Marlon Craft - State Of The Union (Official Video) 

God bless you MS. Muller.... Sorry you had to have all that in your heart for what this system has been doing for a long time. I'm glad to know you had the right mind set back then to know the truth. And I'm sorry if you had to receive any negative energy from any of my people who can hold all of that energy which has been passed down for generations. Just enjoy your years you have left in peace knowing its all by design of the creator.

U are a good person.

63 and I love this. This young man speaks the honest truth.

This made me so sad reading! God bless you! I’m hopeful we will have a bright future, I just think it will get worse before it gets better unfortunately

@@ramblinrosecottage5983 ...I’m 72 and what he is rapping is brilliant! I shared it with my other senior generation friends! 🥰

If I could give this post a million thumbs up I would. In 6th grade, you knew there was something not right about the hatred your mother displayed, and it seems like thru all those years you stood your ground in the same thought process. Your post confirms what we all know...racism and hate is taught, and with the right, pliable mind to receive it, it continues to be a problem. Thanks for not being pliable 😎

wow I can only imagine the kind of embarrassment and horor u might have felt that day .I hope mum eventually changed her mind about racism tho .thanks for being such a genuine soul . God bless you so so much and please do stay safe from accra ghana .

I once, as a child, asked my parents what the "N" word was at dinner (I was like 6 or 7). I will never forget the responses... My older sister just froze in place, mid bite. My dad said, "It's what stupid people call black people." I said, "Oh," and then asked, "Does that mean Nannie and Pa-Pa (My grandparents) are stupid?" My parents paused and then, after a few moments, they both said, "Yes." I am so sorry your mother did not act like my mother, but I am glad you saw past it and acted on it.

I am a 65 year old white woman (using my husband’s account) who’s sister wanted to go to a birthday party. My mother asked my sister about the little girl who was having the party. My sister told her the little girl’s name and then said “she’s different”. My mother asked how she was different and my sister couldn’t explain it. My mother asked if she was Japanese (we lived in Japan at the time), if she was disabled (did she use a wheelchair?), did she speak a different language? Each time my sister said no. She couldn’t explain it. So the day comes for the party and my sister got all dressed up in her party dress. She was so excited. My mother drove her to her friend’s house. A little girl came running out of the house. She and my sister stood on the sidewalk and hugged each other. They were so excited and happy. A nice story, right? And then my mother, while relaying this story said, “ imagine my surprise when a little black girl with lots of braids came running out of that house and hugged your sister!” That happened back in 1961. That is how racism starts in a household we all thought was not racist at all. We prided ourselves on being a family that accepted everyone no matter what. This young man needs to be recognized for the hard truths that he has made me and many others face. If everyone in his generation is like him, they will change the world for the better. Marlon, thank you. Your words and lyrics speak volumes to your wisdom at such a young age. Its my hope you continue to influence more people into recognizing their own foibles/faults, to look inward, and seek self improvement.

@@Oletechiegirl - Bless you for such a sweet and supportive post! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. I've had a tough time with my mother, but never once regretted my decisions. And I hold out hope, every day, that ~this time, this moment~ we will finally get it right!💜

This whole song is a popular lie. I guess the black Trump supporters are all white supremacist too. You can't name one thing in 2021 that black people can't do that white people can do. Just more propaganda to divide and conquer while they continue to rule us with the same two family dictatorship of bush Clinton and their puppet Obama Biden.

@@toob247 Ah yes, the born millionaire who has a long reputation of not paying the people he owes and bankrupting businesses is the one who is fighting for the people. Take your head out of your ass.

