Wiley College A Capella Choir "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray"

[@Cozsmik]

This song hurts. One can hear, see, and feel the pain and struggle our ancestors endured. It’s a reminder of the resilience, strength and faith we have. The sense that the journey is coming to an end and deliverance is near. "Lest we forget" Our history is important and must be heard, anything less is not an option.❤

[@shockwave1492]

Makes me very proud to be a black man. Our history is inspirational

[@megaoldskool76]

Most that hear this song probably think it’s a song “sung by slaves in the Cotton fields”. But if you listen to the words, you’d realize that it goes back much further....sayyyyy, 2000 years ago. It’s all in the words. A Man in agony crying out to His Father! For me, this is what makes the song so powerful.... and of course THAT CHOIR!!! This is another example of every song we touch turns to GOLD!!! #CHILLS

[@TheAngieIshmael]

🙏🏽💚

[@taw8963]

I cannot imagine how moving it was to perform this. Not only because the actor playing Nat Turner was there, but also that it is a fully black choir ...of every shade. And in unity they were singing their hearts out in tribute of people in this event, that fought and died for equality...wow.

[@Chezasflower13]

It doesn't matter how times i listen to this song I get chills and inspired.

[@seanthony7]

Very pretty Spiritual. So deep to the Soul.

[@Xdst813]

Same.

[@naomihope8278]

Me too I just listened again Amd chills yes 🥰

[@IronSharpensBooks]

The blessed children of our ancestors. To God be the Glory.

[@ryanboyd100]

This song and the Power in which it was sung reaches to the pit of the Soul!!!

[@colsomemiah6095]

Atmospheric, angst ridden, brooding, wrenching, unearthly, reminiscent, lonely, abandoned, sorrowful , beautiful.

[@lewiskeys9449]

colsome miah Thank You!

[@1murkeybadmayn]

heard this in birth of a nation..mind blown!

[@lewiskeys9449]

James thanks!

[@ThokozaniMtshali47]

look closely the Nate is there.

[@TheRealAaron.]

This the choir that you heard. Wiley College recorded it for Birth of a Nation.

[@LordVader-e1v]

Rebel

[@meganharvey1195]

Y'all have no idea the chills I felt in my soul at 17 watching them perform this song LIVE back in 2010. Lord! I remember it like it was yesterday.

[@lewiskeys9449]

Megg RaChelle aww where did you hear the choir sing it back in 2010?

[@meganharvey1195]

It was at Williams Memorial CME Temple in Shreveport, LA! I can not remember the occasion at the moment, but your performance has never slipped my mind! There is so much passion in this, it's truly amazing!

[@studswaggah]

tears tears tears..... I watched birth of a nation and let the credits play and when the song came on I looked up then when the choir came in...... flat line..........🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌this is true gospel..... the hymns I grew up on type of song! I want this sung at my funeral when they carry me out......... yes Jesus

[@MrNIKKIpda1]

Elite Mentality I did the exact same thing LIKE LITERALLY THE SAME AS YOU!!!! I just watched Birth of A Nation for the first time amd this had me lost with emotions just to think of the struggle, brutality and shame it took for my grandmother, grandfather, mother, farther aunts and uncles had to endure OVERWHELMING ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMING 😢😢

[@dandurett4307]

Wiley College & Lewis Keys! Eternal gratitude for giving voice to our ancestors and elders! Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!

[@SLPTV1]

i dont cry much but this gave me shivers and tears down my face

[@garionhoskin8618]

Okay, so I've just finished watching The Birth of a Nation.. I honestly can't remember the last time I cried like this.😢😢😢 Nate Parker is pure genius, and a visionary💯💯

[@313designs]

I've been listening to this all day! This is one of the best choirs I've ever heard! They brought tears to my eyes they sound so good!

[@DariusBaileyATL]

313designs I've been listening since I saw the movie yesterday

[@cryinginthewilderness8191]

My people are a special race we where made for Gods glory ….

[@rosemaryprior7380]

Thank you for singing this song for ME this morning. I am 73 years young and heard these words as a child growing up in Connecticut. My father was from Houston. As John P Kees says "Carry On" . You are already a SUCCESS. God Bless Rosemary Foote Prior

[@dvdndsWill]

Beautiful! 💪🏾✌️🏾

[@hatshepsut1089]

This was played during the closing credits of Birth of a Nation ... beautiful, beautiful!

