Every day I woke up hoping to die... I remember feeling this so hard as a single mom of 5 who finally escaped her abuser. By god, I got up on my feet and let go over every excuse. Thank God theyre grown, healthy and thriving. Glory to God.
@@VillaDan praising myself of acceptance of praise from others is not always the easiest thing for a survivor. I know who I am and what I'm made of. I am proud of the choices I made to get myself and my children up out of that situation. But I give glory to God because without HIM, none of it would have been possible. I don't believe in coincidence and too many times, I witnessed the impossible, on my journey out of hell on earth. I will always give God the glory HE deserves. I appreciate your recognition of my efforts but I'd never tell you what to believe or not believe. That's up to you.
WS an adult who had a 2 year old son and just split from his biological contributer was working at a strip club in the Bible belt. Got kicked out of church for waiting tables so the next Monday tried out for dancing
It's incredible how this song flew under the radar given its heavy subject matter and its message of trying to get out of rock bottom even if the odds are heavily stacked against you. Profound, inspirational and grossly underappreciated
Flew under the radar? I was there when this song was the biggest thing out. You couldn't turn on the radio without hearing this. And as much as I love this song...they lyrics are kinda ass. Here you have a girl who's life is complete shit and she's doing everything she can to make them ends meet, and they're like "Oh well, my mama didn't do that," like shut the fuck up dog. Who cares how she gets it...she doing what she gotta do
There's honestly so many amazing songs like this that exist that people just dismiss because "rap". My favorite artist is logic because he constantly sings about the struggles of poverty, how he made it out and how he wishes he could help out all those he has seen struggle in the past.
Right! I heard it when I was little too, but knew what majority of it meant, cause I grew up the same way. My mom did everything she had to do. Worked as a podiatrist, and lab assistant, as well as another job. She raised up all six of us.
My mum sang this song to me, As a child I knew what was going on. Gotta feed the kids right? and I’ll always love and respect you for that. I never went hungry and I would never choose another. I miss you, Mum. R. I .p Rought ignorant pigs.😂❤
This song taught me more about practicing safe sex, treating my girlfriends right, and some of the tragic truths about things that are happening to innocent kids out there everyday. It managed to teach me some MATURE lessons when I was, what? 12 years old when this song came out. If you're reading this and out there suffering or just dealing with some harsh times in life, I LOVE YOU.
I was struggling with my own personal hell, which is addiction when this song was popular. I would turn it up SO loud & promise myself that I would get my shit together. I am sober now, almost a year & a half!!!
Well done buddy. Keep it up fam. Addiction isn’t easy. I see it a lot with my clients. Wishing you all the best. Surround yourself with a good support system and never let hope die. 🫂
Listening to this as a 36 year old man is way different than a 16 year old. These lyrics are great, and a lot of people are living like this. Keep your head up you'll get through this!!
Dr. Evil no you’re wrong. The song was made in 1999. It didn’t officially release on their album until 2001. It’s literally in the movie Life which came out in 1999
Angela Taylor Dr. Dre sampled it from David McCallum’s “The Edge” which I’m sure you can find here on RU-vid. No beats in Hip Hop are original per say. They’re all sampled from various works of composers. From there, City High included it. But this song was definitely made in 1999
Back in 2001, I held onto this to get me through the toughest year of my life. Found myself in a position that I shouldn't have to be in. So the words "Stop making tired excuses", made me wanna do better for myself. Want a better life and be more stable. To get away from the abusive relationship I was in. A couple of days 9/11 happened. I lost my best friend. He was a fire fighter. His last words to me : You know I love you. And I am proud of you for standing on your own. I gotta go, we just got a 5 call alarm. Save me plate, I will call you later." That call was the first tower hit. And the last time I ever heard his voice.
My sister and I really liked listening to this song. We were about that age then. Our parents hated it though and always would change the channel. lmao
When this song came out, I was a single mother in my early 20s, dancing for a living. I never went farther than dancing, and my son was never hungry. This song still brings me tears every time I hear it. It's so real. The judgement I faced for dancing, when that's all I did :( The worry that your baby will suffer. The fleeing from familial SA. All too relatable.
You know it's a sad weird world when the dude in Denver eating soup with no kids comment gets more likes than yours of relating to this song in one way or another.. I'm not tryna start somethin but I just find that odd 🫤 but hey atleast you did what u had too to take care of you & yours 🤷♂️
Honey you're not alone. My mom will be gone 5 years in June. She danced her whole life up into her early 40s. She got us this home that I'm in now. She kept us 4 kids fed, clothed, raised in church, raised with chores/in the country life and respectful. NEVER be ashamed. Much love to you ❤️
It’s hard to listen to this song in 2023. I remember being a kid listening to this and singing along, and crying a bit as i listened to this it made me think of my mom and her addiction, how my father and her split and left me and my two brothers alone with her. I hated her for choosing drugs, but I see her perspective and how she tried to do anything she could to supply us with food, and sometimes it didn’t happen. She was hurt and in pain and used as a way of escape. She was and still is my mom and I do love her. Much love and respect for all the struggling moms out there.
Amber was right, being a single mother, working 40+ hours to make ends meet or stripping to support your family, nobody has the right to judge. But this is still an amazing song
Agreed! Love the harmony but the lyrics are so self-righteous. Men are enjoying strippers in the video but get to judge the stripper! Horrible double standard.
I loved the song but never 100% paid attention to the lyrics, so realizing that the song was in _favor_ of this dickhead narrator berating a stripper for doing the thing he _literally paid her to do_ made me lose my fucking mind lol
@@curtiswilliamsjr.m.div.9600 but she addressed that in the song. For you this is just a good time,but for me this what I call life. This line is saying you are enjoying yourself and I am trying to live.