@@toob247 you completely overshot the mark on this one

@@toob247 I can name many things we can do, like storm the capital and get off on bail, but I'd rather talk about how a black person can be a white supremacists. White is an identifier, meaning you have to identify as white. Most people that unknowingly identify as white simply don't know their ethnic background, such as norwegian, swedish, german, spanish (a tricky one for most, but many spanish identify as white, and the spanish where/are some of the worst white supremacists to walk this planet) White, like black is a class designation, it was created by european aristocrats for various reasons, and later backed by a white supremacists scientist in his nazi style classification of race which is invalid due to his racial bias. One example is how the democratic party tries to label south americans as brown, when they actually have an ethnic background, mexican, it any other south american or carribean country. With that being said, people like jesse lee peterson identifies as white all the time, he says black on the outside and white on the inside. although he's pretty ignorant all together. Source: How the words white and black were created. www.jacquelinebattalora.com/white-people-did-not-exist-until-1681/

What's beautiful if a truth is kept secret? Your basically living a lie..

Love to you and love to all on here. We ALL need to unify against corporations/billionaires/corporate greed. We need to take care of each other.

So so good isn’t it 🤬😭🤯

58-year old white man here... and I'm with you friend. I love the beat and the message

@@xdrabbit Marlon brings us all together my friend!

You cry for some terrible political bs..... you must be a merican

Those are words I adore and will live by now , my old motto was Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes . But his words are the best!!!! Sorry had to edit . Stupid old phone had stuffed my text up lol

Woke

That fuckin line needs to be plastered on the walls of Congress

@@neorock6135 agree

Big Facts bro i was just about to highlight and expound on that bar myself that shit was mind blowing

@@neorock6135 although biden is better than trump, he is just as corrupt lol don't let the ruse fool you

🔥🙏🔥

same

Was just about to comment the same :)

Same

Me too!!

I’m very proud of him! Definitely my new artist too!

Maybe I'm getting old, but he speaks so very fast I find it practically impossible to follow the words, even with the subtitles. I feel sure they are very apt and clever but it's probably the wrong medium in which to say them...

CHILLS! & if dude wasn't on MSN I wouldn't even have seen this song! It should be the top no matter what u search so ppl will listen to!

This hits harder than any mirror conversation!

@@CamcorderSteve - You can decrease/increase video speed on youtube. Its in the settings...

@@MISTY1LUV Right!! Yeah, I just saw Ari and Michael. That's what brought me here to "Listen and Learn". He's on to something.

Gang sh1t too

Love the song but there are plenty at the same level but that's the beauty of music. You don't need a winner just a message that makes things better or gives people perspective.

Naw, I can't say that. I listen to too many rappers who been spitting like this. The best I can say is its up to par AT BEST with realist.

... along with Childish Gambino's "This is America."

@@davidhunternyc1 came for this comment! That was the real, real!

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n before any of you rodents come calling... I'm talking about his choice to invert the flag, not your perceived grievance

@@LyinLibtardsBeBarkyBarky it didn't post your other post. Can you see he link i shared?

@Lucius Rockwell Cheer up cupcake

@Lucius Rockwell You sound like the life of the party lol

mission accomplished

Me to Elizabeth. His conversation with Ari Melber and Michael Steele was deep and poetic. With the masterful truth poet we heard at the Inauguration and Marlon here, I am more hopeful for the next generation. With the years I have left, I will try to leave the planet better for them- 61 yr old white woman in the South

Jacque Fresco

I can. Seeing people in pain always felt awful. Even in first grade, when I saw another kid slip and fall, everyone else laughed... and I thought that was sick. And I've thought about that for almost 30 years now.

Now that you thought about it, can you recall? I think nofx and bad religion were my biggest influences since my early years.

@@zippySquirrelface sorry, but what's nofx? I tried googling it but it just said it was some band.

I can track it back to 1991 when I heard this. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bWXazVhlyxQ.html

Stop it u trying too get this views when it’s already 🔥. U not 78. Most 78yrs don’t even listen to rap more less double time rap. Y’all some scammers foreal

@@ICONICFIGURES I'm not MOST 78 year olds, I'm ME. So don't tell ME anything about ME. Comprendez?

@@LisLot9 turn the hearing aid up

@@ICONICFIGURES you must have terrible life. I bet you don't deserve to feel sorry for.

I'm a 60 year old black person also. Most excellent Marion.

