I have never heard a song in my life that fits the black man more than this. The lyrics and Donny's voice literally pierce my soul more than anything I have heard in my life. He sings on the trials and tribulations so many of us go through, but at the same time he uplifts you and helps you. This song can have going crying tears of pain from hearing your story told to crying tears of joy knowing that there is hope and somebody is rooting for you, no matter how hard life has tried to convince you should be thrown away. This song stirs such a range of emotion that is simply amazing!!
Real talk, this sums up my life right here.....the silent pain that us "Little Ghetto Boys" have to go through is real when we lose our fathers to the streets, listening to this song really hit home and now this "Little Ghetto Boy" is a successful Man with my own family who I love and would let nothing happen to them.
My Grandad was a war baby, a brown boy growing up in a white,rural village. This was his song. He passed in May and I play this everyday in his honor xx
HIS LYRICS ARE VERY ENCOURAGING POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING FOR HIM TO MOVE ON, WELL DONNY HATHAWAY WILL REMAIN IN MY MEMORY AS A GREAT SINGER, SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN
The great Tony Bennett got it right when he said: “Great music doesn’t get old.” I remember hearing this recording back in 1972. I was deeply moved by it then. Now, in the year 2023 at my age of 71, Donny Hathaway and his music here are as young and as powerful as ever. This is great music. And it is ageless.
I cry over all these little ghetto boys and girls of all ghettos in the world. Only God will give you what you deserve and will fulfill all your needs and dreams.
Our young men need to hear this song today. It hasn't got better; in fact it has become worst. This is the type of music our young people need to be listening too.
True indeed that things are getting worse. However, since the world seems to be going to hell in a hand basket, things have to get better, somehow,someway, someday.
The music from my era was the best growing up in Detroit in the 60sand 70s Was great Got married in 1969 Still with my love 50 years Love my Detroit music
Classic! Everything about this song is just perfect: the vocals, the arrangement, the lyrics, and it's not overly produced. Just pure and raw talent and soul.
my father played this song when i was a lil kid in th 80s...and Ive never stopped listening to it. How powerful is a song written in 70s in the US can be so relevant here in South Africa more than 30 years later
Got no words to tell how this makes me feel. Pure soul in this voice. Talent at its peak. Donny is without any doubt one of the greatest voices of all time. Gone too young, too soon...
Oct.1st: Happy birthday Grammy Award winning Singer-songwriter-Composer-Pianist Donny Hathaway (1945-1979) Thank you and God bless. RIP Legend. Thanks for the upload, William Page. Blessings
Actually there is. The message back then: we have to get together and love one another. Today: live for yourself and do what you want; forget anyone else
NF - If you want love Kendrick Lamar - How much a dollar cost Lil peep - cry alone XXXTENTACION - Jocelyn flores Twenty one pilots - stressed out Ed sheeran - small bump Scott James - fourth leg Cavetown - talk to me Joji - Slow dancing in the dark Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color You're being willfully ignorant here. Btw stop acting like all music was good and meaningful way back.
I shed tears almost anytime I hear mr. donny hathaway sing a song..So much soul and passion and even pain was in his voice..Thanks for the wonderful music you left on this earth before your untimely passing..It has touched so many people's lives..Rest in peace!!
I salute you Donny Hathaway. I have never stopped getting goosebumps when I connect to that soul vibration from your voice trully AMAZING, OUTSTANDING & NOToutdone yet . Ress in Power KING !!!!!!!!
@@patscott1965 for me it's about my ambition , the way i live today is my attemp at seeing tommorow, and even that isn't guaranteed, value the life you have today, it'll increase your chances of seeing tomorrow
I don't know why when I hear this I wanna cry I loved this man's voice too just like David Ruffin the late great soul singer! both gone way too soon! Omg all of our great singers are gone!
I remember Donnie Hathaway as a child, but still being young and not paying attention to the lyrics. In latter years, revisiting his music and being brought to tears after finding out about his death. It saddened me. Now that's pure genius.
