Marlon Craft - Gang Shit (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубліковано 3 чер 2019
  • ➜ Marlon Craft - "Gang Shit”
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    Prod. by Arbus Beats
    additional prod. by Alex Silver, Bobby Wesley, Kevin Theodore
    Directors: Nathan R. Smith & John Tashiro
    Producer: Jeremy Truong
    UPM: Owen Lazur
    1st AD: Andrew Daniels
    DP: John Tashiro
    Production Designer: Becky Morgan
    Costume Designer: Alexander Zemaitis
    AC: Agustina Biasutto
    Gaffer: Alfonso Jaramillo
    Key Grip: Gabe Solo
    Grip: Alessandro Medici
    Swing: Julia Kupiec
    Casting Director: Simone Norman
    Editor: Nathan R. Smith
    VFX: Christian Green
    Video Commissioner: Court Dunn
    Creative Direction: Marlon Craft
    John: Roy Wilson
    James: Dave Polgar
    Marcus: Jameel Laboo
    John's Wife: Cobie Jane
    John's Daughter: Katrina Kusa
    John's Partner: Robia Deville
    James' Wife: Becca Barnett
    James' Daughter: Julia Olshanska
    James' Son: Jacob Morrell
    Marcus Wife: Cherelle Morgan
    Marcus' Daughter 1: Yanna Buttons
    Marcus' Daughter 2: Jordin Wheeler
    #MarlonCraft #GangShit #FunhouseMirror #CraftStyle

КОМЕНТАРІ • 11 тис.

  • @MarlonCraft
    @MarlonCraft  5 років тому +4463

    LYRICS:
    Verse One (John):
    my name john and i’m a city cop
    and i’m jus tired of these nii --- lemme not
    they try to paint me as racist but see i’m really not
    call me pork so i put em on they belly at every stop/
    ‘n they scared? what a joke how bout how i feel
    check the crime rate, look at my eyes behind my shield
    im scared, this is a job, this how i find my meals
    so if they gon’ lie and steal ima make em lie from steel/
    and i think my life do matter more
    i seen too many of these people kill without remorse
    used to be 3/5s of a man, but i think half is more accurate
    how they celebrate savageness in a patterned form/
    my family raised me not to trust em fuck you they ain’t wrong
    these other cops are my brothers, and they be wishin us harm,
    they told me that it’s our culture to make sure that they suffer and i can’t break the bond
    it’s all i got im faithful dog/
    i bleed blue like i’m a giants fan
    to question my way is to stop flow in my veins
    so i ain’t slowin a day, ima keep everyone safe
    from these black bastards and, that’s word to my gang gang gang
    HOOK:
    i’m jus ridin for my gang gang gang
    Gang gang gang gang gang
    Gang gang gang gang
    GANG
    i’m jus ridin for my gang gang gang
    Gang gang gang gang gang
    Gang gang gang gang
    GANG
    America, whole lotta gang shit
    America, whole lotta gang shit
    America, whole lotta gang shit
    Gang gang gang gang GANG
    Verse Two (James):
    my name’s james and i’m in the klan
    my family been down for a four generation span
    it’s not bout the hatred man it’s love for our nation
    the white place where we took savages and enslaved and tamed em /
    And these white threads as hereditary as this white skin
    i ain’t have a say soon as i was of age i’s in
    and if i have to, i’ll resort to violence
    cuz they tryn’ shine colors in a country made for white men/
    And we’re poor too
    boo hoo all of you lefty’s complain about your oppression and pain
    while all of these mexicans came and take all our jobs and our lanes
    And i don’t blame corporatist games cuz i want the spoils and fame/
    i could have more too, that could be me one day
    that’s why i love trump, cuz see he see my way
    we gon make america white again
    cuz i don’t wanna compete with people who work harder than me cuz we all spited them/
    And if i considered that how we livin is wrong
    that would mean that i would have to concede that the sale and beatin of those bodies was uncalled for
    that it was all the murder and rape that got us these sunday’s at the golf course
    that we as heinous as they try to make us out to be why would i even try?
    there’s nothin in it for me to not treat it as lie
    so far as i’m concerned, all the blacks jews and the gays and the muslims and the mexicans could leave or die/
    i do it all for the klan, these are my brothers
    they understand me, and we all understand each other
    Don’t tell me that our fathers and mothers should be ashamed
    im ridin out forever for my gang gang gang gang gang
    HOOK
    Verse Three (Marcus):
    my name marcus and i’m in the feds
    i been locked up 4 years and 6 is left
    i got 10 for armed robbery shit and honestly
    i ain’t even wanna do it and it’s hard not to get depressed im dyin here/
    was bangin colors since a youngn
    was born into a gang cuz of the block that i grew up in
    i done seen many die, and a few folks kill
    but when the world won’t give you nothin shit, you gon’ steal/
    and my gang was all i knew, brothers amongst the madness
    drugs and death all around us and we was angry and callous
    the gang shit was all we had we made mistakes and were misled
    but why my gang got me in jail, and yours got you home in bed?/
    riddle me that, my skin black it’s simple as that
    the hatred you both got for me is all written in fact
    of our institutions you confused and feel like gettin me back
    for what? For livin poor in conditions that’s wack?/
    You claim that i strike fear in you
    But what you feel is you, for me to live how you’d call clean’d be a miracle
    The data’s empirical, you hate it when my people march for me
    But don’t you too scream cuz you feel they aint hearin’ you?/
    Your whole premise is false
    But i won’t waste no time tryna break your prejudice walls
    Point is we all on some gang shit, loyal to what we’s taught
    Believe in what was passed down our community’s theme of thought/
    And i’m the only one in cuffs for it
    If i get out a better man i’m still fucked for it
    You turn the TV on and look, you got Trump for it
    The president is in your gang bitch, and you still point at me to blame shit/
    I pray that when i get out, shit aint all the same
    But it’s a cold world to be alone in
    When the whole place that you grown in treat you like dogs in the rain
    Shit i might fuck around and call gang, gang gang gang
    HOOK

    • @ilikewaffles889
      @ilikewaffles889 5 років тому +95

      Marlon Craft Yo Marlon, this is fire. We all want you to blow up and songs with more of a story (I know all your music has a message but more of a story like this one) could really get you there faster. Keep killin it homie

    • @wheninroamful
      @wheninroamful 5 років тому +47

      Top notch shit, Craft. Thanks for speaking the truth.

