Finally someone has the right song! This is William De Vaughn's "Be Thankful for What You've Got!" This ain't Curtis Mayfield, & it isn't called "Diamond in the Back!" ✌🏼
@pebblessladebedrockinc.95066 ай бұрын
I just found out it's not Curtis Mayfield's song!!😮
@Jay-pc8gg6 ай бұрын
*You got
@DJGRoc6 ай бұрын
@@pebblessladebedrockinc.9506 I dunno who started that lie, but it's deeply rooted. 😕
@jcynical6526 ай бұрын
I'm pissed off now! All these years, I saw this song as Curtis Mayfield's. Somebody lied to us and got some explainin to do 😂😂😡
@ggforeigner5 ай бұрын
Thank you. 👍
@micperez819 Жыл бұрын
This is one of those songs that you never get tired of hearing
@deloreswillis92248 ай бұрын
Amen 4 real now!!!!!!!!!
@SlimSlashie3 ай бұрын
Brother sings the same 6 lines over and over, and it's STILL better than most songs of this current generation. F'n brilliant.
@tlwalker87513 ай бұрын
💯🔥Truth
@THEINFAMOUS10112 ай бұрын
I never noticed this until now😂😂😂😂😂
@sinslap_2 ай бұрын
REAL TALK !
@mattiefee2 ай бұрын
When you write 6 perfect lines... Why not turn it into 18 lines 🔥🔥🔥
@SlimSlashie2 ай бұрын
@@mattiefee Exactly. This song is so smooth it could go on another 5 minutes.
@dawnwilliams48937 күн бұрын
This reminds me of my brother George Jr.Miss u much 💙💙💯😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏RIP..
@octofish2 жыл бұрын
Timeless classic. Memories of living in the hood in the 70s as a young boy. Greatness. Those times, memories and people. This brings it all right back.
@jacknjill30002 жыл бұрын
Me too and my childhood in the hood. Looking back now, I miss those days hanging everyday with friends and going through growing changes together.
@andiestewart7423 Жыл бұрын
@eman67rpforum27Amen! Hood people were nice to us kids as long as we lived in their hood😂 Never experienced any other “gangsters” until later in life ❤️
@Aucht52 Жыл бұрын
For years I thought this was Curtis Mayfield! Back in the '70's (we in the UK) had no idea who the singers were, it was the music at the clubs. Best days back then. Man we had so much fun, carefree and dancing to this & all the others on a Friday & Sat.
@diarradunlap9337 Жыл бұрын
@Aucht52 Curtis Mayfield DID cover this song.
@celebratingtheclassicswithearl10 ай бұрын
Exactly the same 100%❤🎼
@Cheeks1l3 ай бұрын
If it wasn’t for 70’s music the 80’s & 90’s era of hip hop and R&b music wouldn’t exist.
@raymondmalcuit83613 жыл бұрын
This Song Went To Number 4 On The Billboard Hot-100 Chart In 1974.
@moladhdodhia164 Жыл бұрын
And I was only 16 and a Motown girl but all the guys were into heavy metal.
@chrisbennett62605 ай бұрын
@@moladhdodhia164 your ears were obviousily robust
@joannehines7806 Жыл бұрын
Ever thankful to Father God for EVERYTHING!!! This song comes to mind when I become pessimistic about what I do not have!! God's reminder to me to be thankful for the MOST IMPORTANT THINGS: love, family, loved ones, food to eat, a warm home to live in, bills paid, good health & healthy, strong family, kids prospering & achieving, etc.! ✝
@robertveltri85763 ай бұрын
amen
@scottfraser7118Ай бұрын
For Sure😘
@BoB-Dobbs_leaning-left9 күн бұрын
Indeed, but be aware that he is not listening. The universe is what it is and always has been. You have no freewill, you are who you are, just try and be better
@ThomasGerard-kh5ib7 сағат бұрын
I'm 69 year old white boy.Im thankful I'm not homeless anymore
@davidwilliams88602 ай бұрын
My uncle played this at the cookout 4th of July
@user-eo5fl1ym8w6 ай бұрын
This song has always been attributed to Curtis Mayfield and in all actuality this is who actually wrote and sang this song. #JUST FOR THE RECORD
@kittenbrown24846 ай бұрын
Please give Mr. William Devaughn his flowers!!!💯
@peterlewis63243 жыл бұрын
Timeless it sounds more beautiful with age.