Donny is a true legend indeed. I was very young when I was introduced to Donny's music. To this day, I still listen to. RIP Dear brother, your music lives on.
I do not remember when i began to listen Donny Hathaway but i am sure that was many years ago. Since there, i have been discovered year by year a deep meaning in all his songs, especially this one, that i do not know how, give me a sense of hope and much strength. Greetings from Perú 🇵🇪. Good music is universal.
+Ken Hart Jr Ifaleke Ogunda Tokpa OriTegunse in the same way that i enjoyed reading your name ^^ without understanding a singl word ^^ just kidding no offence
Reda Schulz thank you and no offense taken :) It is a Yoruba name meaning; Ifaleke-Ifa ( The Word of God) makes me victroious in life Ogunda-Tokpa- Ogun (The Deity of metal, war, technology, and guardian of truth) comes to seal the kill OriTegunse-My Ori (Personal God of Destiny) was manifestest through the greatness of my Ancestors and also means my Ori makes me victorious... In the Yoruba people, name have literal meanings..so I give thanks for it....and so it is...Ase!
awesome hard hitting track, about life on the streets, about a boy who becomes a man trying to make it, donny was gone way before his time, just a real soul legend.listen to the song carefully he tells a story well.
Walking the crazy streets of L.A. late at night after work. Watching all the bullshit that happens on a daily basis, wonder how the hell i made it outta there during the 90's. Its a miracle.
Just to think I always wanted to move to CALI back in the early 80s, but I was single and had a young son. Then I was hearing about the GANGS, CRACK and corrupt LAPD. Second thoughts telling me keep my black ass right where I'm at, soooooo glad I did. Years later after my son graduated from college we went as his graduation gift.
@@valendanewell5901 I moved to LA four years ago. Walked home at 3am in Compton. I was safe the whole time. Compton is quiet for the most part. Homeowners with families. Kids at the playground. There is some crime in LA like all big cities, but they have cleaned it up...FOR REAL.
@@KingMe725 Yep...but that's years afterwards... the riots, crack and all that other stuff...BACK IN THE DAY 80s/90s it was a whole different situation...cause most of blacks were living in SOUTH CENTRAL in 80s/90s. So glad it's alot more peaceful in 2020 of course again it depends on where you live.....THANKS for the insight...PEACE✌🏾 and LOVE ❤
One of the best bass performances ever done. An absolutely first class example of melodic and rhythmic bass playing. Donny's voice is also phenomenal. One of the finest live albums ever made. Worf
I got chills. reminds me growing up in the 90's..Moms working full time raising 3 boys on her own ..living in a garage all the way till I was 19........Love my momma
ONE OF MY LIFES GREATEST JOYS WAS HAVING BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN AND WITNESS FIRST HAND THE MUSICAL GENIOUS OF THIS ARTIST FOR A FULL WEEK.THE GUYS IN THIS PHOTO WITH ME WILL TESTIFY TO THIS.HE WAS REMARKABLE AND HIS BAND AS WELL!!!
Touching my soul, god what a excelent artist! greetings from Chile "Little ghetto boy When, when, when you become a man You can make things change, hey hey If you just take a stand You gotta believe in yourself and in all you do You've gotta fight to make it better You'll see how other people will start believing too My son, things will start to get better "
Beautiful Intelligent Real N Uniquely Performed by the Legendary Donny Hathaway.I 💘 his music.What an Legendary Artist Beautiful In A Class By Himself.Rip Brotha Donny Another Gone too Soon.
I'm still enjoying the vibe. Donny was ahead of his time, as Marvin, Curtis, and Stevie. Fast forward to a rap sample, and a new generation will discover his genius. That song led many of them to discover his music. Peace
Bass Man workin' it hard!!! complimementing such a musical gem as this. Such talent is so often times gone unheard of and unrecognzed, but still a grain of salt that seasoned the whole song.
