his charity took in something like 16 million dollars and he wasted it all. there was a criminal investigation. his charity was closed shortly after... that's why no one cares about this song. he's a douche bag and a liar.
his songs are so underrated. my eyes were opened after i joined the army. it really is ignorance. i was wrong about many races actually and was pleasantly surprised. and i would have bled for them. songs like this make me think of them.
This song is some of the reallest shit I've ever heard, I remember hearing this when I was a teen, Wyclef's song still rings true after all these years.
wisdom? it's really dumb. he's just saying he would solve all the worlds problems but... where's the wisdom? you think he's the first one to think of curing aids and cutting funding to wars? ...and by the way, his charity took in something like 16 million dollars and he wasted it all and there was a criminal investigation. his charity was closed shortly after... he'd make a terrible president. lol
Beautiful song. I know some people too that only shower when it rains. I feel so close to those people when i go back to my fatherland i never hang with people that have it all. I have a friend who is a professional soccer player playing real madrid this month in Morocco. We grew up together since Kids after that my parents moved from northern africa 2 europe. I hang with the junkies and poor. While i am not a junkie. But they are reallest i ever met. Stay humble thats my message.
Dude, you got to do some research bro. President Moise was a horrible man. Just cause he was democratically elected does not make him a good person. With all due respect, educate yourself on the grim side of Haiti’s political cabinet. #falseprophet
Didn't know He has a video for this.. I used to sing this all the time.. Wyclef is amazing! He always speaks the truth and does so much for his country.
Black man did 2 terms president and not a single assassination attempt? And this is a "real song" to morons with LOW IQ's. Plain and simple. That is truth.
this always makes me strongly emotional truth music. praise to whatever god you belive is truth. the people need to unite in love not in forced politics. who ever is out there i love you! i hope the best for you and your families. we are the power together!
D O P E ! ! Damian and Steven Marley, ain't got nothing on Clef , when it comes to purveying the spirit of Bob! Fake, less passionate, me, me, me VS. Real , coming straight from the heart, you,you,you . One love.
That j.f.k line was cold. The whole song is powerful. Respect. I remember hearing this on chappelle show back in the day. Didnt resonate like it does now..especially the children of Moses line
So beautiful. Music like this used to inspire people. None of this music is widely conceived anymore, I'd like to say that's a reason why the youth and population doesn't fight to keep truth, equality, and freedom within their grasp. The art of inspiring & beautiful music has been lost in the general populations to the point that people say these type of artists aren't good. I lament it. It's tragically sad. Keep your minds open people, much love.
Great lyrics, especially the chorus, funny yet so sad (and true). BTW, this is not a song about a black man becoming president. This is a song about an honest person becoming president, one who is not lying to the world and to his own people, like Bush, Obama, Reagan, and every other "Leader of the Free World", with the exception, maybe, of "JFKill".
Wyclef...I love this song. It sounds amazing and truly from the soul. It's inspirational and hopefully one day you do become president and govern a country the way it should be by giving reparations, giving money to the poor, and make a state of equality where everyone feels and is treated fairly.
because there wasn't a federal highway system. If you have ever you used a toll free highway you have used tax dollars. If you wanna complain about misappropriation of funds ill give you that, but only a fool believes taxes are bad. If used right the can create a better tomorrow, without you doing anything.
You are saying we need taxes because the government i bigger now and i am saying i don't want to pay taxes because i don't want to live under a large government. I'll take my freedom and you take the slavery. Also the government has done a lot more with the taxes since it has given them unlimited money under a monetary system.
john doe You can choose your freedom and seclude your self from the rest of society and you may do fine. But taxes can and do, look at Europe, help people. I want to live where are people are treated fairly, given opportunity to survive and thrive, and people are able to pursue their own happiness. In order for those all to occur it requires cooperation. If you are anti-government that is fine, but in order for that world to exist a large "entity" needs to be created to provide protection, stability, and support, as well as infrastructure and other services. There needs to be a method for taken funds from the extravagantly rich and allocating them to the less fortunate. Back to my original post, I think that the system is not good, but is moving in the right direction and can be amended to provide my aforementioned ideals.
Yes as a war vet yes fuck forien policy how about we no child goes hungry in the richest country in the world who about every child is educated every child has a chance instead of us sending of to war cause they never had a chance
after investigation, an auditor found he used hundred's of thousands of dollars from his so called "charity" for haiti on himself, some whore, and his friends. Nobody fucks with a person who sings about peace and prosperity and then turns their back to commit massive selfish acts. That's what happened to clef.
If I was president, Rihanna would be both my secretary of defense and treasury.. and I would get impeached for having an affair with her.. MIA would be secretary of state/education.. Still trying to fill the other positions lol..
