This song still brings me to tears. When I was a little girl I saw a bunch of stuff I shouldn't have seen. Music was my only escape. I didnt want to be a musician but I needed somebody to just say what I was dying to say. Then I heard this song. I cried because it captured everything I was going through. It still makes me cry like a baby. I'm out of that situation and have been for ages now but the scars are still there. Im not into hip hop much but this song helped release the frustration I had. Listening to it now I can't believe what I've overcome. I'm all grown up and graduating from law school, aiming towards a PhD and a big family. I'm gona make sure my kids never see what I saw.
+KaizerMan akala is 2nd best, lowkey best British rapper. Akala's fire in the booth is the realest 10 minutes of rap you could possibly find but the songs on his albums aren't that great.
When i was trapped in a dark place, thinking of that permanent solution for a temporary problem. THIS SONG HELPED. yea, hip hop can Do that also.... Thank you Talib Kweli & Mary J. Coming not only from me but also from William (12), Rosemary (10), Nikolas (8) & my beautiful wife Roxane. ....Yea, Hip Hop can Do that also. Montréal, Canada
"some people usin their noodle, some people usin their muscle, some people put it all together make it fit like a puzzle" inspires me to exercise while I'm doing my homework (not to take away from the deeper message of the song, just my personal take-away)
i swear i listen to this every time i need that extra push at work or when im trying to get something done. the heart and message of this is just so inspirational
you mean artists like talib kweli, J Cole, nas, eminem, q-tip, lupe fiasco, kanye west, classified, kendrick lamar, wale, jadakiss, game, i could go on all day honestly......
To me Talib is king of NY, 2pac who? Biggie who? Talib is real, respectful and don't got his head up in the gun barrel, he actually addresses issues and consciousness of the human beings.
Yasssss Talib and Mary!!! still one of my favorite collabs😍❤ Every time I hear this I get chill bumps and shit..tears follow**Tha damn passion in this is everything!
Jesus is better than the star IT SHINES AND MUCH MORE because it is an angel and a god of light!!! L.O.V.E JESUS AND JEHOVAH!!!! 777 IT LOOKS ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE Repented because you jesus loves you! AND KNOW god you even honored in shame
Wow, I was 14 when this came out. I remember having this on replay on my used and bootleg CD player. Listened to this almost everyday on the way to school. I'm 30 now, and I still listen to this with my 2 year old daughter. Life is weird but beautiful at the same time. I'm happy I have this to show my daughter not just what's given right now to us. Peace to everyone I hope you're all still trying and moving forward regardless of the obstacles in our way this year (2020).
Talib actually has made 2 of my favorite all time videos, one being "Hot Thing" and the other being this. I loved this song from the first time I heard it but the video with it is just a masterpiece. The part towards the end when the kids give him back his book and their respect makes me damn near tear up because I love to see stuff like that.
this video clip is the story of many mcs around the world! we all went through many challenges and difficulties, this clip represents all of us, congratulations for the work Talib, a hail from BRAZIL
K. West! Kweli! Got searched on the plane, Arabic first name Disturbed by the fame just like Kurt Cobain Breath of life, kiss of death, my lips pursed the same You flirt 'til she came Nothin' hurt like the pain and torture Daughters of the dust lookin' for a vein Something to take in vain like the Lord's name Put your hands together, got 'em all sayin' I try, I try I try, you know I try I try, I try I try, you know I try Yo, it's all ghetto in gear higher, the floor settle More metal for beef that we don't let the law settle I try to navigate the treacherous waters of America's ghettos that set up the slaughteres But there's more of us Although we speak in different languages We all pretty familiar with what anger is Young and dangerous, ?? Get up on some gangsta shit Guns to bang ya wit' And we put it on records to entertain ya wit' I'm grown with pains way deeper than Mike Seavers Our uniforms is white sneakers and white T-shirts On top of wife beaters We like to light reefers The 'hood need us for rappers, just ain't the right leaders I put a lot into it This is my product and I gotta move it Stop the industry but you can't stop the music An upside down kingdom where life is just not fair (upside down kingdom) Some many sufferin' cuz deep inside they're scared (so scared) Fear pumped into their veins to keep them from their destiny Where would they be if you and I don't care? I try, I try, you know I try I try, I try, I try, you know I try Yo, the things I'm seein' on the news is insane A stock broker shoot his kid and throw himself in front of a train A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all by himself Two years old, eatin' ketchup and mustard, cryin for help Tryin' to bring your struggle to life The label want a song about a bubbly life I have trouble tryin' to write some shit To BANG in the club through the night When people suffer tonight Lord knows I try I try, I try, I try, you know I try I try, I try, I try, you know I try Life is a beautiful struggle People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle Some people put it all together, make it fit like a puzzle Come on, say it now Life is a beautiful struggle People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle Some people put it all together, yeah I try, I try, you know I try I try, oh Lord I try Everyday I Upside down kingdom Oh, they're so scared Everyday on the news we can't look around with Something somewhere I try, I try, you know I try I try, I try, I try, you know I try Lord knows, Lord knows we try Yeah
Fuck, hiphop became a show at some point :( Back then, at the golden era, rappers wanted to be real and make something of themselves, they wanted to be remembered and they were having fun. Sadly some of them became obsessed with the money, losing what was important but they had to keep doing it so they faked it. Then they needed some fresh blood so they searched for other people who wanted the money and made them famous as well. People who have good songs still exist, lets make THEM famous
Talib Kweili, Mary J. Blige, and Kanye West equals Musical Brilliance and Excellence.
