In memory of Aiyana Stanley Jones 2002-2010 She was accidentally shot in the head by the police while asleep in her bed during a nighttime raid in her Detroit home.
RIP Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley-Jones. Aiyana Jones was a 7-year old girl. She lived in Detroit, Michigan. She wore blue clips in her hair. She had cute little braids that had colorful butterflies on them. Pink was her favorite color. She would be 19 this year. I hope that you rest peacefully, little angel.
this song makes me cry every time bc this shit happened to my friend his parents got arrested for selling drugs and he got put in a orphanage...he got adopted but his new parents abused him and he got shot last year and died... RIP Juan
TheNeutralizer27 For one, they were not the DEA. It was Detroit Swat who entered the wrong sublet and murdered a sleeping 7 year old and got away with it.
This music video has a really special place in my heart because the house they filmed in was on my block and all the neighborhood kids crowded around in awe at all the lights and cameras in our little town and the cast and crew bought food for all of us and now that I’m older I feel really attached to the video given all today’s events. I hope all those cool crew members remember the group of kids who were just curious and didn’t shoo us away like some celebrities would.
"If you're a woman, I don't know how you deal with all the pressure to look impressive and go out in heels, I feel for you. Killing yourself to find a man that'll kill for you."
This song is evil. j.cole is a False Prophet aka illuminati puppet representing the Dark Age aka Last Days. You can see the illuminati flash subliminal messages in this video at 3:58 representing "lucifer" being the "light bearer", they do this in a lot of today's Dark Age false prophet videos. Just exactly what does this video have to do with the song? Nothing, because "Crooked Smile" is metaphoric for being evil and crooked as in corrupt. This is the same person who threw up the all seeing eye with rihanna. He is a puppet.....
+iPromoTruth I'm so tired of people looking for symbols when the message is far more clear and powerful. Is there a banking elite that run the world? I don't know, maybe. Why do people have to tear down every little thing that hints at what they hate while missing all the good in it. Do you really think your better by constantly spreading negativity? All you who truly are trying to speak out against the "Illuminati" need to make your own videos of hope and stop infecting every video you come across with hate. Are you really any better?
+Jeremiah Tarver And I'm tired of this fake ass corny generation full of oblivious hypocrites like yourself who get mad at the Truth when it's spoken. No one is "looking" for anything, it's right there. How can you "miss all the good in it" when there IS no good in it? How can something that's bad and evil be good? You are confused. So the Truth is negative but a Lie is positive? Once again, you are truly confused. I have made videos exposing the illuminati and have opened people's eyes which they are thankful for which IS hope. The Truth is not Hate, what's Hate is trying to conceal the truth such as what you're doing right now....
+iPromoTruth Wow you're actually really smart lol. This song is simply about an officer who shot an INNOCENT 7 year old girl. I analze the name of the song to mean that he is crooked for being a drug dealer but he still has a family and he still loves for them just like everyone else, hence the smile part, so when a 7 year old girl is shot the man in the video will still feel pain regardless of whatever bad things he is involved in or whether he deserves it for being a drug dealer. J cole is not illuminati you paranoid hypocrit. You look for all these symbols when really j cole is just trying to emphasize a big problem in our country which is how much effort, time, and money law enforcement puts into the war on drugs. As you could see throughout the entire video was that this man is just trying to provide for his family and he isn't hurting anyone. The DEA was trying to prevent a crime when all they did was make things worse and kill a little girl. This is a true story, not something j cole made up because he is a "puppet"
"Stare in the mirror, but it's clear that you can’t face what’s wrong No need to fix what God already put his paintbrush on" Ain’t gone lie, the vid made me cry.
+AquaMusic I wouldn't say Eminem because he makes the same music over and over and the subject doesn't change. Macklemore could be compared but I don't think he talks as deeply into his music as J Cole
After 9 years since this happened the city of Detroit just now gave the family a payout of 8.25 million thank you J. Cole for bringing this to the light not many know about this. Money won't heal the open wound but at least the family has financial help.
Vanita Brown You're clearly slow. The video was not meant to reenact her death. It was based off of that situation but it wasn't based solely off of it. Her death was because her aunt's boyfriend killed someone. Which he did. The cops came inside, shot her for whatever reason and found the boyfriend on an upper floor of the duplex. Do you see that reasoning in the video? It's pretty fucking obvious throughout the video and with the, I don't know, fucking message at the end that it's about drugs. So before you call someone an idiot, do some research, idiot.
