Rapsody brought me here ..interview on youtube she said jean grae and lauryn hill inspired her.. Researched this.. Now everyday therapy.. I failed at 17 and let it happen as a man..i could of stopped it.. It hau st me to thia day the life me and my ex lost.. But she is happy now.. And i praise GOD FOR THAT i wanna sde her happy Even though she not with me.. Abortion is wrong.... Us men and women REAL MEN AND WOMEN who been thru it.. Know what im talking bout.. Ahit haunts u in ya quiet moments Early mornings And late nights... Kush helps some though😶😔 Lord i kno what ive done PLEASE FORGIVE ME
damn its crazy how common this situation in life is.. i think HALF of women go thru it.. i like shit like this. we can all relate to the song and video. hella deep. sad, but uplifting. its good to know you are not alone...
do you remember making this comment? Just take a look at all you have achieved since then. I've been a fan since The Transition. Keep doing you, brave lady.
This is a masterclass of storytelling and pain. I've just discovered Jean Grae and I'm over the moon I found her. Yet pissed off I've never heard of her before, she's lyrically incredible and her flow is liquid gold. She deserves to be much more well known, this is the hip hop I've been looking for and didn't know it. Amazing
"One of the best yet" Can only imagine what the world would have looked like, if they had forced everyone to hear this one, rather than Rhianna's Umbrella tune. But yeah, you have to be a real nerd if you ever want to hear a decent tune in the world we live in, proud to say I am :)
I've been listening to this song since the first time it was out. I try not to listen to it too often because it has such a strong hold on me. It's a visceral experience. It transcends hip hop by any means. Jean Grae, if you so happen to read this, just know you altered my life in ways I could only hope to pay you back in some way. I'm trying. To the rest of the individuals who somehow and for whatever reason found themselves here, watching this video, keep it alive. Love. I hope you find peace.
Jean Grae had one of the largest vocabularies on that study they did of both men and women. You got people listening to trash like Iggy and Nicki yet they're sleeping on Jean.
Christian Price I've been listening to Aesop for five years. The study was about him having the largest vocab in Hip Hop. He used the most unique words out of the first 35,000 lyrics he had in his discography. Labor Days and None Shall Pass are my favorite albums by Aesop.
"If I could swim a thousand lakes to bring your life back I write that, but infinity can't rewind facts you are divinity my primitive mind was struggling."
First time hearing of her and I'm super upset that i'm just hearing of her.. Now binge listening to her music. .Good LAWWWD, She's freaking AWESOME, She literally just jumped over everyone to be in my list of top 2. Lauryn Hill and Jean Grae are untouchable
The fact that people claim they love hip hop but won't support female emcees makes me very very upset. I found out that Jean Grae will be breaking away from rapping. She was one of my favorite rappers. I have all of her albums, including the eps she released. Here's to you #JeanGrae. I'm sorry
9th changed his style after leaving Little Brother but in his prime with the Boom Bap and soul samples, he was on top of his game. He's still good but nothing like his early stuff throughout the early to late 2000's.
i can tell you ive definitely heard almost everything possible thing rapped about in my 40+ yrs and nobody i can come close to think of has put such a deep personal woman experience like this on wax. takes a certain individual to lay it out there with the emotion and skill level like tht. Amazing.
