It’s so weird seeing this after listening to “her last words” To hear the same beat but with a different lyric.. The good thing is that they both share something in common..PAIN
I didn't stay... I finally got away after 3 years & started a new life. My scars will forever remain, but will also remind me to never go back to that shit. To all the women or men who are suffering the same thing, get away. You ARE good enough. I wish peace to you, & much love.
this song is so much more haunting when you realize that he's not just talking about his parents, but also about his own experiences with domestic violence. The music and the lyrics are just so wrought with guilt, emptiness, and frustration. i really like how the music video never shifts focus away from the kitchen and the kitchen table, though. Whoever designed the background obviously had a very specific vision in mind. It just looks so dark, neglected, empty, frustrated, and lifeless. It's an obvious reflection of how the characters portrayed in the video feel inside. it's fits so perfectly when you think about the role that the kitchen is meant to play in a family, since a kitchen should be a place bursting with life. It's a place where a family meets to care for each other and connect with each other. I also like how the stage darkens right before the last verse starts, but then light starts to pour in right as slug says step into that warm weather. The last verse shifts from really dark subject matter to a more hopeful sentiment with slug suggesting that they should just remove themselves from their situation entirely. I feel like the light pouring in really emphasizes that change and offers a little glimmer of hope.
+Ryder Velasquez thanks for that mention..I just listened to that perfect couple 1 an 2 that shit is too intense..intense emotion..I'm gonna give that second song a whirl, thank you
+Ryder Velasquez they both blew me away..I don't think I could actually go back an listen to them...they're very dark...I only fear listening to them again because those songs bring back emotions that I've left in the past..but very very intense, an thank you again for mentioning those songs...what else you listen to??
I had an abusive childhood, every day at school I was beaten until I was bleeding and bruised. I remember every night the pain and details. My fear is that I become something like the father because of the anger I had built up through the years of my childhood. It is this fear why I don't trust myself to connect with others.
try to find a good therapist wholl help u find ways to think right and perceive things the correct way when life gets in your face. dont take anything personal. people are the way they are because of life experience not you.
Baby girl! I did it three months ago and moved to the other side of the country. It's tough, but it is so worth it. If I can do it, you can do it. If it seems impossible and too difficult, trust me...it isn't. Not compared to what you would go through. Love your SELF lady. There isn't a damn thing wrong with that.
There's nothing anyone could tell you to change your mind, it's all you and your life. But please, it only gets worse. Leave with a black eye before a body bag. People are crazy enough nowadays to kill children to harm their significant other. Please be safe and realize it's not a good environment for you. Message me if you want, I'm finishing off my victims advocacy certification this semester, I can help you.
"You can't hold hands when they make fists, and I ain't the first to say this." Even though your not going through a situation such as exclaimed in this video, it still really does touch the heart because of the passion slug puts behind his vocals. Moving really.
win win situation!! we see this and we put ourselves in their places.. kinda hard thou, not beautiful.. its kinda painfull but sure is a win for us to realize that there are so many different people in the planet.
Slug, you changed my life. Period. I worked for Welfare Clothing in Detroit, we brought you guys up as a sponsor for a show at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor right after Overcast came out. Since that day your music and lyrics changed my life. Got me through the death of my best friend, Breakups, Fear, Hardship. This one hits close to home again Thank You. Amazing video.
This is such a great message and all... But it was difficult when I realized I was relating to the son. I've never hit someone or anything, but I have a lot of anger in me. When I think about how abusive my parents were towards each other, I realize that one of my greatest fears is loosing control and becoming that sort of a monster.
I feel you homie. My parent's only got married because i was born, and it's been an self-destructive and abusive relationship with me as the bystander for 20 year's now. And i agree one of my biggest fear's is turning into the sort of monster i've despised my entire life. You just have to remember, it's not how you grew up. It's how you choose to accommodate the good/the bad from your life into making yourself the better person.
Thank you for posting this, I never could figure out why this got to me so much, my parents got into a lot of fights when I was a little kid, now that I think about it, thats what i remember most about my early childhood.
Rancherokee No. I'm just talking about my own fears personally. Sometimes I can't help but see the errors my parents made repeating themselves in me. But you're rage is your own. I'm speaking for no one but myself.
I never thought I'd be the one this song is about. I called the hotline today after listening to this for the first time in years. If you need help, don't hide. Us men especially.. we hide it so often. Reach out!
"Please don't stay" love gives no pain ....love yourself and live. Ppl will treat you as you allow them to. Flee Pain , run. Your not a coward your a survivor. Put up that base! Hear the beat. ...break free. love your seed.
Although I was not physically abused this song resonates deeply. I use to listen to atmosphere all the time in my early teens and I re-discovered this song at the age of 23 and still knew every word. “A childhood of watching ma and pa get raw” hits the hardest. I had a lonely childhood and was left behind by both my mother and father due to a nasty divorce that took their focus away from what is important. “The anger lives on through their son.” I’m now 23 depressed and angry as hell. I’ve never been in a romantic relationship even though I’m told I’m a handsome guy. The fact that I was never loved makes it extremely difficult for me to sympathize and love others. The reason I thought of this song was because there was a verbal altercation between my neighbors and I thought it could get violent. I train mma and boxing so I decided to walk over and let the woman know if anything happened I would be there. Although I do the right thing in a physical sense I cannot escape the scars from my childhood and it is killing me on the inside. It’s hard to measure how much emotional damage we carry, be kind and love others how you would want to be loved
Ten days ago I split with "the love of my life" a broken man who this song fits almost perfectly, his parents were like this, mine were too. I stayed 7 years. I hate him in some ways, but mostly I hate myself for staying too long. I finally ended it when he lost his temper with our 14 month old son. It wasn't bad, but it was enough. That was were I drew the line. I cannot allow my son to go through the same. The cycle has to be broken somewhere. We both need psychiatric therapy. I love him, it hurts, but it hurts less to leave than to stay and risk my son becoming his father...or mine. Yeah...please don't stay.