    • @fraserwatsn
      @fraserwatsn 5 років тому +35

      This is Amazing

    • @Fafladage
      @Fafladage 5 років тому +22

      Thank U from Paris!)

    • @mattdeacon9580
      @mattdeacon9580 5 років тому +21

      Big fan here, Craft! I used to spit and would love to see some of my unheard bars on your tracks (No charge). I did an NBA track in 2005-6 you'd like for sure. Some sample lines are "The fans in background, the ballers in the trenches, the role players waiting their turn - riding the benches. But me, I power forward like KG and Webber, so step aside Yao Ming, I'm movin' to the center." "This vision - on point like J-Kidd is, longer than Rick Smits, no breaks, 48 minutes. In this game, you call me a mainstay. My team roll with Heat, so call me Dwayne Wade. Like MJ fallin' away, call it a day. I'm Timmy Duncan on anyone who ball in my game." Plenty more where that came from - hit me up. One more for you - "I'm steady writin' like a journalist and jumpin' tracks more tracks than a hurdlist. Never heard of this? You lookin' at a star like Copernicus."

  • @LioPard
    @LioPard 4 роки тому +1650

    This is when you know the Grammys is a systematic game. This are the type of songs that should be nominated and given awards. 💯 Marlon

    • @rogozov
      @rogozov 4 роки тому +12

      Lio Pard
      Lol. Respect. And yes they are all the things that aren’t sincere or true to the music. It’s a money industry thing. So is everything in your whole life. Get angry, we’re going to need to fight.
      This should defiantly have a minimum of 1 listen per English. Speaking American. Minimum. Spread it on your socials.

    • @nagsterthegangster3548
      @nagsterthegangster3548 4 роки тому +12

      When you actually take like, 15 seconds to think about it long and hard... Isnt that scary as fuck? That were controlled by a group of people who have convinced and weaponized politicians AND the police against us? The Gustapo were known under the "German Workers Party" - what we now call the "Nazi" party... Dude were in trouble, when the shit goes down they can pay every willing hand to kill for them.... we have to CONVINCE ours to fight for us on premise. They will outnumber us, be assured, whenever that revolution does come, it aint gunna be a clean. Never are they.

    • @rogozov
      @rogozov 4 роки тому +4

      NagsterTheGangster
      Yeah, the fight isn’t winnable with that sort of revolution. Money always won wars. It has to manifest from the fight of the the masses.. it’s the only silver lining with increased redistribution... a really
      Poor lower class wouldn’t help... but everyone in a bad way. That could be harnessed

    • @kirkarvint.2017
      @kirkarvint.2017 4 роки тому +5

      Dude the Grammy's have been a popularity contest for the longest time.

    • @coltonhertzog193
      @coltonhertzog193 4 роки тому +3

      Not gonna lie I was sleeping on da kid! These words do more than wana make you 💃🏻

  • @tubopopcorn
    @tubopopcorn 3 роки тому +1082

    As a filmmaker, I really appreciate that you put the credits in the description. These days, it's hard enough to find out who directed a music video, let alone the actors that starred in it. Helps when other filmmakers wanna use an actor in a music video.

    • @TheMnimatt
      @TheMnimatt 3 роки тому +7

      I was just thinking this exact same thing

    • @jackiec498
      @jackiec498 3 роки тому +11

      And the acting is truly powerful....adds a great deal to the track no doubt. I doubt the lyrics alone could portray the different perspectives & human connection that the actors & filmmaker so superbly convey.

    • @leminipro7845
      @leminipro7845 3 роки тому +2

      That shit drives me nuts man as an editor a lot of MF's just don't show credit to the tedious work that goes into editing quality content.

    • @SergeyPRKL
      @SergeyPRKL 3 роки тому +2

      i was thinking this too, superb! i was totally convinced the first actor was Vincent D'onofrio and had to check it. And TADAA! there it was, in description, everything i needed.

    • @leminipro7845
      @leminipro7845 3 роки тому +1

      @xo Lynn It's not just irritating but also ignorant when you do work for a underground artist, especially when they have no idea who you are connected with in the industry distribution wise. A good old fashion you scratch my back I'll scratch yours rarely exists anymore.

  • @biggemboaty6969
    @biggemboaty6969 Рік тому +32

    The actor for the cop did a great job with the lipsync, originally thought he was the one singing the song at first lol

  • @JahEerie
    @JahEerie Рік тому +50

    3 years later & this is still better than 95% of what's out right now.
    Marlon's the truth.

    • @numba1killa886
      @numba1killa886 Місяць тому

      To bad it’s 99% bullshit.

    • @Redd.915
      @Redd.915 Місяць тому +1

      ALREADY 💕💕💕

  • @FocusOfficial
    @FocusOfficial 4 роки тому +879

    "if they gon lie and steal, imma make em lie from steel...."
    fked up but the wordplay is insane.

    • @ayrmendina8314
      @ayrmendina8314 4 роки тому +19

      That bitch been said by nearly every battle rapper for the past 10 years

    • @vandergaming8952
      @vandergaming8952 4 роки тому +8

      This old lyrics get in the game peasant

    • @FocusOfficial
      @FocusOfficial 4 роки тому +24

      Ayr Mendina oooooo it’s the big bois

    • @reallyrightpersonafycta4007
      @reallyrightpersonafycta4007 4 роки тому +1

      Exactly which lying robbing stealing murdering. POS are the singers referring to?
      The supposed criminals, or the known ones in blue?. Idiots. Duuuuuh

    • @conservativemacro80
      @conservativemacro80 4 роки тому +8

      @@reallyrightpersonafycta4007 Your only a criminal if you get caught. If you get caught don't cry dummy.

