"Mother earth was meant for man and woman to stay Me find out nuff a dem drifting away Children can't even find a place fi play Birds can't find no seeds, horses no hay I see the weavers weaving but dem income delay Still me see dem searching for a brighter day And now me come fi give it to you right away Do you hear what I say?" This lyrics have nothing to do with being anti anything. It has a far deeper meaning that, one of unity and love towards all people. He is talking about actually losing touch with nature, thats where man and women where to stay, but they are drifting away from that by Babylon pressure. Accepting that Jah is real, which in itself is a sentence that has very deep meaning on its own if you look at it from a spiritual angle and the rastafari believes about Jah living inside each person, is the way to find a brighter day.
Your interpretation of his lyrics were quite off, regarding the "Adam and Eve" part. While he is influenced by the Jamaican culture, he is still an open minded German and *not* homophobic at all. This was not meant to be anti-LGBT. You've got to keep in mind that "Dem gone" was release 2003 - at a time where (at least in Germany) the whole topic wasn't discussed as passionately and ideologically loaded as it might be today.
My childhood and still my favourite regea song, Im a middle age man in Sweden with family, still smoke when my wife not notice a ND liste n to this song, ble ss.
Dem gone was my first song of gentleman, I listen to it ... Since them I got all of his music and see him 3 times live ... Such a great guy he is. If you want to react something specila from gentleman, search his first live gig in kingston in jamaica .... it's really great
Just randomly thought about Gentleman so i quickly searched for ANY reactions here on YT and there are just two in total... At least two that show up for me in the seach which is kinda crazy. Superior has 8+ million views ^^.
lgbt is not at all a topic of this song - dunno what your lyric thing told you there. Gentleman is a lot of things - anti-lgbt he is not. The song is about justice among people - about not goint hungry although you work, for example. And there are a few environmental aspects, as well.
@@alexlowe8829 Even though he for sure is completely open minded about that. He often publicly criticized Sizzla or Capleton for their homophobic behavior.
Really? The song was released before the lifetimes of Alexander the Great and Sappho and before the myths of Achilles and Hermaphroditus? Truly astonishing ;) For as long as written history exists, there are records of LGBT people. Even if you just count Magnus Hirschfeld as the beginning of the modern gay movement, that's still a lot older than Reggae (end of the 19th century versus end of the 1960's). If I'm not mistaken "Dem Gone" is also an original and not a cover version of an older song, so it came out in 2002. For perspective, Germany had its first openly gay head of a state since 2001. When backwards people try to tell you that LGBT is just a fad that didn't exist in "the good old days", they just lie, because the actual facts don't support their agenda. Btw, "man and woman" in the lyrics could just mean humankind, but since Reggae unfortunately often contains homophobia (a fact Gentleman tried to downplay in the past), I think Shae clocked it correctly as anti-LGBT.
@@temujinjones658 "LGBT people" were homosexuals and Lesbians. The corporative lgbt dictatorship is a very specific One and that was referred to right here.
@@temujinjones658 just be quiet.no one cares about all that bs and the whole lgbt blabla stuff ist still irrelevant to most of us.keep your Agenda for yourself
"Mother earth was meant for man and woman to stay
Me find out nuff a dem drifting away
Children can't even find a place fi play
Birds can't find no seeds, horses no hay
I see the weavers weaving but dem income delay
Still me see dem searching for a brighter day
And now me come fi give it to you right away
Do you hear what I say?"
This lyrics have nothing to do with being anti anything. It has a far deeper meaning that, one of unity and love towards all people. He is talking about actually losing touch with nature, thats where man and women where to stay, but they are drifting away from that by Babylon pressure. Accepting that Jah is real, which in itself is a sentence that has very deep meaning on its own if you look at it from a spiritual angle and the rastafari believes about Jah living inside each person, is the way to find a brighter day.
Give thanks for making this point!
Thank you for watching this. I didn´t know this unplugged version - great!
Oh my god listen to the whole unplugged Album . One of the best Album ever
Reggae music and Soundsystem Culture is HUGE in Germany in the underground scene since the 90s. Big Up!
Loved Gentleman back in my stoner phase as a teen.
48 still stoned ... that’s why I am here , Gratz for getting rid of the stone Part 👊
Never saw you so happy ShadyShae! Love it! Greetings from Germany. ♥
So glad!
Your interpretation of his lyrics were quite off, regarding the "Adam and Eve" part. While he is influenced by the Jamaican culture, he is still an open minded German and *not* homophobic at all. This was not meant to be anti-LGBT. You've got to keep in mind that "Dem gone" was release 2003 - at a time where (at least in Germany) the whole topic wasn't discussed as passionately and ideologically loaded as it might be today.
his father was my teacher at school and i was hooked in the 90s for gentlemens music till today
Yea finally 🤩 i knew you would like and understand his music.
