🤘🏼7 years started with oxys, methadone then shooting oxys then fentanyl then crack then sober .. wild 10 years . If you’re not sober .. you gotta want it and it’s not easy but it’s possible I believe in you !
The Red Hot Chili Peppers version is definitely better. This made me listen to Macklemore and Bun B a lot more. Good for Bun B for taking that out of his lyrics.
6 years later this song still sounds shivers down my spine. The message and lyrics are so incredibly powerful. Definitely one of the best songs i've heard in my life.
Man/artist Like Macklemore sparks consciousness. But YOU save your life. Thank you and congratz!. May the life you really want be the life you really have. God Bless. And again, thank you for being here with us ❤
+iDuoz Fuck me you're thick, it isn't called selling out....its called not living a shit life....he is successful, so no longer does he have to live a life where he does hardcore drugs to get through the day, or see his friends die or people around him die from using. Mature the fuck up and realise what causation and effect is. His songs still hold meaning, thrift shop ( I know it's older but that's when these comments started coming along ) has a hidden meaning, you just need to read the lyrics, and understand outside of your 1 dimensional understanding of the world what things can really mean. Other than that, it's also really well written musically and lyrically, Because he delivers a message, reaches as many demographics as possible, it's catchy, and it usable as club music. He's using his head to get a better life, and you'd do the same, so take your sell out comment and fucking turf. Good day Sir.
"Syrup, percocet and an eighth a day will leave you broke, depressed, and emotionally vacant". Such true words put so eloquently. Opiates rob you of emotions. When you go without them you become a shell of a person. Life becomes dull. If you're dosing high enough this feeling encompasses you while you're high.
When i was 16, around the time this song came out, i had just graduated high school and had nothing to do. By 17 i was in rehab but this song really helped me feel not alone at the time. Now as a grown adult it almost means more to me now... The paths you choose as a young adult truly shape the outcome of your later years. If your a young adult now i beg you to keep your eyes open and in front of you at all times. Things can change quickly. And if youre struggling with anything right now, Speak Up, Talk To Someone, Seek Help, but most importantly, HOLD YOUR HEAD UP.
A little over a year ago I sent this to my dad telling him it reminded me of him... He had liver failure he was diagnosed when I was 15.... Here I am 19 years old grieving his death he passed away on May 27th only four days before his 48th birthday... This song still speaks to me... And I'm so glad I found it again I've been catching myself thinking "What's so bad about living that way?"
The bad about living this way is the fact that u find ur self doing things be it stealing r3obbing manipulating and hanging and doing men that u would never do our standards go way down I went from everything to pan handling the streets I had to give the needle up i would sell everything then my self because eventually u just want more and u don't care about nothing it a bad place to be and psychosis anxiety is fucked as weĺll trust me sweety it not all cracked what's it up to be
I once watched this song turn a room full of hardened drug addicts into a teary-eyed bunch of softies in rehab. Seriously though, if you can relate to these lyrics, they're so true it hurts.
the use of some drugs releases dopamine into your brain, dopamine is the same substance that gets released when you eat drink and sleep, it makes you recognise what is a primary need and what's not. that's where addiction comes from
this song is not a battle on RHCP it is about Mack's stance on use and recovery. On The Heist check out Starting Over, he details his own struggles with sobriety and working the AA program as well as how this particular song has been a staple for so many people in recovery. one day at a time mack!
Man i miss this Mack. His recent song Hinds Hall is really good but he hasn't made something like this in a ling time. To me personally this is the best rap song ever written about addiction. It just summarizes all of the nuances so well, years later I still know every word.
My dad died when I was 9 of an overdose, for the last 10 years this song has given me a sense of peace nothing else ever has. Huge appreciation for uploading.
A lot of my friends I had from elementary school got caught up in drugs as young adults. Some got out alive. Others did not. R.I.P Pubs, Tommy, Clubby and Paul
No man, it is impressive; the first months are the some of the hardest. I'm 23 and started drinking when I was 14 and went completely over the edge when I turned 21. Unfortunately I couldn't stop until it cost me the friendship and trust of a girl that I had been best friends with for 10 years, but now I'm 9 months sober. So every time you want to go back, just remember that addiction will always end up costing you the people you care about the most and that you need to keep fighting.
