, but they do it to us and other race's like some white blame blacks, Hispanic, jews, asian for all the fucked up shit when its them. And black people dont wanna be below but there not offering jobs for African American that why people get in to drugs and crazy shit, even though they dont want to. We are just try to provide for our self with the little we have and we aren't ungrateful just dissatisfied that we are still treated poorly
Why is no one talking about this imagery?? It's fantastic! Taking old stylized stereotypes of black people and turning it on it's head is so clever.
Chelapop I think he chose it because this was the cartoon style used back then and sometimes mocked blacks
Don’t underestimate the intelligence that JZ has!
IKR!
@@janetmccoy2192
He most likely had nothing to do with the music video
everything about this is gold, the beat ,the samples,lyrics ,message!
Jay-Z's social commentary is so elevated. Every time I hear this song again, I walk away with more than I had before.
It's the most surface level social commentary when it comes to race and wealth. And it's pretty hypocritical coming from Jay
@@bbertsamson8118 well Jay is someone who made his money off his and other people's music.
He always talks a big game about "buying back the block" and "giving back to the community" which he pretty much didn't do himself accept for a couple of donations and a basketball court.
Saying "don't kill each other" isn't deep, everyone knows gang wars hurt the community, but there is a reason gangs exist and that reason is systemic. He takes the blame off the system and puts it onto poor people who are it's victims.
People don't start selling drugs because they just want fun, they are desperate and poor, growing up around constant violence and abuse.
His advice boils down to "invest the money you don't have and maybe you will be rich in like 20 years", which isn't just useless, it's insulting. There are so many deeper ways of looking at these problems, he'll Kendrick did it better in GKMC without ever being this explicit.
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no lol
@@Cyborg_Lenin Why is it the most surface level social commentary in your opinion? And why is it hypocritical? I'm not trying to argue the point. Just interested in your reasons.
That ".....Okay." is legendary
Venomous Vince how..?
It's just a great line. it's simple, but it works.
lool i think i say that "okay......" almost everyday
Now all of black twitter has a gif to use to make it seem like they’re right now.😂
Yea xD
The OJ-Ok Line is hands down one of Jay Z's best lyrics ever. Even though it's so simple, you just feel how much meaning he packs into that pause. Honestly the comedic timing is just gold. It's absolutely brilliant.
th-cam.com/video/4G6e4TaJxkI/w-d-xo.html.
He says "shit" and the n word the 80% of the song, that's not great lyrics lmao 🤡
@@kiwiintheskywithdiamonds7611 you dont understand the meaning of this song dude.
and people using the clown emoji to insult someone are the most fucking cringey childish people on the internet ever. grow up hjahaha
Accept Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior in your heart
@@landothecomando no lol
“Y'all on the 'gram holdin' money to your ear
There's a disconnect, we don't call that money over here, yeah”. this bar is so simple but one of the hardest bars I’ve ever heard in my life
Low key
One of my favourite bars ever
One of the realest bars I’ve heard
It’s like a quadruple entendre lol
Please explain
This is literally a work of genius. Both the song and maybe the visuals even more so.
people don't quite get this song
@@zagzagel420 cuz everyone act so snobby bout it we’re overthinking the images right in our face. And the simple to the point lyrics. It took me coming back to this with a clear mind years later to gain new perspective from the first watches.
@@zagzagel420 like him walking from the ship bunkers where they caught us to the standing at attention for him on an S.S. In the same scene. Or that lil boy excited at the end while the grownups stare with a straight face, that hits the subconscious in a special way
I like how it was likely inspired by that one line about Dumbo and they just rolled with it
and timing
The Juice has been squeezed y’all
*R.I.P. OJ the Goat* 🐐
@@RA-xd1ckthe goat? Of what? Getting away with murder?
@@MrScubajsbhe was accused
@@Historybrickfilms we all know he did it
@@MrScubajsb we’ll never know
This song should have had the same impact as “this is America”
its too bad he took the concept from Big Kick's track Nina from his debut album Blue Lotus.... look at the release project dates.
KingMuchy this is america was so popular because it was a meme
KingMuchy this is America was stupid and petty
slope. ?
Amiibo Farmer look it up
Thought I’d come here one last time before I stop listening to his music
Art is art
@@7---32-no
Why would you stop listening to his music
Edit: yeah nevermind I can see that
You found out he did it? Wow you know everyone involved? You definitely need to go public with what you found since you know he's guilty and on other soul knows it yet😂
Great song but yeah he did it
I remember when in high school I decided to write an essay explaining this song. Have to say it got me an A in history, thanks Jay.