I consider this as the greatest form of art. This Song is self-healing ,self-reflecting and lyrically in a club of few....that`s how it gotta be! 9th Wonder lay`d the most fitting Soundtrack to this .Beat is a diamond and a typical 9th Wonder piece of an almost forgotten art! I NEED MORE OF THAT
Damn!!! I feel these lyrikz so hard right now... she truely knows what she is talking about... I know... The truth becuase you end up different from how you were something a man will NEVER EVER understand... Tell it JEAN GRAE!!! This video really helped me in more ways than one Peace
Lyrics from Genius.com "If I could swim a thousand lakes to bring your life back I write that, but infinity can't rewind facts You are divinity My primitive mind was struggling Just to understand the meaning of life, forgive me I never told my mommy, I couldn't break her spirit She always wished her daughter, extraordinary thinking So I traveled alone, young, sixteen got in the habit of not stayin' at home Doing the sad walk like Bill Bixby, a dollar fifty Trips to the hospital so that Medicaid could fix me I couldn't eat shit. I fainted frequent. On cold floors and I pause and I think, keep it I'm lost, my four friends know And just fuck at the boys' apartments for rent, so I'm all wishin' that it's a dream ending soon I've actually erased a lot that I've been through (Chorus) See when the rain comes down, I know it's fallin' for me, and only for me And when the pain comes around, there's nowhere else I rather would be I know what I've done, Please forgive me Now all my bitter homies sayin' that's what men do Feelin' retarded for seeing partner potential On top of that, the doctors telling me a heart murmur I can't take it; I'm contemplating a Glock burner, a cop murderer I can't be, this can't be The tears streaming and I can't see, they lance me And I'm passin' out, and this is just for blood They had to cover the mass amounts, I've had enough And you don't know what it's like in waiting rooms And outside their picketing pictures could slay you Their screamin' victims, and spitting till they shame you I hold my head low and shiver push my way through They put you in a room, where you can change into Your gown and shower cap, shaking as a fiend would do And that's when you think of leaving, fleeing the building and then they call you and you hear the call of your children They count down from ten now, you wanna stop 'em but you say it in your head, your out for the cut Then you wake up in another room with plenty others They call it recovery; you're thinkin' we ain't mothers And then prescription pills, written a 'scrip with chills An understatement, you're dressed but you're naked still And your brain won't think straight Wait - Can't finish this (Chorus) I kept it bottled up; my parent's found the pills Screaming God what have you done? Cried till I snotted blood, then got a gun My temper ran quick tho, from the thought, then the worst I was caught in the same place A year later, for me that's when hatred started My faith martyred, I've dated a father but farther, then I moved on Years past, the guilt's worse and it builds till your heart' smashed Then I miscarried 22 age, I was headed to a breakdown Swallowed up some pills and I laid down I was a failure at that too, bailed from the rap then but fate took me back in Sing is a tattoo my fingers attached with Twenty-seven with three kids that I never met What if I was Catholic? Wonder if they hate me? Thinking how their mother could ever murder? Well take me hell - to the depths where the brimstone chokes me constantly I am a monster, see How could I possibly correspond with God when I gave the authority to end that life? But it's never over, even if we have a child They coulda had a brother or sister or both I'm thinking about another life that almost got close Prayin' that in another time we coulda' changed posts If I could just reverse time, I would I don't know what I would do, honestly it's not good I'm sorry"
She’s too dope. This is so deep & real most never heard of her glad I’m from upnorth very lyrical and poetic MC I consider more an 90s joint 91-94” very under rated I’m always gone listen to her music.❤️❤️💯💯 CLASSIC
she has to be one of the best Female MC's of all time. First heard her on Soda and Soap and then Hold U by Masta Ace. When i heard that verse in the perspective of a microphone, i knew she was something special.
People don’t appreciate music like this.. the music we do is so hard to grasp! Love this
Rapsody brought me here ..interview on youtube she said jean grae and lauryn hill inspired her..
Researched this..
Now everyday therapy..
I failed at 17 and let it happen as a man..i could of stopped it..
It hau st me to thia day the life me and my ex lost..
But she is happy now..
And i praise GOD FOR THAT
i wanna sde her happy
Even though she not with me..
Abortion is wrong....
Us men and women REAL MEN AND WOMEN who been thru it..
Know what im talking bout..
Ahit haunts u in ya quiet moments
Early mornings
And late nights...
Kush helps some though😶😔
Lord i kno what ive done
PLEASE FORGIVE ME
When she came out her fan base was probably all male.
I always come back to this song every year ❤️
damn its crazy how common this situation in life is.. i think HALF of women go thru it.. i like shit like this. we can all relate to the song and video. hella deep. sad, but uplifting. its good to know you are not alone...
do you remember making this comment? Just take a look at all you have achieved since then. I've been a fan since The Transition. Keep doing you, brave lady.
Oh shit Reverie up in here! Mad props and love to you for all you've achieved 😊
This is a masterclass of storytelling and pain. I've just discovered Jean Grae and I'm over the moon I found her. Yet pissed off I've never heard of her before, she's lyrically incredible and her flow is liquid gold. She deserves to be much more well known, this is the hip hop I've been looking for and didn't know it. Amazing
I absolutely agree with you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
"One of the best yet"
Can only imagine what the world would have looked like, if they had forced everyone to hear this one, rather than Rhianna's Umbrella tune.
