Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

[@hamacus]

As relevant today as the day it was recorded. Sadly 😢😢😢

[@scottporter1108]

Said the same thing to myself.

[@hummingbirdess8763]

Only thing different is that people are more violent and no respect. Nobody listened back then and now it's worse.

[@charleswood2765]

Hell yeah

[@Semprini537]

@@hamacus this record is timeless. Miss you brother Marvin. Blessing from Croatia

[@EdwardNixon-v3o]

@@scottporter1108

[@MarkWilliams-lx9vy]

March 2024, Still just as great.

[@SleepyJetSki-hi7qt]

October 18 and getting better like wine cheers

[@CaptainKaveman79]

You speak the truth

[@MisterJackson-so9lo]

53 years later and this song is tragically still relevant😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@wandacain1310]

Still affects me emotionally 😢

[@MisterJackson-so9lo]

@@user-sc1hu6or1b SUPERB 💥💥 FULL POINT 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾 OBSERVATION

[@KwaneleCornelius-qx6uq]

😢

[@marcustrice3246]

Especially that line Marvin Gaye said. "Crime is increasing, Trigger happy policing"

[@loridingledine4902]

Yep

[@jarenaud1113]

The triology, man - What's going on, Mercy mercy me, Inner city blues. One of the greatest albums ever recorded.

[@teacherdavid--eatplaylearn5013]

Blessings from Taiwan 🇹🇼🥳 TOTALLY agree with you. 👍 Jesus loves everyone 😇🥰

[@MustangSam]

I still have it.

[@masspence1]

You are so right.

[@morganclare4704]

As good as The Beatles!! HIGHEST PRAISE AVAILABLE! cheers

[@jackieblake6447]

Absolutely ❤

[@haroldturner5049]

New York, Chicago ,Philadelphia ,Detroit stand the fuck up this is your anthem

[@musicloverchicago437]

All three are Democrat-run cesspools. Keep giving blacks meager handouts.

[@Kentake73]

This AMERICA STILL.

[@benjaminnavarro4324]

From Detroit - Standing RIP Marvin put life into song 🙏

[@beautyishername2023]

Yessssssssss Detroit , Born and Raised and still here lol ... 🙌🏽💪🏽❤️

[@johnallen5883]

Houston too we go through it down south too

[@getobys]

This song was released in 1971. It was written in 1970. 50 years and what has changed except the years? We are definitely headed backwards instead of progressing forward. Marvin was our prophet when he wrote this album about the turbulent times of that era. I wonder what he would say now? It's really so sad that this is prevalent 50 years later.

[@kboop11]

getobys well said:(

[@traderjoes8725]

Look at this video closely. This is New York City in the 70s. What a mess. We made it back then through hard and honest work. Not regretting the status quo or questioning the entire system like protesters today. Looting and anarchy leads back in time.

[@kylecossey1]

@@traderjoes8725 words of a white man gtfo

[@seanlevin7476]

Prevalent...but IT SHALL NOT PREVAIL MY FRIEND....gotta keep'on keepin on....Fight the Good Fight...and NEVER LOOK BACK IN ANGER!

[@Erin-uz2gf]

yes it's so true today. this album is so timeless & beautiful. he would be heartbroken if he was alive today.

[@mr.speaker8629]

I'm 54 years old, a toddler when this song came out. It's still relevant today. Back then would they have thought things could get worse: trump...

[@tomkohlman8110]

So true ☮️✌️

[@robertflannelly8054]

Sadly, it hasn’t changed much!! It’s ‘24 and look at our world? Marvin you tried to tell us, nobody hasn’t………..

[@RobertMeliaWatson]

yep....nothing has changed

[@mickjager5974]

Yeah really most of this footage could have come from 2024, if it didn't,😢

[@u-n-isurvive3030]

I miss this type of socially conscious Soul music. What's Going On is one of the greatest albums in American history.

[@JacquelineFox-xo6jn]

Sweetheart. Marvin can sing 🎵🎼🎶

[@cplg1975]

He can sang!

[@Ashmeet]

One of the greatest albums in the history of humanity.

[@Aspetta11]

🎯🎯🎯

[@Jaime-u5m]

Marvin was among our best, but like many of our performers he couldn't shake stuffs. DAMN!

[@handsomestranger8211]

I'm 40 years old and Scottish, this is the greatest song from the greatest album ever recorded. The whole album transcends space, time, race and religion. This is our music, our meaning every good human being on this beautiful planet. God bless You Marvin

[@jimmyGerm601]

Handsome Stranger well said 👍🏾

[@noureddineerrattab9308]

Yeah he got it right nothing changes

[@LiB280]

Questo brano... ha tutto!!! Alessandra from Italy ❤

[@lidiahayes9355]

The radio won't play music now such as this if they did that have better ratings it feels just one station that play nothing but you no flashback you 70 and 80s now there's some young man as I hit it don't have fathers what's the only listen to their soul what's within them maybe they can open their eyes up as well everyone is a prodigy to their surroundings if they don't have a soul this just lost in this Dark World there is a light at the end of the tunnel just have to see it for real for real live your life One Love

[@sherrihinton8567]

I agree

[@kenosabi]

The accuracy of this is mind blowing.

[@Jaime-u5m]

Scary truth! thanks brother Gay.

[@salouis8402]

Gaye not Gay 😪😪.​@@Jaime-u5m

[@michelemelucci4667]

This is for all of us broke folks.Keep on keeping on.

[@ClaryPamela]

I’m tryin but it’s hard as hell.

[@marcustrice3246]

​@ClaryPamela I know and I understand it's hard. We got to keep our heads up and stay afloat.

