I dare everyone to listen to this song and not shed a single tear.

[Instinct Blues]

Even if you don't like hip-hop you have to listen to this song. It is one of the only songs that has ever had me speechless after first hearing it. Its such a tragic story and I find myself on the verge of tears at the end of it. Its just that powerful of a song and this is what real hip-hop should be not all that shit about swag and partying, but real shit that has a message.

 

[Gasaraki]

Even if you don't like hip-hop you have to listen to this song. It is one of the only songs that has ever had me speechless after first hearing it. Its such a tragic story and I find myself on the verge of tears at the end of it. Its just that powerful of a song and this is what real hip-hop should be not all that shit about swag and partying, but real shit that has a message.

Not a single tear, bro. It takes more than 'Homie grew up in the ghettos. Shit's sad, yo' to make me feel something.

 

[bluepotatosack]

Oh yeah. This song is pretty emotionally devastating.

 

[the rye]

Meh, i wasn't profoundly moved, to be honest i found myself quickly bored by the repetitiveness of the song.

 

[Gasaraki]

Not a single tear, bro. It takes more than 'Homie grew up in the ghettos. Shit's sad, yo' to make me feel something.

Did you even bother listening to the whole song? I don't think you did and if you did you didn't really listen to it. Its not just "Homie grew up in the ghettos. Shit's sad, yo" and if you think so you are just an ignorant person as well as being racist.

I did, and I fail to see how I'm being racist when that's what the song's actually about.

 

[bluepotatosack]

Not a single tear, bro. It takes more than 'Homie grew up in the ghettos. Shit's sad, yo' to make me feel something.

Did you even bother listening to the whole song? I don't think you did and if you did you didn't really listen to it. Its not just "Homie grew up in the ghettos. Shit's sad, yo" and if you think so you are just an ignorant person as well as being racist.

It's almost a seven minute song and they posted their response 3 minutes after you made the thread. I'd say you're right.

 

[NotSoLoneWanderer]

Oh this song. Yeah it's sad but whatever. Worse things have and will happen.

 

[DarkSeraphim02]

Dare accepted, entire song listened to, not a single tear shed.

The song wasn't bad, which means a lot coming from me since I hate rap and hip-hop, but I didn't even get remotely teary eyed.
I will give it this though, nice to see a rap/hip-hop video where the guy does something besides act all pissed and rub the fact he has money and women in other peoples faces.

 

[CthulhuMessiah]

Eh. My eyes got dryer watching that, somehow.

 

[BreakfastMan]

Nope, nothing. No tears, no sadness, nothing at all. Quite frankly, I liked it better when Coolio did it. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFK6H_CcuX8]

EDIT:
A short list of songs that elicited more sadness in me than this one:
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" by Tom Petty
"Hurt" by Johnny Cash
The aforementioned Gangster's Paradise.
"Digging in the Dirt" by Peter Gabriel.
"Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" by Paul Simon.
"Hotel California" by The Eagles.
"Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles.
"Major Tom (Coming Home)" By Peter Schilling.
"Shout" and "Madworld" by Tears for Fears.
"Dream On" by Aerosmith.
"Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zepplin.
"Once in a Lifetime" by The Talking Heads.
"Don't Stop Believing" by Journey.
Any Linkin Park song ever.
And dozens upon dozens more!

 

[Instinct Blues]

Not a single tear, bro. It takes more than 'Homie grew up in the ghettos. Shit's sad, yo' to make me feel something.

Did you even bother listening to the whole song? I don't think you did and if you did you didn't really listen to it. Its not just "Homie grew up in the ghettos. Shit's sad, yo" and if you think so you are just an ignorant person as well as being racist.

I did, and I fail to see how I'm being racist when that's what the song's actually about.

That's not what its about its about the struggles of everyone and especially those in the black community who think their only way out is being a thug and selling drugs to make it. Which is continuously pushed by those in the media and the music business. You're clearly ignoring the struggles of those in the "ghettos" when guess who put them there white people. Guess who tries desperately to keep them there? White people like yourself by being ignorant and oblivious to the issues. Try to tell me I'm wrong when white people put black people in the situation they are in. The least you can do is listen to the whole song and put a little more thought into your response.

 

[bluepotatosack]

Nope, nothing. No tears, no sadness, nothing at all. Quite frankly, I liked it better when Coolio did it. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFK6H_CcuX8]

Meh, agree to disagree. The specific scenario laid out in Dance With The Devil is probably the most horrific I've ever heard in a song.

Actually, the song doesn't make me sad so much as it does horrify and disgust me at how plausible it is.

 

[Peteron]

Got boring, and not even a water molecule was shed.

 

[2ndblackjedi]

I've only ever heard one Immortal Technique song so I'm going to check this out, but I really have to wonder why you expected anyone on the Escapist to react to a hip-hop song in anyway at all...

Maybe if you found one of the other 5 people who might...


(I'm kidding...)


((But not a lot))

 

[TehCookie]

The song was so terrible I couldn't stand to listen to it so I just looked up the lyrics, and I go nothing. Why am I suppose to feel sad? Because he had a tough life and killed his mother and felt bad about it afterwards? Gee why not think about that beforehand. Almost all of it was his choice. He could of chose differently but didn't. I might feel bad if it was a tough decision, but the stuff he did was just plain stupid and he got to deal with the consequences.

Here's the kind of song that makes me cry:

I've heard it over 100 times and I still tear up every time.

 

[ChadSexington]

Not a single tear, bro. It takes more than 'Homie grew up in the ghettos. Shit's sad, yo' to make me feel something.

Did you even bother listening to the whole song? I don't think you did and if you did you didn't really listen to it. Its not just "Homie grew up in the ghettos. Shit's sad, yo" and if you think so you are just an ignorant person as well as being racist.

I did, and I fail to see how I'm being racist when that's what the song's actually about.

That's not what its about its about the struggles of everyone and especially those in the black community who think their only way out is being a thug and selling drugs to make it. Which is continuously pushed by those in the media and the music business. You're clearly ignoring the struggles of those in the "ghettos" when guess who put them there white people. Guess who tries desperately to keep them there? White people like yourself by being ignorant and oblivious to the issues. Try to tell me I'm wrong when white people put black people in the situation they are in. The least you can do is listen to the whole song and put a little more thought into your response.

First of all why does he owe black people anything? Has he personally oppressed any minorities? I highly doubt it. Being white does not make you guilty. Grow up.

Secondly I enjoyed the song, it was entertaining. I wouldn't go so far as to shed a tear but I can understand why it makes you so sad.

 

[bobfish92]

Not hiphop, but rap. Based of a true story that isn't about inner city living, the only song to ever make me feel sad.