Public Enemy - Fight The Power (2020 Remix) feat. Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi, YG & QuestLove

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    [Intro: Chuck D]
    This is revolution shit
    Uh, yeah, c'mon and get down
    Uh, yeah, c'mon and get down
    Uh, yeah, hey
    The year is 2020, the number
    A little somethin' to get down
    Sound of the funky drummer
    Music hitting' the heart 'cause I know you got soul
    Brothers and sisters
    [Verse 1: Nas]
    The Information Age
    Got 'em seein' what's really wrong with these racist days
    I honor the strong and pity the weak
    Your thoughts run your life, be careful what you think
    Haiti beat France, a century, seventeen
    Salute Toussaint and Dessalines
    And I do love France, know what I mean?
    It's the system I'm talkin', nobody's agreein'
    They say, "Suicide," when dead bodies are swingin'
    Cowards are huntin' black men, that's what I'm seein'
    How many toasters have been burnt down?
    And once Central Park was a thrivin' black town
    Yo, Chuck, I'm fightin' the power right now
    Thank you, Flav and P-E, puttin' it down
    Puttin' your life on the line so I could rap now
    The next generation still singin', "Fight the Power"
    [Chorus: Chuck D with Flava Flav]
    Fight the power (Fight the power)
    Fight the power (Fight the power)
    Fight the power (Fight the power)
    Fight the power, we got to fight the powers that be
    [Verse 2: Rapsody]
    Police think they reign [?] over the law (Yeah)
    When they give us short sticks but we really need a long
    To the boys in the hood, duckin' bullets and batons
    From boys in the hood, triple Ks on they arm
    Four fingers on my palm screamin', "Fight"
    Change the policy, before I buy back our property
    You love Black Panther but not Fred Hampton
    Word to the Howards and the Aggies and the Hamptons
    They book us, won't book us, I'm Booker
    T. Washington, George killed, for twenty
    Think about it (Think), that's two thousand pennies
    The value of black life the cost of goin' to Wendy's
    For a four-quarter burger, ended in murder
    Fight for Breonna and the pain of her mother, gotta
    [Chorus]
    [Verse 3: Black Thought]
    Yeah, generations just how long we been at war
    The revolution on all platforms
    You break a man's mind in his back
    Yo, solidarity is what I'm wearin' all black for
    For comrades who done fought without me
    It's not to try and change y'all thoughts about me
    Or to redirect your reports about me
    Dear white people, you should take a course about me
    'Cause, is it the law, for a four-finger ring?
    The sciences and the arts, the songs we can sing?
    I really wanna know why y'all so scared
    Prolly 'cause the promised land, we almost there
    But look, I think of images that fuel my youth
    Been influenced by Craig Hodges and Abdul-Rauf
    Examples like Olympic, Black Power salutes
    To Panther troops, I saw as I pursued my truth
    If racism is the cancer, black thought's the answer
    Gotta get up off the back porch, emancipate your minds
    Get your bodies back from ransom (C'mon)
    And all black hands up for the anthem
    [Chorus]
    [Verse 4: Jahi]
    People, people, stronger than this evil
    Smashin' your power structure, melanin royal, regal
    System designed to kill and unprotect
    Worldwide, hit the streets just to get some respect
    Our fight and our rights for freedom will never wane
    But justice Breonna Taylor, salute Chuck and Flava
    Feel the same anger since Radio Raheem died
    Black power to the people, push forward, pride
    [Verse 5: YG]
    Fight power like it's the opp, though
    Born to fight, I made it off the block though
    Thought he had a gun and he was black, that's the combo
    The police killed George havin' a convo (George)
    They killed Malcolm X, they killed Doctor King (Doctor King)
    They gave us guns and dope, they wanna stop our kings
    They tryna erase our history, stop and think
    History class ain't tell us 'bout Juneteeth
    Cops don't give a damn about a negro
    Pull the trigger, kill a negro, he's a hero
    Fuck livin' life on welfare, the last one who cared was Obamacare
    Round twelve, nose kinda bloody, gotta keep fightin'
    Trump flew to North Korea, they respect violence
    If you ain't tryna have your city on fire
    Put some respect on our name, we come from gold and diamonds
    [Chorus]
    [Verse 6: Chuck D]
    Elvis was a hero to most
    But he never meant shit to me you see
    Straight up racist that sucker was
    Simple and plain
    Motherfuck him and John Wayne
    'Cause I'm Black and I'm proud
    I'm ready, I'm hyped plus I'm amped
    Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps
    Sample a look back you look and find
    Nothing but rednecks for four hundred years if you check
    "Don't Worry, Be Happy" was a number one jam
    Damn if I say it you can slap me right here
    (Get it) Let's get this party started right
    Right on, c'mon
    What we got to say
    Power to the people no delay
    Make everybody see
    In order to fight the powers that be

Комментарии • 2,6 тыс.

