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  • Lauryn Hill's official HD music video for 'Ex-Factor'
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    Lyrics:
    Ex-Factor
    What is meant to be, will be
    After winter, must come spring
    Change, it comes eventually
    I wrote these words for everyone
    Who struggles in their youth
    Who won't accept deception
    Instead of what is truth
    It seems we lose the game,
    Before we even start to play
    Who made these rules? We're so confused
    Easily led astray
    Let me tell ya that
    Ex-Factor
    Ex-Factor
    After winter, must come spring
    Ex-Factor

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  • @Ontop21213
    @Ontop21213 2 months ago +1517

    2026 anyone?

  • @yanabankss
    @yanabankss 5 years ago +41227

    Literally the 1% Who’s reading this, God bless you , stay safe and have a wonderful day.

  • @xmiunax4385
    @xmiunax4385 4 years ago +10816

    "you said you'd die for me... why wont you live for me?" man it cuts deep

    • @maonycruz9499
      @maonycruz9499 4 years ago +114

      Yes it does.

    • @destinixshakur
      @destinixshakur 4 years ago +188

      It’s when she said “ where were you , when I needed you” for me EVERY time

    • @lookhowshegobbledthat
      @lookhowshegobbledthat 4 years ago +63

      This was about Wyclef who she had an affair with. Y'all not gonna come for her like y'all come for Alicia Keys 24/7?

    • @ng6cblocka482
      @ng6cblocka482 4 years ago +22

      When y unrealistic this is the sample from drake nice for what

    • @sherylmac40
      @sherylmac40 4 years ago +105

      @ng6cblocka482 Drake doesn't hit deep... Hotline bling 🥱....this song has meaning, depth and realism...🌠🌠

  • @ZoeiDavis-kinrd
    @ZoeiDavis-kinrd Month ago +372

    HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH GUYSSSS🎉❤

  • @Learningselflove21
    @Learningselflove21 4 years ago +4773

    This song gives a complete different emotion after you have realized you're actually in a toxic relationship.

  • @TimTim-xo8tf
    @TimTim-xo8tf 5 years ago +6756

    The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the greatest female album of all time hands down....any genre

    • @penguinbedsheets773
      @penguinbedsheets773 5 years ago +80

      Ye probably bjork up there too

    • @---kp1dp
      @---kp1dp 5 years ago +39

      @penguinbedsheets773 YES BJORK VESPERTINE or vulnicura lowkey

    • @lwandilebelot516
      @lwandilebelot516 5 years ago +126

      That's your opinion and preference; don't be part of a culture that is obsessed with discrediting other great people who've put out inspirational artwork that Ms. Hill bows down to for pathing the way for her and other great artists.

    • @DavidMaurice86
      @DavidMaurice86 5 years ago +99

      Lwandile Belot STFU

    • @lwandilebelot516
      @lwandilebelot516 5 years ago +61

      @DavidMaurice86 Another stupid, immature millennial who can't articulate themselves so they resort to dumbass comments...

  • @lovelydae7455
    @lovelydae7455 4 years ago +5500

    this shit hits different when you're grown

    • @Moloc2230
      @Moloc2230 4 years ago +74

      Hell yeah, I'm over here getting goosebumps with this song and Chasing Waterfalls by T.L.C.

    • @kagwinjeri
      @kagwinjeri 4 years ago +52

      For sure. I remember I didn't like this song when it came out but now it's my favorite song. Definitely hits different when you're mature.

    • @shopkins1984
      @shopkins1984 4 years ago +12

      So true

    • @brunoazevedo8989
      @brunoazevedo8989 4 years ago +11

      Just realized that

    • @jasminehill6312
      @jasminehill6312 4 years ago +11

      Absolutely!!!

  • @StoneyEyes-215
    @StoneyEyes-215 6 months ago +346

    If you’re Here in 2025 , that means you want music that feeds the spirit.

  • @EdgeofGlory261
    @EdgeofGlory261 8 years ago +4201

    I hate when people try to discredit Lauryn Hill. She is one of the best female rappers of all time.

    • @NikkiG515
      @NikkiG515 8 years ago +101

      EdgeofGlory261 i wish she had more longevity, she let the celebrity kill her career.

    • @djandreatkinson8671
      @djandreatkinson8671 8 years ago +31

      EdgeofGlory261 the best

    • @mykiamoto7145
      @mykiamoto7145 8 years ago +33

      She's about to go back on your for the 20 year reunion of The Mis-education of Lauryn Hill

    • @Khi.252
      @Khi.252 8 years ago +133

      EdgeofGlory261 She was too real for the music industry....

    • @rachelevans134
      @rachelevans134 7 years ago +128

      EdgeofGlory261 the problem was her raw talent exceeded all expectations and elevated beyond the boundaries in place and the music industry was not ready or capable of comprehending lyrical and production and musical PERFECTION on one album. The industry failed her.

  • @joepopppa
    @joepopppa 6 years ago +13299

    she’s just one of those rare artists who could NEVER BE REPLACED.

  • @victorolugbemiro459
    @victorolugbemiro459 4 years ago +4978

    Lauryn Hill poured the whole of her heart into this song. You can feel every emotion.

    • @dwightyawg7781
      @dwightyawg7781 4 years ago +112

      Forreal who the fuck was taking this woman for granted 🤥

    • @victorolugbemiro459
      @victorolugbemiro459 4 years ago +77

      @dwightyawg7781 It was rumoured to be Wyclef Jean

    • @Wiggy74
      @Wiggy74 4 years ago +25

      Pras eluded to it being Wyclef in his Vlad TV interview without saying it outright

    • @thandonogwanya5310
      @thandonogwanya5310 4 years ago +11

      Too much emotion bro.

