This song is based on an old Cherokee grandfather teaching his grandson about life. Grandfather said there's a fight going on inside of me. It's a terrible fight between two wolves. One is evil he is anger, sorrow, Envy, regret, arrogance, self-pity, greed, guilt, resentment, inferiority, false Pride, superiority, and ego. He said to his grandson the other is good he is love, joy, peace, hope, sincerity, kindness, empathy, benevolence, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. Grandfather said the same fight is going on inside of you and inside of every person to. The grandson thought about it for a while and then said which one will win grandfather the old Cherokee replied which one you feed.
@mikewhite56542 жыл бұрын
Diggin it
@anonanon8974 Жыл бұрын
Love it! I would have never known this is what this came from! How sad! Thank you so much for enlightening those of us who were ignorant. 💜
@nicholaswhitney4204 Жыл бұрын
This text is based on bullshit from my grandfather
@bobcamp6924 Жыл бұрын
Well which one
@lesbabcock26 Жыл бұрын
My grandma also told me this. She was Cherokee as well
@KD-rn3bs3 жыл бұрын
Fighting for my soul right now. I slipped after being 1 year sober. Time to really fight again...I am a warrior....please dont let me walk alone.
@kameronharper51243 жыл бұрын
Hey you got this man. Sometimes people slip you just need to keep trying. Keep trying and keep trying and eventually you’ll be doing. Keep your head up you are so much stronger than you may know.
@tork96463 жыл бұрын
Walk with Jesus, my brother, and you will never again walk alone.
@valerieramirez34963 жыл бұрын
Addiction is a symptom. What helps the most at least in my opinion is getting away from the noise and the lights and being willing to dive deep in yourself and see the things you've been avoiding. Horses help to. If ever interested in going really deep look up Carl Jung.
@roguetexan6865 Жыл бұрын
As humans we ALL fall. Just keep getting back up and moving forward. I quit more times than I care to admit. Finally realized that my entire life, many people said I was the most stubborn people they'd ever met. I figured if that's right then I'm stubborn enough to quit. January 1, 2015 at approximately 1:00 am I put that stubborn to work. First 3 - 6 months were rough, then it was a few years before I felt strong enough to be around people who drank. HOLD FAST.
@jeffstewart79925 жыл бұрын
One evening, an elderly Cherokee brave told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. “My dear one, the battle between two ‘wolves’ is inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other is good. It is: joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.” The grandson thought about it for a moment and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf wins?” The old Cherokee replied, “The one you feed.”
@wncmtngirl5 жыл бұрын
I like the version that you need to care for both. Do you know it?
@MrAdeptusMechanicus5 жыл бұрын
I feed both. Sometimes one more than the other. This allows you to weather any storm. Key is to have them balanced.
@davesharpe38465 жыл бұрын
If we would all stop and think! This song is so true
@Tim2112-r7h5 жыл бұрын
Love this story Indian folk lore makes since good and evil
@cynthiamassey52375 жыл бұрын
Have heard that too👍
@MoonFlowerCreations5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song Cody. ❤ Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. ~ Psalm 34:14.
@dwightmaciv47893 жыл бұрын
This is the right on man
@treetroper34273 жыл бұрын
"If you seek peace, prepare for war"
@87fisher7132 жыл бұрын
@TreeTroper but they don't say that the war will be waged upon oneself
@jacobbrown54952 жыл бұрын
No I’ll poop is Jill up ol l pop I’ll pop pop I saw dad k far in my l as da lol
@jacobbrown54952 жыл бұрын
@@dwightmaciv4789 ggood a Philip ol I saw
@zerill115 жыл бұрын
I love Cody’s fan base, I never see anyone arguing and everyone is humble. It’s just a great fan base to be in.
@guilhermecadima42015 жыл бұрын
because most of them are adults or people who has a real life, hard one, real problems and Cody's songs are like a whiskey dose in a end of a hard day
@NathanErtznerMusic5 жыл бұрын
There is no need to argue, especially over good music partner. Have a good day.
@nathanfox38765 жыл бұрын
Right
@MM-qi5mk5 жыл бұрын
We know real country and are grateful men like Cody Jinks are around to keep real country alive baby !!!
@leonardzeigler95105 жыл бұрын
Cody won’t sellout!!