But yeah, you have to be a real nerd if you ever want to hear a decent tune in the world we live in, proud to say I am :)
The realest song I ever heard in my life from any female.
Or perhaps, one of the realest songs you've ever heard.
M.Dee Agreed...
one of the realest songs at all.
Anthony Echols hard knock life for real
I've been listening to this song since the first time it was out. I try not to listen to it too often because it has such a strong hold on me. It's a visceral experience. It transcends hip hop by any means. Jean Grae, if you so happen to read this, just know you altered my life in ways I could only hope to pay you back in some way. I'm trying. To the rest of the individuals who somehow and for whatever reason found themselves here, watching this video, keep it alive. Love. I hope you find peace.
Christian Landa the depth with which you speak #heartfelt
Christian Landa 🙌🏻👌🏻
"How cud I possibly correspond with god when I gave the authority to end dat life" that line gave me chills, it really touched me for real...
She’s one hell of a storyteller. I love her music
Jean Grae had one of the largest vocabularies on that study they did of both men and women. You got people listening to trash like Iggy and Nicki yet they're sleeping on Jean.
+Bryan H. tryin to keep us blind but the truth is the light........jean grea all day
+Bryan H. Yes!
check out Aesop Rock he has the most original lyrics according to studies
Christian Price I've been listening to Aesop for five years. The study was about him having the largest vocab in Hip Hop. He used the most unique words out of the first 35,000 lyrics he had in his discography. Labor Days and None Shall Pass are my favorite albums by Aesop.
Do you have a link to the study? Drop knowledge! She is definitely an underrated female rapper in this game.
2024 still banging Jean!!!
I listen to this song 10 times a day
Tatyana Morris feel you this is a classic
Freaking underrated
This is where I am now. I keep it on repeat and I mourn my child that I lost to my selfish carelessness and sinful youth.
"If I could swim a thousand lakes to bring your life back I write that, but infinity can't rewind facts you are divinity my primitive mind was struggling."
As a man, this song brings tears to my eyes upon every listen. Can’t usually finish it for this reason.
You're a wonderful person. A beautiful soul.
that just goes to show you how wicked and evil this world is not to play this woman's music on the radio
first song that.. made me cry
her story is MINE....
i felt every word she said .
This beat gives me goosebumps 😮
Me too lol
You can't even include the word female when praising her, cuz she is one of the best rappers ever
Rembrandt memoirs..
Damn, such a real outlook ... Not enough female MCs that are good like Jean
Who’s here 2024 🙌🏾🔈
First time hearing of her and I'm super upset that i'm just hearing of her.. Now binge listening to her music. .Good LAWWWD, She's freaking AWESOME, She literally just jumped over everyone to be in my list of top 2. Lauryn Hill and Jean Grae are untouchable
The fact that people claim they love hip hop but won't support female emcees makes me very very upset. I found out that Jean Grae will be breaking away from rapping. She was one of my favorite rappers. I have all of her albums, including the eps she released. Here's to you #JeanGrae. I'm sorry
omg seriously shes.not rapping anymore? sadd:/
really... she good
I know she is I just miss her:)
Raps but she a talented singer
women won't even support female emcees so what does that day
First time hearing this....it relates to me so much #on repeat
9th changed his style after leaving Little Brother but in his prime with the Boom Bap and soul samples, he was on top of his game. He's still good but nothing like his early stuff throughout the early to late 2000's.
2021 still the coldest female in the game
"...when the rain comes down, I know it's falling for me, and only for me..." DOPE.
My favorite part
GOD Bless Jean Grae! It took her a lot of courage to release this track.
this song makes me always cry omg love 9th wonder who do the fukin beat and jean 4 tha story AMAZING
Was on the train the other day looking out the window and this song came to me. Used to play it loud in my 1st apartment back in 09. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I always shed a tear when I hear this song. SOO beautifully written.
9th Wonder goes in hard.
Jean Grae the GOAT
Absolute Genius.
Codeine Fiend Not at all...
