TLC - Waterfalls (Official HD Video)
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- Watch the official music video for "Waterfalls" by TLC
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Lyrics:
A lonely mother gazing out of her window
Staring at a son that she just can't touch
If at any time he's in a jam she'll be by his side
But he doesn't realize he hurts her so much
But all the praying just ain't helping at all
'Cause he can't seem to keep his self out of trouble
So he goes out and he makes his money the best way he knows how
Another body laying cold in the gutter
Listen to me
Don't go chasing waterfalls
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to
I know that you're gonna have it your way or nothing at all
But I think you're moving too fast
#TLC #Waterfalls #Remastered - Hudba
Is there anyone in 2024 ?
Yeah me I love there songs I been trying to find people in 2024
I can here just after watching them on netflix
There's already 100+ comments asking whose listening in 2024 so you came a little late
Yes April 30, 2024
Nope that’s why we’re still all listening to fierce music from 30 years ago!
Let's all admit. This wasn't in our recommendations. We all searched for it
I remember when this video came out I must have been 10 (I’m now 33) and it was a shock that I needed. ❤️
Yuhp
Im 28 so i must have been 5 wow, i miss being 5 my mom played them all the time, i miss my mom
I'm a metalhead but grew up with this song, and yes, I searched it and headbanging to it LOL :P
rightt😅😭
RIP Lisa, we still love you in 2024! ❤❤❤😍😍
Your Right 👍🏾
Love for Lisa, Love for TC, Love for all of TLC.
Absolutely what a Lost RIP 😢😢❤❤
Literally
🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
Its 2024, let's see how many legends are listening to this incredible song💙
Me
Yo
love this song
Her
you post in every song i guess?
First Verse: Gang Life
Second Verse: AIDS
Lefteye Rap: Drug Addiction and Recovery
Chorus: If you think your life is rough, it could be far worse chasing after things that are no good for you! Don't be a pinhead! Stay safe!
sheesh
I actually do follow God and have a great faith in Jesus. I justify nothing. I was only translating the song into simple terminology.
Ps 32:8
I didn't understand the lyrics until you broke it down. Thanks
Actually, not so much gang life, as it was referring to drug dealing.
Gangs are sexy like black magic is to a black cat
Long Live the memory of guitarist Ed Stroud who played on this sound and many more. He passed away yesterday.
bless him.
Hope TLC came to see him out
I heard he's back now though.
Sometimes I just feel like typing something offensive just to piss someone off and attract hate to me
@@buggs6608 why's that? Do you hate yourself and the world? Life is shit a lot of the time.
Even at 51 years old, this song still gives me the chills. I was living life like every character in this video. Been with over 200 women, sold drugs in Baltimore throughout the 80s and 90s, got shot and went to prison for years. This was all after dealing with a dysfunctional family inside of the house and bullied outside of the house. But I'm thankful to still be alive.
I am impressed with your insight. You seem like someone that really rode the roller coaster of life and survived. I respect you for being honest you are truly blessed.
P.s I am 55 and survived a lot of abuse in my life too.
@@leslieosman363 I appreciate that 🙏
@@j13741374 your welcome 🤗. You actually made me feel better 😌
Yeap, absolutely fab song, I'm 46❤❤❤
52 year old white guy here. I love this song. And yes, I searched for it.
I told my wife, oh girl this is my jam. Cause it is. Great song. RIP left eye.
On this day, 18 years ago, the world lost Left Eye. Lisa, wherever you are, your voice will never be forgotten. Keep resting in peace angel✨💙
FRANK?!! FASILGESIR Beautiful
ii can’t believe it’s been 18 years 😔feels lyk it was yesterday tbh. Rest in peace beautiful ❤️🙏🏾🕊.
25 not 18 this song is from 1995
@@gabrielaquino3252 Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes *DIED* 18 years ago, it's sad even tho I'm too young to know about this
*peace.
Lisa’s part meant so much to her with everything that she was dealing with at the time of this video RIP QUEEN LISA
....whose Lisa...
@@juahnyanti2720 left eye
Kenny lopes
Yeah extremely true I miss her so much Legend
oh,yeah she is the only person to go through things in life! Great job
One of my favorites! 70 y/o White boy here!!! RIP Left Eye.