THIS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS FROM THIS LEGENDARY LATE AND GREAT SINGER, SONGWRITER, COMPOSER AND HUMANITARIAN DONNY HATHAWAY AND MULTI-TALENTED MUSIC PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR BECAUSE THE LYRICS SANG THE TRUTH WITH CONVICTION, BUT ONLY ENCOURAGE HIM WITH SOMETHING POSITIVE TO GROW ON AND STRENGTHEN HIS SPIRIT AS WELL WITH HOPE FOR HIM TO MATURED TO BE A BETTER MAN.
One of my all time favorite singers. But he's more than that. He's like family to me in my heart. And, this song (and album) was there when I needed it (back in 1972 when my life was very scary and crazy). I only wish I could have been there for Donny. I still weep at his loss to this day. I do believe though, that I will see you in Heaven Donny by the same grace of God. Maybe we'll get to do a tune or two together.
i love this track, donny just had a great way of telling a true story, i have been down and out, i know what it is like been there, don't ever want to be there again.i grew up on the streets.
great song,i love this track,donny hathaway just had a great way of telling a true a true story,i grew up with the streets around me,you have to be street smart to survive,i have seen people stabbed,and i was down and out as a kid,it was tough,when you saw the things a kid should never have saw,but you learn from all that and move on,man i had a tough childhood,but things get better,you learn from your past that is what made me a better person.
As a grown black man, the message is profound and still applies today.. Sad out here.
It's hard on everyone. We all share the burden.
Im Native American ... This song does still stand.
I love letter to every man of color,
Truly sad
Andy Wolchko 😂 always one white guy that has to pop up like it’s hard for all ppl out here..... shut tf up 😂
I have never heard a song in my life that fits the black man more than this. The lyrics and Donny's voice literally pierce my soul more than anything I have heard in my life. He sings on the trials and tribulations so many of us go through, but at the same time he uplifts you and helps you. This song can have going crying tears of pain from hearing your story told to crying tears of joy knowing that there is hope and somebody is rooting for you, no matter how hard life has tried to convince you should be thrown away. This song stirs such a range of emotion that is simply amazing!!
Boy you captured that so beautiful God bless you !!!
Real talk, this sums up my life right here.....the silent pain that us "Little Ghetto Boys" have to go through is real when we lose our fathers to the streets, listening to this song really hit home and now this "Little Ghetto Boy" is a successful Man with my own family who I love and would let nothing happen to them.
@@Legacycoins👍
My Grandad was a war baby, a brown boy growing up in a white,rural village. This was his song. He passed in May and I play this everyday in his honor xx
HIS LYRICS ARE VERY ENCOURAGING POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING FOR HIM TO MOVE ON, WELL DONNY HATHAWAY
WILL REMAIN IN MY MEMORY AS A GREAT SINGER, SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN
The great Tony Bennett got it right when he said: “Great music doesn’t get old.”
I remember hearing this recording back in 1972. I was deeply moved by it then. Now, in the year 2023 at my age of 71, Donny Hathaway and his music here are as young and as powerful as ever. This is great music. And it is ageless.
Man if you’re alive god bless your quote
One of the best songs in the history of mankind
Hell yeah 👍
No lies whatsoever!!💯
I cry over all these little ghetto boys and girls of all ghettos in the world. Only God will give you what you deserve and will fulfill all your needs and dreams.
Well that hasn't happened yet 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔after 400 years we are still on the SUFFERING LIST
This song always brings tears to my eyes. The tears I be holding back for so long.
Release
When it is your story SING!!! I will be your chorus. Thanks for sharing. Chi town listening❤
from Texas I hear you.
Let em go. Its hurts the transgressors to hold on. It hurts you too.
I'm with you !!!
WHO ELSE STUCK IN THE 70'S? IM HAPPY THERE!