@randybridges73653 жыл бұрын
Awesome song Cody Jinks
@dererzahlerchris341610 ай бұрын
thanks for this song
@nategarcia56043 жыл бұрын
I am the river that flows through my veins I am the black crow, I'm wings of change I am the rock that the rain couldn't conquer I'm above, I'm below, I am hell and high water I've been the song carried in on the breeze I've wept with willows and I've fell with the leaves I am the badlands and the silence it holds A warrior who walks but is never alone There's a black and a white wolf in me And I live and I die By which one I feed It's a war old as time, this fighting inside And I live and I die By which one I feed I am the hunted and I am the hunter I am the feast and the famine, the hunger I am the eagle screaming for peace While the beasts on the inside sharpen their teeth There's a black and a white wolf in me And I live and I die By which one I feed It's a war old as time, this fighting inside And I live and I die By which one I feed There's a black and a white wolf in me And I live and I die By which one I feed It's a war old as time, this fighting inside And I live and I die By which one I feed Which one I feed I am the river that flows through my veins I am the black crow, I'm wings of change
@kristaberck68215 жыл бұрын
I knew this artwork was a play on the good wolf/bad wolf dilemma. An old Indian man told his grandson "in every man, there are two wolves, struggling for control of his soul." the grandsons response was: "which one wins?" the answer: "the one you feed the most" this is one of your best, cody!
@willardhoward51415 жыл бұрын
Good words. That internal battle. As old as humanity itself. That existential dichotomy. The Yin and the Yang. But which one to feed? Why not both?
@kristaberck68215 жыл бұрын
Willard Howard you should feed both, but not overfeed either. you may need the bad wolf someday and he must be ready when that day comes, lest you become food for someone else's bad wolf.
@stevenbrooks77763 жыл бұрын
I dont have the words. WOW! Cody Jinks will go down as probably one of the greatest country singer of all time. Unreal voice, and the songwriting is incomparable!
@FAITH-FAY Жыл бұрын
Which one do we feed??? These few words have such a powerful meaning.
@Midget-xv2wm5 жыл бұрын
Cody jinks! One of the only country singers "Whos gonna fill their shoes"
@cantinerosvp5 жыл бұрын
I agree.... along w/ Tyler Childers 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
@mtnmama40765 жыл бұрын
Another is Eric Church
@Jabooty_Williams4 жыл бұрын
@@mtnmama4076 oh I like Eric church but hes too pop. Not as traditional. He hasnt gone full blown pop country he has a good mix. But I dont think he is filling the shoes of country music legends. He is acquiring shoes of his own that someone must fill when he is gone. I think eric church will be a country legend of his own whereas cody jinx fills the void of traditional country and keeps it the way we love it.
@roberttrammell74723 жыл бұрын
Amen to that
@altond.18545 жыл бұрын
Everyone is fighting their good and evil in them. Love Cody! Sing along everyone
@drakegeisert1474 жыл бұрын
There’s a black and a white wolf in me and I live and I die by which one I feed it’s as old as time this fighting inside and I live and I die by which one I feed
@DanielKieft-ju3ek6 ай бұрын
Love this song it helped me alot to calm and happy ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@wasteoftime54822 жыл бұрын
When you feed the good but everyone else feeds the bad that's what I've been going through
@carlosvergara2114 Жыл бұрын
Same here! Just gotta feel the fulfillment for yourself that you are feeding the good. Stay true to yourself.
@michaelwilcox46624 жыл бұрын
"I am the eagle screaming for peace, While the beasts on the inside sharpen their teeth." Shit that hits me hard. Especially with today's current events.
@melodeeluna71853 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr Jinks for this beautiful song! ♥️
@AronaathWoW4 жыл бұрын
This song needs to be played as a tribute to our troops.... god rest and god protect every single soul of the men and women that protect us.
@Bo-gi8zw Жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏🏻
@frame31393 жыл бұрын
Romans 7:21-23
@julianolasco62914 ай бұрын
amen
@jamesgrosso89203 ай бұрын
Romans 7:21-23 King James Version I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
@ricardomaldonado76865 жыл бұрын
Literally my soul in a song... Thank you Cody!
@valerieramirez34963 жыл бұрын
Its amazing the peace this song brings to my soul.