[@HorrorMoviesNGuns]

Reasons why this is a 10/10 song. 1. 50 Years old and still sounds beautiful today. 2. 50 years later and the stuff said in this song is relevant even today. 3. Released on possibly the greatest soul album ever. 4. Sounds like an opening track in a tragic movie that takes place somewhere like Detroit. 5. Was sung by the one & only Marvin Gaye.

[@JMT-gs7u]

#6 It speaks to the SOL : ) P.S. I love your avatar, bb.

[@jeanort2003]

Everything he speaking of is alive today ...he's speaking from the grave AMEN

[@jonathanakridge8266]

Cause it's illmatic like wool fabric

[@anderseckstrand7033]

Timeless

[@bdoon51]

You are so on the money. At least some of us were fighting back then. I walked right out of "Judas and the Black Messiah". I did not know Fred but I knew the Young Lords and Young Patriots.. Best days of my life but when your day to day is threatened you are no longer effective ...

[@claraglatthaar998]

Marvin Gaye's antiwar songs make cry

[@rubyjones7441]

One of the greatest songs ever written!!!

[@sybilwindham604]

Along with Stevie Wonder's Living For The City.

[@sandraatkins2539]

Ms. Jones you are so correct. Blessings

[@beverlyledbetter4906]

I used to sleep on the fire escape when I lived in Brooklyn. I loved it!✌️

[@BanNerko]

Heard for first time today and you are absolutely right!

[@sheenablackthomas3242]

Yes indeed. He should have won the Grammy that year for this song

[@gclarksr780]

Marvin Gaye ........ his brand of R&B and Soul Music is incomparable to any artist, to grace this planet!

[@mannypop66]

Don't forget about Mr. Mayfield....

[@kennystjohn2893]

We should’ve listened .

[@spontaneouz1000-sr6ls]

Instead people just just followed the crowd and the madness

[@sierrasix2003]

We still are!

[@GodisLove77337]

😢

[@diligentsun1154]

Wouldn't have changed anything. The Beast is Among Is. Everybody can't get away. Only the quickest, strongest, smartest and most observant will even have a chance. Put your Miles and Reps in.

[@dagger2271]

A Troubled Man Living in Troubled Times... Lord This World needs You.

[@sophiagray623]

@@dagger2271 AMEN 🙏♥️🙏

[@mikewe9842]

Oh Marvin where did we go wrong. 50 years later and we still at it we need you brother and miss you dearly. I can only hope and pray that this country gets this sorted out 😢

[@JacquelineFox-xo6jn]

you didnt go wrong the politics under the pumpkim went south.

[@jamesclark5277]

​@JacquelineFox-xo6jn Marvin, in his own way was telling us we need God, and each other to change the world around us before we can face the rest of it. Stand together as one total force, and love one another. Clean up our neighborhoods, stop killing one another, respect one another. God made us to be Kings and Queens, not clowns, queers and hoes on the street. Once we get this, we will be ready to do what need to be done. I pray we still have a world to live in!!!!

[@kayapapaya55]

​@@JacquelineFox-xo6jnI second that!

[@staceybair5407]

Amen to that! Only love can conquer hate🖖🏾👊🏾✌🏾💞

[@jamesclark5277]

Marvin was telling us to turn to God!!!!

[@amosbatto3051]

I don't know if anyone can even make music like this day. Nothing synthesized, with real instruments. The talent and the soul in this song is unbelievable.

[@pipemasteruaw]

Yes sir. I agree. As a country we need to stop this separation with "Americans". If you live and are a American Citizen. Lets go.

[@ColbyDean-wl6kn]

Yep

[@adotholland22]

made by god

[@diligentsun1154]

The Power of Multitracking, in Full Effect! Marvin was one of the First and the Best, to ever do it

[@jewlzbulls]

Still relevant in 2024; i hear you Marvin.

[@spontaneouz1000-sr6ls]

It's funny how this song came out in 1971, but it's actually MORE relevant in 2024 than it was in the 1970s

[@GodisLove77337]

No. Always great ❤

[@haroldrobinson9631]

You are 💯%Correct. ❤❤❤😢😢😢

[@andreareese8481]

Speak

[@AntionetteWilliams-bp7lu]

No is not it is a little better today then back then when the civil rights movement was going on. Get your history right

[@samanthajoradioshow9578]

It’s always been this way!!

[@Jerry-v8f]

THE TRUE FACTS OF BEING A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA!!! YET WE STILL FIGHT!!! THANK YOU BLACK PRINCE-MARVIN GAYE!!! RIP

[@TheTenthLeper]

Propaganda alwaya works on someone. Shem (Oriental), Ham (African) and Japheth ("caucasian") - three races of man - read Genesis - no need to fight mankind. Satan is the enemy of man. The Lord Jesus Christ is the FRIEND of sinners and mankind.

[@goodyguitars4270]

whitey over here with you too.....much love, respect, and hope!

[@PA_MD1]

@TheTenthLeper...WRONG. "Ham: The youngest son of Noah, born probably about 96 years before the Flood; and one of eight persons to live through the Flood. He became the progenitor of the dark races; not the Negroes, but the Egyptians, Ethiopians, Libyans and Canaanites. So called negros/ black americans are ISRAELITES. ISRAELITES decend from Shem (shemites).

[@dianemegnin7581]

Lord Jesus Please 🙏 help us in this fallen world 🌎!! Marvin Gaye was absolutely 💯 correct!!