What purpose was served by you mentioning that YOU’RE WHITE? That was super WEIRD. Are you ok? 😩
He’s basically saying how powerful music is by expressing how far he is from the culture. Like when someone from Africa say “love from Kenya 🇰🇪” under an American artist post. Just say you racist 💀
@@SaulTeeBallsare you okay? That really got your panties in a bunch.
I am a 60 year old woman and still love this song,i love all theirmusic,keeps me young
One of my favorites also
It's priceless to see the girls smile at Left Eye's rap. Love you forever, Lisa.
I hate when they cut out left eyes part on some radio stations! Pisses me off! 😂
Me too. She was special. On Ain't To Proud To Beg she is so goofy and so sexy at the same time. And so dear.
The message in this song is still relevant.
I like it😃😂
*irrelevant
@@solvingmeat2499 relevant *********.
Too relevant, homebody got shot in his own yard and i still remember his mama telling me to keep him away from pills
Yes it is
Rest In Peace Left Eye. She woulda been 50 today. Taken way too soon 😢
Even worse when you watch the video where they talk about being one of the best selling girl groups but being broke af because of their greedy managers.
🌼Rest in Peace
Overloaded plane so use less way to Die she wuz so sweet just because of a the plane wuz to hevy thats evil
@@JuanCastro-qo6vx I think that was Aaliyah, Left eye died in a car accident
No
TLC has been the best female group ever till date
Not an American black woman. I'm a whiter than white Scottish woman born in 1971. Surely, I have nothing in common with TLC. I thought so, too. But, wow, did I love this song. Now I'm 53 and totally recognise why this song... and others, spoke to me across ethnic groups and an ocean. These women were ahead of their time. I applaud them for their struggles - personal, financial, prejudicial and sexual. I bow to you and thank you for all, Lisa you should be here to celebrate with your band mates, for showing the world what girl power really looks like.
Klaus Hargreeves words of wisdom
just watched it rn and had to show it to my friend lmao
oh the prophet 🙌🏻
🤣🤣🤣
Damnnn , just watched it hahaha genius klaus
I am a fraud!😅
It is truly amazing how we all loved this song as kids, without realizing the true meaning until we were older.
Woke
nice
Unfortunately I understood this at a young age. It was myself though.
@@tracypounders2358 I've always been a very sensitive person. I, personally, heard those words and knew what they meant. I got emotional for the mother referenced in the video. Such a sad situation that I'm sure so many have and will have to go through. A beautiful song for grief and reality.
True that! I have tears in my eyes now as I just sent shared this with my son of 35 years. Deep..
Show ME that you know me ME
Lisa left eye was TALENTED. SHE WROTE THIS WHOLE SONG
I believe she was not perfect but her soul was too kind and too sensitive for this world.
She also named all their albums
Not the whole song, she was helped by Brandon Bennett and Marqueze Etheridge. It shows it in CZcams Music, correct me if I’m wrong, though.
@@euricequeen842she burnt down her man's mansion bro 😂😂 she was insane fr but it happens fuck it
With help from Paul McCartney.
I like this song so much because it's like a friendly warning about life's challenges and risks. It talks about the temptations and dangers that people face, urging them to stick to the safer path. The lyrics use the metaphor of chasing waterfalls instead of sticking to rivers and lakes that you're used to. It's like saying, "Don't go after big, risky dreams that might lead to trouble. Stick to what you know is safe and steady." The song reflects on issues like HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, advising listeners to be cautious and make wise choices.
Perfection
Fear ,lust temptation,risk
I definitely agree do safe things instead of risky things in life
I miss songs like this 😭 my generation is so messed up.
same😒
hell yeah it's a damn shame
so agree great music
how are we messed up lol.
compare our music like " work" to this lol this is real music
i'm not missing waterfalls for this, WATERFALLS IS MY JAM!
