Nina Simone - Baltimore (Official Audio)

"Baltimore" by Nina Simone
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Lyrics:
Oh, Baltimore
Ain't it hard just to live?
Oh, Baltimore
Ain't it hard just to live?
Just to live
#NinaSimone #Baltimore #OfficialAudio

[@ontokolotselegodi149]

Podcast and chill with macg... Thank you Thabo smolls for the plug❤

[@selloledwaba9292]

lol came here immediately after the podcast

[@natesamedia4.02]

Chillers Standup

[@UpJumpsDaParty]

​@selloledwaba9292 cane here during the podcast. Will do and finish it off after this😂😂😂

[@mabusetsasiimane5057]

Thank you Smolls for introducing me to this massive JAM

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Massive? Lol..This song is TERRIBLE

[@DoobieFerguson]

@@BAKER22-l4u Then why did you go to the youtube video for it? Do you often look up videos of songs you think are terrible?

[@Kensington007]

First heard Nina around '82. Dad had pulled up in the drive; just arrived home late from the pub. He'd stayed in the car and so, being the eldest son I'd been sent out to see why he wasn't comin' in for dinner. I could see a lit smoke glowin' and as I approached the passenger door I heard him say "Jump in son...you just gotta hear this lady's voice". I think the song was 'Don't smoke in bed" and from that moment, sitting in the dark, listening to her sublime, relaxed singing style, I was hooked... a life - long fan. RIP Nina, I thank-you.!

[@tomconnors8165]

Felt that. Porch light only making it half way up the hood. Give someone you love a hug from me.

[@sajaalhalsa2748]

love this

[@Thandazaninofingxana]

THABO SMOLL. Bow can he sample it on his projects. Nina Simone. Foundation do the right thing!

[@nkhelebenivincent4173]

shout out to Smols for introducing us to this jam, perfect production indeed 👌

[@natesamedia4.02]

Chillers Standup

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Lol..WTF? This is terrible

[@boipelopulekgomo4119]

Thabo Smols calls this the greatest song ever made in terms of perfection.

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Lol..WTF? Let us know when you LEAVE FANTASY LAND

[@sibusisohopetshabalala4626]

Thabo smol sent us here, his right🔊🔥👌🏽

[@natesamedia4.02]

Chillers Standup

[@BAKER22-l4u]

WTF

[@letswalo9326]

Thabo Smols brought me straight here and it's been home ever since I checked in. Moya wa taola 🪘🎵

[@mabusetsasiimane5057]

You are not alone brother...

[@natesamedia4.02]

Chillers Standup

[@jimbojamesbw1920]

Here after watching Smol's podcast episode 😊

[@natesamedia4.02]

Chillers Standup

[@siyabongamathebula7149]

1:55 is really starting to be deep indeed...…Podcast and chill...register marked...Dankie Smoll

[@ayandaqhina8163]

Smols was right, slaps hard especially when you high 😂

[@akhonasithani9924]

🤣🤣

[@lofentsemohlabane9280]

Referred by Smol 😂..

[@sizwewilfred4000]

Lol referred by smolz too 😂

[@PalisosWay]

Also here because of him😂😂😂😂

[@kgothatsokutu5375]

Chillaz neh

[@KAPITALKASH]

Thabo Smol knows his music

[@timothymatlosa9201]

Thabo Smol brought me here. He's right. It slaps!

[@gotdamnimin]

You need headphones to listen to this masterpiece. The way the instruments are panned gives it an awesome feeling that gives you goosebumps!

Baltimore is many things, but it definitely has soul

[@mrelton._02]

phakama real chillers😂💘

[@hedmekanik]

Undeniably one of the greatest songs of all time. Without a shadow of a doubt.

[@thetrumpnewsnetwork7503]

roflmao

[@doci6139]

It's a cover

[@raymondmarshall1129]

Who is better than Nina Simone... Nobody

[@mariaboruta1286]

What instruments are in this song please tell me 😭 I need at least 3

[@dam00r]

Dinah Washington

[@225marklin3]

Two Nina Simones

[@irielion3748]

Bunny Rugs. Check his version of this!

[@troianoleonardo]

preach!

