Love this song duck (nottingham

It’s like the Scorpion and Frog fable

Is this not pre-recorded? Either way amazing singer

As is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi!

...And Al Wilson is a legend. The pride of black lives, as are Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Jordan

Moral of story is Communism is here and you let the muthafkrs in 🤣

Some snakes love to recite it!!!

Rest in Peace Oscar Brown Jr who recorded this song in 1963,also Al Wilson who re-recorded it in 1963. Oscar was a black civil rights activist who did most of this by reciting our history in spoken word version . He was also a singer and more and I hate Trump and his derangers are only hearing this song because dummy recited it at a rally years ago. Brown words could scorch your soul to its core when reciting our black history in America. This even when reading an old slave auction poster using the tone of those slave master. As usual Trump never gets permission to use others works, songs and since Brown passed in 2005 I doubt he even asked his family to recite his lyrics to this song. If Brown was alive he would be ethering Trump ,his support left and write nit just about this but them period. But either way the snake describes him, them and want he unleashed on us all.

Lol. Truth.

In fact,it's tripple,that hat is pretty obvious

...haha, but I'd have to say you wrong this fashion was prevalent back in those days...a common sight!

I pull off double denim every day of the week, lol.

Al was pure seventies in that outfit and topped off with white platform shoes! I loved that decade best years of my life!

Great rendition, but Al didn't write it. Oscar Brown Jr. did.

@@SkammLykelee Hmmm don't know about Oscar. Just know Al does the song justice in hos great one of a kind rendition!

@@Barking914Oscar Brown wrote these lyrics, recorded the song in 1963. Oscar Brown Jr is a well known black civil rights advocate. I am sure Trump did not get his families approval to use his work in this manner based on who he was. As he used poems, our history ,tales, fables to recite our history ,then he is using it to attack another race of people He was a singer, songwriter,radio host,activist and more and the likes of Trump, his derangers hearing him recite one of his Essays based in a old slave poster saling black slaves would be shocked

Ive got the Soul City 45 as well! Love this its one of my favourites, I always wonder who the woman is that comes in singing right near the end as he is hissing as she has a great voice as well

Music from 60's and 70's were the BEST

I remember it very well. I'm living it now, as a matter of fact! Did the same thing, even tho I know better.

I'm trying to find out who sang the lady's part in that song but it's not listed anywhere. He worked a lot with Freda Payne, so I'm just guessing that it's her. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

​@@willm.1002Great question!

But the worst times for the 60s and 70s I'd gladly take today

Exactly!!! So True 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🙏

+Dan King Thankyou.

Yes it was Johnny Rivers produced! Interesting combination. Johnny was blue eye soul back in the day. What a great combo of talent!

Yes great song, but what's Motown got to do with it?

Oh the memories of that time 💞

I used to have a hat like that.

Thanks 👍

This funky number should've ssslithered ssstraight into the number 1 ssslot in ssdixty8....it had no.1 potential then & still has today

Good knowledge!

Be careful who we let across our borders, into our government, into our schools, pulpits.... Trump just quoted this at a rally... When the list of PEDO'S comes out, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE IT! TRUMP2020

Thanks for explaining. 🙄

Amen!

Yes indeed

That's not the moral of the story. The moral of the story is that something cannot change its nature. A snake will always bite you. It's a take on the fable about the scorpion and the frog.

Not by Al. It's by Oscar Brown Jr.

yep says it all

But he did not write this. Oscar Brown Jr. did. My favorite song Al did was, "Show and Tell".

Cool.

He has a wonderful vocal instrument. I had tickets to see him but it was the worst blizzard in 50 yrs that night. I cried!

Jerry ... L🙃L I can relate.

It is current. Except to people who have no idea of good taste.

@C caymer Is that the best you have? Debate the facts. Only idiots counter against something they have not investigated with "crazy". The evidence is VAST on both counts. It will prove so and already is. Stay dumb.

Clearly the snake was Trump himself.

​@@SkammLykeleeClearly President-In-Exile Donald J Trump lives in your cavernous empty Leftist head rent free.