I understood him being a drug dealer and how the message was that this shouldn't happen, I just didn't understand the part with the two sides of the story
Sweatpants You'd have to watch the full video again but pay attention to the officer. It's to show both sides of selling drugs. The cop didn't want to arrest him because he was selling drugs and seeing that one of the other officers shot Cole's (seems to be) younger sister, after that you could tell the other officer was upset and felt bad. Especially considering that he had a daughter so he could probably relate. Cole's side is, he just wants to make money for himself and possibly his family but he has to go through this type of shit just to make a living. So that was to show cole's side, and also the officers. The message at the end of the song explains it all, it's meant to show that the war on drugs isn't just bad for the dealers even though it's heavier on them.
rishi vargante album sales don't mean shit, that's the general public who don't even know about the art of hip hop Kendrick is considered the current GOAT and cole has low-key fallen off
Ten years later and this song stil touches my soul. This song helped me find my self and every time I feel like I’m sinking I listen to this song and I’m afloat again ❤
Chicken Leg Dog The cop fired his weapon for whatever reason. Look up his case on google. Then he tried to say the grandmother reached for the gun n she shot it
J. Cole is the only rapper that makes me feel beautiful.He speaks the truth and doesn't sugar coat things.Something a teenage girl in my place needs to hear.
Jade O Don't start with "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe". Some people have trouble getting used to Kendrick's voice and that is NOT where you want to start(although the lyrics for it and it's relation to how a lot of rappers are just doing what gets them money is spot on). Try "Keisha's Song," "Sing About Me," "The Heart Pt.2" and "Fuck Your Ethnicity". Then you should be able to make a decision on whether you'll roll with him or not.
Lmao , im a girl. and idk what makes you feel like having feelings is bad, but if it is for you Guess what, i could care less about what the fuck you have to say so just gtfo my post, cause honestly i dont give a fuck. Thank you
+Billy Bob I could care less if you're a girl lmfao I am as well. See my picture? I'm allowed to give you my opinion on your post you dumb bitch. So, you get the fuck off RUclips if you're gonna get emotional. Nowadays everybody talks shit so you better prepare yourself for bullshit. it's 2016.
Lil pump actually had the audacity to diss this talented individual, wow, jcole is on a whole other level though smh no type of respect for the older crowd that paved the way..
This song makes me miss my daughter. Yesterday was her birthday but today is her birthday party. Wish I could give her a hug and kiss and let her know daddy loves her to the moon and back.
The lyrics could have been bad and the beat would make up for it. The beat could have been bad and the lyrics would make up for it. The song could have been bad and the video would make up for it. This is art. Every piece about this is amazing, the message, the vibes, the video. I am in love with this song. 10/10
This video made me cry so hard. The Star Spangled Banner at the end was really the perfect touch also. I cant imagine the pain nd suffering of black folks in america. And all I can say is I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry that this is your reality and that you cannot live in this country without constantly looking over your shoulder. All we can do is keep fighting for yall and make sure your voices are heard!!!! NO JUSTICE NO PEACE. RIP Aiyana Jones. RIP Breonna Taylor. RIP George Floyd. RIP Botham Jean. Eric Garner. Travyon Martin. Mike Smith. Lavena Johnson. Sandra Bland. And the countless others who have fallen to a corrupt and calculating system.
they dont have to look over there shoulder if there family friends werent in drug related problems and if they didnt live in more povershed places its systemic
I'm happy to see that there aren't any comments saying "Who's still listening in 2016" or other shit like that, people are actually here for the video and feel for it and I'm tired of seeing those comments
The lyrics of this song should be used as therapy. I come back here every once in a while and to lift my spirits and I 100% recommend it every now and then
J. Coles smart. Alot of artists aren't. He already has a hit record, so him using the video to promote his point of drug awareness and pay respects to the little girl plus still keeping the video in the arms of a crooked smile was cool. He thinks outside the box. Love him.
Not so sure he was trying to promote drug awareness, not trying to start anything, but the only reason drugs were brought in was because it's part of the actual story.
Normally I wouldn't respond to your bullshit but if you think your tight pants wearing incoherent pill popping Bi-Thug Hip Hop era is ok, then I respect your opinion. I just happen to like my 90s era more.
Osa4729 Mat didn't mean it as though the DEA killed his daughter as punishment. It's like life punished him by taking his daughter, like divine punishment (even though it's obvious that being involved in drugs doesn't balance out with having your innocent child slain by gunshot on her birthday). It was supposed to be an artsy statement
actually that was not his daughter this was a message about another family Aiyana Stanley- Jones is not his daughter look the meaning of this song up on Google I thought the same thing as you before I looked the meaning up and he also explained the meaning in an interview
Mattiske espissally when your responsible for your child getting taken away the guilt you have to live with that's a hard burden but learn from the mistakes you make
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How come jcole makes great songs but hasn't earned a Grammy award.
