Talib Kweli - I Try ft. Mary J. Blige

[@suhaliasauls4510]

This song still brings me to tears. When I was a little girl I saw a bunch of stuff I shouldn't have seen. Music was my only escape. I didnt want to be a musician but I needed somebody to just say what I was dying to say. Then I heard this song. I cried because it captured everything I was going through. It still makes me cry like a baby. I'm out of that situation and have been for ages now but the scars are still there. Im not into hip hop much but this song helped release the frustration I had. Listening to it now I can't believe what I've overcome. I'm all grown up and graduating from law school, aiming towards a PhD and a big family. I'm gona make sure my kids never see what I saw.

[@jblack3.3.4.]

Amen sista

[@MarvstubeSoontv]

💪🏾 💯 🖤

[@suhaliasauls8971]

❤️🙏🏾✊🏾🖤🇿🇦

[@thomascrowley9122]

Congratulations. Keep Grinding

[@abstractmedia8949]

Respect.

[@KMiles-td5xd]

Talib Kweili, Mary J. Blige, and Kanye West equals Musical Brilliance and Excellence.

[@nightnday6675]

Whenever Mary J Blige is on a track you know that chorus is gonna be hot.

[@That_Guy2424]

Same with skylar gray and nate dogg

[@thedirectorscut4848]

I try I try I try I try I try I try I try I try I try you know I try = hot chorus

[@kjthekunoichi]

I see her name, i clicked, easy🔥🌸🌈

[@duncan3998]

Or when this nigga mentions ''Kurt Cobain'' in the lyrics.

[@jamisonbonds9757]

You know it's gonna be a hot steaming pile of cow dung.

[@kawasakininja13]

Yeezy's beats + Talib's lyrical superiority = perfection!

[@iamshyni69]

+ Mary vocals!

[@GhostX42]

for me, one of the most underrated rappers all time.

[@chrismulligan5242]

+GhostX42 Couldnt agree more. AZ and Big L underrated as well

[@KaizerMan]

+GhostX42 You want real underrated? check out a british MC named Akala

[@NXSProductions]

No thanks... lol.

[@Arma070]

+KaizerMan ooh snap, thanks for mentioning him, would've never found out about him otherwise.

[@bilalha123]

+KaizerMan akala is 2nd best, lowkey best British rapper. Akala's fire in the booth is the realest 10 minutes of rap you could possibly find but the songs on his albums aren't that great.

[@999across]

No one has done it better than Mary since Mary. She is the epitome of Hip Hop & R&B.

[@mgardner70]

Question? Why would you come here and give a thumbs down? It's Talib!!!

[@donnellvictor3670]

some tracks are timeless.. this is one of em.

[@nwoke.ezu.ike_until_death]

Life is a STRUGGLE itself so everyone has to keep trying and NEVER give-up.

[@morpheusmvp7413]

*Beautiful Struggle

[@johnnydangerous5971]

Facts💯

[@alexdowney9139]

We desperately need more of this

[@franklyntaylor4432]

Now THIS is Hip-Hop at its finest.

[@dr.madthumbs4625]

When i was trapped in a dark place, thinking of that permanent solution for a temporary problem. THIS SONG HELPED. yea, hip hop can Do that also.... Thank you Talib Kweli & Mary J. Coming not only from me but also from William (12), Rosemary (10), Nikolas (8) & my beautiful wife Roxane. ....Yea, Hip Hop can Do that also. Montréal, Canada

[@damongardner]

Beautiful hoser.

[@kj7682]

Dope

[@davidreuters8509]

🙌🙌🙌

[@LeticiaCook-lw3mb]

Well said. Respect, on giving yourself a shot at this thing called life. Do your thing, playboy.

[@99billy54]

Me too brother

[@nizzotheartist]

Real music with real feelings

[@poetryselite]

There is nothin to say with the exception of that "Talib Kweli is a legend".

