“If the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never ‘cause a dance with the devil might last you forever” is one of the best hip hop lines ever
This is the first song that has actually made me feel physically sick, the lyrics are so vivid and haunting to the point where i can actually picture and see everything that hes saying. Masterpiece
Same goosebumps every time...I'm at around 2:45 ish and it already started since i know the end.. this song is just crazy.. but a masterpiece.... i think joyner lucas ross capicchioni.... that song is crazy like this one n so vivid. There's only a few lyricists that can do this...its so powerful. Will always hold this song as a classic.
It paints the world in its raw form I was super young when this song came out (I was about 4 when this came out) cuz I heard it when i was in middle school and it was the first song that made me wanna cry and hug my mum
The way he wrapped up the entire message of the song into that very last lyric “So when the Devil wants to dance with you, you better say never Because a dance with the Devil might last you forever” gave me chills sooo strong the first time I heard this. Rly made me realize how a few bad decisions sent me down a life of addiction and abusive relationships and homelessness
During middle of my addiction listened to this and it was like a freight train right through me as well. Its a masterpiece and love when artists actually rap about real shi*..
It doesn't. A dance with an entitled human thinking he is the Devil because he "killed" will be surprised to find out that in hell you don't kill, but your self and your want to keep acting the way you are. Also, did he go to jail since he said that "I was there?"
The line “Crying out to the sky cuz he was lonely and scared, but only the devil responded cuz God wasn’t there” is my fav part..it reminds me to never take Gods grace for granted
@@HazzaripHD and he ties it all together, by bringing it back to his first-person view perspective by placing himself into the story which genius. unfortunately to anyone who doesnt do some digging, it can come off as a real story. but immortal technique is a good dude. he’s gone to impoverished areas in different countries to help build homes for those areas.
It’s 2024, I’m 17, and it’s 3:25am on a Monday and I just listened to this. I’m appalled, shocked, blown away, disgusted, and amazed. Masterful work and amazing visuals.
For anyone wondering, HE DID NOT R*PE ANYONE, he said in a interview that it is a real story but he was not involved in the crime. He said that the song is to spread awareness on violence and crime will ultimately lead to the demise of yourself and the ones you care about.
Do people actually think he was involved in a crime like this? I heard this song for the first time like 10 years ago and I didn't come away from it thinking he was glorifying or boasting at all. It's more like a cautionary tale. Do some people actually think he did this? I've seen a few comments suggesting so but no actual accusatory comments. I know the song is unbelievably explicit and heavy but isn't that meant to be the point? Like if you listen to this and think: "cool, that's what I want.' You probably need some sort of therapy. This song doesn't glorify being a gangster at all. It's the complete opposite of that.
@@roryslaine7896 I don’t think people think he is glorifying doing these type of things nor does anyone want to do it. He literally said “I was there with billy Jacobs and I raped his mom too”. So on someone’s first listen wouldn’t it sound like he is writing from his own memory? They aren’t stupid they are literally listening to the song and no one thinks he is glorifying this, everyone knows it’s cautionary. Hope that clears your questions up.
@@TheNewAkil they’re mentally fucking stupid if they’re going to believe this is his life in a song.. they the same people who believe anything they read. meaning they gullible. gullible meaning they’re easily deceived from having none to very little intelligence.
immortal technique also said in an interview: “it was a true story that I made myself more of a part of when I wrote the song, it became an urban legend and what's sick is that people thought it was about rape and it was really about how we are killing ourselves and destroying the most valuable resource that the Latino/Black community has, our women.” and i agree with that i think the most important line in this song is: “So when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never Because the dance with the devil might last you forever”
I've listened to hip hop for over 30 years. This track has me spun for real. The story telling is so vividly clear that I don't know what to do but go and do something to make myself feel better about life. Amazing music. Just... wow.
"And he remembered how his mom used to come home late, working hard for nothing, 'cause now what was he worth?" This is the single hardest-hitting line. If you had a parent that tried their best to give you something more and you threw it away you'd understand how devastating this is.
My English professor reminded me about this song. We are doing a poetry lyric assignment and the only song she requested not to be used was this song specifically. And once she said it, I instantly got chills because this song is just like so chillin to me like it just had this power over it.
No other genre can bring this type of message across with such skill, empathy and cognisance. Long live the MC, the B-Boy, the bomber, the DJ and the student!
I first heard this 14 years ago now I'm turning 34 next week. Still one of the few songs over a decade and a half later that still gives me goosebumps.
First time listening to this, thought it was any normal, unfiltered rap song at first, until it got to the end. The lines about his mother and jumping send shivers down my spine and shocked me so much.
@@ban3d416I know but I'm talking about the person that commented prospective they worded their comment weirdly imo just like how you put I in your comment just now like I know what you are saying but the "If I weren't his mother" can be confusing to others also
Bro immortal technique saved my life, I remember when I first heard him while I took a fat hit of sour diesel out of an apple, I fucking ascended and told my parents they were perpetuating a corrupt system by forcing me to go to medical school
When I was locked up in Maryland and we ain’t have a radio, between me and my next door celly, we wrote like 6 pages of these lyrics. It was the only song we could recite word for word and it got me through it!
This really is a masterpiece. Whether the story is actually true or not it's so disturbing to imagine. It invokes feelings very few songs could even come close to.
he even said it in an interview he never did and he regret that verse he's just trying to tap into the minds that evil does exist and society isn't all it seems to be even if he has to do it in an first person perspective just cuz its first person dosent necessarily mean its true
Im not a religious man, i did go to church when i was a kid but when i grew up i didn’t care no more. After 10 years this song made me spontaneously wanna pray for my family and for the ones next to me. Never think about what a song might transmit.
