@NoblenessDee, he couldn't comment if comments are disabled. Hence, my first reply. And, yet, he commented "comments: disabled". Moreover, "disabled" is a more PC term used for someone who would have once been referred to as "retarded". With all of the negative comments in here, it is surprising that the comments aren't in fact disabled.
Neat little factoid is that this is actually a parody they made of their own track "Lets Get Started." Only studs like these guys could riff their own shit this hard
I remember being so mad as a kid when this song suddenly got changed to "lets get it started" on the radio and no one would believe this was the real song
Had this argument today with a certified 'get it started' person. Turns out he approves of this song and I'm the moron who thought the other one was the only version.
I was at the special olympics once and they were playing "let's get it started". My friend laughed about the irony. I asked what irony? And that's how I found about this gem.
Meee🤣🤣 don’t judge I was a huge black eyed peas fan in the late 2000s early 2010s but didn’t have access to the internet. I’ll be 22 this year and love finding the internets hidden gems
It's mad! I'm glad people could interpret things in more than one way when this came out. Retarded literally just means: "less advanced in mental, physical, or social development than is usual for one's age. very foolish or stupid." (-Google) That's exactly what happens to you when you're drunk or high 😂😂
@@mauricepritchardjr1574 You are kinda right! I found out about BEP when Fergie was still there and little did I know they were and are so much better without her.
3:20 her soulfully spelling out “r-e-t-a-r-d-e-d” will never fail to make me crack up, she sings such a deeply unserious line SO SERIOUSLY. It sounds like she’s singing the breakdown to “Respect” but she’s very bad at spelling
i dont know, its not so unserious to hear a slur spelled out, its kinda fucked when discrimination against neurodivegent people is still socially acceptable, saying 'in this context theres no disrespect' is like saying "im not racist but"
@circleinforthecube5170 My man I'm sorry to break this to you but discrimination against retarded people makes sense. Because the perception that they're less intelligent and less capable isn't based on prejudice but reality. If you were hiring someone to be a crane operator and you didn't want to hire them because they were black, that would be wrong. If you didn't want to hire then because they were a woman, that would also be wrong. But if you didn't want to hire then because they were retarded, that's fine, because they're fucking retarded.
@@circleinforthecube5170 meh I've felt more discriminated by people who are performative in their being "woke" and "accepting" than by the black eyed peas doing a rhyme in a good song, they genuinely meant no harm
@@Hotobu I think it's more like they separate themselves or maybe he just doesn't separate them. I don't know how retards are. I'm only partly retarded.
After reading the lyrics I actually quite like the song. It's about making a difference in the world and looking at it like a "retarded" person would. Considering that the term was still heavily acceptable at that time I don't see too much to be offended by, I'm not going to get offended by people using a term that, at the time, wasn't considered overly offensive. They changed it later to "Get It Started" in the 2004 re-release because that's when western society began to developmental disabilities seriously. Some of the lyrics mock people who make fun of disabilities or mental illnesses. So so the song's honestly a celebration of our differences that actively mocks those that make fun of us. I have autism by the way.
Literally this!! I knew when I got this album in 2004 that some idiot would get *offended* by this song, and sure enough, next thing I know there's "Let's get it STARTED" on the radio soon after.
@@ZenMonkeyGodOh no, how dare someone else not enjoy hearing slurs used to degrade them on songs played on the radio connected to deep rooted ableism related trauma... You can still listen to the song in multiple places, it's just not on the radio, like literally nothing has changed, so really you're the one crying over nothing.
My uncle is mentally disabled and this has always been his absolute FAVORITE song! Every time we have a family event, I always make sure to request this song to get him up on the dance floor so he can dance his heart out. He gets so into it and we always love seeing him so happy. It's the best feeling. :)
I kind of always thought there was something off about the radio rendition, I mean who says “let’s get it started and high” that made no sense to me, so when I found this I wasn’t surprised that they would have used the word retarded instead.
It's the unedited album version The Peas landed mainstream success With this album Overally sensitive radio edits are just a natural progression from there
Can we please bring this version back? As an autistic woman, Matt Rife has a valid point. Let’s bring the word back in a positive way. Let’s loosen up and return to 2003 when us perfect 42 year old women were in our stupid prime time party phase w/ undiagnosed Autism ❤❤❤
I'll never forget in 5th grade my teacher would let 1 or 2 students each day play a song from a CD (remember those) they brought into class. Everyone was already familiar with "Lets get it started" but some kid in my class brought in THIS version on a CD and played it to the class it was pretty epic back then. Teacher definitely wasn't happy.
when i was in 5th grade ca 2010 we had music class where we showed our favorite songs and my friend the absolute mad lad meme lord chose this song. the teacher got so angry that even i got kicked out of class
There is something poetic about the Black Eyed Peas making really thoughtful rap about current events and political issues, but not having it be very successful then for them to make this album with this song and it being a fucking hit
I mean the other stuff just doesn't hold the same groove to it. This song is something catchy that flows and just has its own unique flavor. Its much more powerful compared to their earlier stuff.
As a kid, I thought I was always imagining this song saying “retarded” instead of “get it started” when my parents played this on long car rides, but then I found out that they actually have a version of that. After many years later, I can finally confirm that it wasn’t a Mandela Effect.
"in this context theres no disrespect" has a whole new meaning. Edit: you can all stop acting like your the smartest person since the inventor of sliced bread in the reply’s. I made this comment in a fit of laughter, and didn’t really know what I was typing.
They are simply stating their desire to get so intoxicated that their cognitive abilities decrease to a level similar to an intellectually disabled individual.