I remember when I was 11 and going out on my back porch and saw my aunt and step dad drinking together. My aunt tackled me to the ground and I couldn’t breath under her because she was so big. I begged and yelled for her to let me up and I finally punched her in the face. As I was taking that breath in my step father held is foot on my neck and everything went black. I woke up in the kitchen to my mother shaking me and crying with blood all over my chin and mouth and shirt. He held his foot on my neck for so long he busted the all capillaries in my nose. I had nose bleeds so bad for years after that. Some people just get dealt shitty hands from the start of life. Prayers and love for all those out there who’ve been abused.
This video is just so amazing. Moving, actually. I'm lucky enough to have a mom and a dad who never fight. It makes me feel sad, though. Physical I abuse happens every single day. I'm lucky I've never had to deal with it, but God Bless everyone who had to. My prayers are with you.
Not everything is dumb shit, just 99,99%. But that's mainly because the mainstream shit gets all the money and that's the only thing most people in the business want. That's why I mainly listen to rock / metal and everything in that direction. It's written with passion for music, not with the intention of money(, but then again, not everything in that genre is that way either).
Song hits my feels so hard. I swore I wasn't going to listen to it today because it actually brings me to tears, but I actually can't resist the genius behind this whole song.
This song used to make me tear up as an angsty teenager with a perfectly healthy home. Never thought I'd empathize with it on an even deeper level. I watched as the sweet girl I fell in love with turn into a monster. After she picked a fight at a concert her rage did not stop when I took her home. She started slamming her apartment door repeatedly, and when I grabbed the door to stop her she raised her fist at me and called me a pussy. I wasnt afraid, just so insanely heartbroken and hurt. So this goes out to everybody, men and women. So much love to you all.
The day they posted this song was the day i left my abusive relationship. After 15 months. Thank you for posting this. It still helps me stay away from it.
Been abused since 2012 I finally stood up and got out of it. It was slowly killing me, every scar on me i see everyday. I felt myself slowing dying from the physical, mental, verbal, sexual abuse I've endured throu those years
I don’t understand how the whole world isn’t listening to this. If everyone just took a moment, to let Atmospheres songs penetrate the brain, imagine that..
The part that hits me the hardest is from 3:30 to 3:39. Seeing the kid and mother bonding over something his father caused in anger is simultaneously hopeful and yet more crushing when you realize that the kid turns out just like him.
My friend made me listen to this song to get me out of an abusive relationship...It still gives me goose bumps listening to this song cause it takes me back to that time...but i found someone so much better who treats me right.
I find it beautiful that even after someone leaves your life for whatever reason it may be, music is that very distinctive thing that sticks with you that you shared with them and they shared with you. Something that you heard while they were in your life. And not even those you miss but even those you don't and are happy are gone. But they showed you some bad ass music and there's something empowering about listening to it even though they pretty much don't exist anymore. Shit feels great
Atmosphere did it first.. he made this song & it was deep. Touched hearts, helped people have the strength to get out of situations like this. Of course someone copied it & people like hers better & talk shit on his. People like that, that don't appreciate the art are the reason the world is the way it is.
Atmosphere's albums have chronicled my life since I was 14 years old. Even this last album, I listened to this and it gave me the strength to stay gone from an abusive marriage.Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Holy crap. That about covers my mom and dad when I was growin' up. In fact, that covers roughly all the hell I went through living with my old man. Christ, abusive parents are awful. Thanking my mom for not letting me turn out like him. Too bad no one ever called that hotline for me back then.
my god its like my past... it really hits home, I was in the same sutuation but my father took it out on all of us and I hope to god I dont end up like him
Its now your chance to change it. There are alot of people with the same situation sadly, but there are also alot of people who are willing to help you. Get over your anger, if you cant handle it alone. But I wish you like to get out of the whole circle alone.. we all can make a change in this world..
you are absolutely right. I do it on my own and even though its hard I get through it. Music is pretty much the only thing curing it, but my girl has helped me as well and grateful i have her in my life.... WannabeLynx out of every comment i've read you are the only one i've read that has actually been great.
My life revolved around chaos I miss the days when there was smiles and happiness I miss seeing my mother smile and my dad being proud i miss when sunshine would shine brighter then anything,and we had nothing to worry about I wish my family could be togeather and most of all I wish we could be all happy...
My father was the type of person that rules his family like a dictator reigns his country. he used harsh words, threats, made me and my mom tools of his own goals, and manipulated every situation or bond for his own good. effectively cutting of most of my family. In his rage I had fled the house every now and then..running in the middle of the street waiting for the end. We finally ran away but I crashed from all the built up pain and anxiety. I've been in therapy for a year and I've only sratched the surface of healing of those festering wounds. My mom is still a puppet for his ends, but she's doing efforts to break out of it too. We're looking for an end to this nightmare and we'll get there, even if it takes processing our past and cutting painful ties. Whoever you are out there. be the loving person others might never have had in their life. And show the world you're a strong happy human being that takes pride in having a loving, healthy social circle. Thanks for reading this, peace
Hey.There's some some scars that will probably never disappear, but there's effort to make them heal nicely. My mother finally had the courage to start an official divorce. We ended up having to call a police intervention in our own house to make him leave, including a physical fight with me...which he claims now to be "an effort to hug" - cursing the word hug for me. My own energy is incredibly sensitive to anything that's even far related to him, like thinking someone's silence means anger. Mental abuse is about as difficult as pain can be, there's no bruises or marks except the blue around my eyes from lack of rest. There's no official records of the severity of his deeds, and he will never even accept the idea he's at fault. Even now he blames the divorce on me. Right now I try to see my father as the example of a person I shouldn't become, the example of inhumanity. Thoughts and melancholia rise in a matter of seconds. But I did manage to trust a few others, even though those bonds are fragile. I do try to keep my own motivation together to build on the dream I have to create art and games allowing others to escape their poor condition even for a few minutes. Right now, I just wait for people to express their happy lives, good virtues, attitude and a will to live the best they can for themselves, others and the world. Thanks for your reply, others recognizing my effort to prevent things happening to others like they happened to me means a lot to me
Canny Thank you so much for replying. I’m so thankful to hear that you and your mom and doing a little better, and I want you to keep thinking about that light at the end of the tunnel. Keep fighting, you will get through this. Your dad will never deserve a child as great as you, and a wife as great as your mom.
