"I'm just trying to be somebody I can talk to in the morning with a smile." wow so powerful
@flwlessvictory95773 жыл бұрын
Watch "ASEOP ROCK - WATER (REACTION)" on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp2slIuDh5eFkJo
@tothedirtwhenidie17982 жыл бұрын
So what you think it's about you think he's speaking enigmatically
@RxwSteeze12 жыл бұрын
Aesops metaphors are seriously brain melting. Sometimes I understand what he is saying but my high percentage of fallibility actually makes me wonder if I do understand what he is saying. For instance" I'm trying to see the future in a tea cup and a saucer" is tea leaf reading which is a method of fortune telling. His lyricism is so beautiful his words paint vivid pictures in my brain that actually stay with me for an immense amount of time. Thank you Aesop for being such a lyrical genius.
@joezar332 жыл бұрын
Tasseomancy
@tothedirtwhenidie17982 жыл бұрын
It's called tass...∆^∆^^^^ divination not necessarily telling fortunes it's divining
@tothedirtwhenidie17982 жыл бұрын
And besides its a portion of a set of rhymes about speed and other things but mostly speed
@csentgerath8 жыл бұрын
aesop rock is lyrically on another fucking level one of my all time favorites and still killin it, no one comes even close to fucking with his lyricism, aesop for life
@csentgerath3 жыл бұрын
came back 5 years later to say this still holds true, also rip DOOM
@FlosstradamussАй бұрын
There’ll never be another Aesop Rock
@jackbowis665010 жыл бұрын
Every once in a while, Aes reminds me why he's my favorite rapper.
@stephanie65013 жыл бұрын
Same
@Ufasas3 жыл бұрын
he is better than Eminem, prove me wrong
@OracleTheRonin2 жыл бұрын
@@Ufasas More Eminem fans gotta crawl out the stan shell
@losxdescabezados9 ай бұрын
What do you think of Aes in these 9 years after your comment?
@jackbowis66509 ай бұрын
@@losxdescabezados Yep, still my favorite. :) Every album since I wrote this comment has had at least a few songs that I listen to regularly (Get Out of the Car, The Gates, More Cycles, Living Curfew, Purple Moss). My wife and I try to keep up with the first verse of The Gates in the car. There's just no other rapper out there that pulls me in like Aes does.
@SadSquatch13374 ай бұрын
Hip Hop was so good in the early and mid 2000s. So many unique flows, word play, and cadences.
@BigRedSpear5 жыл бұрын
First heard this on a trip one careless night in college. Been looking out for a popcorn ceiling, an eighth and a careless night ever since. Saved for future circumstances.
@flwlessvictory95773 жыл бұрын
Watch "ASEOP ROCK - WATER (REACTION)" on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp2slIuDh5eFkJo
@RiseAboveAspireHigher11 жыл бұрын
This is my first time ever listening to Aesop Rock. I am impressed.
@reservoirsigns9 жыл бұрын
The sampled song is: Puisque Bele Dame M'eime / Flos Filius Euis by Ensemble Gilles Binchois (1992)
@Hermunkle9 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Kennedy +1 on you friend
@shivarious9 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Kennedy I was trying to figure that out for years, Thanks
@mehdiman79 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Kennedy What the fuck. just listened to that... that's some ridiculous sampling right there... fuck man.
@kevinprendergast58858 жыл бұрын
+Mehdiman Azmayesh I wrote to Blockhead years ago to ask where he got this sample from . He said it was one of his mother's albums. what an amazing voice
@shivarious8 жыл бұрын
+Kevin Prendergast wow
@freyral413 жыл бұрын
Aesop is a diamond in the rough. His style is so soothing and refreshing its ridiculous. Everytime you listen to a song you get a new meaning and more questions rise up in the back of your head. Every time something clicks as another thought breaks. That's the beauty of what this man had brought to the table. How many platinum rappers use 4-5 syllable words in their rhymes, huh?
@HopeIessWarIord15 жыл бұрын
"I keep a stick inside my hand and carve my name inside every wall of the falling hologram" Epic.