@giacomofigus7169 I feel you. I was just thinkin' about making a comment to alllll these people that are so into this song that I do think there is something being transmitted.. you are right. Music is very powerful and it can be used for God or evil. I actually only heard of this song last night, when I heard about it from a producer on RAPZILLA CRITIQUE FRIDAYS named OnBeatMusic {it's every friday about 8pm, cool lil' community, maybe see you on sometime, you can be anonymous if you want though and just try to help people that pay and submit for help, sort of like a cool focus group}. He was tryin' to help this guy put more emotion into a song and he mentioned this one sooo highly where I wrote above in comment to someone's comment. But bro, you gotta be careful what you put in, cause God gave us a choice, free will bro, and if you pound something in, it's generally what you become if you know what I'm sayin'. Your parents started you right by putting God into you as young...so it's there, even if laying dormant. I'm gonna pray for you, and that the right laborer finds you. But man, you know we in the end times.. and we never know when that time is. The devil wanna catch you slippin'. Like if you check out "Who's the man" by Bizzle... he's tellin' of different outcomes from a moment, depending on how he acts, or what he does. Hey, I don't know whyyy I felt to come on to this right now and felt to write you as I was reading.. I just hope you're blessed. Maybe God wants you to draw closer to Him.
I heard it for the first time in infantry training from a guy Who is unfortunately no longer with us due to the war on Terror, Rest in peace canterbury
@@caydendoherty9850 Yeah, in "Kim" the thing that makes it even more psychotic it that he's doing the voice of his wife, and screaming to himself in his recording room.
@@user-zg5ur9ru7x I used to enjoy listening to that song. I was a young teen when MMLP first dropped and it was one of my fav songs. The play on voices, the lyrical drawing of each scene, the noise props he used. But for sure it's a dark song. What got me and I didn't realise till a few years later was the ending. Where MM was dragging the body back to the car boot. As for this song. It's dark as hell, and if you've listened to it once you'll listen to it again till you can clearly make out every scene. Then you'll shudder at your own thoughts.
Yeah just seen a meme ‘this new generation never had been cornered by an older friend in a high on weed in a Smokey garage to then showed them immortal techniques dance with the devil and it really shows’ Niche meme but hit so deep
the line "he was lonely and scared but only the devil responded because god wasn't there." is the DOPEST, HARDEST hitting line in rap. goosebumps every time.
Like most, this was the song that got me into Tech. I teach history and had a student who had a pretty rough homelife and was essentially raised by a single mom. His anger, pathological lying and praise of his estranged violent father had me showing him this. I'd never seen something actually make him feel remorse and empathy for his mom's situation before, only hope is that he at least respects her now instead of blaming her for his Dad "leaving" (by court order)
The instrumental aint talked about enough we get it its a shock song we aint gotta talk about it 10 years later but its so much more, so much philosophy and good sound. Thats what should be talked about
@@Pes._ your right immortal tec is true thespian of our time he's a genius if you ask me. I made a sign that says how come nobody is talking about dance with the devil ?? And I'm going to stand in traffic with it.
This was so intense seeing immortal rap this in person.. right before he started rapping he's telling the crowd how yes this fucking story is true.. talk about goosebumps!
This song is garbage. I used to like it when I was younger because it was dark and edgy, now I listen and cringe. The lyrics are subpar, the composition is muddled, the beat is weak. Nothing about this song is good besides the emotion of the first listen when you hear the twist at the end. Its a cringefest from there. It's edgelord rap.
Magnus Brix this is one of the best story telling songs ever you don’t have to like it and put it on your playlist but you have to at least understand that it’s one of the best storytelling songs out there, i can literally imagine everything that he is saying clearly which is what makes it a great song
@@MaxDesjardins_ you're obviously a troll because you're going thru comments posting nonsense. You probably listen to Lil Pump and Milo's. GTF Out of here!!
@@icee3936 nah, screw you! You and the dfresh person, obviously don't understand the message. You're probably a youngster from this generation that do not understand words, metaphors, storytelling, and wordplay. You probably listen to mumble trash. Intelligent people understand the message of the song clearly.
tonight I almost relapsed after nearly 4 months with no alcohol. I'm a major alcoholic, born and raised in Alaska, part native with a family history of alcoholism and violence. I'm no gangster, but that line just hit me hard. "So when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never, Because the dance with the devil might last you forever" I'm going to bed one more day sober than I was yesterday, the devil lost tonight
@@Ownage11111 you didn't lose man you only faltered. Getting hit doesn't mean the end, you have many days left to win. stay strong buddy and don't be hard on yourself about it
The actual skill to work this story into a song is sacred there's not enough people with this kind of mind it's art (Only English rapper who can tell a story is plan B listen to his song called drug dealer)
@@edialeprecious5348 I didn't compare a Dave song with this song... I just said Dave can tell a story well, How I Met My Ex and Lesley to name a few...
The question is, was it really his mother, or did he see his mother in the eyes of that woman and realize how far down he'd fallen. That was somebody's mother.
@@seekeroftruth69I feel like it was HIS biological mother because in the line right after he goes, “And he remembered how his mom used to come home late, Working hard for nothing, 'cause now what was he worth?” Meaning that SHE (his mom) was probably heading home from her job. And after that, it’s “He turned away from the woman that had once given him birth” which adds to the thought, But that’s what I take it as.
Just listened to this for the first time, I know I’m late but god damn that last verse gave me goosebumps throughout my body. Left me speechless. Possibly the greatest story telling song I’ve ever heard.
