Akala Ft Lowkey - Behind My Painted Smile (Lyrics on Screen)

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  • @WisamAyCee
    @WisamAyCee 8 років тому +57

    Lowkey is just in another dimension oh my God, his rhymes and subject matter are incredible

    • @ash1451
      @ash1451 7 років тому +3

      Wisam AC
      You can hear the passion and pain in his voice. He's magic

  • @danielgaebel9161
    @danielgaebel9161 Рік тому +1

    Found this song two days ago and literally listened to it probably 50 times to soak in the lyrics and listen to the instrumental. Fantastic track, thanks for posting it.

  • @MogzysTunes
    @MogzysTunes 8 років тому +64

    One of my favourite songs, lyrically. Such a strong combination. Im hoping lowkey comes back. I want a Mic Righteous, Lowkey and Akala track. No one gets me feeling the music like those three.

    • @justin02350
      @justin02350 8 років тому

      do a remix of journey with lowkey. that'd be amazing

    • @arshadzacky2469
      @arshadzacky2469 8 років тому

      He came back bro :') all praise to God

    • @justin02350
      @justin02350 8 років тому

      +Arshad Zacky i seen that! but is he only doing a tour for money for his studies, or doing it because he'll radii again?

    • @justin02350
      @justin02350 8 років тому

      +justin miller rap***

    • @trustmyhustle5562
      @trustmyhustle5562 8 років тому

      they made a back stage track together

  • @paulineturnbull9637
    @paulineturnbull9637 8 років тому +19

    akala (and lowkey) have the most meaningful lyrics in rap

  • @nigelliotta3440
    @nigelliotta3440 4 роки тому +14

    "What you've got inside hasn't gotta die once. It can die a lot of times. That I promise, my son." His promise came true.

  • @TristanTate-bh2oz
    @TristanTate-bh2oz 6 місяців тому

    I asked God for this channel and he provided , love brother soon we free soldiers of god

  • @law92__
    @law92__ 9 років тому +44

    You probably think that we don't remember Ota Benga.

  • @marleyite
    @marleyite Рік тому +1

    Praise the lord for you tube… you won’t heard tunes like this on British radio.

  • @moonleigha
    @moonleigha 10 років тому +13

    this is such a great song, i love it, listen to it when im feeling down!

  • @manselblain8374
    @manselblain8374 8 років тому +138

    trying to fight colonialism with a colonised tongue , love that line

    • @MrRandomP
      @MrRandomP 7 років тому +1

      What does it mean?

    • @Sanjinator1
      @Sanjinator1 5 років тому +15

      @@MrRandomP He's implying, well, stating that he's part of the system that's causing the problem, unknowingly, till he 'woke up'. We all are.
      At birth, through education, we're taught to live in specifically controlled ways that's somehow offering a false sense of choice or freedom.
      Majority can't see it. Like breathing, it's become instinctual, too difficult to be aware of the problems at all times, only sometimes.
      Often leading to a never-ending conflict of conscious thoughts with one's self or an alienation to others when we provoke or challenge,
      to the forefront, their subconscious thoughts. As it goes...they live, we sleep.

    • @MrRandomP
      @MrRandomP 5 років тому +1

      Sandee thanks brother

    • @DavidBrown-jd2st
      @DavidBrown-jd2st 5 років тому

      Quoted it on the live track too honest for the masses... Respect ✊🏻

    • @Dinojong
      @Dinojong 5 років тому

      Imagine 18 people disliked this.

  • @JKDstocks
    @JKDstocks 4 роки тому

    Top lyrical output created in modern times for decades...... would vote for you as American president just based on this

  • @zarifkhan72
    @zarifkhan72 11 років тому +1

    Lowkey and akala blend so well here. I cud listen to this a thousand times!

