Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn (Official Video)
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Still hittin hard January 1st, 2024 🇵🇸✊🏼
14 years and every bar still hits
i watched him live yesterday never heard of him and he went sooo hard 💯💯💯
Hits even harder now. ✊
First time hearing this guy, nearly melted my speakers with this heat
@@LargeFather69 cracked the screen with the sudden temp change
✌❤🍀
Over a decade later and this track is more relevant than ever. We continue to be free range slaves.
Gilded age
They've "upgraded" the situation. Now you don't have to be a minority to get that treatment. *Everyone* gets treated foul now. They just tell you certain groups are treated worse so you're not at risk of banding together to fight the *real* enemy. Hegellian Dialectic at work.
Race-based discrimination was just a trial-run. All comes back to the easiest form of oppression; "Pervert the people to the extent that they become the means of their own oppression."
For real, hits even harder than in the post 9/11 era, especially that "holding open auditions for the part of David" line 🔥
Modern day feudalism
You’re not slaves anymore. You have liberty tell others to get it together
“Try to separate a man from his soul. You only strengthen his and lose your own.”- Damn that’s some powerful shit!
Yes it is powerful shit!
4:20
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the next line ''but shoot that fucker if he walk near the throne'' is so American it's scary
"Now stand yo ass up for that national anthem"
Fucking prophetic.
what is
467sprite
A few athletes have refused to stand for the national anthem out of protest and the media goes insane over it. This was written years before this started happening.
Cason Huffman im sorry but whats your point?
Cason Huffman
Yeah
467sprite Prophetic means that history is trying to tell us something in reference to future events. Like when people speak of 9/11 type events before it happens.
2024 still a jam
AMEN!
2024 anyone??
Forever. Peace be upon all my brothers and sisters ❤
Yessir
👑🎵👑🎵👑
Free palestinie
Of course! This is that jam
"Only approved questions get answered."
2021 truer than ever.
Always has been true.
@@loslingos1232 Probably true. I have just become aware.
Aww says the people trying to attacK CRT and supporting lying fascists who tried to overthrow democracy for trump.
@@lorib360 you can't hide pain for too long, eventually people learn, in a couple years, even the ignorant will have to learn
you must been sleep in 2016 to 2020
"Only approved questions get answered, now stand you ass up for that national anthem" 🔥🔥
Blue Team.
Killed it.
*"Now the grown up Goliath nation*
*Holding open auditions for the part of David"*
HOLY SHIT!!!
What does that mean?
@@blueknight8700 it's a reference to the story of David and Goliath. Goliath is huge and powerful, David is just a little tiny boy. Yet, when David fights against Goliath, he wins after hitting the giant with a stone.
He's talking about how America is looking to be defeated. Vietnam, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Japan. America, despite being a superpower (thus, Goliath) has been looking for their David for the entirety of their history.
Or at least that's how I perceive it.
@@kostasblackbeard9261 thank
@@kostasblackbeard9261 That's deep and maybe true. Ibn Khaldoun's al-Muqaddimah describes this as a fatal stage every political entity eventually goes through. The original Greek democracy is an example, check out "The Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides.
Also speaks to the potential of controlled opposition, casting call for the role, but under control, like lots of these phony left and right social media warriors
This song should either serve as a reminder, or a wake up call.
Shits never gonna change bro. Everybody is still not seeing it.
@@Libikuroi a lot can change. Stay optimistic 👌
@@Elbowmacaroni11913 I Love your sunny look on things. For me, I'm just witnessing another war, another humanitarian catastrophe. On top of a collapsing climate, pandemic, and looming economic crash from years of pressure. So for give me if I playing "The Sound of Silence" on repeat. Don't they have enough real problems to deal with. You Know!!
@@Libikuroi be optimistic, but be realistic. I know that in the face of the current political climate it feels like people don't see the "strings of the puppetry" so to speak, but the people are becoming more passionate, and more accepting, and I think we will continue to see this positive change in society. I know that the system is unfair to the majority of people, but people are starting to see it! About another 40 years of complaining and we will see a lot of beautiful changes😂
@@Libikuroi I know it's hard not to be cynical in the face of a bs world, but keep a healthy balance of cynicism, and optimism, and look back to all the Changes that lead us to the much better world we live in now👍
"Legacies so ingrained in the way that we think that we no longer need chains to be slaves." I have no words to describe how much respect and love i have for brother Ali. You keep doing you my dude.
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Orgasmatron 2.0 hip hop cut LOL LOVE IT!
One of the best songs ever written IMHO.. This is the lineage of Melle Mel. Real Hip Hop!!!
