Hopefully you got them by now because I never got a notification that someone replied. But here are the chords. Starts with a D chord ( add a little g note to it) before the singing starts.. Then GCDCGC then D. Start over again. The bridge is EDCG then EDCF. Start back at the beginning. Thats what I learned at least. It sounds close enough.
I've had ALWAYS loved this song! I used to rewind my cassette and play it over and over. I didn't know there was a video for it. And the lyrics right true in this moment in time.
I still remember how I felt hearing this song. I just bought the cassette and pooped it into my "Walkman". I was speechless - I probably re-played it 10 times. My thoughts raced to MLK, Fred Hampton, MX, Fannie Lou Hamer... This is man is incredible. so under-rated.
Very strange this song is so hard to find. Even as a European I remember this one very well from the eighties. Maybe not a classic but definitely one I remember.
Jesse is definitely one of the most talented & underrated Artists ever !!! I'm a diehard Prince fan however Jesse had enough talent to hold his own with Prince!
It was so hard to take him seriously with the lamp shade hats - classic song and one of my fav guitarists. Met him in a record store in DC when he was supporting his first solo album and got on autographed album
A great song from a great album, "Shockadelica". "Black in America", "Crazay", "She (I Can't Resist)", "Tonite" and the modern Blues of "A Better Way" just rocked my world! This album could stand toe-to-toe with the best of the other Minneapolis Sound artists like his old band The Time, Sheila E, and even his Royal Purple Badness.
Still relevant today...Sad to wish you a happy birthday Jesse Woods Johnson in those days with this murdering of a Black In America in the town you and your friends(Prince,Andre, Morris, Jimmy ,TerryJerome, Jellybean,Monte ,St Paul Peterson, Sonny T,Sheila E,Wendy,Lisa ,Fink,Markbrown,Bobby Z) have put on the map: Minneapolis..May we see better days
Thank - you. MuchMusic exposed me to also 'Paris', Too Short ,"the Message"; Stop the Violence Movement ; West Coast Rap ALLSTARS ; chill Rob G ; young MC ; Ice "T"
Very white but always loved this song. The guitar and the words. Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday touched me the same way. Given the events in the US and especially the back turning in New York, the Police have a problem they should just admit it and work to solve it.
White...? um sir Rock was very Black but like brother or sister NeoGeo said it was a time they marketed towards White audience with record labels were willing to do so with a White artist but real hard rock rock punk music jazz and so forth was Black music most modern music was Black based everyone sings a genre with a beginning....
I hunted dis 1 down, once I ran n2 CAN U HELP ME. Jesse - If u ever read.... U r a hero of mine, rite up there wit Prince & Jimi. Not underneath.... UP THERE, MAN! God bless u!
Very interesting song for its time. Jesse Johnson is right about one thing being black American in America has gotten worse for us. One thing I don't agree with the song is including Hispanic people. Who care about them. Us black Americans are still being hunted and treated like animals in this racist country. I am a black American born citizen I refused to be marginalized and disrespected by any other ethnic group who thinks they are better than me and my race. I stand up for my rights.
That's my only issue with the song, as well. I understand that some artists tended to have their dance tracks long and their ballad tracks short, but some ballads deserve longer length to have more life to them, especially if there's a message, like this song.
respectfully disagree they both are excellent brothas should not downplay these two Geniuses they are truly the Black rockers that are very vital to the Music scene of the 80s and 90s into the now so this is why I love music like this he got himself a nice guitar with two wonderful two sistas sanging and playing the tambourines....
Prince was Prince Jesse is Jesse but does that mean they are both disliked by me...? no quite honestly I love both artists they are right up there with other who I also like that are in that same generation and opposite Jesse will always be that one rocker folks would love if they love his stuff now and the past songs... :)
29 years later and we still having the same issues!!!!!
This is the best country in the world. If you don’t like it, you can always go back across the Atlantic.
2020. Still " Being Black in America "
Best song that speak poetically about the plight of being an African-American from an underrated guitarist and artist.
Check out Black man in America by Andre Cymone
Song still hits hard in 2023, unfortunately. 🙏
JESSE JOHNSON one of The most Underrated Guitarist Of All!