    • @showtime516
      @showtime516 4 years ago +15

      @victorolugbemiro459 It's about Bob Marleys son

  • @Carlogambino12381
    @Carlogambino12381 5 days ago +2

    Even though she hates white folks I still listen to her as a white folk 😂

  • @CorCor89
    @CorCor89 5 years ago +2877

    She explained a toxic relationship to the tee. I've been in this situation too many times. Thinking we're making progress and being shot down to be told it's not working. And then every time i was ready to end it, this person would jump every obstacle and climb every mountain to get me to stay. It took me 7 years to get out of the situation for good and this song just sends me back every time i hear it.

    • @jencox3324
      @jencox3324 5 years ago +117

      It's a true blessing that you ended that toxic relationship with someone who sounds like a classic manipulator. Good for you! sending strength and light to those who are trying to find the courage to do the same.

    • @capzallison3922
      @capzallison3922 5 years ago +25

      Everything is a lesson good or bad it's meant for u half the time u in a bad relationship with something it makes you who u are

    • @shonnonwootensr.7762
      @shonnonwootensr.7762 5 years ago +22

      Going through this process myself! She thinks the astroturf is is greener over there, til she sees its fake!

    • @maryvalenti6386
      @maryvalenti6386 5 years ago +7

      Are you sure your over it ?
      Just asking

    • @Misstillisa
      @Misstillisa 5 years ago +5

      Well said. I’m so great full to be free.

  • @vybzkartelradio.
    @vybzkartelradio. 3 years ago +8022

    No one hurt me more than you ...and NO ONE EVER WILL 😭😭😭😭😭

    • @jesseniabierd908
      @jesseniabierd908 3 years ago +160

      Yesssss powerful line

    • @rebeccaannette2737
      @rebeccaannette2737 3 years ago +123

      That part always gets me

    • @anchorite2000
      @anchorite2000 3 years ago +51

      SO TRUEEEEe😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @richardmattson6835
      @richardmattson6835 3 years ago +12

      ​@iamosnap listen to the song she says both

    • @MichaelL502
      @MichaelL502 3 years ago +74

      Man I felt this. That one relationship could've been so much more...😢😢😢

  • @azureenicole
    @azureenicole 4 years ago +2787

    This song is THEE song every woman can feel when you’ve really been through it. The manipulation, the fluctuation of emotions, the same cycles! It literally is CRAZY I heard this song on my playlist when I was contemplating leaving my relationship and it actually helped me walk away . Lauryn was in her complete BAG with this song

    • @carrierebecca2123
      @carrierebecca2123 3 years ago +36

      It did the same for me.

    • @ritarosa6824
      @ritarosa6824 3 years ago +39

      Wyclef is a narcisist who kept playing her and bad mouthing her on her back :(

    • @supfools203
      @supfools203 3 years ago +4

      @ritarosa6824 wait what, he really did that. Wdym

    • @dannywalters4047
      @dannywalters4047 3 years ago +47

      Man too. Trust me men too

    • @RomeyRome87
      @RomeyRome87 3 years ago +19

      Hell that light skin nicca wasn’t no different he had a whole another relationship while he was with Lauren

  • @crystalmata5097
    @crystalmata5097 2 years ago +807

    If you were brave enough to walk away from a toxic relationship like this I'm proud of you. Only a broken few will truly understand.

    • @TBeenhavinir990
      @TBeenhavinir990 2 years ago +11

      I understand fully

    • @tishtish4442
      @tishtish4442 2 years ago +20

      It took me 13 years and four kids... I Thank The Most High Yah that it's over 🙏🏾💜

    • @thedynasty888
      @thedynasty888 2 years ago +3

      ❤❤❤❤

    • @sonianichols6900
      @sonianichols6900 2 years ago +17

      It's took me 12 years it was TOXIC!!!!!! Disrespect, cheating with his baby mother another child in picture lies I think I lost my self esteem thank God I am recovering this song make me stronger

    • @nkerukaiferika7307
      @nkerukaiferika7307 2 years ago +9

      Sure did and haven’t looked back or recreated it since, chil’🙏🏾🙌🏾

  • @missadvice
    @missadvice 6 years ago +1279

    As I said before...when women start singing this song. She is losing interest in that man. She starts realizing her self worth is being jeopardize. May every women who appears here for this song. Realize she is God's best creation; not made from dirt. So get out of the mud!!

    • @soueidsandra
      @soueidsandra 6 years ago +8

      love this.

    • @aishabethea9902
      @aishabethea9902 6 years ago +12

      All praise to The Most High!

    • @jonnieblues6726
      @jonnieblues6726 6 years ago +3

      Miss Londa 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 well said !!!!

    • @luetranamackey846
      @luetranamackey846 6 years ago +5

      Well said. Facts, Ms. Londa!

    • @nikkij7348
      @nikkij7348 6 years ago +18

      No she realizes how much she love him and want him to see what she sees in him..she dont want to let go. She wants her love to give him strength to be the man she see him as...pure unconditional love..i know ...i think of him everytime i listen to this song...rip Kenny

  • @vellascooking2914
    @vellascooking2914 Year ago +520

    "Loving you is like a battle and we both and up with scars" 😢😢 who still listening in 2024?

  • @Brittany_420Queen
    @Brittany_420Queen 27 days ago +82

    Valentine's day 2026 anyone?

