I remember when this came out back in 1986-87. I had just broken up with my soon-to-be-ex wife. I was half a paycheck away from being homeless and I listened to this song. I grew up in Los Angeles and cruised Whittier blvd in East LA many nights. It made me laugh and helped me through. I’m 61 now, retired, living a very good life with my love of 35 years. Hearing this song again and seeing this video makes me laugh and almost cry.
I remember watching Cheech kicking everyone's ass on Celebrity Jeopardy sometime back in the late 90's. I believe he has a master's degree in sociology
Tommy Chong said he knew Cheech was smart the first time they met because Cheech had a gorgeous woman on his arm. According to Chong, you can tell how smart a man is by how good looking his woman is.
My brother was doing extra work for Nash bridges back in the day and was working with cheech. I told my brother how cheech kicked ass on celebrity jeopardy and how much I enjoyed it. My brother brought me home an autographed cue card that read To Dennis my jeopardy buddy, Cheech 98'
My great grandfather came to the U.S. from Jalisco.His real name was Luis Ayala then when he got here he settled in Alliance, Nebraska and changed his name to Louis Florez. That's about all I really do know about him.
Cheech always said he loved women with big tits --- no better choice than Elvira
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@@franciscorodriguezjr532 wero gente hermano.. Embarrassing as fuck to be white, with comments like that.. We gotta be, on average, the most uncool race there is
I remember when this song first came out. I saw an interview with Weird Al Yankovic on some TV show. He said he loved this song and wish he would have written it. That just proves how brilliant this song is!
My grandpa is the living epitome of cheech..... I love him soo much, at age 8 he kept me laughing by making the EXACT faces he made, always watching cheech and chong movies having this movie on the dvd player cause this was his favorite, really makes u miss the times before the internet 💯👌
Yeah, I was lucky (or am lucky) to have two big brothers who loved Cheech & Chong, National Lampoon, Looney Tunes, 3 Stooges and other comedy greats, so I know what you mean with your grandpa.
I mean, there are still kids that grow up in impoverished areas without running water and electricity, like on the Indian reservations or around Appalachia for example; I should know as that's how I grew up. I'm only 23 now.
Yes, that's why I quoted Springsteen, but according to Wikipedia, I Love LA was also an influence. Note the scene where he's driving in the convertible.
“I don’t belong here in downtown TJ”. Love it, I miss the East LA of my youth. I escaped in 1974, that place only exists in my memory. Figueroa St. and Ave. 37 estaba mi barrio. Huero
Roger That, Johnny! Walk into any Mexican American living room, and I promise you will find a photograph of a Marine, sailor, airman, or soldier who served his/her country. More Hispanics have earned the Congressional Medal Of Honor, than any other ethnic group.
Yes i know my family has fought for this country since the cival. War. I had a cousin who was killed in vietnam my father fought in vietnam 2 bronze stars and a silver star purple heart 1fst infantry division iron triangle 68 70.im a full blooded Hispanic american my family too uncles all veterans im proud but we dont need them comming across taking jobs so its harder for me to find a job..as a carpenter..
it's important to tell people that it's not possible to be born in countries. the united states declaration of independence said that nobody is born in countries: all people all born in nature, with equality and freedom. and we use labels like the united states to protect that natural freedom. saying you are born in country or state is a method of birth discrimination and of forcing nationality onto people based on your perception of their birth. not enough people even realize that anymore.
Who's the President of the United States? Aw, that's an easy one! That dude who used to be on The Apprentice...uh...Arnold Schwarzenegger! Alright, less go.
Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson and Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens are both alumni of the L.A.-based comedy troupe The Groundlings, and have appeared in several of Cheech and Chong's films. Cheech and Elvira probably still are good friends today.
I know this song is funny and all, but seriously speaking, this song hits pretty hard (in a good way) to Mexican-Americans whose families have been in the U.S several generations, like myself, a fifth generation Mexican-American.