Thanks for sharing. I’m 45 years old. Hispanic man. I remember my mom told me once. “NO ME TRIAGAS UNA NEGRA A MI CASA” that means “ don’t ever bring a black girl to my house”. I laugh it off. I dated different woman. I ended up marrying a Asian beautiful woman. My mother did not like it one bit. I told her it’s my choice and my life. I been with my wife 23 years. And we have a 9 year old little boy. When he was born and when my mom stop being a racist. It’s funny and hard to say that. We have one in every family.

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Thanks for sharing - when I married my now EX, 30yrs ago this Spring, the father of all 4 of my children, my mother said, “I raised you not to be racist, but I didn’t think you’d marry one.”

@@susanstewart4890 hi

I am a true believer that if we carry love in are heart these types of hate and racism we will reject and replace with Grace compassion and kindness. Thankyou for sharing your story !🙏💓

America is a continent, not a country. This is not America -> 🇺🇲 we're all Americans.

Been a minute hasnt it? All this mainstream garbage floating around, this is refreshing.

Fuck man honestly we gotta change man actually become a nation

Me too. I love Ari for keeping it real

Yeah The Beat brought me here too🙌🏽

Same! Had to find and listen...he speaking facts that many need to hear🗣

Me to.... Good stuff✌️

Ari's a weird dude, but quite often he is spot on

"There's only one person The future starts and ends with It's you" There are many of us. The problem is that we're just "truthful secrets"...We must act, and not just wake up.

@@joaolucas3418 I've never even met a white supremacist and I'm a social butterfly... where are they all hiding?

@@letmeseethat1 if you can't see it, you must not have a reason to. It must benefit you not to see. Don't think you can convince me reality isn't real. Only white people have that choice.

I hole Heartedly Agree.....

He don’t plato

The meaning back to hip hop? The fuck does that even mean?

@@luissanches5811 clever bro

Evidently some people don't know the true meaning of hip hop. Hip Hop is a way of life. I am someone who was born in the late 70's and grew up in the 80's & 90's in Jersey. Hip Hop was a lifestyle not just someone just trying to rhyme.

@@paulineb2213 And hip hop is alive and well, better than ever.

Right the part about wwii 2, really strikes especially after democratic leaders calling for lists of trump supporters.

@@allenantonioheyllatorre5720You are trolling. Nobody called for a list of trump supporters.

@@user-mb8qi3ky5q Good catch, thanks for responding to this. We have to try to catch these lies when they get spit out like that.

@@user-mb8qi3ky5q These fascists have to imagine a plot against them in order to demonize their perceived enemies.

@@user-mb8qi3ky5q im not trolling. AoC is one there are others.

Correct.

Haha! So true. This was something else wasn't it..

🙌

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@mrpickledick llc Faceless TROLL...

@mrpickledick llc feel free to recite the constitution n then realize you're the only one here that betrayed his country

@Benjamin thank you for your service

@mrpickledick llc provide examples

@mrpickledick llc leave him alone

Devil's Advocate here... (apology in advance)... Your message received tho... seems like Cultural appropriation ??? I'm all for music and cultural evolution... But let's not forget the 'Black Man's Struggle' just to have something called 'Rap' legitimized.

@@themagickalmermaid This is what they've been rapping for generations now too. Not that I'm an expert and I appreciated Marlon's song.

There exists rappers that have deep political messages but the mainstream hates rappers that are not "vibing". Just like metal had certain bands that were promoted more than others because they wanted to push bands that game more of a party atmosphere, but didn't really promote bands that spoke of drug addiction.

Sounds like this young rapper used an art form to express a truthful observation. I care less whose culture he "appropriated". From him, i see it as a SHARED cross culture of unity and respect and love. Please, we must stop putting labels on TRUTH. Thats how they divide us all. Anyone for truth, just accept the message and for this, praise the messenger because he will influence others still trapped in a 'public lie'.

@@themagickalmermaid Yeah I'm sorry but that's a little far with the cultural appropriation. Like it even matters what color he is as well, just as long as people get the message. I find it more pressing to say cultural appropriation over them actually embracing, living, and learning that culture first at least. And to not know his come up over the years and hows hes been saying this shit from the get go makes it more pressing to me.