There’s another belting verse that is on the album version off Revolutionary Vol 1. Great album. This is an exception. Absolute banger. Rest of album top. He’s on about govts, corruption, classism, third world, America. Very left but makes some great points.
If you like kinda hard songs, take. A listen to la dispute. Every song is a story, especially King Park by La Dispute. It’s a beautifully told tragic story
Chill Pill Well,I wasn't giving any public opinions either :) Every commentator on youtube is a critic in his/her own rights,putting up whatever they feel is right. So did i. just chill......
Nicholas Frechen i said it earlier,critics are everywhere on youtube. I ain't arguing with one. XD I've been listening to both these songs for about 9-10 years,and there's something about the way slim raps those verses that make me like stan more. Believe me i haven't got anything against immortal technique but 'STAN' is better in lots of ways irrespective of the popularity factor of 1 over the other.
No joke this is the greatest rap I've ever heard. Everything from the story, it's message, the lyrics, the flow, and the chilling beat goes together so perfectly.
I remember i was maybe 10-11 years old maybe younger. I was at summer camp chilling on a table with my friends when our favorite counselor came over and starting having a conversation with us. We started talking about music and he recommended we listened to this song, so we did. Back then, I was disturbed, and felt as the song was meant to scare people, but now being older, I see the true meaning and masterpiece behind the lyrics and it’s truly touching and heartbreaking
Exquisite. Not a single breath wasted; each imbued with meaning, purpose. A message delivered by an angel not fallen (angel means messenger). More need to hear this profound insight expressed with music/rythym that can capture and hold ones attention as the words and story draw you deeper into the bleak, tragic and sad reality too many fall prey to. I hope this is spread far and wide; that it finds its way among the antithesis it shines its light upon.
I've never felt sick to my stomach listening to a song until I heard this one. Such masterfully vivid, eerie storytelling. Top 10 hip-hop tracks for sure.
same here....mid-2000's also for activists was a HUUUUUUGE period. Shame IT largely has gone quiet, it would appear, god we need his music now just as we did then. WOW this is powerful to this day.
I was a kid on napster when I found this song and it gave me the same chill down my spine just now at 35 cause he was right I never danced at that level but a dance with opioids is gonna last me for forever and he really is around you when no one can see him but he never forgets
1 minute in: “I should put this in my playlist”
End of the song: “I should take a walk to clear my head”
Ong this is so fucked up… my face at the end 😨
@Mellow. Nice music my dear 🤔🤔🤔🤝
fr
Righttt
Bruh I’m listening to it for the first time rn 😭 should I go walk first
“If the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never ‘cause a dance with the devil might last you forever” is one of the best hip hop lines ever
reall shit dont let it go over your headd
HIP HOP? ITS A TOP LINE .. THRU LIFE ...............god bless us all jesus guide us all
@@anthonyangerame2337open your eyes. You're on your own. There is no wizard helping you. Everything you've ever gotten is on you.
When* not if because its when, its not if. In this life the only 2 things that are true is death and evil trying you
because its tru man
the keys on “meet the grahams” brought me back here. two of the most chilling songs ive listened to
I’ve been waiting for someone to say this! The imagery was so similar, chilling and haunting.
that's why i'm here too
Me too
Me too
I saw a comment saying meet the grahams reminded them of dance witht the devil so i looked this up and...yeah i can see why they said that...
"Art is meant to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed" -Cesar Cruz
This fuckin song sucks
Holy CRAP
*Thank you* for that quote!!!
how can this comfort the disturbed…
@@KendrickLamarreal10182IDK it was just some cool shit I heard one day. Maybe it was the wrong place to leave it 🤣
I leave "likes" on people's comments just to bring them back to this song. .
300 Iq
y'know u don't get notifications for TH-cam likes, only for replies
Where's mine
yeah yeah daquan..
@@brandonb3273 I didnt say I left likes on people comments who were disliking...
“the devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for" -Tucker Max
time ?
@@junderwoodx5873 just a quote I once heard
@@junderwoodx5873 if u want to see him go look it up
Might steal that
@@axelschonefeld9315 go ahead I stole it too
“Crying out to the sky because he was lonely and scared, but only the devil responded because god wasn’t there.” Gave me straight chills.
the entire song gave me chills
"They say Death takes you to a better place but I doubt it" Hits hard
This is the first song that has actually made me feel physically sick, the lyrics are so vivid and haunting to the point where i can actually picture and see everything that hes saying. Masterpiece
This song is insane
my exact thought. and i have heard some pretty nasty lyrics
Same goosebumps every time...I'm at around 2:45 ish and it already started since i know the end.. this song is just crazy.. but a masterpiece.... i think joyner lucas ross capicchioni.... that song is crazy like this one n so vivid. There's only a few lyricists that can do this...its so powerful. Will always hold this song as a classic.
It paints the world in its raw form I was super young when this song came out (I was about 4 when this came out) cuz I heard it when i was in middle school and it was the first song that made me wanna cry and hug my mum
Same lol
“Cause he was staring into the eyes of his own mother” I know EVERYONES eyes lit up in shock when that line came
Literally sat there with my mouth wide open I was shocked
yeah
Nope I had no reaction
I was shocked bro
@@mapleleafmadeofdarkerice9018 wow, edgy..
The way he wrapped up the entire message of the song into that very last lyric “So when the Devil wants to dance with you, you better say never
Because a dance with the Devil might last you forever” gave me chills sooo strong the first time I heard this. Rly made me realize how a few bad decisions sent me down a life of addiction and abusive relationships and homelessness
During middle of my addiction listened to this and it was like a freight train right through me as well. Its a masterpiece and love when artists actually rap about real shi*..