Scream Queens😍
+ordinarydannyboy i was lowkey waiting for the rap
+ordinarydannyboy it is a song about getting AID and HIV
"she gives him loveing his body can't handle" to a derict reference to her son getting AIDS
Emily Savrin I think it's deeper than aids and HIV... its about him prioritsing the wrong things in life and he should have stuck to the safer things 'the things hes used to'. so because he went chasing waterfalls he died
One of the first to being awareness to HIV
2024 still listening to this Golden piece🤳
this song is a lot darker than I realised it was when I was younger
Well, it is a lot darker today.
Realized...have to use a zed when speaking about American stuff. Sorry...I don't make the rules.
I think its real, not dark, on the other hand I guess life in general is pretty dark.
whats this song about?
@@DeezHairyYteNutz I’m not American 😂
Chasing Waterfalls" is TLC's way of expressing how people chase intangible dreams with no thought of the consequences. The first verse is talking about an inner city mother-and-son relationship. He is chasing "waterfalls" (money and respect by dealing drugs), but his mother knows this cannot end well. The second verse deals with a man's relationship with a woman. His "waterfall" is casual sex - he has a "natural obsession for temptation." This could mean he is cheating on someone or the woman he is seeing is cheating on someone. Either way, he contracts HIV and dies ("three letters took him to his final resting place"). TLC were big on AIDS awareness - Left Eye would often wear condoms attached to her clothes and in her glasses to promote safe sex.
Actually the girl has a "natural obsession for temptation". She is the one who slept with so many guys and she had HIV and the boy got sick by HIV thanks to her.
Sex. Schmex. What difference does THAT make?
@@brianjude6789 This guy made a wrong interpretation of the second verse. It's not the boy who had HIV, it's the girl who had slept with so many men, the scene where it shows the pictures of all guys she had slept with describes it. And because of her being infected, he got HIV and both die.
No kidding about THAT one, @@miloseviczarko45. I believe you.
@@miloseviczarko45 That was their point 🙄
Mother-son relationship, when there may be no one else in the home. Mother acutely feels lost opportunities in what happened to son. Then, there's something we'd not seen before, how TLC women shot this video. The "waterfall shapes" & the "what looked like "holographic images." TLC was a culture. They were a definite time period in the 90s. It's legendary.
This song is freakin 30 years old and the beat is still sick and is never old!
Left Eye's flow was so unique. RIP beauty.
Lisa Left Eye one of the prettiest girls I've ever layed eyes on.....omg ! My heart was so broken when she passed. I only wished she had lived long enough to claim her throne as Queen of R&B.
The saddest part is I'm not sure Lisa knew how special she was, and influential.
Unreleased/Underrated R&B Grooves Lisa left eye Lopez had the best voice in my opinion she was the greatest women rapper ever and she was so so hot what a sexy girl she had it all the full package RIP ANGEL
TLC just made us all happy to be women. God Bless
Her delivery n charisma too. Rip to an amazing talent
R.I.P Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes 1971-2002 😔😭 A real legend🙏
So many yars later and i wanted to hear her voice. And here I am..
She overdosed or what?
Thoed Essay813 She died in a car accident on April 25, 2002. She lost control of her car, was thrown from it, and died instantly from severe head and neck trauma.
@@nathanfarmer4632 That's tragic.. Thanks for the info
@@gookawild5543 No problem. You're welcome.
Where my 80’s babies at? I’m 1986 and remember exactly when this video aired. It was such a BIG deal to make a message about HIV back then. The song STILL applies to this day!
Same!
I'm 1984. I miss this music style
86
84 here and I remember there songs on MTV and BET.
🙌🏼 1986 here!
this brings back so many nostalgia memories.
This song from TLC never dies. 🥹
This song is deeper than 9 year old me realized...
I once did a facebook test about what was popular when my i was conceived, and this song came up. So i guess i could say this song is deeper than my dad was in my mom that day.
i know right!
Yep!
Joni Velat lmao
It’s deeper than 23 year old me realized. Yep, just found out 5 minutes ago.
Waterfalls is one of the greatest and most meaningful songs of all time. Its basically about not taking life for granted and not giving into temptation. Lisa's part is so poignant and iconic! Nearly 30 years later its message is still relevant in 2022. Their will never be an era of music like the 90s! Long live the 90s and TLC! Rest in peace Left-eye.