That sounds sick could u send it or upload it somewhere
Do you still have it? I would like to read it
i would pay to read this
me too
Yo yeah I’d jump on this as well
"You're on the gram holding money to your ear
There's a disconnect, we don't call that money over here!"
One sweet ass line.
JayOrigins !!!
son, that was the hottest and illest line of the song.
genius ! now on the next album let's explain race, nationality and status
JayOrigins word that line was ill
its over hear
The most important song Jay ever made
True shit
That would be d'evils
I swear to g
Facts!
Yep wealth inequality from two centuries of slavery and decades of legal discrimination. That's were most other problems stem from. Not just in America either.
Kwame Ture was tryna give us the same message 60 years ago and we didn’t listen then and we’re still not listening today. Thank you Hov and RIP Kwame Ture
This song is a masterpiece, the visuals, the flow, the cadence, the beat and it packs one hell of a message, Jay still got it.
indeed, first time i've heard it. The most american song I've ever heard.
The lyrics are shit. He just says nigga over and over again. The animations are really good though.
@@yasashii89
You miss the point. Listen to it again.
Jay Z is 52 now
And racism was in the 50's
@rnarayanan2023 I don't know
The song motivated me to clean up my credit card debt and be smarter with my spending. No more buying labels wasting money trying to keep up with an image.
Smart
Respect
Cleaning up your credit card debt is like an investment with 20% return. How is your score doing now a days?
@@justinhunstad1760
I’ve been cleaning up my credit since 2019 I was almost 20K in debt now it’s summer 2022 and I’m only 6K in debt (due to home repairs). My credit score is 735. That 6K is nothing to pay off.
I would advise all young people to start a line of credit and BE SMART!!! buy and pay the balance, buy and pay the balance don’t let it build
Don't get involved with the wrong woman. A toxic woman will bleed you dry financially.
Feel like some people missed a big part when he speaks on art going up in value and says can’t wait to give it to his children. That’s generational wealth and how the rich pass down their wealth to their family without having to pay the tax! Amazing
I think this song is great because it’s not pro capitalism per say, it’s just good advice for the system we live under.
💯
@@bolshevikbuffoonery414 The game keeps playing around you whether you like/think it's fair or not, so you might as well learn to play it well while it's here.
But how you getting the wealth. Not everyone can just invest and make money. When you're living pay check to pay check your stuck in a system with no way out.
@@KyleDevy U can't change the system
“Y’all think it’s boujee I’m like it’s fine, but I’m tryna sell you a million dollars worth of game for $9.99.”
So much there and I feel like that line alone isn’t talked about enough.
That's true because it's so literally wisdom , it's so cold in truth 🥶
Everything, the artstyle, the beat, lyrics, the sampling of Nina Simone and Kool & the Gang, the social commentary, makes this a masterpiece.
Wuz just here myself ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 power to my people
Gotta agree with you on all counts here boss! Truly a modern work of art.
I was curious what the sample was from Kool & the Gang?
Shit gave me goosebumps!
@@m1lky1337 Sample is Kool is Back
@@m1lky1337 ye my bad, I mixed up kool is back by funk inc with KatG.
“Please don’t die over the neighborhood, that you mama rented.” Damn, real shit
Went over my head for a little bit, just got it this time around listenin
@@psyilux could you guys explain the line? I've been trying to understand it but i'm failing at it.
@@FusionttvO.o no problemo, pretty sure Hes saying dont die in a neighborhood you dont own or that you just rent
He's saying don't rep a neighbourhood you don't own. Talking about territorial gang wars , conflicts and disputes, saying they are not worth it when it's all just owned by white people anyway and you and yours have always just been tenants. It's also a metaphor for African American experience in America in general. Dying, slaving for a place at the very best, doesn't care about you just to make the old masters more money.
@@psyilux oh so like don't be content with what you've achieved until your parents no longer have to pay for your spot?
will go down as one of the realest song Jay-Z ever wrote
? Able
Not wrong there
RANSOM JR its refreshing, the truth, he's able to reach those who can appreciate it
well he doesnt write...but i feel u
realist? Bullshit, Jay didnt mention how all of the "niggas" hes talking shit about are the reason for his success. He want to be "real" and help financially wake the "niggas" then start offering business loans to African Americans, WTF he need 810 million for?
this will always go down as one of the best track jay z ever released.., this just too real
The ignorant will take offense, the wise will take a lesson..
Exactly!
The wise don’t watch jay z videos on TH-cam homie.
