Living Colour - Open Letter (To A Landlord) Lyrics

Vernon could absolutely throw down very unsung what a jam

I feel like telling all these assholes the same that caused the White flight in our old neighborhood.. They have sec. 8 near where I live now even. I wish someone would burn those buildings down,, not w people inside,, but to get rid of the slime. It goes both ways. When will we realize we are even. Stop the Racism.

Y'all don't even appreciate where you live anyway.

One of the GREATEST songs of ALL TIME!!!!!

If you thumb downed this, you're a poop head

Saw these guys open for the Stones in ‘89, hearing their music brings me right back to that time, my youth.

Pure harlem

Made in bronx New York I believe

Lo más underground y trallero que visto

These guys were totally awesome. The show "In Living Color" helped bury this band. They deserve so much more. This is the direction black music should have gone.
These guys were leaders and should have driven music instead of rap.
Listen to "letter to a landlord." These guys were the real deal.

"Video Killed the Radio Star"

I agree completely underrated I saw them in spring of 89 they were awesome completely rocked! Super talented

Amazing

They are still around. Still a great band. What I love about them the most is that they never sold out. They have always stayed true to their message.

Dedicated to Donald Trump, along with The Dead Kennedys' "Let's Lynch The Landlord."  Trump's idiot bastard kids need a Holiday in Cambodia.

Vernon Reid kicks ass

Bass is insane

Stop gentrafacation now!!! Fight for your neighborhood now!! Living Color Up.......

This song should have been huge back in the day. Great, meaningful song with a killer rhythm section, powerful, soulful vocals by the great Corey Glover, and of course the textured guitar riffs/licks of the amazing Vernon Reid. This song should have been taken to heart back in 1988-9, but I guess we middle-class White folks were too busy with our own material wants in the height of the Reagan Revolution to really care about the plight of poor inner-city Black (and Hispanic) youth. A shame, but hopefully maybe we can have a new revolution that actually benefits everyone (myself included) struggling to make it. #Bernie2020 #OurRevolution

you were paid (by welfare) to relocate.... that was part of the problem....Bill from Vyse Avenue,
the Bronx....... years ago..... and now built back up............

I am always astounded when this band I listened to many years ago is still so relevant today. If not more so.
Fucking badass band, totally underrated. This was out when race relations were actually better than today even.

Sept. 2019. Why am I just now hearing this for the first time? Why?

I know -- I just discovered it too!

When I listen to this so do all my neighbors !! This band KICKS ASS !! I love this song !!

metal with a message!! love this band

First song that I heard live after 9/11/01 eerie hearing Corey sing the first line

great band

Saw these guys open for The Stones on the "Steel Wheels" tour back in 1989, and they kicked ass  !!!Usually opening acts get bad sound and lights, cause the road crew is trying to get everything just right for the "Headliner", but it didn't happen at the show I saw. I think The Stones really dug these guys, after all Mick is on their debut album, but for whatever reason, they let them sound good, and sound great they did  !!!

Vernon Reed it the man he's been beat'n the shit out that git for a long time now ,,,

Una banda que jamás tuvo reconocimiento, que puto desperdicio.
Gracias Living Colour por existir ❤️

This is the band that most reminds me of Jimi Hendrix past his short life.

Always love how tight their playing is

Tragic what has happened to music why the fuck did music changed in such a shitty way this here is amazing.

YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Bernie Sanders should use this as his campaign song.

great band , great album

If you like Living Colour you may want to check out Dan Reed Network.

There is no black, there is no white. There's only the Blues!

BEAUTIFUL.

Absolutely GREAT song!

Feel the Bern!

Living Colour =Inspiration Beyond Inspiration !!!!

Batteries not included

Such a great bass line!

Now this is how you get people to understand societal problems and issues. Not by by yelling at them and blaming them for crimes people of the same race as you have committed. It’s influencers like living colour who give me the want and the need to change and try to help. Not being chastised by sjw’s and white knights.

The best

Still love this song in 2019

Most of the comments on most of this band's videos are something like "They're one of the greatest black rock bands but it doesn't matter what their skin color is."

Then why do you keep bringing up their skin color!?