  • @geordanynoel3496
    @geordanynoel3496 3 роки тому +1594

    The progression of the instrumental is incredible! First verse with the organ, showing a more traditional thinking that still exists to do this day with the cop. Second verse with the fingerpicking of the guitar, expressing a more subtle sound like the KKK who are proud of who they are but they won't show themselves in public. And finally, you got the saxophone, which fits perfectly with the blues and soul usually found in black music. This song is just a masterpiece that hasn't gotten the recognition it deserves.

  • @paulawhite2546
    @paulawhite2546 3 роки тому +48

    I know I represent your older audience but you hit the mark with every word you speak.

    • @FiskeMi12
      @FiskeMi12 9 місяців тому

      You're a gang banger right?

  • @nikolaslieskovsky4551
    @nikolaslieskovsky4551 3 місяці тому +4

    I am sending a gang gang message from Slovakia 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ethannodder8923
    @ethannodder8923 3 роки тому +567

    I feel like if I drove round my town banging this tune people would get the wrong message, especially that second verse😂

    • @gavincarpenter2570
      @gavincarpenter2570 3 роки тому +4

      🤣

    • @benjaminbreault9365
      @benjaminbreault9365 3 роки тому +38

      Yea kinda have to have the whole storie or it can made to be racist... just like the media

    • @xxrogamerxx4237
      @xxrogamerxx4237 3 роки тому +1

      @@benjaminbreault9365 story*,i feel you

    • @jasongraham4425
      @jasongraham4425 3 роки тому +2

      Funny if the 2nd guy is a modern day kkk member then he's arguing with himself.

    • @jasongraham4425
      @jasongraham4425 3 роки тому +9

      I see an optimist then a pessimist then a realist.

  • @TheShizzo
    @TheShizzo 4 роки тому +3462

    This hits just a little bit harder right now.

    • @haha5571
      @haha5571 4 роки тому +5

      what about this guy ua-cam.com/video/pCUXkeyEoO0/v-deo.html

    • @jsarp1310
      @jsarp1310 4 роки тому +3

      Exactly

    • @haha5571
      @haha5571 4 роки тому

      @@jsarp1310 agreed like these Black Americans being killed ua-cam.com/video/H1toK3ODe9U/v-deo.html

    • @coincrazy3563
      @coincrazy3563 4 роки тому +16

      Lol you dumb fuck iPhone drugged up wiggers know nothing about economics and blame everything on racism.

    • @inkaf225
      @inkaf225 4 роки тому +25

      @@coincrazy3563 economics hell with racism fuckwad.
      You think black people were given millions of dollars to keep up with white people after slavery? Hell no

  • @epikthedawn_
    @epikthedawn_ 2 роки тому +42

    Marlon Craft Type Beats OTW.....
    This shit BRAZY!

  • @elisiahcampbell4572
    @elisiahcampbell4572 2 роки тому +14

    These lyrics are amazing. This song is not given enough credit. He breaks down people so simple it's almost like we actually are.

  • @hitlersmissingtesticle69
    @hitlersmissingtesticle69 3 роки тому +240

    Take a second to appreciate this man literally wrote from 3 perspectives and made it sound dope. Mad talent and great delivery

    • @vanpeters9751
      @vanpeters9751 2 роки тому

      Hitler was a bad man
      ua-cam.com/video/1b7u0xxo2ik/v-deo.html

    • @stratmaster921
      @stratmaster921 2 роки тому +10

      You are right. But he went for the easy stereotype. This would have been so much more dope if he would have shown them all the same

    • @lexexcessum
      @lexexcessum 2 роки тому

      @@stratmaster921 ???
      thats exactly what they did
      theyre all the same doing gang shit, but only one of them really gets fucked for it

    • @fernandezlapa
      @fernandezlapa Рік тому +12

      @@stratmaster921 nah bro fr i don't think you can put a klansman as the same as a black man dawg. being real wit u 😭😭😭

    • @fernandezlapa
      @fernandezlapa Рік тому

      @@stratmaster921 and for the cop tho. well if you have good people in like criminal gangs man.. i guess you could have some good people in the force too. but it don't change the fact that the police force itself is a cautionary force to protect rich white people and their property against us who are the working class bruh . "ooh but cops die in conflits" so? no one asked you brah you could become a salesperson, a barber, a cook nah forget about what i said in the beginning fuck the cops bruh i was caught once graffiti tagging and the mf tried to frame me for drug dealing fuck'em

  • @frankthetank4101
    @frankthetank4101 3 роки тому +783

    Who else is here from hearing about him on MSNBC this s*** is raw I love it

    • @frithnanth1337
      @frithnanth1337 3 роки тому +1

      same xD

    • @frankthetank4101
      @frankthetank4101 3 роки тому +2

      @@frithnanth1337 the truth shall set us free

    • @frankthetank4101
      @frankthetank4101 3 роки тому +2

      @Sylar Rogue listen to the music unbiased and you'll see that is true I'm tired of fighting ignorant people

    • @frankthetank4101
      @frankthetank4101 3 роки тому +5

      @Sylar Rogue who cares what the news said about it you've been exposed to it judge for yourself you are your own person these rich f**** don't give a s*** about you or me

    • @giovannirivera3732
      @giovannirivera3732 3 роки тому +8

      Yup, and I thought MSNBC was fake news, Well This as real as it gets. Craft got a new fan

  • @JavaMystic
    @JavaMystic 3 роки тому +23

    Marlon, you are a poet, dear sir. I love how your music is beautiful and truthful. Bravo! You pulled all my heartstrings and made me cry.

  • @eatonkuntz
    @eatonkuntz 3 роки тому +140

    Holy shit this dude has a fucking brain and uses it. And enough talent to blow it away. Holy fuck.

    • @user-uu1nw1bl9j
      @user-uu1nw1bl9j 3 роки тому +1

      He has a brain because he politically agrees with you?

    • @eatonkuntz
      @eatonkuntz 3 роки тому +26

      @@user-uu1nw1bl9j he's not even saying anything political. That's why I'm impressed. He's saying we're biased and tend to side with our friends even if it harms everyone and causes more fighting.

    • @jordanigou3627
      @jordanigou3627 Рік тому

      ​@@eatonkuntz well said.

  • @danio.7707
    @danio.7707 4 роки тому +1564

    We all ignoring the fact that this beat hard af?

