It’s all about black positivity and prayer but it sparked a hella of a movement but now you’re starting to understand why they had to dumb down our music because the messages were coming through and waking brothers and sisters up 💪🏾
Arrested Development was part of an "alternative hip hop" movement between 80's and 90's that pushed conscious and positive lyrics, musical innovation and community and self reliance. They were part of a hip hop collective (a popular thing back then) called Native Tongues that included acts like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Monie Love, Queen Latifa, Chi Ali, Black Sheep, Leaders Of The New School (which featured a young Busta Rhymes). Several members of the collective were Muslims eg Busta, Ali Muhammad of ATCQ etc A lot of great music came out of that era. Similar acts were The Pharcyde and Digable Planets, and P.M. Dawn
No disrespect and not trying to be "that person" but this is a deep, beautiful culture and we must represent it accurately. Arrested Development was never part of Native Tongues. Of course, that would've made sense and would've been beautiful, but it just was not the case. Do a search for a video called "Speech on Arrested Development Being Grouped with Native Tongues". It's from just 5 months ago and about 7 minutes into it Speech says "You know, Native Tongues is an actual thing. Like that's a real organization of artists. We're not part of the Native Tongues. Like Native Tongues deeply inspired me, continues to inspire me, I would've loved to have been part of the Native Tongues . . . "
Speech actually wrote this after traveling to Tennessee for his grandmother's funeral. There he met up with his , he hadn't seen in a while. Shortly after the funeral his brother died suddenly of an asthma attack and put him in a dark space.
This song was powerful back then and still is today. I was in the 10th grade when it came out and it was around this time I was prompted to search for truth. I never understood why my people were known as a byword everywhere on the planet, why my family history could only be traced back to slavery. I prayed so much about it and wanted to know the truth. Then I read Deuteronomy 28. Realizing who those blessings and curses were upon made me realize that WE are the people of the Book. That enlightenment changed my whole perspective on life. ✌🏾
Shalawam, my Sista, that's right. The Scriptures are our History, but it has been hijacked, by our Enemies, and these false churches and these false preachers have sold their souls to the Devil to propagate lies, and to keep our people deceived, but the Truth can never be hidden.
I remember this album when I was a kid, my parents bought it. Didn't circle back to this song till about 5 years ago. I forgot how powerful this song was. History lesson indeed.
🎶 A game of horse shoes 🎶 A game of horse shoooes🎶👏 This is that lyric everyone who's ever heard this song sings in unison with the song However my favorite is Lord why did you enlighten me without the enlightenment of all my folks
I was a Junior at Clark Atlanta University when that came out. Our Conscience level was off the charts back then. And the powers that be recognize that power and shut it down with ignorance and stupidity.
Ashley you literally gave me chill bumps just now. I've been listening to this since it came out in the 90's when I was in my 20's. I've took it as black positivity, black heritage, optimism. I've never saw as a prayer until now. You are so right! I talk to God as my friend also, every day, all the time. I don't know why I didn't see it that way until now. Thank you for your wisdom!
You got it, Ashley! You da WOMAN!!! They are singing 'Home'...when. he says, 'Take me to another place, ...'Home 🎶 ' . He is saying, God please move me from this hurtful place in Your plan.
I hope that you start getting more hip hop requests like this.. There were some fantastic rap songs in the 90's.. Truly a great time in music. "Passing Me By" by Pharcyde is another one..
You nailed it on your first listen. Speech, the lead vocalist, has described the song as a prayer. Arrested Development wasn't like any other group. You should also listen to their song "Mr. Wendal". Very different from this one, but also very powerful.
Everyday People was a great song, too... that was probably one of the first songs I heard that even people over 40 liked at the time... because back then, they didn't really care for our music. Rap was mostly a youth genre.
Not true. The baby boomers loved a lot of our (genx)music. Both hiphop and r&b. Did they like all? Of course not but they liked a lot of it during this time Please stop making emotional statements -rewriting history. We had gogo. Hiphop. Reggae. R&b. Bass music. There was a lot fir them to choose from..