Dam straight. Truth builder
"Only approved questions get answered; now stand yo' azz up for that national anthem..."
And this came out 13 years ago?! Wow!
Thank you for joining us. Also check out "immortal technique"
Yeah that's sad
It was only until the last 4 years where it got so blatant. In his/their lies and criminal activities. The breaking point in history is now. "the show" was written in the last 4 years and won't be done until inauguration day.
But America did the right thing. Most of the people in the rest of the world are thankful ❤️
I've lived here since 92 and it would have been just as relevant. The problem hasn't gotten worse, just easier to see now.
@@seakr_7o9 yes because once the media's buddy Biden wins, then they will help cover for him and his crooked family. Personally, I think trump is a giant douche, but he is the only president that has done, or tried to do, the things which he campaigned on. Also he is only president to not run 2 terms(in my life)
"The show ain't be written for it yet."
[2020 has entered the chat]
2024 has joined the chat.
"Legacy so engraved in the way that we think that we no longer need chains to be slaves"
this guy's flow level is 100
There's always one........
Go home.
+SMALL NOW rapping fast doesn't = flow
+Comemeism i realize that eminem only speed raps in one... the song despicable has 9000 flow
Eminem strength isn't his flow.......He's flow is far from him.
Brother ali was put on an FBI watch list for this song
Land of the freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
We all need to be a part of the solution
@@heycooley I like the idea of the German's final solution. Maybe we should try it here in the states?
Really?!?!?
I didnt know that.
UnitedStatians do not realize, do not know that the USA, Inc. is a veritable Police State---most funded policing Statehood---as there is absolutely no nation/no Statehood as this here low-consciousness planet that has SO SO many levels or layers of policing [which requires TAX money; being one of the salient we are taxed so much with MINIMAL social-net services in RETURN].
THERE IS NO OTHER nation on this planet that has/that can AFFORD: a village police, then a city police then a county/parish police [our beloved sheriffs (of Nottingham)], then State police, then State militia, then US Marshals, then the FBI [.......& Domestic depts. of the truly Machiavellian agencies-- CIA, NSA, etc.], and then the US MILITARY.
["Governance is nothing more than legalized MAFIA.
When will you peasants realize?
In your vote your civil serpent becomes your master.
In this hypocrisy of a democracy, when was the last time you were asked to give input on the cameras and rules that Control you?
When was the last time you were asked to give input on the cameras and rules that Enslave you?
When was the last time you were asked to give input on the cameras and rules that Tax you?"]
@@anilprasad4185 please get this part right next time. USA inc. is incorrect. U.S.A.(The usa... The United States of America) is a country.
UNITED STATES is a corporation that governs the willing. If one claims to be UNITED STATES citizen on any LEGAL document , then one has essentially contracted consent to be governed by Maritime Admiralty Law which is the set of laws that govern commerce, or UNITED STATES
Brother Ali slept on for sure. This album was a banger so many good, meaningful, tracks.
Hits like a hammer now with the Israel - Palestine war escalation
This is some groovy ass art. This is real rap, this is what should be on our radios.
but its not... why do you think that is?
+Jamal El Rhaman Because the truth hurts those in power.
+Angolana dam right
Ammal Ismail He meant the people controlling the media. :)
@@turdseyeview4763 Rather, why do you think this is NOT? Ryth is here, and poetry is here. I said poetry not just 2-3 verses that are poetic. That isn't poetry.
It's 2022, I'm still bumping this from Nigeria..
Keep in mind, the Americans here are mostly WW2 immigrants. We were the generation responsible for allowing Iraq to happen… because we were blinded as our parents were by nationalism. But we were not responsible for the slave trade nor the Native American brutality. Second generation Norwegian. Dutch-Germany. They fled the persecution of the Nazi party of Germany.
That crackhead line still fuckin slaps today
One of the dopest beats of all time. Profound lyrics.
"A grown up Goliath nation holding open auditions for the role of David"
George Reagan that line is bad ass. Unfortunately probably flies over most ppls heads tho. He has so many intricate verses like that
so hardcore
Vietnam has entered the chat
@@mrboomward sorry, no professionals...
@@mrboomward Afghanistan too lol
You know that you’re making real music when it is still relevant a decade later
Kinda sad nothing has changed yet. In fact it appears to be even worse
@@RiotforPeacePlz- It's always darkest before dawn.
This is not Relevant I just came across this,No Radio Play for multiple reasons...
➡️And when they refuse to play it on mainstream platforms. All by design of course.