JBOM9000
Wise people come in all shapes and sizes. Some wise people are students to the game of hip hop.
JBOM9000 Speak for yourself my brother.. I see you’re here.. I would HOPE you consider yourself, and whoever liked this comment as “Wise” 🤦🏾♂️
Don't oversimplify, that comment about Jewish people is ham-fisted. This is far from a "masterpiece", but it's still good and still has an important core message.
"Ya'll on the 'gram holdin' money to your ear
There's a disconnect, we dont call that money over here"
my man nem 😂 lookin forward to those embarrassing raps
NemRaps bruh ur my favorite youtuber
Those are real lyrics. Way over the heads of Migos.
NemRaps preach
NemRaps Bruh I ain't kno u like Jay Z
This is how a music video should be done. Subliminal, meaningful, and artistic. EVERYTHING from slavery to the slums of yesterday, the director of this video didn't shy away and that's what makes this video beautiful.
Renegade Bond Why is slavery still relevant? It's been over 150 years... Our country itself is only about 241 years old. 62% of all US history is post-slavery. We are about 7 generations removed from the practice. Do you realize just how far removed that is? We are talking the last member of your family who MIGHT have been born into slavery just before it was abolished would have been your great great great great grandparents... And we are talking they MIGHT have made it to about 10 years old before it was abolished so even they lived their entire adult lives free.
Do you even understand in biological and economic terms just how far back that is? Do you know how many great great great great grandparents you had? Well, you had 2 parents, each of them had 2 parents, and so on. So that gives us about 2 to the power of 7... Or 128... 128 great great great great grandparents. Do you know any of their names? You shouldn't given how most of them probably died about 90 to 100 years before you were born when you account for the shorter lifespan back then, hence why you never realized you had so many of them...
I mean sure... You could argue that they were set back economically after slavery ended, but inflation is kind of the great equalizer in that regard... I mean, monitary wealth just simply doesn't age well on its own given how, for example, the $5 meal you probably buy for lunch today would have only cost you about 34 cents back when slavery ended, but hey... That is just a 1470% increase from inflation... I am totally sure if they had been given the reparations everyone likes to talk about back then that they would at least have been enough by today's standards to order a pizza or something.
I mean, odds are 90%of everything that factored into your development financially was all earned by your parents, and the other 9.999% by your grandparents leaving only 0.0001% as having anything to do with eveyone before that combined.
Seriously... When are people going to put the topic of slavery to rest? Or are they just going to keep pressing the issue until we finally get a generation of white people who tell them where to stick that BS?
Chris R I honestly respect your opinion on this topic, but I must say that Slavery should always be relevant. I completely understand where you are coming from and we don’t need to live in the past but we can not forget the past. No one can act like slavery didn’t exist, its embedded in our brains. Like i said I respect your opinion but i just do not think we should just forget that slavery ever happened. We should know about it and make it relevant so everyone could see how much we have grown as people.🤞
rare finding logic on youtube.
Renegade Bond So true👏👏😍. Its a shame most don't understand this vid or meaning behind it!
This song is so relatable. From "then" to now. Good track J. 👍🏻👍🏻
As a teen i thought Jay-Z was just flaunting, as an adult now i realised he's giving us advice
That "Okay" is perfection
Absolute perfection!
Yes
why? would that be?
@@abramslion1 the tone, you can feel the disappointment and tiredness from his voice I guess.
Like “really?…. ‘k….”
beat go so hard
J white made iy
Unbreakable kicks. Woot. I watch your vids all the time. Best Jordan collection on TH-cam except for jumpman bostic.
Beat goes well with Drake diss🔥🔥
Yeet
It’s more subtle
If that “...okay.” Doesn’t go down in history as one of Hov’s best lines/moments, then we’ve failed him as a fan base.
That or the # don't forget about the other B ....
😂💀
@@judedupera9399 🤣🤣🤣 and the other b!
Lls
That is now one of the trending sounds on TikTok
This song is a stark reminder that Jay was so real, it’s insane. This track is a strong piece of musical history. 1❤
Can we appreciate how smooth the animation is tho?
And the message is incredibly amazing too, I really wish this would be more famous
Jubz Jubz shut up satan u killed my baby.( jokes asides this video really is cool)
it has 70 million views and is a meme i dont think it could get anymore famous then this.
no
People got triggered because he said something positive about Jewish people and they don’t appreciate the art/ aka the black caricatures. Damn it too many super pansys on earth.