This song is one of those you hear and can never forget
There will never be another song like this
It wouldn't be allowed in 2024
@@aoifeboyle9228Odd Future
@@aoifeboyle9228it wouldn’t be allowed cause class consciousness in hip hop is dead
@@_mirendal_ No its not m8 :)
’’A dance with the devil might last you forever’’ chills everytime
It doesn't.
A dance with an entitled human thinking he is the Devil because he "killed" will be surprised to find out that in hell you don't kill, but your self and your want to keep acting the way you are.
Also, did he go to jail since he said that "I was there?"
@@user-ou3ul6or4dbro pls make more research abt this song, he is rapping in a differant persons perspective
@@user-ou3ul6or4dDon’t think you get the point of the track
Look at the likes 😏😈
No it a Death word
The scariest thing is wondering how many stories like this have actually gone down in human history
Sick
This is my EXACT thought whenever I listen to songs like this
So scary man
I thought the scariest thing is if this is really true or mot
This is apparently based on a true story...
I don't know why but Kendrick's 'meet the grahams' has somehow lead me to this song ,it has the same eerie aura as this lyrical masterpiece
Weirdly, me too. Maybe because it’s two great rappers talking about how greed corrupts
samee
@Beemmeupz right....a true story always hit different....when it's haunting....👀
I saidd the same thing I knew I couldn’t be the only one !
They're both in A minor 🤔 just like flake likes em 🤢
The line “Crying out to the sky cuz he was lonely and scared, but only the devil responded cuz God wasn’t there” is my fav part..it reminds me to never take Gods grace for granted
one of the most haunting stories in hip hop. immortal technique is severely underrated. a song that can physically make you sick.
It's not real
@@HazzaripHD it doesn’t have to be real though
@@HazzaripHD and he ties it all together, by bringing it back to his first-person view perspective by placing himself into the story which genius. unfortunately to anyone who doesnt do some digging, it can come off as a real story. but immortal technique is a good dude. he’s gone to impoverished areas in different countries to help build homes for those areas.
ITZ MOR REAL THEN THE MEDIA YEE 🤘
Fr.
this is one of the darkest and most well written rap stories ever. it gives me goosebumps and chills everytime
I always get them when he says “he leaned over and put the right to her head” every time I listen to this song. Always have and still do
corny ahh 🤣
@@Caiman257 hooligan
@@Caiman257 u sound like u haven’t been thru shit in life . Buckle in kid
it gets me every time.. i don't think you can ever get used to it
Somebody still here in 2024 ?
Yeah
Yes . Me
this is not facebook stfu
Yeah me.great stuff❤
Almost daily
It’s 2024, I’m 17, and it’s 3:25am on a Monday and I just listened to this. I’m appalled, shocked, blown away, disgusted, and amazed. Masterful work and amazing visuals.
Something else this bro
For anyone wondering, HE DID NOT R*PE ANYONE, he said in a interview that it is a real story but he was not involved in the crime. He said that the song is to spread awareness on violence and crime will ultimately lead to the demise of yourself and the ones you care about.
thank you
Do people actually think he was involved in a crime like this? I heard this song for the first time like 10 years ago and I didn't come away from it thinking he was glorifying or boasting at all. It's more like a cautionary tale. Do some people actually think he did this? I've seen a few comments suggesting so but no actual accusatory comments. I know the song is unbelievably explicit and heavy but isn't that meant to be the point? Like if you listen to this and think: "cool, that's what I want.' You probably need some sort of therapy. This song doesn't glorify being a gangster at all. It's the complete opposite of that.
@@roryslaine7896 I don’t think people think he is glorifying doing these type of things nor does anyone want to do it. He literally said “I was there with billy Jacobs and I raped his mom too”. So on someone’s first listen wouldn’t it sound like he is writing from his own memory? They aren’t stupid they are literally listening to the song and no one thinks he is glorifying this, everyone knows it’s cautionary. Hope that clears your questions up.
@@TheNewAkil they’re mentally fucking stupid if they’re going to believe this is his life in a song.. they the same people who believe anything they read. meaning they gullible. gullible meaning they’re easily deceived from having none to very little intelligence.
Thought so
this song is a lyrical masterpiece
if you want a song with more lyrical genius, go listing to mural by Lupe fiasco
+David Marquez its alright he uses weak lyrcism tho this is more story telling honestly
This song gets deeper and tells a story while the other song gets into his views of the world
+David Marquez nah i meant mural its good but this isthe mona lisa of new york underground rap
Rob Gonz wasn't talking to you....
immortal technique also said in an interview:
“it was a true story that I made myself more of a part of when I wrote the song, it became an urban legend and what's sick is that people thought it was about rape and it was really about how we are killing ourselves and destroying the most valuable resource that the Latino/Black community has, our women.”
and i agree with that i think the most important line in this song is:
“So when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never
Because the dance with the devil might last you forever”
I've listened to hip hop for over 30 years. This track has me spun for real. The story telling is so vividly clear that I don't know what to do but go and do something to make myself feel better about life. Amazing music. Just... wow.
Do you by any chance know the 90s rapper AZ? He is a friend of nas
Man this story is loud and clear, he really was talking
"he cried out to the sky, cause he was lonely and scared, but only the devil answered, cause god wasn't there" That shit gives me goosebumps
Jeffrey that line hit hard
Only the devil responded* sorry to correct you but one of my favourite songs 😂
the whole song gives me goosebumps
Same bro God damn this song is still so fucking intense after all these years! Haven't listened to this song for 3 years
"but what he saw made him start to cringe & stutter cuz he was staring into the eyes of his own mother" that's what got me, for sure.