Grandparents came to the U.S in the 60s My pop was born in Mexico in the 60s Mom was born in the U.S in the 60s They lived in east la all there life till the 2000s we still own the house there Me in the U.S in the 90s I had a taste of east la all my life the early 2000 was the last hurrah for east la Now Asians are poseuring out
@@TheOfficialMelendez similar story for me, except family is from and lives in Phoenix not LA 😎😎. They've done a good job of trying to stomp out Mexican American history in Arizona and replace it with white washed cowboy bs, but Mexican American culture refuses to be erased.
the lapd took massive amounts of bongs away from chong. But, I remember the names of some... ... at least thats all.... uhh, babe Malibu marrbelized necter strawberry tiwana Topanga. so you can see the outcome of that was not so good. just say no kids.
@@Stratman20928 it’s not the idea of wanting to go to nam it’s that he ran and hid like a chicken shit when his country needed and called him to action
It looks like the Boyle Heights area ( East side City of Los Angeles), and the scene of Whittier Boulevard if I remember correctly is where it comes into the City of Los Angeles. I have not been there in many years. But I sure hope the Gente I knew and everyone else is still around and doing fine. I still remember the City Terrace area. That was a rough area, and some of those White Kids that grew up there were speaking Spanish very fluently, and better than I can speak English or the old Sicilian language. Well take care, and God bless.
Serious as a heart attack, I love videos showing community pride, no matter where it is! I always tear up watching this, lol, 'cause Cheech and company look like they're having so much fun! And I love that Elvira joined in!
Man I loved this song when it first came out. It got lots of screen time on TV on Aussie music shows. Damn I'm old. Elvira, and seeing Jan Micheal Vincent ( R.I.P ). Good memories, great parody.
Mecci'ano El Saucci'ano did I say you could write anything here or anywhere on the internet? no, I didn't. now get back to my lawn work you fuckin drain on society.
Yes, some Hispanics attend night school because most work during the day... The only reason why some receive a "B" is because the teacher is harder on those students, they feel that Hispanics should automatically know Spanish and the rest of non-hispanics get a break which makes it unfair!...BTW, I'm glad and proud that Hispanics attend night school, there's nothing wrong with getting an education while working!
A lot of people replying to this comment but hurt and offended, obviously have no idea about Cheech and Chong and their material! If you were offended by him saying Mexican Americans attend night school and take Spanish and get a B, you've never seen Cheech and Chong Still Smokin or any of their skits! Yet you'll turn around and claim to be a big fan! That is a direct quote from Cheech Marin in one of his songs in Still Smokin, "Mexican Americans go to night school and take Spanish and get a B". Spanish people coming on here getting mad at the comment, and don't even know it's a direct and very famous song line from a guy who they all claim to be one of their Heroes! 😂
I would like to point out that Chong didn't voice the immigration officer even though lyrics sites usually say so. He did not provide any vocals for this song, and the part of the officer is actually done by Cheech using one of his many voices. I also love the small Randy Newman parody at the end.
I crawled under barbed wire, swam across a stream Rode in six different trucks packed like a sardine Walked all day in the burning sun Now I know what it's like to be born to run
I love the song, I was born in Burbank but grew up in cental and east LA. It looked just like the video. (Reality check - I had to fight gangs on my way to school and a running fight my way home, every day starting with 4th grade. Every couple blocks was another gang. They taught me to box by example, I took it on the chin a few hundred times :).... My blue eyes made me very popular lol. FYI At first everybody in LA spoke only English. All the Spanish speakers are later arriving immigrants, starting late mid/70's when President Carter opened up mass immigration, by executive action. ( with no disscussion with American people or involvement of Congress). He was President and did whatever he wanted. Carter employed lots of farmworkers. That was when all our homeless first showed up, out of work American farm workers looking for jobs in the cities. You don't see any homeless in LA, in the video. Now there are 5 Zillion.
Love this song and video. Thanks for posting. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, steals the show as always. And Jan Michael Vincent does a spot on Hank Hill and/or Tom Anderson.
I would've never imagined that the 60s, the 70s, and the 80s would be the last of the good old days. Hell, I'm 79. I remember all of this and thanks to RUclips it's all coming back. Now I can see what's happening. Something took the FUN out of fundamentals. When you have a soul no matter what you never stop having fun and joyful memories. Something sucked the soul out of us. We lost the FUN.