Bootney Lee Farnsworth you mean absolute Jeanius
I remember hearing this song 10+ years ago and then randomly popped into my head today! Deep song.
madly in love with jean grae since 06
MF Grant she my virtual music Sister lol...Come Philly
i can tell you ive definitely heard almost everything possible thing rapped about in my 40+ yrs and nobody i can come close to think of has put such a deep personal woman experience like this on wax. takes a certain individual to lay it out there with the emotion and skill level like tht. Amazing.
You ever heard KA? You'd love his catalogue
Reminds me of Rapsody. This is the kind of hip hop I personally listen to.
Linda Dlamini support the real
Jean Grae is her mentor
true dat rhapsody kinda copied jeans flow...but they both good rare gems in this multitude of wack rappers
Jean Grae Rapsody, Snow the product, Rah Diggah and Remy Ma should form a Femcee group
@@darrionreed1240 please take the F off lol 😂 no hate, but that's just bad. Emcee is fine. They could just be named cleverly
made me cry... i love Jean Grae
Love her
9th WONDER THE 🐐
The potential Row v Wade overturn brought me back to this masterpiece.. Peace to all the women out there
2024 still listenning ❤Jean Grae o ❤ u sis
I consider this as the greatest form of art. This Song is self-healing ,self-reflecting and lyrically in a club of few....that`s how it gotta be! 9th Wonder lay`d the most fitting Soundtrack to this .Beat is a diamond and a typical 9th Wonder piece of an almost forgotten art! I NEED MORE OF THAT
i love you jean really dopest and truest 1 in a mill ....peace1
Begging Jean to put this on Spotify
TIMELESS!!!
real deep shit I miss real rap music 😢 music has died
no it hasn't mate, you can only really say that if you've listened to every artist and track ever, so let me ask you , have you?
Definitly wouldn't mine hearing a Jean Grae + Kendrick Lamar collabo
Jeremy Dixon or $kaduf, he did a track called Nostalgia.
Say word!!!
For real!
She's easily in my top 50.
what a lovely lovely song/story ,it captures the mood ,i dnt doubt that its true, and i just lite the fire to another get way ,i'll be back soon
why is this album so hard to find
Dope song, takes me back to the glory years of the 90's.
Dope Song off a classic album.
This instrumental is so nice
One of the best I've heard
This is art.
Heard Jean From The Illest.Revolutionary vol.1 by immortal technique till then I knew she was dope and a beauty.
this is now my favorite everything... thank you so much
hands down..jean u 1 one my fav's.. luv this..
Love this jazzy 9th wonder production
i've loved this song for YEARS how the hell am i just now seeing this video. omg i love it
Damn!!!
I feel these lyrikz so hard right now...
she truely knows what she is talking about...
I know...
The truth becuase you end up different from how you were something a man will NEVER EVER understand...
Tell it JEAN GRAE!!!
This video really helped me in more ways than one
Peace
I love it! Nuff Respect!
Yeah, one of the best songs on Jeanius. Jean Grae one of the dopest female mc's! great vid!
RESPECT !!! Loved it ...Bless
She is so beautiful and can spit masterpiece
Absolute great, Jazz influenced Hip Hop is so soulful, and Jean Grae is an amazing artist. Fantastic sample...
Wow . . this is Deeeep !
Why isn't this on spotify?! :(
Im so in love with Jean right now
Much respect 2 Jean love this video. Too real but a real message.
Damn, this is such a great song. Plus, she's looking cute as hell in this video.