Brother Ali knew what he talked about🥷
“Talkin bout you don’t support a crack head…What you think happens to the money from your taxes?” Oooh damn!! 💯
first song i've ever heard by this dude as of now. helluva first impression
zaxx19 Check his five fingers of death on Sway
That's how I heard of him. he killed the five fingers
Drake Knight-Graves This track kind of got him into trouble as well. *"...speak a little truth and people lose their damn minds..."* smh...
Drake Knight-Graves You should definitely try "Mourning in America" next, it's probably my favourite song from him
What trouble? No trouble. Somebody lied to you. Did he go to jail? Pay a fine? ...grown ass men don't consider people responding "trouble" ...people wish he got "in trouble" but the fact is if you consider that trouble then everyone is in it... just curious what trouble he got in?
This song becoming even more relevant in 2020; it's meaning rings true.
GOOD SHIT IS TIMELESS
Facts
💯💯
Hell yea
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DAAMMNNNN why Im hearing this for the first time !?!?
So grateful I grew up listening to real hip-hop like this.
Got any more recommendations like this for an interested internet stranger?
@@kenankabbani855 you could listen to some of “”KRS-ONE’s” music.
You could also listen to Atmosphere for some good hip hop
There is no such thing as “real hip-hop.” Stop with all that 🛑. You probably mean “conscious” hip hop or hip hop with a message. Nothing is wrong with all the types of hip hop. Stop hating.
Damn this is true hip hop.
boogiemanspud for real
yes cool Awesome skills man history hip-hop real
Truth!
Thanks for speakin truth
Sincerely, a thankful Native American
no one cares who you are though
but yeah he spoke the truth
@@Imran-yr6qh I care. Good to read a comment coming from someone. Who has descendants that rightfully inherited this land first before the invasion. You don't speak for all the masses friend. I suggest not to even try voicing for those that aren't even yours.
@@noumoua9064 shut up..
@@Imran-yr6qh nice comeback. 👌
@@noumoua9064 No one rightly inherits land. You fight for it. You lose. Tough shit. The same over the whole planet. Do you believe the original settlers from Eurasia never fought others for the land they had before the made the journey? Do you believe the original settlers never fought over it? First there means nothing. You have to hold it. Once again. Just like land over the whole planet. It will change again and again over time. Stop crying because you got kicked off it. It happens to everyone. You regroup and come again. Or accept defeat. The strong take advantage of the weak. It is the way of things. Until that changes and we all sing kumbaya. Deal with it or do something about it.
I got to see Brother Ali open for Rakim and Ghostface in Philly. Had the Roots Crew band backing them up. Best hip-hop show I've seen to date and that was almost 20 years ago. This song made me an instant fan.
saw that same show in utah. couldnt believe how few people there knew of Brother Ali, and even Rakim. First time i saw Ali was in burlington vt in 2002 i think. so good.
Glad to see the 2024 love in these comments
Any rapper who quotes Nina Simone at the start of his song is alright with me. Love this dude.
Immortal Technique never told me he had a cousin.
Omar Moodie check out Civil war by IT, Brother Ali is on that track
😂
They're close friends and affiliates who work together
This is the most important song to the US created in the last 50 years. EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR IT!
ODD TV Illusions I rank #1 but this song is top 5.
Facts!!!!
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HEARING, 30 SECONDS IN, IVE WAISTED MY LIFE. HE IS A LEGEND
I used to not like rap and then I found non mainstream rappers like Brother Ali and now rap is my #1 I listen to daily
Check out Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Drezus, Nataanii Means and Mob Bounce...
Jedi Mind Tricks - Uncommon Valor. You're welcome.
@@indigenous.hip-hopscene3153 and Aesop Rock.
Edit: I have liked all I've heard from Rhymesayers.
Fact
Gang Starr & Atmosphere
Brother Ali was interviewed for the book series, *HOW TO RAP* and *HOW TO RAP2*, and shared his rapping techniques. Here he talks about writing political songs.
"Even my political songs and stuff, they’re all personal-I’m
not doing them to raise awareness. If that does happen, then
that’s cool, that’s great, but I’m not making these songs with
the idea that I’m gonna change the world with these songs-
I’m gonna express myself with these songs."
Thanks to Brother Ali for fighting the good fight. Speaking truth to power… Boldly. THIS is how we need to celebrate the 4th of July… There’s work to do.
You are doing your part by posting a comment on a youtube no one else will ever see.
I have a love hate thing with this song. I love it’s lyricism and flow, but I hate how relevant it still is 14 years later.
is he still alive ?after spitting so much truth!
Thankfully hes still at it
Just saw him last night and he's still mad good.
Got a personal visit from department of homeland security for this one. reckon he's alive though
Definitely is! Just saw him in Lawrence, KS about a week ago. listening to this live and him telling Donald Trump to fuck off and get educated was 11/10!!
