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

[Toby Stewart]

No tears. In fact it amused me that the story is in fact a rehash of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, the seminal Greek Tragedy. Obviously no responders to this thread have a background in classical studies. Also, the story is clearly untrue, as I don't think anyone is going to be crying over a REAL rapist and murderers rap music. And now I suppose I must offer an obligatory emotional hip hop song. Now, I usually prefer Damien Rice or Radiohead, but when I do branch out to hip hop I like it done well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcLC_Ohxwbo

 

[BNguyen]

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.

Society may have put them there but originally, there were no ghettos - it is the people who live there that makes them what they are, if they don't change it themselves, then they shouldn't expect others to do it for them, besides, black people aren't the only ones who live in ghettos - people of all ethnicities can find themselves in ghettos when they choose to lives of drugs, alcohol, theft, murder, and every bad facit of life you can think of.

 

[thom_cat_]

Songs that make me cry are generally the ones that have music that makes me have powerful emotions. This was not one of them. Nor would his story bring tears to my eyes when sung like that.
This is one of them; and unlike the OP I expect for many of you it wouldn't be for you.

 

[axlryder]

Sorta long :/ but while the story is quite sad, I've heard sadder stories, as I often read books concerning less then happy realities, so no tears sorry. While we are on the subject, this has been one of the few things to make me cry through pure verbal means.

I'll admit, that did bring a tear to my eye.

 

[mcnally86]

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!

I'm glad you did the Cash cover of hurt. I liked it better then the original version. That sounds like sad kids. Talk about man pain I think I heard the song on the radio for the first time after his wife died and he passed shortly after. Anyhow I don't think the song linked in the first post was sad. I saw the ending coming.

 

[Master Kuja]

Not sad, more like disgusted

This, just...This.
I'm not saddened by this song, I'm sickened to the very core more than anything.

Whether the song is true or not is irrelevant, it's not profound by any means and that was quite possibly the most tactless, ham fisted way to get a point across I have ever witnessed in my life.

 

[axlryder]

No tears. In fact it amused me that the story is in fact a rehash of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, the seminal Greek Tragedy. Obviously no responders to this thread have a background in classical studies. Also, the story is clearly untrue, as I don't think anyone is going to be crying over a REAL rapist and murderers rap music. And now I suppose I must offer an obligatory emotional hip hop song. Now, I usually prefer Damien Rice or Radiohead, but when I do branch out to hip hop I like it done well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcLC_Ohxwbo

I wouldn't consider it a rehash, as Oedipus' circumstances were a product of fate, not stupidity and greed. There's clearly a parallel, but the themes are very different.

 

[EbonBehelit]

Nope, Nothing here, and I tear up easily to music.


I find that music itself is a far more powerful tool for evoking emotion than lyrics could ever be - especially when used with imagery with a good context.

 

[Coldster]

Oh. My God. I am truly speechless. This song is the main reason I don't usually listen to rap or hip hop. Dropping racial slurs and f bombs every two seconds is so stupid because they main reason those words exist is to be used to make a point. When you use it constantly is loses all meaning! I mean, this guy is invisible on the white-o-meter! He can't even rap properly let alone make good lyrics. You know that new meme? This one:

Spoiler

Yeah, that sums it up for me pretty well. I did not feel sad. I felt extremely annoyed that people like this are ruining the music industry. Shame on them.

EDIT: fixed.

 

[Douchebag intent]

Slow to the draw my friend. The song sure does tell a great story tho.

By the way. The piano in the back round is the theme from "Love story" by Henry Mancini.

 

[Xealeon]

The piano bit was good for the first minute or so. On the other hand, not a particularly sad song. "Young man chooses life of crime, ends in tragedy shortly thereafter" doesn't really do anything for me, he made the choice and got the consequences. I wouldn't break into someone's house and murder them having planned it out before hand and then go crying about all "a bloo bloo bloo my actions have consequences feel sad for me".