    • @LimmeLimbo
      @LimmeLimbo 4 роки тому +5

      It really is tho

    • @Sirdud2SickK
      @Sirdud2SickK 4 роки тому +31

      like reading To Kill a Mockingbird and your only comment is "We all ignoring how fire the cover art is!?" no bro were not ignoring it it's just not the obvious topic of conversation

    • @nikeyB02
      @nikeyB02 4 роки тому

      Nah this is harder ua-cam.com/video/A5dkyMdiI9M/v-deo.html

    • @shalomsims7270
      @shalomsims7270 4 роки тому +1

      Bruh yea this issa thicc beat

    • @TheRealPrinceCastro
      @TheRealPrinceCastro 4 роки тому +1

      🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🔥

  • @ih2246
    @ih2246 4 роки тому +1342

    This message wasn’t a year early, change was hundreds of years late.

    • @smoothduck7151
      @smoothduck7151 4 роки тому +6

      Toke the Dude there is only us

    • @VPS_Reports
      @VPS_Reports 4 роки тому +11

      Damn. Dropping hardcore wisdom dude.

    • @funkworthrollin4959
      @funkworthrollin4959 3 роки тому +1

      Deep.

    • @alexanderthegreatsdad.3831
      @alexanderthegreatsdad.3831 3 роки тому +2

      Things have always been and will always be changing.
      Such is life.

    • @willyjankins
      @willyjankins 3 роки тому +3

      What's changed? Watch the stage and miss the truth..... it's all part of the show. Anybody else been around since the LA riots in 92? Only thing changing is the back-drop. And the skinny jeans🤣

  • @judahwarrior9403
    @judahwarrior9403 7 місяців тому +2

    His wordplay is straight up SICK! "If they gone lie and steal, I'm gone make em lie from steel."........Wow

  • @bennyjet7
    @bennyjet7 2 роки тому +21

    Gettin’ to heart of the matter.
    Saying what is really said from many perspectives. Respect ✊🏿
    Hip Hop

  • @victorm.cisneros1381
    @victorm.cisneros1381 4 роки тому +1430

    This song can't be more relevant.

    • @getthegoods420
      @getthegoods420 4 роки тому +16

      the inability for people to try and put themselves in other peoples shoes is a big problem in this world right now, people not seeing different perspectives.
      a lack of imagination or people not even trying... idk but its a problem.

    • @FarikoWishless
      @FarikoWishless 4 роки тому +10

      @@getthegoods420 Exactly I hate when people say all unarmed blacks deserved a death for shit like fake money I also hate when people say all cops deserve the same for the other half of cops. If you see it and say nothing as a cop you're just as bad as the murderer but there's so many that hate that shit.
      And if a precinct is corrupt the good cops are probably threatened to stay silent to keep the status quo. In short. The system itself is fucked. When trigger happy men use lethals first and morons destroy their own fucking neighborhood and stores. The country itself is fucking stupid.

    • @allibababoo
      @allibababoo 4 роки тому +2

      This shit ain't new bro

    • @victorm.cisneros1381
      @victorm.cisneros1381 4 роки тому +2

      @@allibababoo it ain't brotha, but today more than ever we need shit like this that points out racism and injustice point blank.

    • @create-a-new-handle
      @create-a-new-handle 4 роки тому +2

      this the same exact song joyner lucas made in 2017, i'm not racist, but super questionable being performed by a white dude... i am mixed myself, shit maybe joyner is too, i felt your sentiment until i googled marlon. its not out right hate... it just don't feel the same, its feel exploitive... especially because of the times, i am glad this thing is 1 year old .

  • @banzaihunter8390
    @banzaihunter8390 9 місяців тому +3

    Craft you a legend for this one

  • @mamau870
    @mamau870 2 роки тому +3

    Man looks like Vincent D'Onofrio. That's Kingpin

  • @MintyBiggz
    @MintyBiggz 4 роки тому +233

    Bravo to the actors who memorised his bars. That's some intricate shit

    • @FiskeMi12
      @FiskeMi12 9 місяців тому

      Geggity geggity gaa

  • @mathewdearborn3695
    @mathewdearborn3695 3 роки тому +570

    If you actually listened to this song and are reading comments... I love you

    • @TWIGBOOm
      @TWIGBOOm 3 роки тому +7

      we are here

    • @jlh3988
      @jlh3988 3 роки тому +5

      Luv u 2 boo boo

    • @mathewdearborn3695
      @mathewdearborn3695 3 роки тому +5

      @Mack Carnes you know something is wrong when the same families hold many different offices of power

    • @mathewdearborn3695
      @mathewdearborn3695 3 роки тому +1

      @Mack Carnes I think enough people are starting to see, especially when we have all this turmoil and extra time to think about it.

    • @theresawhite7493
      @theresawhite7493 3 роки тому +1

      I love you more😍😍😘

  • @taranunya336
    @taranunya336 2 роки тому +2

    I sing this to my farm animals every morning. Im still riding for my gang🐔🐮🐰🐖

  • @veemon
    @veemon 3 роки тому +11

    HTF am I just now learning about you?!!!?
    I've been deprived!

  • @mannypants2436
    @mannypants2436 3 роки тому +68

    producer: alright john your going to say the n wor-
    john: lemme not

  • @ingridsoulwriters314
    @ingridsoulwriters314 3 роки тому +378

    Never heard more truth in American than this song here.

    • @sky1luv793
      @sky1luv793 3 роки тому +11

      Listen to his new track State of the Union.

    • @phillysupra
      @phillysupra 3 роки тому +2

      @@sky1luv793 that's what brought us all here in the first place

    • @danic8073
      @danic8073 3 роки тому +9

      God you people are so stupid...

