when you haven't listened to this song since you were little and you come back and realize what the song actually means, bro this song hits even more when you understand it
R.I.P MY BRO PEHEMA DATS HU THIS SONG IS ABOUT THE BRO GOT STABBED IN REWA FOR TAGGING. I WENT TO SCHOOL WIF DA BRO TWO SCHOOLS ACTUALLY. TAKANINI PRIMARY N PAPAKURA SOUTH SCHOOL 😂 I REMEMBER HIM BY HIS FUNNY RUN SO YEAH CHURR MY G R.I.P G
i have chilled in the area and most of south aucks , mid you it was back when id say im from porirua and bros would be like really? now its the otha way round lol
I was year 11 at Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate that day me and my mates wagged first period to get stoned at a mates house close by to watch funny videos lol we walked thr alleyway near the school and the director Chris Graham came up to all 5 of us, eyes half mung and then he proceeds to tell us he's the director for a new song smashproof is doing, told us to play spar and just have a laugh, me and the boiz waited all summer for that song to drop, would listen to the previews of that song for ages till it finally came out, mad love to the hood I was raised in, 1:47 274lifee
I was in Primary School when this came out. Its touch hasn't changed one bit- i still get the goosebumps while hearing it. The background story is still very much upsetting.
Aotearoa is changing right in front of our eyes. This song takes me right back. Hope all is well and everyone in the comments are healthy and aware through these new times. Keep your values and morals your ancestors lived by and have passed down to our parents to teach us.
Man.. when this song came out. my mum passed away. This song brings me back to the days of her funeral... this song would always be on the radio.. damn 7 years
I’m now living in australia and I Remember this song when I was a young kid being played on the radio I think and this bring back lotta memories man…..strolling through mangere,pak n save,getting pies from the bakery, far you just had to be there I might reside in aus but nz will always hold a special place in ma heart as it’s where I was born too❤️
There is so much heart in this song. I love this song and hope it serves as a beacon to the issues that lead to tragedy - to Pihema Cameron's death - and that it never happens again. It deserved to be number one for 11 weeks.
If ever parents want to know what their teens are thinking, show them this video... because it hits the nail in the coffin. Smashproof is the best thing to come out of the NZ local music industry. This group has soul. They say it as they see it. Awesome!!!
I was born there in Manukau, Grew up there, left there, then came back, then left again. It doesn't change much. Its still the same as it was back in 2004.. then again Im only talking about south Aucks.
As a proud Kiwi, I find it hard to admit that some people are right regarding our culture. The culture I grew up with is being slowly replaced by the American "Gangsta" mentality. The truth is, WE are doing it to ourselves.... WE make our lives this way.... and WE have the power to change it. Black, Brown, White, Yellow, Purple, Orange or Blue... doesn't matter what colour you give it... we ALL suffer with a curse of our own making.
best song to come out of nz imo, nostalgic, the message it sends, gins iconic vocals. timeless bro and makes me really think of the early 2000s era even though i was little i love knowing what people are talking about when they say they miss this era.
ohh. Very emotional song. Around this time. I never felt it before but now I feel it and see it, I'm trying to stop crying but tears would just come. Because it's true. Things are happening and the songs are reminding me. And I'll start to see that they are bringing a kind message.
I was featured as an extra during the filming of this song, 'Brother' I'm wearing a cap and walking past the shop with another guy, just after the man on the phone making a call dressed in a suit, filmed in South Auckland, near Middlemore Hospital. this music video was filmed in 2013.
is it really as bad as they make out in this song? I'd love to visit New Zealand and would love to see Maori traditions etc and of course the people of pacific islander origin who also inhabit NZ...
2021 anyone?!? I remember listening to this song all the time on channel 2, I think I was about 10 when I first heard this song... now I’m 20! Time truly flys man
These were the best days of my life yet! Left da bay to live the wellyz life at 17.. good times. Going at it on my own. Don't know how good the world is until you grow older and it piles up!