@alex-E7WHU3 ай бұрын
How dafuq did I get to 60 yrs old and just heard this in 2024..? Brilliant song ❤️
@nadinecamille3 ай бұрын
You were probably only 10 when this song came out
@krestaleonard21283 ай бұрын
Whaaaaaaat!😮
@djairalert4223 ай бұрын
you and me both I'm 48 and been djing since I was 6 🔥
@JoeTi883 ай бұрын
I'm 36, came from a non English speaking country and just heard this song last week, thought I was a bit late to fall in love to this song but seems I'm not alone. Literally like of digging a piece of gold, sir !
@TheANDYURRY2 ай бұрын
62 yrs here, very familiar with CM version but this rocks ...!!!!
@ghariiscool9 күн бұрын
this song has gotten me through rough times. Man, the power of music
@albertchin105015 сағат бұрын
A song with a positive message. Yes, indeed.
@minib22003 жыл бұрын
Wow this was my hood in the late 70's was born in 1973
@arnelevans67793 жыл бұрын
My sister was born in 1973
@user-dd8hp8uf5h5 ай бұрын
My dad always played this not in the caddy but the impala RIP POPS😢
@biglosersowhat Жыл бұрын
Nice Vibes, Great Song. William DeVaughn wrote this. It was first called "A Cadillac Don't Come Easy." Then rewritten and changed to "Be Thankful For What You Got."
@Savvynlady2 жыл бұрын
This scene captured the essence of 70s NYC well
@sonicgrub2 жыл бұрын
Brings back loving memories of camping with family and friends in '74 and '75. Cutoffs and 0 SPF tan lotion. Sunburn and vinegar. Hot links and rich potato salad with deviled eggs. Dad drinking Tuborg and Olympia beer. Rum and coke and VO and 7. Good times
@bobbygriz56482 жыл бұрын
Totally relate ❤🎤🎶👍🙏
@jonathandoelander61302 жыл бұрын
Good times.
@aceartdepot61986 ай бұрын
I was born in the wrong era the 90s was great but the 70s and 80s is what built our couture
@gregmiller97106 ай бұрын
oh it WAS great, but now you'd be as ole as we are....enjoy your time and the 70's music! :)
@aceartdepot61985 ай бұрын
@@gregmiller9710 😂😂😂 touché my friend, im 100% sure it was awesome & unforgettable. I just wish the humanity and integrity was still intact that you guys laid down.
@petetj3332 жыл бұрын
Captures the nostalgia of a time and place that some of us-even with hardship-were lucky enough to experience. Gold beyond words.
@SammyVideoPlex5 ай бұрын
My favorite era the 70's I wish I could have been an adult. Brothers & sisters we can still stand tall.
@andiestewart7423 Жыл бұрын
Man! My jam! I was 5 living with my cool parents! My aunts and uncles came over with my cousins and we played outside and life was sooooo good! Thank you for the memories ❤️❤️❤️
@carltonstephenstewart2473 ай бұрын
Being thankful, living thankful..... Thank you father God!!
@hotdrumchick14 күн бұрын
AMEN!!
@jimmooter2 жыл бұрын
Be thankful we got this far.♥️
@gloriamarquez3020 Жыл бұрын
A Puerto Rican living in west Los Angeles at 14 family of 7 kids ..Crip gang low riders ...Chicano's inlow riders ..I was 14 ..gigi m.