Jubz Jubz I heard it for the first time at the Beyoncé/Jay-Z concert two days ago, and I really was impressed by it
Concept. Delivery. Message. Perfect.
running fromadults AGREED
Check out Young Black America by Meek MIll. He released it a week ago and it's powerful just like this video. People sleeping on Jay Z and Meek Mill on the conscious tip
running fromadults yea, he fed some mfas minds w/ this 1
this isn't a diss track at all, it's an uplift track
LaNisha Jackson exactly, this a wake yo ass up track
This whole song is the truth. "Financial freedoms my only hope. Fuck living rich and dying broke". I've lived my life based on this line since I heard it.
I dont understand please explain
@@mani1iii Jay is basically saying put yourself in a position where your money isn't dependent on your boss. If you get fired, it doesn't matter because you're making money other ways and doing so in a way that it continues to grow so you're not broke before you die. If you think about retirement, people save their whole lives and retire with a million dollars but because they have no other income and their money isn't growing, that million dollars continues to deplete. So by the time they're on their death bed, all of their retirement funds have been used up and they have nothing to leave to their children.
@@chidianuforo3670 and what can we do to change it?
@@sacredtheban learn to invest
ON GOD
This is quite simply a fully realized masterwork. An artist at the absolute zenith of their game.
This animation is like 50% of the experience.
You know Pascal?
Skoda La Skoda but do you know Barook?
Ayman Daij what about them?
Only 50? cuz I'm really not getting that much from the song.
it's at least 70%
main point: don't be selfish, think of your communities. make investments, accumulate wealth that builds with time and pass wealth to your future generations so that your people may flourish collectively.
Well said
@@toxickgames1786 ty
Nah that isn’t the point
@@deanvanhamersveld4231 how do you interpret this song?
There can be no meaningful liberation under capitalism.
I refuse to believe that this is three years old.
Edit : who's here during quarantine??
Edit 2: four years now, wtf
Same🤔
prod. by VENDETT4 time flies
@@Silvercharm5555 true man. It hasn't even been that long and it feels nostalgic.
Aas a good summer
Timeless
"Financial freedom my only hope" hits different now.
are we bad people for collectively coming here straight after OJ passed?
Listened to Virginia by Clipse just now as well
😅
Nah, we ain't killing nobody.
No
Naw 😅
Economic freedom is the only way to break free from the chains of the past. Best way to describe this song.
fake
@@vicentegomezsantana2386 Lame
@@hunterrrdrives perfect. You hit the nail on the head
@@hunterrrdrives You both got it right, and there is still more to add
Literally not the message
"I'm tryna give you a million dollars worth of game for $9.99."
He's dropping life gems all throughout this entire album. Life advise. Financial advise. This isn't a Jay-Z album. This is a Shawn Carter album. One of his best. Grown folk rap.
Isaiah Chavez sounds like a scam
Isaiah Chavez 💯
Isaiah Chavez na he don't give a rat's ass about you
Isaiah Chavez - Preach ✊🏾💯
Hazardous Lazarus He dont have to give a fuck about u to give advise or message
This song goes over the head of so many people. Financial freedom is real freedom.
This is deep. The message is so strong, the beat is so sick, the depth of this is like art. Jay Z is top 3 ever. This is sick, and it's good.
If he's top 3 who are 1 and 2
@@SC-xt8lz pac, em
@@SC-xt8lz i said, top 3 all time. Meaning arguably on top 1, 2, 3 not, the third best. You misinterpreted it. It's like me saying he's one of the 3 best rappers of all time.
@@Xiaolongbaokid16 lol em will never have powerful songs like this
@@Xiaolongbaokid16 where's t.i. in this conversation
Whoever animated this is a legend
Fr
why so racist animation tho
@@drinkingcontainercookedpas959 in which matched the message of the lyrics clearly
It was me
@@drinkingcontainercookedpas959 what
YOU ARE HIDING A CHILD, LET THAT BOY COME HOME ‼‼🐐🐐
thats the story of adidon 😭
@Albern4 I know but it has the same beat
@@OldPets. then why comment it here 😭
deadbeat…
DEADBEAT MUTHAFUCKA PLAYIN BORDER PATROL
I swear regardless jay z is always one of the greats his flow is fantastic on this and this is always a timeless classic 😊🔥🔥👏🐐
Jay-Z has Diddy ties, explain them.
@@lgbtthefeministgamer4039cool
"I'm not black, I'm OJ
....Okay"
The complete doneness he has even in the cartoon
yes
What does doneness mean?