I know I'm is. LOL
Most definite. Me too👍🏿💜🤜🏿
Me too...it's peaceful here
I'm stuck in the 70s too. 😊
Me 4sho 🙏
Our young men need to hear this song today. It hasn't got better; in fact it has become worst. This is the type of music our young people need to be listening too.
Man! 🙏🏾
True indeed that things are getting worse. However, since the world seems to be going to hell in a hand basket, things have to get better, somehow,someway, someday.
Why? It is not about superficiality, money, bimbos, cars and over-exaggerating yourself.
The music from my era was the best growing up in Detroit in the 60sand 70s
Was great
Got married in 1969
Still with my love 50 years
Love my Detroit music
That is amazing that is along time to be married.
Powerful!! You know what true music and love is!! ♥️♥️
@@368carameldelux Real music that black folks married and in love with each other. Not the fake stuff we got no that's split up black people no .
This bassist is on POINT.
Willie Weeks!
Yes, the GREAT Willie Weeks.
On periodt, point!
Word.
Love u
''Everything has got to get better'' This song gives me goosebumps.
I Love Donny Hathaway. He was BRILLIANT. He left this world too soon.💕🙏🏾😢
Donny and Stevie have similar cadences and similar inflections in their singing voices. Wow!!!
Much more, many more pain on Donny voice... 🥹❤️🩹
I swear I could listen to Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder all day long!!
Rest In Power Donnie. You did your thing. You were Profoundly Blessed. We received your message..
Une chanson tout en humanité, ''soulful'' à souhait. Nul besoin d' en comprendre les mots. Le ressenti est au-dela des mots pour qui a un coeur!REP!
Donny Hathaway, Gone but not FORGOTTEN!! RIP
1992 brought me here ❤
That bassline is beautiful!
Willie Weeks
Classic! Everything about this song is just perfect: the vocals, the arrangement, the lyrics, and it's not overly produced. Just pure and raw talent and soul.
my father played this song when i was a lil kid in th 80s...and Ive never stopped listening to it. How powerful is a song written in 70s in the US can be so relevant here in South Africa more than 30 years later
Mfundo Maqanda Music is timeless. Remember you in P.E. Tech 20 yrs ago. Ayanda Qolohle
Man with a message in his music. Sang from the heart to exorcise the demons vexing his spirit. A talent gone too soon!
For the first time I heard this beautiful piece from 1992(The Movie) and it was a soundtrack,swept of my feet ❤
Got no words to tell how this makes me feel. Pure soul in this voice. Talent at its peak. Donny is without any doubt one of the greatest voices of all time. Gone too young, too soon...
Much agreed David could not have said it better.
The congas, the basslines gives me chills. Timeless.
If you're too young to remember the 70`s, this will take you there.
TRUE WORDS IN THIS SONG: GREAT POST +KEITH...
Oct.1st: Happy birthday Grammy Award winning Singer-songwriter-Composer-Pianist Donny Hathaway (1945-1979) Thank you and God bless. RIP Legend. Thanks for the upload, William Page. Blessings
can't stop crying, to this guy long live Donny Hathaway
Props to Dr. Dre & RZA for sampling this song so a new generation of kids from the west coast and east coast could discover this gem.
Kids and people from all over the world, man. My love for rap has definitely caused me to explore a lot of soul, funk, old RnB, etc etc!
Salut from Russia man)
Word. Props for Donny Hathaway making this song??
Darnell Jackson. preach it
Darnell Jackson what song they used this for de. dre
And this shit is LIVE. No Auto -tune bullshit. Pure soul music i love it.
+Makaveli Shakur Exactly. I can't listen to anything else if it can't sound like this.
già fratello, niete auto-tune e altre cazzate varie
already brother, niete auto-tune and other crap various (Google Translate).
YES LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
me,15 yrs old vibin to this song rn
i wish more people of my age would listen to that
the message is in the music back in the day . No message in music today .