"And he remembered how his mom used to come home late, working hard for nothing, 'cause now what was he worth?" This is the single hardest-hitting line. If you had a parent that tried their best to give you something more and you threw it away you'd understand how devastating this is.
followed by "they say death takes you to a better place, but I doubt it."
I’ve seen like ten different comments saying one line is the most hard hitting and that’s how you know this song is one of the best on the planet
Ang nagmamataas ay ibababa, at ang nagpapakumbaba ay itataas -Mateo 23:12 🙏
Me
all the comments here is about a hard hitting line, people have basically summed up the whole song by now. So fkin cringe.
im truly convinced every high school senior should listen to this song
My English professor reminded me about this song. We are doing a poetry lyric assignment and the only song she requested not to be used was this song specifically. And once she said it, I instantly got chills because this song is just like so chillin to me like it just had this power over it.
As a kid raised by a single mother who worked her ass off at 2 jobs this song always brings a tear to my eyes appreciate your mom kids.
ong
Same
On the surface, this song is about r*ping and sinning. But at its heart, this song is about appreciating your mom.
come back
My mom is a drunk :(
"So he jumps of the roof and dies with no soul" gives me chills every time I hear it.
When did he say that?
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5:45
Facts man shit is wicked is out here.
It's 2024 but this track is still fresh as ever
Yup 👍🏼
Im replying so you can come back to this masterpiece
anyone in 2024?
Al d time
Me bro
Yessir
Yes sir!
I always come back
The line "He was staring into the eyes of his own mother" made me get chills down my spine. The lyrics is true pain tho
@@__fattified_ you too
I watched tuv too
"I was there with Billy Jacobs and I raped his mum too" ☠️
dude my heart dropped so fast
Thanks for the spoiler
This isn't 90's hip hop or 2000's rap. This is timeless. This is art.
Exactly I was looking for a comment like this!
You can literally put this song in a hip hop museum
And stil sick as fck
@@rigby6038, right. They act like it's enlightening. Yet it's only about the grimey street demons we try to keep our kids away from.
People will come back to this video in 1000 years and get shivers down their spine. Timeless piece of art for sure.
No other genre can bring this type of message across with such skill, empathy and cognisance. Long live the MC, the B-Boy, the bomber, the DJ and the student!
After any verse of this song, you wouldn't think the next verse would get darker and sicker than the last one
This is one of those you can’t put into a playlist you just have to come back when you’re done recovering from it
fax
Ong
Fax
Fax
Fax I listened to this song bout 3 months ago just came back to it
“So when the devil wants to dance wit you, you better say never, because a dance with the devil might last you forever”
Chills every time
"So when the Devil wants to dance with you, you better say never, because a dance with the devil might last forever"
*Goosebumps*
Andrew W gahh lee😩
u have 666 likes
it will
Chills reading you writing it!
I first heard this 14 years ago now I'm turning 34 next week. Still one of the few songs over a decade and a half later that still gives me goosebumps.
If Diddy wants to Dance with you better say never, cause a dance with Diddy might last you forever.
“A dance with the devil might last you forever” gives me chills.
nope unless you wanna break the bondage between him. The devil isnt God nor is he much powerful then God
@@akavakar8593 ??? lmao
@@kristofferfast112 Big ???, lad is out of it
@@_owl_ for real 😂😂
greed is the devil
First time listening to this, thought it was any normal, unfiltered rap song at first, until it got to the end. The lines about his mother and jumping send shivers down my spine and shocked me so much.
Same
So it would be different if it wasn't his mom?
Yes I think so
If weren't his mother, I don't think he would have committed suicide and continued to commit crimes with his new friends.
@@ban3d416I know but I'm talking about the person that commented prospective they worded their comment weirdly imo just like how you put I in your comment just now like I know what you are saying but the "If I weren't his mother" can be confusing to others also
My english is a little bad srry
This song that has u nodding ur head to the beat 30 secs in and quietly rethinking all the choices u made in life by the end of the song.
this is a MASTERPIECE . I can not describe how this made me feel.
Facts bro
This honestly has to be the coldest song I’ve ever heard Jesus Christ, Technique is special
"Agent Orange" by Cage is good, too.
Even more brutal then most Death Metal, I think.
Bro immortal technique saved my life, I remember when I first heard him while I took a fat hit of sour diesel out of an apple, I fucking ascended and told my parents they were perpetuating a corrupt system by forcing me to go to medical school
SubaruBastard95 D bro what
@@samuelwoodys yeah wtf lol
This shit is easily the most intense song I've ever heard.
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Yeah cause the BASE of the story happens every day
You havent heard daddy from korn for sure!
I had never heard this before and I don't even know what to think. Wow. That was a STORY.
Yup
"so when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never, because a dance with the devil might last you forever." shit was colddd
When I was locked up in Maryland and we ain’t have a radio, between me and my next door celly, we wrote like 6 pages of these lyrics. It was the only song we could recite word for word and it got me through it!
This really is a masterpiece. Whether the story is actually true or not it's so disturbing to imagine. It invokes feelings very few songs could even come close to.
How baked you?
Very :DDDD
ripitup32 not as r u
No-ones as baked as me
he even said it in an interview he never did and he regret that verse he's just trying to tap into the minds that evil does exist and society isn't all it seems to be even if he has to do it in an first person perspective just cuz its first person dosent necessarily mean its true
“The devil could be standing right next too you and you wouldn’t know it “. That give me chills every time
Devil = Bad Decision/temptation
Hes on my left...
The devil grows inside the hearts of the selfish and wicked.
gio burrito you pussy😂
Straight up ....