I Idontknow they dont like conscious woke artists
amr elbashir no he just hasn't been nominated, plus he can deny if he wants to be on the spot to earn a grammy. which i'm sure he's denied
I Idontknow
because his music isn't dummied down for the crowd. thats why rapper who mumble have more fans.
I Idontknow because all people care about in rap songs ad drugs and smoke weed
"We ain't picture perfect but we worth the picture still"
Hardest line ever said.
FatGuyDoes YT Kanye West said that line before
Ryan no he didnt
Ryan which one
I read the comment right as Cole said the line
In memory of Aiyana Stanley Jones
2002-2010
She was accidentally shot in the head by the police while asleep in her bed during a nighttime raid in her Detroit home.
Yes she was taking at a very young age
Adana C. Is that her ?
ThaDancer Liyahhh if she died in 2010, how could she be in a video in 2013?
@@hustlemotivate7590 thats not actually her...(actors)
Tikkity Tok slow ass
I'll forever be J Cole fan 🥺
Cole 4L ❤❤
Might need to reconsider after his new song
@@Rockpetgrippy was bad but his newest feature is🔥
@@Rockpet bro acting like every other artist have got perfect discographies
Almost lost me after ducking kendrick but he mad right choice 😂
Cole World
Swan!
swan?
is that you?
Bruh...what you doing here?
Fist Me Daddy
+FaZe Swan wtf
It’s the end of May 2019, and I still remember the line. “We aren’t picture perfect, but we worth the picture still”
Whose in your pfp
Randomizer64 right 🙌🏼
Bro!!!
Literally me favourite line in this song
CEO of remembering great lines
J Cole is probably one of the most talented individuals I've ever known or heard of
@Ryan Stewart okay?
Ryan Stewart No it's just tlc has nothing to do with the video
Michael Jackson.
They do though because it literally says "feat. TLC".
Hands down.
Who’s back to see this video again after hearing about the Aiyana Stanley Jones case?!! 😢RIP baby girl 🥰
Me 🥲🥲
Me ! I had no idea smh this is so sad
RIP Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley-Jones. Aiyana Jones was a 7-year old girl. She lived in Detroit, Michigan. She wore blue clips in her hair. She had cute little braids that had colorful butterflies on them. Pink was her favorite color. She would be 19 this year. I hope that you rest peacefully, little angel.
Rest well .
@@onlymaliyah958 I hope that she is at peace 🥺
@@Skimdr I hope that she is at peace
Rest In Peace angel 😇
@@zoelopez8349 poor baby
i hate how people say modern rappers are better than j cole he’s a legend 🔥
Lil Skies says the one who dedicated his profile to a new school rapper
559_DankyReezy but they never said lil skies was better than j cole stop being so damn negative there's too much negativity right now
j cole is a modern rapper😭
Nia is Gooey not really he’s been in the game way back then if you didn’t lol he started blowing up around this time tho
*Didn’t know
Make this into a movie.
+FaZe Swan fr haha
Love you swan
Swan 💕
+FaZe Swan ayee Swan what's up
+FaZe Swan Sup bro, they should make this into a movie though
It's 2024 now and this joint🎤 still hits hard 🔊❤
Wrd🙌🏽
Same here ❤
yesssir
🔥
hell yeah 😢
this song makes me cry every time bc this shit happened to my friend his parents got arrested for selling drugs and he got put in a orphanage...he got adopted but his new parents abused him and he got shot last year and died... RIP Juan
Lukas Boehm accept my sympathy, I'm sorry
RIP Juan.
sure.
Lukas Boehm, no you won't. "Lil boy"
😰😰😰
J. Cole Dedicates "Crooked Smile" Video to 7-year-old Girl Who Was Shot During A 2010 Raid in Detroit.
TheNeutralizer27 For one, they were not the DEA. It was Detroit Swat who entered the wrong sublet and murdered a sleeping 7 year old and got away with it.
TheNeutralizer27 while filming for The First 48
I searched up her name; the story is soooo fucked up...
Wait, i was 7 in 2010, so she woulda been 13 today, like me
Cassie Francois WHAT U SEARCH UP TO SEE WHAT HAPPEN
This music video has a really special place in my heart because the house they filmed in was on my block and all the neighborhood kids crowded around in awe at all the lights and cameras in our little town and the cast and crew bought food for all of us and now that I’m older I feel really attached to the video given all today’s events. I hope all those cool crew members remember the group of kids who were just curious and didn’t shoo us away like some celebrities would.