Actually there is. The message back then: we have to get together and love one another.
Today: live for yourself and do what you want; forget anyone else
check out tpab
NF - If you want love
Kendrick Lamar - How much a dollar cost
Lil peep - cry alone
XXXTENTACION - Jocelyn flores
Twenty one pilots - stressed out
Ed sheeran - small bump
Scott James - fourth leg
Cavetown - talk to me
Joji - Slow dancing in the dark
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
You're being willfully ignorant here.
Btw stop acting like all music was good and meaningful way back.
you looking in all the wrong places. Don't just say stuff cause you caught in a time trap
@@PeekaBooo25 Living for yourself and forgetting everyone else is contradictory.
I shed tears almost anytime I hear mr. donny hathaway sing a song..So much soul and passion and even pain was in his voice..Thanks for the wonderful music you left on this earth before your untimely passing..It has touched so many people's lives..Rest in peace!!
He was the true definition of soul singer
@@ayro0638 couldn't agree more 🙏🏾
Donny Hathaway is probably the most under appreciated artist we have had
Killing me softly with his songs. Telling my whole life with his words.
What did we do to deserve this shit, we call music nowadays!
Lazy promoters, computers that can replicate music, and lack of originality by artists is what produced this shit called music.
@@ericmatterson9905 Pretty much, yes.
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I agree 100%
Listen to more. Remember that 99% of music made at the same time as this classic was also shit. We only remember the good.
this deserves the title of "one of the best songs in history". So deep.
I salute you Donny Hathaway. I have never stopped getting goosebumps when I connect to that soul vibration from your voice trully AMAZING, OUTSTANDING & NOToutdone yet . Ress in Power KING !!!!!!!!
Donny Hathaway was and always will be one of the greatest. Amen.
Donny is the man!!!
We know the race isn't always to the swiftest, or the battle to the strongest.but all is possible when you stay strivin 2 C tommorow my ndugu💯🦍♥️
I concur. Expond please.
@@patscott1965 for me it's about my ambition , the way i live today is my attemp at seeing tommorow, and even that isn't guaranteed, value the life you have today, it'll increase your chances of seeing tomorrow
Good music is universal...doesn't matter where you live or your cultural background.....you listen to good music
Love him
Ooh....my mama always tell me someone killed him over his wife. Crazy
It's hard for ppl to accept that someone so talented is flawed and that they could kill themselves.
Christopher J. Bell yesss it's like their minds are on another level and no one understand them
I still get chills when I hear this. Brilliant is the operative word brother Bell. Miss ya Donnie. Still!!!
His daughter Lala Hathaway sings with the same haughtiness and deep Soul.❤
I don't know why when I hear this I wanna cry I loved this man's voice
too just like David Ruffin the late great soul singer! both gone way too soon! Omg all of our great singers are gone!
They should not have the dislike button for this song.
A classic masterpiece from the multi talented Donnie Hathaway!
Stunning bass playing from the seventies
My brother and me jammed this song all the time. I miss you bro.
One of the best live albums I've ever heard. You can hear the room. Love it!!
I keep coming back to this wonderful song. Donny will live on because of it.
This great album was release in 1973 can you tell me why this madness is still happening today 2023?😢😢😢😢.
Such a great message! This song gives me hope when I'm feeling down.
I remember Donnie Hathaway as a child, but still being young and not paying attention to
the lyrics. In latter years, revisiting his music and being brought to tears after finding out about his death. It saddened me. Now that's pure genius.
This is a REAL song about life for us here ,It got to get better
Donny is a true legend indeed. I was very young when I was introduced to Donny's music. To this day, I still listen to. RIP Dear brother, your music lives on.
Now this is singing from the heart! Love me some Donnie Hathaway! Thanks for posting.
I luck up hearing this cut from Donny. What a soulful singer. Enjoy ed hearing this again.