  • @michaelblake2774
    @michaelblake2774 3 месяца назад +13

    Rapsody’s verse made gave me chills🔥🔥

    • @DJTazzyTaz
      @DJTazzyTaz 2 месяца назад

      Interesting you say that. Did the same to me as a brown man (Mexican American from California who is a Hip Hop junkie). No other song has gave me chills like this one. Like in 1989 and almost every time after when I've heard this song, the hair on the back of my neck stood up after hearing: Elvis, was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me, you see, straight up racist that sucka was, simple and plain, mutha fuck him and john wayne, 'Cause I'm Black and I'm proud, I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped
      Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps

    • @Scotty2hotty68
      @Scotty2hotty68 Месяц назад

      She knocked it out of da park, didn't she?!

  • @princejay9661
    @princejay9661 2 года назад +17

    Black thought is normally my favorite but Rapsody killed it. The fred hampton bar 🔥
    Nas mentioning Toussaint and Dessoline to give respect to the Haitian revolution was dope. The Haitians were the 1st free black Republic and fought Spain Britain and France They are the archetype of black power

  • @hpspacecraft713
    @hpspacecraft713 5 месяцев назад +2

    I'd never heard of Rapsody before this but goddamn her verse was powerful

  • @JL-kk9hl
    @JL-kk9hl 3 месяца назад +4

    Fight for Breanna and the pain of her mother gets me every time...

  • @millenialbroadcast
    @millenialbroadcast 4 года назад +200

    This is the first song I’ve ever heard with Nas and Black Thought on it! Fans need that collab.

    • @KardiFan2000
      @KardiFan2000 4 года назад +15

      Right? People are more concerned with who's not on this track and not appreciating how historic that moment is!

    • @delbordenjr7750
      @delbordenjr7750 4 года назад +7

      Yes

    • @dwaynecolon2282
      @dwaynecolon2282 4 года назад +6

      Yeah...if Rakim and KRS 1 were on now this record then folks would be like “wouldn’t be crazy if Nas and Black Thought were on here too”...

  • @williammason475
    @williammason475 4 года назад +61

    I'm black/ I'm ready I'm hyped and I'm amped. Most of my heroes do not appear on no stamps!!

    • @CC-vl9xo
      @CC-vl9xo 3 года назад +1

      I need a cheat code to give this like 100 thumbs up lol !!!

    • @user-gt2bc2bo7u
      @user-gt2bc2bo7u 3 года назад

      I'm white I'm ready I'm hyped and I'm amped. Most of my heroes do not appear on no stamps!! except for Che ,V.I.Lenin... P.S.racism comes in many colors

    • @shawnlo8085
      @shawnlo8085 3 года назад

      @@user-gt2bc2bo7u : Why are you even here ?

    • @user-gt2bc2bo7u
      @user-gt2bc2bo7u 3 года назад

      @@shawnlo8085 always listened P.E. .I want to fight for my rights.I want to convey that people share only - scoundrels and good people,stupid and wise,degraded and moral

  • @gregst.martin4889
    @gregst.martin4889 7 месяцев назад +4

    Thank god they' made this for the younger generation. Shows how ahead they were in time. Chuck Ds voice us so powerful and is stating the serious problems still in this eorld now along with shottings. To the younger kids please dont isolate yourself there is akways a place for you to be happy. Day by day

  • @paulfletcher3998
    @paulfletcher3998 6 месяцев назад +2

    I was a white teenage kid in the south of England. Right out in the countryside. I was into heavy metal then Anthrax hooked up with P.E to do Bring The Noise. Changed my life. Been listening to hip hop ever since. Thanks Chuck and crew.

  • @brianheight
    @brianheight 4 года назад +503

    As a kid, hearing "most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps" woke me up in ways that still reverberate deep inside me, decades later

    • @jstohler
      @jstohler 4 года назад +20

      White guy here and I felt the same.

    • @toddish10
      @toddish10 3 года назад +7

      me too.

    • @scottishbanjo
      @scottishbanjo 3 года назад +11

      I’m from Pakistan origin born in the UK ... we felt the same at that line

    • @tiarafairley5983
      @tiarafairley5983 3 года назад +3

      @JuniorXeastNY facts the stations that we think are black owned are not , owned by white corporations

    • @steash7017
      @steash7017 2 года назад +2

      My words almost exactly you just put it out there better ✊☮️

  • @Twizzledoc187
    @Twizzledoc187 4 года назад +721

    Man if Rakim and KRS was in this 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!

    • @nostradamus986
      @nostradamus986 4 года назад +24

      Eazy E would have smashed it too, why not throw in guru from gang starr too!

    • @HHXMM
      @HHXMM 4 года назад +41

      @@nostradamus986 Rakim and KRS still alive

    • @Twizzledoc187
      @Twizzledoc187 4 года назад +21

      nas kabir nah, Eazy E wouldn’t have in comparison to the ones I’ve named. Eazy E had writers for him. He wasn’t a rapper. Dr. Dre made him become a rapper since he financed Dr. Dre for the studio time and equipment.

    • @graylonarnwine3261
      @graylonarnwine3261 4 года назад +29

      Cube too.

    • @Category305
      @Category305 4 года назад +21

      Big Daddy Kane also

  • @seniorshimhanda5690
    @seniorshimhanda5690 3 года назад +37

    Chuck, Nas, Black Thought.
    Legendary!