"He cried to the sky cause he was lonely and scared, but only the devil responded cause god wasn't there" such a hard line
Im not a religious man, i did go to church when i was a kid but when i grew up i didn’t care no more. After 10 years this song made me spontaneously wanna pray for my family and for the ones next to me. Never think about what a song might transmit.
@giacomofigus7169 I feel you. I was just thinkin' about making a comment to alllll these people that are so into this song that I do think there is something being transmitted.. you are right. Music is very powerful and it can be used for God or evil. I actually only heard of this song last night, when I heard about it from a producer on RAPZILLA CRITIQUE FRIDAYS named OnBeatMusic {it's every friday about 8pm, cool lil' community, maybe see you on sometime, you can be anonymous if you want though and just try to help people that pay and submit for help, sort of like a cool focus group}. He was tryin' to help this guy put more emotion into a song and he mentioned this one sooo highly where I wrote above in comment to someone's comment. But bro, you gotta be careful what you put in, cause God gave us a choice, free will bro, and if you pound something in, it's generally what you become if you know what I'm sayin'. Your parents started you right by putting God into you as young...so it's there, even if laying dormant. I'm gonna pray for you, and that the right laborer finds you. But man, you know we in the end times.. and we never know when that time is. The devil wanna catch you slippin'. Like if you check out "Who's the man" by Bizzle... he's tellin' of different outcomes from a moment, depending on how he acts, or what he does. Hey, I don't know whyyy I felt to come on to this right now and felt to write you as I was reading.. I just hope you're blessed. Maybe God wants you to draw closer to Him.
Easily one of THE most powerful songs ever written. Everyone has a story about the first time they heard this song. It changes you.
fr💯
I heard it for the first time in infantry training from a guy Who is unfortunately no longer with us due to the war on Terror, Rest in peace canterbury
Someone recommended this song to me as I said I can't stand rap...it's shit...this song has not changed the opinion.
@@DanParryPhotographylisten to yeat
@@yuckykent1355 no chance...you really think a song titled "yeat" would change my opinion on this genre lmfao
Without question the darkest song of all time.
Definitely a chilling song to listen to. Even though I've heard it alot I still get chills on certain parts.
And second is "Kim".
@@caydendoherty9850
Yeah, in "Kim" the thing that makes it even more psychotic it that he's doing the voice of his wife, and screaming to himself in his recording room.
@@user-zg5ur9ru7x I used to enjoy listening to that song. I was a young teen when MMLP first dropped and it was one of my fav songs. The play on voices, the lyrical drawing of each scene, the noise props he used. But for sure it's a dark song. What got me and I didn't realise till a few years later was the ending. Where MM was dragging the body back to the car boot.
As for this song. It's dark as hell, and if you've listened to it once you'll listen to it again till you can clearly make out every scene. Then you'll shudder at your own thoughts.
Nah, chapter 1 by xxxtentacion is dark af
Anybody here in 2024!!??
This is FOREVER💯✅️
Yeah just seen a meme ‘this new generation never had been cornered by an older friend in a high on weed in a Smokey garage to then showed them immortal techniques dance with the devil and it really shows’
Niche meme but hit so deep
Not exactly sure why after all these years but yes and I’ve listened 3 times already 😅
Every year !!!
Damn this is the first chilling song Ive heard and now Meet the grahams ❄️🔥
This song will never get old. And It's probably saved so many lives from going down this path with the dark realization of what can actually happen.
Fr
like raping and killing ur own mother? i don't think this song have much impact on that
@@pepito4868 what?
@@pepito4868 nah he means it all starts with somethin small
@@bulletinbreh4534 what?
the line "he was lonely and scared but only the devil responded because god wasn't there." is the DOPEST, HARDEST hitting line in rap. goosebumps every time.
fr fr
The only other artists that hits the same is bone thugs
Everywhere?
i got it as a tatt man
This whole song hits so fuckn hard. By far my favorite rap song ever
Darkest rap song of all time. Gives me chills every single time
Kendrick’s “Meet the Grahams” reminded me of this song.
SAME*
This song is so good, so sad, and so messed up all at the same time. The sample, his flow, is rhyme scheme, his story, his passion and feeling.
This song makes me feel so sad and shocked every-time I listen to it, I have no clue why I keep coming back to it.
The flow is so hypnotic , vocals so clear to tell a very sorry story. Just compelled to listen.
@@deadmangos8663 It’s A Spiritual Warfare Carnal
Omg ,everything u said was my exact thoughts,it's amazing ,talented,true,dark,sad,good,real,,so many emotions in one
Like most, this was the song that got me into Tech. I teach history and had a student who had a pretty rough homelife and was essentially raised by a single mom. His anger, pathological lying and praise of his estranged violent father had me showing him this. I'd never seen something actually make him feel remorse and empathy for his mom's situation before, only hope is that he at least respects her now instead of blaming her for his Dad "leaving" (by court order)
Bro the piano, the strings, the drums, his voice, the lyrics. This song sent chills down my neck, I had to pause it half way through just to finish it
😭😭
The instrumental aint talked about enough we get it its a shock song we aint gotta talk about it 10 years later but its so much more, so much philosophy and good sound. Thats what should be talked about
@@Pes._ your right immortal tec is true thespian of our time he's a genius if you ask me. I made a sign that says how come nobody is talking about dance with the devil ?? And I'm going to stand in traffic with it.
Believe bruh
It’s even more creepy as it’s the theme from Love Story, which is such a romantic movie.
This was so intense seeing immortal rap this in person.. right before he started rapping he's telling the crowd how yes this fucking story is true.. talk about goosebumps!