The same people that get offended over the “r word” tend to be the same ones that enable the selective aborting of them. Check the stats and compare how many Down Syndrome kids have been born. Funny how they don’t care about that but they care about a word lmao 🤦🏽♂️
Some white girl: *explaining in 10,000 sentences why this song is offensive to mentally disabled people* Me: *debating on when to tell her I’m autistic*
@Hoosayne sure about certain topics, but I really doubt the majority of Black people care about trans people or wanting to turn America into a anarchist/communist country
i have not been in this situation yet even though im autistic, but my autistic friend called some girl retarded because she pretended to be mexican on twitter by saying "ola" instead of "hola" (the thing is, it wasnt even a typo she actually thought it was spelt like that)
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Funny how the re recorded version of this is on commercials and in movies. Most people don't even know this is the original lol
Gangrene Gangster the song came out in 2003, the youngest generation today is mostly teenagers. todays generation wouldn’t be the ones getting mad at this song because they were kids when it came out.
SselluosS of the TaroT They also did the clean version called “ Let’s Get It Started “ as a separate single but I’m not sure if that version was released on any updated versions of this CD or a Best Of CD as I’m sure that the original “ Let’s Get Retarded “ probably wasn’t re-released on any future CDs due to it somehow offending people 💿
According to the offended party, saying "retarded" anywhere in any situation is automatically equating the mentally disabled to whatever "retarded" is referring to. To this day I'm having a hard time trying to understand the logic behind this.
I thought I made some type of false memory about this song's original lyrics being "get retarded" instead of "get it started" but today I learned I was always right 😂😂
Millions of mentally disabled people commit self-harm or worse each day over the mere existence of the R word. Nobody even calls them that word and they still do it anyway. It's THAT hurtful. Yet everyone is still throwing it around like it's not. Are you saying others don't have the right to get offended by that injustice? We don't tolerate this mindset of yours. Drop it now.
@@sebastiansprucer7609 if you seriously self harm because of a simple word then you never experienced any kind of real hardship in your life and are probably so privileged that you think someone making fun of you is akin to abuse. I'm an adult with Asperger's syndrome and ADHD, both make my social and college life extremely difficult and caused me depression in more than one occasion, but it definitely wasn't because someone i don't know said a mean word to me.
@@v0rtexbeater So basically, you don't care that millions of mentally disabled people, some even under the same spectrum as yours, even attempted suicide because hundreds of insensitive minds casually threw that awful slur around expecting them to just tolerate it as if it's not. FYI, the so-called "simple word" IS abuse. Suppose you were a Jew and someone displayed the Nazi Swastika everywhere they went. How would you feel? Wouldn't feel good, would it? You'd get angry at them too. Having Asperger's and ADHD is not an excuse to be a self-centered jerk. Please think about others instead of yourself all the time.
@@sebastiansprucer7609 No, i dont care really, especially because you pulled that statistic out of thin air, there's no way in hell "millions" of people self harm or kill themselves because of the mere existence of a word. And it's not being self centered, it's called being mature and not getting hung up on things that literally do no tangible harm to anyone, I have real issues to worry about, not a simple word.
@@v0rtexbeater "Simple word"? Just like how the Nazi Swastika is a "simple symbol"? You just admitted to not caring about how hurtful that awful slur is to others, which FYI, IS a "real issue", which you're evidently underestimating. That's self-centered behavior.
This actually played for a special needs assembly but they were supposed to have the other version. 🤦♂️ FYI this is not a joke. A mutual friend was the teacher that had to set it up and the wrong one was played.
It was on Spotify until sometime in early-to-mid 2022. I know for sure it was still on Spotify in January 2022 because I sent my friend a screenshot of me playing it and I still have the text.
@@coolbeans78 It's a reference to the book 1984. The book is about authoritarianism and control. Censorship is an important part of the story, so people have often equated real life media censorship to what they imagine George Orwell's 1984 is about. So much so that the phrase "this is literally 1984" has become a meme. Hope this helps
Arguing with my girlfriend about this song, she's saying let's get retarded isn't the original version of the song, that let's get it started is the original.
This is the original. I had the album. Let’s Get It Started was the “clean” version, which then blew up. They eventually started printing the album with Let’s Get It Started instead of this one.
They tried to bite off the Bay Area lol it failed. The music in the bay at the time would have words like “get crazy, stupid, dumb, retarded” an actual line from the Federation feat. E-40 on a song called Hyphy. Black Eyed Peas used to record at 17 Hertz Studio in Hayward so they thought maybe they could get away with it? Lol didn’t work out too well.
@@sayo1133 there are like 4 hall monitors in the comments crying about slurs and how this is basically the same as saying who was in Paris with a hard R.
You'll find only people who aren't retarded take offence on behalf of people they don't know, nor could ever be the spokesman for. With this mindset everything and anything could be offensive and so censorship prevails. It's literally a retardation of advanced societies. What ever happened to "sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me"?
it's not even offensive. it's just accurate. consuming alcohol literally retards your motor functions. losing control of your body through impaired dance and lowered inhibitions is exactly what the song is all about. language matters. *"IN THIS CONTEXT, THERE'S NO DISRESPECT"*
@@davidclasson8852I wasn't alive in 2003 so idk how people thought of the song then, so they could have thought the r word was a synonym for stupid, and if so you have one on me
@@vandam6057 I was just a young boy at the time so I don't know the general consensus from 2003, but I do know that between 2009-2014, calling someone retarded was a generally acceptable insult, only offensive to the person being insulted. That attitude generally changed around 2015-2016 when pathetic people wanted to have their own version of the n-word since they aren't black.
okay, time to bring it up: "getting retarded" is a phrase commonly used in dance clubs, pretty much saying "going down onto the floor and dancing". this song was not meant to offend mentally challenged people. just fyi
Yup, hence why he says: in this context Theres no disrespect. Furthermore, retard wasnt a bad phrase nor rape back in 2000s until like 2011 snowflakes were born :)
@@atari_hmb I remember when the tides turned on "rape" actually. Must have been around 2014, because after that, it got replaced, in the some context, with "wrecked"/"rekt." After hearing this phrase frequently enough and thinking it didn't really mean anything, I realized they were just saying something to replace "raped." But before 2014 or so, it was VERY common in both sports and gamer lingo to say "we got raped" to mean "we lost really bad," or "we raped them" to say "we really beat them." I wonder if it was that (false) Rolling Stone article that changed the tide.