  • @lazarusfowsta
    @lazarusfowsta 3 года назад +6

    Man! Rhapsody and Nas ice cold! “They love Black Panther but not Fred Hampton.” 💯

  • @mikes4354
    @mikes4354 4 года назад +343

    Chucks verse about Elvis and John Wayne still gives me chills!!!

    • @stevecross9159
      @stevecross9159 4 года назад +10

      From the UK 🇬🇧. 💯💯💯

    • @infesticon
      @infesticon 4 года назад +15

      So glad they didn't change this.

    • @thejuelz08
      @thejuelz08 4 года назад +7

      Mike S .... go back to 1989... start from there.. P.E. is DOPE ....We need more of this.....

    • @work6312
      @work6312 4 года назад +11

      I am so glad they brought that verse over in the remix.

    • @DavidJones-si8ig
      @DavidJones-si8ig 4 года назад +7

      Yeah.. that made my day!!! 💯

  • @kevinrobinsonsr3456
    @kevinrobinsonsr3456 4 года назад +374

    The greatest rap song ever back in 1989. PE was ahead of it's time.

    • @jayskicksnfits9372
      @jayskicksnfits9372 4 года назад +6

      *its*

    • @txmetalhead82xk
      @txmetalhead82xk 4 года назад +1

      Ground breakers; Trailblazers

    • @alanadams32
      @alanadams32 4 года назад +11

      PE was a product and voice of the time, society just hasn't evolved

    • @kevinrobinsonsr3456
      @kevinrobinsonsr3456 4 года назад +4

      Jay Coleman, this is not a English class? Hopefully you got the point? This is an opinionated comment my friend not a English 101 course

    • @atlbackin82fool
      @atlbackin82fool 4 года назад

      I saw PE live in the late 80s a few times

  • @donaldr.highsmith3064
    @donaldr.highsmith3064 Год назад

    Black Thought is the best Rapper ever!!
    P.E forever!!!!!
    I love you Chuck

  • @yelesadiq
    @yelesadiq 3 года назад

    STILL!!... THE GREATEST & MOST IMPORTANT HIP-HOP JAM EVER!--EVVVVVVERRRRRR !!!

  • @RsRj-qd2cg
    @RsRj-qd2cg 4 года назад +1803

    Chuck D didn't need to write a new verse because the original is still as relevant as it was in 1989.

    • @Ennay_Essaytch
      @Ennay_Essaytch 4 года назад +83

      It’s relevance 30 years on is a statement of how little has changed in that time.

    • @dannymain8993
      @dannymain8993 4 года назад +30

      @@Bonzi_Buddy So you believe in personal responsability but then also blame the individual for the actions of others they don't know nor have any influence over.
      And you also believe that violence and bravado are exclusive (and endemic) to 'black culture' and thus no evidence to the contary then shall exist.
      What an incredibly confused individual you are. Maybe you drunk too deeply from the poisoned chalice of identity politics it seems.

    • @mr.nihilz3283
      @mr.nihilz3283 4 года назад +3

      @@dannymain8993 Never a bigger bozo tryin' to sound wise.

    • @1.3.1anddone6
      @1.3.1anddone6 3 года назад +3

      Spot on! Chuck should of just remade the song with Quest and the others could of done a separate project.

    • @mr.nihilz3283
      @mr.nihilz3283 3 года назад +25

      @@1.3.1anddone6 WHY!? When the most poignant fact about this song IS that its still relevant since 1989. THAT is the message.

  • @lateraldeano
    @lateraldeano 4 года назад +354

    "Cos once Central Park was a thriving black town". Nas dropping that knowledge on those kids that need to know.

    • @infesticon
      @infesticon 4 года назад +10

      Yup! I was stunned when I read about all the forsed evictions to make centre park :(

    • @kaynone1726
      @kaynone1726 4 года назад +2

      Yes it was

    • @BreuckelensFinest
      @BreuckelensFinest 4 года назад +10

      Yes I caught that! A lot of people don't know this history.

    • @neilsonworth8967
      @neilsonworth8967 4 года назад +1

      Perfect line

    • @phishtix452
      @phishtix452 4 года назад +3

      Teach these devils!

  • @theclassicvacuumcleanersfa2377
    @theclassicvacuumcleanersfa2377 Год назад +2

    To all of my beautiful black brothers and sisters it's starts with us, we have to stop hating each other and stop killing each other, it's about that time, let's all come together, we are so much stronger together, come on yall 💪🏿💪🏾💪🏽💪🏼💪🏻💪

  • @Mat-uf9dr
    @Mat-uf9dr Год назад +2

    I'm a white looking man with a black brother twins rare but it happens grew up on the hip hop love it , i worked as a corporal in the British army were racism was bad but still played gangster rap in barracks and political rap be proud of your routes i have a black mother white father who i love very much regardless of colour.