@@ertfgghhhh Do you think it's most? I doubt it. I don't encounter many.. ever since the internet started, they've been bashing hip hop past the '80s, because it became too much about "gangsta rap." I'm talking mainly blk Boomers... other races of Boomers might still love it.... but our parents and such don't like much hip hop past the '70s and '80s. They're stuck on respectability politics and the negative perception that gangsta rap gives blk people. A lot of the older Boomers were also the main ones saying that hip hop wasn't music. This was a thing even back in the '70s when it first started. It was always a clash between old and young, from the very beginning. It was the young Boomers who created it.. i.e. the ones who were born in the late '50s and early '60s. But the older Boomers who were born in the late '40s and early '50s didn't like it. The name "hip hop" was even used as a derisive term to undercut and mock the culture. "Go head wit all dat hippity hop music, you jitterbugs." They wouldn't let the B-boys in the disco clubs back in the day and they called them "floor sweepers." This is real. I'm not making this up
@@KtotheG I grew up in chocolate city (DC) in 74 and moved to another hbcu town in 84. My mom was That beginning hiphop stage (70s) was played in my home and my parents' friends homes. My parents were baby boomers-born in the 50s. My biofather lives in flatbush. He has been a Trini rasta since he came in 1979. My nana lived in nc but near Hampton Roads. I have always lived in hbcu towns/counties my entire life. My churchy grandma was ok with everything except Prince (which I had to play at a low volume). Family and family friends in dc and north carolina, were still listening to r&b and hiphop and reggae and jazz and oldies. In the 70s and 80s. Alot of hiphop songs had r&b samples. My fam and boomers I knew loved it. Now. They tended to listen to mostly the music abd R&b part of the songs and ignored words. the boomers were the ones that made Double Dutch Bus, Rappers Delight, the message, hits. They were in their 20s when those songs cane out. My mom preferred Whodini rather than utfo. And LL when he needed love. She liked rob base. She lived mc Hammer. She liked Tribe, latifah, etc. The doc "gettin funky" was catchy. She would dance to snoop and dre when they were funkadelic heavy. As a matter if fact, anytime a rapper had funkadelic in the background, she liked it. She liked missy. Now, did she buy hiphop? No. But it played during block parties and parties. Boomers were buying hiphop in the 70s and 80s. Don't ket me forget, x clan. My mom liked prince. And they also liked r&b, reggae, gogo, dancehall, and the radio friendly bass music (ex whoot there it is, tootsie roll) and she never liked root. Older people didnt like luke, nwa, ghetto boys-gangsta rap without r&b hooks and music attached.. that regulator by warren g was a big hit. Why? Cause it was the michael mcdonald song....
This was massive when I was in Jr High. It's such a blessed song that gives honor to God. They don't make mainstream songs like this anymore. They gave respect to black people and God. The women were women of God who were modest and humble. They don't dare do this today.
This is the best reaction to Arrested Development "Tennessee" (You Got It Big Time) I Remember the 1st time watching the music video on MTV in the 90's (Conscious Hip Hop at it's Finest} .. next should be "People Everybody" .. "Mr. Wendell" ... "Natural" .. "Raining Revolution" .. "Mama's Always On Stage" .. "Revolution" {from the Malcolm X movie soundtrack 1992} .. "Fountain of Youth" ... "Ease My Mind"
Brooooooooo holly springs is my city been here 32 years never heard this song wowwwww ‼️😳it’s in Mississippi by the way dang Mississippi and Tennessee got so much history
Back when Hip-Hop was interesting. Also, this is when I learned what arrested development means, made me sad. Deep Hip-Hop is the best! I love to see this hit you, the same way it hit us 30 years ago!
One of my favorites! I really wished more music today was charged spiritually & educationally like this classic. This video was on heavy rotation when it came out.
I just peeped how that guy who was rubbing the painting at the end was also kinda simulating a DJ scratching a record. That's dope. This is what Common was talking about on that song, "I Used to Love H.E.R." "Boy, I tell ya... I miss her."