poethic. grazie mille
Lyrics from Genius.com
"If I could swim a thousand lakes to bring your life back
I write that, but infinity can't rewind facts
You are divinity
My primitive mind was struggling
Just to understand the meaning of life, forgive me
I never told my mommy, I couldn't break her spirit
She always wished her daughter, extraordinary thinking
So I traveled alone, young, sixteen got in the habit of not stayin' at home
Doing the sad walk like
Bill Bixby, a dollar fifty
Trips to the hospital so that Medicaid could fix me
I couldn't eat shit. I fainted frequent. On cold floors and I pause and I think, keep it
I'm lost, my four friends know
And just fuck at the boys' apartments for rent, so
I'm all wishin' that it's a dream ending soon
I've actually erased a lot that I've been through
(Chorus)
See when the rain comes down, I know it's fallin' for me, and only for me
And when the pain comes around, there's nowhere else I rather would be
I know what I've done, Please forgive me
Now all my bitter homies sayin' that's what men do
Feelin' retarded for seeing partner potential
On top of that, the doctors telling me a heart murmur
I can't take it; I'm contemplating a Glock burner, a cop murderer
I can't be, this can't be
The tears streaming and I can't see, they lance me
And I'm passin' out, and this is just for blood
They had to cover the mass amounts, I've had enough
And you don't know what it's like in waiting rooms
And outside their picketing pictures could slay you
Their screamin' victims, and spitting till they shame you
I hold my head low and shiver push my way through
They put you in a room, where you can change into
Your gown and shower cap, shaking as a fiend would do
And that's when you think of leaving, fleeing the building and then they call you and you hear the call of your children
They count down from ten now, you wanna stop 'em but you say it in your head, your out for the cut
Then you wake up in another room with plenty others
They call it recovery; you're thinkin' we ain't mothers
And then prescription pills, written a 'scrip with chills
An understatement, you're dressed but you're naked still
And your brain won't think straight
Wait - Can't finish this
(Chorus)
I kept it bottled up; my parent's found the pills
Screaming God what have you done?
Cried till I snotted blood, then got a gun
My temper ran quick tho, from the thought, then the worst I was caught in the same place
A year later, for me that's when hatred started
My faith martyred, I've dated a father but farther, then I moved on
Years past, the guilt's worse and it builds till your heart' smashed
Then I miscarried 22 age, I was headed to a breakdown
Swallowed up some pills and I laid down
I was a failure at that too, bailed from the rap then but fate took me back in
Sing is a tattoo my fingers attached with
Twenty-seven with three kids that I never met
What if I was Catholic? Wonder if they hate me?
Thinking how their mother could ever murder?
Well take me hell - to the depths where the brimstone chokes me constantly
I am a monster, see
How could I possibly correspond with God when I gave the authority to end that life?
But it's never over, even if we have a child
They coulda had a brother or sister or both
I'm thinking about another life that almost got close
Prayin' that in another time we coulda' changed posts
If I could just reverse time, I would
I don't know what I would do, honestly it's not good
I'm sorry"
Chills! Too real the won't play it mainstream. Smh
LOVE
This song is SICK. Love Jean!
Inspired by it hard bars
first time hearing your music..it's amazing!..instant fan.
One of the greatest emcees of all time....the Phoenix. Jean Grae
It's my 1st time listening to her, I can't stop repeating this song
Hey I didn't know she had a video for this. I like this, very good video and song.
Wonderfull voice speeking true words!
WOW! speechless.
WOW THE FLOW GO ALONG WITH THE APPEARANCE, PERFECT COMBINATION!!
u just never know what a person deals with on a daily basis...how much pain they carry around!!! & not everybody is strong enough to make it...
Been looking for this song since I went song searching when I was 15, im 21 now and it still makes me cry.
jean is such a great story teller she should be listed not only as one of the top female m.c.'s but best m.c. of all time
Phenomenal video and song. Definite classic, so soulful. 9th did his thing on the beat.
Classic
love jean grae she changed the way i feel about music ..this song right here made me cry too!! i love you jean!!
Jean Great!!!! this is Hip Hop,
Damn, this song, and this video... quite simply art.
Very insightful and inspiring. Healing has to happen.
Next to Roxanne Shanté, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, MC Antoinette and (The 90's) Lil' kim she's the best female MC I know. You deserve more views!
Sick tune!!!!
this sista is the Queen no question.
Wow just discovered her to day. Just wow, she raps with pure emotion. She's a jem
To me, Jean Grae is one of the dopest MCs ever.
She’s too dope. This is so deep & real most never heard of her glad I’m from upnorth very lyrical and poetic MC I consider more an 90s joint 91-94” very under rated I’m always gone listen to her music.❤️❤️💯💯 CLASSIC
100% love this
I discovered Jean in 08 when Talib Kweli 'Hot Thing' remix dropped and loved her voice
She dope as Hell
she has to be one of the best Female MC's of all time. First heard her on Soda and Soap and then Hold U by Masta Ace. When i heard that verse in the perspective of a microphone, i knew she was something special.
Jean Grae love your music please keep it coming. You do have fans that follow you.