Fo real mysonne type truths

Me too... Right On!!!

Haha yes! A few of us in The Centre clapped for him when he showed up in the Zoom call the day after he dropped this.

Black rappers have made their message clear for decades, not too different.

@@TrasteIAm White people (the ones who don't think there's a problem) don't listen to black rappers. That's an uncomfortable truth we have to acknowledge.

@@Kraus-. Well I’m listening now. Trying to anyway. My go to music is soft jazz.

@@TrasteIAm whose first is not on trial here. All we wanted is more people saying the truth. Because we only just barely avoided a Trump second term. It's reality that Trump was a incompetent leader even with his attempt at a coup. But will we always be this lucky? We need to do something to ensure it never get this close ever.

@@Kraus- Even if they did they couldn't relate to.

Please never sit down! We need to share this, and listen to this bright young man's words.

Well said...

I agree, and its crazy because he bars up and makes a song out of said perspective, when most people wouldn't even have the balls to just say half this shit, period.

yeah dude I was thinking the exact same thing

Serious talent. Have you all heard Amanda Gorman perform her inauguration poem? Similarly next level.

Yo for real? Damn. Yeah it's an amazing song with an amazing message, but he ain't saying shit that leftists ain't been saying for years. They get labeled as dangerous communists and radicals though, so nobody pays attention.

@@vannah12222 Truth! Maybe we're gonna win this "culture war" the right's been on about forever after all, so long as more content like this keeps coming.

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you mean all the shit constantly talked about by liberal talking heads at MSNBC or the righteous elites at CNN? Because i got some real news for ya: shhhh... you have no objections because your thoughts are fed to you just like Marlon's are. But keep thinking yall are intellectuals on some next. I fully think it's phony ass woke bullshit. (Hey, we all can have an opinion) Marlon does deliver it very well though. Dude has got incredible talent.

@@lawrenceshdow this coming from someone who believes that "masks kill". Chile have several seats. People like you are what this artist describes in his song, and when someone/People wants to talk about or tackle racism and injustice in our society, it becomes "phony ass woke bullshit". Boy bye!

Well said. Reminds me of Act III Scene II by Saul Williams. A call to step up

@@FJB_USA_1ST " people like you"... How racist.

@@devonfitz5760 how exactly saying "people like you" racist? Where exactly is the race part implied and how? For example I don't actually know the ethnicity of any of people involved in this discussion, how do you?

Here here. This is the truth this nation needs. For too long have we been going down this path. We've had a black strain since the day we brought slaves to this land. We let it infect us. We believe the lies to make ourselves feel better. Corporations are our enemy not our neighbors. Your neighbor doesn't affect your life. Your slave labor, as the lowest bidder, does to the wolves known as your corporate overlords. Your mad at the dude in town, but he isn't paying you $7 an hour, leaving you choosing between rent or food.

That's great. But are you gonna do something

Straight up paradigm shifting banger.

@@pineapplekrak6473 no :(

👍💯☯️🙏

ARIE MELBER is genius

Same here!

Me too..love it!!

Me 2!

Ditto

Well said!

True.

Omg! Yes! We needed this...I’ve been waiting for a new artist to step up.

Tom macdonald much?

@@eos48fan1 ?

I am a 59-year-old white male very impressed keep up the good work.

@@ricksurratt9034 Your virtue badge is in the mail.

How long you been subscribed to hobo shoestring? He’s pretty funny.

yeah, but as he said the writing was on the wall. i'm an Australian in Australia, and when donald trump came down the escalator i said if he ever becomes president there will be a civil war to get him out of the white house, and he sure as hell tried to start one.

It was pretty obvious. Shit was planned on facebook, twitter, a little on reddit, and even trump told people to go to the Jan 6th 'protest'. To everyone else in the world it was blindingly obvious that shit was going to go down

What's more crazy is that so many people needed the riot to show them what has been going on for years

@@jennifermarie3158 too many still believe the republican party had nothing to do with the riot. They believe the lie that it was antifa (i guess antifa wears a lot of trump gear now), they believe that trump supporters aren't true republicans but the truth is that they are. Trump was right about the dissenters being RINOs, because the republican party has become a cult of personality so if you aren't ride or die for that you aren't really a republican

Right liberals calling for lists of all trump supporters thats insane.