  • @c.anthonyc326
    @c.anthonyc326 4 года назад +319

    Man these guys were the first to impress social and positive awareness upon me. P E for life man

  • @reggiedrockreg9257
    @reggiedrockreg9257 4 года назад +66

    Gotta respect yg for being involved

    • @gdbtv513
      @gdbtv513 4 года назад +5

      An yg did his thang as well, his verse was dope!! Much respect to all the legends on this super timeless record WE NEED THIS NOW 💯

    • @aaronhagan2314
      @aaronhagan2314 4 года назад +2

      Yg is trash . . Black ancestors fought to break the chains only for their grandchildren to fight eachother for who can wear the biggest chain.

    • @nl5h
      @nl5h 4 года назад +3

      @@aaronhagan2314 shut up

    • @JS-cr5fn
      @JS-cr5fn 4 года назад

      @@nl5h Nah, he's right. Refute his statement or keep it moving

    • @nasaragargonnu7805
      @nasaragargonnu7805 4 года назад

      @aaron...hush! 🤫

  • @soulshadow7669
    @soulshadow7669 3 года назад

    I play the original and this one EVERYDAY!! Reaching Young Black Youth BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!!!

  • @rebelpumpfitness4904
    @rebelpumpfitness4904 3 года назад +32

    Chuck D part was the icing on the cake as i nearly broke out in a tear hearing him spit the rhyme of my youth.!!!😥
    'Wow I AM SOO LOVING THIS MOMENT'.!!!🥰😊

  • @djbrothabill
    @djbrothabill 4 года назад +49

    Public Enemy strikes black.

    • @douglaspaterson5269
      @douglaspaterson5269 4 года назад +2

      Old Skool never dies,good tunes rock🎸 for eternity!📣🎸👹🥃

  • @KardiFan2000
    @KardiFan2000 4 года назад +48

    I see that people are still sleeping on the 🐐 Black Thought.

    • @Leroyjac
      @Leroyjac 4 года назад +3

      Not me... Tariq may be the best adlibber in the game... Don;t give him time to think about a line... Roots!

    • @dashonbowman2675
      @dashonbowman2675 4 года назад +2

      "Black Thought" Your favorite rapper's favorite rapper. Truth!

    • @presidentsalad2319
      @presidentsalad2319 4 года назад

      No one's sleeping. He's recognized as one of the best

    • @KardiFan2000
      @KardiFan2000 4 года назад

      @@presidentsalad2319 Take a look at all of the comments...everyone is more concerned with who's not on this track, rather than giving Thought his flowers.

    • @presidentsalad2319
      @presidentsalad2319 4 года назад

      @@KardiFan2000 everyone's praising this type of content. Not someone specifically

  • @sims4848
    @sims4848 3 года назад

    Nobody does it like PUBLIC ENEMY...NOBODY...And still rollin strong 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫

  • @Scotty2hotty68
    @Scotty2hotty68 Месяц назад

    This is rebellion music! Hip hop, the tool to speak to da people.

  • @officerrodfarva8149
    @officerrodfarva8149 3 года назад +163

    Rapsody might just have the best verse on this track...she defines underrated

    • @nostradamus986
      @nostradamus986 3 года назад +3

      Nas earned his spot!

    • @alexiioo4428
      @alexiioo4428 3 года назад +1

      Haha

    • @baersmuzik6842
      @baersmuzik6842 3 года назад +11

      Rhapsody has lyrical intellect most powerful female voice in the game severely underrated I'm with you my sista!

    • @Matty80822
      @Matty80822 3 года назад +1

      gza gave her spotlight to liquid swords 2 so you know he agrees haha

    • @jumu446
      @jumu446 3 года назад +9

      Rapsody's verse made me look up who Fred Hampton was. 30 years on from first listening to PE, they're still teaching me new things.

  • @zagorthegreat
    @zagorthegreat Год назад +3

    Chuck D is the institution and inspiration, the best rapper ever, his voice is so self-confident, powerful and intoxicating

  • @thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051
    @thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051 3 года назад

    This remix kicks ass. Public Enemy are the greatest Rap group in History. We need Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and the Wu Tang Clan to save us from these troubles. Black Lives Matter!

  • @Hanz-tf3gs
    @Hanz-tf3gs 3 года назад

    I’m 47 from Auckland New Zealand and we FIGHT THE POWER!

  • @robertbutler2360
    @robertbutler2360 2 года назад +19

    After 30 plus years.... STILL RELEVANT 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @Daxtarr1
    @Daxtarr1 3 года назад +35

    I'm 46 years old, and I never heard of Juneteenth until this year. Also, I'm from Minneapolis, so...fight the power.

  • @jaybryson7268
    @jaybryson7268 2 года назад

    Here we come...the return of the Phoenix, Real Hip Hop. Rhapsody, 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 👑 👑👑👑

  • @IsaacAtap
    @IsaacAtap 3 года назад +127

    “Solidarity is what I’m wearing all black for” Black Thought’s verse gave me chills. Nas killed it too

  • @e.m.p.3394
    @e.m.p.3394 4 года назад +383

    15 years old. Thank God the old school is coming back to save us and hip hop.

    • @smokezilla13.
      @smokezilla13. 4 года назад +6

      Hip Hop will not let you down

    • @cwillie1492
      @cwillie1492 4 года назад +15

      Not old school fam. Just legends doing what they are suppose to do.