Chappell show brought me to this place as well
same here!!!
me too
+Cody Sherrin if I was the president
Same
same here
One of the most underrated songs of all time.
his charity took in something like 16 million dollars and he wasted it all. there was a criminal investigation. his charity was closed shortly after... that's why no one cares about this song. he's a douche bag and a liar.
Bring it back. 🖤🇵🇸✌️
Clef is a genius. Give it to him. One of the finest music lord. Who is here 2023??
his songs are so underrated. my eyes were opened after i joined the army. it really is ignorance. i was wrong about many races actually and was pleasantly surprised. and i would have bled for them. songs like this make me think of them.
Real talk
Too bad serving our country was serving Satan.
He is one the greatest musical lord in this planet earth.
I love when he says that the radio calls it rebel music. This song is truly amazing....we need more music like this. Music with a strong message.
This song is some of the reallest shit I've ever heard, I remember hearing this when I was a teen, Wyclef's song still rings true after all these years.
I really didn't truly understand till after Obama era. This is literally what happened to him in office
Great song - enjoyed singing on it!
Nice
Did you really
You are gorgeous.
Awesome!
Enjoy your great and precious life.
WHY ISN'T THIS VERSION ON SPOTIFY???😭😭😭😭😭😭
It's the truth🤷♂️
Rebel music
facts.
i felt that on every level
I agree. By far the best version!
Who still playing this is 2020 we need him lol
Yes 2021 and still playing
@@shedjdj4515 almost 2023
2024 😊
This song holds a special place in mine and my husband’s hearts. Thank you for your words of wisdom sweet wyclef.
wisdom? it's really dumb. he's just saying he would solve all the worlds problems but... where's the wisdom? you think he's the first one to think of curing aids and cutting funding to wars? ...and by the way, his charity took in something like 16 million dollars and he wasted it all and there was a criminal investigation. his charity was closed shortly after... he'd make a terrible president. lol
The radio wont play this
Victor Eligio why ?
Because they call it rebel music
REAL SHIT !!!!!!!!
Same reason they didn't play much Waylon and Willy outlaw music
im starting a conscious music radio!
this world needs more positive music like this
“I know some poor that when it rains that’s when they shower” that line hit hard
Beautiful song. I know some people too that only shower when it rains. I feel so close to those people when i go back to my fatherland i never hang with people that have it all. I have a friend who is a professional soccer player playing real madrid this month in Morocco. We grew up together since Kids after that my parents moved from northern africa 2 europe.
I hang with the junkies and poor. While i am not a junkie. But they are reallest i ever met. Stay humble thats my message.
Carmine Galante Whoa mate. You can get a man out of the gheddo, but you can't get out the gheddo of a man ❤ Real realize real
You are who you associate with.✌🙂👍
Tell the children
the truth
2023 and still one of my favourite classics 👌
You have to come back to this song every 4 years. Big up the message for the times, past and present .
This the truther’s burden of proof you ain’t getting no change out of the election booth.
We need his "rebel" music now more than ever... Keep the hits coming Wyclef
2024 calling what’s up y’all? 🖤✌️🇵🇸
'' Your soul is worth more then diamonds and gold '' .. Best line in this great song
just saw this on comedy central
And I did 8 minutes ago.
Young orange been cultured for years
Lols the Trump memes and stuff...
I swea Dave had em performing them bangers 💯
@@champloocafe883 lmao
chapelle when it first aired, fell in love with this song
A true artist that can still put good music out there
Incredible. Heard it on Chappell Show. Had to hear it again.
I was searching for another song by using the word president and stumbled upon this. I love it!! 👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤
This song hits hard even in 2024 ❤ bring it back
Pray for Haiti 🇭🇹 R.I.P President Moïse
Dude, you got to do some research bro. President Moise was a horrible man. Just cause he was democratically elected does not make him a good person. With all due respect, educate yourself on the grim side of Haiti’s political cabinet. #falseprophet
Didn't know He has a video for this.. I used to sing this all the time.. Wyclef is amazing! He always speaks the truth and does so much for his country.
One of my favorite songs for sure.
First heard him on Chappelle a few years back, I was like "whoa, he's good"
this song has such a pure and powerful message... the only thing wrong with it is that it doesn't have enough listeners.
This song hit different when your older and understand it better 😢
This is What’s up. 🖤✌️🇵🇸
Real music for times too strange fam.
Wish our society wasn't segregated. I maybe white but I have eyes to see what is going on.
Ironically after all the attempts to desegregate.... Society largely segregated itself to a really astounding degree.
youre a real one
JM Rodriguez-Luis you missed a space in between May and be
omg i know this is late! but i just heard this song on chappelle show and im in love with the song now!!
This song is so powerful... makes you wanna try harder and harder to achieve what you want, doesn't it!?
no.