Yeah what is “doneness”
GRAKATA it means hes done with that shit. He's fed up.
Exactly
I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man. -realest shii
FACTS..💯💯💯💯💯
Sounds similar to E-Dubble - Hampden Park
Obulus Cisco hits bluntttt
I feel like the fact that black people were slaves and so masters would sell them at auction meant he's the business. Oh my... That... Was... Deep...
As a black person I swear that hit me
when does it even say that boi
This songs shows on not only talented Jay is as a rapper, but also that he’s incredibly intelligent. More intelligent than most rappers.
He makes one song and he’s somehow enlightened or some shit lmfao you’re lying to yourself
ThatOne ZeldaFan I’m also looking at his net worth of $1B
@@thatonezeldafan5275 he's intelligent cuz he gave us RD, 4:44, the blueprint or the black album. Any of these albums could fit in hip hop top 100. Name a rapper who could do better
@@thatonezeldafan5275 Jay has been very wise for a very long time. But he understands people don't wanna hear too much at once and spoonfeeds gems to fans. He said it in an interview.
M.T.S The Shark which he can’t take with him to the other side!
Jay gave us a history lesson in four minutes more than anything we were taught in School history books
For real
"Take your drug money and buy the neighborhood,That's how you rinse it" preach it, true words
i think he says rent sit.
How much you think drug dealers make.. seriously. If he couldnt buy a block selling all the drugs he said he sold.. fuck make you think shit will happen in this day and age.
But dont they make money by selling drugs in the same neighbourhood ?
No the issue is the money they make from drug money just goes back into the drug business. They don't realise the amount of money they're fucking with and how it could easily be invested into the black community to internally generate wealth. Green is still green everywhere.
How exactly do you use drug money to buy property??? Also how much is a neighborhood???????
Wish all the comments weren’t about Youngboy... we here for JAY
Ong
No joke ybs a clown not like jay z whos an og im not even gonna waste my breath spelling out ybs name because I wouldn't do the same for any other clown
Nooo cap.
Childish
But u supporting wit his shirt🤦🏽♂️ it be his own fans🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️💯
The clean version is the instrumental
Now that's what you call a certified bruh moment
Woah
Truuueeeee
@Atlas Bennett lmaoooo
It's dope 🔥
Still jamming this hit 2025
Only hearing this now and realizing it was out a year ago.
How I feel? Dumbo.
Lol
Jimbo Jones honestly I thought this came out at least 5 years ago
Hahaha funny guys
Jimbo Jones ..... Jimbo Dumbo.....lol....just messing with you....Peace
im just hearing it 2day. woww
Seems appropriate to re-visit this.
*R.I.P. OJ the Goat* 🐐
@@RA-xd1ckno way bro said oj was the goat he killed somebody 💀💀
This and role model by Eminem
Yep ...that's what lead me back here.
@@Spaglo Goat at killing somebody
i've been listening to this song like 5 times.
i'm not even black
but god damn it's a good message.
Fucking same
No one said you had to be Black.
As long as you don't try to sing along with the hook you good😁👍
@@beejay271 Im also a minority am I allowed to lol
ya not listening, ya vibin. it's NOT a good message.
between the lyrics and the imagery, this piece is addressing directly how the western ideal of past slavery has lead us to the current systemic issues of relating to racism in this country. it doesn't matter the color of your skin to get that.
Jay-Z got no answers, he's just taking a full frontal attack at "all lives matter", "the civil war was about state's rights not slavery", "keep politics out of football", and so on. it's not a good message, he's not saying everything is ok, he's not saying how far we've come as a society, he's not saying the issues of racism and antisemitism have brought NY together.
he's saying there's a problem. there's always been a problem. and long after Jay-Z gone, there still gonna be a problem.
the only good in that message is that he isn't turning a blind eye towards those scars. he's forcing you to look....but that ain't "good" either.
........unless you feel warm and safe in the violence of this systemic racist imagery burned into our countries history from slavery, to Jim Crow laws, to All Lives Matter. i guess if you need to point out your race, you vibe on that too.
Jay z just spit knowledge in this song and all black folks need to listen to this song and hopefully they understand what he is telling us
“im not black im oj” yall must realize how deep that is
yeah
Same
RancidKari explain please
@@smoothwater11 If my understandment is correct the fact that OJ Simpson said that, literally has him reject his own race and just "accept" his role as a piece of meat for the consumption of white people.
Gerardo Aguas-Baterísta/Drummer damm thanks
This is Pure Art. This isn't music. This is more of a story to a old school beat.
music is art
Do you even know the point of this song
Yeah Jay Z did this!!!!! Pure truth too!