Maybe if he stayed in school and worked really hard and got good grades and then couldn't go to college because his mom got raped and he had to take care of her. That could be sad.

 

[The_Echo]

Challenge accepted. Three minutes later, challenge denied. All I got from it was that this kid got into a lot of drugs and, well, darn, that sure stunk. Dry eyes all around.

Where was the emotion? The incessant musical loop quickly became a bother rather than a dirge; the vocals were monotonous and spoken as if they were handed to him, not written by him. If this is the best hip hop has got (which it isn't [see Watsky]) then I for one am not impressed.

As far as I can recall, only a couple songs have gotten me to have an emotional response, being Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart by HIM and Your House by Jimmy Eat World.

Perhaps it's about how relatable it is. For example, I have no experience with life in the ghetto or streets or what-have-you, so it probably won't speak to me as much as it might to someone who has that experience.

 

[Nouw]

It's a decent song but it wasn't sad. I was too distracted by the profanities. Sorrow cannot be drawn by swears.

 

[Faladorian]

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.

Okay, I absolutely could not take that song seriously. It's not because I don't find tales about people and their pets to be heartbreaking, because I do. Here's why:

It's the freaking Dr. Mario theme song! xD

 

[helljumper90]

How about this song for ya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l83YFc6ePJ4&feature=relmfu

I'm not a very emotional person...at all. But if you like songs like that, this one is pretty good. Emotion for me became unnecessary a long time ago, so stuff like this doesn't even get a reaction out of me...

 

[axlryder]

How about this song for ya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l83YFc6ePJ4&feature=relmfu

I'm not a very emotional person...at all. But if you like songs like that, this one is pretty good. Emotion for me became unnecessary a long time ago, so stuff like this doesn't even get a reaction out of me...

lol, 'unnecessary'. I almost find it interesting how one would feel they could disregard emotions entirely whilst sidestepping all of the nasty long term psychological and even physiological side effect that might result from such a change. I'm not saying you didn't do exactly that, just more interested in whatever makes you so seemingly assured.

 

[NiPah]

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.

Welcome to humanity, don't worry about the white people screwing black people, white people are getting screwed by other white people too. You take the life of a victim and you'll be screwed, try to screw someone and you'll get screwed by someone bigger, try to screw them and you'll be dead.

I listened to most of the song and I heard about someone who screwed up their own life through drugs, it means shit who helped him along the way. I don't shed tears over much at all, especially not over those who screw up their life with drugs, doesn't matter who helped them along the way to fucking themselves over either, shedding tears doesn't mean shit and only helps yourself. We all know how fucked up life is now for a lot of people, if you don't then you will most likely learn, white people are getting hit hard but have a longer way to fall then the black people, thats just the way the world works.

So yeah, moral of the story is don't shed tears, don't claim to be a victim, go outside and help a random homeless person, volunteer at a soup kitchen, what ever makes you feel better about yourself because thats all we're here for.

 

[Wushu Panda]

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/emotional feeling. This is just another shitty hip-hop song, nothing changes just because you play a little classical in the background.

Just what part of this is supposed to be traigc? Just what part of this is supposed to have a message? Its about a shithead in a "crew". Shithead goes out does stupid shits, joins a group of other shitheads, and does shithead activities together all while wearing matching clothing because secretly they want to be little girls wearing matching dresses.

Its not so much a message as common sense:

Dont be a dickless shithead and join a crew because you think its cool.

 

[BonsaiK]

didn't have much sympathy for the mother either as she was obviously a pretty crappy parent to raise such an idiot.

I can't imagine an emotionally healthy person with passable knowledge of the 'ghetto', parenting and a poverty stricken life could possibly take a position of total apathy or contempt towards that mother's plight. I honestly can't. Note that when I say ghetto I'm speaking colloquially: places like Taylor Homes, Englewood, etc.

I actually thought it was a strange kind of poetic justice that her own parental neglect was the seed of her undoing. I doubt that's the message the author wanted to bring across, but it works for me.