    • @phillysupra
      @phillysupra 3 роки тому +1

      @@danic8073 explain

    • @wjbt3
      @wjbt3 3 роки тому +4

      @@phillysupra since ignorant can't talk, well I'm from Minneapolis. Been marching and protesting from day 1. We took to the streets while the rest of the country looked at us for 5 days like "TF is going on over there". Anyone can put us down, but a majority stand up. @Starla you must be a confused suburbanite, no clue what we deal with. Keep yapping, ignorance is bliss. Take your entitlement and fuck off

  • @The1234fanatic
    @The1234fanatic Рік тому +2

    Deserves a Grammy tbh

  • @DigigodGamer
    @DigigodGamer 3 роки тому +16

    knew the 3rd verse was coming and knew it was going to be heat but damn
    that joint was all 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @cwmims
    @cwmims 4 роки тому +182

    BARS! With a sobering message. Damn, I'm speechless. No words!!!

  • @CharlieSlum
    @CharlieSlum 3 роки тому +371

    This production as a whole is just on another level. Even the ‘extras’ did a great job. Song is put together masterfully.

    • @mr.g4024
      @mr.g4024 3 роки тому +2

      Fuckin goosebumps bro!!!!!!!

    • @trevinobrown2545
      @trevinobrown2545 3 роки тому +2

      The fact that the song had the KKK play right after police and make them seem like they're allies they are not is kind of hypocritical but okay

    • @alexbenson5883
      @alexbenson5883 3 роки тому +1

      minus the guys lyrics there is no message just abunch of of muble rap again lol
      i trust u know what mumble rap is

    • @trevinobrown2545
      @trevinobrown2545 3 роки тому

      @@alexbenson5883 like,what is the meaning of this???

    • @8888k
      @8888k 3 роки тому +5

      Alex Benson Of course there isn’t going to be a message when you disregard the lyrics what do you expect? And this is not mumble rap in the slightest.

  • @RE-vl8ii
    @RE-vl8ii 2 роки тому +28

    Straight fire. Like yo, this song is wild. Craft a genius for this one. The premise of this song could get real tacky real quick but Craft's writing is fucking superb. Not to mention the production and the video. So well done from every aspect.

  • @geoffstockton
    @geoffstockton 4 місяці тому +1

    Damn. 😮
    That shit needs to be heard by everyone.

  • @YAnngo0
    @YAnngo0 4 роки тому +293

    why the hook gave me a 50 cent feeling?🔥🔥🔥

  • @drivenbyfate
    @drivenbyfate 4 роки тому +610

    Found you from the Sway freestyle and I'm already a fan. Some mad talent.

  • @my-2-centstoday
    @my-2-centstoday 3 роки тому +36

    Ari over at MSNBC has shed some light. This Brotha is rivetting, makes ya feel somthin'.

    • @James-yf7vy
      @James-yf7vy 3 роки тому

      MSNBC/Ari, spit the truth everyday..Ari's ratings are through the roof with his audience(18-55 age group), while disgusting "Lil' white racist boi carson" of fake's(fox) propaganda show rating are ok with his "old dying" die hard white racist audience(60 and up age group)...what a contrast between the age group when it comes to truth and lies. The saving grace is the old racist are slowly dying(not fast enough though)!!👍🏼🙏🏼👼🏽

  • @itskylebisch
    @itskylebisch 4 роки тому +16

    "There's nothing in it for me to not treat it as a lie"
    Straight wisdom Marlon's uncovering.

  • @MrUrbas
    @MrUrbas 4 роки тому +34

    Listening again after 5 months. Smartest song ever written. Mad art

  • @michaelorono2851
    @michaelorono2851 3 роки тому +15

    I have been robbed all my life good music. This hits on another level

    • @pokemonteamjonas1907
      @pokemonteamjonas1907 3 роки тому

      Sorry That you been Robbed all your Life. Were you Rob by gangs. EVIL gangs

  • @keenlawhorn7396
    @keenlawhorn7396 Рік тому +2

    That sax man

  • @therealslimshady8945
    @therealslimshady8945 5 років тому +650

    Marlon Craft: Aye, let me copy your homework real quick
    *Joyner Lucas* : Aight, but switch it up a little so the teacher don't know

    • @reaobakamoeletsi1700
      @reaobakamoeletsi1700 5 років тому +2

      haha Im done!

    • @Rosebuddz_Revenge
      @Rosebuddz_Revenge 5 років тому +1

      😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

    • @spambamkeija634
      @spambamkeija634 5 років тому +4

      bruh lmao

    • @varmlt2159
      @varmlt2159 5 років тому +3

      Facts

    • @tjpurewal4387
      @tjpurewal4387 5 років тому +117

      It's a different message completely. The only thing that's the same is that he's rapping a message from the perspective of another mind. Stop lowering another's artform into plagiarism, with that viewpoint no one would create amazing shit. That being said, there are people who blatantly copy that need to be exposed. But this aint it big fella

  • @ganizanimwale4366
    @ganizanimwale4366 5 років тому +655

    The sound is so mid-2000s G-Unit

    • @CharleyCarey
      @CharleyCarey 5 років тому +12

      Dude has said he grew up on G-Unit.

    • @asoldierseyes
      @asoldierseyes 5 років тому +18

      I couldn't agree more!! With a slight Obie Trice voice too

    • @paulmcdonald3551
      @paulmcdonald3551 5 років тому +4

      And the content is so mid-90s (bent cops), mid 1910s (clueless cockless clan), and mid 18th century (slavery). Yawn...

    • @ganizanimwale4366
      @ganizanimwale4366 5 років тому

      @@CharleyCarey That makes perfect sense.

    • @ganggreenprod7273
      @ganggreenprod7273 5 років тому

      True

  • @KARDreading
    @KARDreading 2 роки тому +2

    Hey Marlon Craft 👑 back listening to this masterpiece

  • @GornStream
    @GornStream Рік тому +2

    3 yrs ago still singing this shit randomly at work and telling people to listen to it

  • @rickjames21
    @rickjames21 4 роки тому +129

    This is dope. Aint even gon front. Flex brought me here

    • @CharleyCarey
      @CharleyCarey 4 роки тому +3

      Makes me so happy to see that Flex brought people to this video. Homie is the truth!

    • @absoulutley9992
      @absoulutley9992 4 роки тому +1

      Fr brought me too

    • @drdread9896
      @drdread9896 4 роки тому

      ME too

  • @scottelliot8240
    @scottelliot8240 5 років тому +30

    This is getting slept on so hard

  • @philymily
    @philymily 8 місяців тому +1

    The level of Realness is over 9000

  • @noodlessoul8356
    @noodlessoul8356 2 роки тому +6

    Masterpiece: lyrics, music and visuals.