What did you end up achieving son?
songs like this don't ever get the exposure it should.
I don't know how I forgot about this song, one of the realest songs out there.
My dad should me this song in 2005 on his second tour. Now when I need inspiration this is where I turn
The need to play this song on the radio! Polically conscious music! I love it!!
Does anyone else get alittle choked up listening to this song xD this is seriously such a....real song :/
I get chills
I do when i hear the Dave Chapelle show version. This version is so so .
+Joshua Villa dave chapelle block party ! damn i got to watch this again !!
Black man did 2 terms president and not a single assassination attempt? And this is a "real song" to morons with LOW IQ's. Plain and simple. That is truth.
+Kaos well aren't you just a ray of sunshine
Chappelle's Show is now on HBO Max and Netflix
are you sure about that
@@jacatomgaming7207 that’s how I found it so yea.
Don’t watch or support Chapelle’s Show
was
It's on Netflix again
Chappelle's Show was the shit!
True dat shit
zooboy2323 hell ya
zooboy2323 Oscar why r u so grouchy:/?!..cuz I live in a m%$ther f%#ucking trash can beeotch..hahah
Is...
The only show that had a real message since 2001.
Still preaching on that peace in ur Middle East please.
I am not a huge hip hop or rap fan but Wyclef Jean laid it down on this song and can feel his soul through this song.
Elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday, buried on Sunday, go back to work on Monday.
....as a zombie? lol
boildpeanuts you know what.. When you really think about it no sense!
he said They'd go back to work fam. lol I thought that too
Acid Blood It’s symbolism that going back to work means nothing changes and the world continues as the way it was...
Does no one here the “they” in the verse cause I do
Man if this song isn't more depressing now...
jepool117
Exactly
accept that killery isn't president waging a war on "super predators". fuck that racist bitch! TRUMP 110%
soum fasda get the fuck out of here
Peace, Mr. President! Take the soldiers Home! Go for Peace nobel price
Beautiful meaning, and heart-felt sorrow for a country. Props Wycleaf!!!
this always makes me strongly emotional truth music. praise to whatever god you belive is truth. the people need to unite in love not in forced politics. who ever is out there i love you! i hope the best for you and your families. we are the power together!
this song is amazin, Wyclef talks bout problems not only in America but also in Haiti
More real now than ever
How exactly?
Painful to hear on a day like this 🇭🇹
Why is this version not on any streaming platform?
Same reason they keep deleting the comments...
The system tagged it a rebel music.
D O P E ! ! Damian and Steven Marley, ain't got nothing on Clef , when it comes to purveying the spirit of Bob! Fake, less passionate, me, me, me VS. Real , coming straight from the heart, you,you,you . One love.
That j.f.k line was cold. The whole song is powerful. Respect. I remember hearing this on chappelle show back in the day. Didnt resonate like it does now..especially the children of Moses line
I honestly believe if the system wasn't as complicated & corrupt as it is that Wyclef would be an amazing president
Still would be better than all the presidents we've had in the last 100+ years lmao
B ham Pshhh JFK was better than any and was killed trying to set things right.
Wyclef 2024
2020 feeling this song
Wyclef your an inspiration for better times Here from Canada love to everyone around the world
Just saw Wyclef Jean sing this on Late Night, Awesome!
Chapelle show sent me here
Same thing
haha me 3
and you follow instruction without question.
Same
The sound of relevant music
I heard this on Dave chapplle show and it's an amazing song!
So beautiful. Music like this used to inspire people. None of this music is widely conceived anymore, I'd like to say that's a reason why the youth and population doesn't fight to keep truth, equality, and freedom within their grasp. The art of inspiring & beautiful music has been lost in the general populations to the point that people say these type of artists aren't good. I lament it. It's tragically sad. Keep your minds open people, much love.
I love this song! Wyclef Jean you're great!
Buried on sunday and back to work on monday. Monday sucks that bad huh?
Can't escape Monday !!! :)
ha true
thank you Dave Chapelle
Thank you thicc yoshi
Who is here 2024.
I am 🇳🇬
Your amazing man ! keep up the good work 💕
U fine af
Always remember him performing this on Chappell Show.
Great lyrics, especially the chorus, funny yet so sad (and true). BTW, this is not a song about a black man becoming president. This is a song about an honest person becoming president, one who is not lying to the world and to his own people, like Bush, Obama, Reagan, and every other "Leader of the Free World", with the exception, maybe, of "JFKill".
Yep bullets instead of ballots JFK RFK X MLK all assassinated and we moved on without putting up a fight took it and liked it
Wyclef 4 President :)
Love timeless music
Vote Love thanks to all who voted. BLACK LIVE MATTER
Ms.Berg Marie stay strong. Queen
Truth. # Forward thinking
No more JFK. Great video. Poetry in motion. Sci-Fi to you.