I love when he gives the shoutout to the gangbangers's turf, they growl at him, and Cheech cringes like, oops--yelling at them might not be a good move.
I've been aware of this song for a long… _long…_ time. For years, I've even teasingly _sung_ the title and sting of this song _exactly_ like it was a parody of "Born in the USA." _However._ I never… ever… actually knew this was a Cheech Marin song. And, by god, now that I know… I will _never_ forget. _Odelay~!_ Also, random Elvira for the win! ❤️
i am native American from canada went to los Angeles for Christmas met couple Mexicans they were nice one of them thought i was Filipino but he said he has high respect for native Americans
Yep! Was born there to, 52 years ago. My dad actually had good insurance & mom was gunna have me at a nicer hospital. A day before, my dads brother was shot with a shotgun & taken to LA county, so thats where my parents were when my mother went into labor.
Love east L.A ..alot of culture,colors ..hard working people. The new 6th Street Bridge connecting to downtown will be iconic. VIVA LA RAZA! SOTO STREET YEAHHHH!!!🇲🇽🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇸 !🇲🇽🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇸
Very inspiring story of a man who overcame being kidnapped by a racist cop and taken to a foreign land by returning home and hooking up with Elvira Mistress of the Dark.
The cops isn't racist, the guy was an illegal since he had no knowledge of the president and no certification of being a citizen. It's not kidnapping either
@@hell-sol5240 - If you think enforcing US immigration laws is racist, you are stuck on stupid. Without laws, we dont have a country. We have a right to allow who we want to enter OUR COUNTRY.
I remember when this came out back in 1986-87. I had just broken up with my soon-to-be-ex wife. I was half a paycheck away from being homeless and I listened to this song. I grew up in Los Angeles and cruised Whittier blvd in East LA many nights. It made me laugh and helped me through. I’m 61 now, retired, living a very good life with my love of 35 years. Hearing this song again and seeing this video makes me laugh and almost cry.
Hey man, we’re all from “East LA”!
The best movie I ever get high with and laugh so hard my chest hurt
@@adhd_with_pennies4867 for me it was Up In Smoke.
Cool story bruh 😂
Awe .....so sweet. Good for u and the love of yr life
I remember this as a kid. Didnt realize how genius this was at the time
Well he does have an English major😂😂😂
Cheech is a national treasure
"Green Card? I'm from East LA"
🤣🤣🤣🤣
yea you're from east la, who's the president of the united states
@@inuyashason81 Ronald Dickhead Reagan
@@tonypuga2502 John Wayne....
Yo soy mexicano...
@@tonypuga2502 he said that in the movie lmao XD
I didn't realize it until the song was winding down, it was a double parody. Bruce's "Born in the U.S.A." and Randy Newmans "I Love L.A". Genius.
This song came out BEFORE I love L.A. fuking dumbass!
I remember watching Cheech kicking everyone's ass on Celebrity Jeopardy sometime back in the late 90's. I believe he has a master's degree in sociology
Tommy Chong said he knew Cheech was smart the first time they met because Cheech had a gorgeous woman on his arm. According to Chong, you can tell how smart a man is by how good looking his woman is.
He graduated at cal state north ridge if I remember correctly.
My brother was doing extra work for Nash bridges back in the day and was working with cheech. I told my brother how cheech kicked ass on celebrity jeopardy and how much I enjoyed it. My brother brought me home an autographed cue card that read To Dennis my jeopardy buddy, Cheech 98'
@@johndough5192
He mentioned CSUN when he updated his Mexican Americans song a while back.
Csun grad
As a latino born and raised in LA , I heard this version way before the Springsteen one.
Same here lol
Me three!
Same. Didn't even realize it was originally a Springsteen song.
@@AltimaNEO yeah that's what Cheech Marin got it from Bruce Springsteen
My dad was born and raised in East Los. Boyle Heights. Hes Armenian. All his friends were Mexican but accepted him. As some kind of fish out of water.
Who listening to this in 2024
I am.😊
Me.
Here and even from Germany. Now do you know 😂😊
Moi
Moi
Shoutout to my Father who immigrated from Jalisco to San Diego in 1983 ❤️ foo loves this song.