  • @irondino247
    @irondino247 8 years ago +6297

    That skin complexion... when black women glow, it’s the most breathtaking thing to see, no lie.

  • @hoosieraussis1
    @hoosieraussis1 2 years ago +2029

    It's 2024 and this album is truly timeless.

  • @Big_Foreign
    @Big_Foreign 6 years ago +9908

    Who still listening to this song in 2020? 🔥🔥🔥

  • @CliffordSeepersad
    @CliffordSeepersad 5 days ago +4

    Forever a black queen!!!!!!!

  • @josephtanner9214
    @josephtanner9214 6 years ago +1688

    Lauryn hill skin was to die for omfg!!! She is literally glowing in the dark!!!!

  • @PaPanthers
    @PaPanthers 6 years ago +942

    I used to just love the sound of this song. Now that I'm an adult and lived through this. This song hits so different now.

    • @rafaeldelagueto5600
      @rafaeldelagueto5600 5 years ago +13

      i feel u..

    • @MoriyaMiasmaCross
      @MoriyaMiasmaCross 5 years ago +19

      Yeah I used to listen to it as a kid, didn't know the real meaning behind it or even the name of the song back then but now that I know the meaning and have experience of being a toxic relationship this shit hits hard.

    • @JaniceLDN
      @JaniceLDN 5 years ago +10

      Yes. It now hits a double punch. Incredible song.

    • @smartsanders808
      @smartsanders808 Year ago +5

      Facts. Listening to the lyrics blows my mind now.

    • @brandonroy9997
      @brandonroy9997 Year ago +5

      You aint lying!

  • @Jayz-flashingmoney
    @Jayz-flashingmoney 7 years ago +1736

    A natural black woman is one of the most beautiful thing on this world to me.

    • @lovegoddess3912
      @lovegoddess3912 7 years ago +23

      @Chris capa Sweeet! you write with such beauty 😄 kinda like one of my favorite writers F. Scott Fitzgerald...very reflective, deep & Romantic.
      And Thankyou by the way. 🌷

    • @adoreivette7373
      @adoreivette7373 6 years ago +21

      Not just black beauties but all color beauties.
      Lol I had to do it. But you're right.

    • @tinabegay9543
      @tinabegay9543 6 years ago +5

      Jay-Z flashing money right

    • @michag1866
      @michag1866 6 years ago

      for me women is thing too... u moron :D

    • @alisescott4650
      @alisescott4650 6 years ago +11

      @Chris capa there no such thing as a pure race because we are all mixed something else

  • @TaurusEnergyy
    @TaurusEnergyy 27 days ago +15

    Lmao 😂 This is crazy . Can’t believe I’m here in 2026 for the wrong reasons

  • @LanhN123
    @LanhN123 5 years ago +3468

    She wrote this song at the age of 21... thats crazy!

  • @liv_fit4958
    @liv_fit4958 6 years ago +6119

    She said it all in the beginning “It could all be so simple, but you rather make it hard.”

    • @kapreedavis2726
      @kapreedavis2726 6 years ago +81

      🤩😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩😍
      U freaking GET IT!!!!!!
      WHYYYY.....WHYYYY MAKE IT HARD????
      🤬😩🙏🤔🤔🙏🤬😩
      ##AHURTLADY

    • @sabrysebo8509
      @sabrysebo8509 6 years ago +37

      Yes... That's my baby and I cuz it could really be that simple

    • @necolesettles1720
      @necolesettles1720 6 years ago +22

      TRUTH

    • @kingscrown7077
      @kingscrown7077 6 years ago +30

      Its Sounds Alot Like Can it All Be Simple By Wu Tang Clan

    • @nickbailey5201
      @nickbailey5201 6 years ago +6

      @evokeevolveexploremindmatt956 where u get that from? lol im pretty sure its to do with relationships lol

  • @shannonwilliams7404
    @shannonwilliams7404 3 years ago +2198

    "I keep letting you back in....how can I explain myself?" that line always hits me in the gut😔

    • @Ahyawnah
      @Ahyawnah 3 years ago +65

      Same omg . Leave his ass sis 😭😂

    • @vanessanunez4874
      @vanessanunez4874 3 years ago +58

      Also "who do I have to be to get some reciprocity?"

    • @vanessanunez4874
      @vanessanunez4874 3 years ago +55

      Also the opening lines! "It could all be so simple, but you'd rather make it hard. Loving you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars..." 💔

    • @shannonwilliams7404
      @shannonwilliams7404 3 years ago +32

      @vanessanunez4874 I think we can all agree every line in the song hits!!

    • @flamingopink2288
      @flamingopink2288 3 years ago +4

      Same.

  • @yoncabagdat7213
    @yoncabagdat7213 2 days ago +1

    My knee literally left its place ( I have patellar tilt ) while listening to this masterpiece and now I have something to be proud of lol jk

  • @dwoollery
    @dwoollery 6 years ago +2185

    Lauryn been woke. She tried to tell us before it was popular.

    • @FreshYP
      @FreshYP 6 years ago +29

      Big facts

    • @girlcodebymarthamart6813
      @girlcodebymarthamart6813 5 years ago +5

      dwoollery truth

    • @montec3034
      @montec3034 5 years ago +132

      It’s not about being woke. Women have been experiencing these feelings & emotions for decades. She just articulated them in a brilliant way. Half of the brilliance was how she was able to be vulnerable in expressing this real ness without caring what people would think. That’s what woke really is. My girl!