This song still brings me to tears. When I was a little girl I saw a bunch of stuff I shouldn't have seen. Music was my only escape. I didnt want to be a musician but I needed somebody to just say what I was dying to say. Then I heard this song. I cried because it captured everything I was going through. It still makes me cry like a baby. I'm out of that situation and have been for ages now but the scars are still there. Im not into hip hop much but this song helped release the frustration I had. Listening to it now I can't believe what I've overcome. I'm all grown up and graduating from law school, aiming towards a PhD and a big family. I'm gona make sure my kids never see what I saw.
Amen sista
💪🏾 💯 🖤
❤️🙏🏾✊🏾🖤🇿🇦
Congratulations. Keep Grinding
Respect.
for me, one of the most underrated rappers all time.
+GhostX42 Couldnt agree more. AZ and Big L underrated as well
+GhostX42 You want real underrated? check out a british MC named Akala
No thanks... lol.
+KaizerMan ooh snap, thanks for mentioning him, would've never found out about him otherwise.
+KaizerMan akala is 2nd best, lowkey best British rapper.
Akala's fire in the booth is the realest 10 minutes of rap you could possibly find but the songs on his albums aren't that great.
Yeezy's beats + Talib's lyrical superiority = perfection!
+ Mary vocals!
Question? Why would you come here and give a thumbs down? It's Talib!!!
Whenever Mary J Blige is on a track you know that chorus is gonna be hot.
Same with skylar gray and nate dogg
I try I try I try I try I try I try I try I try I try you know I try = hot chorus
I see her name, i clicked, easy🔥🌸🌈
Or when this nigga mentions ''Kurt Cobain'' in the lyrics.
You know it's gonna be a hot steaming pile of cow dung.
This song touched my soul. Just...damn. 2023 playing regularly in my phone. Walking, driving, sitting...thinking. Damn...incredible.
@truckervance, please advise me if there's any vacancies in your company which sponsors h2b visas for out of country prospective employees
Now THIS is Hip-Hop at its finest.
Life is a STRUGGLE itself so everyone has to keep trying and NEVER give-up.
*Beautiful Struggle
Facts💯
There is nothin to say with the exception of that "Talib Kweli is a legend".
We desperately need more of this
here in 2021 long live Talib Kweli
When i was trapped in a dark place, thinking of that permanent solution for a temporary problem.
THIS SONG HELPED.
yea, hip hop can Do that also....
Thank you Talib Kweli & Mary J.
Coming not only from me but also from William (12), Rosemary (10), Nikolas (8) & my beautiful wife Roxane.
....Yea, Hip Hop can Do that also.
Montréal, Canada
Beautiful hoser.
Dope
🙌🙌🙌
Well said. Respect, on giving yourself a shot at this thing called life. Do your thing, playboy.
Me too brother
kanye's production always elevated other artists
No one has done it better than Mary since Mary. She is the epitome of Hip Hop & R&B.
Real music with real feelings
some tracks are timeless.. this is one of em.
We fell along way since this type of music
Talib Kweli is one of the best socially conscious rappers out there. we need more men like him Has, Dead Prez, AZ, and Mos Def
AZ one my favorite artists. next to nas, big L. don't forget common too!! real positive hip hop.
Timothy Wright Dilated Peoples
Cyne and MF DOOM are kinda concious
Dont sleep on "Black Thought & Common".
On the Low Rakim, dropped Knowledge.
2021 not too many of us
"some people usin their noodle, some people usin their muscle, some people put it all together make it fit like a puzzle" inspires me to exercise while I'm doing my homework (not to take away from the deeper message of the song, just my personal take-away)
💪🏾💪🏾
Kanye + Kwely = Soulful Music
Still love this. Mary J killing it.