Think he dropped a new album actually.
I hope they day will come when this song is outdated, but that day is not yet, nor soon.
If anything, it's more relevant.
It says 9 months ago when you typed this. Its June 17th and just discovered Brother Ali from Immortal Technique and I'm glad I know about his music/message.
the established order of the ages . 5,000 years and counting .
Its a nice dream,. Naive maybe, but I dream that I share with you.
I remember this giving me goosebumps when I was younger
people saying this is more relevant in 2020-2021. this was always relevant things never got much worse it was always bad, corruption and police violence has been here from the start. people are just starting to wake up
This song got the Feds to freeze his Rhymesayers bank account and probably put him on a high priority watchlist, too. Which kind of amplifies the point of this song.
Badass!
woah, really?
Well, it wasn't Rhymesayers, and it was a bank *transfer* that got temporarily blocked, but yeah lol
@@MarvinXOnline you mean like it would happen to most people... nothing to see here
@@FBarbarian he was placed on a Secondary Security Screening Selection, or SSSS for performing this in iran
@@FBarbarian No, they mean if your going to present something as fact, then make sure it is a fact. Whether it was intentional lying, or just ignorant spreading of rumors, it still is misinformation, & benefits nothing, including the message of this song.
Here watching Minnesota riots.....song is relevant as hell.
Ali is from Minnesota as well
Jew United States
Media calls them riots. I say quit rioting and start revolutionizing
@@bobbyguzman9202 Revolution is a process
he's not wrong and it's even more true now
Everything he said in this song is historical.
✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿
Divided we fall united we stand tall!
Gotta respect Brother Ali for his dope originality.
lmaooo the bars are still valid to every word
I would never forget the legendary reunion between Aesop Rock, Asap Rocky and Brother Ali. Truly groundbreaking moment.
One of the Best Rap Song EVER !!!
Hell yes bro! Also are you Indonesian? Just wondering bc your name and I know the hat you’re wearing is an Indonesian thing
Only approved questions get answered NOW STAND YOUR ASS UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM!
Dame Bother Ali. This was so ahead of its time when it dropped! 14 years later we were in the fringe. Now the majority’s waking up! I’m gonna share the hell out of this man because it still holds so true to this day. Man if you dropped a part two about this current madness. I’d be Amazing!
It wasn't ahead of it's time. Times just haven't changed.
He played right into the hands of the people that he wants to fight against.
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@@We.do.not.scissor Yup.
You can go back and read stories, songs and poems from 100 years ago, and they're as relevant to day as they were when they were written.
The Grapes Of Wrath could come out tomorrow, without a word changed, and it would be just as relevant to life now as it was then, maybe even more so.
The real ones have been singing the same song, pointing out the same problems for as long as humans have been recording their thoughts.
this song shouldn't be so relevant, we live in a sad timeline
This shit was NOT censored a couple months ago when I last heard it, WHAT THE FUCK!!!?
this track is timeless.
bump this tune today because it is on the money
2024 and the lyrics still ring true.
Welcome to the soundtrack for America circa 2020!
Ain't it, tho
For real
This should be People of national anthem
Burn baby🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Beware of Communism...
I learn more in a brotha ali song than i do at school
obviously
you didnt learn more from brotha ali, you learned the truth from him
As a retired United States Marine this is now my new memorial Day song! I believe I will use it for the Fourth of July as well!
Ase'
100% Honest.
No holding back
100% truth but he's holding back. He knows things that will get him killed.
Still listening in 2019 ✌🏻
still relevant reminder ⚡️⚡️
still pure rap fire 🔥
@@noofalata give me another week the guillotine isnt finished yet
@@IW3527 hurry up man we need it asap
Today its more relevant than ever :/
@@maxthiemer Yep! 2020
Oh 2019, if I could only get you prepared for 2020 vision
Can’t believe I saw this live in Vancouver 2016! Such a great show, deM atlaS, Brother Ali and Atmosphere
That beat is hawt.. yo.... Cant wait to play this joint.. on them highways...
This guy is RAW!
This just keeps getting more and more relevant.
Commenting just in case you forgot about making this comment 2 years ago
@Sideways G Same problems and no change. Right you are, my friend.