Te quiero, Jefito
My great grandfather came to the U.S. from Jalisco.His real name was Luis Ayala then when he got here he settled in Alliance, Nebraska and changed his name to Louis Florez. That's about all I really do know about him.
You're the fool because you think like the pig
This bout LA not damn San Diego lmao but good for you're dad
@@Jesusjh24 lmao
Emigrated.
It's 2022 and I'm still loving this..
Ahhhhh the good old days ..
My childhood was never wasted..🤣🤣🤣
I am listening to this in 2024, have not heard it since I was a kid.
@@waterbottle4782 Dude..It shows...we are old...🤣🤣🤣
@@GuilePatrickjust our bodies. Souls are still young...
@@jurepotokar9068 I love that statement.🤜🤛
I’m a cancer with a bad moon rising, and a Chicana born in East Dayton, oh
@Carlos Gonzalez thank- u, I’m sorry I never check this....
Olympia Gonzalez but you look white
Like a " unicorn" u r
Oh yea? Well let me see your green card. 🤠
the randomness of Elvira Mistress of the Dark being in this video is mind boggling
Shes from east la
@@bobbybravo7942
She's not from LA Dumbass
She's from Kansas
She was recovering in East LA after her experience with Tom Jones
Cheech always said he loved women with big tits --- no better choice than Elvira
@@franciscorodriguezjr532 wero gente hermano.. Embarrassing as fuck to be white, with comments like that.. We gotta be, on average, the most uncool race there is
I remember when this song first came out. I saw an interview with Weird Al Yankovic on some TV show. He said he loved this song and wish he would have written it. That just proves how brilliant this song is!
I think it work well on the accordion.
@@constancemiller3753 si, güey, muy norteño.
@@thadrobinson8343 que se la ganen mejor los Tigres
link to the interview?
Great song. Really captures LA's pride in the 80s.
Right what i want to know is WTF Happend this was funny until 2016
@@DanielHernandez-lc7sx THIS IS IS FUCKING CLASSIC MAN! STAS LOCO
Love this song, not only does it capture the pride of LA but also the Mexican influence as well.
@@DanielHernandez-lc7sx politics that's what happen
East LA is a great place, to be from, AS IN NO LONGER THERE. I escaped in the 90's, before the insanity became terminal.
My grandpa is the living epitome of cheech..... I love him soo much, at age 8 he kept me laughing by making the EXACT faces he made, always watching cheech and chong movies having this movie on the dvd player cause this was his favorite, really makes u miss the times before the internet 💯👌
Yeah, I was lucky (or am lucky) to have two big brothers who loved Cheech & Chong, National Lampoon, Looney Tunes, 3 Stooges and other comedy greats, so I know what you mean with your grandpa.
My Uncle
I miss growing up in the 80's... Kids now know nothing of what growing up was like without the internet.
hi, kid here, believe me we all wish we did and we're all sad about it
I'm very thankful that my granddaughters are not feral like I was
Kids from the 80s know nothing about living in caves and hunting down animals with spears. Sad.
I mean, there are still kids that grow up in impoverished areas without running water and electricity, like on the Indian reservations or around Appalachia for example; I should know as that's how I grew up. I'm only 23 now.
Lol still relevant today
Cómo pudo pasar semejante joya desapercibida todo este tiempo. No lo puedo creer. Es hora de compartirlo en redes sociales.
De hecho no paso desapercibida. fue tremendo hit alla por el 86. me trae gratos recuerdos de mi juventud.
Fun Fact Cheech did live & work undocumented in Canada to avoid the draft and that's how he met Tommy Chong
“Next thing I know I was in a foreign land people talking so fast I couldn’t understand” - lol 😂
"Now I know what it's like to be born to run" is my favorite song. This apparently is also a parody of "I Love LA."
Lay off the roofies homie
Winner winner (chicken) pollo dinner
@@raygordonteacheschess5501 This is actually a satire of "Born In the USA".
Yes, that's why I quoted Springsteen, but according to Wikipedia, I Love LA was also an influence. Note the scene where he's driving in the convertible.
“I don’t belong here in downtown TJ”.