Macklemore ist der beste. Er erzählt Geschichten in seinen Liedern. An ihm sollten sich alle orientieren. Er sagt uns, wie die Welt steht. Ich bin der Meinung, dass man von Mack einiges lernt. Er regt zum Nachdenken an.
James North If you say I would be a nazi again, I bay you on CZcams.And I don´t fucking care where you from. I can´t suffer people like you. So go and fuck yourself. Bye.
I'd love to see him do a live version of this with RHCP. I know RHCP lost a friend and bandmate to drug overdose many years ago, and Kiedis has said that Under the Bridge was largely about drug addiction. So I think they'd support the overall message of the song, since they've been there and seen how addiction can ruin people's lives.
Hey just gotta say went to rehab in august for 3 months being addicted to liquor and opiates everything from tramadol to heroin. I'm proud to say I'm 6 months clean. Still not easy I get urges everyday to get a pack and rig, but when those demons enter my realm I listen to otherside, or starting over by this man. Thank you macklemore your my meeting inside headphones! P.s how the fuck do you upload a picture I dont like being blue!!!!!
Coltin Powell Stay up buddy there is a lot of people who understand thanks for sharing im almost 30 days my self but this is not my first rodeo so im always proud to see when someone shares it reminds me im not alone in my struggle. One love brother.
I've never been an addict but somehow this song just cuts right through me. because I can hear the rawness the pain in the music and it has so much truth to it.
11 years ago I listened to this song over and over, the lyrics really got me and I got them. And this month I am celebrating 10 years of being clean. I feel like I owe some of that to this song.
Being found overdosed by my mother and hearing the story of her screaming for me to wake up brought tears to my eyes hearing this song, i loved escaping reality and i almost lost my life now I'm good... Thanks Mac
This is by far one of the most powerful songs ever created. Im not an addict, but I have been surrounded by them my whole life. It's 2017 and I still listen to this song as a message of what NOT to do. Thank you Macklemore.
This song is very special to me. My landlord/father-figure dropped me off at rehab a few months ago when I relapsed and on the way there we listened to this song and had a very heart-felt conversation about just how scary this disease is. A month later, he relapsed himself and died of an overdose. Rest in peace Tim and thank you Macklemore for making my last moment with him so meaningful.
This song reminds me of my buddy Elin who passed away when he was 17 from morphine and booze mixed together, I still think about him all the time.. I miss you bud..
its easy to say don't do it, but unfortunately some people get to a point in life where they think drugs are the only way out or the only thing that help dull the pain. I'm sorry to hear about your brother tho.
Mike Schmidt But people WILL blame themselves. There isn't a day that goes by that my Dad doesn't think about my brother. He wishes he had done more to help him. Somebody out there cares about you, I promise. Your life is worth living. Things may seem bad now, but I can tell you from experience, life DOES get better. It can be hard to see how, when it's so bad, but it will. I'm sorry for all that has happened to you. Who knows, maybe this will lead you down a better path. I promise you aren't a "fuck up". You sound like somebody in a bad situation. You can get out of it, in a much better way than ending your life. Trust me on this. I wish you luck. I also sincerely hope you do not end your life. I might not know you, but every life is valuable. Yours is as well.
i have read scar tissue, anthony from RHCP's autobiography, and the song this samples, Otherside by RHCP is so fitting, about his struggle with heroin addiction. For Macklemore personaly this song he's rapping is about Codine (another opiate narcotic), but as the last verse demonstrates, this song could be about addition in general, what ever your DOC is. that rush, that drug, that dope, those pills, that crumb, that roach... very powerful song.