Still one of my favorite songs of all time. So deep and touching and still so relevant. Plus you could not tell none of us we weren’t Dionne Farris when it was time for her solo breakdown/bridge! 😂🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Yes! You do talk to God like you would a friend! I agree Ashley! Love it! By the way Dionne Farris who is a member of Arrested Development sings the song “Hopeless”. That is a great 🎵 song as well. I love “People Everyday”, “Revolution”, and “United Front”. Those are just a few by this hip hop group! Their message is positive, Afrocentric, and progressive! Great reaction! Wonderful song request! ❤️❤️😎😎👏👏👍🏽👍🏽🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
This is when we had diversity in hip hop.... You had gangster rap, knowledge rap and fun time.... A variety of artists....... "Dear God take me back to that other place.......🙏🏿
Remember this track for sure. They came with intelligence and depth. There was a lot of that going on at the time. Music was deeper then, than some of the periods before it. And maybe after it too. Don’t know what it’s like these days, but this group played on the Lolapalooza ‘93 tour next to rock and industrial bands. My fave memory: in a bookstore, this song came on the PA. A group started dancing to it right there. They formed a circle, and when that line came up they said it in unison: “I am still thirsty.”
I not Christian but have feeling this Album it's is spirituel . Inside in mind head and my body the groupe is so power. Listen Mr Wendal. I 'm Laïc is not religion in my country France
It's personal in a way that makes it truly universal. Many of us internally ask for help when we struggle, we talk to friends who are no longer with us. A real church is a place of community, where you can offer and take help freely, and I would trust nothing less with my personal faith.
This song hits so close to home now, since recently learning my Ancestry. Both sides of my family were in Tennessee at some point during slavery. One side migrated to Texas, where my mom was from. The other side migrated to Louisiana where my dad's from and where I was born.
As someone who grew up in the same city and went to the same HS as speech I remember thinking how our journeys shape us in life his G ma died and he went from Milwaukee to TN to search for answers because he had a dream and the chorus is literally a prayer you’re so spot on you should watch their documentary where are they now
Exodus...a prayer for freedom..a prayer for direction... wisdom. In the light of the pain and struggle and sorrow, help me understand. Take me home....
🔥🔥🔥 this one still hits! Getting deep like this is why hiphop is so great. "Mr Wendal" and "People Everyday" (Everyday People) are 2 more classics from them.
And THIS is why we don't get music like this anymore bcuz of three positive string messages.. We need to take it back to these times bcuz the music was STELLAR..U should check out EVERYDAY PEOPLE from Arrested Development
I went to high 10:2310:23 school with Ishe and I have a photo signed by Speech. I have heard this song so many times, but I never listened with a spiritual ear. So deep!!!!!!!
Great song....underrated! It was a hit for thrm but should have gotten more attention than it did! I remembered when it premiered during the Thursday night, Cosby Show/A Different World block on NBC
This is off debut album 3 years, 5 months and 2 Days in the Life of... great listen but for an equally powerful song they contributed to the 1992 movie soundtrack Malcom X called Revolution. Another strong history lesson
I'm glad you are feeling our enlightened style back then. That hip hop, afro, poetry in motion. Where self knowledge is power and spiritual awareness was inevitable. Check out Mr. Wendal.
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“Walk the roads my forefathers walked…Climb the trees my forefathers hung from”✊🏾
Yes!
This part has always shook me up.
No, the part that got me, "...but I am still thirsty." Yup, thirsty for knowledge.
It’s all about black positivity and prayer but it sparked a hella of a movement but now you’re starting to understand why they had to dumb down our music because the messages were coming through and waking brothers and sisters up 💪🏾
Umm....amen.
That beat was revolutionary, too...
Preach - this is the 90s
Yep. Concious music from that time was causing Black unity.
Now, now. We can't have THAT, can we.
@@KtotheGthat it was and by me being a beat maker I totally agree 👍💯
Arrested Development slapped you with their beats,then caressed you with an intelligent message. Powerful group.
Believe it or not this used to play on the radio in heavy rotation😊😊
It still shows up on the oldies stations.