Sheyla Turcios that’s so cool that must have been a cool experience
Wow
That’s cool af
That did not happen
My name cwota - someone’s jealous
It’s almost 2024 and I still can’t get over how powerful this music video is
"We aren't picture perfect but we worth the picture still" it's a cole world. -Jermaine Lamar Cole
I got smart I got rich and I got bitches still,they all look like my eyebrows thick as hell.
Love yourself girl or nobody will
I would appreciate you more if your profile pic wasn’t of porn hub
facts bro lmaoooo
*Jermaine Lamarr Cole
Rip Aiyana, rest in paradise precious girl may the angels in heaven hold you everyday.
She would’ve been a starting teen rn💔
Dewrin Love your
Thanks
@@isabelammus what state did she live in? Bc Ik an Aiyana from when I was younger and I became a teen a while back
@@malaxhiii she died. she was from detriot
“Love yourself girl, or nobody will.”
Beautiful • Angel:😍😇I will:🙏🙌!!*#💯!✓*#100!
*~"MastaDTheOne'!💖🍫
"There's beauty in the struggle ugliness in the success". Dude always be speaking facts!💯
"If you're a woman, I don't know how you deal with all the pressure to look impressive and go out in heels, I feel for you. Killing yourself to find a man that'll kill for you."
This song STILL makes me tear up cause it speaks volumes and I feel like he's speaking directly to me.
It reminds me of my baby sister
❤
Facts
@@YONAHWORLDI hope you're doing okay 😢
one of those songs that immediately gets me in my feels.
They really tried to cancel this man after he has been talking for so many years about issues....
Right. I don’t get why ppl are always tryna cancel somebody 😒
WHat for ?
The people that tried to cancel him should be canceled‼️
Just snow on the buff
Princess Marleysha fr cancel cancer is toxic
BRUH THE FEELS
yas
This song is evil. j.cole is a False Prophet aka illuminati puppet representing the Dark Age aka Last Days. You can see the illuminati flash subliminal messages in this video at 3:58 representing "lucifer" being the "light bearer", they do this in a lot of today's Dark Age false prophet videos. Just exactly what does this video have to do with the song? Nothing, because "Crooked Smile" is metaphoric for being evil and crooked as in corrupt. This is the same person who threw up the all seeing eye with rihanna. He is a puppet.....
+iPromoTruth I'm so tired of people looking for symbols when the message is far more clear and powerful. Is there a banking elite that run the world? I don't know, maybe. Why do people have to tear down every little thing that hints at what they hate while missing all the good in it. Do you really think your better by constantly spreading negativity? All you who truly are trying to speak out against the "Illuminati" need to make your own videos of hope and stop infecting every video you come across with hate. Are you really any better?
+Jeremiah Tarver And I'm tired of this fake ass corny generation full of oblivious hypocrites like yourself who get mad at the Truth when it's spoken. No one is "looking" for anything, it's right there. How can you "miss all the good in it" when there IS no good in it? How can something that's bad and evil be good? You are confused. So the Truth is negative but a Lie is positive? Once again, you are truly confused. I have made videos exposing the illuminati and have opened people's eyes which they are thankful for which IS hope. The Truth is not Hate, what's Hate is trying to conceal the truth such as what you're doing right now....
+iPromoTruth Wow you're actually really smart lol. This song is simply about an officer who shot an INNOCENT 7 year old girl. I analze the name of the song to mean that he is crooked for being a drug dealer but he still has a family and he still loves for them just like everyone else, hence the smile part, so when a 7 year old girl is shot the man in the video will still feel pain regardless of whatever bad things he is involved in or whether he deserves it for being a drug dealer. J cole is not illuminati you paranoid hypocrit. You look for all these symbols when really j cole is just trying to emphasize a big problem in our country which is how much effort, time, and money law enforcement puts into the war on drugs. As you could see throughout the entire video was that this man is just trying to provide for his family and he isn't hurting anyone. The DEA was trying to prevent a crime when all they did was make things worse and kill a little girl. This is a true story, not something j cole made up because he is a "puppet"
J.Cole Is Underrated
Kingturnt me g
You already know
Kingturnt me
I'll take this to my hole life
Kingturnt me
This is a very underrated song. One of J Cole's best songs ever
FACTS🙌🏾💜
When it plays the national anthem at the end it hurts cause this is what’s happening in real life in our America
Yep
Okeysarah the song is real life
Yup
There's something called good cops and bad cops. If it was a good cop in that house this wouldn't have happened
@@tuvdwbdhfjsbf6828 crazy stuff
Damn I just cried so hard , this video is deep
right
me tooo😖😖😖
pussy
+Reply from always that one dude
me to poor girl and it was on her birthday I love this song but sad video
RIP Aiyana Stanley-Jones.
