Finally someone has the right song! This is William De Vaughn's "Be Thankful for What You've Got!" This ain't Curtis Mayfield, & it isn't called "Diamond in the Back!" ✌🏼

Brother sings the same 6 lines over and over, and it's STILL better than most songs of this current generation. F'n brilliant.

If it wasn’t for 70’s music the 80’s & 90’s era of hip hop and R&b music wouldn’t exist.

Ever thankful to Father God for EVERYTHING!!! This song comes to mind when I become pessimistic about what I do not have!! God's reminder to me to be thankful for the MOST IMPORTANT THINGS: love, family, loved ones, food to eat, a warm home to live in, bills paid, good health & healthy, strong family, kids prospering & achieving, etc.! ✝

This is one of those songs that you never get tired of hearing

Timeless classic. Memories of living in the hood in the 70s as a young boy. Greatness. Those times, memories and people. This brings it all right back.

This Song Went To Number 4 On The Billboard Hot-100 Chart In 1974.

My favorite era the 70's I wish I could have been an adult. Brothers & sisters we can still stand tall.

Nice Vibes, Great Song. William DeVaughn wrote this. It was first called "A Cadillac Don't Come Easy." Then rewritten and changed to "Be Thankful For What You Got."

My uncle played this at the cookout 4th of July

This song has always been attributed to Curtis Mayfield and in all actuality this is who actually wrote and sang this song. #JUST FOR THE RECORD

Timeless it sounds more beautiful with age.

Brings back loving memories of camping with family and friends in '74 and '75. Cutoffs and 0 SPF tan lotion. Sunburn and vinegar. Hot links and rich potato salad with deviled eggs. Dad drinking Tuborg and Olympia beer. Rum and coke and VO and 7. Good times

Wow this was my hood in the late 70's was born in 1973

I was born in the wrong era the 90s was great but the 70s and 80s is what built our couture

Some day this song should be in a hymnal. Real church music.

Being thankful, living thankful..... Thank you father God!!

This song always reminds me to be thankful for what I got.

Usually, pontification within music makes me bristle with disbelief, yet the message of this song is truthful and on point.

Never heard this song and I love now I was 1973 .. great song i appreciate it now .. am just turn 50😮😅 am very thanksful ! Ty ox

My dad always played this not in the caddy but the impala RIP POPS😢

Growing up in the 70’s in ela barrio this was our culture in the hood thanks to our African American brothers for the gift of MoTown music!!!

It's only since late last year that I discovered this song, from a LFDH video with Rumer. I love this song! From that, I discovered where the song came from. I play it almost every day. We should all be thankful every day, at least here in America. I know I am. As a poor senior citizen, I'm still rich compared to many, around the world. I love my country, always have, always will. I'm not arrogant or prideful; I just appreciate what I have and where I live. Is that success? I think so

Man! My jam! I was 5 living with my cool parents! My aunts and uncles came over with my cousins and we played outside and life was sooooo good! Thank you for the memories ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks to William DeVaughn and all the DJ's who wove this into the Social Fabric of the very, very many communities they played it in; (usually as the last song of the night, in the 70's here in the UK) exhorting us, encouraging us, uplifting, inspiring and blessing us with a reminder to give thanks, and to hold on steady to our shared hopes, and faith, despite all of our earthly sorrows. This Song reinforced our humanity b'cos it pointed us to the heavenly realm, and to He who loves us all. - And that's what makes us beautiful!

Be thankful we got this far.♥️

This scene captured the essence of 70s NYC well

I still remember the day I bought the record. Timeless music. Timeless memories. Thank you.

Captures the nostalgia of a time and place that some of us-even with hardship-were lucky enough to experience. Gold beyond words.

Powerful song powerful lyrics . I remember my mum playing this didn’t understand the words back then but as a grown man I get it what a song . And I love the images seeing how people looked before my time , and to me they looked a lot more healthier than today everyone slim, beautiful skin, hair glowing wow .

Brings me back to PG county Maryland in the early 70s. Wish I could go back.

I think of this so often. Times have changed so badly, and nobody is thankful for what is important. Now it's all about making $$$ on the internet, selling their souls.

A TRUE TIMELESS MASTERPIECE THE EARTH 🌎 HAS MUSIC 🎵 FOR THOSE WHO LISTEN 👂 THE MESSAGE IS ALWAYS IN THE MUSIC

Wow... you want to FEEL the connection to the past? This song is it!

Feeling extremely blessed & grateful this Thanksgiving Holiday season❤Doubly blessed to be a Thanksgiving Season Baby❤ Eternally thankful unto Father God

This reminds me of Chitown, my hometown in the 70's

Always Thankful for Robert Bob Holman, so glad and thankful we, Thylias Moss and Robert, continue to have each other!

Message in the music.

Nice - and my childhood sports hero “Clyde” represented - NYC ‘70’s

Makes me long for the 70's. What a great time that was.

GM edagdwg God bless this man for sharing this special truth life is sooooo real.pay attention to what you do to get what other people have that thank God for what we need love THIS special story of life Linda j.peace

The greatest music Era ever 60s and the 70s nothing will ever come close ❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩

Yes indeed, glad to see the correct info re artist & name of the song. I know many thought it was Curtis Mayfield's song

CLASSIC I THINK A LOT OF US THAT KNOWS THIS SONG HAS A BAD ASS MEMORIES HANGIN IN THE HOOD BLASTED JAMMING TO THIS>>>>LOVEEEEEEEE THIS

Remember buying this brilliant song .

The music and the pics…man I wish I could’ve experienced those days….