@thelandofyellow77143 жыл бұрын
I keep coming back to this one.
@calimango79263 жыл бұрын
The way he just says, 'sorry' at the end always gets to me...
@bored50942 жыл бұрын
Haunting
@nickmagrick7702 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, same. Something about it. Representing our societal apathy to our own continued destruction "Opps... sorry"
@iShockGamers9 ай бұрын
The GOAT, hands down no question. Still killing it over 20 years later
@bigschocolate3 ай бұрын
"A lost cause found doesnt mean you found a cause, that means you found a lost cause" this hits different the older you get
@jemba10922 ай бұрын
dude yea , mucho philosophical
@jemba10922 ай бұрын
crazy word work cuz lost cause is like one word , but just poeintenance in it
@nickperry74743 жыл бұрын
This came out after Labor Days and before Daylight EP. This is like his nervous breakdown that he goes more in depth into on 1 of 4. At least if that is the order he recorded them. May not be. But this always felt like his realization and then 1 of 4 was the explanation because he knew that his listeners understood, even without much detail, that he was facing some major demons. I believe El-P had issued a statement on his behalf at the time that Aesop had to cut off some of his tour to work through some issues. Back in that day, Def Jux had a message board and Aesop posted on there sometimes. I remember one particular post he mentioned he was homeless at that time. It really broke my heart and my brain at the same time how somebody so incredible and humble and talented could be facing such hardships. He mentions "Jamie"/El-P on 1 of 4 as one of the souls who saved his life. How different things would have been if he had never went to Def Jux and just remained bouncing around Indy labels like Mush and the one Appleseed dropped on. Thank you, El-P, for recognizing the importance of bringing such an extraordinary artist to more of the masses. You are both legends in my eyes.
@silversoulken2 жыл бұрын
Hmmmmm I heard this was made before Labor Days and it was considered for the next album before he just made the album with most of what Blockhead gave him?
@nickperry16392 жыл бұрын
@@silversoulken I could be mistaken. I don't know the date of when it was recorded. I just looked up the release dates of Labor Days and Euphony (the album this dropped on -- super nice record btw) and it appears Euphony actually dropped a month before Labor Days. So it was probably recorded during the same time frame. Oh well, still stands the test of time. It evokes some serious emotion out of me every time.
@averygarcia86697 ай бұрын
Is 1 of 4 the song at the end of daylight that's the bonus track??
@kelseytorpey74172 ай бұрын
This song is one of my favorites, in a sea of favorites.
@MikeyDunksMusic12 жыл бұрын
Love Aesop Rock's artistry. His heavy usage of metaphor can be overwhelming to newcomers, but if one takes time to decipher the meaning, the only option is to walk away with intense admiration for the art & it's message. Aesop Rock is LEGENDARY to those who know his art. HipHop.
@cestohvxd5 жыл бұрын
The complexity of his wordplay and ability to remain in perfect synch with the beat is absolutely incredible.....not to mention every other line hes dropping lifetime Gems.
@melo40878 жыл бұрын
One of my fav Aesop Rock songs!
@lemonslrg3303 жыл бұрын
How the end ties into the beginning makes this song easy to listen to on repeat, great for sleeping.
@jordan270413 жыл бұрын
I just think it's sad how many people are missing out on music like this.