This the realest song to drop in a WHILE
Premiere Productions only a few tracks are like this. The only ones I can of now are the Blacker the Berry, and High for Hours.
it's a few songs on my page somewhat like this
Premiere Productions ...okay
*Lil God - most wanted* .
Premiere Productions have u even heard the bucket list project by saba or any song Joey badass is on and don't get me started on jcole
Only song I can listen to done by Jay Z actually. This is still a masterpiece. Okay
Don't understand how People are Hating this, Jay is Possibly Giving you a Thousand dollars Advice, all you Got to do is Listen Carefully
People don’t like the truth it’s that simple
I’m taking 500k now than dinner with him. I can listen to his music in due time.
Advice for niggas like me
Who hating
Explain to us all how he’s giving us this advice (no hate this song still slaps)
This is Jay-Z's best song. It is critically important to every African American. This is Jay-Z talking the talk *after walking the walk*
You are exactly right. And guess what, it hardly got any props or media when it dropped cuz I am just now finding it due to my work on racist cartoons by Disney. Just remember Bro, Disney was the biggest and worst offender out dem all while portraying themselves as pro-kid & pro-family. Only white families as now we can see light of how they brainwashed us as kids as these cartoons ran in full until 1967! Rem, don't spend your money on ANYTHING Disney as they should be boycotted forever & shut down Son!
African American 😂, we are BLACK AMERICANS 👌
@@timotheewilliams9086 🥱🥱🥱🥱😴😴😴
@@timotheewilliams9086 OKAY..
minus the fact that he portrays white people as the oppressors when africa is the one who sold all their people as slaves for money to america.
At this rate, Jay Z ain't even rapping lol.. He’s just talking. Which makes this song go even more hard.
fr
This is still relevant in 2024 all the images in this video this is our history thank you jay for putting a mirror up and letting us learn where we come from our history is painful and harsh let’s not keep sugarcoating the past like it didn’t happen
"Y'all on the gram holdin money to yo ear there's a disconnect we don't call that money over here" this nigga dissed 90% of the era rappers we have today😂💀
DJ 254 kodak mostly 😂
Triple entendre don't even ask me how
M. StV how
DJ 254 mainly these instagram stunters
Lol He's telling the truth,that money phone stuff is corny
May this song bloom in charts once again!
May it never,he sexually abused the little girl ria
@@MarjorieWong-ym3ftWtf u talking about?
@@aaaaaaaaaa520 Jay Z is connected to the Diddler's freak off parties.
Are you living under a rock or something?
“Passing power to your people, it aint nothing realer”
~Nipsey Hussle
Real recognise real
This why he don't even have to drop albums. He just hit u with a insane single...then he drops KEYs. Jay the GOAT and it's effortless!
This song reminds me of a memory I never had
Travis Scott Only Days is the best Laflame project
Ayman Daij Nah
@@aymandaij rodeo
Ayman Daij
1. Rodeo
2. Days before rodeo
flame - true
Songs like this never get played on the radio.
no Hova is not only poetic and a lyricist also but also a blend of both places old skool and new skool black and white all classics and an artist who can story tell
OneAndOnly No shit. It’s full of the n word.
Not true....I heard it on the radio one night when i was on my way home...they play sone explicit stuff late at night when MASA SLEEPIN!!!
Hot 97
@@twintree3101 i suppose theres no such thing as censoring huh?
This song motivated me to purchase real estate.
lmao imagine being able to afford real estate
@@elliecressy6033 lmao
@@elliecressy6033 I bet you white
@@elliecressy6033 i know right seems like a pipe dream for you.
@@Mike-tr2qi of course he is they don't believe we can purchase real estate because they steal property.
This was ab artistic experience
People get mad over the stereotypical cartoon. GOOD. That was the point. Since Disney, Warner Bros etc used them all of the time.
Tashayla Borden not disney warner brothers look up coal black and de seben dwarfs if u want racist shit even disney wouldnt ever pull
Tashayla Borden among others
summer stevens u tell them sister!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not really Disney, the worst he did was Song of The South. Honestly it was the Warner Bros who made a lot of racist cartoons.
More like Warner bros. Look at the old bugs bunny cartoons from the 40's haha. I can't recall any old disney cartoons like this.
However, to be fair, the white gloves on old disney characters are rumored to be inspired by minstrel shows
This is a new classic for me. Thank you Jay
Natural Dada O.Jay ? 😂😂
ehehehehehehe
The scene at 3:31 hits hard. The man walking out of the ship happy as can be, ready for freedom. Then taking a glance at what is around him... what is happening. He was manipulated into thinking he would be going to the free land.