Canny wow... just... wow ... you are a truly wonderful person... (': it makes me feel a lill bit brightier wen i know that someone somewere is like that... thanks you
My parents split when i was like 9 years old. I remember my dad hammering the point home that i'd never seen him and my mom fight ever. It makes me wonder what mustve been happening behind the scenes for him to drive that point home, to be so worried about it that he needed to tell me so many times. Relationships are confusing but even more so once you have kids and start bringing a little person with a brain the consistency of jello into the mix. My heart goes out to anyone dealing with stuff that this video depicts.
Ancient post but go to concerts. In small venues they hang out at the bar after sometimes! Got to "meet" Ant that way. Didn't chat him up much but had the opportunity to try and get talking.
This is what I love about Atmosphere, they put out some of the intelligent and well written, thoughtful rap out in the world today, and a track like this hits hard, not just for wives or girlfriends, but for anyone who's watched abuse happen and been too afraid or weak to stop it, for me this hits hard, it reminds me of the friends I loved and couldn't save, but maybe that's just me, this track is amazing, and the albums a masterpiece.
Can't listen to this song without crying & it is 1 of the reasons I wrote this. This is about my Dad back in the day but he's no longer like that. Used to domestic violence, suffering in silence. And when it was your turn, you had to take your ass beatings while being quiet. If you couldn't, your defiance will only go worse & be more immense. He'll take offense, use your tears against & use that lesson on to the next. All you can feel is bad for your brothers & sister because it commenced... Throws us in the closet, belt & fist hurt the hardest to be honest. Whoppings for free, nonprofit, he profits with joy, we cry to prophets so they can stop it. Nothing was promised but our ass kicked was always on top of the list. Stockholm syndrome because we still loved him, victims sticking together at the end. If you could imagine what he went through that made him like this as a kid. Letting out his rage on the innocent, corrupting our innocence. A never ending cycle that makes me sick, some couldn't get out of it but i did. Didn't follow in his ways, even though it might be in my dna & come out someday. Until then, I'm the opposite & am very protective of my Family til this day.
It's basically a warning to those in an abusive relationship. The video shows an example of an abusive relationship where even after the wife and husband die, the anger lives on through their son. The chorus is pleading to those in an abusive relationship to break the cycle.
I've had many friends to hear this, not seeing the video. It shook em. They changed. This is one on of the most important songs in my life because I've been able to use it to change other lives for the better. Slug... Ant... thank you.
Go get yourself a more better forever....Cuz if you don't kill him, he's gonna kill you....You can't hold hands when they make fists. I fkn love you Slug.
I grew up with my Grandparents, when I was young my Grandpa was an abusive drunk. I witnessed a lot of shit back then that scared me. That's what drives me to this day to not hurt my wife or kids. I avoid the bottle so I don't become like he was back then. Motivation comes in all shapes and sizes, be it bad or good.
you won't. I grew up in a similar household man, and I wouldn't trade it for the world, because just physically being present in the situations I've been through makes you realize the damage it causes. I feel if anything, it has shown me how not to act towards the people we love. You'll be fine my man.
Seeing this song live was one of the most emotional things I've ever experienced. Nothing makes me feel the way that this song makes me feel. I hate that I still love the person who caused me so much emotional trauma, but I can't help it. When I saw Atmosphere live about a month ago, it was around the time I was trying to get over this whole break up. Hearing Slug preform this just made it feel like he truly would be "the last to say, please don't stay". Slug and Anthony really have no idea the impact they have on people. Love those cats till the grave.
I appreciate this song. Im shaking, never has a song been as real on portraying this subject matter. Ugh, definitely a brief trigger the first time hearing it. Thank you though for real music
This song helped me leave my abusive relationship. After the beatings, forcing me to use drugs..... God u can't even imagine everything I went thru.... I heard this song and it felt like he was singing it to me. I love atmosphere so much!!! His music had helped me in so many situations!!!
This is literally so good! I had to face this my parents were always fighting it was terrible... Who ever is facing this its ok their is help out there.
I'm so glad I re-watched this video. I feel so confident about the decision I made to save myself and my baby. I can never thank Atmosphere enough for all they have helped me through. Much love to Slug and Ant ❤
I almost got back into a relationship with a narcissist.. until a really good friend showed me this song... made me cry.. but I put my shoes on ...N I promise my lil boy we will never go back... thank you for opening my eyes....
I may have died being three months prego if i didn't hear this. So this song very well has saved my sons life too. The physical and emotional sltress caused my plecenta to break 5 months later leading us to be lucky to be alive as well.
Please Do not a afraid of the future there are still good people out there. They may be harder to find with the world today but you will find someone. Good luck. No matter how hard it is you can do it.
I didn't mean in terms of relationships so much, just in general. You never know for sure how anything is going to turn out. Fear is natural as long as it doesn't hinder you. Thanks for the kind words, though.
Ashley Dufault Once a month I volunteer to socialize with seniors at nursing home and one lady told me today is the future worry about this exact moment and make the list and everything else will fall in play ay"
This song hits too close to home for me. My father abused my Mom and brother. We finally got out when I was six and a half. My Mom was afraid to leave because she was scared he would kill her. She told me that she stayed because she thought that we, my three siblings and myself, needed a father in our lives. My aunt told me that the real truth was that my Mom was scared that my father would kill her and my siblings and me. My youngest sibling was only two years old, and that's my little brother. My little sister was only three. My older brother was only nine at the time we left. I am so grateful that we got out of the situation we lived in. My older brother took most of the beatings for me. He always got in the way of my father's rage and took the hits for me. I am so grateful for my older brother. He lived with my father from the age of two until he was nine. My father adopted him when our parents got married. I will forever be grateful for what my brother did for me. My younger two siblings only remember our father as a somewhat caring man. I remember the abuse even though I was younger. I remember my father making me kneel in dry rice when I got into trouble. I still bear the scars from the rice to this day. As of December 19th of this year, we will have been out of that house just outside of New Orleans, Louisiana for 10 years. I thank God that we got out when we did or else who knows where we'd be. I'm sorry that this is so long. ~Audrey Amitola Silver Shadow. (AKA James)
Blaming parents is just a scapegoat game that will take you all the way back to the beginning of time. You have to take responsibility for yourself. We don't get to choose the cards we're dealt, but we do choose how we play them. We all have light and dark inside us. It's what you act on that makes you who you are.