He is accepted in Jamaica and his wife is Jamaican.
Yh finally ahaha we made it!
I can assure you this: He said nothing against homosexualism or whatever.
Good choice of gentleman's songs❤
Respect Germany!
Respect Gentleman!
Thank you for that ❤️✨🌎
Gentleman since 23 years singer .....check his story of life
A hero
His latest LP " Mad World "
My childhood and still my favourite regea song, Im a middle age man in Sweden with family, still smoke when my wife not notice a ND liste n to this song, ble ss.
@@fertjkklllllllnjgg nice one me too my boi Peace fron Germany
Tillmann Otto.....love the Time at Petit Prinz....you deserve Drinks and singing to the Musik...you find your way Bro❤
More Gentleman!
Superior (MTV Unplugged) 😉
Yes. Superior is one of the signature songs and the MTV unplugged version is just perfect.
Dem gone was my first song of gentleman, I listen to it ... Since them I got all of his music and see him 3 times live ... Such a great guy he is. If you want to react something specila from gentleman, search his first live gig in kingston in jamaica .... it's really great
I worked in sauna in a 5 star hotel in cologne and he used to visit regulary.
Gentleman LEGEND! :)
You should also listen to his songs Superior and Intoxicated
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Rainy Days (MTV Unplugged)
Thank you for the entertaining reactions to german culture.
I would like to get to know more about your country / culture and your personal life
He's still quite popular in Jamaica
really?
love to hear that
You have my love!
"not adam and steve" LMFAOOOOOOOOOO
Why not? Steve looks really phenomenal 🤪
lgbt is not at all a topic of this song - dunno what your lyric thing told you there.
Gentleman is a lot of things - anti-lgbt he is not.
The song is about justice among people - about not goint hungry although you work, for example. And there are a few environmental aspects, as well.
Stop crying. Thanks.
100% agree!
Journey to jah is just an amazing record
German Reagge made by Sebastian Sturm is something you´d love to react to for sure :)
He`s german an comes from Cologne (Köln)! Cool, huh?
He is an Rebirth of an old Lion
not "yeah man" 05:58 it's german ;)
Listen to Freundeskreis - Halt dich an deiner liebe fest or Xavier Naidoo - Führ mich ans Licht
hahaha Adam and Steve... Gentleman is really great bro - he have some songs with an outstanding vibe. Timless.
@@alexlowe8829 Even though he for sure is completely open minded about that. He often publicly criticized Sizzla or Capleton for their homophobic behavior.
What...? Did you never hear about the Jamaica Germans? That was in my English textbook in school, 40 years ago...
i have to add to the Song "dem gone" this song were released before the whole LGTB Scene Started so its not Anti LGTB
Really? The song was released before the lifetimes of Alexander the Great and Sappho and before the myths of Achilles and Hermaphroditus? Truly astonishing ;)
For as long as written history exists, there are records of LGBT people. Even if you just count Magnus Hirschfeld as the beginning of the modern gay movement, that's still a lot older than Reggae (end of the 19th century versus end of the 1960's).
If I'm not mistaken "Dem Gone" is also an original and not a cover version of an older song, so it came out in 2002. For perspective, Germany had its first openly gay head of a state since 2001.
When backwards people try to tell you that LGBT is just a fad that didn't exist in "the good old days", they just lie, because the actual facts don't support their agenda.
Btw, "man and woman" in the lyrics could just mean humankind, but since Reggae unfortunately often contains homophobia (a fact Gentleman tried to downplay in the past), I think Shae clocked it correctly as anti-LGBT.
@@temujinjones658 "LGBT people" were homosexuals and Lesbians. The corporative lgbt dictatorship is a very specific One and that was referred to right here.
@@beatemero6718Dictatorship. Alright Mr. 🤡
@@beatemero6718 "LGBT dictatorship" 😂🤣
@@temujinjones658 just be quiet.no one cares about all that bs and the whole lgbt blabla stuff ist still irrelevant to most of us.keep your Agenda for yourself
True or????.?blessings ❤
ua-cam.com/video/tS71BB4MB8I/v-deo.html same concert 3 different languages
don't think it's anti LGBT, it's more like "man and woman" as in everyone
German Raggae? OK: Junior Randy, Ganja Man, Ede Whiteman, Stoney Moe, Raggabund, Mono und Nikitaman, Benjie, Miwata...
The original Video is better