    • @quidagis33
      @quidagis33 5 years ago +26

      Many generations of people were woke before woke was a term! Lol

    • @hyacinthlapanatela6747
      @hyacinthlapanatela6747 5 years ago +13

      In Jamaica, they call it conscious and it's been around donkey's years - but still love L Boogie

  • @k.e.102
    @k.e.102 8 years ago +1415

    Her skin tone is so gorgeous and so rich. Absolutely stunning

  • @cmock810
    @cmock810 6 years ago +4207

    This song hits different when you've lived through this type of relationship.

  • @davidwoodward1256
    @davidwoodward1256 15 days ago +7

    2026 vibes...do you agree??

  • @g-roc44
    @g-roc44 5 years ago +880

    Toxic relationships be the hardest to let go of I swear 💯

    • @anndavis2920
      @anndavis2920 5 years ago +18

      some are & some arent. i think it depends on the person. most people i know cant let go even if they are with a cheating scumbag (male or female). 1 of my past toxic ones was hard for me to let go of, but i finally got the drift & started living for me, loving myself again & not gaf. ty Jesus im over it and never want to see him again. Ever. hes with the one he cheated on me with for a year.

    • @34tcollins
      @34tcollins 5 years ago +16

      In one right now. He's so toxic but everytime I say it's over I manage to let him talk me back.

    • @g-roc44
      @g-roc44 5 years ago +12

      Tabitha C it don’t get better just cut ties and focus on you the best thing you can do.

    • @mariaadame8749
      @mariaadame8749 5 years ago +8

      @anndavis2920 good for you...I was with a narcissist. I miss him damn it but I'm probably better off...

    • @spiritologysense2239
      @spiritologysense2239 5 years ago

      Was.

  • @ZoharaTheJEWel
    @ZoharaTheJEWel Year ago +486

    January 2025 and this still hits 🔥🔥🔥 Lauryn truly broke the mold for TIMELESS music.

    • @TheDrag0nSlayer
      @TheDrag0nSlayer Year ago

      Too bad she was a "one album wonder" and spent the last couple of decades milking it while constantly burning her fan base.

    • @WooochoqtopLaylqq-j8c
      @WooochoqtopLaylqq-j8c 11 months ago

      @TheDrag0nSlayer She wasn’t stop being bitter.

    • @Inthemixmedia
      @Inthemixmedia 10 months ago +1

      Can you explain how she broke the mould?

    • @JAKLYFE1970
      @JAKLYFE1970 7 months ago +1

      Aug. 2025

    • @LJ777
      @LJ777 Month ago

      50's 60's 70's did that but she hard though

  • @DaRealGlokk
    @DaRealGlokk 5 years ago +4151

    Who still listening in 2021?🧏🏾‍♂️

  • @normasessou2459
    @normasessou2459 3 days ago

    if you are here from tiktok : 2:19

  • @Luhhkira
    @Luhhkira 4 years ago +742

    “As painful as this thing has been I just can't be with no one else” i feel you lauryn 😩

  • @PhoenixFiyah
    @PhoenixFiyah 4 years ago +4136

    The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is still one of the BEST of the BEST albums ever!

    • @sonyamulaudzi9537
      @sonyamulaudzi9537 4 years ago +50

      Always and forever😩😩

    • @taronacain
      @taronacain 4 years ago +39

      4xs diamond 💎

    • @hardleecure
      @hardleecure 4 years ago +42

      agreed. bought it back in 97 or 98. Worth every cent I had to scrounge up for it (was 15 y/o high school student). damn im old. doesn't seem that long ago. :/

    • @Ray-ou1dp
      @Ray-ou1dp 4 years ago +17

      I totally agree! An album forgotten by many! I remember having 2 copies of this cd every where

    • @DivineGoddess11-11
      @DivineGoddess11-11 4 years ago +11

      Grammys🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Bells1680
    @Bells1680 29 days ago +33

    still listening in 2026

  • @bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594
    @bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594 3 years ago +3184

    This woman really only put out one solo album and is still one of the best rappers of all time

    • @edwardfetner2513
      @edwardfetner2513 3 years ago +98

      the Unplugged album is really good too

    • @ashb234
      @ashb234 3 years ago +59

      @edwardfetner2513 yesss I can play straight through, no skips! It’s so raw!

    • @IrishGuysScarf
      @IrishGuysScarf 3 years ago +35

      @edwardfetner2513 That and The Score but that goes without mention.

    • @maiaschneider5919
      @maiaschneider5919 3 years ago +45

      Best female rapper ever❤️

    • @rickmassey1272
      @rickmassey1272 3 years ago +64

      It's the #1 greatest HipHop album of all time. .. Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is as close to perfect as possible for a HipHop album to get.

  • @amberd8910
    @amberd8910 2 years ago +1159

    The fact this woman was 23 years old when this album was released! Her mind was beautiful, her hair, her skin, her delivery, her vibe, her ESSENCE was so pure and smooth af! The way she wrote about what she was going through and turned it into a forever relevant masterpiece is amazing. You can tell, her putting out this one album her whole career allowed her to get some shit off her chest and I appreciate that. I am in my 30's and I can honestly say I cry the best healing tears listening to this song and the album itself.

    • @almesticared850
      @almesticared850 2 years ago +13

      She was actually shafted in the music industry is why we only got this one masterpiece.

