I’m Legit
Zara H. Phillips featuring DMC. Act Zero Films: Directed by Justin Lundstrom Photographed by Greta Zozula Edited by Scott Hancock IM LEGIT MUSIC AND LYRICS WRITTEN BY ZARA PHILLIPS, RAP WRITTEN BY DARRYL MCDANIELS (2009) Recorded and mixed at Chung King Studios, NY,NY. Produced by Zara Phillips, Darryl McDaniels, Ari Raskin. Assistants Zach Tenety, Phill Lazar, Mike Makowski Additional programs and DJ scratch Joe Mosse Demby. Vocals : Zara Phillips, Darryl McDaniels Guitar; Martin Moretto Bass; T-bone Wolk Drums; Steve Holley Strings; Sweet Plaintain String Arrangement; Eddie Venegas
The Hemp Museum. Jive Records. 1996.
THIS SHITS OLD SCHOOL
Sarah!
cuttin fo real
lol B-Legit got props from all the artists you mentioned, and he’s been a main inspiration in the South… he even released a compilation in 1997 called “SOUTHWEST RIDERS” with his cousin E-40 featuring songs from UGK, 8-Ball & MJG, Master P, 3-6 Mafia, Mystikal, Al Kapone and interludes from Mean Green etc. and he’s not back to the yayo scene he released an album 2 years ago, he’s featured on some recent UGK releases and stuff… maybe you stop the hate, a lotta cats here got love for da South
Smoke a fat beedie to this and enjoy life, it can end at any moment and until the world lays down their straps it will always be so, but if we all do our part our generation can make the best of it. One love to all my people, rich or poor, regardless of race or creed. Just wanted to say my part…
This my shit right here! All the homies used too bump this back then but now all these young catz are listining to lil wayne and soulja boy and your a jerk.(wtf). They coo but aint nothin like that old school shit. Man I miss those days!!
HOoD CLASSIC..AND IF YOU AINT KNOWIN….THEN YOU AINT KNOWIN CUZZO…KC 913 – 816 GOT LOVE FOR THAT OLD 90`S BAY SHIT..FUCK THIS NEW BOOTY RAP, BRING THAT MOB MUSIC BACK
str8 gangsta back then. they dont know that ghetto smile is a mean mug
@DamitDre
Well said bro, i respect people like you.
right on man im with u on that
well said my brotha.
i wish rap was like it was bak in the 90′s. some of the new shit is TERRIBLE!
man south cats cracc me up. its to te point that yall have for got what good south music is. i grew up on cali and south music..im from st louis. but yall killin me exceptin g all this garbage thats out ow. u have few and far inbetween good artists that are main stream southern artists. i grew up on the rap alot, suave house no limit old cash money times, and hypnotize minds. when good lyricism was in abundance…except for maybe 3-6, and the organized noise sound also. now its all boo boo shit.
just realize its bull shit out now. partying is all u hear about on ur music, and gettin gmoney when the average person is struggling, then its a problem. the music does not reflect the times, it reflects the igorance of the times. how material is more at value the the conditions of human lives. atleast the 90′s music u could relate. now err nigga who raps is a boss. a don, king pin as nigga, when errbody know that is beyond tru .
@jdotbucc hell yeah 90′s! fucking gangstar
dats da shit from back n da dayz real fking music
Tight
Stupid fuck b-legit
and this is what’s real cats.!
Real G-Funk shit.
old skool… I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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hey iam from the south and this shit took us there on the slab,on the yard through d drought,a lose one what ever e-40 suga t b-legit d-shot real shit thats all the south knew
good shit iam from d south and thatts d shit that took us there n d club on d slab on d yard r a lose one and through d drought e-40 b-legit suga t d-shit can do this shit again with d same music today real shit
good shit iam from d south and thatts d shit that took us there n d club on d slab on d yard r a lose one and through d drought e-40 b-legit suga t d-shit can do this shit again with d same music today real shit
Zara, yeah, that’ll do. Great stuff. x
Loved when it premiered—-STILL love it now!
Thanks D & Zara!