Love it, I miss the East LA of my youth. I escaped in 1974, that place only exists in my memory. Figueroa St. and Ave. 37 estaba mi barrio.
Huero
@Sunrise Sunrise highland park is east la
@Sunrise Sunrise the avenues fool
@Slim Pickens I feel it I’m not from there so I’m not so sure but I always thought highland park was more close to Pasadena than watts
Thier american. Mexican Americans alot of them fought for this country like my pop vietnam..so respect .
They fought in every war America had. Everyone
Roger That, Johnny! Walk into any Mexican American living room, and I promise you will find a photograph of a Marine, sailor, airman, or soldier who served his/her country. More Hispanics have earned the Congressional Medal Of Honor, than any other ethnic group.
@Mr. Reality
What planet do you live on?!?
Yes i know my family has fought for this country since the cival. War. I had a cousin who was killed in vietnam my father fought in vietnam 2 bronze stars and a silver star purple heart 1fst infantry division iron triangle 68 70.im a full blooded Hispanic american my family too uncles all veterans im proud but we dont need them comming across taking jobs so its harder for me to find a job..as a carpenter..
@Mr. Reality
And how many times has the Idiot in charge tweeted about it since the election.....
ZERO!!
The riffs the solos the lyrics the drums. Everything is perfect on this song love it.
at least we still have free Cheech in this country
kentagion free Chong is better
Actually this video was yanked off for a VERY long time.
We wouldn't have Cheech and Chong if it wasn't for the Vietnam war.
Yep
Cheech is a fuckin genius.
a man of reason. I admire your honesty
i couldint agree more
M
Jesus Samaniego hey Billy Bob thorton
Jesus Samaniego m
My dad showed me this song yesterday and said he listened to it when he was a teen🕺I love it now❤️🕺
it's important to tell people that it's not possible to be born in countries. the united states declaration of independence said that nobody is born in countries: all people all born in nature, with equality and freedom. and we use labels like the united states to protect that natural freedom. saying you are born in country or state is a method of birth discrimination and of forcing nationality onto people based on your perception of their birth.
not enough people even realize that anymore.
@@subterranea9095 ?
Hahaha wow this came out when I was 10 years old. 38 years later it's still brilliant.
Still a great song in 2021👍🏿
dope movie.
still holds up
cool
Frank Medina damn right it's cool
Maybe for dope-addicts
Whasshappening
darktrooper2099 u have aids and the coronavirus
Who's the President of the United States?
Aw, that's an easy one! That dude who used to be on The Apprentice...uh...Arnold Schwarzenegger!
Alright, less go.
Nop th Donald
Reagan
Nina Barrientez yup Death Valley Days
@@WillowWind-ss8ej7th grade class went to see him talk about Bush. Teacher was all pumped.. We kids didnt givva*
Damn I was thinking that then see this comment.
the randomness of Elvira Mistress of the Dark being in this video is mind boggling
The police officer sounds like Hank Hill
Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson and Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens are both alumni of the L.A.-based comedy troupe The Groundlings, and have appeared in several of Cheech and Chong's films. Cheech and Elvira probably still are good friends today.
it was Cheech doing the voice of the cop.
This movie/song helped me from my lowest point, near to suicide but my last 3$ on this Cameo theater i n downtown LA...I will cherish it forever
I know this song is funny and all, but seriously speaking, this song hits pretty hard (in a good way) to Mexican-Americans whose families have been in the U.S several generations, like myself, a fifth generation Mexican-American.
I liked the song as a kid, but I'm first generation. I didn't really understand it other than it being catchy.
Damn that sucks being a fifth generation Mexican American you guys arent even considered Mexican American anymore pinches pochos
Grandparents came to the U.S in the 60s
My pop was born in Mexico in the 60s
Mom was born in the U.S in the 60s
They lived in east la all there life till the 2000s we still own the house there
Me in the U.S in the 90s
I had a taste of east la all my life
the early 2000 was the last hurrah for east la
Now Asians are poseuring out
guau 😱
@@TheOfficialMelendez similar story for me, except family is from and lives in Phoenix not LA 😎😎. They've done a good job of trying to stomp out Mexican American history in Arizona and replace it with white washed cowboy bs, but Mexican American culture refuses to be erased.