The Snake was written by civil rights activist, Oscar Brown in 1963 and released as a single in 1968 by Al Wilson. Interestingly the lyrics were inspired by one of Aesop’s Fable’s and is based on the story of the Farmer and the Viper; which in this case is portrayed by a ‘tender-hearted’ woman who takes in a dying snake and nurses it back to health, only to her detriment when the serpent turns on her! 0:31[The Listening Post Blog]

The moral of “The Farmer and the Snake” short story is that “we must think carefully before taking any action.” A toxic person will always cause harm even if we help them in their critical condition. 0:41[FirstCry]

Trump recited lyrics to "The Snake" at rallies throughout his first campaign for president. 1:11[Business Insider]

The president’s favored poem, “The Snake,” isn’t about immigrants. It’s about him. 1:12 [The New York Times]

"Envy, the meanest of vices, creeps on the ground like a serpent." 2:02 Ovid

Actually Al Wilson's version is itself a cover. The song's writer, Oscar Brown Jr' was the first to record it.

Aesop's is my Bible

Well said - kindness gets abused by those predisposed to evil.

Back when they Knew how to dress well . Miss those days .

@@averypetty2465 And dress Left.

Yep but do not forget Kenny Stabler as well

Johnny Rivers who signed him to his Soul City label had debuted this on his 1966 album And I Know You Wanna Dance.

Good evening🌙 So true.🌺🏵🌾

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Yes, and actually the story behind this song is thousands of years old. It originates (as far back as its history goes) to one of Aesops Fables, a collection of stories told by a slave, thousands of years ago.

YES

You misheard the lyric! It's COMFORTER (not "curvature") of silk!

Actually, he's saying "COVERTURE," which doesn't sound anything like COMFORTER. The Google search lyrics have the word curvature, but as is often the case with lyrics search results (because people who don't know what they're talking about are often the ones posting the lyrics), it is inaccurate.

"Coverture" means (among other definitions) a covering or shelter. It is probably the original longer version of the modern word "cover". Although I couldn't find the connection in the few minutes I looked for it.

​@@Steevee14It is "coverture" of silk. A covering made of silk.

It has absolutely nothing to do with immigration.

It can certainly have to do with anything that it can apply to! And illegal aliens are not immigrants by definition. Actual immigrants are ALL legal by definition!

A great teaching song.

@@whereisyourhumanity7557 Finally someone got it😸😊😿

" king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences" " set time of the end." " This king will use his wisdom to make lies successful. He will think that he is very important. He will destroy many people without warning. " Daniel 8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. 20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. 21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. 25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. *In simpler English* . 19 He said, “Now, I will explain the vision to you. I will tell you what will happen later, in the time of God’s anger. Your vision was about the set time of the end. 20 “You saw a male sheep with two horns. Those horns are the kings of Media and Persia. 21 The male goat is the king of Greece. The big horn between its eyes is the first king. 22 After that horn broke, four horns grew in its place. Those four horns are four kingdoms. Those four kingdoms will come from the nation of the first king. But they will not be as strong as the first king. 23 “When the end comes near for those kingdoms, a bold and cruel king will come. This king will tell lies. This will happen when many people have turned against God. 24 This king will be very powerful. But his power will not come from himself. He will cause terrible destruction. He will be successful in everything he does. He will destroy powerful people and even God’s people. 25 This king will use his wisdom to make lies successful. He will think that he is very important. He will destroy many people without warning. He will try to fight even God, the Prince of princes! But that cruel king will be destroyed. And it will not be human power that destroys him.

Great campaign feature, trump's urged you lot on and now stands in judgement of your wrongs, yeah there's a snake...trump !

@@Anthony-xe2pz trump was talking about the deep state

Yuk

Al didn't write it. Oscar Brown Jr. did this in 1963.

That was Marvin Gaye's last concert I remember I was there

Thanx

A-men!!!

A few of the lyrics are incorrect. You doubtlessly copied them from a lyrics site. And they ALL have intentional lyrics "errors" in them because of copyright issues. One error is "comforter", the line is "coverture of silk". There are others as well. If you want the other corrections, correct that one, and reply to this, and I'll see about posting the rest here when I have the time.

+quieterrps Thankyou Craig...have a great weekend yourself :-)

+Rachel Cummings Thankyou x

Course you know this was a lip sinquing performance... But neat footage

You are 100 percent correct! Thank you for this comment!! 👌