Finally
Hey listen to the song "In Jesus Name by Katy hill" you feel something when you hear it,
I really hope everyone who reads this does listen to that song.
the true message of the song is that waterfalls may be beautiful, but they also end in a crash. so dont be chasing something beautiful but deadly.
+1
Every era had an important message of people choose to listen.
I seen a rainbow yesterday… timeless! Rip Lisa!
RIP Left Eye 🥺 you were truly gifted! The TCL documentary was great. Amazing song!
I can't belive there are humans that don't know TLC exist.
When I said I love TLC, this girl said “the tv show”?
I was so disappointed
Who ever does not know tlc truly does not know thier music these ladies worked hard to get as far as they did left eye will forever be missed
Right I talk about them at school and people litterly be like who that like omg
lifeofaaron it’s not even a TV show, it’s an entire channel... making that reply even more derp
Luhan Lufawn I’m one of them😁😁😁
I never realized how sad this song was...
I really like your channel
@@CandyTok thank you?
@@jordanwasper6729 lol
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Lol, me... just realize now after years
Who's listening 2024?
present!
Me
Me, too. Always liked it ,arrangement and lyrics rapping
Eu😁
Hey hey
RIP Left Eye. GOAT female rapper
This song is so powerful, raw, and real. T- Boz did exactly as they said and "got the message across without seeming like we were preaching." It also dispelled the myth back then that you couldn't get HIV/AIDS from a woman and the fact that they showed a white, heterosexual couple with the disease shows that it wasn't just a "gay and/or African American only" disease. The purpose of rap and hip hop is to spread awareness of social issues and give lessons as well as being entertainment. They did a great job.
eye love you goodbyes and I used and the new one more about it was the way of this message and then I have I am not the way you are not be able to be in a bit more information contained in a goodbye to see the way of God bless me w read the way of a bit and then you a lot of a lot yesterday I am going to be in a few that the new York and I am so that will not have any attachments is a lot
HIV can be healed by taking shitake, reishi, kombucha or maitake tea for 3 months, plus eating healthy non sugared food (nothing processed), taking Sea Salt Baths w/ a handful of lemon or lime to neurtralize the water and eating non sugared yogurt that is Organic...to balance out the energy in your body as well as your stomach acids - flora and fauna...
Fucking bullshit.
+MaverickAshley Lenartson
And don't forget to pray to the stone god on wednesdays and the moon god every second saturday. Much cleanse. Big heal
Bloombaby99kiiiijj
Man they were a force at this time.
R.I.P. Lisa Left-Eye
something in me is just screaming at me and telling me she isn't gone for a while i have held on to hope that just shouldn't be there anymore i really do feel like she could still be alive i know i'm crazy but i just want her to come back
Hard to imagine she would've turned 50 this year
Tragedy, wasn’t it?💔
Love you my "Angels❤"
Don't go chasing waterfalls, 🎶 true statement
Left Eye’s rap still sounds so dope many years later!!! RIP baby girl
ruining ur 69 likes lol
@@lixx0376 looool thanks
It is fantastic.
She's better than alot of female rappers now.
Today is the anniversary.
The moment when the boy's spirit tried to hug his mother. I FELT that...😢
skinger skanger Shyheim
Bro that shit hit home 😔
I felt a need to pop the guy with the gun
Yes
Yeah, so sad. :( :( :(
30 years and this song still hits hard
Beautiful song, beautiful girls, beautiful message.
I think metaphorically this song is about not taking risks so fast, especially when you don't know what you're getting into. The lakes and rivers is safety, and the waterfalls are risks. Like that old saying think before you act, that's the same for living in extremes, the more you get in to it, the more it'll cost you your life. We need more songs like this that gives you a message about how to live a balanced life.
Its about HIV/AIDS
solamente the person is not wrong, you are neither its also about drugs. It has multiple meanings.
@@solotm2259 no it's not just about HIV. It's about how taking risks (such as having unprotected sex or dealing drugs) could cost you your life.
Look at you guys being all analytical...I like it ❤
Be yourself. Don't try to be someone you're not. Don't fall for peer pressure! Just because others do it, don't mean you should. There's only 1 life!
This is when music had a REAL MEANING
Alexandria Victoria This really caught me not a lot of music does that these days only some
@Astuteous Maximus agreed. Lyrics that had a message.