-Mykelle
Nice:)
Thank you Justin Lundstrom and Act Zero Films for their incredible support and direction on this video. Their dedication and generosity is only matched by their superior expertise. Thank you.
Simply Awesome!
Can this be Purchased on CD anywhere?
Gosh, In the Video when you are looking at an older woman thinking ‘can that be my birthmother?’ I REMEMBER always looking at woman’s faces growing up wondering!
So evocative for those of us who are adopted! I wish more people understood how intense our need to know can be. I also wish that people knew how outdated laws keep us from our own information; we can’t even have access to our OWN birth certificates. USA is way behind. Almost all other W. Eur. countries now allow adopted adults access to their own birth/adoption records. It’s a matter of human/civil rights. Thanks, DMC, for speaking out. (& check out Bastard Nation, adoptee rights org.)
Hey Zara, Congratulations on the song and video, it’s awesome! You and Darryl make beautiful sounds together! Keep up the good work!, Kim Ponce
The lyrics cut right to the heart of the matter! Thanks for this beautiful work of art and activism!
Awesome video!!
Thank you so much for this. This is amazing!
Thanks for the hard work with keeping the “message” out there…….for [all] of us. THANK YOU!
Thank you. This is so evocative for those of us who were adopted. In most states in this country, we are denied our original birth certificates — the evidence of our OWN origins. Thank you so much for singing about this … it’s so real for those of us who wish to know. I finally found my truth when I was 42; everyone has the right to know their truth.
We loved this video and the music. Zara you have a beautiful voice and more importantly a beautiful heart. Thanks for sharing. Shadow and Diane
I gotta say, at first I thought it was a bit Cheesy.. but after about the 8th measure I was Crying like a baby.
Closed Adoption is the same as kidnapping to many of us whom aren’t allowed access to our Birthfamily.
Some of us were abused by our Adopted families, and left with nothing.
I wish there were more artists that would do such an inportant piece of work as this.
THANK YOU – DMC and ZARAH PHILLIPS
The video footage is from the last Adoptee Rights Protest held on July 21, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The next protest is scheduled for July 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky. If you want to help stand up for the civil rights of adopted persons, google LOUISVILLE ADOPTEE RIGHTS DEMONSTRATION
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for putting this out there. Beautiful song and so much of it expresses how I felt before reuniting. And reunion was and continues to be one of the most wonderful experiences of my life!
@603Scott Yup that is exactly how it was for me.
Thank you for commenting in support of this issue. I wish more adoptive parents would speak out. You clearly love your child(ren.)
I’ve already seen this video a few times but this time, for some reason, it got to me. I’m a first mother and my situation was a little bit different, basically my ex-in-laws used adoption to keep me from ever getting my son back, permanently, after I asked them just to look after him until I got on my feet. I had no one in my corner. Adoption the way it’s done now must be banned. Too many lives are being torn apart. OBCs are only part of the story.
I am continually amazed by the attitude of the general public on this lifelong issue created by sealed adoption. When asked, then pressed for an answer, fully 80% – in my personal experience – tell me they believe that adopted persons, having reached majority, DO have access to their OBC.
I wish I could explain to family and friends how I feel being an adoptee, I can never find the right words. This song and video says it for me and I ask everyone to watch this so they can understand what it’s like for me. Zara, because you and DMC are adoptees you speak from your hearts and your own experiences. Thank you.
I am so lucky that my adopted mom supported my search. I finally found identity when i was in my early 40s … it’s just plain WRONG that the State gets to know my origins and i don’t … what’s with that!!!!?
love it, says it all……….my daughter was lost to adoption and I am now happily reunited after a long 15 yr search. I will spend the rest of my life fighting for equal access to OBC’s.
Thank you for such a moving video. I’ve watched it three times over the past week, and it brings tears to my eyes every time. As an adoptee who has been reunited with my birth-mother, and will soon be in contact with my birth-father (after a 40-year search to find them), I support both adoptees and birth parents, especially our rights as adoptees, to find out exactly who we are.
I’m not adopted but I think this is marvellous- Great video and i love the rap- both voices are a great contrast and compliment each other very well. beautiful work all of you x