I concur. Just keeps going and going ...relevant before then, then, now .... And hopefully if we can finally and I mean finally stand our asses up and stop this greedy corrupt egotistical egomaniacal selfish divisive racist white superior complex oriented machine maybe one day this song won't be relevant and we can look back on it knowing it took a hell of a long time to finally get things straight and finally bring change for everybody for the betterment of all for the betterment of our brothers and sisters
I was just smoking a J and trying to figure out a song I couldn't remember from tony Hawks pro skater. After a quick internet search I found it was Atmosphere - trying to find a balance. And this was in the suggestions, I had never heard of brother Ali before today. Thanks weed :)
hahaha
tony hawk underground 2 is the one youre talking about my dude
Welcome to real hip hop
Atmosphere and Brother Ali are two of the most underrated hip hop artists today. Lyrically amazing. Every song they make has a story and/or meanigful message behind it. The beats are on point almost always as well.
its the sixth spliff
Happy fifteenth anniversary.
Still as relevant now as ever.
Damn, I just discovered this song a few days ago. 100% truth! This is Gospel!!
Brother Ali is the man. Listen to Picket Fence. Then check out Bambu, I saw him open for Ali a few years back.
@@FrogToadBug
Yo, sorry for not responding. Life got busy!
Thank You!
After the kiddos go to bed, I'll have a bit of self time, and I'll check it out 😁
I'll let you know what I think sir 😊
@@FrogToadBug
Yoooooo, good morning!
K, I checked those out! Brother Ali, in my opinion is a Guru; you can feel it in his words alone. Then I saw a newer video and Holy Crap, is is LITERALLY a Guru!
I am finally where he is in life now, and I wouldn't go back to my old life for the world 😊
Now, Bambu.
I didn't know which song to select, but I clicked on Welcome To The Party. Oh My Gosh! I honestly have no words. WooooW. K maybe one word! LoL
Thank You Sir 😊😊😊
Dont ever stop making music. We need more artists like you
That feeling when you hear a new artist for the first time and know immediately you've struck gold.
+Ammal Ismail Check out
K-Rino
On yeshua
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He’s the perfect example of the collusion between government and entertainment. Without that, most of y’all would have heard this song 14 years ago on every station
2.1k people Reeeeeeeeeeeeeee'd to the constant truth bombs in his lyrics
This has been one of my favourite tracks ever for years. Not even American. It just applies
Good shit. I know he's gotten a lot of heat for this track, but he just spills it with 100% integrity and sincerity; I love it.
He really means it and there's soul in it, but he's a couple decades off on the message. Next he's gonna make a song about how it's such a big problem that horses are shitting in the streets when people ride them to work and how we need to find a better, more mechanically sophisticated way to get around.
@@cadmiumandwilsin2993 everything he is saying is still happening in one form or another
Kobina Jamieson I mean, in one form or another. My analogy wasn’t absolutely perfect. But in any practical sense that warrants a song trying to sway society, it’s not happening. It’s all on more of a smaller scale that society as a whole can’t necessarily do more about.
@@cadmiumandwilsin2993 sounds about white
The flak is from the fact that this is truth! He's putting it on blast. Real deal saying it without giving any Fucks. 🤩😁
"Only approved questions get answered;
Now stand your ass up for that national anthem"
It's like he could see ten years into the future
Its August 2021 and it aint been fun..this message becomes more and more true still none of us know what to do 😭🤞💃
No, Some know what's up. ;)
Thats it boys. Anarchy for ever
I only heard of Brother Ali just a short while ago, my brother told me. This is the first song I've heard from him and my first thought was: wow! This person is a true poet, with the upmost integrity telling us about how he feels about the (I love this one) United Snakes. So Brother Ali, just letting you know: I'm gonna buy an album man, support this kind of music: smart, critical and true!
It's free speech at its best.
Dope music awesome good Cool hip-hop classic poetry
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"Grown up goliath nation holding open auditions for the part of David."
That is actually poetry. Far out.
The one and only albino conscious rap god
truly a masterpiece
“Please rise for the American national anthem”
Me: welcome to the united snakes
Oh wow,2016 and I hear this just now?
Bring the damn fire extinguisher,cause Brother Ali is spitting fire...
I can tell you haven't listened to brother Ali by the way you fucking talk but welcome to the best music out there
right with you there
He got some 🔥,just ran across him on Spotify. Nice👍🏽
@@gt8746 I am far from America and do not know English, but I’ve been listening to my brother since 2008
Just gets realer and realer as time goes by...
How is this song so chill and enraging at the same time?
More of this. Not less of this.
10 years later lyrics are just as powerful, truly amazing work.
14 years and this still impacts!!
WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this song speaks so much truth and the beat is cold.
July 4, 2020. My anthem for this “independence” day.
You and me both. This + Makeshift Patriot by Sage Francis
How is this song 17 years old, and it’s not just still relevant, it’s more relevant than ever. F*ck!
Laughing crying drinking smoking all at the same time good shit