I do not remember when i began to listen Donny Hathaway but i am sure that was many years ago. Since there, i have been discovered year by year a deep meaning in all his songs, especially this one, that i do not know how, give me a sense of hope and much strength. Greetings from Perú 🇵🇪. Good music is universal.
❤️
Rest Easy Donny. The best period. This is not up for discussion
I enjoyed Donny Hathaway very much as a child and still do...his voice stirs my soul...
+Ken Hart Jr Ifaleke Ogunda Tokpa OriTegunse in the same way that i enjoyed reading your name ^^ without understanding a singl word ^^ just kidding no offence
Reda Schulz thank you and no offense taken :) It is a Yoruba name meaning;
Ifaleke-Ifa ( The Word of God) makes me victroious in life
Ogunda-Tokpa- Ogun (The Deity of metal, war, technology, and guardian of truth) comes to seal the kill
OriTegunse-My Ori (Personal God of Destiny) was manifestest through the greatness of my Ancestors and also means my Ori makes me victorious...
In the Yoruba people, name have literal meanings..so I give thanks for it....and so it is...Ase!
truly one of the greatest, powerful uplifting voice, rip my bro
This is a classic in my life.
Cut from a different clothe !!!🥺😍🥰
Anyone in 2025
Yes indeed
Right here
Indeed
Fo sho!
Yes
This song definitely hits home with me... because it reminds me where I come from, and where I'm going..... thank you Donny"!!!!!😎👍
awesome hard hitting track, about life on the streets, about a boy who becomes a man trying to make it, donny was gone way before his time, just a real soul legend.listen to the song carefully he tells a story well.
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Nothing like good music to make one feel good. Today's music doesn't even compare to when music had SOUL
I love this artist..big voice..may god bless his soul
This world needs music like this so badly. We need the soul refilled and love restored. It can happen. It should happen. It will happen. Again.
GREAT MEMORY OF A GREAT ARTIST
One of the most incredible voices ...ever.
The GREATEST male voice of ALL TIME!!!!
This sounds awesome live! Loved how this Brother put it down. A genius.
THOSE POWERFUL LYRICS HAS BEEN
VERY POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING
THAT'S ALSO UPLIFTING.
Walking the crazy streets of L.A. late at night after work. Watching all the bullshit that happens on a daily basis, wonder how the hell i made it outta there during the 90's. Its a miracle.
Just to think I always wanted to move to CALI back in the early 80s, but I was single and had a young son. Then I was hearing about the GANGS, CRACK and corrupt LAPD. Second thoughts telling me keep my black ass right where I'm at, soooooo glad I did. Years later after my son graduated from college we went as his graduation gift.
@@valendanewell5901 I moved to LA four years ago. Walked home at 3am in Compton. I was safe the whole time. Compton is quiet for the most part. Homeowners with families. Kids at the playground. There is some crime in LA like all big cities, but they have cleaned it up...FOR REAL.
@@KingMe725 Yep...but that's years afterwards... the riots, crack and all that other stuff...BACK IN THE DAY 80s/90s it was a whole different situation...cause most of blacks were living in SOUTH CENTRAL in 80s/90s. So glad it's alot more peaceful in 2020 of course again it depends on where you live.....THANKS for the insight...PEACE✌🏾 and LOVE ❤
@@valendanewell5901 You're welcome 😊
My mama use to play this for me💚
One of the best bass performances ever done. An absolutely first class example of melodic and rhythmic bass playing. Donny's voice is also phenomenal. One of the finest live albums ever made.
Worf
I got chills. reminds me growing up in the 90's..Moms working full time raising 3 boys on her own ..living in a garage all the way till I was 19........Love my momma
ONE OF MY LIFES GREATEST JOYS WAS HAVING BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN AND WITNESS FIRST HAND THE MUSICAL GENIOUS OF THIS ARTIST FOR A FULL WEEK.THE GUYS IN THIS PHOTO WITH ME WILL TESTIFY TO THIS.HE WAS REMARKABLE AND HIS BAND AS WELL!!!