Will never forget blasting this in the car on the way home after I got my autism diagnosis
because it was traumatic or because you were having fun?
as you should king 👑
That's fahhhhkin hilarious!!!!!
Same. At 34
Giga chad
when you cheat on a test and still fail
I just had flashbacks to my Spanish classes
This happened to me 😅
@@imannie4556 bro same, pain
When you’re winning World War II but decide to invade Russia
@@bemotivated8443 Holy shit lmfao
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Nick Slouka bro, perfect comment
I was like, "But, the comments aren't, OHHHhhh!".
ok i just had one puff , But i dont get it, (??) I think i might agree tho. pls point out the obvious to me.
@NoblenessDee, he couldn't comment if comments are disabled. Hence, my first reply. And, yet, he commented "comments: disabled".
Moreover, "disabled" is a more PC term used for someone who would have once been referred to as "retarded". With all of the negative comments in here, it is surprising that the comments aren't in fact disabled.
oh my god i laughed at this comment for like 5mins LMFAO
I still can't believe this is an actual piece of media. Not a parody, not AI generated, just pure genius.
It's from the good old days.
@@Glumpsy If you refuse to acknowledge social norms, the good old days never ended.
@@MemberRoach It's not fun when nobody can take a joke.
@@Glumpsy There is a possibility of miscommunication in this exchange.
Neat little factoid is that this is actually a parody they made of their own track "Lets Get Started." Only studs like these guys could riff their own shit this hard
Now the line “in this context, there’s no disrespect” makes sense 😂
Honestly *every* line makes more sense. Fergie LITERALLY SPELLS IT OUT during the outro. The fact that the change went mostly unnoticed is wild to me.
Lmao never noticed that!!
You think the "that's offensive!" types care about context or nuance?
@@paulw5039they hate context.
Still censored on radio unfortunately
The fact that this isn't a parody made by someone, but actually made by the Black Eyed Peas makes this so much fucking better
Wait what
@@kolog2860 love how you worded this
I thought this was a parody
In Europe they always play the "real" version. See Eminem ("stapled his nuts to a stack of papers"), and Cardigans' Love Fool
@@dacianbonta2840 What is different with "Lovefool" in Europe?
I remember being so mad as a kid when this song suddenly got changed to "lets get it started" on the radio and no one would believe this was the real song
I literally had to look this song up and prove to someone that YES, those were the lyrics. It really said what I thought it did lol
Had this argument today with a certified 'get it started' person. Turns out he approves of this song and I'm the moron who thought the other one was the only version.
@@thejoshandcharles1 u "got retarded"
Harold and Kumar allowed me to learn this was the real version.
And then you grew up and realised it was for the best
Back here in 2024 because of Frenchy
I’ve been shielded for so long till Frenchy 😂😂
Hell yeah!
Same!
Same
same 😂😭
I remember hearing this version once as a kid, haven't heard it since, thought I was in a parallel universe.
Me too!
You were?
You still are!
The Sims commercial had it
I had a toothbrush as a kid that’d play music when you brushed and this was the song that played lol
SAME
I was at the special olympics once and they were playing "let's get it started". My friend laughed about the irony. I asked what irony? And that's how I found about this gem.
I would have literally collapsed omfg your friend was just sitting there, probably one out of a hundred that knows this is the original 😂
why were you at the special olympics
@@Pat4ever. I was an angel volunteer. I assisted some of the athletes getting to their events and pushing some of the chairs for the races.
@@theramo0 you sure it wasn’t for another reason 😏
@@Pat4ever. lol I mean now that you mention it people were cheering me on and I was given a helmet for "safety"
The forbidden fruit never tasted better.
Well spoken
Im also here from that tik tok xd
@@Saul0l he said that 2 years ago....
Actually in this case the clean version feels wrong
@@Saul0l delete that waste of an app
The theme song for the Presidential debate last night.
POV: You missed a shot at 150 meters.
@@GameGod77 Ree Tardy Oswald
@iamvee87your ip
@@GameGod77Hitmark 😂😂😂😂
Well you'll be happy to know that Joe dropped out, now your silly ass gets to vote for Kamala War Hawk-Tua
WE ESCAPING THE SHORT BUS WITH THIS ONE 🗣💯
nahhhh 💀
short?
The kids with special needs were usually all placed on a school bus half the length of the others @FlapJackMonkey
😭😂😂
This deserves more likes 😂
The forbidden slapper
lmao
It’s not forbidden around these parts🫠
@@mr.cripples381 what
forbidden fruit always tastes sweetest
@@trime1015 of course it does, its the best out there
"In this context, there's no disrespect"
"This sign won't stop me cause i can't read"
@i accidentally sent you a picture of my clock
What an amazing username
@@camreyes1819 Thanks, I try
@Lucky Demon how is that not disrespectful tho?
@@terminalcancer2070 its used for the rhyme not for the meaning
Raise your hand if you're here because of Frenchy's stand up comedy video.