Only You Can Set You Free.,

From 1957 to today my favorite Black group has always been the Platters with Tony Williams as lead singer

Love the lead singer's voice so rocker yet soulful 💯💚💙🔥

Still listening in June of 2019. Never gets old. Rock on.

great band, very powerful lyrics, top notch musicianship and vocals, flamboyant fashion sense, funky riffs

Wicked sounds. Cheers from UN New World Order New Zealand.

Love the train at the end.

Always my favorite song from living colour !!

Awesome Song! Awesome Band! 🇧🇷🇱🇷❤🤘🎵🎶🎵🎶

I used to live in a little town called Dixon Illinois. I lived there for about 17 years and it was really all I ever knew from the age of 3-20. I absolutely loved it there there were sooooooooo many people I knew and loved, sooooooooo many good jobs and just loads and loads of heart filled memories. My family decided to move to Kentucky and its ok but it certainly wont beat the small town of Dixon Illinois where I grew up and made mistakes, learned, found success and soooooooo many amazing things Dixon had to offer. I dedicate this song to my true hometown❤❤❤

Why does this channel only have 72k subscribers? this is sad!

Os caras são bons! Muita música boa.

VERNON REED!. Excellent and hard as Hell. Only reason why I listen to this over and over again. Bad assess.

Oleee oleee oleee oleeee... LIVIIING.... COLOOOOUR...

King of Fusion

underrated sucessful rock band.

Wow, I like this song it's how tRump treats women

Stop blaming others for your inability to love Vern.

This song is makes you wanna groove and cry simultaneously

Banda de negros de alma branca,excelente.

My favorite song on this amazing album.

BRING BACK ROCK AND ROLL THESE GUYS ARE SPOT ON !!!

This is Funk, Soul, Metal and Alternative Rock all together

Love this band!!

Muito boa essa musica.

This is one of the greatest songs ever written and recorded. SO powerful!

Arguably one of the best bands to walk the stage, all great musicians and when brought together they create a sound that is really like no other.

Detroit!

Sometimes I gravitate towards this song for solace. I grew up poor. This song has such resonance.. sometimes it really hits me. Tears well up.

Metal meets Funk. This song kicked ass back in 1989 & still kicks ass now. Luv that amazing bridge also.

This is rock. Straight up, unfiltered classic rock.

Who's opening a letter to a landlord on black history month?!

I like how it's powerul, informative, and best of all not mean. Like sometimes just being nice is more persuasive. Since gentrification is super duper lucrative.

Mother love bone brought me here! So glad I clicked on the video! Amazing!!!

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

shame Corey went the way he did

...This was amazing ...they had a metal groovy and funky sound that NO ONE ELSE can ever get to play it anymore.... like if the Chilli Peppers went metal...and still got that melodic heartbreaking chorus ... Great Song !!!... ..0:24 The twin towers in the back along with the lyrics is just creepy ..

Lyrically it’s a bit to corny for me, apart from that tho I can dig this. Good to know there not a one hit wonder band with cult of personality

This was NYC back in the late 80's

In 2019 ❤

It was 30 years ago today: JAN 19 1989: I was in the audience for the filming of the stage performance part of this music video, at Toad's Place, New Haven Ct. Great Show!

no no can:t see

Great musicians!

It's kinda late '80s and early '90s progressive metal type, like Fates Warning music

I'm 38 and sorry that I'm just now hearing this song! Everything about this song my neighborhood is going through. We have a developer trying to force us to move so he can build a casino. Only 5 houses remain on my block but we aren't going anywhere!

Then came sevendust !

Very powerful song and heart felt and full of truth when landlords in the 70s burned there're own buildings down just to collect insurrance leaving families out in the cold back in the 70s very sad song!

A very emotional song dealing with urban housing conflicts at this time a movie with the same message came out the super with Joe pesci dealing with the same issues

Why does everyone have to comment about race? Didn’t know they were black for many years it never mattered, just enjoy the great music.

Great musicians. They shouldve wrote more than one rockn catchy riff though. Im not going to pedestal them just because theyre black rock band though. Theyre cool azzfuk n multi talented of course! However like a lot of ROCK GROUPS(exclude race) they couldnt pass or equate that one hit. Sadshit. Truth.✌🌐

One of the great songs...full of emotion

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This should have 50 million likes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!