[@josiejones3186]

A M E N to your prayer dear Sister of mutual F A I T H in Jesus☦️Christ! I’ve been praying for our country for some time… Especially our leader of late seems hellbent on destroying our country, and I’ll keep on praying to God Almighty!🕊 If Marvin were alive now he’d be surprised at the accuracy of his song’s lyrics…💔 My hope, trust, faith, and salvation is in Jesus*☦️ Christ*, and prayers are powerful through Him* WHO* IS* THE* One*, & Only* TRUE* GOD*.🕊

[@Jaime-u5m]

Marvin sang a truth which continues to reverberate through our Black fiber. Forever thankful to you brother Marvin, love you brother,,,

[@Jaime-u5m]

@@josiejones3186 Why would he be surprised; he sang the truth of his moment; he sang about our Black reality. Had he been born a hundred years earlier he would have expressed the same song, since he had the wisdom to put this thought in lyrics.

[@josiejones3186]

@@Jaime-u5m Reality check?! 🙄I didn’t say “HE” was surprised! ✌🏻brother man!🕊

[@jprevatt]

And half a century ahead of his time ❤

[@abcun17]

This is life, raw, uncut, uncensored. This song has more truth in it, than anything any organization, talking head, politician or pundit, spews out for their own greedy self-interest... Marvin Gaye was a true poet, painting with words the harshness but also the beauty of our existence. No matter who you are and where you are from, there is something in this song for all of us!

[@martinwhelan6629]

Unfortunately it looks to be true these days...

[@spreadthelove77]

Beautifully put.

[@JM-jr4pr]

Masters of war by dylan is another track that hits hard

[@weeeeoooow]

True say!

[@adamwilliam2882]

Why can't society listen to this over new age rap that always fades away anyway

[@nameless27526]

This song came out in 1971, but it sounds like it was yesterday. It's a timeless song, still enjoyable ❤

[@martininevada1581]

71 a Great 👍🏽 Year 😊

[@MoiraRussell]

Sounds like it was written yesterday. Beautiful sorrow and protest.

[@jfit6018]

Yes!

[@yeetskeet_______________3506]

Why are you verified

[@elliotttilton9858]

The struggle transcends time

[@JohnDoe-gx7rn]

Still popping and realalistic

[@edenhaile6356]

True! haters are only sheeps in fear! Always!

[@kenyattaweaver5266]

It’s 2024 going on 2025 and the lyrics are still true & relevant!! It’s sad to say 54 years after the release of this song nothing has changed!!

[@Dvorah__X]

The fact that this song may forever be relevant is sad af

[@stacyharris9008]

Exactly...George ain't the first and ain't gonna be the last

[@Dvorah__X]

@@jamiewhalen5993 I swear ...but we wanna fight fire with paper🙄

[@Dvorah__X]

@@stacyharris9008 preach!

[@sneakyviper2700]

It's the truth

[@Dvorah__X]

Thompson sadly so! We have to change the narrative! We have to make a drastic change and unfortunately all the "superior" race is known for is war and capitalism....By any means necessary.....so when Malcolm X said it....I felt that! Still feel it.....

[@shrh12]

Choked up and holding back tears listening to this as a 24 year old black man who just wants to set an example for my 3 month old son and be here to see him grow...makes me wanna holla !

[@brettw.3128]

Do it, bro! You're fully capable.

[@LENTODAWG702]

I'm brown brother and I feel you down to the core echale ganas compa and never give up we have to work for what we have and survive but that makes us strong! !!!!!!be safe and well in your journey through life coming from a 28 year old man with four souls to look after but godammit I couldn't have it any better

[@ahb424]

shrh12 I am with you in your wishes to be a better dad.

[@lindabradley3952]

It's an honor and a privilege to here a black man say "choked up" meaning it brought 😢 to my eyes. I believe you are and are going to be a wonderful DAD/ FATHER, Bless YOU and Yours 💜💜🙏

[@rohaaniidaalii2514]

Keep on keeping on brother. No one can stop god. Remember you are from a royal bloodline; the orginal man father of all races. The creator and maker of the universe. All that you see and percieve is your creation. Create beauty, love, health and wealth and it will manifest.Be positive always. You are more powerful than you could ever imagine. Travel to africa and see and experience new horizons. You will be the better for it. The world is yours

[@Swimdeep]

This song is timeless. It doesn’t sound like 1971, or any particular time in music. Profound and flawless.

[@josequins9099]

Right. I had no idea it was so old. It's so relevant.

[@pimas11]

Wtf???? That’s crazy I thought this was from the 80s

[@bouyou66]

Timeless is the exact world.

[@mahamudjama5227]

1971 was when Tupac Shakur was born

[@washredskin887]

I was 1 when this song came out. Crazy.

[@JpDaGod2600]

Mann I’m only 26 & I’m jus chilling smoking a wood & came across this video on FB man this shid made me shed a tear 😭😭😮‍💨

[@padresmith2000]

I get emotional when I hear this song I’m was raised in Spanish Harlem I think about my mother when she used to play this in the house I was born in queens and raised in east Harlem i still have this album from my mother love you ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾mommy for putting me on to good music

[@terrelltownsend8016]

April 1st, 1984. 40 years today. Rest in peace, Marvin Gaye.

[@shakirahstroy888]

Marvin Gaye is the musical mom period,a true legend lives on till this day. I’m listening to this song right now. Who’s listening in 2023

[@sandrabrookins3250]

I am!

[@jduggan478]

Musical mom???

[@martinmoot7048]

2024 chills literal chills

[@NapoleonToussaint-j9u]

A genius, ahead of his time. Like he could see into the future. RIP, my brother you’re truly missed, You served your purpose here on this distraught society!

[@cjBless-zi5wv]

I'd been thru the inner-city blues, this hits😢

[@P2Cheshire]

Right on then 1971 and now 2024. Makes you wonder…

[@jacobfinder7476]

So sad. True🙏

[@AntonyFleck]

@@P2Cheshire ,Makes you wanna holler' !!...