Who here in 2024 listening to this heart breaking master piece 🙌?
this song never loses its impact it has on me
Agreed. 💯
Listened for first time in 10 years again.
Crystals and astrology are false idols. Just like what billy was consumed by. And led to his and his mothers demise.
Excuse me
Ayo who the heck are you girl i swear i heard about you wtf
This isn’t even a song, it’s an experience 😮
Word.
Calebmufcthompson most songs I can’t visualize as clearly as this one
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This song is garbage. I used to like it when I was younger because it was dark and edgy, now I listen and cringe. The lyrics are subpar, the composition is muddled, the beat is weak.
Nothing about this song is good besides the emotion of the first listen when you hear the twist at the end. Its a cringefest from there.
It's edgelord rap.
Magnus Brix this is one of the best story telling songs ever you don’t have to like it and put it on your playlist but you have to at least understand that it’s one of the best storytelling songs out there, i can literally imagine everything that he is saying clearly which is what makes it a great song
Such a vivid chilling song dude. This kinda shit that tells a story while stoking emotions is crazy good. Ain’t much like this anymore.
Anyone here 2024??
He’s even not rapping, he’s telling a story of so many people
And hes rapping about it…
@@Aruarin 😹👍🏻
He seems to seamlessly mold his words, the man is an architect of our spoken language.
FaT nINO L
He's mainly talking about what he did and to not end up like him
This instrumental will never get old and fits perfectly
lyrics... not so much
@@MaxDesjardins_ bro what
@@MaxDesjardins_ you're obviously a troll because you're going thru comments posting nonsense. You probably listen to Lil Pump and Milo's. GTF Out of here!!
@@charlesthedeadlifter4376 no dude fuck this song it’s terrible
@@icee3936 nah, screw you! You and the dfresh person, obviously don't understand the message. You're probably a youngster from this generation that do not understand words, metaphors, storytelling, and wordplay. You probably listen to mumble trash. Intelligent people understand the message of the song clearly.
does anyone agree with me that Kendrick’s ‘meet the grahams’ diss towards drake just gives dance with the devil? the beat mostly.
That’s why I’m here, I’m guessing that’s what brought you here too.
@@SHAKE-S-PIERREbrought me here
@@SHAKE-S-PIERRE yep. Both tracks are so eerie
@@SHAKE-S-PIERREyeah
Its the piano and bass
tonight I almost relapsed after nearly 4 months with no alcohol. I'm a major alcoholic, born and raised in Alaska, part native with a family history of alcoholism and violence. I'm no gangster, but that line just hit me hard. "So when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never, Because the dance with the devil might last you forever" I'm going to bed one more day sober than I was yesterday, the devil lost tonight
keep going brother, one day at a time. sending love and blessings your way.
@@Ownage11111 you didn't lose man you only faltered. Getting hit doesn't mean the end, you have many days left to win. stay strong buddy and don't be hard on yourself about it
Native from the other side of the continent, I know your struggle brah. Labradoristan. Stay strong.
✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
I genuinely hope you’re still going strong.
"Devils used to be Gods angels that fell from the top".
I love that saying.
well thats exactly what demons are
Micah Mann lol exactly its not a saying😂
Prodigy Films he means that lyric
DARK ELEMENT "i'm falling and i can't turn back"
And Billy Jacobs fell from the top of the building it's a big theme in the song
One of the hardest songs ever made. Technique is A BADASS!!
One of the greatest rap lyrics ever. And so well performed. Classic.
I’m glad immortal technique is getting more attention. Makes me happy to see my guy get the credit he deserves.
But did the guy rapping actually r@pe her too?, first time listening to it so idk
come back
Did you hear him say he helped rape that kids mother🤔 And im assuming he also helped beat her and didnt stop them from killing her? 🤦🏾♂️
The actual skill to work this story into a song is sacred there's not enough people with this kind of mind it's art
(Only English rapper who can tell a story is plan B listen to his song called drug dealer)
In the UK, Dave is one of the only rappers that can do this well
oh fs
@@jxshrodgers so which of Dave song you can compare with this?
@@edialeprecious5348 I didn't compare a Dave song with this song... I just said Dave can tell a story well, How I Met My Ex and Lesley to name a few...
@@jxshrodgers ok
Ever since this Kendrick beef yall just been showing me even crazier rap stories😭
THIS SHIT IS DEEP AS HELL
wait a minute... that last part...was kinda...
Strange?
FR!!!
yeah
yea it really makes you think and stuff huh? like, damn this stuff really uhh makes you think and is super deep and stuff, right?
the way the line "he was staring into the eyes of his own mother" made my heart drop to my stomach so fast and filled me up with so much dread
The question is, was it really his mother, or did he see his mother in the eyes of that woman and realize how far down he'd fallen. That was somebody's mother.
@@seekeroftruth69I feel like it was HIS biological mother because in the line right after he goes, “And he remembered how his mom used to come home late, Working hard for nothing, 'cause now what was he worth?” Meaning that SHE (his mom) was probably heading home from her job. And after that, it’s “He turned away from the woman that had once given him birth” which adds to the thought, But that’s what I take it as.
@@demiseyt2395also says “she cried more painfully then when they were raping her”
@@seekeroftruth69also, he says in his rap “I was there and I raped his mom too”
The story isn't real so don't worry
Best story telling ever. So creepy.
i listen to Immortal Technique these days, years later, and i am blown away by how relevant and amazing he still is.
he has a good flow and is a good story teller
Just listened to this for the first time, I know I’m late but god damn that last verse gave me goosebumps throughout my body. Left me speechless. Possibly the greatest story telling song I’ve ever heard.