I just now watched the video. I thought this story plot sounded familiar. She was shot on her 14th birthday, right?
@@msme5104 She was only 7.
@@msme5104 she was only 7
Omg Rip sweet angel 👼🏾
Angelica Rope rip baby girl 😪
J Cole is one of the best artists of all time. Period. And this is legendary
"Stare in the mirror, but it's clear that you can’t face what’s wrong
No need to fix what God already put his paintbrush on"
Ain’t gone lie, the vid made me cry.
Possible the best line in the song.
s a m e
Páginas fray, Nelson, Luis Toro padre, Teodoro etc. Por favor gracias.
Qué ,hago,??.
I'm speechless, people sleep on J.cole but hes not put in the spotlight because hes too for real some people.
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The world NEEDS to see/hear/speak REALNESS!
I love J cole to death but he is by no means underrated
J coles amazing people don’t like him because he’s not mainstream
This video always makes me cry . , never knew it was dedicated to the little girl , may her soul rest in peace
I swear J Cole the only rapper left that talks real things that actually affects us
Eminem? Macklemore? im sure there is plenty more artists.
+AquaMusic I wouldn't say Eminem because he makes the same music over and over and the subject doesn't change. Macklemore could be compared but I don't think he talks as deeply into his music as J Cole
Orlando Rodriguez Kendrick Lamar
Orlando Rodriguez logic and k dot
Orlando Rodriguez nf
"we aint picture perfect but we worth the picture still"
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The fact that this still gives me chills and tears....and this is real life 😞😢
Richard Belser 😒
u soft
why does this give you tears?
@Owen Szpara I had, I get it now.
Her dad helped murder a 17 year old, then she died in the investigation. Sad story
@@dpear6773 ?? The girl that the video about was 7 yo when she died I think…
Never seen this music video after all these years. Just listened to it constantly…wow…
Same just seeing it now, didn’t realize it would be so sad
Me too. I had no idea that the video would reflect this situation. So Sad.
Me as well
Same I almost cried
Me too
This song has my respect
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SILENTSNIPER760
SILENTSNIPER760 me to
Still our reality after all these years.... RIP Breonna Taylor 😔😔💔
She would’ve been 27 today😢🙏🏾
Jedidiah Gatei he’s talking about Breonna.
Dang I still can't get over this why did they do it just why
That's a sensitive subject but she was living in a possible drug house. She was tragically caught in a crossfire.
Who
2pac - keep ya head up
Latasha hartlins 1993
J. Cole - crooked smile
Aiyana Stanley - Jones 2013
20+ years later this stuff still happens 🤦🏽♂️
@Marshall B they speaking facts bruh no need to be toxic bout it
Marshall B you shut up
This music video literally got me crying real tears, I truly felt like I was the father easily the most touching music video I’ve seen
Years later and we’re still going through the same thing SMHHHH
This is the most underrated music video EVER
this man says nothing but real shit
Yes wendy
Facts. Doc Will kinda reminds me of J Cole. Both of them have a story to tell, you know?
After 9 years since this happened the city of Detroit just now gave the family a payout of 8.25 million thank you J. Cole for bringing this to the light not many know about this. Money won't heal the open wound but at least the family has financial help.
AMEN. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND FAITH 😢😢😢😂
“Not many people know this” 👀 don’t let me be one of those people spill the tea plz?!
J cole and K Dot are realest rappers of our generation
lol
Facts
True
You're missing some
+JONGIKHAYA ARCHIE a lot lol joey bad a$$, Isaiah Rashad, Mick Jenkins,tut Asap rocky, Kevin gates and CAPITAL STEEZ RIP #GOAT just some off top
For people still not understanding what the fucking (edit) ->video
Most accurate one I've read for 2 years. Good job explaining it.
Vanita Brown You're clearly slow. The video was not meant to reenact her death. It was based off of that situation but it wasn't based solely off of it. Her death was because her aunt's boyfriend killed someone. Which he did. The cops came inside, shot her for whatever reason and found the boyfriend on an upper floor of the duplex. Do you see that reasoning in the video? It's pretty fucking obvious throughout the video and with the, I don't know, fucking message at the end that it's about drugs. So before you call someone an idiot, do some research, idiot.