[@cantbetamed247]

Marvin was ahead of his time. So grateful that his music lives on.

[@gaelledelatuillerieborrely3126]

From France, because it’s just one of the best song and for every country all over the world.🙏

[@sierrasix2003]

Sans doubte!

[@siwaphiwestaxmgwebi]

Im here, Nov 2024. Fifty three years on.. True art knows no time..

[@peggylathamoneill7387]

It was a sad day when he left this world. I was listening back then and it still resonates with me all these years later. Praying for this messed up world. Everything in this world belongs to God . Please stop fighting for land and power before you piss God off more! The land belongs to God!!!Can't you see what's happening 😮

[@Gloria-qt1vs]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ Exactly. Psalm 24

[@LamontWilson-u3s]

Everybody needs to listen to this. This is so true what he is saying.

[@DetroitLives313]

I was 11 years old when this song came out in 1971. It is the same World situation today.........damn!

[@joel8583]

+DetroitLives313 Man, ain't it painful?

[@DetroitLives313]

Joe L Words cannot describe the disappointment. You see, back in those days adults promised us that things would be better when we grew up.

[@reazallykhan]

I was 1

[@DetroitLives313]

k1lla1stav119st elbarrio True, but we've got to hang in there. Keep fighting!

[@christinesims8952]

+DetroitLives313 so true

[@maxr4448]

I get shivers when I hear this. I heard this when I was12 years old. I love Marvin Gaye's music. Just ordered his greatest hits. cd. A gift for my birthday. I retired last year at 65 and 1/2 years old. I couldn't take my job anymore> I think they wanted me out. So I sold my home in Florida, and moved to a cheaper state, Arkansas. I love this state. Rolling Hills and Mini Mountains! I finally have a home paid for after 65 years of working! But I will have to go back to work to pay for my Healthcare. But life hits you the face, you look to the other side. I retired, and my life went crashing down. LIFE has away. But Jesus Christ is my Lord, what ever he wants for me>>> so be it. I'm Blessed I have a home. A vehicle. But stuff is so high. I hope President Trump changes our country to look like EUROPE! Or Japan. They have beautiful cities and country. Our Country should be the best in the world! For us ALL God Bless everyone!

[@arnetadyer6266]

MY MOM PASSED AWAY NOV, 2023. THE GREATEST THING SHE LEFT US WAS LOVE N MUSIC!! SHE MADE OUR SOUL RICH!! THE QUEEN MADE ALL 9 OF US STRONG , GROUNDED, BEAUTIFUL , KIND, AND FITHY RICH WITH THIS MUSIC. LISTENING TO THIS IS MAKING ME FEEL STRONG AND I CAN DREAM AGAIN AND FEEL ALIVE!! I KNW SHES HERE WITH ME. I ILOVE MY MOMMY FOREVER❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@JacquelineFox-xo6jn]

Love rules. ❤. Hon you are not alone .

[@7stringwings7]

She did yall good.. God bless ❤

[@charlesutley4539]

God bless 🙌 Love ya people ❤🎉

[@drissrizk2833]

RIPFor your mom

[@drissrizk2833]

Be strong your mom did her best

[@talexcorven]

I'm so saddened by how nothing has really changed since this song was released and also how stunningly beautiful the song and video are.

[@larrybee7713]

TRUE.

[@Richard-iv5gs]

Yeah, "the more things change, the more they stay the same"

[@savylace1197]

YES IM WITH U THERE GUY.

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

My friend sent this song out to me today. And he reads the Vedas which are about 5,000 years old.. u read it right five thousand years. And you know what ? They tell us all about it. Translation Government men are always like carnivorous demons called Rākṣasas [man-eaters]. Sometimes these government men turn against the conditioned soul and take away all his accumulated wealth. Being bereft of his life’s reserved wealth, the conditioned soul loses all enthusiasm. Indeed, it is as though he loses his life. Purport The word rāja-kula-rakṣasā is very significant. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was compiled about five thousand years ago, yet government men are referred to as Rākṣasas, or carnivorous demons. If government men are opposed to a person, that person will be bereft of all his riches, which he has accumulated with great care over a long period of time. Actually no one wants to pay income taxes - even government men themselves try to avoid these taxes - but at unfavorable times income taxes are exacted forcibly, and the taxpayers become very morose. Get it? vedabase.io Free reading here's the verse: vedabase.io/en/library/sb/5/14/16/ But the solutions are ALSO found. Seek ye the kingdom of Kṛṣṇa!

[@jeffreybarkin3177]

Disagree... We're FEEDING the planet better and we're capable of responding better to global crisis... However, War, Poverty and Social Disparity is still So Prevailent and the mortality rate in many communities is Too High [but lowering]. Progress can be BETTER, Yes!

[@teshiafrazier7762]

This song is so relevant today in 2020 as it was back in the 70s. Especially when our country is in a stage of unrest.

[@Blaze-uno1]

Truth

[@rodolfoguimacargo8993]

te liga n compc

[@barbaralane9146]

TESHIA FRAZIER OH YEAH!!

[@ClearwaterMK2]

Our country will still be in a state of unrest, Even after the pandemic is over.

[@lestersmith493]

Terrible times worst admin in history most corrupt vote this bum out pray daily no joke

[@fatimamohammed731]

First heard this in 2002 when I was 14. The tragedy is real, no matter the decade. Wake up.

[@davidg.9932]

Wanted to post this yesterday but decided instead to celebrate the birth not the tragic death of Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. April 2, 1939 - April 1, 1984 born in D.C. We lost Marvin way too soon but, thankfully, we have his musical legacy to celebrate. Here's a toast to you...

