Everytime i put this on i almost wanna cry seeing those kids roam around town alone. brings back such wonderful memories of being able to just live free and explore and make memories everyday. Before the stress. before you understood. Thank you Hak Baker!
Thank god for jools Holland giving Hak Baker a platform on his show, don’t think I would feel as good as I do now on life’s conundrum, cant wait to see and hear him live, we all live in this crazy place called London, love it
Filmed in my local area.You can see the Quarterdeck and the other side of the IOD where I used to live and where my late Father sadly passed away. I love the East End and especially the IOD. Love that this super talented man has incorporated the East End Of London.
Thank you Mr Baker for loving my post. It has tickled me muchly. You are an asset and a valued member of East London and I wish you the v best of everything for 2018 and beyond. Take care Angie
Been listening to this weekly for the last six years. I came to it just after a childhood friend from my neighbourhood died, and hearing you sing about your friend on this song and album really hit me in that moment. I think he would have loved this song because we're from a similar place to East London, and I think about him every time I listen. Thank you, Hak, this is timeless music.
Talented doesn't do him justice but hes also a decent fkn bloke. Ona my mates (a big fan) hit him up on social on his birthday after a gig and invited Hak to a strangers birthday party. He rocked up and partied with the lads like a normal geez till silly o'clock. I wasnt even there but what a legend....hit him up, u never know!
love how relatable it is, also the way it symbolises a working class cultural change against the current gentrification. Off to check out more from this dude
.. something so sweetly melancholic about Hak Baker's "Conundrum" .. & why are Eastern ends of cities for the "less fortunate"? .. same here in Montreal (lived in E. LDN for a couple of years.. solid, solid memories) ... VOTE Green or Independent in the upcoming elections (warmongering Cons & Labour are out, but definitely) 🩷✌🏽(🇨🇦)
Nice song..... Hits the nostalgic button no matter where you're from or what colour you are.... but you're gonna crush your gonads jumping on the back of a bike like that.
Love this song, makes me reminisce and brings back good memories everytime I listen to it. Very relatable and an anthem for the bits definitely. Great work mate, smashed it!
Nice one Hak...gained another few fans had to look for ya after u badded up the Engagement party the other night!!! Loving the tunes!!! Keep doing what you do mate ...London got ya!! OI Oi !!!!!
[Spoken] Lovely [Verse 1] Well I grew up in the land of the sinners Home of the brave, bold and the winners Oh what I'd do to go back to winter Oh five chicken chips for our dinner You drive about wit' your mates in the ringer You selling weed to make ya pocket money bigger The old bill are always locking up my n*ggas Them white boys knickin' bikes to make figures [Chorus] Yo, growin' up in East London, sunny East London Chuckin' eggs at the corner of the junction At the corner of the junction Running from the old bill and their truncheons No we don't trust 'em Yo, growin' up in East London On the corner waitin' for conundrums [Verse 2] Everyday, everyday was a laugh The lads jumpin' in the docks for a bath All nighters in the blocks at the weekend You live once who cares about sleeping? We used to huddle 'cuz we didn't have heating I left my mum's I was tired of the beatings We miss Tommy all of us are still grieving 'Ere, can't wait 'til the day we re-meet him [Verse 3] Jump on the train down to south end (Twenty-five) young men all at their wit's end We're all in it for the love of shenanigans PRU units and anger management (It was) forty pence for a bus Still the lads jump in the back with no fuss We're jogging home to get changed To kick a football about in the cage oh [Chorus] Growin' up in East London, sunny East London Chuckin' eggs at the corner of the junctions At the corner of the junctions Running from the old bill and their truncheons No we don't trust 'dem boy 'dem Growin' up in East London On the corner waitin' for conundrums [Verse 1 reprise] See I, grew up in the land of the sinners Home of the brave, bold, and the winners Oh what I'd do to go back to winter Oh five chicken chips for our dinner You drive about wit' your mates in the ringer You selling weed to make ya pocket money bigger The old bill are always locking up my n*ggas Got the lad's sleepin' on London pillars [Outro] Mmm, mmm
How can somebody make inner city life sound so beautiful yet tell it how it actually is
Innercity Folk Music 🔊🎶🎶
That’s a conundrum
London hood
At last, a real English voice singing about English life.
More power to you, Hak.
Thank you matey
@@HakBaker k poo I’ll po lol p I’ll I’ll up😅😅 😊n I’m n
She'll be right mate 😂👍 stuey conundrum king Jackson's jealous
Still love this song. Great to come back and re-discover this gem every so often. Mad respect from the US. 🇺🇸🇬🇧 🤝
Everytime i put this on i almost wanna cry seeing those kids roam around town alone. brings back such wonderful memories of being able to just live free and explore and make memories everyday. Before the stress. before you understood. Thank you Hak Baker!