@Astuteous Maximus yes!! I click on and it's more of the same repetitive sh1t.... So l click out again 😔. As l kid l loves the lyrics and listened to the message. Chasing water falls was chilling yo me "three letters took him to his final resting place".
Phil Collins did the same thing a strong message or real talk..
I guess you never heard of J cole.
@@youngwar1335 or Kendrick or xxxtentacion
As an adult, I finally understand the "three letters took him to his final resting place" line.
long live lisa . 💔🕊️
happy birthday Ms . Left eye .
"Don't go chasing waterfalls
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to" - Klaus Hargreeves - 1963
Lol. Love that show.
was just re watching that episode, lol
Harriet Tubman seeing a fictional character take credit for her work:
DESTINY'S CHILDREN
klaus the prophet 🙌
We were too young to understand the deep message of this masterpiece... Now that we're older it hits harder. 😭 😭
I was 12 when i got my TLC album. I knew what this song meant, its pretty clear in its verbage. I think what hits harder now is fully understanding the implications(side effects) of the stories and everyone it effects and how. Wisdom over knowledge in this situation, its pretty clear the subjects they are talking about, the actual impacts on life around the stories is something you have to actually live to understand.
I grew up a bad kid, got into a lot of trouble and saw my parents frustration and sadness. Two people i knew got shot and killed at that time, one died in jail. Later on two more got dead living the game... that i had left by that point. Its just fucking sad. Then you have AIDS and it was something that even 12 year old me knew about, from school and the news. The AIDS epidemic was brutal back then, i met someone years back that got it from being drugged and raped. Luckily hes still around thanks to advancements in medicine but... fuck man. So many people died. Of course, another big factor in knowing about the AIDS part was that Forest Gump also came out in the same year.
Too hard
Hey
I always knew what it meant, but agreed!!
Ok
Rip to left eye she's been with god now for 22 years may she continue to rip!!!
We love you Left Eye❤️❤️❤️
R.I.P. Lisa!! :'( I hate it when they play this song on the radio and they skip your rap part. So fckn hate it!!
That'S
Cold
+Kyle Jenner Exactly! I don't wanna call racist, but to me it's like saying, 'This part is too ghetto for this station, so we're just gonna cut it'. I mean she's not swearing or anything so why cut it? BTW, same thing happens with the song Scrubs, they cut Lisa's rap part too.
dat f**ked up
Why do they do that
What the hell is wrong with them. Left Eye's lyrics is the much awaited part in this song
Lisa killed that verse. So much truth😥. ❤️RIHeaven beautiful.
I didn't search for it it is part of my playlist....hanging tough in 2024
Rest in Peace Rico Wade
Looks like we’re getting older but this song will never get old.
its funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different
lol my very first cd that wasn't country! I am 40 and still listen to this cd!
You right !!! I'm 42 and remember it word for word .. remember carefree me and didn't know how right my momma was when she said stop trying to grow up so fast ...
I miss being home with my momma protected from the stresses of adulting .
Yup
@@stephaniecalhoun804💜 expand your mind. ☮️🙂🙂🙂 I'm 65. I love a variety of music, from all genres.
This song has the benefit of both being catchy and meaningful. RIP Lisa, We’ll stick to the rivers and lakes
@@Misunderstood707 not everyone
Airs literally don’t go chasing waterfalls how do I forget
In my opinion, the people who don't find this music-video should search a lot as I did: is a question of preseverance untill we reach what we desire in find...and not a brilliant mind on the net or informatic...only try to say that, like in our lifes, we must try to reach at least, the less that we wish for🧏♀️🇵🇹
I jz Woke up with this song on mind for some reason smh
@@treymon3y208 For those entering the comment section, yes I edited the comment so it wasn’t as bland as it was before
RIP Rico Wade and Left Eye 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Your music group saved my life 30 years ago. ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏿
What a testimony
Me too ❤❤❤❤❤
There isn’t a thing in life this song doesn’t cover that’s why it’s so wonderful
Lefteye's verse ain't nothing but the truth. Even in today's society. That girl was pure genius with her lyrical content. There will never be another!❤
Amen to that! 🙏❤
This music brings a lot of memories back to me this song goes way back and it has a lot of meaning to it's lyric's
So awesome. So true
Wow did u remember that 🤩😍👍
Some people can’t handle the truth and Left-Eye dropped bombs in all her raps 💣🔥 I would love to hear what she thinks of our current situation
Who's here because you've just always loved TLC and you came on your own?