[@bryanhess2585]

2020 and Marvin's music still going strong. Stronger than ever in a dark sad world.

[@paullockwood7219]

💙👍

[@shawnwright5332]

👍🇨🇦

[@chanell2836]

This shit still happening today, and it’s 2020 💔💔💔make me wanna holla the way tdo ( our life ) .... RiH George Floyd 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@Calreva1]

God Bless You Brother, and God Bless the Brothers and Sisters Hollering Now....all these years later. RIP George Floyd and the countless others.

[@DfromTC]

Marvin Gayes music will never go away. Forever classic. Forever in the history books as the greatest.

[@bgbstrm2352]

RIP Marvin Gaye - the greatest of all time!!! I am white, live in Sweden, 68 now, but remember how I as a teenager really enjoyed this song - and other soul music - and still do!! This album is the greatest ever, unfortunately the lyrics are still relevant today... 💯🎶🎵

[@missionscrapprwill7530]

Hello To Sweden

[@treacherousjslither6920]

Unfortunately. Will we ever get it right? Humanity is pathetic smh

[@SassaFrass28]

What’s sad is that the human race, as demanded by the elite few, has reverted to skin color, sex, & religion as requirements of one’s identity, after decades of outlawing such & being irrelevant to a person’s character. In 2024, Biden/globalist agenda is to dumb down & create conflict amongst the human race to control everyone. Worse than that, most people go along with it.🤬

[@SassaFrass28]

@@treacherousjslither6920all about who controls the power and somehow the evil ascend because human nature avoids conflict at all costs.

[@hummingbirdess8763]

@@bgbstrm2352 have always loved Motown music and artist like Marvin. So much more soul and passion in songs than pop! I guess people who are hurt the most have the most passion. 💔

[@annwells7025]

53 years later & nothing has changed. Make me want to holler. Threw up both my hands. Trigger happy policing (more true today) . It's a dog gone shame. Make me want to holler. The way they do my life. R.I.H. Marvin. I truly understand. Your music has so much meaning & you were ahead of your time.🥲🎶

[@JordanLittlejohn-jl4lj]

This song reflect the Black urban in Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, New York, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Cleveland, New Orleans, St. Louis, Atlanta, and that I am naming a few. " Change Must Come". It's in your hand................

[@williamcrew3226]

Sir, I was reading your comment. I'm white, drove through Chicago yesterday. Feel for anyone growing that way. I met some of my best friends from the projects. They taught me about their childhood and those friendships run very deep. I truly hope someday we can all appreciate each other! Sending out a prayer for you! May God Bless you! With love a brother😊

[@ladymomo3333]

40 years later this song still applies to America today

[@consueloaskew]

Momo Morie yes are so right!!

[@bettyetorkpo3400]

Momo Morie oh yes

[@TheDeathstriker123]

Jazzberry Jam oh you made a typo there, on the word 'America' The correct spelling is 'the entire world'

[@TheSaints30504]

Jazzberry Jam life is what u make it

[@davegrosz75]

No, this a special American subject

[@michaelsummons3305]

This song was recorded almost 50 years ago and is STILL very much relevant. Let that one sink in....

[@chelloandra]

hear hear !!!!!

[@jaymartin5320]

Agreed Real Music that was about solving problems and inner soul and strength overcoming peacefully not like this new age rap about killing each other and others like the system wants us to we do that and become no better than them

[@YLeerTV]

Michael Summons timeless music fasure

[@williamreilly3172]

Sadly ,,,incarceration over education ~~~

[@chasingthesun90]

It's only 2 generations. Things are changing you have to keep hope

[@KOSMICKEN09]

One of the most incredible voices ever - a real tragedy he died so young

[@themixmusicandmore6280]

and MURDERED by his OWN DAD... i cant...

[@AEMoreira81]

The song is 52 years old and still rings true.

[@pamelajackson8311]

Yes it's happening now as I'm listen to it I can relate to thi😱🤔💯

[@Jame6999]

High inflation, low wages same game different players.

[@pamelajackson8311]

I'm remember growing up hearing👂 it didn't really no the meaning now I have children grand children make me say this is true now what's going on in the world & they say make America great again they really do going on this songs & the politician & president need to act on this because they always fighting each other going against what's right instead of worrying about other countries they need to take care of American 💯& they say vote for them 👀👀👀🤫🤔hell no.

[@flyingbird4219]

​@@Jame6999 So true!

[@Mrsplanetmaster9]

Damn Shame...it's worse now "haves and havenots" our population has multiplied us into further disparity. I wish all of us ✌🏽☮

[@C5624]

Inner City Blues is a song that still RESONATES over FIFTY YEARS LATER!!! ENDLESS RELEVANCE!!!

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

Translation Government men are always like carnivorous demons called Rākṣasas [man-eaters]. Sometimes these government men turn against the conditioned soul and take away all his accumulated wealth. Being bereft of his life’s reserved wealth, the conditioned soul loses all enthusiasm. Indeed, it is as though he loses his life. Purport The word rāja-kula-rakṣasā is very significant. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was compiled about five thousand years ago, yet government men are referred to as Rākṣasas, or carnivorous demons. If government men are opposed to a person, that person will be bereft of all his riches, which he has accumulated with great care over a long period of time. Actually no one wants to pay income taxes - even government men themselves try to avoid these taxes - but at unfavorable times income taxes are exacted forcibly, and the taxpayers become very morose. Get it? vedabase.io Free reading here's the verse: vedabase.io/en/library/sb/5/14/16/ But the solutions are ALSO found. Seek ye the kingdom of Kṛṣṇa..