This song needs to be released again
Thanks Jesse, for the memories and for speaking out about the struggle.
Way ahead of it's time , this song doesn't age
The first song I learned on the guitar!
+Ja'Maul Redmond Any chance of getting the chord changes for another beginner ??
Hopefully you got them by now because I never got a notification that someone replied. But here are the chords. Starts with a D chord ( add a little g note to it) before the singing starts.. Then GCDCGC then D. Start over again. The bridge is EDCG then EDCF. Start back at the beginning. Thats what I learned at least. It sounds close enough.
Jesse was a cool brother
That’s DOPE! ✊🏽💗🎯
I remember watching this on Video Soul in 1987. Powerful today as it was then
A great song. I like the two girls in the background. I remember
seeing this on BET's Video Soul back in the 80's.
I have been a fan of Jesse Johnson back he played with The Time. I have seen him live a few times and he is one hell of a guitar player.
I've had ALWAYS loved this song! I used to rewind my cassette and play it over and over. I didn't know there was a video for it. And the lyrics right true in this moment in time.
Yes - cassette!!
Jesse is so moving!!! I love him!!!! :-)
Yes I'm black in America, so proud to be, people don't know what to do
I always will see.
SOMETHING NEVER REALLY CHANGE IN AMERICA.
Classic, timeless, love it!!! 🔥🔥🔥❤️
I still remember how I felt hearing this song. I just bought the cassette and pooped it into my "Walkman". I was speechless - I probably re-played it 10 times. My thoughts raced to MLK, Fred Hampton, MX, Fannie Lou Hamer... This is man is incredible. so under-rated.
Very strange this song is so hard to find. Even as a European I remember this one very well from the eighties. Maybe not a classic but definitely one I remember.
One of my personal favorites from Jesse.
This Song is terribly underrated- absolutely love 💗 this song
2017 & the fight still ongoing 😠
Great song and musician.
Jesse is definitely one of the most talented & underrated Artists ever !!! I'm a diehard Prince fan however Jesse had enough talent to hold his own with Prince!
Love him for this song 😢
Sadly this song will be true forever. American way.
I learned how to play guitar under this dude.bad man
great song!
It was so hard to take him seriously with the lamp shade hats - classic song and one of my fav guitarists. Met him in a record store in DC when he was supporting his first solo album and got on autographed album
How could any one dislike this song? Thank you Jesse Johnson for writing this important song!
This song was true then and now
Such a great & powerful song. Great job Jesse!!
One best kept underrated songs ever!!
still relevant in 2021!
Speechless ! Right on Bro !
A great song from a great album, "Shockadelica". "Black in America", "Crazay", "She (I Can't Resist)", "Tonite" and the modern Blues of "A Better Way" just rocked my world! This album could stand toe-to-toe with the best of the other Minneapolis Sound artists like his old band The Time, Sheila E, and even his Royal Purple Badness.
Being Black in America...............
I'm shocked that this has 9 thumbs down...some people don't want us to believe in the American dream. Smh
Respect always to Jesse Johnson,he told the truth needed then and now
Yes I'm black in America, so proud to be, people stare at me like a fool but I know what they think.
Thank you jessie
Yes I'm black in America
and proud to be
people think that I'm a fool
but it don't bother me.
Sing it Jesse.
Still relevant today...Sad to wish you a happy birthday Jesse Woods Johnson in those days with this murdering of a Black In America in the town you and your friends(Prince,Andre, Morris, Jimmy ,TerryJerome, Jellybean,Monte ,St Paul Peterson, Sonny T,Sheila E,Wendy,Lisa ,Fink,Markbrown,Bobby Z) have put on the map: Minneapolis..May we see better days
Dude Bad great cool Brother
IMO, Jesse never got his just due credit as a musician
Some friends of mine and I sung this song back in ‘88 for a black history program. Just thought about it and what we’re still going through.
❤️❤️❤️💪🏾😎👌🏾 Perfect !!!!!
spotify got this so thought I'd see what was like live....
Very kool
And here we are in 2020. Same issues.
George Floyd brought me here...