[@Membrane_ZA]

Thank you Thabo Smol from Black Motion for the plug❤🎉❤...MacG podcast n chill 👌🏾

[@pearlita2137]

Thabo Smols✌️ Podcast and chill👊 I ain’t high but it slaps hard😂 🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼

[@TopClipsExpress]

Like if you came here after watching Podcast And Chill....Thanks Thabo Smolls

[@joelmonyepao9811]

I just come from there😂❤ beautiful song thou

[@natesamedia4.02]

Chillers Standup

[@Panzirah]

Here cause of Thabo Smal(Black Motion)

[@tshilidzil2071]

😅😅

[@shepherdmsunduzwa5171]

We will never understand only Thato Smalls will do 😂

[@leslythabiso2761]

Straight from the podcast Smols is right yhooo it slaps 😂🔥🔥

[@natesamedia4.02]

Chillers Standup

[@mynameisgift]

Thank you Thabo S. she’s my fav

[@desmondmathebula1334]

Thank you Thabo smol🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@sunnytaproom]

Reggae-Funk explosion! And her voice is timeless as always

[@irielion3748]

Check Bunny Rugs singing it. Irie!

[@souldieroflove5782]

Yes ! you must know the song " Funkier than a mosquito's twitter " if not , listen and dance ! :)

[@user-vq2gh3tj3f]

Dankie podcast and chill

[@givomkg997]

Hee ndaa!!!!! it slaps indeed🔥🔥🔥

[@thoribass696]

This is just a pure gold piece. Unmatched vocal and musical performance, epic mix and master which is far better than 99% of today's production (released 1978!). That vibe is something beyond words, so smooth and groovy. The bass line almost killed me, when I first heard it. And not just the bass line, but all instrumental lines are simply amazing. Minimal and so powerful. Nina's androgynous timbre makes me cry and I always get goosebumps. Love that.

[@violettaray3847]

I too feel the exact same emotion about the instrumentation.. the bass with the strings then the drums it's just sublime

[@nidieunimaitre007]

Totally agree. The guitarist was excellent, Al Shackmann, (he was with Nina for most of her career, over 40 years) and looked after her many times. She would be so out of it some nights (I saw her one night at Ronnie Scott and she was so drunk that she sang like two songs and left...) yet he would be such a quiet presence, that I think she needed so much. Wish he would do a podcast about Nina but probably so old now, a bit late...shame as he would have so many anecdotes.

[@ausbrum]

@@nidieunimaitre007 she was actually bi-polar and had bi-polar episodes

[@nidieunimaitre007]

Also how Nina was so open to different genres made her really different. Even though she was classically trained on the piano and was brought up on gospel she never limited herself to jazz and Blues and she was very eclectic in her music choices. I think for a long time the "jazz intelligentsia" held it against her. But Nina, as always, could not care less and was a free spirit. When I say she did not care is probably not correct as she mentioned often in interviews, etc and liked to remind her critics that she was a classically trained piano player. She even sang songs from the French répertoire like Ne me quitte pas by Jacques Brel. Her French accent is appalling (lol) but her unique voice still shines out. One never tires of Nina and once you accept her unique voice you know that she is one of the greatest Blues singers ever. For example even though I love Strange fruits by Billie Holiday, Nina's version is vastly superior in my humble opinion due to the power and utmost gut-wrenching energy that transpires through the song. Nina was a very passionate soul.

[@rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596]

I Love The Reggae Flavor To This Joint. Love Her Voice on it as Well.

[@warrendoris9669]

This was wtitten.by Randy Newman.You have nto listen to his you can appreciate her interpretation.Brilliant!.

[@Matthew-uj2uf]

The Tamlins made a classic reggae version of the song and the riddim became a reggae fixture used successfully by many artists.

[@rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596]

@@warrendoris9669 I Heard His Version.

[@rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596]

@Jared Carl Wow. LoL.

[@AaronSpielman]

Nina's voice always gives me chills. This is *so* good.

[@alphaomega8373]

Slick song and she lived by those words of leaving, Thank you lovely lady. The shuttle way to heaven @3:57.

[@Communal_Farmer]

Thabo Smols on Podcast and chill with MacG and Sol phenduka sent whole lot for chillers here, "Baltimore best song ever."