Meee🤣🤣 don’t judge I was a huge black eyed peas fan in the late 2000s early 2010s but didn’t have access to the internet. I’ll be 22 this year and love finding the internets hidden gems
Hahahahaha!!! Totally. Had to know for myself.
I'm here because of exactly that, I don't remember this version At All.
This af 😂
Aye, I was 5 when this dropped and Frenchy did a culture lol
LOL THE WORLD WOULD IMPLODE IF THIS SONG CAME OUT TODAY LOL
It's mad! I'm glad people could interpret things in more than one way when this came out. Retarded literally just means: "less advanced in mental, physical, or social development than is usual for one's age.
very foolish or stupid." (-Google)
That's exactly what happens to you when you're drunk or high 😂😂
People were still somewhat normal back then. Now it’s embarrassing.
Trump 2020
That's why they made two versions of this song Back Then world would have imploded back then
@@salomahoney2675 the problem with the word is that it started being used as an insult
Love the disclaimer at the start lmfao
"in this context, there is no disrespect"
damn finally found the meaning to this
Oh, it makes sense now!
Wow
It really makes the falsified scripts make sense
@@xxtortellini1016 lmao this is real. not fake. but hey it's still a banger
Anthem of Twitter
Completely
LMFAOOO
I think Tumblr is more fitting
@@H0SANNA nope
@@H0SANNA tumblr basically took over twitter
0% nudity
0% swearing
0% violence
0% indecency
100% R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D
Actually he says shit in the song. So it is 1% swearing
Remember the Name whoop whoop will i am
We’ve been lied to our whole life’s....we found the true song
Anime_ UwU i made this 30
true fans knew this from the beginning
Bruh, the peeps dat don know this is the og are the tarded ones...
@@shinjinator100 no one was a true fan of the black eyed peas. Fergie is what made it, then we found out she can’t hold a tune
@@mauricepritchardjr1574 You are kinda right! I found out about BEP when Fergie was still there and little did I know they were and are so much better without her.
people logging into twitter like:
There’s no other explanation for the space buns thing
Lmao true! Twitter is full of the biggest tards I’ve ever seen
le age gap discourse has arrived
lol
Underrated comment right here
Does any else laugh when Fergie sings “let’s get retarded” so seriously at the beginning? 😂
Fucking hilarious
She sings it with her whole chest
she did not give one solitary fuck about this hook possibly pissing somebody off. she spells it out later in the song too😂😂😂
It’s the spelling it out for me lol
So seriously? She sings it mate... she isn't giving a safety induction
“Bob your head like epilepsy” as someone with ADHD and epilepsy, I think this song just became my new anthem.
My jaw dropped when I heard that line. Lol. There is no way this song would fly now.
Same bro ADHD and Epilepsy one hell of a combo
This actually sounds like its a parody.
True lol
This is actually the real song
I honestly didn't know that people didn't know this version of the song.
This is the song that came out first and then they made the radio friendly version. But now this one is too offensive so it's just swept under the rug
The flow seems clunky compared to the clean version
'bob your head like epilepsy' just the cherry on top
yes
😂😂😂😂😂
saw this comment as soon as it said it
And they didn't change that in the remade version just "retarded" because people are selectively outraged
they really stole that lyric from the nutshack theme song smdh
As an autistic, I’m pissed this got removed on Spotify
Yes
Fucking woke cucks
You heard it from the man himself Spotify. Can we just let things be funny without someone whining about it.
@@Curmudgial its never the targeted demographic that gets offended lol
as another autistic person i want to "get retarded in there"
Counter: As an autistic I'm pissed it was released.
3:20 her soulfully spelling out “r-e-t-a-r-d-e-d” will never fail to make me crack up, she sings such a deeply unserious line SO SERIOUSLY. It sounds like she’s singing the breakdown to “Respect” but she’s very bad at spelling
i dont know, its not so unserious to hear a slur spelled out, its kinda fucked when discrimination against neurodivegent people is still socially acceptable, saying 'in this context theres no disrespect' is like saying "im not racist but"
@@circleinforthecube5170 i think its funny because it's so fucked up 😭
@circleinforthecube5170
My man I'm sorry to break this to you but discrimination against retarded people makes sense. Because the perception that they're less intelligent and less capable isn't based on prejudice but reality.
If you were hiring someone to be a crane operator and you didn't want to hire them because they were black, that would be wrong. If you didn't want to hire then because they were a woman, that would also be wrong. But if you didn't want to hire then because they were retarded, that's fine, because they're fucking retarded.
@@circleinforthecube5170 meh I've felt more discriminated by people who are performative in their being "woke" and "accepting" than by the black eyed peas doing a rhyme in a good song, they genuinely meant no harm
@@circleinforthecube5170 i have both autism and adhd and couldnt care less this is super funny
As a retarded person, this song really speaks to me
What does it say?
@@gageshippy2256 And how does he separate it from the other voices in his head?
@@Hotobu I think it's more like they separate themselves or maybe he just doesn't separate them. I don't know how retards are. I'm only partly retarded.
As someone who responded to : "Here's your change sir!" with "You too", this song speaks to me as well.
@@s.m.4995😂😂 that's relatable
I remember organizing a party for a group of mentally disabled people as part of my class assignment and this was a party song suggestion.
oh dear
You did not forget it was your birthday? :v
good lord...smh....no...
I'm an autistic and I dig this song. Gotta own what you got yeah?
After reading the lyrics I actually quite like the song. It's about making a difference in the world and looking at it like a "retarded" person would. Considering that the term was still heavily acceptable at that time I don't see too much to be offended by, I'm not going to get offended by people using a term that, at the time, wasn't considered overly offensive. They changed it later to "Get It Started" in the 2004 re-release because that's when western society began to developmental disabilities seriously. Some of the lyrics mock people who make fun of disabilities or mental illnesses. So so the song's honestly a celebration of our differences that actively mocks those that make fun of us.