[@marcuscolen5375]

This surely must be what heaven sounds like. Amazing!!!!

[@barbaraknight4203]

When Nat Turner prayed about singing a new song,The Lord's spirit was in him. It gave me chills. Thank You Father Yahawah, The Alpha and The Omega. Hallelujah in Jesus The Christ name 👑

[@Xdst813]

This was on repeat for like an hour

[@a.roowwa]

The Birth of a Nation brings me here! you nailed it brothers.

[@arielworthy207]

When I first heard this song, this is not at all what I pictured. I pictured an old southern gospel choir with an older man singing the solo. I'm so pleasantly surprised seeing this! This gives me chills every time I hear it! I heard this before I saw The Birth of a Nation last year, and it actually made me want to see the movie just because I wanted to see how the song would be used in the film. I'm glad it was saved for the end. It made me sit there because 1. I wanted to enjoy the song and 2. it made me sit and think about the film. Excellent job!

[@lewiskeys9449]

Ariel Worthy thank you! I greatly appreciated!

[@tanjiegreen2913]

STILL THE BEST HANDS DOWN AND GREAT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@talbertbrown9289]

This should ABSOLUTELY be the Aboriginal nation's anthem !!! POWERFUL

[@julainareid7558]

BINGO 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@jaym.57]

Excellent job Wiley College! I heard this in the theatre last night and my spirit wouldn't let me get out my seat. Sending love and blessings from Tuskegee University!

[@managerankh]

The way its meant to be done....

[@lewiskeys9449]

MAnAger Ankh much appreciated brother!

[@hunnibe760]

LOVE IT!!! Nate Parker was feeling that :)

[@TheBlaqros3]

THIS SONG IS SOOOO LOW KEY LIT.... I STILL DONT KNOW HOW THIS MOVIE AINT UP THERE FOR MOST... THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB!!!!

[@arpressurewashing5221]

This song hits harder than my dad!

[@lewiskeys9449]

Cooley High 😂😂 thanks brother!

[@QT810-n2b]

🤦🏻‍♀️

[@ninasky7]

man that hit me in the soul #loveit

[@ThePeoplesProfessor]

Powerful! I respectfully wish this song was on every playlist for all of the sons and daughters of African people who resisted and persisted toward our being able to view the movie and see this version on KZbin!

[@NkataM]

I was glad that someone made a movie about the Nat Turner's story (The Birth of A Nation) but this song brought serious tears to my eyes at the end. I am glad they are now showing this movie in South African cinemas. A truly remarkable and heart felt song and extraordinary performance. Blessings!!!

[@NextSound170]

Im with my brothers, ancestors and my beautiful melanin royal family. Blessed spiritual! Amazing

[@SUMPhiB08]

First time I heard Wiley sing this was in 2010 while I was in Southern University's Concert Choir in Shreveport. That boy had so much emotion and it really make me miss sing in choir in college. I truly love this song. Awesome job!!!

[@lewiskeys9449]

SUMPhiB08 much appreciated! That person singing it in 2010 was me! lol!

[@trapdogg8693]

Wow, this song is spiritual cleanings to the soul

[@lillianwilliams5510]

Excellent!!!! Felt every Slave.

[@PromiseFaithLove]

Brilliant ,brilliant ... magnificent 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Just so beautiful. Thank you 😘

[@paytre94]

Y'all betta sannggggg!!!

[@lewiskeys9449]

Paytre McCrimmons lol! Blessings!

[@Havoc813]

This song is so many things....powerful, passionate, painful, uplifting, rebellious, and beautiful. Thanks for posting this!!!

[@ThapeloMonama-v7p]

😫this song really evoked so much emotion in me like literally had to shed a tear & it's a very painful song to listen, what a timeless record

[@unconditionalbrother1328]

Lewis !!! I hope you see this mi Hermano! I remember how everytime you performed this made me Feel!!! I LOVE YOU FOR SHARING YOUR GIFT WITH US !!! This is mad inspiring

[@drilladise]

The guy in the gray annoyed the life out of me choir and soloist spectacular superb

[@itsyo9016]

the way you sang this was peaceful unique beautiful and made me inspired I sing too btw so I'll be singing this song for life!