These were the days
When people used to ask me what music I liked I used to say hip hop now I don't no what to say
Maybe "old school hip hop"
+BARRY or "real Hip Hop" not the phony shit out today that i wouldn't even consider Hip Hop more like Pop Rap to me.
+DCFC TOM Now you say, old school hip hop ;)
DCFC TOM hahahaha
DCFC TOM I just say Old School Hip Hop....
i swear i listen to this every time i need that extra push at work or when im trying to get something done. the heart and message of this is just so inspirational
Mary J just reaches inside you and finds that extra, lol..Kweli, as always💙
I'd like to see the return of more conscious music.
Jj
Music nowadays: "you need to cut it! Cut it, cut it, cut it
We all try
''...this is my product and I gotta move it, stop the industry but you cant stop the music"
Full of spirit. Keep it up Kweli!
GOD, the GOOSEBUMPS THAT Mary J. gives me. A true force of nature.
KANYE WEST IS BEAST ON THESE BEATS MAN
Needs more likes and views!!!!
A young Kanye beat can never do a rapper wrong
That look at @3:23 always gets me 💯💯
*I remember this song used to come on DAILY on B.E.T.... When B.E.T. used to be actually worth watching*
💯
That NewYork sound nothing like it...
#YASSSSS
That HIP-HOP sound.... Nothing like it.....
Even his upbeat songs are soaked in melancholy. Just superb delivery.
2021 🇨🇲
This Song is what I call REAL Hip-Hop. The STRUGGLE. The Journey to make SOMETHING from Negativity.
Young John Legend on the Keys.
Nah that's not him it's a sample
The pen is mightier than the sword.
This is a beautiful thing to say... (:
@@Blullaby It is a saying much older than I am.
Mary is so beautiful! Talib 🔥 NewYork, NewYork Baby!
dope production by Kanye
Sadly now he is lost....
Pulane M very dumb
This track way too prophetic.
Kanye used to love music
you mean artists like talib kweli, J Cole, nas, eminem, q-tip, lupe fiasco, kanye west, classified, kendrick lamar, wale, jadakiss, game, i could go on all day honestly......
Don Lemon had no clue who he was talking to. Kweli deserves respect. He is not just talk.
Don Lemonade has no clue, PERIOD.
What u expect from a lemon💁🏽♂️
To me Talib is king of NY, 2pac who? Biggie who? Talib is real, respectful and don't got his head up in the gun barrel, he actually addresses issues and consciousness of the human beings.
You could tell when it's a Kanye beat. He had a signature style to it.
Devastating combo
Life is a beautiful struggle ❤️
Mary's hair is Fireeee and this song is FIREEEE tooo shoutouts pandora radio for putting me on lol
This guy is the man. I've just heard two of his songs, he has such good material.
Rest in Power Talib Kweli aka Mix Master Mixalot!
Thanks for such a collab, It was legendary!
Still a banger
The music nazis removed the version that I had. Kudos for vevo. This is a message that needs to be heard and understood.
Peace out ;-)
Got a lot of love this track. Hip hop at its finest. Massive respect
Kanye is one of the best producers of all time
Yasssss Talib and Mary!!! still one of my favorite collabs😍❤ Every time I hear this I get chill bumps and shit..tears follow**Tha damn passion in this is everything!
Heavily underrated
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I slept on this first time around. Glad I came to my senses.
Me too. So sweet.
Tamsin Holmstrom
u sexii
nobody really talks about talib kweli..and i'd say he's top 5/top 10 best hip hop artists in it right now
The little boy playing Talib Kweli played a great role great job when his bullies started rapping with him. I felt that 🧡💛💚💙
Back in the day when Kanye's production was still soulful...
he was one underrated rapper
A very powerful music video right here
Who's listening in 2019!!!!!!!!! OK ok... I see u
This is super!
Alot of us can relate to the kid in this video.
Jesus is better than the star IT SHINES AND MUCH MORE because it is an angel and a god of light!!!
L.O.V.E JESUS AND JEHOVAH!!!! 777 IT LOOKS ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE
Repented because you jesus loves you! AND KNOW god you even honored in shame
Good hip hop right here, we need to bring this kind of music back ...
This is one of the most uplifting songs to listen to in the AM, early. We can only try...
Wow, I was 14 when this came out. I remember having this on replay on my used and bootleg CD player. Listened to this almost everyday on the way to school.
I'm 30 now, and I still listen to this with my 2 year old daughter. Life is weird but beautiful at the same time. I'm happy I have this to show my daughter not just what's given right now to us. Peace to everyone I hope you're all still trying and moving forward regardless of the obstacles in our way this year (2020).
why doesnt this song have 200m views...people dont know good music
Talib actually has made 2 of my favorite all time videos, one being "Hot Thing" and the other being this. I loved this song from the first time I heard it but the video with it is just a masterpiece. The part towards the end when the kids give him back his book and their respect makes me damn near tear up because I love to see stuff like that.