Yes I'm black in America
still proud to be
people look at me like a fool
but I know they're not
better than me.😁
love the hat
Yes!!! Thank you!!!
Happy Juneteenth
Deuteronomy 28:15-68🕎💜
This song made me learn how to play guitar. It's only flaw is it's too dam short
robert harris ...like Little Wing.
Yes I'm black in America, I'm proud 2 be, people think I'm a crazy fool cause they do walk like me.
Salute To The Black National Anthem...
Thank - you. MuchMusic exposed me to also 'Paris', Too Short ,"the Message"; Stop the Violence Movement ; West Coast Rap ALLSTARS ; chill Rob G ; young MC ; Ice "T"
Wow . Same problems in 2020 !!!!!! SAD !!!!!!!!!
Dropped in the jheri curl era / yet more current and relevant than ever !!!
Awesome tune.
How can u call him underrated.
Very white but always loved this song. The guitar and the words. Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday touched me the same way. Given the events in the US and especially the back turning in New York, the Police have a problem they should just admit it and work to solve it.
Rock was originally Black music but Record labels at the time were only willing to market white artist in the genre.
White...? um sir Rock was very Black but like brother or sister NeoGeo said it was a time they marketed towards White audience with record labels were willing to do so with a White artist but real hard rock rock punk music jazz and so forth was Black music most modern music was Black based everyone sings a genre with a beginning....
🌹💋JESSE JOHNSON❤🌹
Made a song off dis! 😁
I hunted dis 1 down, once I ran n2 CAN U HELP ME.
Jesse - If u ever read.... U r a hero of mine, rite up there wit Prince & Jimi. Not underneath.... UP THERE, MAN!
God bless u!
9 white supremacists for Republicans disliked this truthful song!
Very interesting song for its time. Jesse Johnson is right about one thing being black American in America has gotten worse for us. One thing I don't agree with the song is including Hispanic people. Who care about them. Us black Americans are still being hunted and treated like animals in this racist country. I am a black American born citizen I refused to be marginalized and disrespected by any other ethnic group who thinks they are better than me and my race. I stand up for my rights.
Missing the blacks in America
they're not friends to me
they think I'm a crazy fool
but I do what they never seen
Who are the background singers?
What album was it taken from?
"Shockadelica" A&M Records, 1986. It's a lost 80's classic.
Shockadelica 1986
Yes I'm black in America
So proud to be
people think I'm a fool
It don't bother me.
So short
I'm saying soo short that I have to loop it but its all good...
Underated Artist Underated Song
@@tideroeturner6302 surely is agreed.
That's my only issue with the song, as well. I understand that some artists tended to have their dance tracks long and their ballad tracks short, but some ballads deserve longer length to have more life to them, especially if there's a message, like this song.
Jesse's hat looks like it was pulled out of the back of some Mexican guy's 1964 Chevy Impala.
7 dislikes by Mark Furman, The 3 Cops involved in George Floyd's murder, George Zimmerman and The McMichaels.
Underrated to you but not me...😁
Black in america, we're losing
Being Blacklisted in AmeriKKKa
Jessie was a better guitar player than Prince without everything else!
Dude please wake up! And stop comparing them.
PRN is who he was and JJ has been one of the many benefactors of his acquaintance.
respectfully disagree they both are excellent brothas should not downplay these two Geniuses they are truly the Black rockers that are very vital to the Music scene of the 80s and 90s into the now so this is why I love music like this he got himself a nice guitar with two wonderful two sistas sanging and playing the tambourines....
Prince was Prince Jesse is Jesse but does that mean they are both disliked by me...? no quite honestly I love both artists they are right up there with other who I also like that are in that same generation and opposite Jesse will always be that one rocker folks would love if they love his stuff now and the past songs... :)
lets consider ourselves fortunate to even have Jesse Johnson hits on the 'Tube...
@@thebodysalon5948 lol I should have said Jessie was more ROCKING! ruclips.net/video/dqtWatyks-c/видео.html
WLM-white lives mather
He's not underrated.🙄
They're not black.. They're brown
Excactly. And white people are actually pink, except for people with liver disease, they're yellow