This is the most REAL comment and you are absolutely right. It only took ONE TIME for me and my husband was the most sober/relaxed person anyone had ever known. That made it more terrifying. Good message you shared...high five 😉
This song messed with my heart. This is what I grew up with my mom had enough of the hurting and left. Even though she left my brother and I I'm happy for her. My father started to take it out on me and my younger brother, I'm 17 and put my father in his place when I was 16
HALO4246 dude not all juggalos are bad, thats the new age they don't know shit.. I own my own garage and have a family.. my best friend he is also a juggalo went through college and all... the new age juggalos give the old school juggalos a bad name and juggalos aren't a gang, theres just some that are in gangs but not juggalo gangs and I am on juggaloloverse side they are idiots and even tho they call them juggalos I don't respect them, same as everyone else you gotta give respect to get respect
Im glad people don't about Atmosphere and other like them. Why? Its nice knowing you listen to something that is hardly know and makes everything better to be part of a small hip hop group
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I wanna be friends with people who listen to this kind of music
Brawneyy daily mah dude😔 I mean like my snap is anger_issues20 I need new friends ha,f of them are fake..
@@macihathcock3374 are you okay?
Fleur Hadley sure ig
@@macihathcock3374 do you need someone to talk to?
Fleur Hadley yes
It’s so weird seeing this after listening to “her last words”
To hear the same beat but with a different lyric..
The good thing is that they both share something in common..PAIN
yeah im pretty sure its based off of it
Same thoughts
Yeah, and both songs make me cry.
Radi Lee arsenal. Are you doneM OK I will afternoon i'm homen cancel granddaughter moment nice fast tighten one minute parmesan OK
I’m OK
Also the song perfect couple
I didn't stay... I finally got away after 3 years & started a new life. My scars will forever remain, but will also remind me to never go back to that shit. To all the women or men who are suffering the same thing, get away. You ARE good enough. I wish peace to you, & much love.
respect
Thanks for acknowledging men as the victims as well as women.
Just as you i use my scars to never go back to old ways! Stay strong aly as will I.
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Absolutely
"You can't hold hands when they make fists" is still one of the best lines I've ever heard
This song needed more attention than it ever got.
its sad when you can relate to these type of songs, but anyone going through shit don't give up just yet...
Thanks man I won't
Just yet
Don't just yet
I won’t
Noy yet
"She gets to mourn the touch of a punch" - Such bleak but powerful imagery. Sean you are a powerful wordsmith sir.
this song is so much more haunting when you realize that he's not just talking about his parents, but also about his own experiences with domestic violence. The music and the lyrics are just so wrought with guilt, emptiness, and frustration. i really like how the music video never shifts focus away from the kitchen and the kitchen table, though. Whoever designed the background obviously had a very specific vision in mind. It just looks so dark, neglected, empty, frustrated, and lifeless. It's an obvious reflection of how the characters portrayed in the video feel inside. it's fits so perfectly when you think about the role that the kitchen is meant to play in a family, since a kitchen should be a place bursting with life. It's a place where a family meets to care for each other and connect with each other. I also like how the stage darkens right before the last verse starts, but then light starts to pour in right as slug says step into that warm weather. The last verse shifts from really dark subject matter to a more hopeful sentiment with slug suggesting that they should just remove themselves from their situation entirely. I feel like the light pouring in really emphasizes that change and offers a little glimmer of hope.
yes
+Brett Kelley if you like songs that have deep meaning like this try the original song "Perfect couple part one and two" and "Her Last Words"
+Ryder Velasquez thanks for that mention..I just listened to that perfect couple 1 an 2 that shit is too intense..intense emotion..I'm gonna give that second song a whirl, thank you
of course I'm into these type a songs too
+Ryder Velasquez they both blew me away..I don't think I could actually go back an listen to them...they're very dark...I only fear listening to them again because those songs bring back emotions that I've left in the past..but very very intense, an thank you again for mentioning those songs...what else you listen to??
I'M NOT CRYING! YOU'RE CRYING!
Diegorilla We are crying ;)
Diegorilla boi we all crying Lol
Diegorilla im proudly crying
Diegorilla were all crying
Best comment I ever seen
I had an abusive childhood, every day at school I was beaten until I was bleeding and bruised. I remember every night the pain and details. My fear is that I become something like the father because of the anger I had built up through the years of my childhood. It is this fear why I don't trust myself to connect with others.
try to find a good therapist wholl help u find ways to think right and perceive things the correct way when life gets in your face. dont take anything personal. people are the way they are because of life experience not you.
I keep listening to this song hoping to get the courage to leave my abusive relationship.
Leave.
Don't stay.
86 that shit.
If you need someone to talk to email me.
admin@thugblytas.net=)
Baby girl! I did it three months ago and moved to the other side of the country. It's tough, but it is so worth it. If I can do it, you can do it. If it seems impossible and too difficult, trust me...it isn't. Not compared to what you would go through. Love your SELF lady. There isn't a damn thing wrong with that.
If you're strong enough to stay, you're strong enough to leave. Call your local DV center and they'll help. You are not alone.
There's nothing anyone could tell you to change your mind, it's all you and your life. But please, it only gets worse. Leave with a black eye before a body bag. People are crazy enough nowadays to kill children to harm their significant other. Please be safe and realize it's not a good environment for you. Message me if you want, I'm finishing off my victims advocacy certification this semester, I can help you.
"You can't hold hands when they make fists, and I ain't the first to say this."