@Roxy54J2 ай бұрын
You should listen to Pepe Marques rendition 🩷🩷😎 fabulous
@christopherallen95802 жыл бұрын
Brings me back to PG county Maryland in the early 70s. Wish I could go back.
@TemisanAdoki29 күн бұрын
This song always reminds me to be thankful for what I got.
@cookingwitcalvin3 ай бұрын
This song makes time travel possible
@jacquelinerogers29972 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of Chitown, my hometown in the 70's
@starsapphirelee57142 жыл бұрын
I think of this so often. Times have changed so badly, and nobody is thankful for what is important. Now it's all about making $$$ on the internet, selling their souls.
@ronaldbell37882 жыл бұрын
Danny, you did an excellent job with the images you used to drive home the powerful message of this timeless song.🙂
@DannyLinden2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ronald for watching and commenting!
@ronaldbell37882 жыл бұрын
@@DannyLinden you are certainly welcome and have a great weekend, Danny.🙂
@whatever7362 жыл бұрын
Message in the music.
@brianjames21922 жыл бұрын
A TRUE TIMELESS MASTERPIECE THE EARTH 🌎 HAS MUSIC 🎵 FOR THOSE WHO LISTEN 👂 THE MESSAGE IS ALWAYS IN THE MUSIC
@kevindare31133 жыл бұрын
Another great song
@juancarloscarrillo5094 Жыл бұрын
I still remember the day I bought the record. Timeless music. Timeless memories. Thank you.
@fredconforti1903 жыл бұрын
Nice - and my childhood sports hero “Clyde” represented - NYC ‘70’s
@MrMannface2 жыл бұрын
Me too. Good memories
@raya863310 ай бұрын
Growing up in the 70’s in ela barrio this was our culture in the hood thanks to our African American brothers for the gift of MoTown music!!!
@jerrybest34045 ай бұрын
It's only since late last year that I discovered this song, from a LFDH video with Rumer. I love this song! From that, I discovered where the song came from. I play it almost every day. We should all be thankful every day, at least here in America. I know I am. As a poor senior citizen, I'm still rich compared to many, around the world. I love my country, always have, always will. I'm not arrogant or prideful; I just appreciate what I have and where I live. Is that success? I think so
@mmscuf3 ай бұрын
Wisely spoken, Sir!
@yellowmistystardust2 жыл бұрын
I love everything about this video….thank you!
@dennismurillodennis30794 ай бұрын
Some day this song should be in a hymnal. Real church music.
@vibzesandroark50472 жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece, love it so much 💖
@matthewfoley2522 жыл бұрын
wow
@roserichko94522 жыл бұрын
CLASSIC I THINK A LOT OF US THAT KNOWS THIS SONG HAS A BAD ASS MEMORIES HANGIN IN THE HOOD BLASTED JAMMING TO THIS>>>>LOVEEEEEEEE THIS
@jacknjill30002 жыл бұрын
You and the speakers put out in the widows and the whole block can hear and feel the energy. 🎶🎶🎶
@heatherlane58862 жыл бұрын
Just be thankful for what you've got.enough said.🌹💖
@JohnBarnett-u8j15 күн бұрын
I remember this❤ John ❤ thanks to All ❤❤❤
@washingtondc929013 сағат бұрын
William DeVaughn, Was born and raised in Southeast Washington DC in East Capitol dwellings housing projects
@mrlopez-pz7pu2 жыл бұрын
Yasss......NY was still NY in tha Sebneez!
@dlklug8 ай бұрын
Usually, pontification within music makes me bristle with disbelief, yet the message of this song is truthful and on point.
@alexwood22198 ай бұрын
Powerful song powerful lyrics . I remember my mum playing this didn’t understand the words back then but as a grown man I get it what a song . And I love the images seeing how people looked before my time , and to me they looked a lot more healthier than today everyone slim, beautiful skin, hair glowing wow .