hi mj
RIP Rico Wade. RIP Left Eye
Thank you All The Saints in Heaven.Glory to Our Kingdom Heaven ❤
Left Eye was one of the coolest 90s chicks. She hosted that rap competition on MTV too, which really showcased her killer personality. RIP Lisa!
Lisa left eye I miss her
she cant be gone i swear it the whole thing doesnt sit right with me if she is dead and i do mean if because i have my douts and i knows its crazy but if she is dead she is with all the other kings and queens we have. lost along the way i still have this fantasy that one day she just gonna show up and be fine i know its unrealistic but i wont let go she isnt dead until she has been thought of for the last time and i will never forget her
This song is timeless. And the lyrics are still relevant.. RIP Left Eye
Lisa Nicole "Left Eye" Lopes 1971 - 2002
@@zainabtouray7681 yes I know.
@@taleinz1 I did, it gave me goosebumps.
These nuts were timeless on your chin.
top music
Still pumping in 2024, April. TLC Forever.
RIP Lisa missed but not forgotten by all your fans
Who's listening during the 2020 Quarantine?
My wife.....
Me
YOOO
well hello there lol
Omg😂 I dont know why?
....because i promise the childhout?
There my life was safe?🤔 and free from corona? I was free...and happy
I think people tend to overlook at how monumental this song/video was and is. Not only for the message but the overall impact it made when it premiered. TLC as a group brought urban and social awareness to the forefront of pop culture at a time when soceity was plagued by stigma. They literally made the world stop and pay attention to the relevance of African American youth and the hiv/aids epidemic. No female group has ever dominated in the many ways TLC has. They were the first.
Back in the 16th century no matter what happened people always blamed god for it and they prayed every day, the beliefs in god back then were really strong/I was just trying to give people a different perspective on the belie very in god
Tee Mee was thinking this after just watching. haven't seen this since it was on MTV. there's really nothing anymore like this in the rap and rnb genres. it's like they really did this song for the people/fans, not for themselves so fans just buy their music.
on a side note, I really think after 9/11 all this went away. we became scared as a nation and focus is more on ourselves. making sure we're secure at the price of dismissing our community and surroundings. the 90's weren't perfect, but it was on a decent track for community until it was completely derailed in 2001. lots of things changed, and even though it's not a sharp line, there's a major split from music pre and post 9/11. more than the usual contemporary progression. genuine useful messages in a song are a sad rarity these days. damn.
Tee Mee this was a great song as a young kid I didn't appreciate how good this song was it had a great message and also displayed great musicianship with the band in the background this song touched so.many people's lives and so many people could relate to this song my mom is another generation obviously but u know when this song comes on she jams to it any song from my Era that my parents jam too I know is good music
Tee Mee facts 💯💯💯
Tee Mee true
TLC, when this came out I was homeless, on drugs, and in jail. Now I have a good job, a husband, and I’m healthy. This song and “Clover Cage - Miraculous” are the two songs that helped with my depression. I just want everyone to know that things will get better. We are in this together. I love you ❤
Well done to you 👏🏼 keep on rising to the top!
Still crying from the new TLC documentary on Netflix. Now going back and listening to the soundtrack of my childhood. I can't believe its been over 20 years since Left Eye transformed.
Finished the doc like 5 min ago and doing the same
TLC is iconic. I’m slapping anyone who don’t know who they are
😂😂😂😂
Tobias Macivey Turn the other cheek
Tobias Macivey lol no need - if you don’t know you don’t know - this was just never your music but even then it’s hard to believe someone never heard of TLC - I hate Rock but it’s like me never hearing of ACDC
@@jblack8149 Oh well I guess my family was never brought up listen to TLC
Tobias Macivey I see your serious. Well don’t feel bad. It is what it is.