In the UK too
Arrested Development was part of an "alternative hip hop" movement between 80's and 90's that pushed conscious and positive lyrics, musical innovation and community and self reliance. They were part of a hip hop collective (a popular thing back then) called Native Tongues that included acts like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Monie Love, Queen Latifa, Chi Ali, Black Sheep, Leaders Of The New School (which featured a young Busta Rhymes).
Several members of the collective were Muslims eg Busta, Ali Muhammad of ATCQ etc
A lot of great music came out of that era.
Similar acts were The Pharcyde and Digable Planets, and P.M. Dawn
Thank you for the playlist and memories! (Some never left rotation tho)
No disrespect and not trying to be "that person" but this is a deep, beautiful culture and we must represent it accurately. Arrested Development was never part of Native Tongues. Of course, that would've made sense and would've been beautiful, but it just was not the case. Do a search for a video called "Speech on Arrested Development Being Grouped with Native Tongues". It's from just 5 months ago and about 7 minutes into it Speech says "You know, Native Tongues is an actual thing. Like that's a real organization of artists. We're not part of the Native Tongues. Like Native Tongues deeply inspired me, continues to inspire me, I would've loved to have been part of the Native Tongues . . . "
It never fails… I’m always shedding tears by the time they get to Dionne crying out and then she makes me almost “ugly-cry”. 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Speaking of Dionne,” I know what you’re doing “
Same!!! Every. Dang. Time.
"But I am still thirsty..." the SECOND most powerful lyric in the song.
Arrested Development was a wonderful group. Positive messages in their songs. Classic R&B.
Nah, this was still hip hop... that beat is a break beat.
They're still around, mostly (RIP to Baba Oje). Latest release was in 2021.
Yo ! I'm tearing up I felt that , shout out to arrested development one of my favorite groups 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Speech actually wrote this after traveling to Tennessee for his grandmother's funeral. There he met up with his , he hadn't seen in a while. Shortly after the funeral his brother died suddenly of an asthma attack and put him in a dark space.
I'm happy people acknowledge this group. Nothing but knowledge throughout the album. We need that
This song was powerful back then and still is today. I was in the 10th grade when it came out and it was around this time I was prompted to search for truth. I never understood why my people were known as a byword everywhere on the planet, why my family history could only be traced back to slavery. I prayed so much about it and wanted to know the truth. Then I read Deuteronomy 28. Realizing who those blessings and curses were upon made me realize that WE are the people of the Book. That enlightenment changed my whole perspective on life. ✌🏾
Shalawam, my Sista, that's right. The Scriptures are our History, but it has been hijacked, by our Enemies, and these false churches and these false preachers have sold their souls to the Devil to propagate lies, and to keep our people deceived, but the Truth can never be hidden.
I remember this album when I was a kid, my parents bought it. Didn't circle back to this song till about 5 years ago. I forgot how powerful this song was. History lesson indeed.
A classic banger!!! Now you're entering into the consciousness of the 90's
🎶 A game of horse shoes 🎶 A game of horse shoooes🎶👏
This is that lyric everyone who's ever heard this song sings in unison with the song
However my favorite is Lord why did you enlighten me without the enlightenment of all my folks
Dionne Farris is the sista singing. She had a CD too.
I hate that they fell out.... she had a great single in "Hopeless" back in '96 from the Love Jones movie.
Hopeless like a penny with a hole in it
And she had a chart and MTV hit with "I Know". That song still hits with me.
The lady singing is Dionne Farris. She has a daughter who is a rapper by the name of Baby Tate. Dionne had a solo career as well.
Not just a solo career but a very successful career
I was a Junior at Clark Atlanta University when that came out. Our Conscience level was off the charts back then. And the powers that be recognize that power and shut it down with ignorance and stupidity.
You should also check out "People Everyday" and "Mr. Wendel".
Please play People Everyday. And Mr. Wendel
Without a doubt, one of the best songs ever made!