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

A friend sent this over and he reads the Vedas... They're 5,000 years old. This stuff is not new... But let's make a new universal consciousness.. coz when God sends us Marvin Gaye WE WILL REJOICE, 😊😊

[@claraglatthaar998]

Truth is timeless and so is genius

[@bernicetravis7542]

YES . IN. DEED. Mr. MARVIN. IS. THE. MAN. AMAN.. AMAN AMAN. ❤❤❤

[@jaimecarrillo7606]

One of the best songs of all time.

[@JMT-gs7u]

Easily.

[@artievalentino2770]

NEVER GETS OLD

[@brunnerzuccato]

One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded.

[@MissPinkCotton]

what if ? Every person #shared this video on each facebook instagram twitter snapchat tik tok on the same Day ? #LetsDoItPlease #WednesdaySeptember15th2021

[@underratedbeauty8791]

How could 886 people not like this song. It's amazing and I love the video.

[@Nick_Rodriguez444]

They don't know what real music is

[@Marxist2]

They're idiot douche bags, with no conscience or knowledge of great music.

[@julesl6910]

How about because this song doesn't have a music video, but they decided for Marvin anyway. Fuck that, it doesn't have one. This is garbage, if you want to see an actual Marvin music video, they exist and they are about love.

[@Marxist2]

If you listen to the lyrics & understand Marvin's politics, your stupidity would not lead you to make such idiotic comment. TBTW not all of Marvin's are about love or "Sexual Healing" (which I love), have you not heard of Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology Song)? He also sings about poverty, racism, etc., not just "love", don't be so fucking naive. And anyone can make a video of any song & post it on KZbin.

[@WhisperingNavajo]

+Jules L you sound like a fool, Marvin was for the people, his people.

[@KinshipHope]

Marvin Gaye was a revolutionary

[@hakeemsd70m]

Most definitely so.

[@acajudi100]

sorry the drugs made him attack his dadfor you know Our parents will take us out! His dad had issues also, but it is what it is.....thanks for the relevant music Marvin, that will live forever.

[@corysherman3563]

acajudi100 he attacked his dad cause his dad was beating up on his mom and he protected his mom and his dad went and got a pistol and killed him

[@rustyhandz1]

exactly the other story was character assassination believe nothing u hear and half of what u see especially if it comes from the MAN

[@MightyPigletYT]

Crazy how this song was made before mobile phones and is still relevant today 😔

[@Gloria-qt1vs]

Exactly. It's more relevant today than it was 53 years ago.

[@TheJefferyJamesShow]

This was before the beeper!😅

[@QUEENLYDIA22]

​@@Gloria-qt1vs8⁸😅😅

[@Gloria-qt1vs]

@@QUEENLYDIA22 ???? Yes, this song was recorded and released 53 years ago. Long before your time, but not mine. I was 16yo when this song came out. We are currently mid-way through 2024 and nothing has changed much since 1970. TBH, It has gotten worse.

[@yahspoetyahu-thepoeticword7322]

this joint is a classic! but what's so astounding is that what Marvin was singing bout back then, STILL proves true today!!!

[@llttrr]

Yahspoet Leon Ben Yahudah The Poetic Wordsmith does your name mean anything? If yes, what? Especially curious about Leon ofcourse.

[@belensanchezcruz4851]

Yahspoet Leon Ben Yahudah The Poetic Wordsmith 👏👋👉👈

[@srgjohnsonson]

yea so when will the masses start to change, its takes an individual to change the collective....

[@SanDiego_J]

It crushes my soul to know that the very same issues Marvin was singing about back in 71' are still going on damn near 50 years later.

[@ShyraR]

I totally agree!

[@chrisahearn1735]

Sir, political correctness, globalism run amok

[@towada1066]

" Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. " ... just can't stand this,... Lord please look at what's happening.

[@chucklesprice]

Perhaps they should try electing different representatives.

[@alfonsojohnson6157]

Flip Twist Make me wanna HOLLER,,,,I was born in 1971 when this came out,,it's 2018 Now..... True Story 👣💨🎵🎶🎶

[@ABitefLife]

Absolute masterpiece... as was this entire album

[@sahronabattle2305]

The greatest Album of all time

[@oldschoolhiphop2275]

This was the era of the untouchables.

[@MissPinkCotton]

what if ? Every person #shared this video on each facebook instagram twitter snapchat tik tok on the same Day ? #LetsDoItPlease #WednesdaySeptember15th2021

[@derhadjisariak3838]

Merci beaucoup

[@loridingledine4902]

the truth ..................make me want to holler..............WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO?

[@Tony-bx7ed]

This album is so serious this man had to threaten Motown for them to release this album R.I.P Marvin Gaye

[@jellyrcw12]

didn't know the history, thanks for sharing

[@beautyishername2023]

Wow

[@eternal1blue]

Berry Gordy didn't want a protest album Marvin wanted to express himself musicly

[@blackdogbones9900]

It's amazing how this song transcends through the generations. The song was made in 1971 this video in 1994 and the same shit is happening today in 2014. Incredible.

[@barbaranewby2487]

Amen! You voiced my thoughts exactly ...

[@XxTearsinHeavenx]

Amen :(

[@albihysenaj5997]

It’s 2023 and nothings changed

[@claudinetillman6459]

TOP 🎩 of the day 🌅 or night 🌃 To you Right back at ya 🆗I feel what you felt about this Phenomenal master piece 🧩 Video 📷 WORD UP 👍 I agree with you A Trillion Percent 👏🤲✋ A Change is Coming YAWHE Jesus Christ only knows,♾️ PASS it' on🌎🎶🎵🎧🎤🏆 JAH LIVES ONE 🕐 LOVE 💕 Stay safe everyone else who's watching this phenomenal master piece 🧩 Video On that note 🎵🎶 Our 13 year old school boy played his guitar of this phenomenal song for their Jr High Graduation 🎓✋🤲👏Back then then the teenages Loved 😍 Marvin G music 🎵🎶 and still do to day 🌅 day WORD 👍 STAY SAFE everyone else who's watching this phenomenal master piece 🧩 Video We 💕 all of you PASS it on 🤝🌎❤️💜🙏

[@shotgun517]

Marvin and Stevie were the voices of social consciousness in the 70s!