  • @moboplayssucks3918
    @moboplayssucks3918 4 роки тому +635

    Why did I just find this after all the riots.....

    • @dexterjohnson7507
      @dexterjohnson7507 4 роки тому +14

      Because maybe you're like looking for something to make since of these traumatic times and prepare or at least understand the storm soon to be here.

    • @gatornugthug516
      @gatornugthug516 4 роки тому +17

      Cuz UA-cam has our brains

    • @ksl2954
      @ksl2954 4 роки тому +12

      After the riots? Shit ain't over yet!

    • @andresciahooten9598
      @andresciahooten9598 4 роки тому

      I knew that this was out here. I just wanted to see who came back to see the video

    • @Canadianvoice
      @Canadianvoice 4 роки тому +12

      Media and social platforms are doing everything in their power to shame police and hardworking americans. In an attempt to divide out country because we were so close to tearing down the 1% of the elite due to covid. But they won here we are all fighting each other.

  • @BeanGangTingle
    @BeanGangTingle 5 років тому +188

    Never thought id see kingpin say whole lotta gang shit

  • @megaace361
    @megaace361 5 місяців тому +2

    The most underrated track of the Millennium

  • @aladdinperez9079
    @aladdinperez9079 2 роки тому +1

    Not all Superheroes wear capes.
    Not all Angels carry wings.

  • @blasaloth
    @blasaloth 4 роки тому +244

    Wilson Fisk and Dexter Morgan never looked scarier.

    • @angelgraves1291
      @angelgraves1291 4 роки тому +2

      Ha

    • @m.jckaloe..jonstoe1576
      @m.jckaloe..jonstoe1576 4 роки тому +4

      Nice. I think that actually is the same actor as Fisk though isn't it? Or just an extreme lookalike?

    • @IHATZYATUBE
      @IHATZYATUBE 4 роки тому +5

      @@m.jckaloe..jonstoe1576 He looks just like Vincent, but it's a different actor. Take a look at the bio for a list of the actors.

    • @ChefSaku
      @ChefSaku 4 роки тому

      This is more scary obly cis i know the kingpin is only in marvel comics

    • @71STICKS
      @71STICKS 4 роки тому +7

      That's not Mr. D'onofrio. I thank you. Vincent is brilliant.

  • @jabba4807
    @jabba4807 5 років тому +453

    i get some huge Joyner Vibes from ya. keep goin man

    • @ReigningInTheKitchenWithRon
      @ReigningInTheKitchenWithRon 5 років тому +7

      Yeah, first thing I thought of was the I'm not racist song

    • @210UnderGroundRapper
      @210UnderGroundRapper 5 років тому +1

      krabbyboi That likes Coca-Cola more then Pepsi the fuck....hes been in his own lane just needs more promo on his craft.

    • @ReigningInTheKitchenWithRon
      @ReigningInTheKitchenWithRon 5 років тому

      @@210UnderGroundRapper have you heard about this new "punctuation, grammar, and proper spelling" trend? It's super fun, and you should try it.
      It makes you look like you have more than a 5th grade education...

    • @210UnderGroundRapper
      @210UnderGroundRapper 5 років тому

      Malcolm.X.Machina 😘

    • @210UnderGroundRapper
      @210UnderGroundRapper 5 років тому

      Malcolm.X.Machina na we aint in school anymore trump but yea have a good day n keep building that wall.

  • @mickeylukas2745
    @mickeylukas2745 3 роки тому +3

    When the horns hit in that 3rd verse tho...damn.

  • @drea7845
    @drea7845 3 роки тому +13

    This song is so amazingly written and the video was so well executed to show the lyrics in action. Hands down a great thought provoking song 👏🏾

  • @taylorhray
    @taylorhray 4 роки тому +285

    This idea is outstanding. This song is outstanding. This video is Outstanding. This Marlon is Outstanding.

  • @typicallyodd2237
    @typicallyodd2237 5 років тому +101

    Hey, let's spread more love y'all

    • @iiRoots
      @iiRoots 5 років тому +5

      Typically Odd 😊✌🏽❤️

    • @G3MiNiOfficial
      @G3MiNiOfficial 5 років тому +5

      Yes sir

    • @julietwhiskey7811
      @julietwhiskey7811 5 років тому +7

      Why would we do that when we can say all cops are racist, Trump is in with the KKK and all black men are oppressed because "America is run by white men"?

  • @DAVEXXL
    @DAVEXXL Рік тому +3

    It hits so hard when they show no one in the frame in front of the US flag after the third verse ends. Video is as good as the song, shakes me up

  • @robertoramos8257
    @robertoramos8257 3 роки тому +4

    Damn this is too real for the mainstream

  • @I5I0
    @I5I0 5 років тому +1094

    if this doesn't reach the same level as "This Is America" and "I'm Not Racist" i'm gonna be pissed

    • @timothymclean2269
      @timothymclean2269 5 років тому +6

      Facts 👌🏾

    • @mehkaifrancis3757
      @mehkaifrancis3757 4 роки тому +3

      Dang it sucks

    • @donkeylzc
      @donkeylzc 4 роки тому +11

      @Craig Johnson I agree. The message is very one sided without seeing both perspectives. Esp the police. The KKK dont have much going for them so I understand haha. But the song is really great!

    • @goste4
      @goste4 4 роки тому +17

      Craig Johnson maybe cuz that’s not the message. I think you should read the lyrics.

    • @Dru_Won
      @Dru_Won 4 роки тому +52

      @Nobody "..Point is we all on some gang shit, loyal to what we’s taught
      Believe in what was passed down our community’s theme of thought/
      And i’m the only one in cuffs for it.."