  • @Brock-Lesnar-WWE
    @Brock-Lesnar-WWE 2 роки тому

    This brings back bare memories... I used to listen to this years ago when i was only 16... I thought I was a big man back then.. Good old days

  • @PrankedMuffin93
    @PrankedMuffin93 6 років тому +4

    wow.. one of my favorite songs now. so deep, I just met Lowkey thanks to Immortal Technique

  • @nicasso.london
    @nicasso.london 2 роки тому

    Amazing collaboration 💯💯🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @shellza5303
    @shellza5303 5 років тому +2

    Love from the Diné people💯

  • @linaabojaradehart
    @linaabojaradehart 10 років тому +17

    Music- with a real beat and raw lyrics- wish there was more of this

    • @Jordan-kw9jn
      @Jordan-kw9jn 10 років тому +1

      There is loads of stuff like this, check out the other artist in this track (Lowkey). He's got some amazing lyrics

    • @linaabojaradehart
      @linaabojaradehart 10 років тому +2

      Jordan Taylor I love lowkey and i've pretty much heard all his stuff. Too bad he's not making music anymore :(

    • @Jordan-kw9jn
      @Jordan-kw9jn 10 років тому +1

      Yeah, it sucks, but good things never last... Lowkey was one of the best... It's a shame how so few people even knew of him because that man truly deserved what he made of himself, a legend...

    • @linaabojaradehart
      @linaabojaradehart 10 років тому +2

      Jordan Taylor I kind of respect him for pursuing other things in his life and not getting caught up in the fame and money. His music is legendary. Its rare when i find someone who listens to his stuff!

    • @Jordan-kw9jn
      @Jordan-kw9jn 10 років тому +1

      He is a smart guy, he will be successful pretty much everywhere he goes, it's just people don't understand him, and get the complete opposite idea of what he's getting at... And yeah, it is rare, but it's also rare for people to listen to real music anyway... respect to you

  • @msrubyphoenix367
    @msrubyphoenix367 Місяць тому

    This is so beautiful ❤

  • @no2nsa
    @no2nsa 9 років тому +4

    2015 peace and love lowkey and akala

  • @0613830
    @0613830 4 роки тому

    Best of Britain. Who in today’s game can make you feel so blessed

  • @abdikadirali7599
    @abdikadirali7599 4 роки тому

    Far better. No number one you guys are legends

  • @sinlessbullets
    @sinlessbullets 6 років тому +2

    Lowkey and akala two amazing rappers

  • @jayalex161
    @jayalex161 4 роки тому

    Man on a mission to know himself I feel that bar man 🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏

  • @luisdiaz-do7hc
    @luisdiaz-do7hc 9 років тому +4

    Nice song 🎤🎤 Lowkey And Akala

  • @kevinbaughman5042
    @kevinbaughman5042 11 років тому +3

    Hey man, thanks a lot for putting up these lyrics!!!

  • @BlatantlyBlunt
    @BlatantlyBlunt 9 років тому +2

    The ultimate collabo!

  • @gringo2213
    @gringo2213 11 років тому +4

    What a beautiful song

  • @0113slimshady
    @0113slimshady 8 років тому +6

    After Lowkey has finished studying at soas, we need him back doing music, he is missed!

    • @TheAdamfeet
      @TheAdamfeet 8 років тому +6

      well your wish is granted haha

  • @JKDstocks
    @JKDstocks Рік тому

    "Cause my passion fading out" that hits so hard

  • @farazadris9712
    @farazadris9712 4 роки тому +1

    Absolute masterpiece

  • @Sab.86
    @Sab.86 Рік тому

    Amazing! ❤

  • @scottrealdemocracy
    @scottrealdemocracy 9 років тому +25

    I've seen lots of folks in other threads trying to say that Lowkey dropped out of recording music because he was forced out, but the lyrics here suggest that he wasn't satisfied doing music. Maybe he thought there was some other way he could do more for the cause of human liberation? Or maybe he was just truly too fed up?

    • @shakilchowdhury8582
      @shakilchowdhury8582 9 років тому +5

      +scottrealdemocracy ignore the hyped up kids, he bid his farewell/hiatus on his twitter saying that he was going to start focusing on his education. He's at SOAS uni in London.