@NSXTACY4205 жыл бұрын
WATER - AESOP ROCK [Intro] It would've been the most beautiful second-coming of Christ That anyone had ever seen [Verse 1] The water ain't safe, the land's made of water I hug a half-empty glass my dignity's tryin' to pawn her I'm tryin' to see the future in a tea cup and a saucer But I rather be drinkin' coffee with my cigarette foster Can a run-away buckle the cloud-nine fantasy filter to force the brutal truth of daily marketplace wars through the roof? I mean, I stood beneath the icicles that bleed under the awning And magically mastered the great absorbing of spirit falling But I'm sick, I've plowed these fields a thousand times over Sold botanical research studies to farmers with whole quarters And when science proposes to art besides that peaceful sea I'll be that cat with a ring on a pillow, shouting: "Finally!" Take a number, the apple seeds raineth upon your slumber A hundred thousand freaks on parade for the village hunter My every whim acted upon has gone loopy But I play a game called "Let's prepare barnacle city for the end-all noosings." I split the radius of go-getter bellies, reconnaissance Sleeping fossil genie bottle optimist freeze Run for the fountain but the fountain is a desert optical tease Tummy full of sand, running man, impossible, stop There's a wing in my gut and I'm all dust Surfin' the urban Iditarod, certainly flushed Now one in the hand is worth two atop the tallest cedar But what lies inside my heart is off the motherfuckin' meter [Hook] The water ain't safe no more I'm just tryin' to build myself to act as a truly better man, damn See, the water ain't safe no more I'm just tryin' to be a solid oak tree For every child to carve its name across The water ain't safe no more I'm just tryin' to be the dream Of every peasant the hurricane can offer See, the water ain't safe no more I'm just tryin' to be somebody I can talk to in the morning with a smile The water ain't safe no more [Verse 2] And I've always been a 40-night chronologic hostage Rusted hook in the lip of the monarch Wingless anime idol I don't play in the man race cycle, hope floater Gloating inside carnal indifference 'Til doom cops a slot and potent quotas I'm 20 something, pumping acrylic tomorrow sideways Blazing passage with a map tattooed on the back of the classless Now tip-toe across a lost cause Because a lost cause found don't mean you found a cause That means you found a lost cause Okay, now I've been here for role-playing Slaying my here and now To benefit consumption for my peers steering the plow And it's incredible Handy jackets turn numerals to sentinels But bad apples ain't sweet And cretins' saddles ain't that memorable I'm Mozart with a focus on the tide Hiding the inconsistencies of man behind water and wine I wear a tiger-striped ego and bivouac my progression Where the kindlings formulated Through the flesh of the oppressors Now, God had a flask, I can prove it You really think the thirteen loops that used honor Spawned me a sober unit? Check potion, addressed the ghost inside my TV with a ruler Adhered to the back bone, stone pusher Here ten thousand hackers deep in the movement That's 20,000 crucial ruby heels clicking in unison And it's beautiful, I keep a stick inside my hand And carve my name inside every wall of the falling hologram [Hook] The water ain't safe no more I'm just tryin' to build myself to act as a truly better man, damn The water ain't safe no more I'm just tryin' to be a solid oak tree For every child to carve its name across The water ain't safe no more I'm just tryin' to be the dream Of every peasant the hurricane can offer See, the water ain't safe no more I'm just tryin' to be somebody I can talk to in the morning with a smile See, the water ain't safe no more ....sorry Aesop Rock (the GOAT)
@mattbrad7885 жыл бұрын
Whos here 2020
@SteveBass04 жыл бұрын
i sure am!
@reburrillo3 жыл бұрын
2021 checking in.
@stephanie65013 жыл бұрын
2021
@miertastrain3 жыл бұрын
We out hea. 🤜🤙
@lavosdream49283 жыл бұрын
2021 baybee
@phillipdelaney29899 жыл бұрын
I think that Aes is unique with his metaphors. some are kind of.. well... to complement the flow, but some are very deep and they really get your attention. Even if ALL of his lyrics were bullshit, you can't really deny that it is poetic to some degree. it's music
@deliveryboy113 жыл бұрын
i would like thank God for Aes Rock... Without him, i wouldn't listen to hip hop anymore, as well as a few more underground hip hop heads... Hip hop is not dead, it is ALIVE, hidden in the shadows of the underground... For every shitty ass mainstream rapper out there, there is a genius lurking in the darkness of the underground. Amen for true hip hop music!
@balisticsrooster8 жыл бұрын
Aesop is a treat to listen too
@gideonwilkin38806 жыл бұрын
One of the best hip hop tracks of all time
@wsmdr312 жыл бұрын
Going to see him live this weekend in Colorado Springs! Stoked!!!!