I understood him being a drug dealer and how the message was that this shouldn't happen, I just didn't understand the part with the two sides of the story
Sweatpants You'd have to watch the full video again but pay attention to the officer. It's to show both sides of selling drugs. The cop didn't want to arrest him because he was selling drugs and seeing that one of the other officers shot Cole's (seems to be) younger sister, after that you could tell the other officer was upset and felt bad. Especially considering that he had a daughter so he could probably relate. Cole's side is, he just wants to make money for himself and possibly his family but he has to go through this type of shit just to make a living. So that was to show cole's side, and also the officers. The message at the end of the song explains it all, it's meant to show that the war on drugs isn't just bad for the dealers even though it's heavier on them.
Well the thing is he's D.E.A and if they would have sade its them taking him. His sister getting killed and that cops need to stop shooting instantly
"If my skin were pale, would I sell like EMINEM or Adele?" Damn that cut deep
Ahh!! this is the most likes I've got recently //w\\
Saltine Ok bro. You can have ur opinion, I'll have mine.
Rishi, can you not use faggot please? It doesn't make for a good insult is all.
pretty poor analogy xxxx
rishi vargante album sales don't mean shit, that's the general public who don't even know about the art of hip hop
Kendrick is considered the current GOAT
and cole has low-key fallen off
Ten years later and this song stil touches my soul. This song helped me find my self and every time I feel like I’m sinking I listen to this song and I’m afloat again ❤
Rest in peace Aiyana Stanley-Jones
what happened to her?
@@theowlsowl Ayiana was a seven year old girl who got shot and killed in her sleep accidentally by a police officer in Detroit 2010
LifeAsLexi TV Aw poor girl..I know this was eight years ago but...her family 😭🧡 and why’d she get shot if she was asleep?
Chicken Leg Dog The cop fired his weapon for whatever reason. Look up his case on google. Then he tried to say the grandmother reached for the gun n she shot it
F J Wow. What a disgusting excuse 😐 that makes the case even worse to me honestly. Thanks for telling me, though
As 2019 coming up who else is listening?
Marc Nordengreen me
yeah dad
If you only coming now then you been sleeping
Nthaby Suping Merch
Me
J. Cole is the only rapper that makes me feel beautiful.He speaks the truth and doesn't sugar coat things.Something a teenage girl in my place needs to hear.
wat bout kendrick lamar
DrakejuniorII I dont listen to him
Jade O He's one of the realest rappers with an awesome flow.
***** I'll check him out :)
Jade O Don't start with "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe". Some people have trouble getting used to Kendrick's voice and that is NOT where you want to start(although the lyrics for it and it's relation to how a lot of rappers are just doing what gets them money is spot on). Try "Keisha's Song," "Sing About Me," "The Heart Pt.2" and "Fuck Your Ethnicity". Then you should be able to make a decision on whether you'll roll with him or not.
Rip isnt enough for this little soul that lost her life.
I couldn't stop thinking about this all day it's sad how the girl died on her birthday I felt emotional
I almost cried
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Supertadeo Plays I know I'm crying 😢😢😢😢
Supertadeo Plays I know
Supertadeo Plays it mad me cry
This is the fucking rap that need to be fucking heard this shit is beautiful gave me goosebumps!
+Markus Marcellus Julius Yo RDC
Love the comment yaasss that is so right
Trip. yesss!!!🔥🔥🔥
Trip. They play J Cole all the time in SoCal
They played this song so many yes on the radio when it was released
Thats depressing asf.. I cried. Like i just.. omg
What a pussy
+jishwa dun well he's a pussy human
O god.
Lmao , im a girl. and idk what makes you feel like having feelings is bad, but if it is for you Guess what, i could care less about what the fuck you have to say so just gtfo my post, cause honestly i dont give a fuck. Thank you
+Billy Bob I could care less if you're a girl lmfao I am as well. See my picture? I'm allowed to give you my opinion on your post you dumb bitch. So, you get the fuck off RUclips if you're gonna get emotional. Nowadays everybody talks shit so you better prepare yourself for bullshit. it's 2016.
Can't believe that this song is almost ten years old! I was in the 7th grade when this came out. Easily will be a classic rap song as it gets older.
I was 7 year old when this came out lol
That national anthem is so eerie because you can feel the history of America and the oppression of blacks and it breaks your heart
pls don't say "blacks" just say black people it feels less disrespectful
This Shit Really Hurt 💔🤞🏽
Kevin Cherveny making me tear up
Kevin Cherveny fr I was about to cry
Lil pump actually had the audacity to diss this talented individual, wow, jcole is on a whole other level though smh no type of respect for the older crowd that paved the way..