[@shotgun517]

How could I've forgotten him, forgive me!

[@326ka8]

you forgot Curtis Mayfield.

[@jackbolter4735]

Curtis mayfield one bad ass soul brother

[@davidkopel5841]

Ignorant bigot.

[@maria610421]

I am a Bigot, perhaps you should look in the MIRROR, or take a Look Back into History, to see who the Bigotys are, and the Racist Neo Nazis and the KKK, and take it a step further, look to see who is putting Black people in prisons for being Black, I can assure you its not ME.

[@chrisdrews3165]

God I miss motown. Long time rock fan but always made room in my collection for motown.

[@faithwebley4323]

All of Marvin's songs will be relevant forever

[@MissPinkCotton]

what if ? Every person #shared this video on each facebook instagram twitter snapchat tik tok on the same Day ? #LetsDoItPlease #WednesdaySeptember15th2021

[@nomadicsoul34]

Simply one of the greatest tracks ever created.

[@ozozturk8177]

one the the all time greatest, if not the.

[@ThePIMPaboveallpimps]

*of the all time

[@PorknBeanJuice]

Real talk

[@leroyabraham3364]

click.tdzt

[@andrewbacha3448]

Totally agree, the last few moments are so inspired and still give me chills after all these years. Timeless.

[@rickdavid1795]

This song still gives me goosebumps it’s so good…

[@MarioGarcia-jq1oj]

Makes want to Holler

[@omgesport4983]

They dont make songs and vibes like this anymore ❤

[@DianeGATES-p1l]

I pray for my son going to Afghanistan. I love you so much Adrian. ❤

[@Sus-ts8ot]

Why have Your son got to go to Afghanistan?

[@martinaraj8989]

Good Bless your son . 😇🌟🙏👼

[@doderiolarkisso4038]

this thing is still going on? lol

[@louistorres]

I'm from Sunset Park, Brooklyn. If you can relate to the kid doing a backflip on an old mattress at 1:04 then you a real one.I remember when most of New York City was flooded with burned down, boarded up, mangled or demolished buildings. Seeing NYC in today's state is mindblowing. Trust that I prefer today's NYC than the NYC of 1979.

[@grilslatin]

My kids grew up listening to real music.

[@michaelali7151]

Classic! it is a shame that many people have come to KZbin and learned of Legends such as Marvin Gaye, the Old School musicians and singers were socially conscious, the villages we lived in loved us, and each one teach one kept class in session for us to be aware of the times and do the best we could to make things better for the next generation.

[@lesliewilliams9670]

Michael Ali

[@Hebrews4forme]

I disagree. Remember this comes on the heels of inequity and white claimed superiority that Malcolm X, M.L.King, jr., Stokely Carmicheal et. al. as well as a whole group of people (those who were descendants of illegal commerce) who were screaming these very words (paraphrased) to their oppressors . Music though, indeed is a language of its own that traverses ethnicity, creed and kind...as well as the American born term--Race. Marv was not some unique savant to this...he just took the b.s. that white America had yoked him with and put it into capitalist/Christian terms. Yes, wonderful song...but the plight was before him as well as after (and current). Why do ppl hate...usually because they have been wronged . So Marvin is basically asking what have Blacks done wrong to deserve the maltreatment.

[@WalziI]

its hard discovering mus is like this ..in the age of instant gratification......im glad hung out with my grandmother...the real plug

[@reinhardbader6190]

from a totally other planet..beeing white, middle class, .but this is heartmoving...and so important to tell everybody....that the world we live in.... it´s not the best!

[@goofe.washington953]

Mississippi boy here. Sophomore in college when this song came out on “What’s Going On”. This album stunned me and my ilk. Profound. Still is.

[@goofe.washington953]

WHITE Mississippi boy, that is.

[@JenG33379]

Groovy as hell

[@earthskywater1442]

2021 and nobody has even come close to his genius and artistry. RIP, Marvin. 😍

[@The1983Snoman]

Hey.

[@shawnwright5332]

👍🇨🇦

[@gwill3019]

I know, this is it, there's nobody, u can say that again.

[@karenharps6006]

Marvin Gaye was way ahead of his time. No question about it. Such a Damn shame he died when he did. He had so much more to give musically

[@JohnDoe-gx7rn]

Earth sky water ,tell me about it ,a visionary that was seeing more that people with 20/20 sight ,Vision sees beyond ones time and Era it fortells of things to come .

[@MarlonBryant-xh9un]

Motown records is responsible for the two most influential albums in the history of music what's going on and songs in the key of life,Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder makes me proud to be a Detroiter along with Berry and Smokey of course

[@morganclare4704]

Where would you put Sgt. Pepper!?! cheers

[@grannygirl61812]

This song always gives me chills when I hear it. TRUTH TO POWER MARVIN!

[@kenyattaswannigan5216]

Indeed

[@DarryPulce]

Okay I love it u so and I no it’s me but u don’t know what I’m up

[@jibbsmcdoink3009]

Power to my people. Forget whatever white saying you commented. This is black excellence. Power to my skinfolk. Power to MY people. MY skin folk do it all best

[@georgebusybee1497]

When OLD G's come out it's a done deal😂😂😂😂

[@robertwoods6349]

The hairs on my neck still bristle when I listen to this masterpiece. Truly a genius....RIP Marvin.Sadly missed.