[@AAMM101]

''...this is my product and I gotta move it, stop the industry but you cant stop the music" Full of spirit. Keep it up Kweli!

[@DGEPB]

i swear i listen to this every time i need that extra push at work or when im trying to get something done. the heart and message of this is just so inspirational

[@leighlavigne5482]

Mary J just reaches inside you and finds that extra, lol..Kweli, as always💙

[@dr.madthumbs4625]

GOD, the GOOSEBUMPS THAT Mary J. gives me. A true force of nature.

[@hughseagraves7036]

Still love this. Mary J killing it.

[@truckervance]

This song touched my soul. Just...damn. 2023 playing regularly in my phone. Walking, driving, sitting...thinking. Damn...incredible.

[@lwazikhumalo212]

@truckervance, please advise me if there's any vacancies in your company which sponsors h2b visas for out of country prospective employees

[@hubertb.8041]

Mary is so beautiful! Talib 🔥 NewYork, NewYork Baby!

[@sebastian_goat]

"some people usin their noodle, some people usin their muscle, some people put it all together make it fit like a puzzle" inspires me to exercise while I'm doing my homework (not to take away from the deeper message of the song, just my personal take-away)

[@christinacollins5555]

💪🏾💪🏾

[@BrandNameLess]

kanye's production always elevated other artists

[@khloverjai219]

Yasssss Talib and Mary!!! still one of my favorite collabs😍❤ Every time I hear this I get chill bumps and shit..tears follow**Tha damn passion in this is everything!

[@ilovethesoundsof1128]

The little boy playing Talib Kweli played a great role great job when his bullies started rapping with him. I felt that 🧡💛💚💙

[@rashadginn8768]

We fell along way since this type of music

[@sambam9086]

here in 2021 long live Talib Kweli

[@Jj-fr6rj]

I'd like to see the return of more conscious music.

[@Nolbert24]

Jj Music nowadays: "you need to cut it! Cut it, cut it, cut it

[@immrallen2690]

Talib actually has made 2 of my favorite all time videos, one being "Hot Thing" and the other being this. I loved this song from the first time I heard it but the video with it is just a masterpiece. The part towards the end when the kids give him back his book and their respect makes me damn near tear up because I love to see stuff like that.

[@Alex23167]

Kanye + Kwely = Soulful Music

[@papanovembermusic]

Even his upbeat songs are soaked in melancholy. Just superb delivery.

[@mensageiromcoficial4087]

this video clip is the story of many mcs around the world! we all went through many challenges and difficulties, this clip represents all of us, congratulations for the work Talib, a hail from BRAZIL

[@derronware9320]

Love the video. The "bully" displayed regret perfectly. He conveyed so much with just his eyes and mannerisms. Really impressive 👏

[@Kenif_18]

Wow, I was 14 when this came out. I remember having this on replay on my used and bootleg CD player. Listened to this almost everyday on the way to school. I'm 30 now, and I still listen to this with my 2 year old daughter. Life is weird but beautiful at the same time. I'm happy I have this to show my daughter not just what's given right now to us. Peace to everyone I hope you're all still trying and moving forward regardless of the obstacles in our way this year (2020).

[@timothywright2952]

Talib Kweli is one of the best socially conscious rappers out there. we need more men like him Has, Dead Prez, AZ, and Mos Def

[@jayrone6384]

AZ one my favorite artists. next to nas, big L. don't forget common too!! real positive hip hop.

[@bedofrazorz]

Timothy Wright Dilated Peoples

[@oskarbremer5406]

Cyne and MF DOOM are kinda concious

[@Peakfreud]

Dont sleep on "Black Thought & Common".

[@Peakfreud]

On the Low Rakim, dropped Knowledge.

[@FGAlele]

This Song is what I call REAL Hip-Hop. The STRUGGLE. The Journey to make SOMETHING from Negativity.

[@seensay2132]

That look at @3:23 always gets me 💯💯

[@Zarusaken]

This guy is the man. I've just heard two of his songs, he has such good material.