  • @NelsonMandela1999
    @NelsonMandela1999 4 роки тому +14

    "You hate it when my people march for me but dont you too scream because you feel they ain't hearing you" 4:10
    America... whole lotta gangshit
    Stay blessed america much love from around the globe 🙏

  • @ayemraps
    @ayemraps 3 роки тому +7

    This song is actually amazing how have I never heard of Marlon Craft til tonight

  • @somedayasalion2562
    @somedayasalion2562 3 роки тому +4

    Marlon Craft your words are to the bone. Thanks for being a voice to the voiceless . #1 love

  • @hechpee
    @hechpee 4 роки тому +94

    That beat tho. I like it's unpredictability. It sneaks up on you.

  • @mpro2976
    @mpro2976 4 роки тому +121

    Instantly had me at “tired of all these Nnnnn. let me NOT”

  • @roderickwest2845
    @roderickwest2845 2 роки тому +4

    Wow! a rapper who's down with the times and laying down the truth, much love to ya, brother from another mother.

  • @williamdixon9784
    @williamdixon9784 3 роки тому +14

    Mad respect sir. You speak the cold hard facts

  • @NickBair316
    @NickBair316 3 роки тому +244

    This has some Joyner and Adam Calhoun vibes.

    • @youknowwhoiam6164
      @youknowwhoiam6164 3 роки тому +5

      Joyner, Marlon, Cordae would be a badass track

    • @pissandcornflakes9119
      @pissandcornflakes9119 3 роки тому

      best fucking collab ever

    • @thisisisabella3634
      @thisisisabella3634 3 роки тому +11

      Joyner yes. Adam not so much.

    • @speedymatt11
      @speedymatt11 3 роки тому +7

      Adam is opposite of marlon

    • @thisisisabella3634
      @thisisisabella3634 3 роки тому +2

      @@yezz-_-3570 Well he's talking about a couple of songs that were approximately the same topic. The problem is that Adam calhoun is a Trump supporter so his judgement is seriously bad.

  • @8bitsamurai6
    @8bitsamurai6 3 роки тому +796

    So true everybody just a gang of their own accord. Dope song and message.

    • @steebbrell835
      @steebbrell835 3 роки тому +12

      What a load of shit .....

    • @8bitsamurai6
      @8bitsamurai6 3 роки тому +23

      @@steebbrell835 Obiously everyone ain't like the song portrays, but the world can be hypicritcle af.

    • @mracorn2669
      @mracorn2669 3 роки тому +15

      This is true everyone is in their own gang and you have to understand that and respect their rights to have an oppinion racsist or not thats how they feel. The 3rd verse wraps it up nicely this guy hates the song because he doesn't understand everyone was taught their own way. For me i was taught we're all human beings so i dont belong in a gang some when that gang shit protest i dont join them or agree simply because floyd was human not black

    • @TannerHinzeFitness
      @TannerHinzeFitness 3 роки тому +2

      Ste Ebbrell no they’re right whether it’s a family coworkers or friends it’s a gang because that’s what a gang is essentially it’s a group of people coming together doing what they feel is necessary (doesn’t mean it is)

    • @brigitblu3828
      @brigitblu3828 3 роки тому +1

      We r either gangsters or thugs diffrence is r u w ur crew for better or worst or we doing what we gotta do either good or bad w the world against us but forreal this song is raw

  • @RAYTHEONGAMING
    @RAYTHEONGAMING 2 роки тому +1

    If they gonna lie and steal
    I'm gonna make them lie from steel
    *Jesus Christ* 🔥

  • @marlonhenderson9865
    @marlonhenderson9865 3 роки тому +1

    One of the most amazing and underrated things in this video is the fact that the P.O and the KKK guys were at the dinner table with their families and the black family, the father was missing at dinner because he's in prison. Amazing imagery. Well done Marlon!

  • @brennersilvestre86
    @brennersilvestre86 3 роки тому +16

    Not gonna lie, he had me in the first quarter.

  • @AG-mp4qf
    @AG-mp4qf 3 роки тому +24

    Never heard this before today. Haven’t been glued to a video like this since the 90’s. Amazing.

  • @johnbrantley4014
    @johnbrantley4014 3 роки тому +2

    This is an absolute banger! I mean... I have watched this video at least a dozen times.
    I can't believe how well this sums up predetermined prejudices! Well done man! Well done!

  • @jori579
    @jori579 3 роки тому +18

    I just heard about this man on the MSNBC, they were talking about his song " State of the Union", then that led my to this song. Music that gets you thinking. Both of these songs have a lot to offer to people who are listening. I like it, I'm glad I heard about it.

    • @jc301-OTECH
      @jc301-OTECH 3 роки тому +1

      Me too same path... hopefully light the way down this path for the whole planet..

    • @eyebelieve3
      @eyebelieve3 3 роки тому

      You heard hoodie weather? Must have by now I guess.

  • @MunkieBoi999
    @MunkieBoi999 3 роки тому +252

    Marlon, you keep making songs like this and you will be the first rap artist I obsessively promote like there's no tomorrow.I come from a background of hardcore punk and folk punk, but god damn! Keep it up, you're incredibly talented!

    • @kmarsh9515
      @kmarsh9515 3 роки тому +6

      Bro....just thought same thing... GEEEZUS. phenomenal

    • @16floz
      @16floz 2 роки тому

      listen to more rap. it's good for your heart.

    • @aliasofanalias7448
      @aliasofanalias7448 2 роки тому

      What hardcore bands you listen to?

    • @tonihardesty1678
      @tonihardesty1678 Рік тому +2

      I have been rubbing Marlon in anyone’s face who likes rap and fools who don’t since discovering his music. Thank you! Glad someone feels the same.

  • @avi7845
    @avi7845 9 місяців тому +1

    "I done seen many die, and a few folks killed" holy shit thats incrdible

  • @aleksahrnjak4311
    @aleksahrnjak4311 4 роки тому +21

    just wow... purest form of modern art; just left me here speechless..

  • @guennieknight1576
    @guennieknight1576 2 роки тому +3

    Damn MC keep speaking that truth! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @shekilledbill5440
    @shekilledbill5440 3 роки тому +1

    Breath of fresh air! 2021 needed you bro! Stay woke!!!!

  • @jamesobannon2635
    @jamesobannon2635 4 роки тому +250

    "His gang got him jail, but mine got me home in bed." How can something so simple, be so hard for people to understand.