@theguy13410 жыл бұрын
Just so amazing. A true once in a lifetime talent
@makattackaa10 жыл бұрын
Agreed. He's a super special somethin.
@sonofamachinegun85683 жыл бұрын
@@makattackaa Special is as special does. You aren't special just because.
@tomshumate39408 жыл бұрын
This shows up in my watch again list every single day and I click it because it's still the best video on the whole page
@moozycla611 жыл бұрын
He's real man, everyone's wants "Show" not the real life stories. He is the one of the best rappers today..
@danielmulholland58696 жыл бұрын
"I Mozart with a focus on the tide, hiding the inconsistencies of man behind water and wine" so beautiful.
@Dankman94 жыл бұрын
So many references to other songs, lyrics and flows of his, you gotta be familiar with his work to fully appreciate this one. Great song.
@BreakfastsAtNoon12 жыл бұрын
im crying for this its really just making me stop and lose myself
@soniqonline13 жыл бұрын
I always refer to this dude as a 'Modern Day Shakespeare'... Something about his poetry has the power to resonate many generations after ours. That's just me tho.
@estephaniaquiroz16712 жыл бұрын
I love this
@Nothing-bl7bj10 жыл бұрын
First song I heard from this guy was Basic Cable. Hands down one of my favorites. I had never heard and never again will I hear someone so precise and intricate with every word they use in order to explain the smallest details. Major props to the god of rap
@KishinZephrite8 жыл бұрын
First Aesop Rock song I listened too. It holds up well.
@joshuashepard15798 жыл бұрын
did you venture into his other songs? "take me to the basement" is a great one
@moonmanvic7 жыл бұрын
Listen to the others, they are equally as great.
@shards0fwords3 жыл бұрын
You have so so much more waiting for you.
@KishinZephrite3 жыл бұрын
I made the comment 5 years ago. Even back then, I had like 5 of his albums. I just meant this was the song that got me into Aesop over a decade ago lol.
@brianlange12513 жыл бұрын
It's 2021 I'm still trying to be the dream of every peasant the hurricane could offer
@OverTimeOrtiz3 ай бұрын
I’m here and it’s 2024 and why can’t I find this song anywhere but KZbin ?
@FaceRearanger8 жыл бұрын
This song and this beat are out of this fucking world!
@iraplikeyoubreathe12 жыл бұрын
Might be his best song.
@suelisoaresdasilva26584 жыл бұрын
The water ain't safe!! This is so real
@ToastyTentacle13 жыл бұрын
The beauty of music comes from stirring the soul. You sir, have stirred my soul
@natesdevices10 жыл бұрын
people. what are you trying to be? are you sentient, reasoning beings, or mindless, fearful, aggressive animals? To me, being a man is being informed, being aware of yourself and others, being decent, having empathy, and being the good you wish to see in the world. that doesn't mean clinging to scauses, wearing pink ribbons, not even necessarily volunteering at shelters. just know what goes on in the world, and be ready for change, should it become possible, and know that your fellow man is just as worthy as you are for a better quality of life, even if he doesn't act like it all the time.
@uristmcary214010 жыл бұрын
im mindless and fearful, and aggressive. i dont have a problem with that.
@boingdingaling708710 жыл бұрын
Do you know what "cringe" means?
@canopeflyer9 жыл бұрын
I agree bro. don't listen to these fools. keep spreading the good message
@imjusts0medude8 жыл бұрын
natesdevices thank you for the crutch that some of us lesser handicapped seem to (unnecessarily) need in this day and age.
@patrickmcdonald1237 жыл бұрын
Wish I could copy and paste this comment on Facebook. Seriously how I feel too man. Love life and live to see the world fit for all or die trying.
@penguinsauce8715 жыл бұрын
the most beautiful song ive ever heard
@Alfonsucio16 жыл бұрын
So hard to choose just one masterpiece by Aes...
@deleteforever37215 жыл бұрын
@Crazed1255 way to speak your mind, and more importantly the truth. cheers. aesop will forever remain an icon of what hip hop should be. beautiful song.