    • @chas3ton
      @chas3ton 4 года назад +26

      I’m 15 too, and it ain’t old school, it’s rap done right in 2020

    • @cjbani159
      @cjbani159 4 года назад +4

      Love to you, kiddo :)

    • @BreuckelensFinest
      @BreuckelensFinest 4 года назад +8

      Beautiful wise babies! We got chew!

  • @NemisisRecords
    @NemisisRecords 4 года назад +48

    YG held his own in this. I didnt expect that. This whole thing came together so well

  • @greezay
    @greezay 3 года назад

    Probably the best thing that 2020 produced. All of these social injustices that's happening, we need PE to shout that word out.

  • @adammarsh956
    @adammarsh956 Год назад

    3 of the greatest conscience mcs of all time

  • @6868Phoenix
    @6868Phoenix 4 года назад +71

    "Salute, Toussaint, and Dessaline."
    Damn Nas up on that knowledge tip!

    • @KardiFan2000
      @KardiFan2000 4 года назад +15

      He BEEN on the knowledge tip from the very beginning!

    • @kevinscott59
      @kevinscott59 4 года назад

      Black Jacobins!🔥

    • @doriandd4648
      @doriandd4648 4 года назад +2

      Toussaint Louverture in the house. Esco still making me proud to listen to rap in 2020.

    • @anthonyarmstrong1423
      @anthonyarmstrong1423 4 года назад +4

      Nas has been on knowledge,y'all just catching on to him

  • @sharonroseman5918
    @sharonroseman5918 3 года назад +8

    Black Thought gives me chills on every rap. He is amazing. I would have loved to hear Talib kwali on this one

  • @chrisgreene2623
    @chrisgreene2623 Год назад +1

    On e of the most significant and powerful " protest songs of all time that unites , educates, and edifies. I Would have love to seen the hippies reaction if this was played at Woodstock 1969. . And this song came out 1989 , and as relevant and potent as ever..

  • @DjIronClaw
    @DjIronClaw 2 года назад

    I’m sorry that was hard …. Brought me back to 1989 , I just saw this video on video music box made me cry , made me feel like I was 9 again.. miss my brother and my mother R.I.P

  • @neosonic23
    @neosonic23 3 года назад +812

    If Public Enemy had to update this song in 2020, you know theres something real wrong with America..

    • @MyEyesWithin
      @MyEyesWithin 3 года назад +19

      Facts

    • @Raging92
      @Raging92 3 года назад +24

      If only it was just in America .... :/

    • @tifflove3241
      @tifflove3241 3 года назад +4

      EXACTLY 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯

    • @johndrollette4083
      @johndrollette4083 3 года назад +11

      They were right then and no less now. The need to speak the truth never goes away.

    • @kimmiet.8962
      @kimmiet.8962 3 года назад +7

      🔥🔥🔥🔥Straight ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾‼️‼️‼️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Keep Striving!!!

  • @johnmurphy6556
    @johnmurphy6556 3 года назад +144

    The best rap group ever with the revolutionary, intelligent and educational music.

  • @vittorio5248
    @vittorio5248 2 года назад

    THIS SONG RIGHT HERE..✊🏿✊🏿💪🏾💪🏾ALWAYS BLACK PANTHERS ✊🏿

  • @odiumimbues
    @odiumimbues 3 года назад

    i am a hip hop snob. i rarely like any modern rap or hip hop nowdays but public enemy has always been the realist, something i can get behind.

  • @automatik25
    @automatik25 4 года назад +8

    This was relevant in 1989, and the sad part is, it's still relevant in 2020!
    FIGHT THE POWER until we finally get humane change.

  • @victorevanssr.5034
    @victorevanssr.5034 2 года назад +6

    The sister killed it. Just a dope song then and now

  • @srdvizions1345
    @srdvizions1345 7 месяцев назад +1

    Rapsody doesn't get enough praise, she reminds me of Sister Souljah!

  • @TheHumanBallsack
    @TheHumanBallsack 2 года назад

    3:42 not surprised to hear YG honouring his idol Pac but how surreal it is just to see Tupac's face alongside the likes of MLK and Malcolm X. That's something that he himself probably never thought would happen in a million years...

  • @jellybIood
    @jellybIood 4 года назад +32

    I never thought about Public Enemy and Nas. They are unstoppable together

  • @mauricedoss5339
    @mauricedoss5339 3 года назад +10

    Black Thought snapped 🔥🔥💯💯

  • @gilbertvega4012
    @gilbertvega4012 2 года назад +1

    Respect I'm from Brooklyn and the 80s

  • @Kingofthepeople
    @Kingofthepeople 3 года назад

    ✊🏾POWER TO THE PEOPLE!✊🏾
    ✊🏾NO JUSTICE NO PEACE!✊🏾
    ✊🏾BLACK LIVES MATTER!✊🏾

  • @konstantinosdoulis298
    @konstantinosdoulis298 4 года назад +57

    Why is this not viral?