Amen. Help me understand your plan. Arrested Development bringing me to prayer in my life. Thanks Ashley for this one
Ashley you literally gave me chill bumps just now. I've been listening to this since it came out in the 90's when I was in my 20's. I've took it as black positivity, black heritage, optimism. I've never saw as a prayer until now. You are so right! I talk to God as my friend also, every day, all the time. I don't know why I didn't see it that way until now. Thank you for your wisdom!
You got it, Ashley! You da WOMAN!!! They are singing 'Home'...when. he says, 'Take me to another place, ...'Home 🎶 ' . He is saying, God please move me from this hurtful place in Your plan.
Arrested Development was soooo good! I made my band learn and play a cover of Mr. Wendal ❤
I hope that you start getting more hip hop requests like this.. There were some fantastic rap songs in the 90's.. Truly a great time in music. "Passing Me By" by Pharcyde is another one..
You nailed it on your first listen. Speech, the lead vocalist, has described the song as a prayer. Arrested Development wasn't like any other group. You should also listen to their song "Mr. Wendal". Very different from this one, but also very powerful.
Everyday People was a great song, too... that was probably one of the first songs I heard that even people over 40 liked at the time... because back then, they didn't really care for our music. Rap was mostly a youth genre.
@@KtotheG Yeah, the older heads dug the Sly Stone interpolation.
Not true. The baby boomers loved a lot of our (genx)music. Both hiphop and r&b. Did they like all? Of course not but they liked a lot of it during this time
Please stop making emotional statements -rewriting history. We had gogo. Hiphop. Reggae. R&b. Bass music. There was a lot fir them to choose from..
@@ertfgghhhh Do you think it's most? I doubt it. I don't encounter many.. ever since the internet started, they've been bashing hip hop past the '80s, because it became too much about "gangsta rap." I'm talking mainly blk Boomers... other races of Boomers might still love it.... but our parents and such don't like much hip hop past the '70s and '80s. They're stuck on respectability politics and the negative perception that gangsta rap gives blk people. A lot of the older Boomers were also the main ones saying that hip hop wasn't music. This was a thing even back in the '70s when it first started. It was always a clash between old and young, from the very beginning. It was the young Boomers who created it.. i.e. the ones who were born in the late '50s and early '60s. But the older Boomers who were born in the late '40s and early '50s didn't like it. The name "hip hop" was even used as a derisive term to undercut and mock the culture. "Go head wit all dat hippity hop music, you jitterbugs." They wouldn't let the B-boys in the disco clubs back in the day and they called them "floor sweepers." This is real. I'm not making this up
@@KtotheG I grew up in chocolate city (DC) in 74 and moved to another hbcu town in 84. My mom was That beginning hiphop stage (70s) was played in my home and my parents' friends homes. My parents were baby boomers-born in the 50s. My biofather lives in flatbush. He has been a Trini rasta since he came in 1979. My nana lived in nc but near Hampton Roads. I have always lived in hbcu towns/counties my entire life. My churchy grandma was ok with everything except Prince (which I had to play at a low volume). Family and family friends in dc and north carolina, were still listening to r&b and hiphop and reggae and jazz and oldies. In the 70s and 80s. Alot of hiphop songs had r&b samples. My fam and boomers I knew loved it. Now. They tended to listen to mostly the music abd R&b part of the songs and ignored words. the boomers were the ones that made Double Dutch Bus, Rappers Delight, the message, hits. They were in their 20s when those songs cane out. My mom preferred Whodini rather than utfo. And LL when he needed love. She liked rob base. She lived mc Hammer. She liked Tribe, latifah, etc. The doc "gettin funky" was catchy. She would dance to snoop and dre when they were funkadelic heavy. As a matter if fact, anytime a rapper had funkadelic in the background, she liked it. She liked missy. Now, did she buy hiphop? No. But it played during block parties and parties. Boomers were buying hiphop in the 70s and 80s. Don't ket me forget, x clan. My mom liked prince. And they also liked r&b, reggae, gogo, dancehall, and the radio friendly bass music (ex whoot there it is, tootsie roll) and she never liked root. Older people didnt like luke, nwa, ghetto boys-gangsta rap without r&b hooks and music attached.. that regulator by warren g was a big hit. Why? Cause it was the michael mcdonald song....