Recently quit smoking weed and tobacco and I keep coming back to this song for motivation. Been listening to it for years and just started slipping into the same shit he’s rapping about. If you are struggling with drug abuse/addiction, you have the power to quit. You just have to do it. Stay strong and lean on those close to you. You’ve got this! Much love to all my family❤️
I have listened to this song a million times and it still hits me every time. This is an amazing and powerful song. I love it and never get tired of it.
hey guys, you've found yourself in a bit of a ditch. try to climb out. you are human beings who are worth it. please don't ruin your lives with this. I wish you guys luck with this, as there's nothing else I can do. hope you get through this.
if I remember correctly, I think it was actually the Chili Peppers playing for him in the background and not just a sample like most times when rappers use other people's music
Lost so many since this came out. Still crying to it tjl this day. #wedorecover but to everyone we have lost..i love you esp my best friend bean 2017 ❤ i miss you
I am listening to this now almost a year later after my best friend overdosed. We used to listen to this on a daily basis like 10 years ago.. hits hard.
Damn this song has so much meaning to me..I always really liked the song but now I really feel this song..RIP B.H. sorry I was gone for so long much love
I've been a fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers since the first time I heard them, and I honestly appreciate what Macklemore did with this sample from "Otherside". Anthony of RHCP, as well as the other members of the group, dealt with a lot of what Macklemore raps about in this song, and I think the sample was an appropriate backdrop for the beat, considering the underlying message of the song.
Sitting in the parking lot of an NA meeting before it starts listening to music. I will be picking up 2 years clean today from an 8 year addiction, 3 of it to IV Crystal Meth. Song still hits home hard. Very grateful to be where I am at today.
i fucking cried lol i never cry, i havn't tried drugs myself cuz i'm 14 and my mom would break my fingers but i have seen it effect my family and my family friends and this hit home
Macklemore heled me beat addiction to heroin at two different major turning points in my life...Im 23 I've been listening to him since 2008. i miss his old shit...
13 years later.. THAT song changed my live. I'm just laying in my gfs lab, after long years of lonlyness, and tell her my stories to this song. How it moved me back than, how it changed my views on my pastlife after addiction and drug abuse. How it helped me see necessary paths of my life. Thanks for that Macklemore! 🖤
This song...helps me fight the urge..when I just want to get fucked up...and forget it all...but this song really helps fight the feeling to drink lean, to take pills. Macklemore has such powerful words for everyone listening.
![MACKLEMORE X RYAN LEWIS - OTHERSIDE REMIX FEAT. FENCES [MUSIC VIDEO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fvDQy53eldY/mqdefault.jpg)
![MACKLEMORE X RYAN LEWIS - OTHERSIDE REMIX FEAT. FENCES [MUSIC VIDEO]](/img/tr.png)
If you’re listening in 2024 you’re sober now
Lmao shit you got me
Yeppers
3.5 years. And four before that.
Or struggling
🤘🏼7 years started with oxys, methadone then shooting oxys then fentanyl then crack then sober .. wild 10 years . If you’re not sober .. you gotta want it and it’s not easy but it’s possible I believe in you !
If you’re still listening to this 10 years later, you’re a legend.
Still listening October 5 2020
Yup!! 🔥🔥🔥
I’ll prob still be here in 50
Still an amazing song and will be for the next decades
03-12-2020 - still here
Still bumping this 14 years later. This is the better version
127 days without the needle.
Keep it up, it's worth it!!!!
666pmt hope your still good man!
I hope you’re still doing it 🤍
Hope youre still goin stong homie!!
Eyyy you've got this
I prefer this version above the collaboration one, the instruments have so much more meaning to the lyrics
1000%agree
i cannot find THIS version. thats upsetting :(
The Red Hot Chili Peppers version is definitely better. This made me listen to Macklemore and Bun B a lot more. Good for Bun B for taking that out of his lyrics.
@OGxFUBAR just use a CZcams to mp3 converter and download it 🧙♂️
Much agreed
Only the blood of Jesus Christ can save us.
God bless❤
still one of macklemores best song ever made
Lostkoz mmmmmmm...
I agree
BEST SONG EVER MADE
His best song
Still is!
Lostkoz is
This song hits just like it did 10+ yrs ago. Still relevant 💯
As long as there is addicts in recovery this song will always be relevant
Still listening now came from black ops 2 days
I had it on repeat to the day I went to rehab. I recently relapsed but I'm back to this song and I'm going back to rehab within a week.