    • @RConn55
      @RConn55 4 года назад +5

      Deadass it’s been out a week and i just came across this and the only reason i know is because I saw it on some underground hip hop page

    • @konstantinosdoulis298
      @konstantinosdoulis298 4 года назад

      J.R.C.S Productions same

    • @SuperOmnicronsj44
      @SuperOmnicronsj44 4 года назад +5

      BECAUSE ITS BULLSHIT. Breonna was was a drug queenpin, Blake was a predator whose ex-girlfriend CALLED THE POLICE, - this just a quick protest song before an election Biden is going to lose.
      nice track - THE ORIGINAL one.. dope lyrics, etc. but NAW, man.

    • @nandansho
      @nandansho 4 года назад +2

      It did go Viral, The original came out 2 Months ago on BET RUclips 1.1 MILLION VIEWS..

    • @kossangreen4827
      @kossangreen4827 4 года назад +9

      SuperOmnicron so those are the only 2 situations right?? So you’re really gonna try to bring the horrible black experience in America down to 2 right wing propaganda lies? You people are sick

  • @RonLennard1020
    @RonLennard1020 4 года назад +115

    Chuck D is so underrated having that strong voice & consciousness of an elder back in his 20’s make 20 year ol’s today look sad. Chuck D was literally in his early mid 20’s back in the late 80’s let that sink in.

    • @scribblebeck
      @scribblebeck 3 года назад +6

      Chuck D is not underrated.

    • @Dee_Nice89
      @Dee_Nice89 2 года назад +5

      Chuck D the coldest on the Mic 💯

    • @robertschleeter3300
      @robertschleeter3300 2 года назад

      Man was late 20s in late 80s 🔥💯 a natural preacher

  • @gbeats7125
    @gbeats7125 2 года назад +1

    Real real teachings from the Public Enemy Crew peoples conoius Hip Hop like this will always teach you more then what the media will. That is why I think Public Enemy know this ever since The Message was done by Melie Mel and the Furious Five and that is why Public Enemy did Don't Belive The Hype. Which stand the truth aganist the media forever. And I'am europen white U.K and we are all from Africa. I cut the recace off from my mum .As it is handed down from other generations. Bless up G Beats.

  • @emilym6214
    @emilym6214 8 месяцев назад +1

    Educational music and hip hop at that. We love it!!!!!

  • @angiebee2993
    @angiebee2993 4 года назад +10

    I always thought that Public Enemy was ahead of their time and they still are now

  • @dwightlove3704
    @dwightlove3704 2 года назад +5

    The line about ELVIS is still relevant

  • @dejaymonopoly___
    @dejaymonopoly___ 3 года назад +1

    Huge fan of Chuck D & im a 90s baby

  • @nightnavin
    @nightnavin 3 года назад +2

    " ... they respect violence
    If you ain't tryna have your city on fire
    Put some respect on our name, we come from gold and diamonds
    "
    Dang

  • @rasta-moumou9749
    @rasta-moumou9749 4 года назад +97

    Freshly educational lyrics....bless u dear brothers and sisters..may God be with you..hail from north Africa......

    • @aboilafaleti4504
      @aboilafaleti4504 4 года назад +5

      I know that's right ..hey I'm trying to get back home to where you are . peace blessings and love . don't come to America .it's not good for African people .at all ❤️🖤💚✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾👍🏾🤗😊😘

    • @terrnado
      @terrnado 4 года назад +3

      Much respect

    • @Paradyceolman
      @Paradyceolman 4 года назад +3

      All of my legends need to be here get up wake up AMERIKKKA we're on it believe it

    • @rasta-moumou9749
      @rasta-moumou9749 4 года назад +5

      Our beloved land..our blessed soil..our everlasting contributions to modern civilisation is printed in golden letters..still we Africans need to build up solid mutual bridge with you dear brothers and sisters in that horrible concert jungle..our leaders lacking manhood and character....africa shall rise and shine once and for all....strength in unity...bless you dear brothers and sisters....we shall overcome..much love

    • @b.c8931
      @b.c8931 4 года назад +2

      Peace brotha...

  • @jeffreyhernandez42
    @jeffreyhernandez42 4 года назад +101

    This is Hip Hop for your Ass, love y'all for paving the way And making are voices be Heard, "Fight The Power"👊 it's a Beautiful Day

  • @madalinpreda4776
    @madalinpreda4776 3 года назад

    I grew up with this song from the age of 12 in 1990 when Romania came out of communism. in fact, I grew up with "fear of a black planet"... and i'm so f...'n proud of it

  • @EngineNo5
    @EngineNo5 10 месяцев назад

    Rhapsody's Kaepernick jersey was awesome!

  • @antjonz
    @antjonz 4 года назад +58

    'You love Black Panther but not Fred Hampton"...damn that sent chills down my spine.

    • @realledbetter5015
      @realledbetter5015 Год назад

      Only if you happen to know who Fred Hampton is, & I don’t.