BBC Radio 1 brought me here, happy they did, great track
This guy live is the real deal would pay just to see him
Thank god for jools Holland giving Hak Baker a platform on his show, don’t think I would feel as good as I do now on life’s conundrum, cant wait to see and hear him live, we all live in this crazy place called London, love it
This is an absolute easy London anthem... brings me right back
Filmed in my local area.You can see the Quarterdeck and the other side of the IOD where I used to live and where my late Father sadly passed away.
I love the East End and especially the IOD.
Love that this super talented man has incorporated the East End Of London.
Thank you Mr Baker for loving my post.
It has tickled me muchly.
You are an asset and a valued member of East London and I wish you the v best of everything for 2018 and beyond.
Take care Angie
Been listening to this weekly for the last six years. I came to it just after a childhood friend from my neighbourhood died, and hearing you sing about your friend on this song and album really hit me in that moment. I think he would have loved this song because we're from a similar place to East London, and I think about him every time I listen. Thank you, Hak, this is timeless music.
I’m ashamed to say I’ve discovered hak today and I’ve listened to him from 7:30am until now and it’s 8:30 pm. Absolutely unreal this guy
Masterpiece ❤
This makes me nostalgic for a place I've never grown up in
You missed out zxx
Rip to all the friends we lost too soon
It’s the life we choose
That bbc three documentry put me on this song couple years ago and every month or two i come bk
Great show last night in manchester. Good vibes all round. That bottle of rum got downed on stage, quick time!!
Thanks for a great evening.
Talented doesn't do him justice but hes also a decent fkn bloke. Ona my mates (a big fan) hit him up on social on his birthday after a gig and invited Hak to a strangers birthday party. He rocked up and partied with the lads like a normal geez till silly o'clock. I wasnt even there but what a legend....hit him up, u never know!
Fantastic!!! Simple, but wonderful. Hello from the Pacific Northwest.
Ello!
lovely
I used to live on the Barkentine Estate back in the early 90's before the hipsters. Good to see the Tooke Arms still going strong.
Amazing to see this luvly video at under 10k views, knowing that some day it will be millions and millions.
Omg how have I only just found him. I’m sold. Cop cars cool kids and conundrum so far. Love it
That is how it is I love this song will love London
❤❤❤❤❤❤ god bless you 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Getting emotional now, a great song, and most of that was filmed around my flats at the end of Parsonage Street. Could almost see me bedroom :)
Belter of a song! Never grew up in east London but can totally relate to this 😂
Thank you Hero Fiennes Tiffin for recommending this....bloody brilliant song
Always take me back to me child hood in sunny east London. 👍🏻
love how relatable it is, also the way it symbolises a working class cultural change against the current gentrification. Off to check out more from this dude
It's like a gentle ballad with a pinch of grime. Wow ❤
Huge Hak fan
This was the one that hooked me
subtle nostalgic mischief
Fantastic voice. You are inspiring a lot of young people. Good luck. Radio 4 brought me here.
Heard this live on Radio 2 tonite this guy is fantastic.
Absolute musical poet , all the best fella
*relatable, even tho not from london, still, video & song strikes that particular chord within* :’)
first ten seconds when u say "lavely" instant smiler looool
capo on the 1st fret, chords are C,Am,G
Thank you
Thank you so much
Still listening to this daily!
In the 90s we had Finlay Quaye now we got this dude, loving this track and stylee
I’ll admit I hadn’t heard this before till #therealeastenders but what a song! Glad it brought me here!
Me to
glad u found him his music is beautifully real
Oi just heard this on radio 1 , 40p for a bus u kno old school days :-) reppin
Came her after seeing him at London's Africa Festival. He sounds just as good live.
Fantastic!!!!! Great to hear a proper cockney accent. Greatttttttttttttttttttt
.. something so sweetly melancholic about Hak Baker's "Conundrum" .. & why are Eastern ends of cities for the "less fortunate"? .. same here in Montreal (lived in E. LDN for a couple of years.. solid, solid memories) ... VOTE Green or Independent in the upcoming elections (warmongering Cons & Labour are out, but definitely) 🩷✌🏽(🇨🇦)
Life in one video he’s so creative I still wanna visit one day
I'm the same age as this guy and grew up in hackney .. going down to Southend mob handed are some of the best memories I've got of my teen years lol
This song made the festival lock off today
Это круто 🙌🏻
Hak baker is so underrated c
Gotta be the first track I've heard in ages that describes how it really was growing up in London! #uniquevoice #talent 🙌
promote promote promote this guy
Banger for days
1:28 say swear ?