As an Aussie who discovered Kiwi hip-hop, I always wondered what this song could've been if it were released internationally. Like, its issues are mainly of South Auckland; it talks about crime, youth problems, losing loved ones to the "hood life", inequality, and low socioeconomic life. And its goal was to paint a picture of what life was like for South Aucklanders (coming from a rap group from that area) to the rest of New Zealand. And it ended up becoming the longest number-one of 2009 in the country. But the thing is, the talks about crime and poverty don't just apply to South Auckland, it applies to the world. There's so many places across the world with the same issues of innocents caught up in crime life, and Brother would really apply to them. So I just feel sad at the thought of what potential this song could've had back then.
Heard this song when I was 17 .... I couldn't understand the words but now when I listen I feel it. Tagging is art should be done right way and right place.
This was one of my favourite songs when it first came out. But now it hits me so much harder because I've just lost a good mate of mine. Rest easy brother
Drae McEwen The word "Y'all" Is mostly used by Americans then again It's obvious that he's Not from NZ And Some Australians Listen To New Zealand music.
This brings me back soooooooooooooooooooooo much memories that mean so much to me and that I want my life to start again I miss these kind of songs This is the song of my memories
to everywun who has lost loved ones and all they wanna do is liaten to this song ..... dont worry it will get better aye , tough times yeah every wun has them so guys dont worry the good God will help yu through it !!!! IT WILL GET BETTER , man looking at these comments just about made me cry !! :(
This used to be my jam when i was 15, i used to listen to it all the time in high school. Sadly no one of my friends liked it but well, they don’t know what good music sounds like i guess 🤷🏼♀️ greeting from germany!
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Hits different in 2024...
Much love from christchurch homie
Hits the same bro just deeper
One of the best NZ songs ever
yep
Yea this is a classic so nostalgic used to see this on the tv On Rockfm
True
100% agree.
facts no fax
when you haven't listened to this song since you were little and you come back and realize what the song actually means, bro this song hits even more when you understand it
Hardowt
i was born the day this came out
I knooooo
For real 🙌🏽
@@gabreilphillips593 i cant , so good autrailan english, i konw how was gone, a praise fro him above. okay i undertsand
AWW GUMMON!! I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THIS SONG FOR 6 DAMN YEARS AND I FINALLY FOUND IT!!
sameee!!!
Awww gummon
they keep removing it for some reason
R.I.P MY BRO PEHEMA DATS HU THIS SONG IS ABOUT THE BRO GOT STABBED IN REWA FOR TAGGING. I WENT TO SCHOOL WIF DA BRO TWO SCHOOLS ACTUALLY. TAKANINI PRIMARY N PAPAKURA SOUTH SCHOOL 😂 I REMEMBER HIM BY HIS FUNNY RUN SO YEAH CHURR MY G R.I.P G
Straight up! forgot the name 😂😂
This is one of the finest mainstream songs to come out of New Zealand
id argue its the best
Well. Let it known, it came out of South Auckland.XOXo?
Is song 🎵 about
My brother love you brother xoxo
How bizarre you would say that ..
Old as song still good though
this was one of my big brothers funeral songs makes me just about cry every time I listen to it rip Corey miss you my bro
Arohanui g 👆
I feel sorry
sorry to hear bro
Respect brother!!! This is my song to my little bro.. deep feels
RIP brother
Omg this song just unlocked a childhood memory😭
Foreall😭
Much love from christchurch
Dude even after ten years later I still feel this song it's so kiwi I love it
its been about 7 years :/
Asmr Tyt
sethpecekajus lol this one of those comments that end up on ' funny internet fails compilations '
that's cause it is kiwi. both the band smashproof and gin her self are Kiwi's. 😃
@@theheadlessmoo7770 Why are kiwis the only nation on earth who have to tell everyone there kiwi's. I think people know, kiwi's are not that unique.
Im in Brazil listen that Awesome song. I lived in New Zealand and the radio used to played at all time
WHO SENDING IT STILL IN 2021!
PAPATOETOE STAND UP!
MUCH LOVE FROM SINGAPORE 🇸🇬
i have chilled in the area and most of south aucks , mid you it was back when id say im from porirua and bros would be like really? now its the otha way round lol
2024 baby!