Ill slap piss out of lil dump
Let me find out don’t worry lil pump will lose his 15 minutes of fame very quickly like a trend,
The Genius that doesn’t surprise me 😂
@@sapphire8644 yall know that he said that stuff as a joke? Did you not see the video of them? Lil Pump aint goin anywhere
J Cole aint on a whole other level he controls all the levels.
Was a banger when it came out, still a banger to this day. What a Story - J COLE you are THE GOAT !
What is this song about I mean like the meaning like I really love the song
@@moneyblue8466 i mean.......if you have to ask........
@@Cmoney860 ?
Chain gaunk .....
Wow this was powerful. I’ve known this song for YEARS and this is the first time I’m watching the video (9/15/18).
Brianna Lindsay me2
Same here
Me too! It definitely changed how I picture the lyrics in my head now.
I'm jus finding out that the video was based on a real story.
10/26/18
If you notice at the end it’s the National anthem song being played... This song is ahead of its time....
Big facts
Ahead of its time? It was made in 2013.
What are you on lmao
Tony Ravioli so glad u caught that
Tony Ravioli I was like i cannot deal lol
Eventually every cole song is
this song puts me in tears every time... this song is really so deep
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I believe this was the song that started molding the J. Cole we all know and love today.
J Cole did this track like 8 years ago but the same evil is still recurring.
that's very sad tbh
Cry about it
@@joeanthehoegottago7492 ...
This song makes me miss my daughter.
Yesterday was her birthday but today is her birthday party. Wish I could give her a hug and kiss and let her know daddy loves her to the moon and back.
🙏❣️💯
I cried while reading this
This hits home & so does this song when you have a daughter as well
Damn man I couldn’t imagine how hard is for keep yo head
@@theyluvvari3816 me too
I hope J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar will one day produce an album together. 😢
shadowghost tracker I hope if they’ve been dying it since 2015 like they teased its Gunn’s be the album of the decade if t ever drops or even exist
J Cole > Kendrick
G H bruh there’s no reason in comparing and putting 2 great artist against themselves both are amazing at different things
I bet it's gone be lit af 🔥🔥
"no need to fix
What God already put his paint brush on" THAT PART💯
The lyrics could have been bad and the beat would make up for it.
The beat could have been bad and the lyrics would make up for it.
The song could have been bad and the video would make up for it.
This is art.
Every piece about this is amazing, the message, the vibes, the video.
I am in love with this song. 10/10
Ryan Stewart you know a thing or two
@Ryan Stewart what does TLC have to do with this?
@@Blackmagic_874 they were singing the girl part (read the title)
This video made me cry so hard. The Star Spangled Banner at the end was really the perfect touch also. I cant imagine the pain nd suffering of black folks in america. And all I can say is I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry that this is your reality and that you cannot live in this country without constantly looking over your shoulder. All we can do is keep fighting for yall and make sure your voices are heard!!!! NO JUSTICE NO PEACE. RIP Aiyana Jones. RIP Breonna Taylor. RIP George Floyd. RIP Botham Jean. Eric Garner. Travyon Martin. Mike Smith. Lavena Johnson. Sandra Bland. And the countless others who have fallen to a corrupt and calculating system.
who asked tho
@@minecraftdoors1661 no one had to ask its something that needed to be said
@@tiannacalicutt9103 who asked for your opinion
@@minecraftdoors1661 no one but i gave it,who asked for you to reply to his comment
they dont have to look over there shoulder if there family friends werent in drug related problems and if they didnt live in more povershed places its systemic
I'm happy to see that there aren't any comments saying "Who's still listening in 2016" or other shit like that, people are actually here for the video and feel for it and I'm tired of seeing those comments
the police kill the little girl that was messed up
I just read the story. That's fucked up
+Sheila Fernandez he should be sewed
Bahamian Flux #OKC #242 Agree
+Bahamian Flux #OKC #242 ikr i wish i can send him to jail he just went in shooting it wasn't even the right floor
The lyrics of this song should be used as therapy. I come back here every once in a while and to lift my spirits and I 100% recommend it every now and then
He just told two stories without any gun waving and flexing...
W
Jeamlys Andreson well someone did get shot thooo☹️☹️☹️
you can even say he's telling three stories if you include the music lyrics of the song.
RARE AKUMA das a W fam
This song is timeless 🔥🎧🔥
Crooked smile = 🔥
so emotional everytime
It’s depressing
But good
why that bad cop he is a little quote on quote booty
J cole is not only talented he’s one of the most good looking rappers out there
Years later and it still gets me everytime 🥺😭
J. Coles smart. Alot of artists aren't. He already has a hit record, so him using the video to promote his point of drug awareness and pay respects to the little girl plus still keeping the video in the arms of a crooked smile was cool. He thinks outside the box. Love him.