I did not realize this was song was this sad when I was younger....
Geeze, neither did I
@@rasheriff and I always thought it was “Jason” not “chasing” so when I was little I’ll be like “don’t go Jason’s waterfall”
@Sleek Stitch i see it wasn't just me. Sad as hell
You not learn English in America
Lol fr I thought she was advising against the dangers of actual waterfalls omg, either that or she was telling a guy named Jason Waterfall 'don't go'
The message does not age, it is always current. T-Boz, Chili & Left Eye told it very clear. The Hip Hop Soul Princesses
This song tells you about life.
Left Eye's is literally the best verse any female rapper has ever spit. Period
Way ahead of her time!!
Wut im 9 now so who is who
@k c ok
she reminds me of female 3 stacks
u only say that cause she dead...
At 3:50 Lyrics by Left Eye: Ah c'mon
I seen a rainbow yesterday
But too many storms have come and joined
Leavin' a trace of not one God-given ray
Is it because my life is ten shades of gray
I pray, all ten fade away seldom praise Him for the sunny days
And like His promise is true only my faith can undo
The many chances I blew to bring my life to anew
Clear and blue and unconditional
Skies have dried the tears from my eyes, no more lonely cries
My only bleedin' hope is for the folk who can't cope
With such an endurin' pain that it keeps them in the pourin' rain
Who's to blame for tootin' caine into your own vein
What a shame, you shoot and aim for someone else's brain
You claim the insane and ain't this day and time for fallin'
Prey to crime I say the system got you victim to your mind
Dreams are hopeless aspirations in hopes of coming true
Believe in yourself, the rest is up to me and you
She killed it in this song.
Thanks 😊
I know! I also can't believe that Will Poulter managed to memorize this and sing it so well for the movie "We're The Millers"!🤣
Video came to me while watching peaceful protesters. Crank Lisa! *Thx Dusty*
register online vote.org the MF and corrupt admin outta office. #EnoughisEnough
Dusty the 2nd : #PuertoRican from a musical Family. Miss her.❤️
I’ll never forget the first time I heard this when it came out... i was in awwww of these girls always and especially how deep some of their lyrics are..... this rap is so powerful !!
These ladies should have been paid a lot more then they got it’s ashame if you don’t know right people you will get taken advantage of I love yall TLC
90's = Best music videos
Truth! 😀🖒💯
true
Yea
true 👌
Haha almost every 90s music video has a random desert scene thrown in 😂 the good ole days
[Verse 3: Left Eye]
I seen a rainbow yesterday, but too many storms have come and gone
Leaving a trace of not one God-given ray
Is it because my life is ten shades of gray
I pray, all ten fade away
Seldom praise Him for the sunny days
And like his promise is true
Only my faith can undo the many chances I blew to bring my life to anew
Clear and blue and unconditional skies
Have dried the tears from my eyes
No more lonely cries
My only bleeding hope
Is for the folk who can't cope with such an enduring pain
That it keeps them in the pouring rain
Who's to blame for tooting 'caine into your own vein
What a shame, you shoot and aim for someone else's brain
You claim the insane
And name this day in time
For falling prey to crime
I say the system's got you victim to your own mind
Dreams are hopeless aspirations in hopes of coming true
Believe in yourself, the rest is up to me and you
Wonder Women That is a wonderful flow from Left Eye. 😘 #LeftEye4Eva
No other female rapper can flow like this. None!
Wonder Women my favorite verse from the song. Thanks for the post
sad
Wonder Women thanks
So many years later, that’s still one of the sickest rap interludes ever. Rest easy, Left Eye.
Lisa's poem is my favorite part. Especially when she talks about how raw she was when she wrote it. ❤
It's about to be 2023 and this still sounds better than anything they play on the radio.