I was year 11 at Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate that day me and my mates wagged first period to get stoned at a mates house close by to watch funny videos lol we walked thr alleyway near the school and the director Chris Graham came up to all 5 of us, eyes half mung and then he proceeds to tell us he's the director for a new song smashproof is doing, told us to play spar and just have a laugh, me and the boiz waited all summer for that song to drop, would listen to the previews of that song for ages till it finally came out, mad love to the hood I was raised in, 1:47 274lifee
Buzzing 😂🔥🔥
Mean g
I was in Primary School when this came out. Its touch hasn't changed one bit- i still get the goosebumps while hearing it. The background story is still very much upsetting.
Same! Time flies
exactly the same for me goosebumps every time it's crazy
Just actually find herd its 1000 times tho haha
Here in 2022 bro holy shit the nostalgia I got from not listening to this song in 11 years
9o
Hey
Prob the best Kiwi rap song ever made & put into mainstream, love. Much respect to Smashproof.
i cant believe i forgot about this track! 15 freaking years ago... insane how fast time flies..
The most Iconic Kiwi song that deals with reality, and the music reflects it
Aotearoa is changing right in front of our eyes. This song takes me right back. Hope all is well and everyone in the comments are healthy and aware through these new times. Keep your values and morals your ancestors lived by and have passed down to our parents to teach us.
For a 2000s song, this is criminally underrated
For Sure, The Reality is a Bitch.
Man.. when this song came out. my mum passed away. This song brings me back to the days of her funeral... this song would always be on the radio.. damn 7 years
TedURThunder Pal c
Savannah Soane pal c
May your mother rest in paradise my friend sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss
R.I.P to my brother who lost his life 2 years ago today, taken to soon and to all the others brothers that have left us you remain in our hearts
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 MALO MALO homou hiva my ae hivanii kemau fanongo a2 kiai!! 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿 ofa a2 Aotearoa 🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴 HOME I MISS SO MUCH !!!
Ahh the days of blasting this on my Honda with a 12" explode sub. 2023 It still slaps
Who's still listening to this amazing song in 2019?♡
4ever!
I remember this song when I was little
me
Nah 2020
He'll yeah
Holy shit I seriously didn't know this song was from NZ until now #proudkiwi
Rochelle Pattison Wow where have you been ??
How.. listen to the accent 😅
I’m now living in australia and I Remember this song when I was a young kid being played on the radio I think and this bring back lotta memories man…..strolling through mangere,pak n save,getting pies from the bakery, far you just had to be there I might reside in aus but nz will always hold a special place in ma heart as it’s where I was born too❤️
Kaia kaha Gin Beautiful mahi from you. It's exactly like that within any environment. Lee, Fiona and Cindy, Coronal NZ.❤
There is so much heart in this song. I love this song and hope it serves as a beacon to the issues that lead to tragedy - to Pihema Cameron's death - and that it never happens again. It deserved to be number one for 11 weeks.
This song was inescapable back in 09.
ahahahhaha yoo, kickin back nd this song would always play on da tv... memoryz
If ever parents want to know what their teens are thinking, show them this video... because it hits the nail in the coffin. Smashproof is the best thing to come out of the NZ local music industry. This group has soul. They say it as they see it. Awesome!!!
Legendary song...always nostalgic when you hear it. Make you miss NZ!!
Its still year 2024 this song hits harder then the songs now miss old new Zealand take me back
I miss auckland. that place has a place inmy heart that no other place has. 😓😓
Aucklands traffic is Bs.
Auckland is still awesome bro.
I was born there in Manukau, Grew up there, left there, then came back, then left again. It doesn't change much. Its still the same as it was back in 2004.. then again Im only talking about south Aucks.
im from the north aucks im around where all the bays are at like browns bay torbay longbay.
Im in hams, But I've only been back in Nz for like a year
now. I've been up your ways, I use to live in Orewa.
Their album is called "The Weekend", Its about things that could/do happen in South Auckland on any given weekend. This song is awesome, real deep.
As a proud Kiwi, I find it hard to admit that some people are right regarding our culture. The culture I grew up with is being slowly replaced by the American "Gangsta" mentality. The truth is, WE are doing it to ourselves.... WE make our lives this way.... and WE have the power to change it. Black, Brown, White, Yellow, Purple, Orange or Blue... doesn't matter what colour you give it... we ALL suffer with a curse of our own making.