The police officer sounds like Hank Hill
Lynne Aneweer it's actually Cheech making that voice
iknowww.
the lapd took massive amounts of bongs away from chong. But, I remember the names of some... ... at least thats all.... uhh, babe Malibu marrbelized necter strawberry tiwana Topanga. so you can see the outcome of that was not so good. just say no kids.
Cloudy Days You’re kidding!
I thought the same thing 😂
Cheech for president! 👌
Cheech and Chong for President and Vice President with Willie Nelson as speaker of the house
The presidential limo would be a low-rider with fake fur interior.
He dodged the draft and u want him to be president???
@@lawrencegarcia6819 so what he didn’t what to go to war so what especially nam why would anybody want to go to nam
@@Stratman20928 it’s not the idea of wanting to go to nam it’s that he ran and hid like a chicken shit when his country needed and called him to action
"Now I know what it is to be born to run." Good reference.
Cheech Marin is definitely an underrated singer and actor.
He cant sing lol but he can write
He’s a great art collector too
Not sure he's "underrated"
Dude, he ended up w/ Elvira? Thats the best thing I ever saw!
dude, haven't seen this this in years!! brings a big smile man, good times!! A CLASSIC!!!!
rene hernandez likewise bro...
@@spunkhead right? Fuck these race grifters trying to ruin fun! Life’s short! Not gonna happen, anymore
the original CHICANO comedian
Feb. 2018---How about no? Or did you forget the tv series Chico and The Man which started back in '74?
Even cheech won't call himself Chicano
Chicago Street TV Si!
Eddie LM I think he dose.
correct me if i am wrong but do chicano indiaans come from peru ? ( i only seen 1 in amsterdam once.nl)
It looks like the Boyle Heights area ( East side City of Los Angeles), and the scene of Whittier Boulevard if I remember correctly is where it comes into the City of Los Angeles. I have not been there in many years. But I sure hope the Gente I knew and everyone else is still around and doing fine. I still remember the City Terrace area. That was a rough area, and some of those White Kids that grew up there were speaking Spanish very fluently, and better than I can speak English or the old Sicilian language. Well take care, and God bless.
david fyre yupp but boyle heights has changed
david fyre This is the comment I want to see rather than all the people complaining about Trump.
East L.A. is where the real L.A. people live.
Yeah man city terrace is still pretty bad
city terrace is still bad but it's not like before, more families, less gangs and trendies coming, it's come a long way from 80s 90s city terrace
Serious as a heart attack, I love videos showing community pride, no matter where it is! I always tear up watching this, lol, 'cause Cheech and company look like they're having so much fun! And I love that Elvira joined in!
Man I loved this song when it first came out. It got lots of screen time on TV on Aussie music shows. Damn I'm old. Elvira, and seeing Jan Micheal Vincent ( R.I.P ).
Good memories, great parody.
11/24 still listening 🎉
Now that's a music video! GREAT movie too!
R.I.P. Jan-Michael Vincent!
Of course, Cassandra Petersen looks just as good 35 years later… ❤
Elvira!!! nothing says America like picking up goth chicks
Elvira isn't Goth. She's hot. Goth chicks are fat! lol!
@@Wis_Dom You got rejected by a goth chick and now try and belittle them don't you?
@@notamiester275 Are you THAT triggered by something I wrote a year ago or the fact that it got upvoted so much? LMAO!!!!
@@Wis_Dom Actually just curious. But thanks for asking
@@Wis_Dom Actually still kinda curious about why you think you have to belittle people. Who hurt you friend ?
Love this movie. Born in East L.A. a classic from 80s.
Mexican- Americans they go to night school...they study Spanish and get a B...🇲🇽🏫
Mecci'ano El Saucci'ano did I say you could write anything here or anywhere on the internet? no, I didn't. now get back to my lawn work you fuckin drain on society.
Yes, some Hispanics attend night school because most work during the day... The only reason why some receive a "B" is because the teacher is harder on those students, they feel that Hispanics should automatically know Spanish and the rest of non-hispanics get a break which makes it unfair!...BTW, I'm glad and proud that Hispanics attend night school, there's nothing wrong with getting an education while working!