Even though your not going through a situation such as exclaimed in this video, it still really does touch the heart because of the passion slug puts behind his vocals. Moving really.
Dude, fuck this... Even if you don't go through this, it still marks you.. The beat and the lyrics... just amazing..
win win situation!! we see this and we put ourselves in their places.. kinda hard thou, not beautiful.. its kinda painfull but sure is a win for us to realize that there are so many different people in the planet.
I agree
haha the beat is amazing i get it
Made me cry.. Fr. And not even a mainstream song can do that. Powerful. God bless Slug. I love that dude.
touches the soul
this song saved my life 3 years ago. thank you slug.
+ShannonD9 What hapen to you when this song save your life?
+XeneFiX Music she probably called that number on the end
Me too, about five years ago, and it's about to save me again. Thank u slug
I'm telling you when you get older these songs aren't just "fun" to listen to anymore.
They will creep up and hit right in the heart.
too real
Even when I was young this song wasn’t fun to listen to you gotta be psycho to find this song fun
Heard that…
i cry every time i hear yesterday
It's amazing you can feel how much Slug cares.
Slug, you changed my life. Period. I worked for Welfare Clothing in Detroit, we brought you guys up as a sponsor for a show at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor right after Overcast came out. Since that day your music and lyrics changed my life. Got me through the death of my best friend, Breakups, Fear, Hardship. This one hits close to home again Thank You. Amazing video.
This is such a great message and all... But it was difficult when I realized I was relating to the son. I've never hit someone or anything, but I have a lot of anger in me. When I think about how abusive my parents were towards each other, I realize that one of my greatest fears is loosing control and becoming that sort of a monster.
I feel you homie. My parent's only got married because i was born, and it's been an self-destructive and abusive relationship with me as the bystander for 20 year's now. And i agree one of my biggest fear's is turning into the sort of monster i've despised my entire life. You just have to remember, it's not how you grew up. It's how you choose to accommodate the good/the bad from your life into making yourself the better person.
Thank you for posting this, I never could figure out why this got to me so much, my parents got into a lot of fights when I was a little kid, now that I think about it, thats what i remember most about my early childhood.
So what does that mean for me? I have a lot of bent up rage in me but my parents have a healthy relationship... Does that just make me a psychopath?
Rancherokee
No. I'm just talking about my own fears personally. Sometimes I can't help but see the errors my parents made repeating themselves in me.
But you're rage is your own. I'm speaking for no one but myself.
Rancherokee All depends on what makes you rage to make you a psychopath haha
I never thought I'd be the one this song is about. I called the hotline today after listening to this for the first time in years. If you need help, don't hide. Us men especially.. we hide it so often. Reach out!
"Please don't stay" love gives no pain ....love yourself and live. Ppl will treat you as you allow them to. Flee Pain , run. Your not a coward your a survivor. Put up that base! Hear the beat. ...break free. love your seed.
this song makes me cry...
I feel it makes everyone cry
Although I was not physically abused this song resonates deeply. I use to listen to atmosphere all the time in my early teens and I re-discovered this song at the age of 23 and still knew every word. “A childhood of watching ma and pa get raw” hits the hardest. I had a lonely childhood and was left behind by both my mother and father due to a nasty divorce that took their focus away from what is important. “The anger lives on through their son.” I’m now 23 depressed and angry as hell. I’ve never been in a romantic relationship even though I’m told I’m a handsome guy. The fact that I was never loved makes it extremely difficult for me to sympathize and love others. The reason I thought of this song was because there was a verbal altercation between my neighbors and I thought it could get violent. I train mma and boxing so I decided to walk over and let the woman know if anything happened I would be there. Although I do the right thing in a physical sense I cannot escape the scars from my childhood and it is killing me on the inside. It’s hard to measure how much emotional damage we carry, be kind and love others how you would want to be loved
Ten days ago I split with "the love of my life" a broken man who this song fits almost perfectly, his parents were like this, mine were too. I stayed 7 years. I hate him in some ways, but mostly I hate myself for staying too long. I finally ended it when he lost his temper with our 14 month old son. It wasn't bad, but it was enough. That was were I drew the line. I cannot allow my son to go through the same. The cycle has to be broken somewhere. We both need psychiatric therapy. I love him, it hurts, but it hurts less to leave than to stay and risk my son becoming his father...or mine. Yeah...please don't stay.
God bless you and your family. I'm grateful you had the courage and strength to leave.
..thank you for sharing. And be proud of yourself , always ❤
I remember when I was 11 and going out on my back porch and saw my aunt and step dad drinking together. My aunt tackled me to the ground and I couldn’t breath under her because she was so big. I begged and yelled for her to let me up and I finally punched her in the face. As I was taking that breath in my step father held is foot on my neck and everything went black. I woke up in the kitchen to my mother shaking me and crying with blood all over my chin and mouth and shirt. He held his foot on my neck for so long he busted the all capillaries in my nose. I had nose bleeds so bad for years after that. Some people just get dealt shitty hands from the start of life. Prayers and love for all those out there who’ve been abused.
This video is just so amazing. Moving, actually. I'm lucky enough to have a mom and a dad who never fight. It makes me feel sad, though. Physical I abuse happens every single day. I'm lucky I've never had to deal with it, but God Bless everyone who had to. My prayers are with you.
andrew shemon My parents fight but they'd never lay a hand on each other unless they're hugging.
andrew shemon sometimes you become your parents without realizing it... sad but so. some people are just stronger.
I don't get physically abused but I do get verbally abused
If anyone thinks Rap is not a highly intellectual art form then watch this.
Not everything is dumb shit, just 99,99%. But that's mainly because the mainstream shit gets all the money and that's the only thing most people in the business want.
That's why I mainly listen to rock / metal and everything in that direction. It's written with passion for music, not with the intention of money(, but then again, not everything in that genre is that way either).
He is a Rapper, Rap is part of HIP HOP culture.
***** 👌👍
Other way round
this is not really intellectual but rather just very emotional haha intellectual is like eyedea and abilities powdered water too
Being a women of abuse, you have no idea how much this song meant to me. Thank you.
Good for you.