I have autism by the way.
I was today years old when I realised my A grade comedy parody of this song when I was 10 wasn’t actually a parody at all....
@@mrexecutive it did. You just must be living life according to the song
Sal O'Mahoney lmao flame that nigga
Sal O'Mahoney OOOF
Sal O'Mahoney damn man, why you gotta do him like that
I could read it just fine. Get a brain morans
As an autistic person this is better representation of us than some movies
Literally this!! I knew when I got this album in 2004 that some idiot would get *offended* by this song, and sure enough, next thing I know there's "Let's get it STARTED" on the radio soon after.
fr bro
@@ZenMonkeyGodOh no, how dare someone else not enjoy hearing slurs used to degrade them on songs played on the radio connected to deep rooted ableism related trauma... You can still listen to the song in multiple places, it's just not on the radio, like literally nothing has changed, so really you're the one crying over nothing.
oh no, how dare you be a snowflake on the internet! go home and stop listening to it if you dont like it kid.@@GAMEGUYXXGAMEGUYXXOFFICIAL
the bar is in hell.....
My uncle is mentally disabled and this has always been his absolute FAVORITE song! Every time we have a family event, I always make sure to request this song to get him up on the dance floor so he can dance his heart out. He gets so into it and we always love seeing him so happy. It's the best feeling. :)
Lmao thats really sweet
that’s hilarious
the song is still ableist lol
@@DANIELGORMANN don’t care
@@-ChainChomp didn’t ask you
Man, this is just like learning “Forget you” wasn’t the original
It really is
Same feeling isn't it
Lmao
ITS NOT
It actually is tho lol
IM 20 YEARS OLD AND JUST FINDING OUT THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL!?!?
Man I feel you
I kind of always thought there was something off about the radio rendition, I mean who says “let’s get it started and high” that made no sense to me, so when I found this I wasn’t surprised that they would have used the word retarded instead.
Ikr
me but im almost 23.
I relate specifically to this comment. Though I found out about it TODAY and not 3 weeks ago haha.
The special Olympics is missing out on a huge opportunity to make this the entry song for the athletes. Would be so hard
If they own it then no one could make fun of them. It would be a global sensation.
Those athletes would be veins Poppin pumped
💀💀
💀💀💀💀
They actually did do this once in 2003 🤣🤣😂🤣
This will always be THE version.
Would like this but I don't wanna ruin 420 likes
Never hold yourself back@@YT-AleX-1337
@@DavidRamirez-bd7vqwisdom
It just sounds so slightly off. It's like I'm listening to another dimension's version of the song.
sounds normal for me
It's the unedited album version
The Peas landed mainstream success
With this album
Overally sensitive radio edits are just a natural progression from there
It’s the
Mandela effect brother
@@xavierrenegadeangel2955 they simply havent heard this version
Literally is like a parody from a rick and morty episode or something
As a disabled person, I approve.
Same
@@dailydiatribes Same
Same
same
Same
Can we please bring this version back? As an autistic woman, Matt Rife has a valid point. Let’s bring the word back in a positive way. Let’s loosen up and return to 2003 when us perfect 42 year old women were in our stupid prime time party phase w/ undiagnosed Autism ❤❤❤
I'll never forget in 5th grade my teacher would let 1 or 2 students each day play a song from a CD (remember those) they brought into class. Everyone was already familiar with "Lets get it started" but some kid in my class brought in THIS version on a CD and played it to the class it was pretty epic back then. Teacher definitely wasn't happy.
Idk how to tell you this... but... CDs still exist! I know, weird, right?
when i was in 5th grade ca 2010 we had music class where we showed our favorite songs and my friend the absolute mad lad meme lord chose this song. the teacher got so angry that even i got kicked out of class
I’m 😅😊😂
Lol L teacher fr
That kid probably grew into a Gigachad.
UnIronically better than “Let’s get it started”
Facts
I mean all the other lyrics....make so much more sense here
i just now found out that this was the original lol
It reminds me of my generation
Both, both is good.
This should be played at every political rally.
twitter national anthem
yes
Agree
@@littleantukins4415 especially Biden rallies.
@@gageshippy2256 *republican and democrat rallies be like
The line that really got me was “bop your head like epilepsy”
There is something poetic about the Black Eyed Peas making really thoughtful rap about current events and political issues, but not having it be very successful then for them to make this album with this song and it being a fucking hit
get you a band that can do both
There’s a clear delineation in their discography where they said fuck it
I mean the other stuff just doesn't hold the same groove to it. This song is something catchy that flows and just has its own unique flavor. Its much more powerful compared to their earlier stuff.
This song could also be applied to current events and political issues
I mean....Where Is The Love was a massive hit with a legacy, and that was exclusively political/societal
As a kid, I thought I was always imagining this song saying “retarded” instead of “get it started” when my parents played this on long car rides, but then I found out that they actually have a version of that. After many years later, I can finally confirm that it wasn’t a Mandela Effect.
It’s a reverse Mandela tbh. We were RIGHT
Give it a few years once they scrub this from the internet
“Let’s get retarded” is the origins version
The Mandela effect isn't real
@@EthanPerales. I respect your opinion and belief.
I can totally see this being used in a South Park sped kids episode
YES like Cartman plays it around all the sped kids like Timmy and Jimmy
@@dianalovesbagelss8029 it was gonna a be in a canceled South Park game
Krazy Kripples p. 2
It was in harold and kumar lmao
When academically gifted kids realize they are actually neurodivergent
Retarded*
(In this context, there's no disrespect)
Me in seventh grade realizing it was autism all along
This is so real😂😢
I think you mean autistic
"in this context theres no disrespect" has a whole new meaning.