Go watch Up In Smoke.
I'm pretty sure that's the flag of Ireland
A lot of people replying to this comment but hurt and offended, obviously have no idea about Cheech and Chong and their material! If you were offended by him saying Mexican Americans attend night school and take Spanish and get a B, you've never seen Cheech and Chong Still Smokin or any of their skits! Yet you'll turn around and claim to be a big fan! That is a direct quote from Cheech Marin in one of his songs in Still Smokin, "Mexican Americans go to night school and take Spanish and get a B". Spanish people coming on here getting mad at the comment, and don't even know it's a direct and very famous song line from a guy who they all claim to be one of their Heroes! 😂
Anyone from East LA hear the elote man everyday?😂😂
Yes!
No, but I do hear the tamale lady every morning all year long.
Seems very timely at this moment.
Good movie and song, from East L.A. ♥️ of course.
@ 1:00 that immigration cop sound likes almost Hank Hill lol
bigjr1979 Boy i tell you what hank hill
bigjr1979 looks like Jan-Michael Vincent
that's not an accident
The boy ain't right!
It is Jan Michael Vincent. hes in the movie too
I actually think the mariachi band makes this song sound awesome
As an American myself I love this song the rebel spirit and the love these people feel for America its the land of opportunity ya
This is actually a really good movie with a message. Two thumbs up.
This is coming up in 2025 😂 better have your birth certificate with you!
LOVED THIS MOVIE!! PROBABLY ONE OF HIS BEST!!!
I would like to point out that Chong didn't voice the immigration officer even though lyrics sites usually say so. He did not provide any vocals for this song, and the part of the officer is actually done by Cheech using one of his many voices. I also love the small Randy Newman parody at the end.
The officer was Jan Michael Vincent popular in the 70s and 80s
“ I don’t belong here in downtown TJ”😄….Such a classic comedy… never gets old to watch over again 👍☀️🇲🇽
Cheech Marin, thank you so much for reminding me how much I Love and miss living in East L..A.!!!
Nice house man
Cheech is a master piece
And a national treasure. These guys knew how to make you laugh 'til you cried.
No he’s not
One of the GREATEST songs EVER!!!
Liar
I crawled under barbed wire, swam across a stream
Rode in six different trucks packed like a sardine
Walked all day in the burning sun
Now I know what it's like to be born to run
Bumping this right now from Nor Cal always got love for east la since my family from highland park ❤🇲🇽
I remember watching this movie when I was a kid! It's even more relevant today than ever!
The movie is a cult classic lmao #Wassapening
Shantée Nicole psst, psst, pssst.
sed
haha
I love the song, I was born in Burbank but grew up in cental and east LA. It looked just like the video. (Reality check - I had to fight gangs on my way to school and a running fight my way home, every day starting with 4th grade. Every couple blocks was another gang. They taught me to box by example, I took it on the chin a few hundred times :).... My blue eyes made me very popular lol.
FYI At first everybody in LA spoke only English. All the Spanish speakers are later arriving immigrants, starting late mid/70's when President Carter opened up mass immigration, by executive action.
( with no disscussion with American people or involvement of Congress). He was President and did whatever he wanted. Carter employed lots of farmworkers.
That was when all our homeless first showed up, out of work American farm workers looking for jobs in the cities.
You don't see any homeless in LA, in the video. Now there are 5 Zillion.
Out of work farmers --- that's because of Commie Trump and his tariffs on China, stupid
Proud to be born and raised in east LA❤️
Remember i was a little kid and my dad played this on the tv and i thought about it just now been looking for this song for awhile
Me and my girlfriend from college used to sing this song the funny thing was she lived on Brooklyn ave which is now Casaer Chavez ave and Soto Street
Hispanic Trump supporters in 2025 be like....
Born in Texas the real life version
😅😅😅
I voted for Harris
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@@Devilsblood thank god
Love this song and video. Thanks for posting. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, steals the show as always. And Jan Michael Vincent does a spot on Hank Hill and/or Tom Anderson.
This was a decade before the show!