    • @katiefarley1950
      @katiefarley1950 2 years ago +2

    • @Redhotrussian1
      @Redhotrussian1 2 years ago +10

      Music is so therapeutic. Heard this last night at work since forever & I still remembered every line. Although he's a different genre, that's why I love Trent Reznor (NIИ). He has written every lyric himself & he went through some very dark times. To know that someone you respect knows what it's like makes you feel less alone. Now, he's in his 50s, has a stunning wife (Mariqueen Maandig), 5 kids & is getting his due respect in the industry. He's one award away from an EGOT, putting him in the same group as John Legend, Elton John & very few others.

    • @maxpainmedia
      @maxpainmedia 2 years ago +6

      The standard for music and fashion and overall influence was Extremely high in the 90’s, every top artist had to be extraordinary

    • @jrsage98killer
      @jrsage98killer Year ago

      It's actually tribute album with alot covers to really old song

  • @rjones4748
    @rjones4748 7 years ago +930

    The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was and is one of the greatest albums ever produced!!!

  • @marb9240
    @marb9240 7 months ago +37

    she looks so beautiful @ 4:20

  • @strawburybounce
    @strawburybounce 8 years ago +1066

    No nudity, just subtle sexy and meaningful videos. The focus is on the LYRICS and emotions of the song. That's why I call her QUEEN

    • @sealy1459
      @sealy1459 8 years ago +2

      strawburybounce dam right this song is emotional and heart felt

    • @madphatchick7782
      @madphatchick7782 8 years ago +4

      strawburybounce I know!!! Unreal theses days

    • @poppyshoessp
      @poppyshoessp 8 years ago +1

      strawburybounce Girl...tell it like it is!

    • @queenzyonnax2296
      @queenzyonnax2296 8 years ago +1

      strawburybounce pure beauty at its best,her skin is on point

    • @leepapendieck3283
      @leepapendieck3283 8 years ago

      Well said!! Nothing beats the old skool!

  • @Kris-zl7cj
    @Kris-zl7cj 6 years ago +513

    “I keep letting you back in
    How can I explain myself?
    As painful as this thing has been
    I just can't be with no one else
    See I know what we've got to do
    You let go, and I'll let go too
    'Cause no one's hurt me more than you
    And no one ever will”
    Wow! Perfect!

    • @samanthamurray5611
      @samanthamurray5611 5 years ago +8

      Girl that's a word

    • @erikagraham8979
      @erikagraham8979 5 years ago +7

      Preach!!!💯💯

    • @KatiedaOne
      @KatiedaOne 5 years ago +8

      Damn that just hit the soul

    • @pattyh.7665
      @pattyh.7665 5 years ago +19

      Story of my life! Living through this song right now as tears roll down my face! Loving the wrong man will mark you forever! 💔

    • @wendimungai2660
      @wendimungai2660 5 years ago +7

      Was scrolling through comments and landed on your comment just as she was singing that verse....that's not a coincidence.

  • @EmmanuelFacultatif
    @EmmanuelFacultatif 20 hours ago +1

    Haytiiiii ❤

  • @Sharkey69
    @Sharkey69 Year ago +1123

    Her only having one album to date is criminal omg

  • @bsn2dnp99
    @bsn2dnp99 6 years ago +241

    Can't nobody tell me black is not beautiful!

  • @karinec.2131
    @karinec.2131 8 years ago +484

    Who’s known about this jam before Drake and Cardi?? Ms. Hill deserves this payday!! 80s baby in da building 🙌🏽😎

  • @KenjoOkubo-y8j
    @KenjoOkubo-y8j 6 days ago +2

    Yesterday I found this song and I can't stop playing it over and over. I think this is better than Doo Wop. So many good memories with this banger. Anyone here in 2026

  • @Xtrabigmacsauce
    @Xtrabigmacsauce Year ago +252

    I’m 43 - this is the greatest break up song of my era. No debate.

    • @murderah17
      @murderah17 Year ago +2

      Haha almost about to hit 40....i agree!

  • @antwanthompson3780
    @antwanthompson3780 5 years ago +273

    That chocolate skin of hers is gorgeous

  • @Cadien15
    @Cadien15 Year ago +1523

    Who is watching this video in 2024?❤

  • @tamikabanks5051
    @tamikabanks5051 4 days ago +1

    I keep letting u back in. How can I explain myself. This is how I was with my ex.

  • @ret13101
    @ret13101 3 years ago +1295

    From being boo’ed on Amateur Night at the Apollo as a teenager to winning Grammys. She can’t be denied! Talent at its best!!!!!

    • @Wardfolio
      @Wardfolio 2 years ago +73

      In life, sometimes you get boo'ed. She was tough enough to endure it. It is what separates the strong from the weak. You're not going to have your way all the time. People need to learn that today.

    • @LeileeBaker805
      @LeileeBaker805 2 years ago +1

      😑yes

    • @cecebornleader
      @cecebornleader 2 years ago

      🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🫶🏽💐

    • @Goodbylekyle
      @Goodbylekyle 2 years ago +20

      She didn't get booed off, she stuck it out and even was given applause after she got through it. She was booed for a bit after going flat on a note due to nerves probably. But she wasn't booed off completely.

    • @ret13101
      @ret13101 2 years ago +3

      @Goodbylekyle There you go! I edited my comment. Does it look correct to you now?

  • @tonigeorg7652
    @tonigeorg7652 5 years ago +1614

    Who is here during coronavirus quarantine?