YES THIS EXTREMELY TALENTED MAN WILL ALWAYS BE HIGHLY MISSED FROM HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS
AND ALL HIS MUSIC CONNOISSEURS WORLDWIDE
Touching my soul, god what a excelent artist! greetings from Chile
"Little ghetto boy
When, when, when you become a man
You can make things change, hey hey
If you just take a stand
You gotta believe in yourself and in all you do
You've gotta fight to make it better
You'll see how other people will start believing too
My son, things will start to get better "
Beautiful song and phenomenal voice indeed...this is definitely quality music.
i feel this song in my soul...donny was a true gift
Beautiful Intelligent Real N Uniquely Performed by the Legendary Donny Hathaway.I 💘 his music.What an Legendary Artist Beautiful In A Class By Himself.Rip Brotha Donny Another Gone too Soon.
Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg brought me here, great sample of a great song!
+Isaac Tanis Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg & Daz - Lil' Ghetto Boy :P
I'm still enjoying the vibe. Donny was ahead of his time, as Marvin, Curtis, and Stevie. Fast forward to a rap sample, and a new generation will discover his genius. That song led many of them to discover his music. Peace
don't pretend like you know them by calling them by their first names, show some respect boy
@Sean C Totally agree! Donny deserves to be on R&B's Mount Rushmore with the guys you named.
Bass Man workin' it hard!!! complimementing such a musical gem as this. Such talent is so often times gone unheard of and unrecognzed, but still a grain of salt that seasoned the whole song.
THIS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS FROM THIS LEGENDARY LATE AND GREAT SINGER, SONGWRITER, COMPOSER AND HUMANITARIAN
DONNY HATHAWAY AND MULTI-TALENTED MUSIC PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR
BECAUSE THE LYRICS SANG
THE TRUTH WITH CONVICTION,
BUT ONLY ENCOURAGE HIM WITH
SOMETHING POSITIVE TO GROW
ON AND STRENGTHEN HIS SPIRIT
AS WELL WITH HOPE FOR HIM TO
MATURED TO BE A BETTER MAN.
I love this song nobody does it Like donny! 🖤
Dam he was an awesome singer! You can tell his voice
From any other!
What a voice!!! This is music! The kind that just makes you feel GOOD! Inside and out! Yeah!
Yes LORD... SAVE OUR SON'S.. All these Little GHETTO BOY'S.. Play that Piano Donny! Love you... 9-8-2019
Listening to this in 2020. Saw the deep ghetto. Raised y daughter in it and escaped. But I remember you, ghetto. You built me to be a stronger woman.
I remember walking to the corner store with a box cutter up my sleeve.
He was one of the greatest gift to music god blessed us with his voice
This whole night was one full of great performances. And Willie Weeks brought the noice on the bass on each song.
One of my all time favorite singers. But he's more than that. He's like family to me in my heart. And, this song (and album) was there when I needed it (back in 1972 when my life was very scary and crazy). I only wish I could have been there for Donny. I still weep at his loss to this day. I do believe though, that I will see you in Heaven Donny by the same grace of God. Maybe we'll get to do a tune or two together.
The old school never expired.
Excellent live version. Donny and his band are examples of what real musical talent is...
i love this track, donny just had a great way of telling a true story, i have been down and out, i know what it is like been there, don't ever want to be there again.i grew up on the streets.
Same
Thank you. I can relate.
great song,i love this track,donny hathaway just had a great way of telling a true a true story,i grew up with the streets around me,you have to be street smart to survive,i have seen people stabbed,and i was down and out as a kid,it was tough,when you saw the things a kid should never have saw,but you learn from all that and move on,man i had a tough childhood,but things get better,you learn from your past that is what made me a better person.
I'm Italian and i love this ! Soul is universal
Surrounding himself with such a great band was a brilliant move for Mr Hathaway . thanks for the posts .