    • @davidpowers9178
      @davidpowers9178 4 роки тому +16

      well what do you get about not doing anything illegal. It's morally wrong to be racist but nothing illegal about it. Everybody rides to die for something though right.

    • @Txsc4n
      @Txsc4n 4 роки тому +14

      its actually "while my gang got me in jail yours got you home in bed"

    • @DatNarutoFan
      @DatNarutoFan 4 роки тому +7

      @@davidpowers9178 Murdering a suspect that isn't resisting isn't a crime?

    • @davidpowers9178
      @davidpowers9178 4 роки тому +1

      @@DatNarutoFan I don't remember anybody getting snuffed.

    • @DatNarutoFan
      @DatNarutoFan 4 роки тому

      @@davidpowers9178 It's not portrayed but implied

  • @malcolmhendrix925
    @malcolmhendrix925 4 роки тому +25

    Bruh I'm too high to hear something this deep right now tf..

  • @jasonfanus98
    @jasonfanus98 3 роки тому +8

    I’m sure someone already said this but just wanted to say from one songwriter to another, Well Done. It’s a great song. I also love the video and how it illustrates what the lyrics are about.

  • @johnlombardo7816
    @johnlombardo7816 Рік тому +1

    Truly one of the hardest songs ever written man.. I'll forever keep coming back to this one ! 💯💯💯🔥🔥👏👏👊👊

  • @adembayraktar3860
    @adembayraktar3860 3 роки тому +170

    I can't help but see Wilson Fisk from Daredevil.

    • @emilyb.8219
      @emilyb.8219 3 роки тому +3

      The whole time he was on screen I was trying to decide if it was him or not

    • @ledudeSansnom
      @ledudeSansnom 3 роки тому +2

      dunno who this dude is but 1 , youre right , 2 hes an amazing actor.

    • @robusted96
      @robusted96 3 роки тому +2

      Also private pyle

    • @yourlocalninja19
      @yourlocalninja19 3 роки тому +1

      His name is Vincent D'Onofrio

    • @giovannirivera3732
      @giovannirivera3732 3 роки тому

      😂

  • @MrBanginonfoolzzz
    @MrBanginonfoolzzz 3 роки тому +51

    this song is actually a fucking masterpiece So dope!

  • @ash-dl8ff
    @ash-dl8ff 2 роки тому +4

    I have chills. This is incredible.

  • @jithe3rd
    @jithe3rd Рік тому +1

    Genius shit... Marlon Craft, youre that dude!!!

  • @chrisbeecraft
    @chrisbeecraft 3 роки тому +64

    Kudos to Ari Melber on MSNBC, if it wasn't for him I might've gone all my life without hearing these rhymes or any other Marlin has written. Thanks.
    Marlin, you're doing a great job putting the reality of life into words - Keep it up and good luck.

    • @wendinunez1604
      @wendinunez1604 3 роки тому +1

      Same!!

    • @Krisexcellence
      @Krisexcellence 3 роки тому +1

      same here!

    • @danic8073
      @danic8073 3 роки тому

      Aren't you hip! MSNBC tOlD mE tO liSteN tO tHis driVel! dUUuRRrrr.

    • @chrisbeecraft
      @chrisbeecraft 3 роки тому +3

      @@danic8073 Haters gotta hate.

    • @danic8073
      @danic8073 3 роки тому

      @@chrisbeecraft Did MSNBC turn you on to that Taylor Swift sing as well?

  • @kariuksnjoro
    @kariuksnjoro 5 років тому +268

    Sad that so many people watch this and their first instinct is to defend their race from some perceived attack rather than listen and try to understand what's being said. Whole lot of gang shit.

    • @aonduine7473
      @aonduine7473 5 років тому +25

      @Itchy Booger Gangs are tribalism... If you need to defend your race due to perceived superiority, that is a form of silent discrimination.

    • @rip_specz646
      @rip_specz646 5 років тому +12

      In chicago the biggest gang is the police and fuck them

    • @kariuksnjoro
      @kariuksnjoro 5 років тому +3

      @Itchy Booger maybe you might not be aware but supporting 'white' race has a very troubling history ua-cam.com/video/KPY-IBFCxuQ/v-deo.html

    • @ThatFalloutGod
      @ThatFalloutGod 5 років тому +8

      No, people are just calling out the hypocritical garbage and lies that the song spreads.
      Plus, when did you gain the ability to see someone's race through the internet?

    • @kariuksnjoro
      @kariuksnjoro 5 років тому +3

      @@ThatFalloutGod always had it. You're white.

  • @ambientalhealing
    @ambientalhealing 2 роки тому +1

    Revolutionary...🔥🔥🔥

  • @Danverwaals
    @Danverwaals Рік тому +2

    Wow this song is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 just found it. Thanks for a vibe

  • @matto.827
    @matto.827 3 роки тому +120

    Just heard of this guy from the news and they were talking about the new one he dropped and wow.... Yea I am liking this sound. Excellent lyrics. Reminds me a bit of Immortal Technique in moments. Def feeling this.

    • @apsvend
      @apsvend 3 роки тому

      Hell yeah

    • @allieh.1228
      @allieh.1228 3 роки тому +1

      Yessss

    • @therealboosie
      @therealboosie 3 роки тому +1

      Wat the new song he dropped

    • @jameslector7099
      @jameslector7099 3 роки тому +3

      Reminds you of immortal technique??? Yo I broke bread with immortal back in the mid 2000s doing a even for World Trade Center first responders. You’re out your damn mind.

    • @youbuggingsports9833
      @youbuggingsports9833 2 роки тому

      @@jameslector7099 this kids dope. But there really is only on immortal

  • @UltimateKillerbee
    @UltimateKillerbee 3 роки тому +57

    Who else thought it was the guy in the end rapping?

  • @bonelessthincrust
    @bonelessthincrust Рік тому +1

    "IF THEY GONNA LIE AND STEAL THEN I'MA MAKE EM LIE FROM STEEL" hell yeah brother

  • @petermiller819
    @petermiller819 2 роки тому +1

    Dope. Just dope af