  • @GoddessLiraSis
    @GoddessLiraSis 7 years ago +1179

    I am so blessed to have been alive to personally experience that Lauren Hill, India Arie, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Aaliyah, Angie Stone (ect) music era praising natural minimalist black beauty and brown skin. The ending of this time period praising beautiful black woman is the start of the sabotaging of the image of brown skin and natural hair being beautiful which lead to this fugazi ass era we are in now where black woman are not taking pride in themselves because they don't feel like they are enough and black men dishonoring the culture by disrespecting and degrading his counterpart more frequently and publicly while simultaneously uplifting the Europeans standards of beauty. We are trying to get back there and I have absolutely no doubt that we will in time. I love you Ms. Lauren Hill, thank you.

    • @karmencummings5463
      @karmencummings5463 7 years ago +7

      YES SIS!!!! Agreed!

    • @typus6471
      @typus6471 7 years ago +5

      @karmencummings5463 hold up wait just a second, I'm a black male and love black woman, so do all my black friends, the only reason it's like that I'd because Europeans are advertised as being the defeniton of beautiful,

    • @undrabuchanan7791
      @undrabuchanan7791 7 years ago +5

      OMG U R SO ON POINT.... THANK every last one of artist you just name for the time the effort and their commitment

    • @matthewsahr5205
      @matthewsahr5205 7 years ago +4

      Lalah Hathaway too

    • @Israel-nb7ip
      @Israel-nb7ip 7 years ago +5

      Cosign you 100%. Beautiful era in soul music highlighted by artists with substance, talent, and something of value to say. Lauryn Hill might be the most talented artist of her generation. Wonderful singer, brilliant rapper, and great actress who was disillusioned by the reality of success and stardom. She hated it and it really hit her psychologically.

  • @BibiTheLinkBuilder
    @BibiTheLinkBuilder 21 day ago +3

    sounds like dating a narcissist 🤣 we all been there 😅

  • @sisis-qt4oc
    @sisis-qt4oc 7 years ago +289

    Look at this black goddess.

    • @baddog2306
      @baddog2306 7 years ago

      Sad Nigga Hours RACIST

    • @mavy8295
      @mavy8295 7 years ago +3

      Forrthicc SMASH206 How is that racist He's not even hating on her race you're probably not even black but no one finds it offensive except you and it was a compliment

    • @jimipurple123
      @jimipurple123 7 years ago +2

      She is beautiful

  • @janellestargirl6530
    @janellestargirl6530 4 years ago +1324

    Artists dont make music like this anymore....who's listening in 2021

    • @DeshundreThaEntertainer
      @DeshundreThaEntertainer 4 years ago +3

      Nope

    • @barriniho
      @barriniho 4 years ago +18

      Amy Winehouse was the last standout female performer similar to this sound.

    • @vyrusgames7869
      @vyrusgames7869 4 years ago +15

      If you don't know her already, check out Jasmine Sullivan. She's great and still doing stuff in 2021

    • @ok-ys9vj
      @ok-ys9vj 4 years ago +3

      Felt this.....

    • @skaterrabbit2005
      @skaterrabbit2005 4 years ago +3

      Y'all just gonna act like emo rap don't exist?

  • @thabangmalatsiboikhutso3418
    @thabangmalatsiboikhutso3418 6 years ago +4826

    Shout out to all the women who break out of toxic relationships

    • @shannonc6040
      @shannonc6040 6 years ago +122

      Thank you!! Wasn't easy but praying works God.came to rescue me and blessed me with the most amazing man ever and showed me what love really supposed to be about 🤗

    • @nadegebaptiste3426
      @nadegebaptiste3426 6 years ago +49

      SIMP

    • @E3litecompany
      @E3litecompany 6 years ago +19

      Thabang Malatsi Boikhutso as if women are always the victims lol

    • @keke5545
      @keke5545 6 years ago +30

      Lol I’m still in mines it wasn’t toxic just we didn’t get along now we do. He is my soul now. Sometimes u can be with someone at the time and
      God separate u guys just to see how much you need each other

    • @dariomunozvega5168
      @dariomunozvega5168 6 years ago +23

      Men to

  • @Ernest-r4w
    @Ernest-r4w Month ago +26

    Grammys brought me back 2026

  • @danniebunsz9209
    @danniebunsz9209 9 years ago +572

    2017, & this song still 🔥🔥

  • @agibson236
    @agibson236 7 years ago +824

    what ??!!! no booty shaking or naked brothers and sisters in a strip club and they talking about love...must be 90's r&b. definite watch

  • @makhabanemakotoko475
    @makhabanemakotoko475 Year ago +696

    Who's listening to this masterpiece in 2024?

    • @lisawise1315
      @lisawise1315 Year ago +9

      This will always be a classic repeat 👌

    • @effectingcause5484
      @effectingcause5484 Year ago +4

      i stay introducing this song to people throughout my life,, I find that so many people are completely oblivious to this utter masterpiece from Lauryn Hill

    • @iamphil84
      @iamphil84 Year ago

      Of course!! 🫡much love to you and your family!!

    • @liltunchijrjr5145
      @liltunchijrjr5145 Year ago +2

      This Lady is a legend I was listening to her sons music so I had to listen to this

    • @sylvie1470
      @sylvie1470 Year ago

      Cc like you J'adore 🌈☯️🕉💜

  • @maxinecobbs6021
    @maxinecobbs6021 2 days ago +3

    Here's to starting over...

    • @Mellman-bh8tg
      @Mellman-bh8tg 2 days ago

      Here’s to a great start and a strong continuation

  • @kymanim.1381
    @kymanim.1381 9 years ago +174

    who's watching in 2017?

  • @ForeignCease
    @ForeignCease 8 years ago +616

    no one loves you more than me,
    and no one ever will..