6 years later this song still sounds shivers down my spine. The message and lyrics are so incredibly powerful. Definitely one of the best songs i've heard in my life.
+hahaownedlolz couldn't agree more!
+hahaownedlolz have you ever tried Wings?
+hahaownedlolz wellsaid
+hahaownedlolz booooooooo
Listen to Brenda Had A Baby by 2Pac
As a hardcore RHCP fan, I do in fact approve of this incredible song.
I like your comment 100%
Same here. Rhcp is one of my fav bands saw them live twice, and Macklemore once. I'll definitely go another concerts and watch them several times.
4 years clean from needles feeling low today so I came here thank you Mack 💯💯💔
Keep going 💪
Man/artist Like Macklemore sparks consciousness. But YOU save your life. Thank you and congratz!. May the life you really want be the life you really have. God Bless. And again, thank you for being here with us ❤
Holy fuck, i remember when NOBODY new Macklemore. Fuck, i just heard a song of his on the radio. Doesn't even sound like his old, old shit like this
TurdSuckerRS You misused the word new, you meant knew. Sorry for being a grammar police.
They have a term for that... SELL OUT
+iDuoz Fuck me you're thick, it isn't called selling out....its called not living a shit life....he is successful, so no longer does he have to live a life where he does hardcore drugs to get through the day, or see his friends die or people around him die from using. Mature the fuck up and realise what causation and effect is. His songs still hold meaning, thrift shop ( I know it's older but that's when these comments started coming along ) has a hidden meaning, you just need to read the lyrics, and understand outside of your 1 dimensional understanding of the world what things can really mean. Other than that, it's also really well written musically and lyrically, Because he delivers a message, reaches as many demographics as possible, it's catchy, and it usable as club music. He's using his head to get a better life, and you'd do the same, so take your sell out comment and fucking turf. Good day Sir.
+Huw Simms I have respect for you m8
+SunnyvaleRS His new album is pretty good. It's his comeback to the fame, his *attempt to not sell out. In my opinion he more or less succeeds.
14 years ago is crazy
this song is helpin me stay clean after 12 years on the needle. such powerful words
Good job man! We don't know each other but I'm proud of you for stayin clean. Have a good 2016 man!
+Tim Callaway Nice on m8 :3
I just got out of rehab bro ill be 30 days clean the 24th. Stay strong brother.
+crazykenny2009 good job on staying clean keep on going
+Tim Callaway Me helpin 23yo
"Syrup, percocet and an eighth a day will leave you broke, depressed, and emotionally vacant".
Such true words put so eloquently. Opiates rob you of emotions. When you go without them you become a shell of a person. Life becomes dull. If you're dosing high enough this feeling encompasses you while you're high.
REFL0X, you have written beyond the perfect explanation
My favourite line in the song
When i was 16, around the time this song came out, i had just graduated high school and had nothing to do. By 17 i was in rehab but this song really helped me feel not alone at the time. Now as a grown adult it almost means more to me now... The paths you choose as a young adult truly shape the outcome of your later years. If your a young adult now i beg you to keep your eyes open and in front of you at all times. Things can change quickly. And if youre struggling with anything right now, Speak Up, Talk To Someone, Seek Help, but most importantly, HOLD YOUR HEAD UP.
You grad 16??? lol but yea I listened to this when I was 15-16 too.. and listening to this today trippin me out, flashbacks.
@@PinoyEdRob same bro, it s crazy to think that 10+ years have passed since then
I can relate and I 100% agree with your message . Thankfully some of us do come out of the hole and go to be successful . Never give up !
A little over a year ago I sent this to my dad telling him it reminded me of him... He had liver failure he was diagnosed when I was 15.... Here I am 19 years old grieving his death he passed away on May 27th only four days before his 48th birthday... This song still speaks to me... And I'm so glad I found it again I've been catching myself thinking "What's so bad about living that way?"