Ol boy pulled up on Elvira ❤
My father in law comes out in this video..something his grandkids always proud of..funny he's retired back home in TJ
I would've never imagined that the 60s, the 70s, and the 80s would be the last of the good old days. Hell, I'm 79. I remember all of this and thanks to RUclips it's all coming back. Now I can see what's happening. Something took the FUN out of fundamentals. When you have a soul no matter what you never stop having fun and joyful memories. Something sucked the soul out of us. We lost the FUN.
Cheech and Chong kicked ass. I miss those guys.
I remember this like it was yesterday, and it's still funny as hell to me
Put this and Randy Newman's I Love LA as a double-sided single and you have the perfect California disc!
1964 born in Boyle Heights but raised from day 2 in the heart of the MARA'S F.T.W.S
EAST LOS ANGELES
One of the best videos ever, go Los Angeles!💙
So I was born in East LA in City Terrace the slowz rock n roll slowz
I grew up in CT, right between City Terrace and Geraghty Loma, not good in the 70's.
I love when he gives the shoutout to the gangbangers's turf, they growl at him, and Cheech cringes like, oops--yelling at them might not be a good move.
I've been aware of this song for a long… _long…_ time. For years, I've even teasingly _sung_ the title and sting of this song _exactly_ like it was a parody of "Born in the USA." _However._ I never… ever… actually knew this was a Cheech Marin song. And, by god, now that I know… I will _never_ forget. _Odelay~!_
Also, random Elvira for the win! ❤️
Our Will is Our Way of showing the World Our Word is part of the World !
"Does the Cop USE Steele OR Lead SWORDS" ?
- St. SkyKnight.
Fire!!!! I just finally saw get out of my room and this is the song at the end.
I've done it....... I have finally seen EVERY Cheech & Chong movie!!!
Cheech is a legend
i am native American from canada went to los Angeles for Christmas met couple Mexicans they were nice one of them thought i was Filipino but he said he has high respect for native Americans
Mike West Most of us are Meztizos
We are Native American mixed with Spanish (Mestizo)...Some of us are Aztec, Mayan, or Olmec mixed
Were all natives its just the white man came in and segregated us from each other
now they are saying we are the 12 tribes of israel
RAIDERMACK T.V.S
Don't forget the genocide attempts by Atecs and Olmecs upon other native tribes...🐸
I remember watching this on TV 📺 when I was little kid in the mid 80's
2022 love it. Peace and love from eastern Europe
So proud that they named Marin County after this man. "Extremely North LA" just didn't make sense.
i ALWAYS LOVED THIS SINCE I WAS A KID!
this ain't no Datsun it's a Chevrolet!
Yep! Was born there to, 52 years ago. My dad actually had good insurance & mom was gunna have me at a nicer hospital. A day before, my dads brother was shot with a shotgun & taken to LA county, so thats where my parents were when my mother went into labor.
If you don’t like this,I will fight you…Have to have a joint together first though😅
This is Trumps ringtone!
Ruben Delgadillo How
humorWars Nah, the FBI says he's now illegal. Whoop whoop!
Ruben Delgadillo FUCK T-rump
old dog city pound, right! Let's both give him this! 🖕 And fart in his face!
😂 definitely trumps ring tone
NEVER GETS OLD! Shout out to Elvira! Woof !
better then most of todays music
Love east L.A ..alot of culture,colors ..hard working people. The new 6th Street Bridge connecting to downtown will be iconic. VIVA LA RAZA! SOTO STREET YEAHHHH!!!🇲🇽🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇸
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The guy who sang this is my grandpa and he is the best man ever
Very inspiring story of a man who overcame being kidnapped by a racist cop and taken to a foreign land by returning home and hooking up with Elvira Mistress of the Dark.
The cops isn't racist, the guy was an illegal since he had no knowledge of the president and no certification of being a citizen. It's not kidnapping either
@@crazando
You know it's a comedy video meant to make people laugh.
People doing their job, enforcing US immigration laws, are not racist.
@@TrumpFanNetwork2 yes it's definitely racist
@@hell-sol5240 - If you think enforcing US immigration laws is racist, you are stuck on stupid. Without laws, we dont have a country. We have a right to allow who we want to enter OUR COUNTRY.