@sethhughes21633 жыл бұрын
No doubt that I feed.... thank you for this iconic ballad! Seth
@robinsimpkins18824 жыл бұрын
O my goodness so beautiful so amazing so phenomenal this song goes far
@justinmyslive410810 ай бұрын
This song is basically about internal conflict we all have with ourselves. We all have good and evil in us. The one that you feed is the the one that will thrive
@williamknight54192 жыл бұрын
Cody jinks is a great musician and the first song I ever heard him sing was cast no stones on KZbin and I resonated with that song so well. people use the good book to tear people down but what they need to be reading is the one written by lao tzu 500 years before Jesus was born and until then they will continue to do the same, it's hidden in plain sight but no one's open enough to read it, quite BRILLIANT, DO THE TAO DO IT NOW ;)
@texasted73 Жыл бұрын
This man is a poet!!!
@scottbak769 Жыл бұрын
You mean the songwriting duo?
@robinsimpkins18824 жыл бұрын
Amazing song the one and only CodyJinks the man of country music Yessssss
@charlenethomas61983 жыл бұрын
TRUTH AND MORE TRUTH... AMEN
@jewelsquinlan333Ай бұрын
“Peace, my son, is the Cherokee mission in life. A man or a woman who has peace inside has everything. A man or a woman who is pulled apart by the war inside him or her has nothing.” “How you choose to interact with the opposing forces within you will determine your life. Starve one or the other or guide them both.” So what about you - which wolf have you been feeding lately?
@marcusbortz23584 жыл бұрын
I will never quit playing guitar nor would have started without you Cody jinks. Gotta be both wolves sometimes to get where you wamt
@judyduncan24643 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song!
@cindydavenport5144 жыл бұрын
Thank you for knowing what i feel in my soul, INDEED
@mshippy98563 жыл бұрын
I love this man, he's so talented🖤 REAL LIFE🤘😎
@cliffkrauel59665 жыл бұрын
This song is deep it really hits home for a man like myself!!!
@morganbacorn56712 жыл бұрын
Cody Jinks is an amazing artist And I can personally relate to “which one I feed”
@colbythompson85315 жыл бұрын
Honestly his music is sooooo underrated!!! Can go wrong with Cody 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@WhiteRabbit-gs9wu3 жыл бұрын
This song activated me. Is it just me or all us different beings from haltom city? Lol I know this song is about something I go through every day. Cody Jinks thank you for this song it has helped me out so much. Too see my truth. Much love to you and your family 💞
@jerryjones49334 жыл бұрын
Man speaks the word. Everyone should listen.
@bev41555 жыл бұрын
What a great song! This is real heart felt country music 😎 The two wolves are both useful to our survival, it's about embracing them both as life deals you many different hands.
@davidmclaughlin82094 жыл бұрын
As a recovering alcoholic this song hits home
@Nightmission19615 жыл бұрын
Cody jinks knock it out of the park last night. I have seen him 3 times this year. And last night in ashville nc was a royal treatment went till 1130!! Had wife in town was so great to see.him happy and have his fans sold out .... Cody jinks hands down the man when it comes to country! Lynard Skynyrd band you warmed up earlier this year a last tour for them what a great man to send off the greats! And seen you in Charleston SC earlier this year! If your reading and don’t know the man. Better get 2 beers and sit or you will miss a great moment. Always the man!!’ Thank you from us Veterans this Veteran’s day weekend you made our weekend last night 8 Nov2018. ☝️
@danielwright78055 жыл бұрын
Josh Morningstar is a fucking lyrical genius
@JoshMorningstar5 жыл бұрын
D W thanks man.
@adamlewis37435 жыл бұрын
A fucking genius indeed. One of the leaders in the resurrection of country music. Lucky for us.
@dustinwellerman68783 жыл бұрын
Anyone battling addiction can feel the song
@leonardzeigler95105 жыл бұрын
Cody Jinks is a musical Genius!!!
@paulmullen2637 Жыл бұрын
I am battling addiction and currently in treatment and read the Cherokee story of its origins last night in a meeting and blew them away. And I found that story because of this song. I listen to it every morning to start my day.
@obozomustgo54495 жыл бұрын
Already my 4th time playing this one and it just posted. Not sure it’s even possible for Cody to make a bad song. Killer music just keeps on flowing.