    • @atlassolid5946
      @atlassolid5946 Год назад +5

      ​@@realledbetter5015 and that's the time to start questioning why you don't know him but likely know MLK

  • @richydoopree4537
    @richydoopree4537 4 года назад +117

    Nothing but love & respect for PE 👊🏻💯
    ✊🏻

    • @nostradamus986
      @nostradamus986 4 года назад +1

      Im telling you even in the uk we were banging out public enemy, and n.w.a on vinyl going back almost 30 years ago!

    • @douglasallen7639
      @douglasallen7639 4 года назад

      WORD

  • @gzer0x
    @gzer0x 11 месяцев назад

    First time I ever heard 2pac’s “Changes” was a paradigm shift. It has sadly stayed relevant.

  • @victorevanssr.5034
    @victorevanssr.5034 2 года назад

    Nothing touches this and nothing ever will

  • @dbay7466
    @dbay7466 3 года назад +5

    MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER!

  • @johnmoran298
    @johnmoran298 3 года назад +28

    I’m 45 grew up with this it will never die fight the power

  • @nikhilna5095
    @nikhilna5095 3 года назад

    Rapsody one of the nicest in the game today period

  • @darsellabiles3110
    @darsellabiles3110 3 года назад

    Did anyone notice that in the first minute in a half the rapper stated the year 2020? Wow! This music is more prevalent for this generation....the more things change the more it stays the same in midst of advancement in technology!

  • @containeduniverselow4790
    @containeduniverselow4790 4 года назад +89

    Doesn't it feel good to have Hip Hop with actual *substance* through the entire track?
    Something you can grow on. Real food.

    • @rabbitr0n
      @rabbitr0n 3 года назад +2

      the whole album is pretty fucking fire.

    • @Matty80822
      @Matty80822 3 года назад

      been a minute. why old men gotta hold it down is my trip. not that I don't love it

    • @hippiecolleen1352
      @hippiecolleen1352 3 года назад

      And rythm & melody

    • @MrsMurphy414
      @MrsMurphy414 3 года назад +1

      Oh, yes. I've missed this.

    • @rebeccawalter645
      @rebeccawalter645 3 года назад

      just a comment - and I can be told to have a seat: why isn't *every* genre of music held to the same standards of social justice?

  • @ahmedajmi6936
    @ahmedajmi6936 3 года назад +4

    Why has this not hit a million views yet??!

  • @jeremiahwoods1845
    @jeremiahwoods1845 10 месяцев назад +1

    👑 Black Thought

  • @patovni8006
    @patovni8006 3 года назад

    Public ennemy's forever.......peace to France....

  • @leewalker101172
    @leewalker101172 4 года назад +119

    Never before has the world needed PE more than now.

    • @beeboy6967
      @beeboy6967 4 года назад +1

      P E & R.A.T.M. WE NEED YOU !

    • @columbusohio72
      @columbusohio72 4 года назад +3

      The new generation needs to do their part

    • @SuperOmnicronsj44
      @SuperOmnicronsj44 4 года назад

      Never before has politics needed clear rational decision making and not riots ... it will result in EVEN MORE POLICE, MORE SURVEILLANCE and MORE INFORMANTS.
      FACTS. Riots completely deconstructed this powerful message.

    • @PPCSI133
      @PPCSI133 4 года назад +2

      All these years later, this song speaks now more than ever.

    • @mouseypublishings
      @mouseypublishings 4 года назад

      Too bad they work for the same party that created the klan. Biden, the dnc nominee, did the eulogy at a known democrats klansmens funeral. Fact.

  • @Notafemalecasual
    @Notafemalecasual 3 года назад +3

    Nas always Killin it

  • @joselynjolivet7694
    @joselynjolivet7694 2 года назад +1

    One of the most socially relevant hip hop songs ever. It defined a generation.

  • @markgillan3750
    @markgillan3750 Год назад +1

    Tyre...You're Mama...She Proud

  • @neojakemcc
    @neojakemcc 3 года назад +74

    I'm a 41 year old white man and this gave me a chill. This freaking slaps! I will be playing this a ton!!! 🔥🔥🔥🤘🏻

    • @j.d.t.5761
      @j.d.t.5761 3 года назад +15

      It don't matter. We're all together!!!

    • @CJ_7519
      @CJ_7519 2 года назад +17

      We're all in this fight together✊🏿✊🏻✊!!!

    • @MrEXtraRaw
      @MrEXtraRaw Год назад

      🤣

    • @johnnyscott6110
      @johnnyscott6110 11 месяцев назад +2

      UNITY ✊

  • @anthonyxcool
    @anthonyxcool 3 года назад +5

    Black Lives Matter. Keep up the good fight.

  • @Prussian_man
    @Prussian_man Месяц назад

    For the revolution! Forward!