Its sad hearing this now, so long after it first came out
Fax brother
best song to come out of nz imo, nostalgic, the message it sends, gins iconic vocals. timeless bro and makes me really think of the early 2000s era even though i was little i love knowing what people are talking about when they say they miss this era.
Msg gave me ţhę Chills bruv
🎵🎶 😑🙏
Anyone here in 2024??? DECEMBER 31ST?
October?
November?
yeah my bro i play it for my brother 😔
November
@@raymatiu2936🎉🎉🎉🎉
ohh. Very emotional song. Around this time. I never felt it before but now I feel it and see it, I'm trying to stop crying but tears would just come. Because it's true. Things are happening and the songs are reminding me. And I'll start to see that they are bringing a kind message.
Nice song from New Zealand... remember good times ♥️
I haven’t heard this song in ages and I’ve been looking for it when I forgot the name of this song and now I have finally found it I’m so happy
I was featured as an extra during the filming of this song, 'Brother' I'm wearing a cap and walking past the shop with another guy, just after the man on the phone making a call dressed in a suit, filmed in South Auckland, near Middlemore Hospital. this music video was filmed in 2013.
Chur homie from chch what a song for nz.
Filmed in 2013 posted in 2009?
I always heard this song growing up in South Auckland. Just found out the meaning years later.
love this song!!! based in my beautiful hometown xxxxxx
is it really as bad as they make out in this song? I'd love to visit New Zealand and would love to see Maori traditions etc and of course the people of pacific islander origin who also inhabit NZ...
Edge Man NZ is Paradise
It’s worse!!!
2021 anyone?!? I remember listening to this song all the time on channel 2, I think I was about 10 when I first heard this song... now I’m 20! Time truly flys man
2021
Same bro I was 15, I downloaded it off limewire so I could play it on my MP3 😄 good times.
i can listen to this song a thousand times, so good
sweet as bro
Good song
Palmerston North and Wellington. It’s where my heart is based. Kiaora NZ
These were the best days of my life yet! Left da bay to live the wellyz life at 17.. good times. Going at it on my own. Don't know how good the world is until you grow older and it piles up!
As an Aussie who discovered Kiwi hip-hop, I always wondered what this song could've been if it were released internationally.
Like, its issues are mainly of South Auckland; it talks about crime, youth problems, losing loved ones to the "hood life", inequality, and low socioeconomic life. And its goal was to paint a picture of what life was like for South Aucklanders (coming from a rap group from that area) to the rest of New Zealand. And it ended up becoming the longest number-one of 2009 in the country.
But the thing is, the talks about crime and poverty don't just apply to South Auckland, it applies to the world. There's so many places across the world with the same issues of innocents caught up in crime life, and Brother would really apply to them. So I just feel sad at the thought of what potential this song could've had back then.
Yeah man! Come visit us in South Auckland! Safest place on earth!
Still can’t believe this happened on my old street when I was young now I’m 16 rip bro see you in heaven
OG kiwi songs like this help me understand what life is really like
When you do your research into the song combined with the video, It's amazing how well both have been combined. Probably my favorite music video out.
Such a great song... I play it to my friends and family in France! Love it
i had a mate who got killed in auks god bless his soul
i luv aucklanders aye im a born again christian and its awesome god bless auckland
remon dawod White deception of Jesus Christ is really Cesare Borgia. The idea of Christ is really god conciseness.
6 years later & we havnt made much progress time for change yet?
Fuck yes if anything South Aucklands worse now but its home i guess
+KNICK NAC otara😂
yep thanks to our Lord and saviour John Key
+_.queerkid._ So is henderson and glen eden its spreading fast.
wupet We got rid of John Key so Aotearoa is on the way up cuz 2 thumbs up >>> b ^_^ d
Miss my mangere days☹but God sent me here to be greater than i was in my past
This song is old but amazing and so true, should be worldwide.
this song is as real as real gets. love this song. needs a lot more love than it gets
This song is soo good all these years later the radio stations need yo play more song like this
Remember listening to this song when I was younger...I'm proud to be a kiwi
same, im 20 now lo listened to this when was like 13 14 lol
+Connor Hawkins that feel bro
No longer living in NZ but damn I am SO proud to be one, born, bred.