[@lewiskeys9449]

Yolanda Childers thank you for the love and support! 😊

[@lindamalone6380]

It's only knowing that beauty such of this is in the world is the ONLY reason I would want to live forever.

[@AriashalaaraEnigma]

my grandson heard this song for the first time he stopped what he was doing and listened so intently. He is 7 months old and tries to sing along with a big smile. Beautifully sung.

[@KustumKreatedKrafts]

Every time i listen to this song ( which is always 6-7 in a rown) it brings tears to my eyes. It was sung so beautifully. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾good job everyone involved .❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️wonderful song played on such a wonderful movie. #BirthOfANation.

[@dayuajeng]

mesmerizing! :") greeting from Bali, Indonesia.

[@lewiskeys9449]

Ajeng Anggrahita greetings! thanks for watching. 👍😊

[@InTheKnow2011]

To the Conductor of the Wiley College Choir (at the time) during the filming of this video: Dr. Stephen L Hayes: I love you, Dad. More than you know. Your oldest child, Phil Hayes a/k/a "The Fab One" - "In The KNOW"

[@vivaldirules]

I first heard this arrangement a couple years ago but this was a brilliant performance of it. Thank you so much. It pulls at my heart strings every time.

[@QT810-n2b]

A good Interpretation of a Song that reminds us all of dark Times....

[@theunboxer9687]

Wow just wow

[@edwconr]

awesome...thanks for posting and featuring in film 'birth of a nation' sound track.

[@maylymayly8221]

Came from birth of a nation to search this song up straight after!! thanx our youth group will be singing this for a youth event

[@hardlythebachelor8003]

looooooooooovvve this song play it all the time driving shower yard work lol when police get behind me, when i see white people , when im feeling good

[@ThokozaniMtshali47]

Can't get enough

[@natprincess123]

THIS IS SO POWERFUL AND AMAZING~~!!!!

[@lewiskeys9449]

natprincess123 thank you very much! 😊

[@saundraboden4250]

Thus us my all time favorite performance! The old one was taken off and I'm so happy you posted this!! My life is now complete!!!

[@claralee9722]

Most beautiful & unusual rendition of Can't Hear Nobody Pray.

[@normanhenderson6025]

I Miss Wiley College!

[@AudioVisualRomance]

Straight from the heart

[@SuperLivelife2010]

SANG LEWIS! LOVE IT!

[@LoneWolfMama22]

So soulful and Beautiful❤ I can't get enough of this rendition...emotionally pure soul.

[@ChukwumaOnyeijeMD]

praise God

[@patrickkelly8634]

Wow Beautiful song, well done by the Wiley Choir!

[@naomihope8278]

Yes 🥰

[@reginawaits9643]

What an Awesome job!!! #ProudWileyAlumni

[@Brainettics]

They rocked it! I finally decided to watch the movie, Birth Of A Nation. I was actually dosing off at the credits and heard the song. That woke me up. I played the song back over and over then decided to find out who sung it. Now I have it downloaded in my phone. Dude sound good. Everybody else was together and sounded good. I like that.

[@313designs]

Incredible!

[@bryandavis1806]

Awesome!!

[@walimvoiceoverartist]

Incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CiscoCastille]

Blessings! (:

[@arlettejohnson9307]

Amen beautiful harmony

[@BishopGarcon]

This is beautiful 🙏🏾.

[@RoseyBlaire]

Amazing!

[@mpasebapaseba1394]

The movie was so thought and emotion-provoking, that I checked out the credits as they rolled. Thats when I heard the song. My soul was entranced with a still, joyous peace that left my eyes full of tears that sat there...but didn't drop; and when this masterpiece was silent, I realized my eyelids were wet and reluctantly wiped them and realized also that I (probably) wasn't breathing... Wheew! what a performance. This piece was powerful enough to turn folks around in the theatres a few minutes after the credits began rolling! Just imagine. . . had it been played along with the last scene of this history, when Nat Turner returns himself to his "earthly masters" - - in the midst of the jeering crowd, as was headed to noose, surveying the noise, and though seeing, hearig nothing. Maaaan! It should have been. The fact that it wasn't.. takes no impact from it. It would have been wonderfully overwhelming though.