Not so sure he was trying to promote drug awareness, not trying to start anything, but the only reason drugs were brought in was because it's part of the actual story.
Oh I didn't read the very ending, I was wrong. I apologize.
imperfectionx8 Him and Drizzy
I think he is saving hip hop for us 90s folks
Kareem Perkins fuck you 90s folk thinking you're the best gen
Normally I wouldn't respond to your bullshit but if you think your tight pants wearing incoherent pill popping Bi-Thug Hip Hop era is ok, then I respect your opinion. I just happen to like my 90s era more.
Kareem Perkins you realise those same thugs you're talking about are 90s kids so your Gen is responsible for ruining rap.
Anthony Topasna are u stupid or dumb?
MrQ000000 That's really the rebuttal that "U" wanna go with? I could care less about how I use slang or shorten my sentences.
"We ain't picture perfect... but we're worth the picture still"
December 2022 still blasting this belta out, these songs will Never ever get old 🤯
Me
Me too
Most rappers talk about smoking weed drugs guns but j.cole is a man he prevents that I love j.cole I want to meet him one day❤️❤️❤️🙏😭
Can somebody recommend a rapper like this dude ?
Walking dog Chance? Kendrick? Joey Bada$$?
Logics old shit like Under Pressure and The Incredible True Story, Gambino, Chance , Isiah Rashad, and Joey and KDOT
Same😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️I love him
Salvador Figueroa edits This song was about drugs, but I get what you mean 🙏
2020 & still bumping with this song.
Anika Dublado Fr
Anika Dublado facts 🔥
ABSOLUTELY. KILLING STILL GOING ON IN THE WORLD. MESSED UP!!
right
2021
No one really makes soulful Hip-Hop anymore, this is such an incredible song
You should check out Noname
It’s gonna hurt my soul when he retires 🥺
J COLE THE LEGEND
Yes. I can fell you're pain
This is more like a war on trust.
+mohammad inaim that still sounds like something a predator would say though
+jordeecakes jay literally was in love with your vids, and now seeing you like j.cole makes you that much more amazing.
Jordee!!!
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jordeecakes marry me
I like how at the end they played the star spangled banner
I'm glad someone mentioned it
Yoooooo I’m 28 and this came out my sophomore year in high school this song will always be deep within my heart!!!!! 👏🥰
I'm never going to get over how real this track is. Each time I hear it, it feels like the very first time.
🤐🖒😍
Yess It’s Even Better Slowed
Seek help
"We might not be perfect but we worth the picture still"
J.Cole is the realest!
I love what J. Cole is doing, addressing the same issues 2Pac did.
Whenever I feel down I come to listen to this song. ❤ Still one of the most soulful hip hop song ever released.
taking his child away is the worst punishment he can get...
Osa4729 Mat didn't mean it as though the DEA killed his daughter as punishment. It's like life punished him by taking his daughter, like divine punishment (even though it's obvious that being involved in drugs doesn't balance out with having your innocent child slain by gunshot on her birthday). It was supposed to be an artsy statement
Mattiske I wouldn't wish that upon his worst enemy
actually that was not his daughter this was a message about another family Aiyana Stanley- Jones is not his daughter look the meaning of this song up on Google I thought the same thing as you before I looked the meaning up and he also explained the meaning in an interview
Mattiske espissally when your responsible for your child getting taken away the guilt you have to live with that's a hard burden but learn from the mistakes you make
This is a real story this happened
this song desrves Oscar and Grammys
How many of y'all know this video is based on a lil 7 year old girl being shot by cops in her sleep? Cause they went to the wrong house?
shit seriously just hit me i just watched the music video ive been listening to this for years god damn
shit aint right
i knew a couple years back .
Just look up the name at the end, aiyana Stanley jones
Karen The Kontributor no, they never got charged...dude who shot her went to trial twice and both times it ended in a mistrial.
switched it to keep this video from getting banned i’m guessing
This song still gives me chills
the end legit made me cry
My bestfriend showed me this song years back May she rest in peace. Miss u :(
Same here my homie died the same way😔✊🏾
@@linguinepolo6477 Im sorry, May your homie rest in peace😟😢
My her soul rest in peace🙏🏽🙏🏽
She is in a better place, stay strong ❤️
Sorry for your loss.
Still playing this song, and it’s even more sad nowadays
This one right here is the song that made me to respect the work of J.Cole✌🏼🇿🇦
all these rappers fall down before the kinxg Six SIXMYFACE 👑
Jcole has always been on another level.
And he has