[@vincentmichaelleguesse6021]

Rest in Power Talib Kweli aka Mix Master Mixalot!

[@PrincessDarkie82]

Got a lot of love this track. Hip hop at its finest. Massive respect

[@EternoChampionSMOTheLabel]

Good hip hop right here, we need to bring this kind of music back ...

[@eddiesille9628]

That NewYork sound nothing like it...

[@AmericanFYEChief]

#YASSSSS

[@E.RHYMES]

That HIP-HOP sound.... Nothing like it.....

[@estevanbaxley9280]

This song always makes me cry. I'm glad I grew up listening to artists like this. Might not be here otherwise.

[@dcfctom8234]

When people used to ask me what music I liked I used to say hip hop now I don't no what to say

[@Bowieenery]

Maybe "old school hip hop"

[@soihavenocluewhatthisyoutu4763]

+BARRY or "real Hip Hop" not the phony shit out today that i wouldn't even consider Hip Hop more like Pop Rap to me.

[@Tjeliep]

+DCFC TOM Now you say, old school hip hop ;)

[@francisngoge1480]

DCFC TOM hahahaha

[@pulanem764]

DCFC TOM I just say Old School Hip Hop....

[@christinacollins5555]

Life is a beautiful struggle ❤️

[@Brooke-8888]

“Life Is A Beautiful Struggle...” I Love That! It’s all about PERSPECTIVE, God Bless! ~Love and Light To All♥️🙏🏽♥️

[@phoenixjnyc]

Life is too beautiful to give up. Keeping trying

[@LTJfan]

"Life is a beautiful struggle." Good lyric right there

[@Simeautomatic100]

*I remember this song used to come on DAILY on B.E.T.... When B.E.T. used to be actually worth watching*

[@johnnydangerous5971]

💯

[@Towmas]

These were the days

[@kevinyork540]

Brilliant! Thank you Talib Kweli & Mary Jane.

[@kingposse1]

KANYE WEST IS BEAST ON THESE BEATS MAN

[@tropic1979]

I slept on this first time around. Glad I came to my senses.

[@hughseagraves7036]

Me too. So sweet.

[@redemptionofthebeast50]

Tamsin Holmstrom u sexii

[@jeanbaptistebabouayerima4561]

2021 🇨🇲

[@PHENOMjr]

This video is so powerful. It meant a lot to me growing up. Still does to this day.

[@ronaldscottherbein1707]

Devastating combo

[@johanesambroseochieng44]

talib n mary j a deadly force 2 reckon dis iz a classic

[@jonathanadkison5443]

KWEST KILLED THIS TRACK,, TALIB DID HIS USUAL RIPPING, AND MARY J. CHUNKED THE ICING ALL OVER THIS

[@GarbageCanster]

Music that uplifts the people. . .

[@Madame707]

Mary J Blige looks in this video was everything would love her to give this sort of look a try again.

[@salty782]

This comment is edited yet I still can't comprehend it.

[@salty782]

Ohh Mary J Blige's looks were everything, you would love her to try this look again. Got ya.

[@rshelburg]

Cause it's important what color the artists hat is.

[@aiyyazmakaveli6335]

he was one underrated rapper

[@GreenRevolution420]

A very powerful music video right here

[@RemarkMcLennan]

Life is a beautiful struggle. Perfectly put. A Great song & substance. Love & respect.

[@BOO4EVA]

Heavily underrated 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jonathandudley6250]

This is the song that made me dive in to hip-hop. Now after moving to House, DnB, Jazz, RnB, Techno, Punk, Funk, Soul and so many more I'm back

[@christopherfreitas3125]

This is real music. This is something that can change the minds of those that listen close enough. Please link this video to friends and family and most of all to people who dont understand that hip- hop is more then banging and slanging crack.

[@VisionsByTony]

dope production by Kanye

[@pulanem764]

Sadly now he is lost....