    • @prodbyconscious
      @prodbyconscious 9 років тому +5

      +scottrealdemocracy The guy before got it right he's studying bro, he's a smart guy. Honestly hope he returns soon

    • @bradshaw1996
      @bradshaw1996 9 років тому +1

      his so called 'freedom of speech' got his face on the news as a wanted person, home raided with possessions took, held in custody for 24 or 48 hours when he visited Israel I think it was and that's just scratching the surface of what he said had done I assume. for gifted the man was/is he said it from the start he never wanted the fame he didn't like it

    • @prodbyconscious
      @prodbyconscious 9 років тому

      Shane when did you hear that man? Thats outrageous! Not heard from him in a long time thats worrying

    • @bradshaw1996
      @bradshaw1996 9 років тому

      C. notes he says it all through one of his interviews an some songs this was all before 2010 when he put the mic down

  • @Sanjinator1
    @Sanjinator1 5 років тому +8

    UK's Lowkey and Akala you should know
    US's Immortal Technique & K-Rino
    beyond these four
    you don't need no mo'
    enough knowledge
    to render obsolete a college
    if you're truly willing to sit down and listen
    don't stop there
    so much you're missin'
    hate to sound like I'm preachin'
    but actually apply what they're teachin'
    look at yourself
    seek in
    begin to improve your ways with-in
    sway a few men, sway a few wo-men
    no skin off my or your teeth this day then
    nah since when?
    who are we kiddin'?
    hidden answers we seek
    to questions forbidden
    yet we must keep, keep, keep. keep on askin'
    only then can we impact the rest of our kin
    to a brother, a sister
    no matter the colour of their skin
    the love we need's intact
    already built-in
    without it
    that holiday inn, we ain't buildin'
    keep ya chin up, smile
    refrain from grinnin'
    cos we aren't there yet
    still a while before we be winnin'
    as we're still sinnin'
    I'm not saying I always do right
    but i am beginnin'
    yo God, yoohoo!?
    hear my plight me singin'
    is it alright if I cry too
    sometime this evenin'?
    enough of this world
    so rough, so poo poo
    a little too tough and a little too cuckoo,
    to bare with at times
    got me feelin' like doo doo
    only thing keeping me going
    are these rhymes,
    my family,
    and my prayers in You You.

    • @darrin16
      @darrin16 4 роки тому

      ~Backpacks as napsacks, trash bags as jackets.."Black cats"; no magic, jus glass as a mattress..(bad luck?)..Imagine wakin' to poverty; fightin' squalor to eat..(While) fat-cats almighty collar, gets whiter on Wall St.-(& Live for) the almighty dollar; known thrivin' off othas earned..(They need) church!, while tha broke is survivin' off what they learned..Money burns tha same as truth, but its evident if rekindled.-(We could) change its tune: Arrested Development's "Mr. Wendel"..And show those folks our focused achievements is where high morals be..Blowin' doe to help our own should be our top priority..My Patience flies, cuz patients die from lack of medication.. Medicaids taken away and done, passin' tha operation..Street walls {Wall St.} next to city hall, conjure up ways evasive..While the lower population is scrapin' up change to make it..(Now they've) taken full control economically, its amazin'..(How free) masons took ahold; the economy isn't sacred..Lackin sake, while innovation's stakes needin' oval purity..(At this rate) my generation ain't seein' social security!-(So) Mr. Gates, & corporations, ALL OF U!!; prepare to help.-(Show) in exchange for gratification, tha proof u'll share tha wealth..~

  • @Jose-oq6kj
    @Jose-oq6kj 2 роки тому

    This leaves me with so many questions, I wish there was another verse. Guess i'll have to relisten a few times.

  • @zeekvass9144
    @zeekvass9144 4 роки тому +3

    Father akala brother low-key!

  • @sufyc5603
    @sufyc5603 2 роки тому +1

    I love this song

  • @truskool1971
    @truskool1971 2 роки тому

    still here for it ......