[@jasonruff5809]

Beat up little seagull On a marble stand Tryin to find the ocean Lookin everywhere Hard times in the city In a hard town by the sea Ain't nowhere to run to There ain't nothin here for free People on the corner Waiting for a train Drunk, lying on the sidewalk Sleepin in the rain And the people have bare faces And they hide their eyes Cuz the city is dying And they don't know why Oh, Baltimore Ain't it hard just to live Oh, Baltimore Ain't it hard, just to live Just to live Got my sister, Sandy And my little brother Ray I've a big old wagon To haul us all away Live out in the country Where the mountains high Never gonna come back here Til the day I die Oh Baltimore, ain't it hard Just to live Old Baltimore, ain't it hard Just to live, just to live

[@BlindObedienceBrutal]

“Hooker on the corner,” not “people”. It does make a difference. Nina and Randy Newman both say “hooker”. “People” must come from the G-rated version!

[@benjaminbrattleboroblue392]

Hooker waiting on a train... 😉

[@daganallenbrown9691]

It's "on a marble stair" (you can tell because "stair" rhymes with "everywhere")

[@daganallenbrown9691]

It's also "buy a big old wagon" (the point is that she can only dream of escaping, only imagine a different future--she doesn't actually have the wagon, but if only she did!)

[@BatkoBrat]

*And hard times by the sea* * *People hide their faces* *

[@hypermegz7]

This song is hard and chill at the same time

[@Paul-66]

Perfect description

[@geraldjohnson9224]

Just like the hard and cold streets of B-more.😑😑😑

[@geraldjohnson9224]

Never heard this song completely before and what a revelation! It encapsulates the poverty and feeling of desperation so pervasive in so many Black neighborhoods that often goes overlooked and poorly understood. As a product of such a neighborhood, I can attest to the song's validity. For a song over 40 years old, sadly, it's words still remain relevant even today.😔😔😔

[@justina7300]

Crazy that Randy Newman can write a song like this without having lived there. He was so good at that

[@chillerstones]

The words written are words, Nina really gives them character. I am a white boy, from a white village in England however sometimes this song is the only way to describe how I feel. These words will always be relevant...

[@geraldjohnson9224]

@@chillerstones Granted no doubt you have experienced your own hardships but unless you've been to an American ghetto, you'll never completely understand the feelings young, Black men experience trying to survive in an environment that not built to survive in. Fortunately I joined the military at an early age and escaped makin difficult choices young men like myself are forced to make to survive, many of them with lifelong consequences. Best wishes to you.

[@t00bgazer]

@@geraldjohnson9224 there is nothing fortunate about someone joining the worlds most destructive and imperialist military. You live in a squid game society if you have to join the military to escape the ghetto.

[@geraldjohnson9224]

@@t00bgazer The military takes only what you allow it to take it gives what you whatever you're looking to get from it. I chose to make the most of my experience and certainly don't regret it. Do you have any regrets?

[@MichelleAhern-gr9zl]

When i hear the pretensions of women like beyonce i can only laugh .shes redicious by Ninas standards of elegance .thku Nina 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤

[@zukofadana5937]

If you from South Africa and Thabo sent you here please like🎉

[@blacknotecreativeworkspres5376]

As a South African I'm disappointed I knew this song age ten 2009

[@mpholoso3261]

Loo can't believe i came right after watching podcast and chill😂

[@natesamedia4.02]

Chillers Standup

[@shaunmutshekwane5762]

Smols!!!!! ❤

[@joannehayes6989]

A timeless song by an unforgettable artist.

[@colemantwyford3999]

Randy Newman rips

[@ungradphysmath7438]

Her voice embodies the effect of "Baltimore" oh so perfectly!!!

[@GjaP_242]

"Drunk, lying on the sidewalk Sleeping in the rain And the people hide their faces And they hide their eyes Oh, Baltimore" Randall Stuart Newman: Pianist, vocalist and songwriter of wry and quirky compositions. He is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.

[@aHomura3211]

​@@GjaP_242cool..

[@thabangmoumakwe7969]

a chiller 🤘❤

[@gabagoolovahere5869]

Her delivery is just heavenly

[@sherrysyed]

Truer words have seldom been spoken!

[@nidieunimaitre007]

And she would play the piano at the same time...

[@cnsstimulant2741]

Thanks to smolls ❤🎉

[@clairewood-forrester579]

I’ve never heard her version before. I’m Jamaican so I’m only familiar with the Sly and Robbie/ Tamlins reggae version. OMG 😢I totally love this song even more now 💕🎶

[@stanleymatlou873]

Hit like or say heyyyyy ndaaa varininiiiii 🎉

[@UpJumpsDaParty]

Chillers in the building

[@umaruZW]

Dankie Thabo

[@fibbstermann283]

makes me think about the bitter/sweet of black love , black community. This song runs deep it touches the soul. Nina thanks for taking us there. amen

[@HoodPantsula_slash_Nigga]

if you are here after watching Smol's episode dlula ngo hee ndaaa!!