"Life is a beautiful struggle."
Good lyric right there
talib n mary j a deadly force 2 reckon dis iz a classic
You can hear Chicago in this song thanks Talib 🙏🙏
Mary J Blige looks in this video was everything would love her to give this sort of look a try again.
This comment is edited yet I still can't comprehend it.
Ohh Mary J Blige's looks were everything, you would love her to try this look again. Got ya.
Cause it's important what color the artists hat is.
this video clip is the story of many mcs around the world! we all went through many challenges and difficulties, this clip represents all of us, congratulations for the work Talib, a hail from BRAZIL
Heard it: K. West! :)
Love you man,I’m a Christian
I remember when music was good
preach.
Amen
Yesss!
it still is. u just have to look for it.. Even in the early 2000s late 90s the very best songs from the albums would NEVER be on the radio..
I remember too.....( Born in 69 ) but you know what ? I'm glad I lived through it, feel sorry for the kids now days & the shit they listen to......:=(
Mary sound perfect on this
Mary looks hott
Why do people get depressed? The life is not that bad. There are always those moments that make you smile even if they only last several seconds.
Life is too beautiful to give up. Keeping trying
Nice to see someone in it for more than Glory and Fame
my greatest thanks
Dylan Nutter
K. West! Kweli!
Got searched on the plane, Arabic first name
Disturbed by the fame just like Kurt Cobain
Breath of life, kiss of death, my lips pursed the same
You flirt 'til she came
Nothin' hurt like the pain and torture
Daughters of the dust lookin' for a vein
Something to take in vain like the Lord's name
Put your hands together, got 'em all sayin'
I try, I try
I try, you know I try
I try, I try
I try, you know I try
Yo, it's all ghetto in gear higher, the floor settle
More metal for beef that we don't let the law settle
I try to navigate the treacherous waters of
America's ghettos that set up the slaughteres
But there's more of us
Although we speak in different languages
We all pretty familiar with what anger is
Young and dangerous, ??
Get up on some gangsta shit
Guns to bang ya wit'
And we put it on records to entertain ya wit'
I'm grown with pains way deeper than Mike Seavers
Our uniforms is white sneakers and white T-shirts
On top of wife beaters
We like to light reefers
The 'hood need us for rappers, just ain't the right leaders
I put a lot into it
This is my product and I gotta move it
Stop the industry but you can't stop the music
An upside down kingdom where life is just not fair (upside down kingdom)
Some many sufferin' cuz deep inside they're scared (so scared)
Fear pumped into their veins to keep them from their destiny
Where would they be if you and I don't care?
I try, I try, you know I try
I try, I try, I try, you know I try
Yo, the things I'm seein' on the news is insane
A stock broker shoot his kid and throw himself in front of a train
A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all by himself
Two years old, eatin' ketchup and mustard, cryin for help
Tryin' to bring your struggle to life
The label want a song about a bubbly life
I have trouble tryin' to write some shit
To BANG in the club through the night
When people suffer tonight
Lord knows I try
I try, I try, I try, you know I try
I try, I try, I try, you know I try
Life is a beautiful struggle
People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle
Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle
Some people put it all together, make it fit like a puzzle
Come on, say it now
Life is a beautiful struggle
People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle
Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle
Some people put it all together, yeah
I try, I try, you know I try
I try, oh Lord I try
Everyday I
Upside down kingdom
Oh, they're so scared
Everyday on the news we can't look around with
Something somewhere
I try, I try, you know I try
I try, I try, I try, you know I try
Lord knows, Lord knows we try
Yeah
Life Is Beautiful
Life Is A Struggle
Life Is A BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE!
This video is so powerful. It meant a lot to me growing up. Still does to this day.
Talib and Mary w/ old Kanye Production. All that needs to be said really. Classic Track on a Classic Album.
Music that uplifts the people. . .
You know, we all try. This just tells the world so.
This song always makes me cry. I'm glad I grew up listening to artists like this. Might not be here otherwise.
Fuck, hiphop became a show at some point :( Back then, at the golden era, rappers wanted to be real and make something of themselves, they wanted to be remembered and they were having fun. Sadly some of them became obsessed with the money, losing what was important but they had to keep doing it so they faked it. Then they needed some fresh blood so they searched for other people who wanted the money and made them famous as well. People who have good songs still exist, lets make THEM famous
This is the song that made me dive in to hip-hop. Now after moving to House, DnB, Jazz, RnB, Techno, Punk, Funk, Soul and so many more I'm back
I miss the days of good music. Damn it.
still one of my favorites
how can people not like this song?