[@HornetsFamPage]

I love this song

[@rherho1]

Perfection!!

[@TheMrdebro34]

Damn this song has tears n my eyes!

[@day7644]

I got chills😍 great job!!!

[@mrpreacherman8262]

Thank you Lord.👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿😭👐🏿👐🏿👐🏿👐🏿🙏🏿🙌🏿

[@priistine]

I felt this in the core of me. My God! Divinity. ✨

[@gen-wh1yc]

I walked to and stood before Nat Turner's bible listening to this song. Otherworldly.

[@npjakson]

Wonderful 💜

[@Sumthinsumthin252]

Beautiful job

[@lazarusgenerationministrie2169]

Thank you 🙏

[@enickasmith4223]

WOW!!! This was awesome. Inspiring. Moving. Especially with what's going on right now.

[@queeniemccarter3244]

So beautiful, thank you

[@sidman1408]

man oh man I remember hearing you guys perform down at Tuskegee University one year. This was my favorite selection you guys did in that concert and it's great that Nate Parker also decided to use you guy's for the movie. I knew it had to be Wiley College when the movie ended. And I was correct! Great job again to the lead. I've met him in person that day and he still have those pipes.

[@lancemorrison3620]

WOOOOOOOOOOW!!

[@jonecebhagwatsingh8976]

This song is about ,to me a slave that went through so much ,his spirit was shot to the heavenly voices that where always there .keeping him alive .he /she must have been emotionally wrecked ,like so many of us children of Israel in the open prison... finally ...when he/she dies, realizes that his ancestors were there all the time praying for him ,loving him ,guiding him or her,protecting him,and just interceeding for him /her...atlast..he complains to them..."I couldn't hear nobody pray"....through these voices we hear the voices of or ancestors comforting us...because we are who we were.Our very voices are theirs.because they live in our DNA .They are always with us.These kids voices remind me of this.It's a comfort to all of us. Black Children of Israel....shalome

[@Hamptojd]

Yes!

[@alb2058]

Real power soul and spirit in there

[@lucretiaroberson9185]

Beautiful

[@tinayasharahla8435]

LYRICS Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray [Intro] I couldn't hear nobody pray, Lord I couldn't hear nobody pray. See when I was way down yonder, By myself. And I couldn't hear nobody pray. See, oh Lord.... [Chorus] I couldn't hear nobody pray, Lord. I couldn't hear nobody pray. See when I was way down yonder, By myself And I couldn't hear nobody pray. [Verse 1] Dark was the night and cold the ground, On which my Lord was laid. And great drops of blood like sweat roll down, In agony he prayed. See, oh Lord.... [Chorus] I couldn't hear nobody pray, Lord. I couldn't hear nobody pray. See when I was way down yonder, By myself And I couldn't hear nobody pray. [Verse 2] Father remove this bitter cup If such thy sacred will. But if not content to drink it up, Thy pleasure I'll fulfill. See,oh Lord ohh [Chorus] I couldn't hear nobody pray, Lord. I couldn't hear nobody pray. See when I was way down yonder, By myself And I couldn't hear nobody pray. Bridge] Couldn't hear nobody pray, Lord. Couldn't hear nobody pray, Way down yonder by myself. Couldn't hear nobody pray. [Interlude] Uhm-uhm-uhm-uhm Uhm-uhm-uhm-uhm Uhm-uhm-uhm-uhm Uhm-uhm-uhm-uhm See, oh Lord... [Chorus] I couldn't hear nobody pray, Lord. I couldn't hear nobody pray. See when I was way down yonder, By myself And I couldn't hear nobody pray.

[@oneil2233]

God bless y'all

[@slangmovement3092]

This is beautiful!!!

[@devinhendon1996]

I love this 🙌🏾

[@Brainettics]

I listened to other people sing the song and none of them can touch him.

[@makingmyownbeautiful]

If this didn’t take me back to Southern Baptist revival and my turn on the Mourner’s Bench!

[@missypeggs1105]

Yeeeeeeees! Sing children.