  • @hollybryant6475
    @hollybryant6475 6 years ago +560

    The Miseducation of Lauren Hill changed my life as a teenager.

    • @IrisG77
      @IrisG77 5 years ago +2

      It was the first album I owned. Definitely set me on a path.

    • @tariromoyo348
      @tariromoyo348 5 years ago +10

      @lookhowshegobbledthat the only people responsible for a marriage surviving are the two people in it. Its not up to the rest of society to respect a contract they are not party to ,its up to the people who entered the contract.

    • @screw_32
      @screw_32 5 years ago

      @lookhowshegobbledthat Damn. You really hurt by this huh? Another comment. She didnt have an affair HE did. Stop making yourself look like a jealous little hater

    • @jailon2065
      @jailon2065 5 years ago +1

      @screw_32 her username said it all

    • @rosej5029
      @rosej5029 5 years ago +2

      @lookhowshegobbledthat Your comment reminds me how good males have it in that society never holds them responsible for infidelities to the same standard female's are. Wyclef had his cake and ate it out too with both wife and mistress and no one says anything.

  • @laruejackson9913
    @laruejackson9913 8 months ago +24

    This sister sound so good 3:07

  • @allyperni1365
    @allyperni1365 7 years ago +1032

    “Loving you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars”
    Story of my life

  • @Speechiegirl1
    @Speechiegirl1 8 years ago +192

    I can't even say she is pretty or beautiful. She is so far above that. I guess I would say she is ethereal.

    • @mateobaysa2055
      @mateobaysa2055 8 years ago +4

      Speechiegirl1 , reincarnation of Queen Sheeba.

    • @ssmudger4279
      @ssmudger4279 8 years ago +5

      And so are you ... to come out with such a deep beautiful comment.

    • @dayzeereyes128
      @dayzeereyes128 8 years ago +2

      That's like the best thing someone could describe you as. Ethereal

    • @smileyyybear
      @smileyyybear 7 years ago +1

      the whole time i watch this mv im just stunned by how beautiful she is

    • @AnAdorableWombat1
      @AnAdorableWombat1 Year ago +1

      She is stunning!

  • @paultorres8417
    @paultorres8417 5 years ago +1152

    One of the most beautiful black women in the world.

    • @latricemayrant8097
      @latricemayrant8097 5 years ago +14

      Paul Torres you don’t see 👀many black women in the world 🤷🏾‍♀️

    • @noonegetstheprize
      @noonegetstheprize 5 years ago +17

      Zachary Fisher he one of the most beautiful black women , he did not say all of them aren’t beautiful

    • @momokobe1973
      @momokobe1973 5 years ago +3

      Am arabe & i agree 100% ive never seen Such beauty

    • @spiritologysense2239
      @spiritologysense2239 5 years ago +1

      AMENT.

    • @patrongold7170
      @patrongold7170 5 years ago +3

      WillSutton ....i was bout to say the same thing.

  • @thabangmoumakwe7
    @thabangmoumakwe7 18 days ago +2

    0:52 " no one loves more than me, and no one ever will " ❤

  • @kallmekassi8469
    @kallmekassi8469 7 years ago +399

    Had to come here and show my kids where Drake got it from...

  • @maddilashay
    @maddilashay 5 years ago +389

    she got me singing to my ex boyfriend already and i aint neva ever had a boyfriend lmaoo

    • @macdurden412
      @macdurden412 5 years ago +3

      Bypass that stuff chicka and be the best person you can be for as long as possible. It’ll make sense one day

    • @shakdawit
      @shakdawit 5 years ago

      😅

  • @jessiebabby8777
    @jessiebabby8777 5 years ago +1355

    The people who dislike this don’t know music 😂

  • @LaurenDenise
    @LaurenDenise 15 hours ago

    This takes me right back to 13, when this album came out. Simply stunning album from start to finish.

  • @terrelllowry557
    @terrelllowry557 9 years ago +358

    I love how the director used blue light on her skin; good directors will do things like that to create something signature that the viewer will remember; a visual pop song. It creates a great effect that compliments the song. I love this album, Lauryn slayed it with her vocal delivery back in the day. Love how this song becomes more signifigant once you go through it as you get older.

  • @th3rdeye171
    @th3rdeye171 9 years ago +580

    Back when female artists didn't shake they ass on music videos

    • @KiiKee504
      @KiiKee504 9 years ago +3

      Meme God yessss exactly

    • @antra21
      @antra21 9 years ago +15

      Tina Turner??

    • @kethlath7833
      @kethlath7833 9 years ago +22

      +AnTra23 just because Lauryn Hill can't dance doesn't mean other people can't lol right.

    • @kreemabee23
      @kreemabee23 9 years ago +9

      silly comment

    • @IcedLipGloss
      @IcedLipGloss 9 years ago +48

      well why would you shake your ass to a ballad??

  • @elizabbethgran
    @elizabbethgran Month ago +105

    Pain makes great music

    • @dreadz019
      @dreadz019 Month ago +5

      Your playlists 😭😭 you seem pretty young and honestly it’s so cool to see someone your age with such a deep music taste. Keep exploring music girl 🎧

    • @elizabbethgran
      @elizabbethgran Month ago +5

      ​@dreadz019im only 13 but thx 💕 i got it from my mum 'n dad

  • @brightlillearners
    @brightlillearners 6 years ago +240

    I miss the days when this was considered a bad chick! Pure beauty!