I miss London 🥺
this guy has mad talent its crazy he sounds like king krule and loyal carner at the same time
Saw this performed on Later with Jools last night (25/9/18)
What a wonderful piece of music
One of my favourite tunes ever
How hasn’t this got more views man!!!
Real lyrics, proper relatable,
Hak keep doing your thing bro
Just heard hack on radio 2 with no Wiley quality tune love it already
Keep it coming! Good vibes ✌🏼
He talking about our childhoods 😉🇬🇧✊🏼 Brummies love this shit
Nice song..... Hits the nostalgic button no matter where you're from or what colour you are.... but you're gonna crush your gonads jumping on the back of a bike like that.
Love this guy he’s got a proper fresh sound 👍🏼
Only just found this track thanks to Apple Music. Has the same vibe as Hometown Glory by Adele, absolutely love the melancholic sound. Big Love!
Same haha, Apple Music put me onto this big time.
hed the same thing great suggestion from Apple Music
that ben howard vibe is always gunna be a winner! toplad hak👊
Love this track. Spotify brought it to me. oH, East London.
Im here because of Hero Ft interview. Nice song
Killed it bro, get some more music on Spotify!
Lots of love for mike skinner for making me aware of great artists like hak baker
hak mate, this is art.
This is on point. Come play in the U.S. sometime?
yo ma brother..that was tight..infact i m coming to join u sooon
Love this song, makes me reminisce and brings back good memories everytime I listen to it. Very relatable and an anthem for the bits definitely. Great work mate, smashed it!
Absolutely love this deserves to have a lot more views
Nice one Hak...gained another few fans had to look for ya after u badded up the Engagement party the other night!!! Loving the tunes!!! Keep doing what you do mate ...London got ya!! OI Oi !!!!!
Underrated tune🥶
I love this video Hak! It's got soul.
So underrated
SO so good. Shades of Billy Bragg. Really original, bit different to other stuff around at the moment. Love it
keep up the good work, this is awesome
I’m absolutely blown away by this
this song has something so unique and awesome!
Amazing uncle
IOD big up hak
BOMB
wow man thats tops! woopee!!
Love u uncle Hak
Racist
[Spoken]
Lovely
[Verse 1]
Well I grew up in the land of the sinners
Home of the brave, bold and the winners
Oh what I'd do to go back to winter
Oh five chicken chips for our dinner
You drive about wit' your mates in the ringer
You selling weed to make ya pocket money bigger
The old bill are always locking up my n*ggas
Them white boys knickin' bikes to make figures
[Chorus]
Yo, growin' up in East London, sunny East London
Chuckin' eggs at the corner of the junction
At the corner of the junction
Running from the old bill and their truncheons
No we don't trust 'em
Yo, growin' up in East London
On the corner waitin' for conundrums
[Verse 2]
Everyday, everyday was a laugh
The lads jumpin' in the docks for a bath
All nighters in the blocks at the weekend
You live once who cares about sleeping?
We used to huddle 'cuz we didn't have heating
I left my mum's I was tired of the beatings
We miss Tommy all of us are still grieving
'Ere, can't wait 'til the day we re-meet him
[Verse 3]
Jump on the train down to south end
(Twenty-five) young men all at their wit's end
We're all in it for the love of shenanigans
PRU units and anger management
(It was) forty pence for a bus
Still the lads jump in the back with no fuss
We're jogging home to get changed
To kick a football about in the cage oh
[Chorus]
Growin' up in East London, sunny East London
Chuckin' eggs at the corner of the junctions
At the corner of the junctions
Running from the old bill and their truncheons
No we don't trust 'dem boy 'dem
Growin' up in East London
On the corner waitin' for conundrums
[Verse 1 reprise]
See I, grew up in the land of the sinners
Home of the brave, bold, and the winners
Oh what I'd do to go back to winter
Oh five chicken chips for our dinner
You drive about wit' your mates in the ringer
You selling weed to make ya pocket money bigger
The old bill are always locking up my n*ggas
Got the lad's sleepin' on London pillars
[Outro]
Mmm, mmm
just found you man, wow, long time ago that i listened to such good lyrics....keep up the great work!!!
I grew up in East London !!!! E5 Clapton !!!!!
Nuttin but guns and stabbings
Sitting my my gaff in the jungle in india. this track pengs of nostalgia. Thankyou Hak. Form Phil Lowes Mate Richie
Yesyes
Anthem of the enddzz
Found ya through Noisey man, yer a breath of fresh air. Subbed.
Love this song!!
Heard this on xfm a couple of nights ago.
Class. 👍🏻
ILY SM
Brav you smacked it brother love fam all the way
GenuineGeezerLoveThatMan
Big Tune, great storyteller!
Very good well done class song
Bloody brillllyant!!!