@roz8058 ай бұрын
This still holds 🥰
@rosettaiovine72313 ай бұрын
Never heard this song and I love now I was 1973 .. great song i appreciate it now .. am just turn 50😮😅 am very thanksful ! Ty ox
@richbrake99103 ай бұрын
Glad you finally heard it. It's so good.
@williamcfatheree7289 Жыл бұрын
William c. Fatheree . William devaughn and mfsb you just can't lose with that groove
@sinslap_2 ай бұрын
Real music !
@tonygohagan276610 ай бұрын
Thanks to William DeVaughn and all the DJ's who wove this into the Social Fabric of the very, very many communities they played it in; (usually as the last song of the night, in the 70's here in the UK) exhorting us, encouraging us, uplifting, inspiring and blessing us with a reminder to give thanks, and to hold on steady to our shared hopes, and faith, despite all of our earthly sorrows. This Song reinforced our humanity b'cos it pointed us to the heavenly realm, and to He who loves us all. - And that's what makes us beautiful!
@rhondafountain6486 ай бұрын
Yes indeed, glad to see the correct info re artist & name of the song. I know many thought it was Curtis Mayfield's song
@christiandm104116 күн бұрын
Really cool 😎.... memories from yesteryear
@ShalemAhavaАй бұрын
This song helps me as college student working 2 jobs without car ❤️. I'm thankful for what I got ☺️
@johnlewisofficial10 ай бұрын
The music and the pics…man I wish I could’ve experienced those days….
@benitarobinson75247 ай бұрын
The greatest music Era ever 60s and the 70s nothing will ever come close ❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩
@junglejim995 ай бұрын
Brilliant imagery to accompany this brilliant song
@mikerevill61714 ай бұрын
Remember buying this brilliant song .
@carlosm5272 жыл бұрын
Just maybe the greatest pop song ever recorded -- I you don't feel this soul well then your dead
@PieterJSam Жыл бұрын
Glad to be born in 1970🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
@nicklegg616 ай бұрын
Just class.no more said.
@nicklegg616 ай бұрын
Just class ,and you know it.
@kellyf50042 жыл бұрын
One of the Best videos I ever saw! Man do I miss those days
@Manifest-Guru Жыл бұрын
Makes me long for the 70's. What a great time that was.
@clurkroberts26502 жыл бұрын
This song reaches people’s soul… god it’s soooo cool, it hurts.
@hapexamendar1093 Жыл бұрын
Wow... you want to FEEL the connection to the past? This song is it!
@get2dachoppa2492 ай бұрын
Holy shit, the electric shock I got at 0:41... I was right there at Radio City during the 1977 holiday season, and did indeed see Pete's Dragon.
@jacknjill30002 жыл бұрын
Even tho the video is NYC, this song and video reminds me of growing up in San Francisco in the 70s and 80s. Miss those days and great time to grow up in and helped make you who you are today. ❤️
@DannyLinden2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@Undercoverbrotherfromanother7 ай бұрын
@@DannyLinden the clip was perfect for a perfect song. It took be right back to the '70s. I grew up in Detroit not NYC but the pics and editing were on point! THX.
@DannyLinden7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for listening! @@Undercoverbrotherfromanother
@Undercoverbrotherfromanother6 ай бұрын
@@DannyLinden Thank you! You had some badass car pics in the vid. My eye sight is not what it used to be. I am only 58 and can still hit the tragets at 300 yards but cannot read a pill bottle. LOL. No offense inteneded if I am wrong, only super jealous, is that you in the thumbnail pic?
@octaviajohnson69893 ай бұрын
Lord someone knows that this is not Curtis Mayfield and the damn song is not diamond in the back. William DeVaughn "Be Thankful For What You've Got". Awesome Job Danny Linden. This man has not received his flowers and he has not been financially compensated.
@pammiller9429 ай бұрын
I love this song Diamond in the Back sunroof top digging the scene with a Gangsta Lean I don't drive no Cadillac I drive a Toyota but it it don't cost them that much money it's paid off I love❤❤❤
@user-vx2qw2vx2o5 ай бұрын
GM edagdwg God bless this man for sharing this special truth life is sooooo real.pay attention to what you do to get what other people have that thank God for what we need love THIS special story of life Linda j.peace
@nikolaiszabados3 жыл бұрын
Though you may not driiive...a great big Cadillac...