@HIA3055 жыл бұрын
3rd time playing this one. Just a badass song
@obozomustgo54495 жыл бұрын
Tony Feijoo - 👍
@AmfIII5 жыл бұрын
There Ain’t no girls riding around in short shorts on the front seat of a pickup truck for sure!
@rover-qx5eq5 жыл бұрын
i want cody for president after trumps eighth year.
@bobbyrivera55945 жыл бұрын
exactly bud
@emmett13653 жыл бұрын
Man i love the artwork and of course i love cody jinks we're the same age and I know I've felt what he sings about
@jimclouser33724 жыл бұрын
I was explaining this to my 13 and 17 year old grandchildren not long ago. They didn’t quite get the idea yet, but I hope they’ll remember the conversation when they get older.
@coryarnold33695 жыл бұрын
Good shit brother..
@texasted73 Жыл бұрын
the greatest song I've ever heard in my life!!!!!
@trueyou92464 жыл бұрын
I am the eagle screaming for peace, while the beasts on the inside sharpen their teeth!!
@shanereeder60415 жыл бұрын
Powerful Song!!!!!!
@johnhale32065 жыл бұрын
Saw him as opener for Skynyrd in Alpharetta ....became an instant fan...
@joshuabell24333 жыл бұрын
I love this guy, he's great. I came across him by browsing videos on here, and I have been loving it ever since !
@larrychipbrooks65675 жыл бұрын
[Verse 1] Well, I am the river that flows through my veins I am the black crow, I'm wings of change Well, I am the rock that the rain couldn't conquer I'm above, I'm below, I am hell and high water [Verse 2] I've been the song carried in on the breeze I've wept with willows and I've fell with leaves Well, I am the badlands and the silence it holds A warrior who walks but is never alone [Chorus] There's a black and a white wolf in me And I live and I die by which one I feed It's a war old as time, this fighting inside And I live and I die by which one I feed [Verse 3] I am the hunted and I am the hunter I am the feast and the famine, the hunger And I am the eagle screaming for peace While the beasts on the inside sharpen their teeth [Chorus] There's a black and a white wolf in me And I live and I die by which one I feed It's a war old as time, this fighting inside And I live and I die by which one I feed [Instrumental Bridge] [Chorus] There's a black and a white wolf in me And I live and I die by which one I feed It's a war old as time, this fighting inside And I live and I die by which one I feed [Refrain] Which one I feed [Outro] Well, I am the river, flows through my veins I am the black crow, I'm wings of change
@MM-qi5mk5 жыл бұрын
Man this song speaks to me so much.... some years have been good, some years were bad.. all depended which wolf I fed. Right now the white full has a full belly ! Hope the same for y'all too!
@aaronvickers74724 ай бұрын
Saw him in Orange Beach about a month ago... absolutely unbelievable show. Top notch
@HarleyRiderMC4 жыл бұрын
This says it all, life as it is.
@jamesstrum47935 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!!! Great story of of our internal struggles ❤️
@samanthasnowden31944 жыл бұрын
This man answers the great Jorge Jones question who's gonna fill their shoes you can tell a lot about Mr Jinks humble and kind keep doin your thing my man
@paulajane98283 жыл бұрын
I love everything about this song forever needs to be played on radio ❣❤💯🎸🤠
@Evierambin4 жыл бұрын
The light burns and the dark wraps around me in a warm embrace so I find it hard to pull myself out of the darkness.
@Evierambin4 жыл бұрын
Is that what the wolves represent? Light and dark? Or is it physical vs ethereal? Awake vs dreaming?
@jamesbutton62654 жыл бұрын
I love that song awesome song
@jamesbutton62654 жыл бұрын
Thank you I appreciate good music
@eddiethompson63554 жыл бұрын
MY FAVORITE ARTIST 🇨🇱🇨🇱🤘🤘💯💯
@go2thelight604 жыл бұрын
Amen my brother...... Powerful words for such a time as this...........
@Jarodjackson19984 жыл бұрын
Is it bad I find this relatable on so many levels. The black Wolf for me is the PTSD, alcoholism, and angry side, and the white wolf is the one who tries to be good, clean, firefighter/EMT on work on time, and church goers. Constant war between the two
@candicelarson96134 жыл бұрын
Josh Morningstar is a truly gifted songwriter/storyteller.