Lol
Yup.. true
17-1-23❤❤
100%
Mom and dad are goin' out for the evening
And you're stuck inside the house all alone
That's when you decided it might be fun to harass someone
Dial a random number up on your telephone
You ask if their refrigerator is running
Then you tell 'em they should go out and catch it
Buddy, if they ever figured out where you were callin' 'em from
They'd come and bust your head right in with a ratchet
Listen to me
Don't go makin' phony calls
Please stick to the seven-digit numbers you're used to
I know that you think it's funny drivin' folks up the wall
But it's really gettin' old fast
Little Melvin has a natural obsession
Askin' for Prince Albert in a can
He gets a kick each time he makes a collect call
To some guy he doesn't know who lives in Japan
He's callin' strangers up at three in the morning
Gives 'em pizza pie delivery at four
He won't be laughin when they're tracin' his line
One day the phone police will be there at his door
Yo, hear me
Don't go makin' phony calls
It's crazy how good left eye was. Her flow and her tone of voice was unbelievable and effortless. She would be a mega star to this day topping the charts.
Have to disagree, I think her voice was ridiculous, she had flow fo sho but yea nowadays rap and r&b is dead.
@@showmeclips9031 why is it dead? Also rock seems to be flat lining
@@showmeclips9031it rlly isn’t dead just not much in mainstream music. Bruh 🫥
@@lycheelatte6790 yeah but what's replacing it has no soul. It's awful 😖
@@stevenconnell5628 valid
This video makes me cry 30+ years later
Rest in Peace RICO WADE
TLC was underrated as big as they were. Their lyrics were special too.
I don’t think they were underrated at all. Maybe these days, but back then they were da GIRLS. You need to hear more of their hits, it’s not just Waterfalls, No Scrubs or Creep.
@@jmontenegro1124 you should get the
@@jmontenegro1124 you should get the
@@jmontenegro1124 . Don't go chasing water falls,
Don't go chasing water falls
Left Eye did all the Rap and wrote most of the songs for TLC.
She was amazing !! What a horrible loss to the fans and the music industry!! I’m 51 and still LOVE watching and listening to these crazy talented girls !!!!
I'm 15 and somehow I'm listening to this
@@janarn6887 Who knows how big TLC could have been if Left Eye had lived?
No lol! Dallas Austin wrote most of thier songs. They wrote a few gether but Left eye write her own raps.
@@Tom-mv1op Music is timeless and amazing. The more meaning the better.
R.I.P RICO WADE‼️‼️ 🙏 😇
As a crazy white boy who loves Rock & Roll. A good song is where you find it, and this is a very good song ! The music, the lyrics, the video it's all there, damn I loved the 1990's !
Waterfalls pretty much just travel downward so this is pretty good advice...
Rivers travel forwards but lakes are stagnant, static bodies of water. Perhaps stick just to the rivers but no waterfalls or lakes.
That's funny. A+
(MAYBE THAT WAS THE CONCEPT BEHIND IT)
hatednyc I didnt even think about this.
hatednyc Salmon swim up stream when mature to reproduce and die
We have lost too many artists to soon Aailayh, Left eye, BIGGE,Tupac, Christina grimme, Amy winehouse etc
Nijia Johnson also selena
So Sad :'( The Greats are gone to soon!
Christina's death was truly a tragedy. She died so young and she was just getting serious with her music career. My condolences.
Dynalies Gomez I was gonna say that!
Jaylin facts we lose all of the good ones over greed and hate. It breaks my heart😭
2024 AND STILL!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ RIP Left Eye
Today, I heard this song on the radio. I went home and played it again on CZcams. The way T-Boz sang the song is spellbinding to me. Such talent!
I just now realized that this song references HIV- "Three letters took him too his final resting place". It only took me almost 15 years.
Laurie Smith I thought it was STD since HIV is a virus that can be treated before AIDS
It could be treated, but not if the person didn't know/refused to admit they had it, and in the '90s, it was still kind of taboo to admit to having it, especially if you were a straight male (ie, it was the 'homosexual disease'). None of the other diseases were an immediate death sentence like AIDS was back when this song came out. Back in the '90s, especially '95 when the song came out, HIV itself was a death sentence. I found a small article from the CDC back from 2003, that mentions they're talking about AIDS:
"TLC's 1995 hit "Waterfalls" also addressed the danger of HIV."
www.thebody.com/content/art28606.html
It could go both ways HIV or STD any STD can kill you
Yup
@@RapFanatic4ever thats what people dont know they can die from a regular std because most of them are curable and they look at it like aids is the only thing u can die from but its a lie