@theAndr0yd13 жыл бұрын
@TheAsianWorm You're right, people seem to think that they have to some sort of genius to be able to enjoy Aesop. I don't understand all of Aesops songs, but in my opinion, that's also why I like him so much, 'cause he gives me this urge to understand.
@gl0bal74748 жыл бұрын
I learn something new every time I hear this song
@fillupdaniel15 жыл бұрын
def jux chick here, one of the best aesop songs ever. so beautiful *andrea
@Jerrbear55611 жыл бұрын
Def one of the best, a song to live by
@email1414 жыл бұрын
aesop got the best lyrics flowin'out over his lips i hear these days. He doesn't follow the beat, he creates the beat.
@LEFT4eV3r Жыл бұрын
This.song hits so hard even years later man aesops poetry and words and this beutiful beat is really a work of art man 🎨 🎵🎶
@noneyabusiness76646 ай бұрын
Tiptoe around a lost cause because a lost cause found don’t mean you found a cause, it means you found a lost cause.
@doh5artcrimeskrew5 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS HUMAN BEING. this shit gave me instant goosebumps from the first rhyme. If there's a god,may he bless you and all the people that you love and help with your music, if there's no god I wish you good luck and endless happiness for you AESOP R.!
@Rooster70711 жыл бұрын
One of his best songs. Could listen all day
@tysonandbritta15 жыл бұрын
alll of aesop's stuff is GREAT! ALL OF IT!!
@MadBadVoodo16 жыл бұрын
Its all good man! I like the Celtic vibe this peace has keep up the good work!!
@kdiaz651313 жыл бұрын
@owned323 Finally someone who really listens to aesop. all of his songs are so deeply in metaphor form.
@AUMEYEGOD16 жыл бұрын
Yo thanks for this, Its fresh that you have the lyrics. Keep It comin JBird
@hunterstephens654511 жыл бұрын
I love this picture of Aesop Rock
@rjpinder4 жыл бұрын
I’m here in 2021 :)
@tekalist13 жыл бұрын
@encef1 You know, you really gotta feel good about yourself as a person who can listen to Aes and hear wisdom. It's a warm fuzzy feeling.
@ApolloWords14 жыл бұрын
its beautiful, truly beautiful
@SelfAware113 жыл бұрын
I listened to Aesop Rock all night one time on Acid, it is fucking mental explosions.
@NewSnakeEyes114 жыл бұрын
truly amazing
@GZAx42012 жыл бұрын
aesop has said a lot of his music has no concrete meaning, everyone perceives it in their own way which is awesome, its super gnarly and super creative :D
@JuliusSpin10 жыл бұрын
Never scroll down. Dont forget.
@owned32313 жыл бұрын
You are all wrong, this song is one giant metaphor about him wanting to be a better person, an example, and just over all being just clean and ahead of the pack. Its deep, real deep.
@fakkeRICH12 жыл бұрын
i love how he starts slow and starts to speed up his flow. its fuckin amazing!!!!
@JunglistMovement15 жыл бұрын
I got this track off a download and it was in a album titled Unreleased, Compilations & Features. Got loadsa other good track aswell.
@ismellleaksmoke15 жыл бұрын
AMAZING!
@kitchens2clean13 жыл бұрын
im just trying to be someone i can talk to in the morning with a smile ... what a definitive way to finish off a track
@SoulPapiii5 жыл бұрын
Still listening to this
@chunga10010 жыл бұрын
Had an amazing conversation on omegle with a guy who suggested this song, It was a very pleasant and uplifting conversation until we started talking about feminism and he left on a negative note, experienced a really good example of what happens when you challenge someones belief in something when you don't yourself believe it to be entirely true. I was sad he left so abruptly because he got the totally wrong idea. I really hope he sees this because I would love to chat with him again.
@eeee867710 жыл бұрын
the fuck?
@TheAllhailben710 жыл бұрын
OHMYGOD! IS THAT YOU?! *dramatization of his next visit to this page*
@Meposism10 жыл бұрын
This may of been me,but things are a little hazy.