Song hits my feels so hard. I swore I wasn't going to listen to it today because it actually brings me to tears, but I actually can't resist the genius behind this whole song.
Oh man, that was amazing, people say that rap is all negative and that it doesn't help anyone, but this, this was art.
well said
ALWAYS STAY STRONG no matter how dark the tunnel may be there will always be a light at the end of it 💋👌💯
This song used to make me tear up as an angsty teenager with a perfectly healthy home. Never thought I'd empathize with it on an even deeper level.
I watched as the sweet girl I fell in love with turn into a monster. After she picked a fight at a concert her rage did not stop when I took her home. She started slamming her apartment door repeatedly, and when I grabbed the door to stop her she raised her fist at me and called me a pussy.
I wasnt afraid, just so insanely heartbroken and hurt. So this goes out to everybody, men and women. So much love to you all.
The day they posted this song was the day i left my abusive relationship. After 15 months. Thank you for posting this. It still helps me stay away from it.
Been abused since 2012 I finally stood up and got out of it. It was slowly killing me, every scar on me i see everyday. I felt myself slowing dying from the physical, mental, verbal, sexual abuse I've endured throu those years
I don’t understand how the whole world isn’t listening to this. If everyone just took a moment, to let Atmospheres songs penetrate the brain, imagine that..
Exactly
^^^
I don't understand why this doesn't have hundreds of millions of views
Top Crap cuz you're too busy listening to shitty music.
Grieves, Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Eyedea, Brother Ali, Phora, Logic. This is real hip hop, real artist who bring something valuable to the table.
2021 may. Slug still one of the best emcees breathing
The part that hits me the hardest is from 3:30 to 3:39. Seeing the kid and mother bonding over something his father caused in anger is simultaneously hopeful and yet more crushing when you realize that the kid turns out just like him.
FAMILY CAN BE ANYBODY..... ITS ABOUT WHERE YOUR HEART IS AT.......PERCEPTION
My friend made me listen to this song to get me out of an abusive relationship...It still gives me goose bumps listening to this song cause it takes me back to that time...but i found someone so much better who treats me right.
I find it beautiful that even after someone leaves your life for whatever reason it may be, music is that very distinctive thing that sticks with you that you shared with them and they shared with you. Something that you heard while they were in your life. And not even those you miss but even those you don't and are happy are gone. But they showed you some bad ass music and there's something empowering about listening to it even though they pretty much don't exist anymore. Shit feels great
still wont be done, The anger lives on, through their son.
damn now that ryhme gets me
Sad to think some people out there are going through that every day. As long as im alive i will bring peace and respect to this world.
Atmosphere did it first.. he made this song & it was deep. Touched hearts, helped people have the strength to get out of situations like this. Of course someone copied it & people like hers better & talk shit on his. People like that, that don't appreciate the art are the reason the world is the way it is.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Atmosphere's albums have chronicled my life since I was 14 years old. Even this last album, I listened to this and it gave me the strength to stay gone from an abusive marriage.Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I'm contacting you 10 years in the future, what do you think about his new stuff? I'm not crazy about it.
@@tac6044he’s happy now his music changed 🤷♂️ and I saw him a couple months ago. He plays all his old stuff. It was amazing
After 23 years, this is my favorite Atmosphere.
Holy crap. That about covers my mom and dad when I was growin' up. In fact, that covers roughly all the hell I went through living with my old man. Christ, abusive parents are awful. Thanking my mom for not letting me turn out like him. Too bad no one ever called that hotline for me back then.
my god its like my past... it really hits home, I was in the same sutuation but my father took it out on all of us and I hope to god I dont end up like him
Its now your chance to change it. There are alot of people with the same situation sadly, but there are also alot of people who are willing to help you. Get over your anger, if you cant handle it alone. But I wish you like to get out of the whole circle alone.. we all can make a change in this world..
you are absolutely right. I do it on my own and even though its hard I get through it. Music is pretty much the only thing curing it, but my girl has helped me as well and grateful i have her in my life.... WannabeLynx out of every comment i've read you are the only one i've read that has actually been great.
My life revolved around chaos I miss the days when there was smiles and happiness I miss seeing my mother smile and my dad being proud i miss when sunshine would shine brighter then anything,and we had nothing to worry about I wish my family could be togeather and most of all I wish we could be all happy...
My father was the type of person that rules his family like a dictator reigns his country. he used harsh words, threats, made me and my mom tools of his own goals, and manipulated every situation or bond for his own good. effectively cutting of most of my family. In his rage I had fled the house every now and then..running in the middle of the street waiting for the end. We finally ran away but I crashed from all the built up pain and anxiety. I've been in therapy for a year and I've only sratched the surface of healing of those festering wounds. My mom is still a puppet for his ends, but she's doing efforts to break out of it too. We're looking for an end to this nightmare and we'll get there, even if it takes processing our past and cutting painful ties.
Whoever you are out there. be the loving person others might never have had in their life. And show the world you're a strong happy human being that takes pride in having a loving, healthy social circle.
Thanks for reading this, peace
Canny Please reply, I need to know if you are okay..your story is so inspirational and I need to know what is happening to you
Hey.There's some some scars that will probably never disappear, but there's effort to make them heal nicely. My mother finally had the courage to start an official divorce. We ended up having to call a police intervention in our own house to make him leave, including a physical fight with me...which he claims now to be "an effort to hug" - cursing the word hug for me. My own energy is incredibly sensitive to anything that's even far related to him, like thinking someone's silence means anger. Mental abuse is about as difficult as pain can be, there's no bruises or marks except the blue around my eyes from lack of rest. There's no official records of the severity of his deeds, and he will never even accept the idea he's at fault. Even now he blames the divorce on me. Right now I try to see my father as the example of a person I shouldn't become, the example of inhumanity.
Thoughts and melancholia rise in a matter of seconds. But I did manage to trust a few others, even though those bonds are fragile. I do try to keep my own motivation together to build on the dream I have to create art and games allowing others to escape their poor condition even for a few minutes.