Thanks I had my eyes closed when i was watching the video
@@elmongoose oh shit
@@kyele8501 me too man
Free as long as you dedicate 20 years of your life to schooling, work 40 hour weeks every week all year for 40 years then yes, you’ll have about 10-15 years of freedom assuming you still have the energy and health at 65.
@@AJSchnell Damn you woke woke
amazing work
I love the jazzy old school type beat.
Do you know any this type of musics?
Yalım Cinisli J.cole ville mentality
This was actually sampled off of Nina Simone's "4 Women". I think he did a good job, too.
Corefront Games, Yes! BRILLIANTLY sampled. Especially when going back to the original Nina Simone version and hearing how they piece together her lyrics to make the background for this track. Super super DOPE!
Yalım Cinisli jazzhop, chillhop, start with j dilla
“Please don’t die over the neighborhood, that ya momma rentin
Take yo drug money and buy the neighborhood, that’s how you rinse it”
Literally just told everyone how to clean dirty money while simultaneously stopping gentrification.
Wow. Yes
They ain't gone listen though.
"Ya'll think its boujee Im saying its fine but I'm trying to give you a million dollars worth of gain for $99.99"
They ain't gonna listen. He's trying to teach about generational wealth, investing in property and antiques to capitalise on the increasing value and and worth of said properties and investments so he can use that money for more growth, and pass it from generation to generation....
Long term wealth, over the short term wealth people endulgde in today...
you can’t buy property with illegal profits🙄
@@assadbradley7870 who said you cant?
“Please don’t die over the neighborhood, that ya mama renting!”
Can't understand 😕 can u explain
@@shoshqk Gang members that die over/for their “hood” when they never really own the neighbourhood as their mum rents the house.
@@elz4356 thank you lol
such a real line omfg
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ask The Holy Spirit to guide you in Jesus Name we pray amen do you believe in Jesus, are you saved? declare with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believing in your heart that God raised Him from the dead and you are saved in Jesus Name we pray amen see romans 10-11 asking God's guidance in The Holy Spirit as you read God's perfect Word in The Bible as Jesus is The Living Word in Jesus Name we pray amen Jesus forgives us our sins, if we confess our sins Jesus is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness see 1 john 1 He alone saves all He alone is God, He is The Way The Truth The Life no one comes to The Father except through Him see john 14:6-7 asking God's guidance in The Holy Spirit, God bless God Jesus The Holy Spirit love you and be with you now and forevermore in Jesus Name we pray amen
We still stand with you Jay-Z. The true hip hop/rap fans. We believe that you're innocent. They're just trying to take the successful black man down. We see through their deceits.
Make sure you zip it up when you're done
🤣🤣🤣
Lol - really?😂
Maybe these cases...but he is not innocent. Either way, karma stings
Foxy brown
Aliyah
Rihanna *allegedly *
He has history of liking young early teens.
Beyonce was young too, but they say they were only friends until she was 18
...
He is not on trial for kelly rowland because she was way grown, but it looks bad when you see her son now.
"I'm trying to give you a million dollars worth of game worth 9.99"
$9.99 is how much the album is for ya'll who didn't get it.
Of course
9.99 is 666 upside down. Illuminati confirmed.
@@spellrush2097 wow good brain on u.
@@spellrush2097 no sir, its just a price
What’s crazy is he was talking abt how to invest your money and show ppl the way to financial freedom.
The level of artistry is "INSANE"🔥
Yeah fam. Next level shit
100…next level indeed!
yes.
U ain't lying
Artistry?.. you mean a fifth grader drawing something
This younger generation need to hear this regularly cuz we lost
Facts bro 🤲🏽
shut yo ah up boozo
@@k_slumpnuke8521 u are what he meant
@@541sanchez 🦬boi🦬if🦬you🦬dont🦬get🦬yo🦬squiggly🦬diggly🦬headass
@baby ref like fr the boomers are lost bro
i remember listening to this when i was 10 years old, even then I understood the meaning. This song is so deep, wow.
“Please don’t die over the neighborhood
That ya momma renting “
Wish they understood that
What is ment by that? Sorry for my Bad english
Bereket beefing over neighborhoods (gangs)
@@michealtesfaye5391 its okay i don't understand Ebonics either.
Ain't hard to understand Bruh
@@JimHerbertOutdoors so? U hate on us? Cuz ppl's skin?