[@lesedikosie896]

Hee ndaa

[@sizwewilfred4000]

Hee Ndaaa!

[@natesamedia4.02]

Chillers Standup

[@BAKER22-l4u]

WTF is WRONG with you

[@d.tucker4929]

I wonder what new passages the fantastic Ms. Simone would add to this beautiful song about the new challenges the Key Bridge collapse has added to the Baltimore community with our 2024 political differences on race, finances, and the "who, how, and when" to help attitudes

[@max-andrewmcmillan4235]

so I thought I would listen to it again,...and again

[@djenabacabral6559]

i ddn't live in the era of this song, but I can feel the hurt and desperation that was prevalent for black people during this time. ironically, it is one of my favorite songs by Nina Simone because of the emotions that it elicits. it absolutely tells the history of Black people. sometimes it makes me cry

[@emaniwilliams410]

I’m going to use this song to show BALTIMORE we are never going to change 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️💯💯

[@d.a.7689]

This video about the "The Wire" brought me here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKDMe4WBrM52Z7s

[@fuenlath]

What a masterpiece.

[@GjaP_242]

Newman wrote Baltimore after reading an article about the city in National Geographic, but the song is an emblem of national struggle rather than a singling-out of one particular city’s problems. Nina Simone recognised the strength of Baltimore, and her reggae take on the song became the title track to her 1978 album, as well as inspiring The Tamlins’ brilliant 1979 version. 1:51 Source: This Is Dig!

[@mingus4932]

No song describes my ambition, dreams and life more. Gods blessings to hustlers.

[@trizzytv499]

this song slap different when you Baltimore born and raised!

[@hudsonforbes6727]

i so agree with you, and i have only visited

[@sumsmoke209]

I so agree with you and I only seen “The Wire”

[@GETNYCEAUTO]

@trinard Sh Hell Yea Dummy😎😎

[@BB-sg1gj]

gardaşım tekrarlıyorum bu şarkıya ağlamak için illa Baltimorelu olmaya gerek yok.

[@capricornbonheur]

I bet

[@gcinumndenithedonmixologis850]

Been playing this joint since the beginning of the year cause damn ain't it hard just to live y'all

[@CCK-jd8nc]

RIP Key Bridge 1977-2024

[@phillip8443]

That is funny

[@mrjuslin1911]

I swear this song’s sound has one of the best endings. It just carries you high with dramatic effect and cushions your fall with the soothing violins 😰🤤🤤🤤

[@m_w501]

Jay-Z sampled this song on "Caught their eyes" ft. Frank Ocean. Really what brought me here.

[@ukhonathipizi9374]

For the past 4 weeks this is what I wake up to 🔥

[@lin139]

7 weeks now I hope?....

[@sweetyc031]

Same!

[@dorumihaigorciac6982]

I would continue dreaming instead of waking up😅

[@djasonromero]

Winning

[@lilyolk299]

8 weeks later & ur neighbours can now never listen to this song again

[@yaseen-aliseedat3487]

Okay Thabo smolls gave us a heat from way back

[@cheviidevii]

I love this version of the song by Nina and I also love the reggae version to this song by "The Tamlins - Baltimore". I recommend giving it a listen.

[@gift_sa114]

Thanks Thabo smolls.🙆🏾‍♂️🙌🔥 😮😮🙆🏾‍♂️🙆🏾‍♂️

[@sfisosambo8217]

Smols idolizes this song. Seeing he's a musical genius, an encyclopedia of music, I had to listen to this Jam. I must say....i fully concur. This is a masterpiece. Its also giving #ColbertMukwevho tunes. #PodacastandChill

[@regisgiraud4862]

Randy Newman is a great songwriter and Nina Simone the best performer ! a pure gem

[@mahlalemokoena6874]

Danko Thabo Smolls! if you know you know!

[@user-cb5mv1ux3x]

Merci Radio Nova Quel bonheur de re-découvrir cette Nina qui a beaucoup apporté à la musique❤ J'adore ❤❤❤

[@somali592]

Nina's phrasing always made her covers just that little extra special ...

[@tonyd121]

Despite this song being recorded long before I came to Baltimore it captures all the social ills today, as depicticted on The Wire and currently We Own This City.... Nina was definitely one before her time.