@moladhdodhia164 Жыл бұрын
You may not have a car at all,but remember brothers and sisters you can still stand tall , just be thankful for what you got... great message.. grateful for that CTA bus..no car for me 😊
@WAHMom111116 күн бұрын
Thank you for the great video and wonderful memories
@PhlesheBone9 ай бұрын
'94 baby raised on this greatness!
@ericagreene700 Жыл бұрын
This was my granny song ❤
@CurtisWhitehead-wn5bs10 ай бұрын
I know it's hard sometimes good people. But Trust and Believe. You have at least one thing to be Thankful for EVERYDAY. 💯💖✌🏼
@thyliasmoss96722 жыл бұрын
Always Thankful for Robert Bob Holman, so glad and thankful we, Thylias Moss and Robert, continue to have each other!
@nyckid1958Ай бұрын
1974 in high school and living in the projects (NYC)
@johnbarnett69242 ай бұрын
Does anyone recall the SEVENTIES❤ and Blacksplotation ❤ I do , But thanks for these memories Dobie Wan Kanobie ❤❤❤❤❤revisted July 1 2024 ❤❤
@pedrantigirl13 күн бұрын
We had the best music❤❤❤❤❤
@user-mb1sy9uz6z9 ай бұрын
Feeling extremely blessed & grateful this Thanksgiving Holiday season❤Doubly blessed to be a Thanksgiving Season Baby❤ Eternally thankful unto Father God
@felyrivasmartinez74522 жыл бұрын
Bella canción , recuerdos inolvidables del año 1974.
@PanPeter19663 жыл бұрын
Wonderful Song. Thatˋs Music.
@dannyboyd94625 ай бұрын
In 1974 My Parents Drove Cadillacs. B4 This Joint I Never Heard Of A Gangsta Leen.
@DonnyNoMarie4 ай бұрын
In the 70s and 80s, owning a Cadillac was a big deal.
@trillave.4 ай бұрын
"Gangster white walls"..damn
@gerardfenn39884 ай бұрын
Thanks For Posting This. It's NYC History For Sure.
@PlanetAriom2 ай бұрын
This song is just so 🔥
@breonnadevaughn3323 ай бұрын
🏃🏾♀️FRONTLINE BLOODLiNE FIRST🤞🏾almost Rap (DISS) Song! ❤😂 Yall wouldn’t believe I was in all Black Cadillac 87’ On Halloween Night. “96”. 111🔥
@ricoltmetric81562 жыл бұрын
2021 Thanksgiving..... sent this message
@MN-dt2kq2 жыл бұрын
Love this….time seems so relevant.
@moniquecavard745 Жыл бұрын
j adore cette chanson!!! merci William Curtis ....and all the others...
@Qweston19783 ай бұрын
Wow learn something new everyday
@theodorecruz51734 жыл бұрын
🎵 WILLIAM DEVAUGHN Be Thankful For What You've Got 🎼 🔼🔼🔼🔼 ♠
@Riva20252 жыл бұрын
Recognized Blondie on the beach right away. Then all the greats like the Rolling Stones, Kiss, the Village People, Andy Warhol, Jerri Hall, and got excited when I saw the Ramones!!! I think David Byrne from Talking Heads may have been the last guy walking in, but I'm not sure.
@lilsusieq1002 жыл бұрын
In 2022 I am reminded how visionary and ahead of it's time this song really is. This is truly a Master Class on such an iconic, rythemic master piece. T....if you're listening...🙏💖
@redmoneylady2213Ай бұрын
Omg sitting in my brother's Cadillac jam packed cruising the scene, this song blaring as we pass by people on their front porch...waving, laughing, singing "What's Happin y'all?"