R.I.P and god rest his soul i am sorry to hear that
The bad about living this way is the fact that u find ur self doing things be it stealing r3obbing manipulating and hanging and doing men that u would never do our standards go way down I went from everything to pan handling the streets I had to give the needle up i would sell everything then my self because eventually u just want more and u don't care about nothing it a bad place to be and psychosis anxiety is fucked as weĺll trust me sweety it not all cracked what's it up to be
I once watched this song turn a room full of hardened drug addicts into a teary-eyed bunch of softies in rehab. Seriously though, if you can relate to these lyrics, they're so true it hurts.
I remember when Macklemores music barely even had 1000 views and when he hosted concerts which had 100 people or less. Congrats on the progress.
im a recovering addict. living in a sober transitional home. this song hits me hard.
I hope you're doing well homie. much love
How you doing now man?
This is the best version of this song. It’s So good it still hits like it did the first time I heard it 10+ years ago
We live on the cusp of death, thinking that it won't be us.
Yes, those are some of the lyrics well done
my big brother gave me his ipod when i was kid. this was one of the songs on it. RIP Hank, i miss you every day big brother...
I’m day 3 into detoxing and music is keeping me going since nothing else is holding my interest. This one is really hitting the spot right now
Keep going mate , one day at a time
Fucking wet wipe.
Keep it ip bud
7 months, let’s go!
You got this!! Keep going!
people dont get addicted to drugs or alcohol, they get addicted to escaping reality.
i like you, reality is a nightmare, thats why I tend to sleep alot, and when im awake, Im choked up on stimulants
Both, actually. You can become PHYSICALLY addicted.
Get out of here with that "deep" bullshit
the use of some drugs releases dopamine into your brain, dopamine is the same substance that gets released when you eat drink and sleep, it makes you recognise what is a primary need and what's not. that's where addiction comes from
Elevated Kingdom ironically it's worse to self medicate. reality feels much better faced and rested.
This song reminds me of my best friend. He passed feb 28, 2011. I miss him everyday. I've never had a friend like him before or after.
this song is not a battle on RHCP it is about Mack's stance on use and recovery. On The Heist check out Starting Over, he details his own struggles with sobriety and working the AA program as well as how this particular song has been a staple for so many people in recovery. one day at a time mack!
mackle was deep af before thrift shop
+Nicolas Terzo why do you say he is not deep notw his song like growing up
+Nicolas Terzo Hey, his new albums pretty good at least
He's always been deep, and still is. You obviously don't listen to many of his songs.
Now this recently scientifically proven since birth
Trans positive
this song fucks me up everytime. I've been listening to it for a good 7 years now and every time it's the same feelings.
man, I feel ya. I lost my music in transfer from comps (7 year life span on PC apparently) had to come back to CZcams to find this gem
Bout 4 tears to the date In about a week since i heard it. Just wild. A masterpiece.
I immediately started singing HOW LONG, HOW LOOHOOONG when I heard the guitar/bass part. Great song though.
You sir have an amazing name.
Bahahaha the way you spelt the lyrics had me rolling cuz when you read them you hear Anthony singing >
Same here
Man i miss this Mack. His recent song Hinds Hall is really good but he hasn't made something like this in a ling time. To me personally this is the best rap song ever written about addiction. It just summarizes all of the nuances so well, years later I still know every word.
Love the RCHP bass line.
You mean RHCP?
Matt Perry SAME THING
Justanotherdamnguy Uhm no. Red chilli hot peppers and Red hot chili peppers isn't the same thing. Completely different names.
Alexandra LaMadrid hahahahaha no shit hey some people man XD
Also that's not the bass line. That's the guitar.
My dad died when I was 9 of an overdose, for the last 10 years this song has given me a sense of peace nothing else ever has. Huge appreciation for uploading.
A lot of my friends I had from elementary school got caught up in drugs as young adults. Some got out alive. Others did not.