One of my life goals is to never put myself in a position where I'm being charged with Crimes Against Humanity. I.e. this is the kind of thing I think about a lot.

Same

@@allenantonioheyllatorre5720 nope

@Spanky Ham lol

couldnt have said it any better

"TRUTH IS, IF IT WASN'T FOR COVID, TRUMP WOULD HAVE BEEN REELECTED IN A LANDSLIDE". That IS the truth. That's why our lives have been flipped over. Just to get rid of him. Do you see the lengths y'all are willing to go to, just because the TV said "orange man bad"? You HAD to get rid of him... One year later and gas is over 50% more expensive, prices of EVERYTHING rising faster than any of us have ever seen, empty store shelves, businesses can't find people to work. We can't find truckers. We can't unload cargo ships. Your party says I need to show my papers to eat or see a movie, but if I think we should have to show ID to vote, you call me racist. Apparently thinking non-whites are smart and capable enough to do simple things like get an ID makes me a racist, and thinking they're too dumb to get one means you really care about them??? You call Trump a Russian puppet, but on day One biden shuts down an American oil pipeline and then immediately turns around and paves the way for a Russian one to get completed. Now we're paying more for dirtier gas & oil, paying our enemies for it, using ships that pollute to send it around the world instead of getting it here, and you say NOTHING.

@@SamM-gl9zc I'm later middle aged. I've seen gas prices (& crude oil) higher both literally and certainly, relative to US average incomes. During my life, there have also been 13 years of higher rates of inflation in the US than there was in 2021. This is easy stuff to look up btw...Took me like 8 minutes to confirm. Things I haven't seen in my life prior to the past couple of years: its vast 3) 25% tariff on USA's largest supplier of goods. 4) Seditious president. (Who, as you noted, is indeed a bit orange). Good day to all.

Could not agree more!!

Absolutely! Both beautiful & powerful!!❤👊💙

I was just thinking the same thing. 2021 is off to a hard-hitting start for the power of American poetry.

I've been waiting for music that inspires change since it left us in the 1960s and 70s. and here we go! And it happens to be another Age of Aquarius. Let's make lasting changes this time.

But told you to wear a mask?

@@darylwhittakergoteborg1437 then make sure to wear 2 masks now. “Cause they said so”

Indeed he did...with style.

@@maxuzumaki5754 Bro, you are making zero sense here. What does that have to do with the lyric?

@@darylwhittakergoteborg1437 you mad mad

That was a great line

Gave me chills

You beat me to it, but thumbs up. I posted similar before seeing your comment: I may have agreements and disagreements with some of the lyrics, but damnit, man... "Fuck a popular lie; I'd rather be a truthful secret." You just summed up my core ethic more concisely than I could...

That line was my favorite!

Yeah . He is caring for America and its future for all in it.

Love will win!

Yeah incredible statement out of a long list 🔥

That floored me 🤯

That was a gut punch for sure

Indeed... cheer or BELIEVE

Respect but check the hate on this kid and the message

I watched the MSNBC clip discussing this, but YT (that darn algorithm) brought me to this.

I saw it on MSNBC first with Ari and just had to hear the whole thing, I’ve listened to it five times now. There’s so much to absorb, funny how truth resonates so immediately. I’m 63 listening to this and am so in awe. Bless him, bless us all.....

Christina Cody yep me too.. algorithm 🤷🏽‍♂️

Me

Not me. Was in my recommended. Don’t watch that shit show of a network.

I totally admit it...And I liked what I saw and heard.

Calling me out! 🙄

Never heard of him until seeing him on Ari's show

That’s me

I came here from the MSNBC, but I didn't watch it all. I got as far as the clip where a rapper was talking about ending white supremacy, then decided I would like to go to the source and just watch the video.