@DrewPappas198510 жыл бұрын
TheAllhailben7 haha love it
@thadaytrippa9110 жыл бұрын
wow,why are so many people trying to mock someones happiness? damn I don't know this person but we're cool just because they know this song.
@wild-radio73732 жыл бұрын
Love you forever
@SirSmokeALeet13 жыл бұрын
@deliveryboy1 Keep preaching the truth, brother. Greatest rapper of all time right here, Ace Rizzle.
@lollmfaorofllawlftw13 жыл бұрын
@NathanExplosion55 this is off the EXTREMELY hard to get a-hold-of "Euphony". It was released in 2001 by 'Cryptic One's' Centrifugal Phorce records. It was like a collaboration/showcase album featuring a bunch of DefJux buds and of course...The Atoms Family.
@SelfAware113 жыл бұрын
Aesop is LEGEND.
@JamesHolloway11 жыл бұрын
It's by a group called Anonymous 4 -- I wasn't sure, but I double-checked. From an album called Love's Illusion. The title is "Puisque bele dame m'eime," and it's originally from 13th century France. If you search for it on youtube, you should be able to find it.
@ukingsken11 жыл бұрын
Love it! Thanks reddit, you showed me the way!
@jaycerv29416 жыл бұрын
A masterpiece :')
@flwlessvictory95773 жыл бұрын
Watch "ASEOP ROCK - WATER (REACTION)" on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp2slIuDh5eFkJo
@Stessler3015 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was just thinking but I was going to be as bold as to say it is the best Aesop song.
@dancyan63026 жыл бұрын
This Track Travels
@mabretania13 жыл бұрын
"Here ten thousand hackers deep in a movment Thats 20,000 crucial ruby heels clicking in unison." Aes is a stunning poet
@johnjonesjr.13935 жыл бұрын
they were sliver slippers read the poem
@iandareopal11 жыл бұрын
yea man still gives me shivers
@theAGnostic2712 жыл бұрын
not sure where you could get it, but when searching for it, it would probably be under the album Euphony by The Atoms Family. this song is Aesop's rock guest appearance on that album
@Aldgisl05815 жыл бұрын
this is good... really good can´t listen to his voice for a day though..
@donalddevitt3766 Жыл бұрын
"I stood beneath the icicles that bleed under the awning, and magically mastered the great absorbing of spirit falling."❤❤
@LetsRevolt113 жыл бұрын
Aesop never ceases to amaze...this beat is almost too nasty
@fear3bk15 жыл бұрын
I love this song man, its so powerful
@009esan13 жыл бұрын
Great song!!!!
@yakamuci15 жыл бұрын
Awesome song "the water aint safe no more, the land is made of water"
@masterchasekid12 жыл бұрын
He comes in So Ferocious on the Second Verse
@alissaz313 жыл бұрын
rewritten for Aesop: Aesop is a fucking genius...all his lyrics make so much sense that they don't...His Instrumentals/Beats are the best; his flow is fantastic... there isn't anything wrong with his music at all...It's fucking perfect!
@PkSage895 жыл бұрын
I used to walk to a lot of this.
@TheRidllerXXThree13 жыл бұрын
WARNING!! I'm about to come across as a pretentious twat when I say this but... A joint + a dark room + this poetic genius, helps me to escape to another plane of existence. I'm buzzin right now, I can't thank Aes Rock enough!!!
@larsruberti15 жыл бұрын
@Crazed1255 , well said! different context but same story.. My first trip was the most important day in my life till now, i fucking swear it was a gift of the lords that i woke up that day and decided to try shrooms to have a nice day, well.. after taking them i had the baddest trip, it showed me who i was, and after having a bad trip for hours i changed. i thought out every chaotic thought, and got eye opening conclusions. sick and amazing song, brings back memories.
@blakeigle14 жыл бұрын
and the lines you f up are some of the best, its "do you real think that the 13 loops that nous dawned where spawn via sober unit"
@krisseghers9273 Жыл бұрын
Whenever I talk to people about Aesop and they all only know Asap Rocky I'm like kill me