[@waitwhat5745]

Pulane M very dumb

[@Gadrawingz]

Thanks for such a collab, It was legendary!

[@jbond9637]

A young Kanye beat can never do a rapper wrong

[@raesmith2185]

Heard it: K. West! :)

[@neeksquamina]

Still a banger

[@GoBlueO23]

2021 not too many of us

[@codyeynon8467]

The pen is mightier than the sword.

[@Blullaby]

This is a beautiful thing to say... (:

[@codyeynon8467]

@@Blullaby It is a saying much older than I am.

[@JohnsonB1987]

Needs more likes and views!!!!

[@TheRealNativeSun]

Young John Legend on the Keys.

[@pk7ghalm23]

Nah that's not him it's a sample

[@EveryDayDreamer10]

I remember I was in middle school when this album came out, I was goin through the phase of trying 2 find myself and Wat music I would like and my sister gave me this album and I finally found Wat I was lookin 4.... I love hip hop, so big ups 2 takin 4 really being the light that lead me to my love 4 real music

[@tanayadixon7335]

still one of my favorites

[@darkfrenk24gamer66]

This is super!

[@tyronebalm6886]

This video remind me when i was coming up back in the dayz in BK this video is so vivid man dis shit bring tears to my eyes I really relate to this struggle🙌✊💯✔️

[@aGwEENapple]

I really loved watchin this video it's like a short film.

[@adjanic]

"You can move us out {YOUR} industry but you can't stop the music"

[@gerardrbain1972]

An awesome combination, one of my favorite songs of all time.

[@divaDani28190]

I remeber this used to come on VH1 Soul all the time when i was in 6th grade. I watched this video everyday after school and I still love the song until this day. Now this is real Hip Hop!

[@kiara198923]

You could tell when it's a Kanye beat. He had a signature style to it.

[@asdfghjkl81702]

this shit is classic!! ..just to get by was amazing!! too!!..it's sad hip hop is dead, all we got now is songs with the name of a dance attached to them..the industry has changed.

[@rellyrell3403]

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[@FGAlele]

This Powerful Song brings back Memories when I was in my College Days Grinding to make it happen. Still gives me chills today in 2014.

[@coreymcrae3230]

I used to manage a club in Park City, Utah called Club Suede. I gave one of the owners, who did all the booking, a wish list of different artists that I thought would go off in our club. She fulfilled at least 2/3 of that list. Of Course Talib was on there, and DID NOT DISAPPOINT!! Then after the show we hooked up a little after party. Not too crazy, but a great time, with great people. Local police showed up cuz our neighbors always call. My brother is used to it (kind of the club's house), so he moved to the door. Talib stops him, "I got it man." Talked to cops, came back in and had the music turned down, and said to my brother and I, "Where were we?" Talib, you are a class act man. LIveLove.

[@stonedtoe]

K. West! Kweli! Got searched on the plane, Arabic first name Disturbed by the fame just like Kurt Cobain Breath of life, kiss of death, my lips pursed the same You flirt 'til she came Nothin' hurt like the pain and torture Daughters of the dust lookin' for a vein Something to take in vain like the Lord's name Put your hands together, got 'em all sayin' I try, I try I try, you know I try I try, I try I try, you know I try Yo, it's all ghetto in gear higher, the floor settle More metal for beef that we don't let the law settle I try to navigate the treacherous waters of America's ghettos that set up the slaughteres But there's more of us Although we speak in different languages We all pretty familiar with what anger is Young and dangerous, ?? Get up on some gangsta shit Guns to bang ya wit' And we put it on records to entertain ya wit' I'm grown with pains way deeper than Mike Seavers Our uniforms is white sneakers and white T-shirts On top of wife beaters We like to light reefers The 'hood need us for rappers, just ain't the right leaders I put a lot into it This is my product and I gotta move it Stop the industry but you can't stop the music An upside down kingdom where life is just not fair (upside down kingdom) Some many sufferin' cuz deep inside they're scared (so scared) Fear pumped into their veins to keep them from their destiny Where would they be if you and I don't care? I try, I try, you know I try I try, I try, I try, you know I try Yo, the things I'm seein' on the news is insane A stock broker shoot his kid and throw himself in front of a train A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all by himself Two years old, eatin' ketchup and mustard, cryin for help Tryin' to bring your struggle to life The label want a song about a bubbly life I have trouble tryin' to write some shit To BANG in the club through the night When people suffer tonight Lord knows I try I try, I try, I try, you know I try I try, I try, I try, you know I try Life is a beautiful struggle People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle Some people put it all together, make it fit like a puzzle Come on, say it now Life is a beautiful struggle People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle Some people put it all together, yeah I try, I try, you know I try I try, oh Lord I try Everyday I Upside down kingdom Oh, they're so scared Everyday on the news we can't look around with Something somewhere I try, I try, you know I try I try, I try, I try, you know I try Lord knows, Lord knows we try Yeah