    • @camerun55
      @camerun55 6 years ago +3

      The absolute baddest of all time

    • @mswstudent2027
      @mswstudent2027 6 years ago +4

      This is still considered a "bad chick" nothing has changed

    • @sir3986
      @sir3986 6 years ago +3

      @mswstudent2027 100% true...just their agenda to change the "perspective"

  • @storyandsoulnails
    @storyandsoulnails 5 years ago +1448

    Was 18 when this came out but now that I'm 40, loved and lost it hits different.

    • @claudiajones2410
      @claudiajones2410 5 years ago +99

      It was my senior year. I was 17 and pregnant. I cried myself to sleep every night listening to this. It took me until I was 20 close the door and walk away. Best choice I ever made.

    • @theboldandthebeautiful3729
      @theboldandthebeautiful3729 5 years ago +13

      Very true

    • @a.turner8813
      @a.turner8813 5 years ago +22

      I'm 38 I know how you feel 👠❤

    • @jaylynfarris6068
      @jaylynfarris6068 5 years ago +15

      22 YEARS AGO WOW

    • @laura-rosemclellan4196
      @laura-rosemclellan4196 5 years ago +20

      I was 18 then, about to turn 41 now. This album spoke to me then, and now, just in a different way. This is a quintessential classic!

  • @1hockeysocchick
    @1hockeysocchick 8 years ago +547

    Who else is on a Lauryn Hill binge?

    • @thewoofamily8951
      @thewoofamily8951 8 years ago +3

      Me! Been listening to Fu-Ge-La and other Fugees Gold Classics and then Lauryn and Wycelf Jean separately! AMAZINGLY talented artists!

    • @est1989x
      @est1989x 8 years ago +1

      1hockeysocchick MY FAVORITE SINGER WHEN I WAS 12 -19 😩😩😩🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

    • @mairarodriguez1525
      @mairarodriguez1525 8 years ago +2

      Yep right here. Lol

    • @Tha90sKid
      @Tha90sKid 8 years ago +3

      Just got through listening to the album, now watching the videos. Can't believe it's been 20 years! I thank my mama for playing the hell out of her cassette tape and putting me on that woke shit at the age of 8 lol

    • @kelechi321
      @kelechi321 8 years ago

      EVERY March I go on a Fugues binge because every damn last week in February I binge on the only female on my GOAT list, the Queen Lauryn Hill.

  • @GahBrel_Official
    @GahBrel_Official 13 days ago +1

    The sampled version by drake got over 400millon views 😭😭

  • @ConfusedPots-sv9dt
    @ConfusedPots-sv9dt Year ago +122

    Man this is the definition of a masterpiece

  • @cbee.96
    @cbee.96 9 years ago +2834

    Back when lyrics were written by the artist and their VOICES sold millions of albums without having to shake their asses. I miss Lauryn, we need her back and to put out at least one more album. 😭

    • @KiiKee504
      @KiiKee504 9 years ago +10

      madea omggg yesss i totally agree

    • @eyekneemuhni617
      @eyekneemuhni617 9 years ago +22

      no, i'd be heart broken if it missed the mark and didn't come close to this album, this is one of the greatest projects ever put together nothing will ever come close

    • @sulamulala
      @sulamulala 9 years ago +15

      madea so totally agree with you T.T

    • @CaseyLooove
      @CaseyLooove 9 years ago +28

      madea she left fame because she was fed up with the overly sexual game.

    • @witchybusiness5570
      @witchybusiness5570 9 years ago +5

      madea she was silenced. Sshhhhhhhh.

  • @bbyzaina11
    @bbyzaina11 7 years ago +228

    GOAT no matter what anyone says she takes the crown 👑

    • @vdavid9395
      @vdavid9395 8 months ago

      Top 5 Emcee in Hip Hop, despite her truncated body of work. She's that DOPE 💯

  • @TrevorL96
    @TrevorL96 2 months ago +29

    2026 here for the classic ❤

  • @mrkeitt
    @mrkeitt 5 years ago +2725

    Fellas if she sends you this song , IT'S OVER !

  • @thatskrys226
    @thatskrys226 7 years ago +2564

    2019 ? 💗

  • @HerHealthyHome
    @HerHealthyHome 9 years ago +1656

    melanin magic 😍😗😙

  • @pamelawalker3085
    @pamelawalker3085 4 days ago +2

    2026 ❤🎤🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @AmeliaMyKnight
    @AmeliaMyKnight 3 years ago +416

    “Tell me who I have to be ,To get some reciprocity” I felt that. Oct 22” Best album ever🤞🏾

  • @calizeballesteros8240
    @calizeballesteros8240 2 years ago +335

    She sung this with so much emotion, I’m about to start crying 😭

  • @heatbasketball361
    @heatbasketball361 8 years ago +5268

    I know a song is great when it makes me reminisce about a relationship I've never been in

    • @shaunschopf4502
      @shaunschopf4502 8 years ago +121

      I felt the same way untill I found myself in that kind of relationship. This song has much more gravity in my soul now. Live to learn, you know?

    • @joefletch7599
      @joefletch7599 8 years ago +60

      Get ready for your heart to be broken

    • @Anna-ml7rm
      @Anna-ml7rm 8 years ago +70

      zach// this isnt the kind of relationship u want lol trust me

    • @heatbasketball361
      @heatbasketball361 8 years ago +1

      Ann a ik lol.

    • @durrrtygunnah2626
      @durrrtygunnah2626 8 years ago +32

      Maaaan you are blessed that you only imagine that ... Remember what you've imagined and NEVER let yourself go thru it .

  • @sapphirebroadnax67
    @sapphirebroadnax67 6 months ago +23

    Who still here in 2025👀