@@sdp4296 yet not proud enough to live here?
Not me replaying this song over and over but not trying to type up my close-viewing report based on this music video!
anyone still watching in 2015? Miss New Zealand. Take me Home. 🇳🇿
Elijah Lofipo 2017 XD
2017 oh gummon uce
2017
Best song ever on international arena Abt newzealand..cheers bro
This song is just awesome....a great piece of music work by Gin Wigmore and Smashproof....I´m so addicted to it
Heard this song when I was 17 .... I couldn't understand the words but now when I listen I feel it. Tagging is art should be done right way and right place.
Damn this is world class.. why not here!???? Gins voice is amazing too!
I grew up around here... I was watching them while they shot the offical video...I still do live here...memories
3.2.2016 still a mean song... jammin it here in Perth while feeling homesick.. RIP young fulla
Same here my bro Perth all day
Real tear jerker! Every single time. The collaboration here is fucken awesome. Love her voice..
after 10years this song still brings tears to my eyes
This song is iconic for NZ 👌🏽👑🇳🇿
Such a hauntingly beautiful song.
It's so true too.
I’m from America and I love this song
This was one of my favourite songs when it first came out. But now it hits me so much harder because I've just lost a good mate of mine. Rest easy brother
Fun Fact: My dad was a friend of one of the members of smash-proof, Tyree
yall kiwis gotta stop making me cry!!!!
where u from
+Drae McEwen America or Australia probably
Comic Venus hahaha why is that
Drae McEwen The word "Y'all" Is mostly used by Americans then again It's obvious that he's Not from NZ And Some Australians Listen To New Zealand music.
Comic Venus oh okay then
✨💫 remind me of my younger days
5yrs ago i remember watching this when it came out :/
roy ow time goes fast huh
:)
This song...shivers EVERY TIME.
Damn this song is fire
This brings me back soooooooooooooooooooooo much memories that mean so much to me and that I want my life to start again I miss these kind of songs
This is the song of my memories
We didn't have good internet so every morning I used to wait for this song to come on the telly before I go to school
reading this and being someone from Jamaica i have one thing to say sir challenge accepted.
forever a song i hold deeply.
YEAH!! Kiwi Power! I am proud to be a New Zealander!!And an AUCKLANDER!
June 2020 and I'm still loving this 😊
👌
Man, so many familiar places in this. That funeral home is about 500m down the road from my parents.
This video needs way more love.
Yazzzz proud kiwi! Moved to Aussie and now back in Auckland! NZ is home ❤
to everywun who has lost loved ones and all they wanna do is liaten to this song ..... dont worry it will get better aye , tough times yeah every wun has them so guys dont worry the good God will help yu through it !!!! IT WILL GET BETTER , man looking at these comments just about made me cry !! :(
This used to be my jam when i was 15, i used to listen to it all the time in high school. Sadly no one of my friends liked it but well, they don’t know what good music sounds like i guess 🤷🏼♀️ greeting from germany!
Gotta be one of the best songs ever out of NZ
Listening in 2024 is special
That aint no hood.............. thats just home for most of us!
Brings me back to childhood memories I miss home ❤
Gänsehaut pur... Weltklasse
A timeless gem. 🙏🏽🏆✨
Here from NYC !! 2020
This song will forever have a spot in my heart ❤️ #homeofthebrave
I love u still watching it. It is a story i take on my own life. Heard it if i was 11 still watching it with 20.
i love all the kiwi people getting along im proud to be a kiwi like if you are proud to
As they say We Kiwi' s do f@ *ken
Fly
I'm very proud to be a kiwi!
Proud to have grown up in Mangere.60 now ,They were great years.My heart is still there..
@@craigdurham2216 bro good shit
Love this song. Hi from Russia :)
Fuck russia :)
You where my brother and you should have stayed'
R.I.P James Mita Mckeagg ❤
Arohanui Kia kaha
To everyone
Still so relevant ❤❤❤ the hook n chorus, we lose so many we really shouldn't have. Much Love Nz ❤❤❤ Classic hard