Powerful. Genius. Classic.
Mike Noir they were called the uncensored eleven!!! that's exactly what i said!
Blowing up the n-word? Never "powerful. genius. classic." Sorry, never that!
Educate2Empower Inc. this is about black history he's teaching us about our history . And maybe if "whites" back in the day didn't call us that or treated us like that. He wouldn't probably have to say it but it don't matter because that's how "whites" look at us anyway. So before you judge him get his message first !
You just don't understand the concept.
Educate2Empower Inc. I'm sorry my friend, but if that's all you took from this video then you clearly missed out or didn't understand all of the quirky points that were made in the video.
After beat drops....."I am like.....Drug dealing aside ghost writing aside.....nope...".
*Remembers it's a JayZ song*
Lmao🤣🤣🤣 same here..
Damn lol
Facts. I'm not a writer, I'm a biter. I'll definitely admit its a powerful track tho
@@iMergeAndSee *Inappropriate content spotted*
Lmaooo
Jay-Z's best song ever
"financial freedom my only hope, fuck living rich & dying broke.." ☻
Best line period
Ty's Gaming best part
how the fuck is living broke and dying rich considered finnancial freedom
I think it's referring to leaving behind a legacy of wealth
Oh it took me a while to get it.. hes talking about niggas who live rich by spending money on appearance
Congratulations Jay Z! You are leading The 60th Grammy Awards with 8 nominees you're legend and I hope you win some.
I think he'll win at least 3
Dayvion Carter he will win album of the year
Christopher Mulvey nah kendrik will
Today Jay-Z is announced as the first Billionaire in Hip-hop
Ever wonder why Jay-Z owns all the property in America? Selling music riddled with racial slurs and profanities to a primarily white audience, mostly at black peoples expense. That's how he did it.
Max Lurya what?
@@maxlurya4227 This is an example of how to completely ignore a song's meaning and just get offended because it says "nigga" and has a typically offensive drawing of black people and completely ignoring the deeper meaning of why
Dr dre was 😑
@@maxlurya4227 Nigga means an ignorant person, it's not always used as a racial slur. Still, most people agree it's still a bad word nonetheless
this is the greatest music video i've ever saw
Moral of the story, get financially literate.
Geo Ivery and take risks
To help ur people
recite this prayer continusly a maximum out loud or whispering : very healing : Morrnahs Prayer " Divine creator, father, mother, son as one…If I, my family, relatives and ancestors have offended you, your family, relatives and ancestors in thoughts, words, deeds and actions from the beginning of our creation to the present, we ask your forgiveness…Let this cleanse, purify, release, cut all the negative memories, blocks, energies and vibrations, and transmute these unwanted energies into pure light….And it is done. "
Diligence and willingness to take risk are the two single biggest factors within your control when determining your financial success.
"take your money and buy the neighborhood" just like Nipsey. RIP
Raeqwon17 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Raeqwon17 a true legend man
nah nipsey just like Jay
Ah that's cute, you edited it so it looks better under a filter.
"Take your DRUG money and buy the neighborhood, that's how you rinse it"
In other words sell drugs an launder the money through bought businesses. Encouraging illegal activity and fraud.
@@drsta804 you still poor LOL he saying clean the money and then you dont have to sell drugs anymore.. But you probably dont like jay z thats why he still sitting on billions
Why have I been sleeping on Jay-Z for so long exactly
You weren’t wrong to until 444
Because he isn’t on Spotify
because he is mostly generic because it sells. Jay Z is a business he knows that generic sells. How often you hear this song on the radio? never. Depth doesnt sell.
Same
I don't give a fizzy whatcha say bout Jay he be spittin facts ya heard.
The best way I can resume this song is: "BE rich, don't live rich."
What's the point so
Mr Culec pretty much what he means by be rich is yes make your money and keep getting more but don’t let the money make you or else you will be nothing without it
@Mr Culec There's a massive difference between wearing casual, functional clothes and saving money for when you need it - bills, emergencies, enough for a down payment, versus wearing expensive jewelry, $300 shoes, brand clothing, stuff for your car and essentially flashing cash. Save money or invest in appreciating assets instead and create generational wealth.
@Mr Culec No, I explained the difference in those two things. "Living rich" is living in a manner that appears wealthy, big house (higher tax), nicer car (expensive insurance, parts, target for theft), or expensive jewellery that doesn't retain its value. Being rich without flashing the cash is to live more modestly, but make your money go further.
He is explaining exactly how to get out of the getto