There’s another belting verse that is on the album version off Revolutionary Vol 1. Great album. This is an exception. Absolute banger. Rest of album top. He’s on about govts, corruption, classism, third world, America. Very left but makes some great points.
my first time too, woah heavy and strangely inspiring but then again i write music anyways
I've been coming back to this song for over 12 years, the last verse still gives me a chill up my spine everytime.
It’s incredibly touching
If you like kinda hard songs, take. A listen to la dispute. Every song is a story, especially King Park by La Dispute. It’s a beautifully told tragic story
To this day, still the coldest song I’ve ever heard
Edgy
Hell yes I live by some projects heard this at night and looked at the projects and I’m like damn
discscscs hows it edgy lmao name a song that paints a more vivid image as well as this song
@@jakjak4271 dawg turn off all the lights when your by yourself at night and listen to baby shark. That shit will change your world
@@ihatetheinternetitsawesome3578 he never did that dumbass
Chills, this takes me back. A classic
Bro my jaw is on the floor. Story telling skill in this piece is incredible, so vivid
The best storytelling song ever
Chill Pill not the best. that title belongs to 'stan'
Danish Sudan My opinion
Chill Pill Well,I wasn't giving any public opinions either :)
Every commentator on youtube is a critic in his/her own rights,putting up whatever they feel is right.
So did i.
just chill......
Nicholas Frechen For me
if Stan is a 10,DWTD is a close 9.5
Nicholas Frechen i said it earlier,critics are everywhere on youtube.
I ain't arguing with one. XD
I've been listening to both these songs for about 9-10 years,and there's something about the way slim raps those verses that make me like stan more.
Believe me i haven't got anything against immortal technique but 'STAN' is better in lots of ways irrespective of the popularity factor of 1 over the other.
“The devil follows me everywhere that I go, in fact, he is probably among one of you at my show”
Damn
Amougus
Amongstwhom
Ho hum... BORING
@@Zackish16 SUSSSSSSS
this story was told to him by a fan
This is something you can still listen to when you go more towards GOD 🙏 this is a real message.
Such a well-written yet haunting song...
No joke this is the greatest rap I've ever heard. Everything from the story, it's message, the lyrics, the flow, and the chilling beat goes together so perfectly.
Its not a song. Its a dance... With the devil.
@Logan Last Name yep thats how we say tripping in romanian. We having movies. This song its the perfect movie
The beat its hypnotizing
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Colors-Ice T
I remember i was maybe 10-11 years old maybe younger. I was at summer camp chilling on a table with my friends when our favorite counselor came over and starting having a conversation with us. We started talking about music and he recommended we listened to this song, so we did. Back then, I was disturbed, and felt as the song was meant to scare people, but now being older, I see the true meaning and masterpiece behind the lyrics and it’s truly touching and heartbreaking
My brother showed this to me when I was 7 and I was scared but by the time I was 12 this was one of my favourite songs
Dude this blows my mind. This is literally how I learned it too. Summer camp counselor got me hip to immortal technique
are you joking?
they clearly talk about rape, and an adult let a 10 year old listen to this???
@@Safalmao Honestly my counselors weren’t to dissimilar. High schoolers love to ‘troll’ kids.
Exquisite. Not a single breath wasted; each imbued with meaning, purpose. A message delivered by an angel not fallen (angel means messenger). More need to hear this profound insight expressed with music/rythym that can capture and hold ones attention as the words and story draw you deeper into the bleak, tragic and sad reality too many fall prey to. I hope this is spread far and wide; that it finds its way among the antithesis it shines its light upon.
What a fkn banger. Idk how I just remembered this song from like 15 years ago but I'm glad it popped in my head. Legend. 🔥🔥🔥
"But only the devil responded because God wasn't there." That line drives me insane. It's real despair
Huge facts
He's not there because you do very little to find him
@@Saint696Anger what is He ,Waldo?
@@loukaspsolaras8349 what 💀
@@jeremiahk282 do you not get it lmfao
I've never felt sick to my stomach listening to a song until I heard this one. Such masterfully vivid, eerie storytelling. Top 10 hip-hop tracks for sure.
Agreed. This is one of the haunting tracks to be released ever.
My exact feeling when I 1st time I listened to this song and still the only that made my stomach sick, that tells alot about this masterpiece...
Sir Psycho Sexy pussy
Makes you sick to your stomach because it's true! He doesn't try to make it a game an beautiful. But real and a warning to others.
Suicidal thoughts - Biggie
Undying love - Nas
Cleaning out my closet - Angel Haze
Skin - Chino XL
Some other great similar songs.
This is more than just a song. Straight up fucking art.
I come back to this song every now and then and wow it gets me every time.
When that beat changed, the lyrics changed. Shit gives me shiver down my spine till this day
The way the piano kicks back in when he says “and so he jumped off the roof and died with no soul” gives me chills
Is this song true story ?😭
same here....mid-2000's also for activists was a HUUUUUUGE period. Shame IT largely has gone quiet, it would appear, god we need his music now just as we did then. WOW this is powerful to this day.
@@AjAustin-oy2xdwe don’t really know, probably yes
I was a kid on napster when I found this song and it gave me the same chill down my spine just now at 35 cause he was right I never danced at that level but a dance with opioids is gonna last me for forever and he really is around you when no one can see him but he never forgets
Just listened to this for my first time ever, my body is covered in goosebumps. I’m getting so many chills. What a masterpiece
if this gave you goosebumps then you might be listening to closely lol
felt this.
U sound goofy 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
it aint that deep bruh 😂😂
@@bunce4056 he sounds goofy