This was massive when I was in Jr High. It's such a blessed song that gives honor to God. They don't make mainstream songs like this anymore. They gave respect to black people and God. The women were women of God who were modest and humble. They don't dare do this today.
Arrested development has some very powerful lyrics and hard hitting beats back then man I miss the 90's
The truth!!! They are on tour with The Roots!!!❤🎉
Their entire catalog is terrific.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Now this was the JAM back in the day! With a positive message too. Great song.🔥🔥🔥 Great Reaction👍🏾❤️🔥💯❤️🔥👍🏾
I love this song, reminds me of my college days listening to 90s music.
A very special kind a group. Singing and speaking words of wisdom with a taste of spiritually ✌️. Come on Ashley!!! It's a pen clicker.
The entire album is sooooooooooo good.
This is the best reaction to Arrested Development "Tennessee" (You Got It Big Time) I Remember the 1st time watching the music video on MTV in the 90's (Conscious Hip Hop at it's Finest} .. next should be "People Everybody" .. "Mr. Wendell" ... "Natural" .. "Raining Revolution" .. "Mama's Always On Stage" .. "Revolution" {from the Malcolm X movie soundtrack 1992} .. "Fountain of Youth" ... "Ease My Mind"
We had Arrested development and NWA at the same time in the 90s. Diversity. Music for everyone.
This was my favorite group back in the day, I still have their CD 😊
They're still touring and still put on a great show! 🎉
Brooooooooo holly springs is my city been here 32 years never heard this song wowwwww ‼️😳it’s in Mississippi by the way dang Mississippi and Tennessee got so much history
Back when Hip-Hop was interesting. Also, this is when I learned what arrested development means, made me sad. Deep Hip-Hop is the best! I love to see this hit you, the same way it hit us 30 years ago!
We're still in arrested development, too. That's why we're still struggling.
🙏🏾 Great reaction. This song was slappin' when I was in college back in the day.
It still rocks... they still tour off of this song.
I love Arrested Development and their music! It is so unique and earthy and it has a powerful message! Also check out their hit “Everything People”!❤❤
Damn I haven’t heard this song in years.
Awesome song
Awesome group!
1980s 1990s as youth and adults, we were lucky for the music all around.
I love watching you discover our music. This song was so important for me growing up
Next up with Arrested Development is People Everyday and Mr. Wendel. Must listens.
One of my favorites! I really wished more music today was charged spiritually & educationally like this classic. This video was on heavy rotation when it came out.
This song is burned into our soul - those of us that grew up on this song. God is good. The One True God. ✝️🙏
The lady with the vocals is Dionne Farris she did a song back in the day you would love "hopeless"
That's my favorite song from the Love Jones soundtrack. She rocked it.
I just peeped how that guy who was rubbing the painting at the end was also kinda simulating a DJ scratching a record. That's dope. This is what Common was talking about on that song, "I Used to Love H.E.R." "Boy, I tell ya... I miss her."
Arrested development. They had some powerful songs with some powerful words. You should check out the song. "Mr Wendell"
Still one of my favorite songs of all time. So deep and touching and still so relevant. Plus you could not tell none of us we weren’t Dionne Farris when it was time for her solo breakdown/bridge! 😂🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Girl we heard him, for the past 32 years. Still hearing him! ❤
I love you vids. still cant believe you haven't heard these classics! lol
Yes! You do talk to God like you would a friend! I agree Ashley! Love it! By the way Dionne Farris who is a member of Arrested Development sings the song “Hopeless”. That is a great 🎵 song as well.
I love “People Everyday”, “Revolution”, and “United Front”. Those are just a few by this hip hop group! Their message is positive, Afrocentric, and progressive! Great reaction! Wonderful song request! ❤️❤️😎😎👏👏👍🏽👍🏽🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
This is when we had diversity in hip hop.... You had gangster rap, knowledge rap and fun time.... A variety of artists....... "Dear God take me back to that other place.......🙏🏿
This sing gave me chills.