  • @emmettrotter5596
    @emmettrotter5596 Рік тому

    Holy fuck...I've never listened to a song 6 times in a row before

  • @samaiar
    @samaiar 11 років тому +1

    Love the verse on western intervention in other countries. So relevant

  •  3 роки тому

    Beautiful One

  • @YanManMuthaPhukkaZ
    @YanManMuthaPhukkaZ 2 роки тому

    I've painted my smile in grey because live is short

  • @Yyyy67897
    @Yyyy67897 3 роки тому +2

    "Trying to fight colonialisim with a colonized tongue " what a bar

  • @robmothecactus5150
    @robmothecactus5150 8 років тому

    much respect 4 lowkey

  • @TWN-nw4jd
    @TWN-nw4jd 8 років тому +1

    much love

  • @B0nghitter420
    @B0nghitter420 11 років тому +1

    This is a good 1

  • @russellt33
    @russellt33 5 років тому

    Everybody dead was somebodies someone - fuckin rawest shit

  • @AzamHamzaUK
    @AzamHamzaUK 11 років тому +1

    Does anyone know when this song was released? I really need to know. Thanks.

  • @gwiltl
    @gwiltl 8 років тому +1

    Could anyone tell me what samples are used in this beat?

  • @MissPik
    @MissPik Рік тому

    Ota Benga.😢 American history is so depressing.

  • @ArnerdParmer
    @ArnerdParmer 9 років тому

    here i stand again, living in sin, caught up in the dream, behind the painted smile

  • @eddiemongan
    @eddiemongan 8 років тому

    Wow why didn't I like this when I first listened fucking tune

  • @thereallegend4lyfe
    @thereallegend4lyfe 10 років тому

    What album is this off of?

    • @thereallegend4lyfe
      @thereallegend4lyfe 9 років тому

      oh ty

    • @zain9246
      @zain9246 9 років тому +1

      The Real Legend Knowledge is power vol. 1 I think, you're welcome.

    • @thereallegend4lyfe
      @thereallegend4lyfe 9 років тому

      Zain Akram Yea, too bad it isn't on Spotify and iTunes

    • @gwiltl
      @gwiltl 8 років тому

      It's on Spotify now.

  • @flowkeystree6257
    @flowkeystree6257 3 роки тому

    This n English Frank music is my sister go together like cheese and fine wine

  • @randomuser5213
    @randomuser5213 5 років тому +2

    who's on the chorus? she was sadly eclipsed ngl lol

  • @basiloxxlemoxx8927
    @basiloxxlemoxx8927 7 років тому

    10 of the best rappers to me:Lowkey immortal techniqueTech nineEminemTupacIce cube KRS OneApathyNas

  • @4OrCE1on
    @4OrCE1on 6 років тому +1

    2019

    • @andykerste1
      @andykerste1 5 років тому

      4OrCE1onGoodGaming real hip hop..

  • @jstormzy6634
    @jstormzy6634 8 років тому +2

    I don't want to die to Europains too

  • @CoreySenderson
    @CoreySenderson 6 років тому +2

    3:00 he says liberal***

  • @fairouzouajmane3851
    @fairouzouajmane3851 3 роки тому +1

    Dédicace à l élite de la t 3

  • @lisam5248
    @lisam5248 Рік тому

  • @Vurnex
    @Vurnex 4 роки тому +1

    we beat the fascists / release the classics / and reach the masses

  • @robmothecactus5150
    @robmothecactus5150 8 років тому +1

    check immortal technique

  • @RoyalGuard4619
    @RoyalGuard4619 3 роки тому

    I'm back !

  • @celathianaaron6057
    @celathianaaron6057 2 роки тому

    👁

  • @jstormzy6634
    @jstormzy6634 9 років тому

    big

  • @Ryo0fWildfire
    @Ryo0fWildfire 7 років тому +1

    Rip mumble rap.

  • @lokiloko3123
    @lokiloko3123 7 років тому

    lowkey