Right now, I just wait for people to express their happy lives, good virtues, attitude and a will to live the best they can for themselves, others and the world.
Thanks for your reply, others recognizing my effort to prevent things happening to others like they happened to me means a lot to me
Canny Thank you so much for replying. I’m so thankful to hear that you and your mom and doing a little better, and I want you to keep thinking about that light at the end of the tunnel. Keep fighting, you will get through this. Your dad will never deserve a child as great as you, and a wife as great as your mom.
Canny wow... just... wow ... you are a truly wonderful person... (': it makes me feel a lill bit brightier wen i know that someone somewere is like that... thanks you
At you least got the internet :')
My parents split when i was like 9 years old. I remember my dad hammering the point home that i'd never seen him and my mom fight ever. It makes me wonder what mustve been happening behind the scenes for him to drive that point home, to be so worried about it that he needed to tell me so many times. Relationships are confusing but even more so once you have kids and start bringing a little person with a brain the consistency of jello into the mix. My heart goes out to anyone dealing with stuff that this video depicts.
atmosphere gets me through everything god I wish could meet slug
Ancient post but go to concerts. In small venues they hang out at the bar after sometimes! Got to "meet" Ant that way. Didn't chat him up much but had the opportunity to try and get talking.
c0mmanderKeen do they still do concerts and where can I see their concerts.??????
Don't we all
Go to a show early every show ive gone to he goes and meets everyone
anyone one here from Courtney Parker her last words
courtney manning ~ Yass
amen
here comrade
courtney manning I'm here from "Diamonds" by Claryah (idk if I spelled her name right but yeah)
courtney manning Tha was much more better than this shit rap.. fucking hell its boring AF..
This is what I love about Atmosphere, they put out some of the intelligent and well written, thoughtful rap out in the world today, and a track like this hits hard, not just for wives or girlfriends, but for anyone who's watched abuse happen and been too afraid or weak to stop it, for me this hits hard, it reminds me of the friends I loved and couldn't save, but maybe that's just me, this track is amazing, and the albums a masterpiece.
the last verse leaves me sobbing every time. God bless you slug and ant.
Atmosphere's story telling through lyrics is solid.
Irk, have you heard another one of his songs called "became"?
Anyone listening in 2024
Forever❤
Atmosphere is one of the truly good people in this world that i am proud to say I look up too
Atmosphere is a group. MC Slug + DJ Ant :)
This song saved my life. Thank you!
Can't listen to this song without crying & it is 1 of the reasons I wrote this. This is about my Dad back in the day but he's no longer like that.
Used to domestic violence, suffering in silence.
And when it was your turn, you had to take your ass beatings while being quiet.
If you couldn't, your defiance will only go worse & be more immense.
He'll take offense, use your tears against & use that lesson on to the next.
All you can feel is bad for your brothers & sister because it commenced...
Throws us in the closet, belt & fist hurt the hardest to be honest.
Whoppings for free, nonprofit, he profits with joy, we cry to prophets so they can stop it.
Nothing was promised but our ass kicked was always on top of the list.
Stockholm syndrome because we still loved him, victims sticking together at the end.
If you could imagine what he went through that made him like this as a kid.
Letting out his rage on the innocent, corrupting our innocence.
A never ending cycle that makes me sick, some couldn't get out of it but i did.
Didn't follow in his ways, even though it might be in my dna & come out someday.
Until then, I'm the opposite & am very protective of my Family til this day.
It's basically a warning to those in an abusive relationship. The video shows an example of an abusive relationship where even after the wife and husband die, the anger lives on through their son. The chorus is pleading to those in an abusive relationship to break the cycle.
Can people stop talking about 'her last words'
just enjoy this song it hits just as hard. ffs
This song deserves at least 1Billion views
i'm not crying, i'm not crying... I'M NOT CRYING...
The perfect couple, her last words, the last to say wow a lot of this music
I've had many friends to hear this, not seeing the video. It shook em. They changed. This is one on of the most important songs in my life because I've been able to use it to change other lives for the better. Slug... Ant... thank you.
This song so beautiful, I'm not speaking about sound, rhythm or what not, but basically the power of this song...
Go get yourself a more better forever....Cuz if you don't kill him, he's gonna kill you....You can't hold hands when they make fists. I fkn love you Slug.
im 19, I grew up with abusive parents. im so fucking worried ill become like them.
i grew up that way too but i fell for men just like my dad abusive manipulating crazies it took me almost dying to leave
I grew up with my Grandparents, when I was young my Grandpa was an abusive drunk. I witnessed a lot of shit back then that scared me. That's what drives me to this day to not hurt my wife or kids. I avoid the bottle so I don't become like he was back then. Motivation comes in all shapes and sizes, be it bad or good.
I'm 22 and I hate people who hit women, I feel like I've learned from my dads mistakes, but what happened is still in my memory.
Don't become like them be positive stay strong and learn from your parents mistakes never give up hope I believe in you
you won't. I grew up in a similar household man, and I wouldn't trade it for the world, because just physically being present in the situations I've been through makes you realize the damage it causes. I feel if anything, it has shown me how not to act towards the people we love. You'll be fine my man.
Seeing this song live was one of the most emotional things I've ever experienced. Nothing makes me feel the way that this song makes me feel. I hate that I still love the person who caused me so much emotional trauma, but I can't help it.
When I saw Atmosphere live about a month ago, it was around the time I was trying to get over this whole break up. Hearing Slug preform this just made it feel like he truly would be "the last to say, please don't stay". Slug and Anthony really have no idea the impact they have on people. Love those cats till the grave.
I cried. wtf. why do I not know this guy? why is he not up on the top charts? we need more of this guy in our world
I appreciate this song. Im shaking, never has a song been as real on portraying this subject matter. Ugh, definitely a brief trigger the first time hearing it. Thank you though for real music
Slug is a beast with his art🔥🔥
GEMITAIZ - OUTRO
che meraviglia di base
e di canzone
complimenti atmosphere
e complimenti al nostro Gem, che ci ha cacciato una bomba.
+Gesù OUTRO di Gem e' poesia
+Gabriele Panico sì!