[@RolfNiemeyer]

I absulutely feel the same (as German), I often listen to him, than I Feel emotion - and miss this wonderful guy! He sung about a lot of super good emotions, non of it was wrong - a absolute human right emotions and wishes - he was LIVING, he had the human SOUL, and had "to go" because convention. He was (is) a Pioneer.

[@alvingray-el8527]

If Marvin were alive today, he would perhaps sit quiet and shake his head in disbelief, and ask What The Hell Is Going On!!! One of the Greatest Social-Artist Ever created!!!

[@dawnmichele6847]

He ABSOLUTELY would. He'd probably would vomit 🤮. He was about LOVE AND PEACE 🕊️☮️ NOT WAR AND CONFLICT IN ANY RACE, COLOR, OR CREED.

[@MissPinkCotton]

what if ? Every person #shared this video on each facebook instagram twitter snapchat tik tok on the same Day ? #LetsDoItPlease #WednesdaySeptember15th2021

[@noelleon3603]

Wait a minute. Music is not getting better.. music is losing its course. This right here is music. Very few have been able to assemble a message quite like this. Long live Marvin's soul in his music ❤️

[@3-meo-2-oxo-pce]

music isn't losing its course. it's changing and evolving, like it always has. if you keep a closed mind to everything going on now, you'll be left behind. and yes, there's crap on the radio now. just like there was crap on the radio back in 1971.

[@JacquelineFox-xo6jn]

Only in America. Politics are needing a friend. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is going to never walk in front of My Queen 😮. My Dad said....

[@JacquelineFox-xo6jn]

He told me so.

[@theproblemmustbeinyourpant5910]

Its what's mainstream thats changed. There is music that will always speak to us, no matter how far underground you have to look.

[@patriciareid6891]

FACTS!

[@tsh44447]

Dearest Marvin: same ole vibe for poor folk! Nothin changes, but the Rich get richer! Bless you, dear Brother! RIP🙏 2024

[@Deftonedd4]

My kids will grow up listening to this

[@dubnus7478]

its not a hppy song why would you do this theres uplifting songs alike this one in style but this isnt really for kids :D

[@Tachi20]

You keep talkin all that Anal Deris....:)

[@1goldbaby]

LET THEM HEAR "HEAVEN HELP US ALL BY STEVIE WONDER....

[@maria610421]

Did they wonder whats going on, I doubt it. Who wondered why JFK wanted Blacks and whites to be intergerated, and who was behind it and why, that was the 1960's. What is going on TODAY, the schools they Blacks was intergerated in is now a Mill stone around their necks from schools to PRISONS. When Blacks would have been better off with their own schools.

[@rovervitesse1]

Good education for them and hopefully they will grow up to change things - there needed more than ever

[@matthewbown1072]

The man Marvin would have been 80 today,respect to you sir

[@MsPat.212]

Shonuff, Right On, The Realest Singer, He Knew, He was a Free Spirit Spirit. They don't. Live long on Earth. They Fly, Young, And Somewhat Young.✝

[@victotiasmothers548]

Tv

[@caseywalker1714]

Cocaine was his kryptonite 😞😔😪

[@ByCactus]

Casey Walker he didn’t die of an overdose

[@LaylaG]

I still talk with his drummer Doni Hagan on facebook he was my neighbour from the down floor ,in the eighties ,we all still live here with Marvin in our hearts and he was so kind to everyone he met on the street ,he loved the beach and some people i know had played music with him overhere in the studio on the record sexual healing , he lived a while overhere in Ostend Belgium before he went to visit his father and got killed ,RIP Marvin Gaye

[@user-op1tq9ur3t]

Long live the legend Marvin Gaye. Miss you bro!!!

[@docktorb]

"Crime is increasing...trigger happy policemen...", Marvin was a true prophet. I believe this song was written in 1971, and it is STILL the soundtrack of today. A genius in every sense of the word. Gone too soon.

[@pinkynyuggah7875]

it cant change..whites rule the world...racist whites ..they the billionares due to their ancestors..so this world will stay the same until those old racist whites are gone and their young come up haveing a HEART

[@merlinemcallister3756]

I wish musicians still recorded social songs as they did back in the day.Back then,black and white musicians recorded songs of peace and love,which brought us together in late 60's throughtout 70's and early 80's.Times were chaotic beginning early 60's,and 70's with,civil rights movement,vietnam war,Dr.King's,Pres Kennedy,Robert Kennedy,Medgar Evans,Malcolm X, and so many others.I do beleive love conquers all,and there will be a day of peace,here on earth,but only with God.💌💌

[@blackmajik3104]

2021 Inner city blues😪😪. Prayers for the whole human race

[@joonnkoh2368]

in Jesus name 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@davidstevenson6901]

Ahmen to that

[@elves8586]

Super i like

[@johnharris4899]

😔

[@cindybebat2874]

Merci

[@bluesboy54321]

I'm almost 62, heard this for the first time today...what a tune!!

[@tomvideogame1765]

I’m from Italy, 18 years old. KZbin recommended this song to me around three weeks ago. It’s a masterpiece. Thanks yt to make me discover this song.

[@britanir]

I don’t care about the likes of my comment. I just have to say it. Absolutely Beautiful Mr. Marvin Gaye. The World wasn’t ready for a brilliant soul like you. I’m in my 30s. Your music will always stay with me as long as I’m living. You were a brave black man. One of the greatest song written. Pure musical genius. Keep resting handsome Emperor. 🙏🏽😔😢❤💯 December 31, 2023.

[@Qwerty44_83]

❤

[@vernongeorge8262]

And the world still NOT ready