[@BatkoBrat]

@@tonyd121 She is timeless.

[@nidieunimaitre007]

@@BatkoBrat Indeed. And this voice, my god, this voice...so weird the first time I heard it 40 years ago and then it grows on you and you think to yourself, she has the most incredible voice I ever heard... so strong so vibrant that it touches your soul every time.

[@BatkoBrat]

@@nidieunimaitre007 Oh, definitely. No one is immune to the vibrant colors of her voice

[@juju10199]

I remember The Game sampled this song, his song is called The ocean @Podcast&Chil

[@martinmahlatse9021]

Thank you Thabo Smols 🔥🔥

[@oblivion_007]

Wonderful orchestration too...

[@michaelfayers9230]

what an emotional piece of music

[@beernardo48]

This is a pure gem

[@sevinatenine4444]

Some Reggae mixed in with some Funk makes this song hit different.Reggae and Funk are rare in the same song.😎😎😎

[@orbitapodcast5362]

The best of Nina Simone. It is impressive how the lyrics begin talking about a dead seagull in its desire to find the ocean... it longs for nature in the middle of the city like a concrete jungle... That is a symbol of how she feels in the middle of all that atmosphere.

[@redpreone9172]

Lets all gather here abaziswe ngu Smols🎉

[@cedricfamo9101]

Thabo Smols , Thanks for the plug.... Podcast and Chill with Macg

[@markphoenix6274]

NINA SIMONE IS THE G.O.A.T.

[@nerium.nerium]

This song always brings me to tears...

[@djaerosoul]

because Nina just captured better than anyone else the suffering and the blues of the lyric..... that's why!!! same feeling here!!!

[@bettyboo7954]

Its because you understand 🎧

[@moatmancometh6969]

I cannot understand how anyone could 'dislike' this..... strange.

[@matshelobalatlheng2745]

Thabo Smol brought me here #PodcastAndChillWithMacG

[@natesamedia4.02]

Chillers Standup

[@panasonicism]

Baltimore by the Tamlins from Jamaica 🇯🇲.

[@KasirRham]

If she felt like that back then.... imagine how it would feel for her to see Baltimore today.😢

[@rosiered6712]

Never got to see it in its hayday. My heart lives in this city, but its kinda sorrowful to see everything hollowed out

[@DonnieHardenJr]

Yo, I'm paying respects to the legends. The way No ID and Young Guru flipped this on 4:44 means so much.

[@user-bz1lz3ew7z]

big up Smols

[@alleriawindranger6290]

That Strings Killed It OMG! The World Needs YOU The Most.

[@madameshuggadrosenbloom1111]

Magnificent!!! Miss Nina ... my beautiful muse.

[@kebagakileraborifi4042]

Such nostalgia...Salute to the maverick

[@robindesjardins8566]

A bridge goes down. So many drown. Ain't it hard just to live? Oh, Baltimore!

[@user-xh9qn3dt8o]

😂straight from podcast...Thabo your are super talent and I have so much respect for you now

[@MMdunyelwa]

😂😂😂😂

[@johnhoward8567]

Sisters and brothers of Baltimore brought to life

[@laffyboy]

One of the best mixes ever created.

[@ghislaineogier8585]

Wonderful Nina you miss me I m French and write in English a little to say my Love for this Woman and this songs forever in my mind

[@oratilemanca4583]

Lenna had to come here after #podcastandchillwithMacG Pure Gold

[@andymorris2656]

I like this version of this song because seems like she just takes her sweet time to sing it.

[@BlindObedienceBrutal]

Yeah, love your comment, it makes you think. You know, anybody can sing loud and fast. But Nina was a true musician who had astonishing control. She understood time and how to use it. Only the great can sing slow and sing soft, and still be so strong.

[@thuthukanidlomo3749]

Thank you Smolz

[@kotikoty7054]

podcast and chill, thabo smoll

[@indigokids88]

I just take those calls and them right out for everyone ❤❤

[@samkas8470]

I’m in London England I listen to this and see it in motion where I live and grew. Poverty has no borders. Hats of Nina your a legend. Blessings from England

[@bluematterr6450]

Think of my home london when I hear this too

[@nidieunimaitre007]

Saw her at Ronny Scotts mid 80s...lucky me...

[@baglady2652]

Whatever she sings, turn gold

[@CombraStudios]

rip casualties of Key Bridge collapse 26.03.2024