R.I.P Pubs, Tommy, Clubby and Paul
I've seen my people's dreams die
I've seen what they can be denied
And "weeds not a drug" - that's denial
Dried plant
He didint say weed was a drug the songs about cough surip
everest fingerboards Listen to the song, smartass.
why
everest fingerboards 3:01
I'm 16, and I started smoking when I was 12, I'm now 3 months clean, and hanging on. I know its not impressive, but justed wanted share.
go on :)
No man, it is impressive; the first months are the some of the hardest. I'm 23 and started drinking when I was 14 and went completely over the edge when I turned 21. Unfortunately I couldn't stop until it cost me the friendship and trust of a girl that I had been best friends with for 10 years, but now I'm 9 months sober. So every time you want to go back, just remember that addiction will always end up costing you the people you care about the most and that you need to keep fighting.
Strong start. I'm 44 and it took me until 36 to understand what you do. 16 is impressive. Stay strong. Life is so much better now.
goldtoaster1512 love you man hope your still doing great. Today's day 1 for me... wish me luck. Please
Kristopher Dehoyos one day at a time brother. Keep your head up and keep clean. You can do it
This saved me a 3rd from a meth relapse I stood up, sat down and realized "We live on a cusp of death thinking that it won't be us". thank you🥺🤞🏻
Stay strong bro
Macklemore ist der beste. Er erzählt Geschichten in seinen Liedern. An ihm sollten sich alle orientieren. Er sagt uns, wie die Welt steht. Ich bin der Meinung, dass man von Mack einiges lernt. Er regt zum Nachdenken an.
InderGaming NAZI LANGUAGE !!!!
Do you even know where i'm from Mr Gestapo `?
James North If you say I would be a nazi again, I bay you on CZcams.And I don´t fucking care where you from. I can´t suffer people like you. So go and fuck yourself. Bye.
InderGaming Learn how to spell
My Englich is not good you idiot >:(
I'd love to see him do a live version of this with RHCP. I know RHCP lost a friend and bandmate to drug overdose many years ago, and Kiedis has said that Under the Bridge was largely about drug addiction. So I think they'd support the overall message of the song, since they've been there and seen how addiction can ruin people's lives.
I listen 2 this song everyday and remember my brother. He passed away 2yrs ago from cough syrup.
Lol sucks to suck
WTF is wrong with you douchebag
exactly. couldnt say it better.
Sorry to hear about that man. Hope you have a great day :)
Same my sister did
I miss her so much I cry everyday
she made my day 10x better and still does
Hey just gotta say went to rehab in august for 3 months being addicted to liquor and opiates everything from tramadol to heroin. I'm proud to say I'm 6 months clean. Still not easy I get urges everyday to get a pack and rig, but when those demons enter my realm I listen to otherside, or starting over by this man. Thank you macklemore your my meeting inside headphones! P.s how the fuck do you upload a picture I dont like being blue!!!!!
Yes man!
Coltin Powell Stay up buddy there is a lot of people who understand thanks for sharing im almost 30 days my self but this is not my first rodeo so im always proud to see when someone shares it reminds me im not alone in my struggle. One love brother.
Coltin Powell Yea I feel your struggle, mine is needing psych meds to stay well :/... all power to ya!!
Howdo tramadol get you high? I have like 120 of them and ive taken 8 at a time before lol it’s like tylenol
How you holding up now bro?
I've never been an addict but somehow this song just cuts right through me. because I can hear the rawness the pain in the music and it has so much truth to it.
Those are some powerful lyrics. Macklemore is truly a poet :(
11 years ago I listened to this song over and over, the lyrics really got me and I got them. And this month I am celebrating 10 years of being clean. I feel like I owe some of that to this song.
Congrats Kirsten! Keep it up.
@@tylerrump Thank you!! I’m so grateful to be here🙏
Being found overdosed by my mother and hearing the story of her screaming for me to wake up brought tears to my eyes hearing this song, i loved escaping reality and i almost lost my life now I'm good... Thanks Mac
This is by far one of the most powerful songs ever created. Im not an addict, but I have been surrounded by them my whole life. It's 2017 and I still listen to this song as a message of what NOT to do. Thank you Macklemore.