Edit: you can all stop acting like your the smartest person since the inventor of sliced bread in the reply’s. I made this comment in a fit of laughter, and didn’t really know what I was typing.
Rather, you have discovered its original meaning
@@DaSquyd simply factual
They are simply stating their desire to get so intoxicated that their cognitive abilities decrease to a level similar to an intellectually disabled individual.
The same people that get offended over the “r word” tend to be the same ones that enable the selective aborting of them. Check the stats and compare how many Down Syndrome kids have been born. Funny how they don’t care about that but they care about a word lmao 🤦🏽♂️
the reference to seizures later in the song was a bit too on the nose
This the song Fergie listened to to pump herself up for the National Anthem
LMAO
it's even more funny because Fergie is in this group
Omg hahahah
@@GlucoseGarbage Was in this group
Savage
Some white girl: *explaining in 10,000 sentences why this song is offensive to mentally disabled people*
Me: *debating on when to tell her I’m autistic*
I've been in the same situation so many times 😂
When the white Twitter users get offended for Black people even though Black people don’t care
Same dude
@Hoosayne sure about certain topics, but I really doubt the majority of Black people care about trans people or wanting to turn America into a anarchist/communist country
i have not been in this situation yet even though im autistic, but my autistic friend called some girl retarded because she pretended to be mexican on twitter by saying "ola" instead of "hola" (the thing is, it wasnt even a typo she actually thought it was spelt like that)
Funny how the re recorded version of this is on commercials and in movies. Most people don't even know this is the original lol
TaroT SselluosS I just found out this existed...
Gangrene Gangster the song came out in 2003, the youngest generation today is mostly teenagers. todays generation wouldn’t be the ones getting mad at this song because they were kids when it came out.
fuxk off lmao funnily enough I knew this version existed only cause I watched harold and kumar
typical BEP dark humor lol
SselluosS of the TaroT They also did the clean version called “ Let’s Get It Started “ as a separate single but I’m not sure if that version was released on any updated versions of this CD or a Best Of CD as I’m sure that the original “ Let’s Get Retarded “ probably wasn’t re-released on any future CDs due to it somehow offending people 💿
Reddit: "This is iFunny's anthem!"
iFunny: "This is iFunny's anthem!"
To them, iFunnys a shithole. To us, its a shit-home
Would seal the deal if it said ostriched
I love Ifunny
@Live the based life I do agree that reddit is the worst platform, I was ridiculing iFunny's self hatred more than anything else...
What’s Ifunny again?
If the 21st century had an intro it definitely would be this
If the industrial revolution had a theme this would be it
@@louiswain9139 what
If my generation had a theme it would be this
I mean this song _did_ come out in 2003
I assure you the average person in previous centuries was a lot more retarded.
As a diagnosed adhd/autistic, why are people so offended by this it slaps
Totally. "Let's get started" just doesn't have the same effect + doesn't slap this hard
According to the offended party, saying "retarded" anywhere in any situation is automatically equating the mentally disabled to whatever "retarded" is referring to. To this day I'm having a hard time trying to understand the logic behind this.
They must be retarded
It was a different time anyway. People wouldnt make something like this nowadays, so I don't see the problem
i dont see a single person offended by this lol
The official gen z anthem
*when boomers are dying of Covid-19 and still don’t believe it’s real*
@@kindadecent9754 bruh when gen z is crying over a word im gen z myself
@@corndog1704 it’s not the word and we are not crying it’s what it means
When Joe Biden starts talking about his hairy legs
@@kindadecent9754 when gen z destroys someone's reputation over something they said 80 years ago
don’t care if you’re disabled or not, this song slaps.
And its relatable
facts
@@JoeMama-1diot sorry can you shut up im tryna vibe to this song rn
@@JoeMama-1diot I really wanna say r/gatekeeping.
This song indeed slaps, But I think that the change to “Let’s get it started” kinda flows better with the song.
"Your Reddit account has been created"
😂😂😂
Nice one hahaha
*Twitter
@@AndrewLaRealfound the redditor
@@protojockel2736 but im on reddit but im not retarded ):
“Lose control of body and soul. Don’t move too fast people, just take it slow.” what a bar
Ironic that Spotify and apple music removed this song, cause this song perfectly describes their thought process while doing it.
@@GojoGOATED fr
@@advancedhell42069 Fr
it’s a slur lol you’re pathetic for wanting to hear it so bad
Fr
Fr
The beat dropped harder than my iq
Now that's a funny comment!
fucking hilarious
Heads bopping like epilepsy to this day.
Beat dropped harder than the U.S. IQ after a majority of products were lined with lead
Me and the homies on Discord.
AAAaaa
Me and the non-binary Group of people on Twitter when we find a joke tweet made 8 years ago
"Congratulations on purchasing your new NFT"
I thought I made some type of false memory about this song's original lyrics being "get retarded" instead of "get it started" but today I learned I was always right 😂😂
+deathwisshes xox
This what i was thinking too ! You aint the only one
SAME lmao i thought it was just some Mandela effect or something
Lmao
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mission failed successfully
I played this song and this random girl started viciously barking at me
Lmfaoo vs thing I do when I get a car and subs is blasting this infront of every alt girl I see I’ll get a whole ass sound board for it in my car 😭
Lemme guess it was an alt girl
Lmao I know a girl who hisses at me if I even talk to her and stares at me all the time but if I get too close to her she runs away.
