Our Generation feat. John Legend & The Roots (J.Period Remix) x Facing Ali (2009) 🥊

Описание: One of my favourite documentaries, any time 'Facing Ali' was playing on a channel, I'd watch it again.

The film not only focuses on Muhammad Ali's life and career, but also highlights the before-and-after stories of a few select men who fought Ali -- luminaries of the sport such as Smokin' Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Leon Spinks, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Ernie Terrell, George Chuvalo, Earnie Shavers, Ron Lyle, Sir Henry Cooper and also Sonny Liston (through archival footage).

As a boxing fan, it takes you on an exciting trip down memory lane, revisiting some of the greatest fights of ever in the history of the sweet science and reseeing these legends in their awe-inspiring prime.
As a fellow human being, you can't help but feel and root for these men, so driven by circumstance to devote their blood, sweat and tears towards their unique career in the hope of a better life.

For me, it has never failed to be a really moving watch, to see their emotions, to hear their stories in their own voices (all the more so now in the years since the film's release with each one's passing).

My favourites were Norton (the 'Black Hercules' - what a specimen & puncher!), Spinks (such heart & character), Frazier (incredibly tough & great champ), Ron Lyle (inspirational journey), and Foreman's retelling of the 'Rumble in the Jungle' and his own testimony were riveting and relatable to anyone who's ever tasted the bitterness of failure.

The original soundtrack to the film is also brilliant & funky, which I suppose had some subconscious influence on track & visuals for this music video edit. A cover of an Ernie Hines anthem from a period not far removed, the anti-hate message of 'Our Generation' gives a nod to the spirit of Ali's other monumental fights outside of the ring.

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Our Generation (J.Period Remix) feat. John Legend, The Roots, Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Hope of the world is in our generation
It's all left up to us to change this present situation
Take a lesson from our elders don't make the same mistake
Let's fill the world with love and get rid of all the hate
Our elders taught us one thing but practice another
Just look what happened to the Indian and the brother

Our generation, it's all left up to us
Our generation, let's do just what we must
Straighten it out
We gotta straighten it out
Straighten it out
We can straighten it out

Hope of the world is in our generation
It's all left up to us to change this present situation
Our leaders make us fight and we don't know what for
If they want people killed, let them fight the war
It's gotta end somewhere, this killing's got to cease
If no one were to fight, we'd all live in peace

As long as there's a you, there's a better me
It's why we're together and stronger than they ever thought it could be
A world motherless – can healthcare cover this?
A love for all people no matter what the culture is
Our generation is making huge strides
A self-empowering movement that's on the rise
The more the door is open, the more the youth can see
A fair chance means a greater opportunity
To have a brighter future, deeper insight
Work hard to be anything you want in life
It's what it's all about – the longevity
Educated enough to know what's ahead of me
Need to straighten it out, seek and you'll find
They can cage your body, but not your mind
We lay it all on the line in the struggle
We grew but together here's what we gotta do