I remember before he released The Heist this video was stuck at around 11k views. That’s about how many it deserved
"I have seen my people's dreams die, what they could be denied" fucking shakes me everytime
If you like being shaken you should have been shaken as a baby and not been here to share your retarded xomments
don't understand how this doesn't have a lot of views. even if you're not into macklemore.
14 million isn't a lot?
I guess its a fair amount
Well, it's an old song
FUCK this is not the official version. thats 10 times better this is crap relative to that
official as in the remade version? (one with fences)
This song is very special to me. My landlord/father-figure dropped me off at rehab a few months ago when I relapsed and on the way there we listened to this song and had a very heart-felt conversation about just how scary this disease is. A month later, he relapsed himself and died of an overdose. Rest in peace Tim and thank you Macklemore for making my last moment with him so meaningful.
Here after 10 years once again I rember hearing this in the early thousands
This song reminds me of my buddy Elin who passed away when he was 17 from morphine and booze mixed together, I still think about him all the time.. I miss you bud..
I lost a brother to heroine. Don't do it, anyone. Life can be so much better without it than with.
yeah i know the struggle
its easy to say don't do it, but unfortunately some people get to a point in life where they think drugs are the only way out or the only thing that help dull the pain. I'm sorry to hear about your brother tho.
patrick foot I understand that, though I haven't experienced it myself. I just hope that people know they are not alone.
I
Mike Schmidt But people WILL blame themselves. There isn't a day that goes by that my Dad doesn't think about my brother. He wishes he had done more to help him.
Somebody out there cares about you, I promise. Your life is worth living.
Things may seem bad now, but I can tell you from experience, life DOES get better. It can be hard to see how, when it's so bad, but it will.
I'm sorry for all that has happened to you. Who knows, maybe this will lead you down a better path.
I promise you aren't a "fuck up". You sound like somebody in a bad situation. You can get out of it, in a much better way than ending your life. Trust me on this.
I wish you luck. I also sincerely hope you do not end your life. I might not know you, but every life is valuable. Yours is as well.
i have read scar tissue, anthony from RHCP's autobiography, and the song this samples, Otherside by RHCP is so fitting, about his struggle with heroin addiction. For Macklemore personaly this song he's rapping is about Codine (another opiate narcotic), but as the last verse demonstrates, this song could be about addition in general, what ever your DOC is. that rush, that drug, that dope, those pills, that crumb, that roach...
very powerful song.
Recently quit smoking weed and tobacco and I keep coming back to this song for motivation. Been listening to it for years and just started slipping into the same shit he’s rapping about. If you are struggling with drug abuse/addiction, you have the power to quit. You just have to do it. Stay strong and lean on those close to you. You’ve got this! Much love to all my family❤️
This is will always be my favourite version the chilli peppers in the background makes me tear up almost every time.
I was addicted to Oxys for years I'm clean now :) thank god ..
This just makes you want to cry doesn't it
It does it reminds me the day I almost died and the day my father had left me
twilight sparkle
Sounds rough, glad you made it though.
When you have. Cancer. Yeahhh. Drink some black seed
Now this recently scientifically proven since birth
Trans positive
Alhamdulilah
Remember a kid played this at my psych ward 10 years ago. Revisiting. Hope you’re reading this in good health
This should have more views than thrift shop
Love the rhcp soundtrack in this song. Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis have used it brilliantly to turn an already great song into an even better song
I have listened to this song a million times and it still hits me every time. This is an amazing and powerful song. I love it and never get tired of it.
haha, its weird coming back to this masterpiece a few years later to find it with 12 million views. Its good though, Macklemore deserves it.
going on 48 hrs clean...
how are you doing now? Got 1 week done now.
JawzProduction I will pray for you guys. stay strong♡ you can get there..
never make it more than 3 days
you can do it. keep trying. thinking of you.
hey guys, you've found yourself in a bit of a ditch. try to climb out. you are human beings who are worth it. please don't ruin your lives with this. I wish you guys luck with this, as there's nothing else I can do. hope you get through this.
Gotta love how they use RHCP music, and then mentions California, lel.