A Puerto Rican living in west Los Angeles at 14 family of 7 kids ..Crip gang low riders ...Chicano's inlow riders ..I was 14 ..gigi m.

I know it's hard sometimes good people. But Trust and Believe. You have at least one thing to be Thankful for EVERYDAY. 💯💖✌🏼

Yasss......NY was still NY in tha Sebneez!

Brilliant imagery to accompany this brilliant song

Another great song

Danny, you did an excellent job with the images you used to drive home the powerful message of this timeless song.🙂

William c. Fatheree . William devaughn and mfsb you just can't lose with that groove

Just maybe the greatest pop song ever recorded -- I you don't feel this soul well then your dead

Just be thankful for what you've got.enough said.🌹💖

I love everything about this video….thank you!

How dafuq did I get to 60 yrs old and just heard this in 2024..? Brilliant song ❤️

Even tho the video is NYC, this song and video reminds me of growing up in San Francisco in the 70s and 80s. Miss those days and great time to grow up in and helped make you who you are today. ❤️

One of the Best videos I ever saw! Man do I miss those days

'94 baby raised on this greatness!

This song makes time travel possible

Glad to be born in 1970🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

This is a masterpiece, love it so much 💖

Dude, I don’t usually get on here to comment, but this is one of the very best songs of all time. But just look at how much this channel seems to love it too-you don’t just get this song, you get some of the best and most descriptive photographs of not only the 60’s & 70’s,but of all time (and the only way to capture what we’re all going through: this is life)-but you get them in order, in order to show you the feeling. This person lived there, and I can tell you that this is what the 70’s felt like. Smooth, rocky, and fun-all sorts of fun.

This still holds 🥰

Real music !

I love this song Diamond in the Back sunroof top digging the scene with a Gangsta Lean I don't drive no Cadillac I drive a Toyota but it it don't cost them that much money it's paid off I love❤❤❤

Just class.no more said.

1974 in high school and living in the projects (NYC)

Omg sitting in my brother's Cadillac jam packed cruising the scene, this song blaring as we pass by people on their front porch...waving, laughing, singing "What's Happin y'all?"

j adore cette chanson!!! merci William Curtis ....and all the others...

This song reaches people’s soul… god it’s soooo cool, it hurts.

Bought the original pressing of this LP today in a lil corner store in Chattanooga, TN called For The Record. I've been looking to add an 'affordable' original press of this to my collection for over 40 years... salute! PEACE

Just class ,and you know it.

Bella canción , recuerdos inolvidables del año 1974.

Wonderful Song. Thatˋs Music.

This song helps me as college student working 2 jobs without car ❤️. I'm thankful for what I got ☺️

Song is very meaningful song to this day 🎉

Holy shit, the electric shock I got at 0:41... I was right there at Radio City during the 1977 holiday season, and did indeed see Pete's Dragon.

Love this….time seems so relevant.

Love this video with the coolest tune ever made . 😎

This was my granny song ❤

Someone posted this video on Bring-A-Trailer auctions in reference to the 1971 "Willie Dynamite" Cadillac Eldorado that is being auctioned off today on April 12, 2024. I remember these streets. Grew up in Fort Greene Brooklyn at this time and NYC had a lot more Character then as compared to today in 2024. How can it possibly be NYC anymore without it's "Twin Towers" We Will Never Forget. Love NYC Baby!!!

This song is just so 🔥

This song takes me back to my teenage days workin' in a gas station and some of the brothers was drivin' Volkswagen Beetles with the Rolls Royce grill and one group of guys drove dropped 63 chevy with the brown fuzz paint job with the Fuzz Mobile written on the side.. Even saw one cruising the High School parking lot at lunch time with Grass growin on the top. It was some crazy sht back in those days. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything.

Wow learn something new everyday

One of my all time fav choons - groovy

In 1974 My Parents Drove Cadillacs. B4 This Joint I Never Heard Of A Gangsta Leen.

Thanks For Posting This. It's NYC History For Sure.

In my top song list if alllll time!!! I love this song. Amazing visuals whoever did this. Thank you. 🫶🏿🔥

Does anyone recall the SEVENTIES❤ and Blacksplotation ❤ I do , But thanks for these memories Dobie Wan Kanobie ❤❤❤❤❤revisted July 1 2024 ❤❤

I saw the first real Pimpmobile in New York City in 1971. It was a black-on-white '67 Cadillac Eldorado; wide whitewalls (stock hubcaps), fake front fender spares (made, not bought), and a padded landau top with the rear window opening reshaped into....a diamond shape.

🏃🏾‍♀️FRONTLINE BLOODLiNE FIRST🤞🏾almost Rap (DISS) Song! ❤😂 Yall wouldn’t believe I was in all Black Cadillac 87’ On Halloween Night. “96”. 111🔥

Recognized Blondie on the beach right away. Then all the greats like the Rolling Stones, Kiss, the Village People, Andy Warhol, Jerri Hall, and got excited when I saw the Ramones!!! I think David Byrne from Talking Heads may have been the last guy walking in, but I'm not sure.

love this song, fantastic footage on this video. We will never have anything like it again classic, classic, classic!!

Beautiful video

tHIS song sooooooooooooo beautiffullllllllllllllll, original and cover , driving my car going to the north of MINAS GERAIS somewhere in brazil.

Lord someone knows that this is not Curtis Mayfield and the damn song is not diamond in the back. William DeVaughn "Be Thankful For What You've Got". Awesome Job Danny Linden. This man has not received his flowers and he has not been financially compensated.

great song, and great video, thanks...

Though you may not driiive...a great big Cadillac...