@@larryfoulkeofficial8609 most likely
SJWs need to be leashed
"In this context there's no disrespect". I love how the very first line already addresses certain people who love to get offended by everything.
Millions of mentally disabled people commit self-harm or worse each day over the mere existence of the R word. Nobody even calls them that word and they still do it anyway. It's THAT hurtful. Yet everyone is still throwing it around like it's not. Are you saying others don't have the right to get offended by that injustice? We don't tolerate this mindset of yours. Drop it now.
@@sebastiansprucer7609 if you seriously self harm because of a simple word then you never experienced any kind of real hardship in your life and are probably so privileged that you think someone making fun of you is akin to abuse.
I'm an adult with Asperger's syndrome and ADHD, both make my social and college life extremely difficult and caused me depression in more than one occasion, but it definitely wasn't because someone i don't know said a mean word to me.
@@v0rtexbeater So basically, you don't care that millions of mentally disabled people, some even under the same spectrum as yours, even attempted suicide because hundreds of insensitive minds casually threw that awful slur around expecting them to just tolerate it as if it's not. FYI, the so-called "simple word" IS abuse. Suppose you were a Jew and someone displayed the Nazi Swastika everywhere they went. How would you feel? Wouldn't feel good, would it? You'd get angry at them too. Having Asperger's and ADHD is not an excuse to be a self-centered jerk. Please think about others instead of yourself all the time.
@@sebastiansprucer7609 No, i dont care really, especially because you pulled that statistic out of thin air, there's no way in hell "millions" of people self harm or kill themselves because of the mere existence of a word.
And it's not being self centered, it's called being mature and not getting hung up on things that literally do no tangible harm to anyone, I have real issues to worry about, not a simple word.
@@v0rtexbeater "Simple word"? Just like how the Nazi Swastika is a "simple symbol"? You just admitted to not caring about how hurtful that awful slur is to others, which FYI, IS a "real issue", which you're evidently underestimating. That's self-centered behavior.
Thanks for posting the original version of this song! It's certainly one that a lot of people have taken to heart since 2003!
emily blm is crying rn
no cap
why do i know exactly what you're talking about right now...
LMAO
Lol I didn’t even need you to expand I knew
lol
Me after i got diagnosed:
LmFaooo
Bro...
Same
When you get a 100% on your autism test without studying:
@@bemotivated8443 almost a decade ago that happened to me! I did not even open a book or anything and I got a full grade I’m a god!
The international anthem for pouring milk before cereal.
That is some deep communism shit as my dad would say.
I'd rather be sent to a mental institute than eat soggy cereal
Let's get retarded
I disagree. I put my milk before cereal and Idk why some call me a monster
I eat my cereal dry.
@@potatomaker6927 idk you were wired wrong
Frenchy sent me here
This actually played for a special needs assembly but they were supposed to have the other version. 🤦♂️
FYI this is not a joke. A mutual friend was the teacher that had to set it up and the wrong one was played.
why you lying tho?
🧢
At least it's more accurate
And then everyone clapped
You did the right thing
it's a shame this isn't on spotify.
It was on Spotify but I think I got taken down
It was removed from all the streaming services.
The band “Anal Cunt” has a great song. Listen to their most played song. Thank me later
It Used to be but they lost their balls.
It was on Spotify until sometime in early-to-mid 2022. I know for sure it was still on Spotify in January 2022 because I sent my friend a screenshot of me playing it and I still have the text.
i’m autistic and this song is made for me
Same
Same
Yuuup
@Donnie Schneringer yes. But my brother is what would be considered retarded, and he has no problems with this song.
@Donnie Schneringer OK. Fair enough. They're two different things. But they both translate into people seeing the world differently.
This song makes so much sense now❤❤ I love this version❤❤
No one is commenting about "bob your head like epilepsy?"
Lmao the icing on this cake
Honestly, that's worse than the use of retarded on the context of the song
"In this context, there's no disrespect" 🤣🤣🤣
Whole song is fucking hilarious tbh
As an epileptic, I approve
they took it off spotify, truly tragic
Fucking sensitive bastards.
@@SFSVHS I'm not sensitive, I'm realistic you stupid bitch
1984
@@jeraldjoyce2995 what about that year?
@@coolbeans78 It's a reference to the book 1984. The book is about authoritarianism and control. Censorship is an important part of the story, so people have often equated real life media censorship to what they imagine George Orwell's 1984 is about. So much so that the phrase "this is literally 1984" has become a meme.
Hope this helps
I still can’t believe they wrote this out, recorded it, and mixed it, and still put it out. Why would they think this is a good idea. It’s awesome.
Nobody cared back then. Retarded was a huge part of my vocabulary in middle and part of high school.
people werent so sensitive back then ;( i miss that
@@MrBmantheman that seems like a you problem my guy 💀 believe it or not a lot of people are normal
@@MrBmantheman still is popular in high school
Because we weren't a softie society
I miss the old days
I'm here after I was just diagnosed with Autism today, now this song has meaning for me. I love it
congrats
I always heard the clean version that goes "Lets get it started", what a life changing experience.
@MemerL It was for the radio, it ended up being a bigger hit than the original.
Me after exams
I agree.
More like "Me during exams"
me before during and after exams
WE MAKIN' IT OUT OF U.K PARLIAMENT WITH THIS ONE🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Arguing with my girlfriend about this song, she's saying let's get retarded isn't the original version of the song, that let's get it started is the original.
This is the original. I had the album. Let’s Get It Started was the “clean” version, which then blew up.
They eventually started printing the album with Let’s Get It Started instead of this one.