Wyclef...I love this song. It sounds amazing and truly from the soul. It's inspirational and hopefully one day you do become president and govern a country the way it should be by giving reparations, giving money to the poor, and make a state of equality where everyone feels and is treated fairly.
I’m so grateful that Chappelle Show is on Netflix now. I’ve been looking for this songs for years. 🥰
think of what he's saying in the chorus
@LeWonderProductions If we cant go without paying taxes then explain to me why people didn't pay taxes before 1913?
because there wasn't a federal highway system. If you have ever you used a toll free highway you have used tax dollars. If you wanna complain about misappropriation of funds ill give you that, but only a fool believes taxes are bad. If used right the can create a better tomorrow, without you doing anything.
You are saying we need taxes because the government i bigger now and i am saying i don't want to pay taxes because i don't want to live under a large government. I'll take my freedom and you take the slavery. Also the government has done a lot more with the taxes since it has given them unlimited money under a monetary system.
john doe You can choose your freedom and seclude your self from the rest of society and you may do fine. But taxes can and do, look at Europe, help people. I want to live where are people are treated fairly, given opportunity to survive and thrive, and people are able to pursue their own happiness. In order for those all to occur it requires cooperation. If you are anti-government that is fine, but in order for that world to exist a large "entity" needs to be created to provide protection, stability, and support, as well as infrastructure and other services. There needs to be a method for taken funds from the extravagantly rich and allocating them to the less fortunate. Back to my original post, I think that the system is not good, but is moving in the right direction and can be amended to provide my aforementioned ideals.
Yea and Europes monetary system is doing just fine isn't it? And this country must have done horrible before 1913.
Completely shitty actually.
Rastafari praise jah peace love and joy my fellow brothers
2022 still a hit 🔥
Still listening in 2021….
RIP to the Haitian president who was recently assesinated 😢
im here beacuse shappel show lol good song stron lyrics
Same here
DCForEver dc for ever was watching same time as me haha
Learn how to spell
That performance also impressed me very much.
Hell yeah
"Wyclef Jean stole a shit ton of money from his own people, but he sure can write a song"
the radio won't play this , they called it rebel music,how can u refuse it, children of Moses. Clef the genius.
We love a man that was very powerful to
Words. Thanks! !!
Renee Cordelia Kelly Owens
quit spendin billions on the war and help feed the poor
That's what president Trump's doing, he's bringing our soldiers home but sadly people want more noise today than peace
And what about the million unemployed people who would have no job because you defunded the military?
Yes as a war vet yes fuck forien policy how about we no child goes hungry in the richest country in the world who about every child is educated every child has a chance instead of us sending of to war cause they never had a chance
2018 Anyone?
R I P Haiti president
You can really tell he wrote this song. The way he emphasizes "I" when he sings "If I was president"
Also just watched this on Comedy Central. Great show, great song!
I can't hear this song without thinking of Solomon Grundy.
Chappelle Show :)
Saw it there too
Elections are on Tuesday, dude.
elections don't matter when trillionaires run the world
only Tuesday in the USA he talking bout where he's from
ha ha ha ha good point on election day Tuesdays!!!
silly wyclef.
Peace to all my Gods and Goddesses of planet Ki 🧬💫💜🌍
Positive energy always creates elevation
Wounderful truthful music 3 this is wat tha world needs...
#tha.truth
'feed the poor', wyclef jean trivia from imdb:
'He owns a McLaren F1 super-car, one of the fastest cars in the world'
and stole from his Haitian charity lol..
What happened to clef?... he sold out like a cheep suit...
after investigation, an auditor found he used hundred's of thousands of dollars from his so called "charity" for haiti on himself, some whore, and his friends. Nobody fucks with a person who sings about peace and prosperity and then turns their back to commit massive selfish acts. That's what happened to clef.
sure brah dis nigga such a hypocrite
+sure brah he ain't do that shit
aylan cecil spelled "too" wrong
sure brah He didn't steal any money.. That's what the media do when they tryna make a black man look bad..
This is Kanye's theme song. 😅
This is the type of song that will always be relevant
I Really like this song but I feel like some of the things said in here he wanted to do as president would just destroy the country economically
A lot of people got super offended when he said reparations lmbo y'all funny nothing wrong with reparations
...and Haiti President was assasinated
that reverb thing he does with his voice is so rad... just like marley used to do
I LOVE IT TOO!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DA MAN MR. WYCLEF!!!!!! TRUE WORDS BROTHER!!!!!!!! NO BETTER TIME TO REFLECT BACK ON THIS HIT!!!!!!!
If I was president, Rihanna would be both my secretary of defense and treasury.. and I would get impeached for having an affair with her.. MIA would be secretary of state/education.. Still trying to fill the other positions lol..