Gem su questa base ha cacciato un capolavoro veramente unico.
Complimenti,alla sua bomba,alla strumentale e all'originale.
Complimenti.
Ovunque eh
I can understand some part of it (I speak Tagalog, a language with lots of Romance Loan words), Even if I don't understand it all, I will still like
God, Atmosphere is the realest MC out there. It's always a story with something to say, and it's not always what you expect.
This song helped me leave my abusive relationship. After the beatings, forcing me to use drugs..... God u can't even imagine everything I went thru.... I heard this song and it felt like he was singing it to me. I love atmosphere so much!!! His music had helped me in so many situations!!!
When my mom told my dad she wanted a divorce, that was my happiest day in years. This song is like looking in a mirror.
This is literally so good! I had to face this my parents were always fighting it was terrible...
Who ever is facing this its ok their is help out there.
I needed this song where has this song been.
waiting for all of us at one point or another
I'm so glad I re-watched this video. I feel so confident about the decision I made to save myself and my baby. I can never thank Atmosphere enough for all they have helped me through. Much love to Slug and Ant ❤
I almost got back into a relationship with a narcissist.. until a really good friend showed me this song... made me cry.. but I put my shoes on ...N I promise my lil boy we will never go back... thank you for opening my eyes....
I may have died being three months prego if i didn't hear this. So this song very well has saved my sons life too. The physical and emotional sltress caused my plecenta to break 5 months later leading us to be lucky to be alive as well.
This really depressed me because my original father was abusive so it really sent a message to me considering my worst fear was turning into him.
Raku Gaming I had that experience my dad is aggressive he has anger problems.
This is really beautiful. And it makes me afraid for the future.
u cant be afraid of the future becuse theres all ways good time and bad time u never no how thing are ganna turn out
Please Do not a afraid of the future there are still good people out there. They may be harder to find with the world today but you will find someone. Good luck. No matter how hard it is you can do it.
I didn't mean in terms of relationships so much, just in general. You never know for sure how anything is going to turn out. Fear is natural as long as it doesn't hinder you. Thanks for the kind words, though.
Ashley Dufault
so true fear is the feeling of impending danger, i guess its about following your jimmy cricket hasn't failed me yet
Ashley Dufault Once a month I volunteer to socialize with seniors at nursing home and one lady told me today is the future worry about this exact moment and make the list and everything else will fall in play ay"
please dont stay...8 years i stayed .. finally broke the cycle seeking therapy i feel great :) very moving song
This song hits too close to home for me. My father abused my Mom and brother. We finally got out when I was six and a half. My Mom was afraid to leave because she was scared he would kill her. She told me that she stayed because she thought that we, my three siblings and myself, needed a father in our lives. My aunt told me that the real truth was that my Mom was scared that my father would kill her and my siblings and me. My youngest sibling was only two years old, and that's my little brother. My little sister was only three. My older brother was only nine at the time we left.
I am so grateful that we got out of the situation we lived in.
My older brother took most of the beatings for me. He always got in the way of my father's rage and took the hits for me. I am so grateful for my older brother. He lived with my father from the age of two until he was nine. My father adopted him when our parents got married. I will forever be grateful for what my brother did for me.
My younger two siblings only remember our father as a somewhat caring man. I remember the abuse even though I was younger. I remember my father making me kneel in dry rice when I got into trouble. I still bear the scars from the rice to this day.
As of December 19th of this year, we will have been out of that house just outside of New Orleans, Louisiana for 10 years. I thank God that we got out when we did or else who knows where we'd be.
I'm sorry that this is so long.
~Audrey Amitola Silver Shadow.
(AKA James)
It ALWAYS gets me, great message.
Go get yourself a more better forever💕
I'm getting this tattooed on me cause this is the line that defined what I felt when I finally left. 🙏🥰
@@missvalariej1917 yes❤
Thats the plan...😕
Blaming parents is just a scapegoat game that will take you all the way back to the beginning of time.
You have to take responsibility for yourself.
We don't get to choose the cards we're dealt, but we do choose how we play them.
We all have light and dark inside us. It's what you act on that makes you who you are.
This is the most REAL comment and you are absolutely right. It only took ONE TIME for me and my husband was the most sober/relaxed person anyone had ever known. That made it more terrifying. Good message you shared...high five 😉
It's ok to blame your parents too, I was thought that I'm always wrong, and believed that shit for years.
One of the greatest rappers of all time!!!
This song messed with my heart. This is what I grew up with my mom had enough of the hurting and left. Even though she left my brother and I I'm happy for her. My father started to take it out on me and my younger brother, I'm 17 and put my father in his place when I was 16
Such a simple video but so powerful
Written on 5 July 2020......stay safe 👉✌👍👈 RIP to those who have lost their lives during the pandemic
Man i feel this
This song has helped me not only get away, But also Remember to never go back.
This song holds too much meaning..
I USED TO CRY TO THIS....
Tears eventually dry out😤
Very strong lyricism and story. Overall a great song! Great job Atmosphere! You gained a new fan! :)
dude, it's my choice to be a Juggalo. You don't want to be one that's fine but leave me the hell alone please
No I don't people that do that aren't Juggalos they're idiots
Juggaloverse
hey people at lest hes not a brony
HALO4246 dude not all juggalos are bad, thats the new age they don't know shit.. I own my own garage and have a family.. my best friend he is also a juggalo went through college and all... the new age juggalos give the old school juggalos a bad name and juggalos aren't a gang, theres just some that are in gangs but not juggalo gangs and I am on juggaloloverse side they are idiots and even tho they call them juggalos I don't respect them, same as everyone else you gotta give respect to get respect
I'm Excited for you, there's about 15 years of amazing music waiting for you
Im glad people don't about Atmosphere and other like them. Why? Its nice knowing you listen to something that is hardly know and makes everything better to be part of a small hip hop group
I'm crying even though I have never gone through this...
I honestly think this is the only music video that actually makes the song better and adds to it.
I left my abused in January for good. Watching this or hearing the song still makes me cry, and reminds me that I made the right choice.