There's a message in the music 🎶
Remember this track for sure. They came with intelligence and depth. There was a lot of that going on at the time. Music was deeper then, than some of the periods before it. And maybe after it too. Don’t know what it’s like these days, but this group played on the Lolapalooza ‘93 tour next to rock and industrial bands. My fave memory: in a bookstore, this song came on the PA. A group started dancing to it right there. They formed a circle, and when that line came up they said it in unison: “I am still thirsty.”
I not Christian but have feeling this Album it's is spirituel . Inside in mind head and my body the groupe is so power. Listen Mr Wendal. I 'm Laïc is not religion in my country France
It's personal in a way that makes it truly universal. Many of us internally ask for help when we struggle, we talk to friends who are no longer with us. A real church is a place of community, where you can offer and take help freely, and I would trust nothing less with my personal faith.
One of my favorite groups back when they came our with their first song.
It’s a prayer
This song hits so close to home now, since recently learning my Ancestry. Both sides of my family were in Tennessee at some point during slavery. One side migrated to Texas, where my mom was from. The other side migrated to Louisiana where my dad's from and where I was born.
Love this song
Holy shit I forgot all about them. Thank you for reminding me of my past music I’d forgotten about. Yay us. Lol
Shoutout to Dionne Farris!
The whole album 🔥
Can't Hide Love, Earth, Wind and Fire
As someone who grew up in the same city and went to the same HS as speech I remember thinking how our journeys shape us in life his G ma died and he went from Milwaukee to TN to search for answers because he had a dream and the chorus is literally a prayer you’re so spot on you should watch their documentary where are they now
Life music
Exodus...a prayer for freedom..a prayer for direction... wisdom. In the light of the pain and struggle and sorrow, help me understand. Take me home....
Been watching for a bit. Subscribed today. Love & Peace Queen.
This brings up in my head the idea of call and response in gospel music.
Nice to see these guys get some attention. The whole album is awesome..
My favorite song I've been to a lot of concerts and that on my playlist yes a message from the Lord
🔥🔥🔥 this one still hits! Getting deep like this is why hiphop is so great.
"Mr Wendal" and "People Everyday" (Everyday People) are 2 more classics from them.
Their last song in 2024 is a great song.....check revolution
So happy you did this. ❤️❤️
I haven't heard that in years... Thanks for the refresher😁👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Man...them 90s...real blk ppl
Arrested Development - People Everyday 🔥🔥🔥
Always loved this song and not because Im born and raised in TN. lol
It was a prayer he said it in an interview
I crossed paths a few times with this brother a few times in ATL . He's a whole vibe very positive and good energy
The singer at the end of the video is Dionne Farris. She had a hit song off the Love Jones soundtrack, named Hopeless, You should react to that.
And THIS is why we don't get music like this anymore bcuz of three positive string messages.. We need to take it back to these times bcuz the music was STELLAR..U should check out EVERYDAY PEOPLE from Arrested Development
Real Hip hop 💯
I saw them live . Amazing!
I love the way this song touched you ❤️
Just been to an Arrested Development gig, they were brilliant
I went to high 10:23 10:23 school with Ishe and I have a photo signed by Speech. I have heard this song so many times, but I never listened with a spiritual ear. So deep!!!!!!!
Preach and Teach Babygirl 🔥❤️
You have to hear "Dionne Farris - I Know"! She's the lead vocalist with the beautiful voice!
Oh My GAWD, I was DJ'ing when this came out. It was so heat then and still is.
Great song....underrated! It was a hit for thrm but should have gotten more attention than it did! I remembered when it premiered during the Thursday night, Cosby Show/A Different World block on NBC
When this group first came out...they were like no other.
This is off debut album 3 years, 5 months and 2 Days in the Life of... great listen but for an equally powerful song they contributed to the 1992 movie soundtrack Malcom X called Revolution. Another strong history lesson
I'm glad you are feeling our enlightened style back then. That hip hop, afro, poetry in motion. Where self knowledge is power and spiritual awareness was inevitable. Check out Mr. Wendal.
I enjoy your video. Even though I heard a lot of these songs in real time, I never knew all the lyrics.
Loved them