  • @davidkao218
    @davidkao218 2 года назад +1

    I am half white and half Asian. I lived in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. I was 0.5 of the 1.5 Asian kids in my community as a kid. There was 1 black student in all of my schools TOTAL from preschool-12th grade. I still remember hearing the original "Fight the Power" in 1989 waiting for the schoolbus when another kid in my class was playing it on his little boombox. I absolutely could not wrap my head around what it was saying (nor could he, I'm sure), but I knew it was important and that it meant I really didn't know anything about the world. >30 years later I have spent over a decade living in predominately black inner city neighborhoods, working with black communities in the US and all over SubSaharan Africa. I am thankful that all that beauty is woven into the fabric of my experience - not just during hard times, but during those times my daily life. I know I STILL can't and never will know what it means to be black in America. I have always struggled with how I can show up in and for the black community. I try to learn and understand what's happening though I know I can't really... I guess I think that what I, and anyone in and out of the community can do is LISTEN, be ready and willing, and show up and stand beside when if I can add strength. It is oversimplified to say that all came from hearing FTP at age 13, but when I listen to that track and hear this new version, I feel all the passion and urgency that made me want to become, in my own limited way, a bigger part of a larger human experience. So grateful for the voices here. They have and continue to change my life. Public Enemy #1.

  • @reggiecamoufliyge1997
    @reggiecamoufliyge1997 4 года назад +11

    So classic so soulful so Proud to be Black.. It's a shame we still gotta scream fight the power ✊🏿

  • @EmbracetheStoryteller
    @EmbracetheStoryteller 4 года назад +63

    "...we're fighting for the Promised Land, we're almost there."
    That touched me

    • @SuperOmnicronsj44
      @SuperOmnicronsj44 4 года назад +1

      you are if Donald Trump wins. you are definitely not if Joe 1994 Crime bill Biden wins.

    • @cjbani159
      @cjbani159 4 года назад

      Not as close as I would like, but I feel you ~

    • @kevin93azyu
      @kevin93azyu 4 года назад

      @Johnny Doeboy think about it again. Your question doesn't really make sense. It's poetic though. I'll give you that.

    • @ShogunX11
      @ShogunX11 3 года назад

      @@SuperOmnicronsj44 presidents don't have that much pull. And fyi, your daddy Trump also wanted the falsely accused central park 5 executed.

  • @InfamousMacBoxing
    @InfamousMacBoxing 5 месяцев назад +1

    Man YG made me proud. He’s the last person I’d expect to preach on a topic like this. But he came in clutch. His message and knowledge he dropped was more powerful than Nas’s verse which is crazy

  • @TheToneytone
    @TheToneytone 3 года назад +2

    MAN both songs are hitting I mean straight to the point people please wake up

  • @pyromaximus8890
    @pyromaximus8890 3 года назад +3

    I’m so proud of YG turning his life around and on this pro black movement we love you young brother

  • @nuyorican91st
    @nuyorican91st 4 года назад +4

    I'm getting chicken skin.
    1989 I was about 4 turning 5 and my favorite movie was do the right thing.1989 harlem new york I'm a little kid...man this powerful shit.peace to everyone who has or is experiencing oppression,racism,bullying,domestic abuse ect.and peace to chuck d and all these brothas bringing hip hop that i grew up with back into full force.

  • @FBi_.
    @FBi_. 2 года назад

    Nas still got still can’t believe yg hopped on the track this def. My song of the year

  • @toddadams8420
    @toddadams8420 3 года назад

    Chills same as i got 30 years ago seeing the original video for the first time...forever relevant

  • @desmondhill1747
    @desmondhill1747 4 года назад +24

    YO NO MATTER HOW POWERFUL THE POWER'S THAT BE WE GOTTA REMAIN STRONG AND STAND UP TO EVIL BECAUSE THIS IS AN INFINITE WAR AGAINST HATE BECAUSE HATE WANNA DESTROY LOVE REALRAP 👑✊🏿

    • @numarkaz
      @numarkaz 4 года назад

      Yeah I know. All this hate toward white people is getting out of hand. BLM has become the new KKK.

    • @alessandrosouzzasouzza7881
      @alessandrosouzzasouzza7881 3 года назад +2

      Desmond Hill Boa noite AXÉ cablocos panteras Negras resistência África do Sul Alessandro de Souza AXÉ

  • @Droemar
    @Droemar 3 года назад +100

    Skinny little white chick here. Black Lives Matter. I know my country's history, and I know the experiences of black Americans are true.
    Fight the Power, and keep on fighting. I'm with you.

    • @rabbitr0n
      @rabbitr0n 3 года назад +21

      I'm with you, even though I'm a fat, old white man. Education is highly important, especially about the plight of the PoC and the Black Community in our country. Stand tall as an Ally and see what you can do to help; to which I know you are. FIGHT THE POWER.

    • @jesseevans5090
      @jesseevans5090 3 года назад +12

      That’s what’s up! Much love and respect to y’all 💯

    • @ransejackson2986
      @ransejackson2986 3 года назад +6

      We more like u sis

    • @klimtklavier
      @klimtklavier 3 года назад +9

      Mean it. Old lady here. XOXO still fighting.

    • @GCScott
      @GCScott 3 года назад +1

      Don't say your country you're not helping out.

  • @isaacmontoya9636
    @isaacmontoya9636 5 месяцев назад +1

    I’m right wing and conservative but I respect free speech, I’m just here observing a classic being revived, this is pretty legit

  • @nigelleslie3896
    @nigelleslie3896 2 года назад +1

    Thank goodness for Public Enemy and NWA.