[@4CVL]

Nothing beats having Mary J. in the support role, with the soulfull lacing to the lyrics.

[@leslie10693]

I've been looking for this song for ages lol ahh

[@tomasvelaela5192]

try get by by talib too same concept

[@redemptionofthebeast50]

leslie gordillo whats ur ig cutey?

[@SKBoard-rj2zm]

"Upside down kingdom where life just is not fair"...but if we United as one my black brothers and sisters imagine how lovely life would be. Beautiful song... 🧡🖤💚

[@candacemckinley525]

Don Lemon had no clue who he was talking to. Kweli deserves respect. He is not just talk.

[@ig2hi1]

Don Lemonade has no clue, PERIOD.

[@swisschoklate736]

What u expect from a lemon💁🏽‍♂️

[@uncededterritory]

I was out strolling around Toronto last night - went by 'Dundas Square' (kind of like the center of T.O) and SURPRISE! Talib Kweli was performing FREE at the Unity Concert 2013 - First time I really LISTENED to his jamz - F'ing Great !!!!! That's all I can see !!!!

[@hedrick5286]

I remember when music was good

[@ukes]

preach.

[@dramahawkpromotions9621]

Amen

[@gabbyt8875]

Yesss!

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

it still is. u just have to look for it.. Even in the early 2000s late 90s the very best songs from the albums would NEVER be on the radio..

[@beeboy6967]

I remember too.....( Born in 69 ) but you know what ? I'm glad I lived through it, feel sorry for the kids now days & the shit they listen to......:=(

[@kkwoode]

talib never disappointed me ever.... he's got some of the best vocabulary in hip-hop right now and it's been like that ever since he popped up on the scene together with mos def.....and BlackFoot602, talib is not new, he's been around since 97.... he's a 14 year veteran in the game man !

[@lamj5171]

Great song. It was slept on back in the day. I never understood why.

[@gluehigh416]

Mary J Blige is so beautiful. A perfect hood chick!

[@Par0yBelKheir]

Mary- lalalalalalalalalala i tryyyyy ooo i love ther song

[@Par0yBelKheir]

NOE KLK.​ escucha este tema seguro te gusta.

[@michellesavarese2470]

favorite part, that mary....

[@Strype13]

This cat is the perfect example of a cat who had the talent & ability to go mainstream easily, but put the craft, art & culture ahead of the money. There's no words to describe the amount of respect I have for that. Kweli is a fuckin' monster.

[@aminasimboyan8676]

still listening to in 2017 💪❤

[@Souljaofpeace]

This is one of the most uplifting songs to listen to in the AM, early. We can only try...

[@shizzymack9573]

Alot of us can relate to the kid in this video.

[@darnellbullock2876]

I think the expression of others exspireance helps others also the embracement.Not America's philosophy because my own philosophy matters also so why should I just follow someone else's I can only Try.So I embrace this song an Talib an Marry j. Expression. Which they are giving you.Big ups to greatness in these individuals. I thank God for them.