There's 2 version this is the " *explicit* " version but like the dude above me said they made a cleaner version for the radio which blew up quicker
Just tell her why tf would they make the song with the word retarded after the clean version. That makes no sense.
They tried to bite off the Bay Area lol it failed. The music in the bay at the time would have words like “get crazy, stupid, dumb, retarded” an actual line from the Federation feat. E-40 on a song called Hyphy. Black Eyed Peas used to record at 17 Hertz Studio in Hayward so they thought maybe they could get away with it? Lol didn’t work out too well.
Nah man this is the original
When the special ed class has a party
Have a look at 'Special Ed' by Stephen lynch
💀
Dammit, if I could stop laughing...
Speaking of which Temple Grandin was among many to hit the Dislike Button
😲
As a disabled person I unironically love this song
Sams
Samd
Same
same its fantastic
@@obiwankenobi3375 Danm you’re disabled? Who would’ve thought?😂
WE ARE MAKING TO ARKHAM ASYLUM WITH THIS ONE 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯
I don’t remember the black eyed peas being this good
That's because this was right after Fergie joined. But they were already starting to slide downhill.
Tbh this is the only song of there's I unironically still listen to.
They were so good.
They were actually pretty good before they got rid of Kim Hill. She left on her own, but they pretty much forced her hand.
This and Meet Me Hallfway are their only good songs lmao
"Congratulations! You've been accepted into Hustlers University"
This was the original song BTW. They made a different version that could be used in public.
Damn 11 years ago?
@@nightmode3782 damn 4 days ago?
@@shaneg5630 damn a month ago
@@jenniepeach6764 damn a week ago
@@Hugo-ut1de damn 2 days ago?
I didn’t find out about this until today when someone posted a video of “Let’s get it started” playing at the special Olympics 💀
It’s crazy how offended people get over this song. I’m an epileptic and my favorite line is “bob your head like epilepsy” 🤣🤣
It even has Fergie harmonies, unlike the "bob your heade like me Apl d".
Shoutout to the epileptic bros!
i have yet to see a single offended person on here xd
@@sayo1133 there are like 4 hall monitors in the comments crying about slurs and how this is basically the same as saying who was in Paris with a hard R.
You'll find only people who aren't retarded take offence on behalf of people they don't know, nor could ever be the spokesman for. With this mindset everything and anything could be offensive and so censorship prevails. It's literally a retardation of advanced societies.
What ever happened to "sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me"?
WE MAKING IT OUTTA THE SPECIAL SCHOOL WITH THIS 🗣🗣🗣🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥
We 100% making it out of the Gifted Children class with this one
We getting off the short bus with this one.
We making it out of sped class with this 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥
👽👽👽
Omg I actually snorted 😂😂😂
i love how people came back here for that one reason lol... 👀
ratio tho 😨
It's you 👀
wtf
Verified youtuber moment
My monke brain wanted to hear them say retarded because it’s a funny word
'the r worrd is extremely offensive to the autistic community annd shouldnt be used under any circumstances'
the autistic community in question:
What kind of retarded shit you saying?
Adhd here and i stan neurodivergent gang rise up
@@circleofstone3114 he was making fun of those ppl
I’ve seen most people with disabilities like Down syndrome say that they don’t like the word so I simply don’t say it
r/blessed comments
it's not even offensive. it's just accurate. consuming alcohol literally retards your motor functions. losing control of your body through impaired dance and lowered inhibitions is exactly what the song is all about. language matters. *"IN THIS CONTEXT, THERE'S NO DISRESPECT"*
The best part of booze
the problem (for me at least) is them saying get stupid before it, which makes it sounds like they are saying those 2 things mean the same thing
@@vandam6057 getting stupid is also a side effect of alcohol
@@davidclasson8852I wasn't alive in 2003 so idk how people thought of the song then, so they could have thought the r word was a synonym for stupid, and if so you have one on me
@@vandam6057 I was just a young boy at the time so I don't know the general consensus from 2003, but I do know that between 2009-2014, calling someone retarded was a generally acceptable insult, only offensive to the person being insulted.
That attitude generally changed around 2015-2016 when pathetic people wanted to have their own version of the n-word since they aren't black.
This song accurately describes the current state of Twitter.
*current state of the World.
ftfy
@@actinium2754 pretty much yeah lol
Fr, I looked this song up because I just said to myself that Twitter is retarded.
@@actinium2754 America.
@@ordinaryfellow9093 the entire western world except Japan
HERE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ON SPOTIFY! WHY
as a neurodivergent person this is the funniest shit ever I don't know why
tiktok wants to cancel it :(
same
@@icecoldostik tok is pretty self contained They don’t have the power to cancel
Same
Lol IKR
okay, time to bring it up:
"getting retarded" is a phrase commonly used in dance clubs, pretty much saying "going down onto the floor and dancing". this song was not meant to offend mentally challenged people.
just fyi
Yup, hence why he says: in this context Theres no disrespect.
Furthermore, retard wasnt a bad phrase nor rape back in 2000s until like 2011 snowflakes were born :)
@@atari_hmb it has always been a bad word, hence why this version was banned. And "r*pe" has ALWAYS been a bad thing.
@@gircakes yes, because we were not as aware as we are now
@@gircakes but it was not taken as seriously as it is now
@@atari_hmb I remember when the tides turned on "rape" actually. Must have been around 2014, because after that, it got replaced, in the some context, with "wrecked"/"rekt." After hearing this phrase frequently enough and thinking it didn't really mean anything, I realized they were just saying something to replace "raped." But before 2014 or so, it was VERY common in both sports and gamer lingo to say "we got raped" to mean "we lost really bad," or "we raped them" to say "we really beat them." I wonder if it was that (false) Rolling Stone article that changed the tide.