@MetalDeadness5 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful as always, pure talent, happy that people like Cody still make music the way they do.
@txman845 жыл бұрын
If you don't like this, you don't like real country music! Cody Effin Jinks!
@saradick22755 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@chrisholland20164 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah!!! Especially from Texas, where real high quality country music comes from, and Cody Jinks is definitely high quality.
@toddshives4674 жыл бұрын
He is the next r Eric church
@wesleywalters71943 жыл бұрын
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@359_Jooe3 жыл бұрын
I’m truck driver and I run all 48 states these songs just perfect when driving making the day way smoother and relaxing
@tyler40814 жыл бұрын
This song is perfect for a military tribute
@seantouchstone12765 жыл бұрын
The duality of man...instant classic!
@CharitySweet-c2f4 ай бұрын
So good !!!! He has a beautiful soul
@taylorcrain47404 жыл бұрын
Some words, when written poetically have the sweet sound of music unto them!
@Tim2112-r7h5 жыл бұрын
Love this song
@patricestewart8516 Жыл бұрын
Cody is wonderful, but this song gives me the shivers...so true for us all!
@BrokeAtBestMusic5 жыл бұрын
I know, I know....I'm a metal guy, but damn Cody! Fan since Hippies/Cowboys. \m/
@fbicia34884 жыл бұрын
If I’m correct is this song about people inner struggle? Or how they fight between the good and the bad in themselves ? Idk but I love this song
@douglasmcconnell81165 жыл бұрын
This Is Real Country , thank you Cody Jinks !
@THEEEEEEBEAMDINKER4 жыл бұрын
Such a good good song, I know which one I feed & that is the good side.
@weblywoobly2 жыл бұрын
This made me cry. In a good way. Wow! Incredible song❤
@bobbyjohnson94865 жыл бұрын
One of his best
@moreno-pradoluis48395 жыл бұрын
Yet another song to download
@mountainsbirdog5 жыл бұрын
Bad ass song
@leifrrvik97925 жыл бұрын
what a man to sing,and that voice,thanks :)
@Ranch-235 жыл бұрын
Amazing song!!
@creepycrawler435 жыл бұрын
Hell yes
@texmx65 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece!
@tonpaulen87874 жыл бұрын
Really chillin out on this 😎👌
@fullpull1085 жыл бұрын
Everybody has dual personalities. Great song Mr Jinks
@kevinwein9443 жыл бұрын
Freaking bad ass, gotta see Cody live.
@dwightmaciv47893 жыл бұрын
This is the right on man . Groovy man
@davidcombs92894 жыл бұрын
Such a awesome song your music honestly is some best music I have heard in years . Need come back to Kentucky so I can see u in concert again
@The_Blood_Orange5 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!!
@georgew.spradlin83334 жыл бұрын
Man alive you have put out the most self explanatory song I've heard yet. Cant get enough of this one.
@janaecrawford89965 жыл бұрын
Dear neighbors, No I will not turn it down.
@chrisjohn79275 жыл бұрын
I think your talking hip hop , lol
@rover-qx5eq5 жыл бұрын
play it loud play it proud my friend.
@scottsharp98234 жыл бұрын
Janae Crawford will you be my neighbor
@randybridges73653 жыл бұрын
Cody Jinks for President 2024
@stephaniemartins58812 жыл бұрын
Cody you know very well which one you feed now. Black crow wings of change for the better.
@jamescannon61305 жыл бұрын
Cody, it’s like you reached and took a piece of my life and soul!!! Thanks for saying it the way I wanted to but couldn’t. Keep up the great work. Come to Greenville S.C. brother!!! Please!!! I’m a 50 year old disabled man. Can’t handle long travel. Even in Greenville I will suffer, but to see you live and hear this song I’ll deal with it! Love your other songs too!!! Thanks Cody and please keep touching my soul. Takes a great, great artist to do that over and over!!! 👍🏻 J.D.C.
@EricKittle11 ай бұрын
Cody Jinks. Wont be long now faithful servant. Your better off without em. Rely on the holy Spirit and the word of God and youll be just fine.Switch to Heineken. Blessed you Are. -Eric Kittle