I have to confess, he did pretty good with the beginning sample of Otherside by RCHP.
if I remember correctly, I think it was actually the Chili Peppers playing for him in the background and not just a sample like most times when rappers use other people's music
Nope, it was just a sample.
13 years later still screaming this song lyric for lyrics stay safe stay blessed
Lost so many since this came out. Still crying to it tjl this day. #wedorecover but to everyone we have lost..i love you esp my best friend bean 2017 ❤ i miss you
This song hits home for those of us who have been there.
Its scary how much this song means to me. To say i wouldnt have made it without this song, is an understatement
I am listening to this now almost a year later after my best friend overdosed. We used to listen to this on a daily basis like 10 years ago.. hits hard.
I know people say its cheesy, but i lived it, ten years ago and this song hits me like a truck, flashback,
This song has power has power over me.
am i the only one that at the intro started singing the chillis ? ( the original "otherside")
I did too.
So did i
no you aren´t
i'm crying cough syrup was just the start of my problem...
If you’re still listened to this 11 years on, you’re a phenomenal human, if you’re in recovery, one day at a time and you got this x x x
Still my favorite song since I heard it for the first time. Makes me tear up every single time 😭
This song helped me get sober and walk away from codine. Crazy shit
Good. Dig. Scooter.
@@alleycat4443 Been sippin lean since ‘16 and I’m still alive and kickin. Just gotta know your limits bro
puss
the people who disliked this song need to turn on there sound or actually listen to the lyrics.
This song deserved to blow up way bigger its gotten me through shit for a decade
This was my jam in highschool..
Damn this song has so much meaning to me..I always really liked the song but now I really feel this song..RIP B.H. sorry I was gone for so long much love
I've been a fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers since the first time I heard them, and I honestly appreciate what Macklemore did with this sample from "Otherside". Anthony of RHCP, as well as the other members of the group, dealt with a lot of what Macklemore raps about in this song, and I think the sample was an appropriate backdrop for the beat, considering the underlying message of the song.
Still here in December 2023! Makes me think of my big brother.... I really miss him
Sitting in the parking lot of an NA meeting before it starts listening to music. I will be picking up 2 years clean today from an 8 year addiction, 3 of it to IV Crystal Meth. Song still hits home hard.
Very grateful to be where I am at today.
Who else listening to this in 2015?
+abriana rebecca 2016
1941
+abriana rebecca 3491
I am watching it in the year 1
i fucking cried lol i never cry, i havn't tried drugs myself cuz i'm 14 and my mom would break my fingers but i have seen it effect my family and my family friends and this hit home
Same here.
Chi.
dont try it ;)
i know what it feels *crying*:')
y'got the right idea. Ain't nothin wrong with drugs, only addiction, which is what this song beautifully illustrates
Macklemore heled me beat addiction to heroin at two different major turning points in my life...Im 23 I've been listening to him since 2008. i miss his old shit...
Saw him in Milwaukee last weekend, absolutely great concert. Told my wife about first listening to him and this song many moons ago.
I’m here in 2019 July 10th 🤷🏽♂️ who’s with me ?
Macklemore - Otherside
yep
This song is perfect, it's just so powerful in the message that it gives, keep on rappin macklemore.
It won't be us...
Macklemore is just amazing. His songs actually have a meaning. He's such an inspiration!
Still listening!
anyone else like how the way this song corresponds to otherside by the red hot chili peppers?
Just the version I was looking for
2023 and still jam every single time this song comes on
13 years later.. THAT song changed my live. I'm just laying in my gfs lab, after long years of lonlyness, and tell her my stories to this song. How it moved me back than, how it changed my views on my pastlife after addiction and drug abuse. How it helped me see necessary paths of my life. Thanks for that Macklemore! 🖤
omg i remember listening to this 3 years ago and everyone said macklemore sucked. what now :p
This song...helps me fight the urge..when I just want to get fucked up...and forget it all...but this song really helps fight the feeling to drink lean, to take pills.
Macklemore has such powerful words for everyone listening.
The ORIGINAL Macklemore.. love for him. Bless