@@Joeybsmooth the self-righteousness was not addressed by that line. Calling the stripper a hoe and not agreeing that being there made the men hoes is not addressing anything, it's literally just exhibiting a double standard.
I copied & pasted that Everlast song into the search and listened to it for the 1st time because of your comment. I have to admit that it is a very real song indeed! Every line of it is "real life reality" type talk. Peace and light to you. :-)
Kai. A. I feel you, I do. But we still have writers and those artists putting poetry to music. Sometimes, they just don't catch a shine because the industry is what it is right now. But their season will come again
Amber Ruffin just gave me a rundown of this song. its the only reason i listened to it. She, Amber, is so good as a comedian. I wish her Emmys and joy and safety.
I remember listening to this when i was a kid, didn't make any sense then, hell i didnt even think about that there was any meaning to it. But now 13 years later, i understand it, and it really is deep no matter who sings it.
This song didn't exist when you were 12 (like 1997 or 1998 I assume). It's from the early 2000's. In fact City High wasn't even a group before you were a teenager. You were at least 15 when this song came out in 2001. I remember my friend had their album when I was in 7th or 8th grade and let me listen to it so even I was probably like 13 when I heard this and I'm younger than you.
Only people who ever heard of this song is literally 21 and older, Good lord i miss the early 2000's and the late 90's. My parents would always tell me not to grow up so fast and i was going to miss my childhood and i took their words for granted I finally understand now, wish I could restart my life over like a video game.
I honestly just thought about this song and started singing it in my head then out loud....if you really listen to the lyrics it's powerful and still to this day you wonder what these woman or even young girls out on the streets have been through in their life. It's sad
I MISS THE STORY-TELLING SONGS, U WILL NEVER HEAR POSITIVE/UPLIFTING SONGS ON THE RADIO THESE DAYZ😔 THE INDUSTRY IS A MFKN FREAK SHOW NOWADAYZ FILLED WITH ALLLLL OF THE CIRCUS CLOWNS😑😔 #CITYHIGH 4 EVA #ICONIC🔥
I remember this song, they used to play this on 106.1 KMEL like all day long hahaha! Most random video ever in my sidebar. One of the singers ended up on that show Intervention if I remember right.
Valentino 411. This song " What Would You Do" song was from the 1999 film " Life" soundtrack by R&B group " City High" with singer and actor Ryan Toby from the " Sister Act" films. Sister Act 3 is greenlit.
You guys should see the look at the looks on my family's faces and strangers' faces when they hear me feeling myself singing this like I have lived this life. This song is more than a song, it's a story.
This is the first song that I ever memorized word for word when I was only 8. It's crazy how fast time flies. It's been 16 years since then. It feels like I'm getting old y'all lol, but this definitely makes me feel young again.
I lived this..I was in survivor MODE..started dancing at the young age of 15😢.. Went through more shit mentally than I ever was prepared for . TODAY I help young woman to leave that Life ❤
This was me, my first sons new beginning of life. This song got me through them days. I was an orphan who barley new how to achieve anything, the only way at the time I knew was too make $ they way I knew. This song told me I had options for me and my son I just had too find them. Today, I have a degree and 3 sons. I will never forget what I came from what my first born went through "picture perfect" laying on the bed room floor. Thank you for speaking into the life of a women's struggle.
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This song really was such a bop but it truly changed my perspective on life. Don’t make excuses. If you choose the right way God will provide. It looks bleak but God is a God of miracles. Keep your head up single mothers.
I remember jamming this when I was in 5th grade and my mom telling me I was never allowed to listen to that song again lol. Here I am 15 years later still jammin to it...you tried your best mom lol
+Ryan Garza the one she broke up with first was on an intervention show that I saw today. he became an alcoholic after she left him and married their band mate
Just heard this song in a reel and had to come watch the video! Man this takes me back... haven't even thought of this song in like 17 years, lol. Still great!
AEthul Wulf The early 2000s also had Outkast's "B.O.B."(the entire Stankonia album, actually), The Roots' "The Seed 2.0", Pink's "Family Portrait" and India Arie's "Video" (released in the same year as this). Those are all "content" songs and that's just off the top of my head. I guess if you compare it to pop fluff, it's a rare gem.
I love how people argue over different types of music, but it also pisses me off. If anyone had any knowledge about music, they would be able to appreciate all genres. Both versions are good for different reasons. If only people started using their heads to appreciate the music they listen to, rather than just follow one artist and claim that they are the best in the world
Am I the only one who don't even know who Bastille is? How about just listening to the music and enjoy it instead of spreading hate and bitching all the time. Why is that so hard to do. Just about every single video on RU-vid there are people bitching about it for this reason or another. What happened to just enjoying the music?
I was 12 yrs old when I first listen to this song. & I loved this so much & always lip synced this song whenever I hear it on the radio (fake lyrics, because English isn't my language & I've never watched the song) the radio hosts always used to say this song is so meaningful but I didn't understand why. time went & I start to forget this song. so now, at the age of 30 few weeks ago I randomly found a clip of this song from a 2001 song collection video. my memory just went back to the past & I start to search the lyrics of this song right away. now I'm like damn! this song really IS meaningful & it's heart-breaking as well.
Love this song, sometimes it's hard to do the right thing so we as a society need to relax and remember everyone problems are different and before we pass Judgement "WE NEED TO TAKE A WALK IN THAT PERSON SHOES ".
They had that other hit song, "5" 5' with brown eyes, smile like the sunrise " I forget the name of it. They dipped bc the girl was involved with both of the men (not at the same time)
I was 13 when I heard this song. So catchy and good. Never hit me the true meaning of it until I became a mother. Heartbreaking. Beautiful message. Pure art
